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OVER NIGHTCLUB FIRES VICE CHANCELLORS are to issue guidelines to all universi- Report by Chris Hill ties about freedom of speech on campus and how better to con- THE COSMO CLUB. a Reggae he added ominously "I'll leave trol student demonstrations, venue and popular student you to draw your own conclu- This is understood to be due haunt was badly damaged by sions."' to pressure applied on the VCs two separate fires last week. Charred debris is all that re- by Sir Keith Joseph, who told The club, in Chappletown, mains of the Cosmo Club, gap- them at their recent residential was ablaze once early on Tues- ing holes in the ceiling mean conference, that the issue was day morning and again on that it will have to be complete- "absolutely fundamental to the Wednesday morning. ly replaced, whole nature of what a universi- A police spokesman told The club manager Mr. Hy- ty is about." The VCs however Leeds Student that the forensic man claims that substantial felt that the matter was not com- department had investigated damage occurred on Tuesday pletely in their hands. the first fire and had agreed morning and on Wednesday the When asked to comment on that it was sparked off by an second fire, "literally gutted the the matter. Mr. M.V. Morris, electrical fault in a basement remainder of the building." Leeds University Press Officer storeroom. Later he discovered that a issued the following statement: The second fire was started number of items had been "It is clear that the Secretary of under suspicious circumstances stolen from his office and that State feels very strongly about and a police inquiry is under- the bandit machine on the first this... The University is dedi- way. Though the spokesman re- floor had been emptied. There cated to freedom of expression fused to comment on the un- was no sign of a break-in but of rational opinion and views usual proximity of the two fires access could have been gained very seriously any occurrences through windows shattered in of this kind. However, it would ro the heat of the first fire. Mr. be wrong to give such events an -.. inflated importance within the Hyman thinks that whoever overall context of the problems robbed the building started the facing universities at the present It second fire. time." Ia The club will have to be com- Unfortunately Mr. Morris letely stripped and refurbished did not feel inclined to expand but Mr. Hyman cautiously pre- on any particular details of this dicts that it will reopen on the - statement. saying "You're not second of December, A lot of going to get me like that.' students come here," he said, fi The caginess of the tiniversity "we are looking forward to in- position was strongly contrasted • viting all of our friends back." by the anger of Kevin Shute, • Manager, Mr. Hyman Chris Hill • Cosmo club's gutted interior President of LUU, who said that everybody should be allowed to come to the Union to express University's redundancy move their opinions (unless they rep- DON'T resented one of the extreme right-wing groups prohibited by results in legal wrangle the Union) and that he had the job of maintaining the Union as LEEDS UNIVERSITY faces cussions on the reorganisation, only the minimum compensa- HANG a platform for free speech. He legal action over its decision to and was shocked by the news tion required by the law.' LUU Labour Club along with obviously felt great personal re- make a member of staff on a that he would have to re-apply It continues 'we hope that the Anti-Apartheid Society sentment against Sir Keith short-term contract redundant. for his own job. Although he there are many AUT members sent two telegrams to South Joseph, saying "We must feel Richard Walsh was was interviewed and short- who gill value the University as Africa's President P.W. Botha very dubious about anything appointed in 1974 to edit the listed, he failed to he selected a community, and who as mem- on Tuesday protesting against Keith Joseph says". and he International Medieval Bib- for the job. bers of this community feel his refusal for the retrial of added, "people don't dislike Sir liography, a publication The AUT is backing Mr. deeply unhappy about the way Benjamin Moloise. an ANC Keith because he's a politician attached to the School of His- Walsh's claim of unfair dismis- the University is treating member. but because he's a complete tory. Initially he started on a sal at an Industrial Tribunal. Richard Walsh.' Moloise, a poet, who is due asshole." lie also believed that one year contract which has Though the AUT have to con- A Leeds University spokes- to hang today, was convicted of Keith Joseph's actions reflected since been renewed six times_ tend with the problem that Mr. man said that the case would be the murder of a security police- the trouble he had personally Income is derived from sub- Walsh signed a waiver saying contested, its short-term con- man in June 1983 but the ANC encountered when visiting uni- scription to the publication that he would not bring a case tracts complied fully with em- claims he had no part in the versities, and that Sir Keith was which pays for all publishing for unfair dismissal if he was ployment legislation. affair. likely to encounter more trouble not reappointed when his con- and overhead costs, including Catherine Cuthbert The telegrams read: On be- if he maintained his present atti- rent to the University and salar- tract expired. half of 10,000 students in Leeds tude towards students. Leeds AUT says the Uni- The President also said that ies for the employees. As many of you will no doubt - urgently demand stay of ex- versity's insistence on such he was "massively against polic- In 1982 the senate appointed have noticed, there was a ecution on Benjamin Moloise - clauses is grossly unfair to ing on campus.' This clashes a Steering Committee to over- mistake in last weeks article call for his retrial - release all short-term contract staff, but it with the VCs" statement that see the affairs of the IMB. The on rent regulations, The copy political prisoners. has failed to negotiate their LUU has now sent three tele- some local authorities seem re- Committee recommended that read "most students will not abolition. grams to the South African gov- luctant to bring police onto cam- re-organisation would he neces- legally be tenants," but Mr. Walsh was offered the puses to control demos. A local sary should have said "most stu- ernment, the original being in minimum redundancy payment accordance with Union Policy. police spokesperson would not dents will now legally be Mr. Walsh was, according to of about £1,600. The Leeds comment on this issue, but it is tenants" - the Association of University AUT Newsletter states 'he is Leeds Student Helen Slingsby understood that the police apologises for any confusion Teachers, excluded from dis- being thrown Out of work with would only bring men onto cam- this may have caused. pus if they felt that somebody INSIDE: BEHIND THE NEWS, was in personal danger. The guidelines will be issued INTERVIEWS WITH CLOSED DOORS WHEEE „ REVIEWS, after the next VCs' meeting on LEEDS STUDENT Nov ember 1st, but in the mean- DENNIS HEALEY OF STYAL ARTS AND time Student leaders are wor- page 14 WOMEN'S GOES GLIDING ried that they will find their WHAT'S ON hands tied behind their backs, PRISON - WITH SOME ACE leaving them powerless to carry SPIKE MILLIGAN GUIDE out protests in the future. page 9 PHOTOGRAPHS Page 5 Tim Tooher Pegs Two NEWS 8-PARK Off colour? THE ever deepening mystery IN of the "Hyde Park Lion" SEEKS reached new proportions this week as once again in the dar- kest reaches of the blackest LATE BAR night the lion metamorphosed, BRIEF THE Licensing Sub-Committee this time into a natty shade of of Leeds City Council is to meet dark green. RUMOURS abound this week on November 1st to decide This latest move has caused of students being attacked by whether a late entertainments considerable comment by groups of up to 15 twelve-year- licence is to be given to the passers-by who's response to a old lads armed with wooden Leeds Polytechnic Beckett Park silvered mane, striped yellow planks. site. back and matching moustache The attacks are said to occur A late licence of the kind has been initially positive. in the Hyde Park area and local being sought already existed, Many believe it will become the police deny all knowledge and until an "administrative over- latest thing in jungle wear and say nothing has been reported — sight" resulted in a standard fashion followers are waiting re-application for the licence for Princess Diana to popula- Leeds Student would be in- of the Autumn Shades series) Leeds Student would love to terested to know any details. being neglected. rise the look, Meanwhile, a number of loc- The "green" look (as mod- has been proceeded in recent know who keeps this fashion al residents lodged a complaint elled by LUU this term as part months by purple, white and conscious lion so beautifully OVERSEAS students are in- about late-night noise levels at brown and already bets are clad. Leeds City Council deny the site, and a whole new ap- Tuesdays until 11.3Opm and being laid on the next colour all knowledge. If you know this vited to a lecture at Kitson Col- or Captain Scarlett's telephone lege on October 28th. plication procedure was made Fridays until 12.30am. and date of the change. number, leave us a message. Peter Godwin, a member of necessary. In consideration of local resi- Is this noble beast any rela- the Leeds Council for Overseas lt is understood that one of dents, loud speakers used for tion to Dr Who? Why is it gaz- Meanwhile the saga continues. Student Affairs, will be having the major complaints lodged by discos and other events are al- ing at the tennis courts below? Sarah Carroll an informal discussion on the local residents was of noise ways placed in such a position problems overseas students may from cars travelling to and from that the noise wilt be directed encounter, and the help that the Beckett Park at night, and that away from the closest residen- council can offer. the granting of another licence tial area, which itself is sepa- NUS embarrassed over LCOSA is a registered char- might exacerbate the alleged rated from the Beckett Park ity, specifically designed to cater problem. site by a wooded area. Beckett South African links for the needs of overseas stu- In response, Dave Gadd, Park bar was refurbished over dents. It gives advice on a varie- Vice President of Beckett Park the summer and has been de- NUS embarrassment over the links between the printers of ty of issues including immigra- claimed that "roughly 70 per clared suitable for a late enter- the National Student newspaper and South Africa has re- tion, fees, accommodation, cent of students using the on- tainments licence by the police. sulted in the termination of the printer's contract by the health and general welfare. site bar were residents" and The granting of a late licence NUS. They stress that all enquiries that if a licence were refused for Beckett Park is seen by the Originally the printers did not declare any links they might will be dealt with in confidence. noise from cars could only in- Polytechnic Executive as of have with South Africa to NUS who only learnt of the The lecture will take place at crease as students from Beckett "prime importance", and connections themselves two weeks ago. Even though the Kitson's main college and starts Park "sought late night enter- £1,000 has been earmarked for links were tenuous, the NUS has subsequently removed the at 12.30pm. tainment elsewhere, returning legal representation should the contract and put it out to tender. late at night in taxis." meeting on November 1st give When asked to comment on the new look National Stu- Gadd pointed out that the a negative response. dent, NUS replied: "The latest image reflects the changing FOLLOWING the story in last licence would only operate on Robert Go bas membership of the NUS which is no longer purely unversity week's paper on the YEP bingo based." Zoe Osborne saga a hand-out from the "National Federation of Retail Newsagents" has come into our possession extolling local newsa- Poly disco plans gents to "continue to give the PLANS to alter the Ents Hall and disco area at LPSU City promotion your solid support". PhD Penalties site received unanimous support at a meeting of the It adds that "this particular Polytechnic Executive committee on Monday. THE University is currently digested and written up promotion was showing every The so-called "Lounge 3 development plan" requires sign of being the best ever which a very concerned about the rate at coherently. wail to he erected between the Ems Hall and the adjacent which Postgraduates are com- This is particularly time- can only be beneficial to the Lounge 3 (currently divided only by a wooden `concertina' trade" — but not to the pleting their Phd's, and is con- consuming in Arts subjects. It is partition) and for the wall between Lounge A and the main sidering taking strong action to the fact that less than half of thousands still trying to get their bar to be demolished. £250 methinks. remedy the situation. these theses are completed after Paul Syrysko, Polytechnic Vice-President (Ems) who pro- A spokesperson for the uni- four years that is giving rise to duced the plans, pointed out several advantages with the new versity stated that the problem the current concern. design: Lounge 3 would no longer be a "dead area" while "came to light when the Science Part of the problem is that the security would he less of a problem than previously. Also. it and Engineering Research low completion rate bears little Poly women would be possible for events to he held simultaneously in the Council published a report relation to the value of the in- Ents Hall and Lounge 3. showing Leeds to have a re- formation obtained. Many post- The estimated cost of the project is put at £2,500 and it is latively low completion rate." graduates take up employment wait for hoped that the work will be completed by Christmas. Paul The SERC is very sensitive to before finishing a Phd and use Syrysko has confirmed that the building contract has already this sort of information and it information gained in that way; been put out to tender. has obvious implications for fu- and several departments run minibus In conjunction with these ideas, plans are far advanced for ture funding at the university. complex, long term experiments the establishment of a new disco system at LPSU City Site, to The problem is considerably in large teams and are conse- LEEDS Poly Student Union is be situated in the Mezzanine Suite above Lounge 3. The more complicated than it might quently undermined by a "com- currently in the process of equipment. priced at approximately £4,000 has already been at first appear. Postgraduates pletion rate analysis.” trying to institute a women's purchased and should be installed within a few weeks. obtain funding for research over However the Research Coun- minibus service, similar to that It is hoped the new equipment will lead to increased a three year period, but invari- cils are concerned with Phd's run at the university. "consistency and professionalism" at Polytechnic discos and ably take a year to write up completed and not work alone, The scheme is considered vit- events, as well as providing a facility available for hire. their theses; when the wealth of and this may mean that less al for the protection of female Robert Guba.s information gathered has to be money is made available and students travelling to and from less research undertaken, with the Poly and to encourage grea- OLD 14,44. -ifuck the university's prestige suffer- ter female participation in Poly DzNIS, En' ing as a result. events. 11,141 AKE Consequently, "the relaxed The matter was brought be- Yokl LDMIN‘2,- way of offering Phd's may be fore the first Poly OGM of term, 50 fiLuM ? changed?' The university is con- but a decision was deferred until ANIOAAN sidering ways of making it man- IS yr more details were available; a datory to complete in four working party has subsequently tkolsil THE years, which will be extended been set up by the Poly Student FAmi0 only in exceptional circumst- -r. , Representative Council to look oUa. Dkb ances. . into the matter. KIGH1 PP‘Cg This is understood to involve Keiran Stevens, V.P. either financial penalty or a (Admini, told Leeds Student: Atli)/ 1,4.{..., 4 time penalty, whereby those not "There are a lot of options be- completed in four years will not 12 1111 fore us and it. is very compli- 1 E IS he accepted. cated. We want more consulta- Tr410'.. I I Currently postgraduates only tion about it so that we can see Tkikr4 , 1'6 incur a £30 a year 'writing up what people want." M'r] -,d00 fee' . The Poly Executive will ask Jt: „ AI r,-.7 l'he University's Senate Re- Cur the matter to be deferred is I search committee is "as a matter again at this week's OCM (Tars of urgency, giving the matter 17thi in order that these con- 1)1,i further consideration." 1 sultations can be completed. .1 F. Ashley Tabony Paul Morgan Page,.Thraa

1 NEWS MOOR LIGHTS PLEASE LAST EVER THE CAMPAIGN to install lighting across admitted that the moor is unsafe by night. Woodhouse Moor has developed further follow- Although police figures only include attacks for REFEC. BOP? ing a meeting supported by a cross section of money, further cases of sexual harassment and THE ULCERS disco this even- primarily here to feed the stu- Leeds community groups. assaults have been brought to Claire Whiteley's ing could be the final bop in the dents." They feel discos leave The campaign, headed by L. U. U. Welfare attention and as she pointed out, the attacks Refectory this year. the hall dirty. making it un- secretary, Claire Whiteley, has faced continuous have been directed at both men and women. A meeting in July between the hygienic for the students using set backs since it began in November 1984 - due Only recently. a young man was attacked and university catering staff, Ents the lunchtime and evening meal mainly to the Council's claimed lack of funds. At had to have 23 stitches after being slashed with a Secretary Alan Whitehead and service. the meeting held last Wednesday evening, at razor blade. University Union President, Availability of the Refectory which local police, community groups and va- Ms. Whiteley emphasised that contined police Kevin Shute decided: "No more for functions midweek is now rious local councillors were present, it was de- support is vital in bringing credibility to the discos in the Refectory unless it restricted, causing problems for cided to send a deputation to the city council and campaign and a W.P.C. has been specifically is a special occasion." Alan Whitehead who handles so bring the subject to its immediate attention. assigned to the case. The catering staff who run the union bookings for the Both police and council representatives have Linda Milnes the Refectory stage that "we are catering services. He needs the Refectory for touring bands and he has to decide between gigs or discos when he fills the booking MOVE OVER FOR space. As Ents See. He feels hands are more worthwhile for the union as discos are already a regular event in the other bars. THE LIBERAL Bill Nairn, The Cultural Affairs Secretary, feels central catering services are concerned with the increasing number of JUGGERNAUT discos held last year on a regu- lar basis. These were causing Whistle-stop tour hits town general damage to the hall. There were also problems in ap- THE DAVID Steel Roadshow round of nationalising and pri- plying for late bar licensing so whisked into Leeds (minus bat- vatising Mr. Steel thought a Frequently. However he also tlebus) last Monday evening. period of stability would result feels that although societies The leader of the Liberal party promoting investment in the should be able to hold events is half way through a gruelling economy. where they wish, the Refectory t wo week national tour of When asked about the is not the best venue For a socie- t wenty-seven engagements Alliance policy on Cruise mis- ty disco - considerable financial aimed at winning the hearts. siles Mr. Steel worked hard to sums are involved in running minds and perhaps votes of the explain away inconsistencies such a big event. young. between the Liberals and the Societies who organised dis- Speaking to a 701) strong au- S.D.P. He proposed a no cos last year include David dience in the Great Hall, Mr. 'further deployment' strategy Bowie Society, Prog Rock, Net- Steel prescribed the Alliance but said we should not give up work 4 with the Sundown disco remedy for Britain. Since the existing missiles unilaterally but and Sofistifunk. The President second World War Our unrival- negotiate them away. of Sofistifunk, Emma Nichol- led opportunities had been son, feels that "no valid reasons squandered by four generations The Alliance was keen that have been given for our cancel- of politicians from all parties. Britain should have its own say led bookings and nothing is put Our position as a member of in international arms negotia- in their place." the EEC, Commonwealth and tions and did not believe we • Why am 1 drinking plonk when there's claret over there? A brief surve3 shows that the a close ally of the United States should allow America to majority of students are dis- had done nothing to prevent us negotiate on our behalf. If the then he feared violent unrest the Alliance's poor showing in appointed by this possible end of lagging behind our economic missiles could not be negotiated and revolution would occur. opinion polls with young peo- the Refectory disco era. competitors. Without a healthy away then the Liberals were Mr. Steel was critical of the ple, but stated the Liberal party just have to be the Poly from economy he said we could not willing to negotiate with the cuts recently made in the fund- was dealing in 'straight politics' now on". was one unhappy com- provide the services (e.g. wel- Americans who he said would ing of higher education. and not T-shirts and balloons. In ment. Catriona Marehant fare state) that we all thought be willing to offer joint control said the were now eating away answer to the criticism that he were socially desirable. of weapons on British territory at the meat rather than trim- was only talking to the top 3/ The wide ranging nature of rather than American control ming excess fat. Speaking after 5% of the country he defended the speech tried to show the which is favoured by the gov- the meeting Mr. Steel told his campaign, saying that it was Alliance as more than a media ernment. Leeds Student that he feared a 'long term investment' lasting party, offering considered poli- Asked if the Alliance sup- the government would not take only two weeks and that he Tape It! cies that would bring with them ported sanctions against South any action on the issue of wasn't here looking for votes. THE L.U.U. record library a spirit of co-operation rather Africa Mr. Steel pointed out grants. He was critical of the Apart from a Militant de- reopened this week in the west than confrontation to the coun- the Liberals' strong record abolition of the minimum grant monstration in Liverpool and a wing of the Union building, with try. He opposed the govern- against apartheid and agreed and said there was a need for a few 'rowdies' in Glasgow Mr. a stock of over 1,500 records. ment for bringing down infla- there was a need for a political grant based on student needs Steel said his tour had been Membership costs 43.00 per tion by lengthening the dole sign that the government of this and not related to parental in- marked by a willingness to lis- annum, plus a £5.00 deposit on queues and said that North Sea country would not support ra- come. He said an Alliance gov- ten and discuss. which from the every record borrowed. Oil revenues should he used to cial discrimination. He said that ernment would reverse the Alliance point of view was very Ian Tupman, secretary of the finance investment in infras- the government had behaved cuts. but could not promise the encouraging. It was the under- library, was optimistic about in- tructure. Tax incentives he said badly at a recent EEC meeting '05 per week grant asked for graduate population who said mproving upon last year's mem- should be used to encourage where Britain was the only by the NUS.' It would he fool- he would be campaigning for bership total of 350 students: investment and individuals country not to approve minor ish for opposition parties to 'put the Alliance at the next election -The whole approach of the lib- should he involved more in sanctions against South Africa. price tags on policies' he said. and standing as candidates in rary is to cater for the burrow- their place of work by the intro- If there was no practical sup- He agreed, when asked by the future. er." he said, pointing out that duction of more co-operative port from the major economic Leeds Student, that his tour In response to the suggestion the library runs a request schemes, profit sharing, and powers for peaceful campaig- was a response to Labour youth that it would not he realistic to scheme. "We're open to sugges- share ownership, By ending the ners such as Dr. Desmond Tutu rallies around the country and aim to hold the balance of pow- tions on what we should buy," er at the next election. he said he added. the Alliance would aim for gov- However, he did concede that ernment like the Other parties. a major problem was lack of If this was not possible they money: this year the Union's ustick.51 forbooks would play a role in someone contribution to the library was c else's government as a step to only 1:770, whilst record prices STATIONERY forming their own. The have risen noticeably in the past TEXTBOOKS MEET Alliance parties were offering year. GREETINGS CARDS for ALL your courses RALPH the most radical policies in Bri- Another problem is the loca- POSTERS tain today, and had the talent to tion and size of the library room UNIVERSITY BOOKSHOP STEADMAN carry them out. When asked itself; Ian Tupmen ruefully NEWSPAPERS 21, Blestheinaerrace, signing copies of his books about. his own party's inexperi- admitted that it was very diffi- on ence Mr. Steel said that the cult to find. "A real problem is MAGAZINES POLYTEGINIC BOOKSHOP WEDNESDAY Lloyd George administration lack of publicity," he asserted. 25 -27, Cookridge Street, was elected after forty years of sec the range at 23rd OCTOBER "We must make people aware of Liberal opposition and they had our existence our location, and STUDENT STATIONERS MEDICAL & LEGAL 12.30 to 130 at been one of the most radical BOOKSHOP of the selection we have to 172- 4,Woodhouse Lane, governments this century. offer." 57 Great George Street, 91,The Headrow Mr. Steel left. following a The library is located oppo- reception given by the Union of site site the O.S.A. lounge in the Liberal Students. for another West Wing of the Union build- meeting in Sheffield, ing and is open between 1,00 ustick,s forbooks p.m. and 2.00 p.m. every week- c Adrian Campbell day. Page Four LETTERS Dear Editor. volution in South Africa. It does which would tolerate the SOME might question Fearless not want democracy but soviet ascendency of any other. Black Frank's reason for defecting to style tyranny. majority rule can only come ab- the Labour group but not I. This is the second time this out gradually unless there is to Some might feel that his term that the Leeds University be civil war or unless there is a staunch pronouncements in Conservative Association has strong international presence February against unilateral dis- had its rights of free speech and during the transition period. armament. the miner's strike expression taken away. Last The majority of South Afri- and socialism makes this move week executive banned one of cans are terrified of change. a trifle hypocritical. I say never. our posters and this week we They look back on events in Some might even regard the were stopped from putting for- other parts of Africa such as the fact that he stood with two Con- ward the Government's case massacres in Leopoldville and servatives in the Sabbatical against apartheid and sanctions. Stoneyville and realise that sud- elections being seconded by a What will they on the extreme of den change could trigger off former chairman of the Con- the Labour party do next? events in their country. Dear Editor, educational establishment; servative Association shows Yours, Mike Simmonds Some knowledge of South IN THE front page article something which government is that he will do anything to gain African history is essential if the last week (30th Sept - Racial very reluctant to do? (Chairman Leeds University, power. I say not. Conservative Association) problem is to be resolved. When Ban) was it really being sug- Yours faithfully, As that chairman who the Dutch settled in the Western gested that students shouldn't Vanessa Edwards, Janet Dix, seconded him I feel that given Dear Editor, Cape in 1652 the only inhabi- he encouraged to pay their. Dianne Condi and Li Wong. these attributes his natural I AM disgusted by the recent tants they found were Hotten- course fees? Surely deliberately THERE was no suggestion home is indeed in the Labour NUS sponsored campaign tots and Bushmen - both groups overlooking the fact that Nige- from Leeds Student as to what Party under Neil Kinnock. against the present South Afri- were either exterminated or rian Students have "a consis- Nigerians should or should not Yours fraternally, can Regime with whose policy of driven off into the Kalahari de- tently bad reputation for paying do. We merely reported what Marcus Kitlick Apartheid, 1 hasten to add, sert. Thus there is today no ma- up" in order to avoid criticism is jor black group with more right had happened - over here there Dear Editor, totally disagree. However, the an equal discrimination? Botha government is at least to the southern tip of Africa was no suggestion from any- YET AGAIN in Tuesday's It is unlucky that the state of pro-Western and has made than the White South Africans, body of non payment. OGM we saw the extreme left- a country's economy should de- As I understand it, what the some progress toward reform - unless the bushmen would be trimentally affect education. wing expose their hatred of free notably the repealing of the prepared to lay claim to the Polytechnic Executive objected speech. but foreign students should be mixed marriages legislation and region. It must be remembered to was the fact that Nigerian We should not be surprised made aware of the financial Students were singled our to pay desegregation of public places. that white South Africans have hazards always involved in that a leading member of LUU The African National Con- no where else to go and although their full fees on the first day of Anti-Apartheid led the move to studying anywhere abroad. the year, whilst other overseas gress and SWAPO, on the other the present system is not perfect Many British students are un- stop the Conservative amend- hand are both Communist ter- and apartheid is abhorrent, the students can still pay in two in- ment to the Anti-Apartheid able to take places in higher stalments (first and second rorist organisations who are alternative is far worse. education in this country due to movement's motion from being supported by a small minority It is time that people began term). discussed. Anti-Apartheid has inadequate funding for grants It was this discrimination that of people within South Africa considering realistic proposals by our Government. Everyone long been a front for pro-Soviet and Namibia - should either or to improve the situation and was objected to for many other ANC and the South African is in the same boat. It is an overseas students - would have both of these parties come to ways to implement them. In- unfortunate coincidence that Communist Party. power unprecedented carnage cidentally, black South Africans great problems in trying to Let's hope that this active this ban can be constructed as obtain. such a lump once a year, will result. Sanctions and disin- have the best standard of living being racially motivated. If any warns those naive enough to vestment will work only against in Africa Yours sincerely. support AA. AA does not want (not as good a stan- student fails to pay course fees the blacks. dard of iving as the whites - Ed) Paul Morgan (News Editor i peaceful change but bloody re- we all suffer indirectly because There is no simple solution to and many people from outside someone has to pocket the bill. Mkifiklikwtan :WM NB 11 VA 3211.110 MIA RIM WA It the South African problem. One the country for example from Admittedly it was wrong to YOUR VIEWS BY NN BITING TO ■ of the major factors to be taken Mozambique, go there to work introduce these policies at such THE EDITOR a into account is tribalism - there (but I very much doubt they short notice. however. we LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION a are many tribal factions within ever find any - Ed). should not condemn a good in- South Africa, such as the Zulus, Yours truly (oh yeah?) P.O. BOX 157 ■ tention an attempt to protect an LEEDS I.S1 IUH ■ Xhosa and Shona - none of Jonathon D. Knight

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RIELEvAk.lr -- CD Store Rail, 'sal. • Page Five INTERVIE LLIGAN Recently there 's not been a lot of him about. Who? SPIKE

MILLIGAN of course, who has returned with a new book, more

jokes, but no new T. V. series. JOHN TAGUE speaks to the man

who bequeathed a generation of silly voices to fathers every- where. Photos: STEPHEN ROBINSON. "I lead a very quiet "Yes, I suppose I should have taken more advantage of life. That is my room is comedy and used it as a politic- soundproofed. I just al weapon." stand in front of the What of the political con- scious comedy around at the mirror stark naked moment? and scream." "There's not much political comedy just now. except the SPIKE MILLIGAN is, of Labour and Conservative con- course, joking. Though you can ferences. If you think of them never quite tell with this man. as idiots you get a laugh out of It's not that he's ever deadpan them." serious (God forbid), or even Maybe so, but the trouble is vaguely sarcastic: its the fact they're not really idiots, and 1 that he exudes the quiet, con- don't think Spike Milligan trolled desperation of a man thinks of them as such. Such who could go quietly insane. serious issues as politics affect After a life of writing some of him as deeply as anyone else. the finest and most influential What about the recent sinking comedy around, things have in- of the Greenpeace vessel the deed become somewhat quieter Rainbow Warrior? in his life. Television slots are "That was a joke!" rare: the rain-coated figure with Sorry? a brown label hanging from his "Only the Irish or the French lapel so well known form the would have done it... I think '0' series is a rare sight these they bought their stuff just near days. Spike Milligan is now 67: me at Barnet. in the local he looks tired, Tie looks old. shop." The day has been a long round Perhaps Spike Milligan does of appearances and interviews. view the whole affair as some Rather a hectic day? sort of joke. Perhaps not. An "Not really, no. Not hectic genuine arc these stories? "I of any fresh Milligan on our the crown of irrelevant lunacy. ' act of international terrorism. da' . Wednesday isn t it?" I told them in my own way, but screens for some time. However there's one notable especially on the part of a gov- hope this isn't going to be one all those stories are true. That's "It's bloody hard work to get difference in the approach of ernment, however, affords few of those days. why I include so many photos anything on IV for me." the 'alternative' comedians, laughs for me. I suspect it The reason for all this activity because otherwise no-one Why? and that of Milligan: the politic- affords few for Spike Milligan is a new instalment of war would believe me. But I really "Well I don't get the ratings. al content of the material. - as well, but he's not saying. memoirs, Where Have All was a nut case in those days: I The BBC goes for big ratings. This is something of a sur- We're getting a little too close The Bullets Gone?". Gunner used to hang out of windows You see nobody can compete prise. Milligan is no empty to what really goes on in that Milligan is back in the fifth and read hooks..." with shit, shit wins every time. I headed laughing clown: he's sound-proofed room of his: he book of a trilogy, with a futher He seems quite oblivious to always try to do experimental practically as well-known for isn't eager to let us hear the and final volume still to come. the irony in such a statement: shows. They might not always his commitment to various en- screams, and so we get the The Milligan world-view is Spike Milligan calling himself a come off, but at least we try, vironmental lobbies as for his laughter instead. singular indeed. But what made nut case seems comparable to and many different offshots comedy, His renowned de- him start them in the first Idi Amin admitting he could be come from them. I mean Monty pression has much to do with Now he's away again, place? a little short-tempered at times. Python was a dead ringer for his fears for the future of the pleased that so many came to "1 suppose it began because Will the next volume positively my early '0' shows. They took earth and its wildlife. Why is it the signing... "Very embarras- I'm not the world's favourite be the last instalment . the formula and used it. Used it that a man with such passionate sing when no-one shows... person with the TV companies. "Yes, after the next book much better, because they had concerns has never used his art you're a dead target for Arab Nobody was approaching me that's it. Actually I died after six writers and I only had one... as means of communication, as assassins: 'Signing author stab- with any work. and I thought that. I've been dead eight years me." a way of drawing attention to bed in back by rioter with long- I've got to make some money. I now, but nobody's had the I don't think many people causes he wishes to promote? distance bottle,..'" got nostalgic and decided the courage to tell me. I'm waiting would disagree that Milligan's "Originally I did use it in the And he's gone. When you best way to cope with it was to for the price of wood to drop. Goon show, but unfortunately influence has spread far and smile the whole world smiles write about it. thought I must The inevitable humour again. wide over much of the comedy they banned us from mention- I with you, but Spike Milligan is go through all these lunatics in I begin to get the impression ing politics at all." of the past twenty years. Monty a man who prefers to do his my head, they're too good to that the jokes aren't just It seems the MIS influence at Python is an obvious example crying behind closed doors. miss. thrown in to make us smile: it's to pick: more recenty 'The jolly decent Aunty Beeb reared Lunatics seems a mild word a defence mechanism, a conve- Young Ones' have presented its ugly head in more ways than for the parade of, shall we say, nient mask to hide behind... themselves as heir apparents to one... John Tague unorthodox characters who Meanwhile we're talking TV, turn-up in his diaries. Just how and the reasons for the absence RAMO.. --,• of tlo! tioT anaffR + " ." 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FORESIGHT NOT that anyone actually ever bothers to find out what pearls of wisdom and gems of delight are contained within the im- penetrable lines of this column. once again here are this week's excuses for not having a sauna and a pint of adulterated slops in the new old Tetley bar. Unfortunately for theatre fans a wizard new piece of Un- ion policy means that only three posters can be put up by the respective company. and so it seems as though the Union will become the cultural vacuum that the bar manager will profit by. If you were one of the lucky • "The star of Cocoon is consoled, after a taxing performance, by three other members of the cast." dozen who had managed to actually see one of the three ODEON the water, the oldies proceed to population of the old folks Howard, the former actor legislated postage stamp size COCOON: Hollywood's latest embark on a series of vigorous home an offer they can't refuse; known for the wet part of adverts for 76a Theatre Corn- addition to the rapidly expand- and entertaining sprees. The a chance to cheat death... Richie Cunningham in Happy pany you will have had an ex- ing genre of science fantasy scientists turn out to be benevo- Days, shows himself in this, his cellent nights entertainment, lent, longlived and luminous Cocoon is certainly entertain- third film, to be a developing films comes to us with a pedig- ing and in places quite but that means 9,000 unhappy ree of box office success. In- aliens in human skins, on earth master of his genre, blending souls missed out. to recover colleagues left in sus- touching; the special effects are humour and drama in a way deed Ron Howard presents a both special and effective and So, with a new crusading most agreeable reworking of pended animation when Atlan- which has always had audiences sense of purpose here is the tis sank beneath the waves. the cameo performances from queuing irrespective of any the established Spielberg for- the old men and respective latest in out of home entertain- mula. This all proves most depress- short-comings in plot or con- ment. women are of quality. Certain ception. The action centres around an ing for their earthling boatman members of the supporting cast The Hyde Park Picture House old folks home in a small port (played by Steve Guttenberg, continues its ascendancy and in- of old folk last worked in the He creates an infectious on the west coats of Florida. starlet of Police Academy) who silent era. atmosphere of wonder in the creasingly threatens the Play- Three old men played by movie has fallen in love with the token house's position as the 'Art' sea sequences which explains veterans Don Ameche, Hume woman alien. He swiftly recon- The film is undeniably com- the evident appeal of this pic- screen of Leeds with an excel- Cronyn and Wilford Brimley ciles himself to the mission, and piled from stock ideas familiar lent programme for the coming ture. like Howard's sneak secret swims in a pool in even indulges in a spectacular from Close Encounters, E.T. Cocoon, week. with its very own Nastas- other films, is a good little film which a team of scientists (in- sin-pool alien sex session! and Ron Howard's last film. the sia Kinskl season. cluding star 'offsprings Tahnee comedy which rejuvenated Dis- and definitely unworthy of the This weekend allows the ear- Welch and Tyrone Power Jr.) is The aliens are forced to ney Studios. Splash. Howard scathing critical dismissal as nest fan a chance to see one of storing mysterious pods, newly abandon their quest, but realis- succeeds in creating an infec- merely 'Close encounters of the her earliest. and her most re- salvaged from the sea bed. ing for the first time the reality tious atmosphere of wonder in geriatric kind'. cent screen roles (No. not the Miraculously rejuvenated by of death make the entire the sea sequences particularly. N.J. Cull tasteless Lux advert). Tess (Fri 18th 11.00 p.m.) will guarantee a tear from even the most hardy amongst you (geddit?) and is as near a faithful adaptation as BLOODYEAWFUL• you could expect on the big screen. This is followd by the ABC FILM CENTRE have ruled the world' and lots of cinematic road movie cum Nastiness, Queen Godren and with Red Sonja and Queen Ged- other hilarious examples worthy group therapy session Paris, FOLLOWING on the heels of save the universe from being ren battling it out in a spectacu- of Scooby-Doo. Texas. that mega-flop DUNE Dino de shat on. lar room full of candles where Look out if you must for Meanwhile those whacky Laurentis presents us with Red Although Sonja rejects the the glowing Green golf ball is Ronald Lacey though, who boys from LUU Film Soc keep Sonja. It stars Brigitte Nielson macho help of good old Arnold, kept. All gripping stuff. plays Ikol, the Queen's second us stimulated with their line up in the title role, and that hunk of who puts in the odd grunt every The plot of Red Sonja is very in command. He was the crazed of films, and no less baffled by `Conan Barbarian' fame, so often and, surprise, surprise, weak; totally unoriginal and Nazi in 'Raiders of the Lost their enigmatic programme. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who comes to her rescue whenever predictable. The numerous fight Ark' and is the only actor of any Any film made after Heat of the plays the mighty Kalider as an she gets herself into deep trou- scenes are full of gore, flying standing in the film. Night and set in the deep south iron-age body builder. ble. limbs and not for the faint- I'm afraid this one is solely must he good, so my vote goes Styled in the same mould as When they finally reach the hearted. The poor emotionless for those ardent fans of the drab to Wiseblood (Fri 18th 7.30 the Conan films Red Sonja fo- evil Queen's palace, one of those acting is added to by the corny Conan movies. RBLT) and its satire on reli- cuses around a weird green black castles perched on top of a cliche ridden script which has gious practices - all no doubt in flowing spherical talisman, sinister mountain, the two lines such as 'Together we could Paul Crask glorious sweaty armpitted dirty which should it fall into the `heroes' set about hacking all realism. wrong hands threatens to des- her soldiers to pieces, who all Also starting on Friday. for troy the universe. Of course it stand around waiting for their three days at the Hyde Park is a does, and it is Sonja's task to turn to be butchered. Dylan ThomasfEmily Bronte retrieve the talisman From Her The film reaches its climax double bill. With names like O'Toole, Olivier, Taylor, Niven and Burton flying around LEEDS it would be gross philistinism not to go, and even greater disrespect, as most of them are PLAYHOUSE dead. Amidst all this gloomy pessi- Calverley Street 442111 mistic celluloid the one theat- Final Week - Ends Saturday, 19th October rical gesture comes from THE GENIUS Theatre Workshop and their by Howard Brenton farce Changing Places. In the 'One of the best Playhouse productions I have seen' (Leeds Studentl Workshop Theatre, from Tues- Mon/Tue 8.00 p.m.. Wad-Sat 7.30 p.m. day 22nd at 7.30 p.m. Mat. 3.00 p.m. Saturday, 19th Octobar Student tickets from 12.201 Meanwhile the excellent 24th October - 16th November London Contemporary Dance THE AMAZING DANCING BEAR - , Theatre will be boogeying the 4' ...... 41;,= night away at the Grand from by Barry L. Hillman A powerful drama set in 1814 against the background of early trade•unionism Tuesday 22nd. and should not 1 ' s PROFESSIONAL PREMIERE! .-...1 ...... ;), be missed. FILM 1 You see, it's not really all , ' 4103 .,,) . ) Friday, 18th October 11.15 p.m. 4 41 that had to be in Leeds in the ' 1# 410 ' autumn - is it? Answers on a TO BE OR NOT TO BE A remake of the original 1942 comedy. starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft .... postcard to the editor. TICKETS ONLY E1.701 Jonny Keats NO ADVANCE BOOKING • "What do you mean, they didn't like it."

wrAfifs DIRTY LINEN GROSS LEEDS PLC's 'Gross' is run- ning this week in the Raven THE AMBIGUOUSLY entitled 'Nylon Sheets' after a two week stint at Edin- did not arouse the curiosity of many students as burgh. The play was written by the meagre handful of peoie lost in the depths of two ex-students Mark Wadlow the Raven Theatre can testify. Consequently. it and Peter Morgan and takes a was a very select few who experienced a fast- fast moving look at the hard moving incisively witty and consistently well selling world of advertising. executed performance. A woman's obsession with Chris French. Mark Gillis and Martin Hyder food and dieting lead her to be are the three who make up 76a. They came tempted by a new slimming together whilst studying at Kent University and drug. Noback. In the process are currently touring, assisted by HM Govn.'s she meets a slick salesman em- wondorous scheme to aid small businesses - a ployed by the Busselmeyer worthy investment! advertising agency. Nylon Sheets was a rapid succession of satirical- This plot is lost a hit at the ly caustic sketches. The three actors successfully expense of the broad hitting seized the attention of the audience from the very amhitions of the play, but It is first sketch; the ruthless police interrogation of an sufficient to provide the innocuous toy rabbit. There was no respite as one framework to look at the effects sketch was rapidly succeeded by another. the of advertising on both the con- pattern broken by musical interludes which did sumer and the professional. not let up on the ruthless parodying. The scenes move fast, some- There were times when the humour seemed to times confusingly through a offer the thinking man's alternative to the smutty mixture of styles, from a vaude- school review, then just when you felt lulled 1-)N villain lecture on the way to sell the easy laugh this afforded there came a satirical by Busselmeyer (Mark Wad- portrait. cruel in its accuracy, of such venerable low), to close harmony recita- institutions as the High Street hank and poetry tions of slogans. reading sessions on Channel Four! Two scenes stand out, one in The mobility of the actors, the rapid way they which three sorts of agony aunts assumed new characters, slipping from the role of give their advice, with a won- an over-enthusiastic Hungarian acrobat into that derfully comic piece of acting by of an American singer with an inflated ego and an Ruth Glazer, the second when embarrassing personal problem. meant this highly two salesmen (Clive Moore and original show sustained its momentum through- Andrew Sherlock) try out their out, unlike most shows of this format which tend selling techniques on a hapless to be rather 'hit and miss'. restaurant owner (Alistair 76a seem fated not to find an audience at Leeds McGowan). (their first visit was scheduled for the doomed Gross isn't the word. What Union Summer Ball last term). Try and catch the plays lacks in plot and char- them during their current tour, maybe in Man- acter building, it more than chester of Huddersfield for a pacy, refreshingly makes up for with wit and pow- original evening. er. • "London Contemporary Dance Theatre rehearsing 'Shadows in the Sun'. To be Anne Cooke Deb Lyttelton seen at the Grand, October 22nd -26th"

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strapped into the glider and `stall' the glider, which she did. ing about immensely worth- was while. However, John Freeman This week Jay Rayner, Leeds given a rundown of the controls Suddenly the craft went into a by my instructor. Jill, who was short, steep dive similar to com- emphasised that the sunny Student's very own Icarus president of the LUU Gliding ing over the crest of a roller weather had brought out a lot takes to the air without the aid Club about 15 years ago. coaster, but in this case the of people who wouldn't nor- Then we were off, the air- ground is a thousand feet below mally be there and there would of an engine, or as it turned out plane in front pulling us up- and there are no rails controll- usually be much less hanging wards ever upwards. As with ing the journey. about. a parachute but with a lot of any flight the ground suddenly The adrenalin pumps and the But none of us new flyers begins to look like a model vil- true attraction of gliding sud- seemed to mind. The only re- help from the Leeds University lage, but in this case you quick- denly becomes clear. You con- gret appeared to be that the ly realise that there is only an trol everything. The noise is flight went so quickly, but at and Poly Unions' Gliding Club. inch or so between you and minimal compared to a normal £5.50 each flight (most of which hundreds of feet of space. plane, and it's incredibly re- is the cost for the tow plane) it SCANNING the pages of the people who tried to be helpful But undoubtedly the most laxed unless you want to make would easily be possible to do it various union handbooks, it's but didn't actually know what dramatic part of the flight is it more stretching with aeroba- again. easy to brush over certain they were doing. when the aero tow is dropped. tics or stalls. The Gliding Society goes to societies just because they look Then at 10.30 we were all There is a large crack and the For that quarter of an hour Dishworth on Saturdays and too eccentric or expensive. trundled off in a motley convoy tow plane dives steeply off to you feel totally at ease with no Sundays during term from the The Gliding Society probably of converted vehicles which the right whilst we move off to worries, especially if you have a university union and can be fits into the latter group, looked something like extras the left. very experienced pilot like Jill reached through their notice seemingly way out of range of from a Mad Max movie, to the Then we were free. at the controls to take care of board in the union itself. the average student pocket. I'll flying spot on the furthest run- The noise of the wind past you, If you want to become a solo come clean now, however - it way. The gliders themselves the cabin is surprisingly loud All too soon the flight was glider pilot it would probably isn't exactly cheap at £7.50 for were flown over by the experi- but it's still obvious by the slow over, coming into land not so take a full term of flights, but if one flight and a day's mem- enced pilots. speed of the flight that this is much with a bump, but with a you just want to try a single bership of the club, but for the There are two methods of nothing like powered flight. rush as the long grass streams flight this is for you. experience its certainly worth glider airborne, Firstly, there's The day I flew there was no cross the bottom of the fusel- I certainly recommended it. it. the aero tow which we would be lift' but we still remained in the age. My thanks to John Freeman, On a cold but bright Sunday using whereby the glider is pul- air for a quarter of an hour. It was an incredible experi- the Gliding Club and our hosts morning I set off with members led up to about 2,000ft by a At one point Jill offered to ence. Which made all the wait- Hambletons Gliding Club. of the university and poly Glid- small plane and then released ing Club for RAF Dishworth, to gently descend, or the less- 20 miles north up the Al. favoured winch method, which John Freeman, last year's John Freeman described as 'the president, explained that the closest thing to vertical take-off club was affiliated to Hamble- next to a Harrier jump jet.' In ton's, a long-standing gliding this, the glider, is tied to a half club that has been flying from mile steel cable and then pulled Dishworth for many, many along by a poweful engine until years. it gets airborne to about 1,000ft. Warren, a new member of Much of the day would be the University Gliding Club, spent watching gliders take off but a glider for a number of and disappear into the blue years. explained that whereas yonder to reappear about fif- in powered flight if you got lost teen minutes later landing on you could put the plane through the grass from where they a few circuits and look at a would be pushed to the end of map, when gliding you always the line of gliders waiting for had to be 'on the ball', physical- their next aero tow. ly controlling the craft at all Eventually, at about 2.30 it times. was my turn. I strolled valiantly At the Dishworth main han- across the tarmac to my waiting ger we were shown the gliders craft, my heart beating fever- we would be using. They were ishly in my chest, my eyes glos- quite old, yet perfectly sound, sing over with the thought of two-seater 'Blaniks'. John once more taking to the air. Freeman proudly told us, that Realising I wasn't actually one of these was the oldest of Biggles, I suddenly became its type still in service in Bri- very meek in the presence of tain. my instructor, who took one PHOTO We were then shown how to look at me and decided my handle the gliders on the large weight required the FEATURE ground. One of our instructors dumping of both of our para- explained that they were most chutes and the seats. It was PICS : vulnerable whilst on the quite embarrassing. ROGER RA 11 ground, due to the number of However, this forgotten, 1 Page Nine

The national prison population Yit is growing at an alarming rate. In a restless atmosphere, pris- on officers are despertely tired. Justin Hunt visited Styal Pris- on to investigate.

H.M. STYAL Prison is the ma- Mrs. Sisson feels that the jor closed prison for women in prisoners tend to be immature: this country. Living in what "They have no intelligence to appears at first glance to be a resolve their disputes verbally." fenced-in village are two hun- The fights are often caused by dred and seventy-nine women the most trivial incidents, usual- and nine babies. The ages of ly someone taking someone the women prisoners range else's sugar or butter. from fifteen !Tears old to sixty- The most distressing aspect eight. (Styal is also a youth cus- of prison life for Mrs. Sisson tody centre). One third of the and Miss Bird is Christmas women are mothers another fif- time. Visiting is restricted to teen are pregnant. two hours a week and separat- Miss Bird. the deputy Gov- ing mothers from children on ernor. has been in the prison the weekend before Christmas service for seventeen years. She is an ugly task. They do have a joined as a prison officer, and mother and baby unit within when some under twenty-four A prisoner is moved out of You must have a sense of feels therefore that she has a the prison but the mother is year olds were placed in a the protection cell into the si- humour." greater understanding of the only allowed to he with the house with a 'sprinkling' of lent cell if she is smashing furni- Mrs. Shenton likes to talk pressures in a prison. The Gov- child for nine months or eight- adults. There is no real supervi- ture and threatening the sanity about her experiences; there ernor of the prison is a man: een if she manages to be trans- sion at night and there had been of the whole block. The silent was one time when she casually Mr. Anderson. whilst all the ferred to Askham Grange. bullying in the dormitories. cells have three locked doors walked into a cell and found a prison officers and catering Under such circumstances One woman was taken to pris- with only one window in the woman strangling herself with a officers are women. In many most of the women prisoners on with a suspected broken roof and one hole in the door. piece of cotton. The woman's ways Styal is a prison for naturally turn to one another, jaw. There is a cardboard toilet, ab- face was purple and her tongue women by women. drugs or the chapel. Rev. Greenwood explained out the size of a bowler hat, and was protruding. In that instance Both Miss Bird and Mrs. Sis- "It is extremely lonely in pris- how he feels that there are cer- a paper cup. At the far end of Mrs. Shenton was just in time. son, the chief prison officer on, without your own choice of tain women in the prison with the cell is a mattress and a A lot of prisoners in the have no paper qualifications. friends, - explains Miss Bird personality disorders who do tough nylon dress like a sack punishment block sing, others This, they feel, is irrelevant- who is angry that people auto- not really fit into any particular which a prisoner has to wear. lie back on their backs kicking What matters instead is com- matically brand women as les- category at all, leaving Styal in The woodwork in one of the the doors with their feet, whilst mon sense, something 0-levels bians if they see a lot of another the unsatisfactory position of silent cells has been viciously some smash their heads on the cannot teach you. woman. Mrs. Sisson is equally having to dealwith them the scratched and there are rem- wall: The prison itself takes quite a concerned and wonders if any- best they can, nants of custard stains on the "Lots of them have perma- pride in the various courses one could imagine what it's A lot of the problems stem wall. (Food is often blocked nent lumps on their foreheads," which are available to the pris- really like to go a full week from the fact that most women into holes but has to be cleared says Mrs. Shenton, "they all oners. There is a home econo- without touching anyone? in the prison need emotional out by the prisoner when she have the same kind of life his- mics course, a computer Drugs, Miss Bird says are no support and that they are with leaves the cell). The prisoners tories as well: unstable back- course, a soft furnishing course greater problem inside the pris- people they have not chosen to in the punishment block are not grounds, broken homes." as well as gardens and a factory on than they are outside. They live with. Prisoners often come allowed any jewellery except When Joe Orton was sent to to work in. Six inmates are on are at epidemic proportions to chapel just to talk to each wedding rings for fear that they prison in May 1962 for remov- the Open University scheme outside and the prison staff sus- other or to be alone together. will rip their ears apart. Paper- ing illustrations from library and some recently worked at pects that if drugs are taken Some have made requests for backs also are not made avail- books, he wrote: the Liverpool garden festival. they are probably swallowed marriage. Rev. Greenwood able as women deliberately cut `The old whore society lifted Miss Bird wants to make sure during visiting hours. Prisoners does not think they were se- themselves with the staples and up her skirts, and the stench the prisoners know what a can be visited for two hours rious. Besides if a woman is paper. was pretty foul'. routine is. So many of them, every week in an open room found in bed with another Prisoners usually stay in the Styal as a prison is its own she explains, are used to no which doubles up as a gymna- woman she is punished. punishment block for a few society, its skirts are attractive organisation in their lives what- sium. It would be unfortunate if The prisoner's day starts at days. The maximum time Mrs. and when they are lifted the soever. She wants them to dis- they had to clamp down, secur- 7.00 a.m. They have three Shenton has known someone to sight is not always pleasant. pel this idea of having, to stay ity wise, on the prisoners only meals a day, vegetarian meals be in a silent cell is forty days. Most inmates are unem- out every night all night and is real contact with the outside are provided, with each house A state of affairs which she ployed, most of them come trying to instil some kind of world. having its own cook. There are finds deplorable: from Liverpool, Sheffield and responsibility and self disci- Many prisoners gain comfort seventeen houses in all. "I'm not qualified to deal Birmingham. Eighty per cent of pline. Hence the courses which from the chapel. A number of The prisoners sitting outside with them. I'm doing nothing the prison budget goes on offer qualifications and an in- the long term women are in the the houses on chairs com- for them here. I just see the wages to prison officers who are troduction to an industrial way choir. The chapel holds an plained about the 'bitchiness' in failures." all overworked. Mrs. Sisson of life. annual carol service and harvest the prison and wished people Mrs. Shenton has another wants twenty more. Present Having said that Miss Bird festival. Last Sunday's con- would get their heads down, two women with her in the costs are rising so sharply that points nut that only recently a gregation numbered sixty-four. mind their own business and block all the time. There is a Styal is having to grow its own girl was discharged and she The resident chaplain, Rev serve their sentence. There was security hell to ring if anything vegetables to keep the cost came back to the gate saying Greenwood, was quite pleased. a cassette recorder playing near gets out of hand; down. They are now supplying she had nobody or nothing for Styal prison is, for hint. quite a them. They were listening. to -Ring that and they come out other prisons. her outside. In the prison some change from Strangeways: 'Diana Ross and the Sup- of the woodwork," she laughs The national picture is more people, she admits, have a "It's not such a military reifies'. heartily. frightening. Britain'sprison security which is denied to them macho establishment. Men By far the most gregarious Has she ever rang the bell? population could rise to 50.000 outside. However Miss Bird is tend to form gangs whilst I member of the prison staff is Only once, when someone went by the end of the year. Mr. adamant that they do not stay think women are much more Mrs. Shenton. She is in charge for her throat. Colin Steel. national chairper- in prison for the sake of it: individuals.' Are there any of the punishment block and Mrs. Shenton is about six foot son of the Prison Officers Asso- "They have to go outside to a gangs in Styal? Rev, Green- has been for fourteen months. tall, she has been bitten once by ciation, warned the Govern- more normal environment." wood didn't think so. he felt The punishment block consists an inmate, she has opened a ment of the problems that could The job of the deputy Gov- there were cases though of of three types of cells. The main door and been face to face with ensue. Last year the Home ernor is extraordinanly deman- 'tobacco haroning', lending difference between the protec- a metal pole removed from a Secretary paid a one off visit to ding: every day something quite hack with interest. tion cells and the other cells in bed and yet somehow she re- Styal. That is not enough. Styal different can happen. a con- How about bullying? There the block is really a question of tains a bubbling sense of is in danger of becoming a ditch sequence of the volatile atmos- have been instances of bullying, furniture. There are four pro- humour. for people no one knows how to phere a prison can perpetrate. he recalled. He remembered tected cells and two silent cells. How? "It's a thankless job. handle. MUSIC REVIEWS OUR TRACE SINGS Everything But The Girl University Refectory WHAT a nice way to spend Saturday evening! Trace and Ben invited me round to their bedsit to listen to a few of their songs. old and new, which was really nice because I hadn't seen either of them for about a year. In that time Trace's hair has sorted itself out and looks great, whilst Ben has lost some weight and *at rid of that ridiculous beard. Mind you. his new haircut is a bit dodgy and quite sensibly he kept his hat on most of the time. They've also got some new mates to play keyboards. drums and bass and, though they're not quite as good as the last lot, they're still OK. Trace still sings most of the songs. though Ben takes over for the more sensitive ones. during which most of the band nip off to the loo for a few minutes. There was one period towards the end where things got really heavy with Ben doing his Falklands War and Northern Ireland bit, then Trace came back to sing about Francis Farmer. But, they've got such a nice way with words, and write such good tunes, that the message sorts comes over without being doomy or preachy. The best bit of the evening though. was when Ben sang a John Marlyn song: "Don't Join Up". 1 closed my eyes and it was just like John himself was there. right between the kitchenette and the broken TV. It was fabulous. Unfortu- nately, it made their own songs seem a bit weak: but they're only young and will only get better. They still sing "Each And Every One" with that great line • Pagan beauty spot: Tony Woo!gar "being kind is just a way to keep me under your thumb". and "This Love Not For Sale" and loads of others for almost an THE Waterboys have returned with two new members, and a hour and a half. They even cracked a couple of jokes. But new album titled 'This Is The Sea', a much more confident they weren't very funny. record than *Pagan Place'. SCREAM Anyway, I enjoyed myself immensely, much more than I The Waterboys still purvey the big music, the landscapes in expected, and I must remember to pop round again as soon sound of U2 and Big Country, but with a nod to America and THE as I get the chance. Why don't you go too? the work of Bob Dylan in particular. Gordon Taylor This music soars and soars, stretched to epic proportions. as Mike Scott renders an exhaustive stream of consciousness. Despite difficulties with a faulty bass pedal, the hand played a BLUES; very tight nicely paced show largely culled from the new CRAIG. ex-Sisters bassist. left band. They are a fusion. of R 'n' album. because he wanted to "play in a B. thrashabilly. and even (dare The addition of a fiddler to the tiee•up has improved the rock 'n' roll band". He is now sae it) rock 'n' roll. sound and given flexibility to the music. especially when member of the Dead Vaynes! ee,. pitched against Anthony Thistlethwaite's sax. it's difficult to ; Their mini-LP from last year pinpoint the appeal of The Waterboys, they wear their The Dead Vay nes come on was a promising debut: it prom- influences on their sleeves even covering songs by Bob Dylan stage and say they are going to ised a nok approach. it prom- and Van Morrison. but still they hold some mystery in their treat us to some rock 'n' roll. ised trouble, but above alt it music. This they do not do. They play promised a fine live perform- Greatness could well be within the Waterboys sights. as I 2 loud, they jump around a bit, ance. flounder more into pomposity, as Monday's gig showed. throw things into the - 1 suppose two nut of three though it's perhaps a little too soon to bang the drum. crowd_ This is not rock n' roll, isn't bad. and it was very nearly A good gig from a very good band. this is a poor parody of what it full marks. Paradoxically the Clem Snide should be. SBM's sound better trying to Maybe this is intentional - sound live in the studio, rather standing back and laughing at than actually playing live. All conventional attitudes. Maybe Ahouirl have been well brilliant not. They're not that good ence are anything to go by then and an understated doing either. Riley Smith is only the next ``drum thrash under pinning it stage (ouch Ed). The Screaming Blue Mes- all. But something was missing, siahs are not a rock 'n' roll and I think they call it interest. Dave Hampson • Screaming Blue Messiahs B MOVIE They came on, played quite THE REFEC yawned on Satur- well and went off again. It got "All that's left is true reli- and - day night; while Everything But hot, the music was fast gion . Here's looking forward some people danced at the The Girl longed for the com- to the Second Coming. front. That OK? fortable small talk of the Tartan John 'l'ague Bar, B-Movie swallowed it whole. PREVIEW Vocalist Steve Harrington talks philosophically of the step I SPENT last night sitting in the cellar of "Dorothy's down from US stadiums to the Cottage" . and before you ask, no, l don't have an hidden consolation of a small UK cult fantasies about Judy Garland. "Dorothy's Cottage" is. in following. He recalled the fact, a local band, which is very capable of proving that , THE album sharing days with the unusual entertainment does, in fact, exist 1 c ond the realms likes of Soft Cell, Depeche of those so-called professionals who parade in and out of our Mode and Blancmange ents halls. B-Movie's name comes even- Even in such an impromptu atmosphere their performance WAREMILSE tually to appear an ominous impressed - certainly didn't leave with that jumbled acceptance of second place. sensation of their first song lulling disconcertingly into the 19/21 SOMERS STREET. LEEDS 151 2RG "It's got to he new or we may last. Tel: 468287/430432 have to pack up." In accordance with every other epitaph on human exist- He means it. and his audi- ence, their music reflects their own backgrounds - which. ence understands it; B-Movie incidentally. are gay. 1:7, also stressed in their lyrics: Monday 21th October want to be BIG. obviously their sexuality can only he natural - and they can Blending the unpredictable only wish that more "straights': could learn to understand WOODENTOPS vibrancy of Magazine and the and accept this too. Such an attitude is consequently re- Thursday 24th October cold polish of earth Gary Nu- flected in songs like "Faggots" and -Peter" (in reference to man, the band held the audi- Peter Tad-tell). ROBYN HITCHCOCK ence captive with a set largely Their name is also quite intriguing. Being a friend of Monday 28th October on their new album (?), re- "Dorothy" is a ver, discreet way of describing a gay person leased last week, this spans four and "cottage" is gay slang tor "toilet": which ironeially and AGE OF CHANCE years work, from the surround- disgustingly describes the average "Sun-readers" opinion of ing magnificence of 'Re- "sordid homo-sexual goings on". WEDDING PRESENT memberance Day, to the latest There is. quite blatantly. a need for such politics as these single 'Switch On. Switch Off, but that really isn't all the hand's concerned with. and after FLOWERS FOR AGATHA slick power-pop which under- all. they probably couldn't carry it off quite so well if they FREE Parties Monday - Thursday lines 13-Movies hunger for suc- weren't enjoying themselves. So, why don't you have a night Tel 468287 or 430432 - 9am - 5pm. Mon to Fri cess. off from the usual dull student ritual and join Dorothy's Harrington's aggressive voc- Cottage at the "tres avant garde" Termite Club, Adelphi FREE Entry Mon - Thurs before 10.30prn als and the blasts of Steve Lee's Hotel on Boar Lane on Friday October 18th. 50p after (with Union Card) on sax earned two resounding Mandy Kelly DISCOUNT Fri & Sat before 10.30pm with Union Card encores. If the exhausted audi- MUSIC vurn ILICE1 5to9tes A1bum4 10. Big Audio Dynamite/The greatest recording perhaps. His INNOCENCE IS NO EXCUSE Bottom Line (C.B.S.) voice is better suited to hope Saxon/Waiting for the Flood/ Joe Strummer's new record was ( Amber and the Amberines) or Armoury Snow/Idle Vices-Freez bad enough... but this! Mick despair (Shipbuilding/Strange new Saxon are back— and I for one Jones' venture mixes the Fruit) than, as here, with cynic- never even knew they'd been Magnificent. Dance with White ism hut, one Robert Wyatt re- away. But ignorance is no ex- Lines. resulting in a record cord is worth ten from anyone cuse. which is of no use to anyone else. All proceeds go to the This record brings back whatsoever. You can't dance to T.U.C. Miner's Hardship memories, all those nights it. you can't sing along with it. Fund, and the 'B' side (actual- spent as a kid listening to Deep ly, the offical 'A' side) is by the Purple with a needle in my 9. Hipnomatix/Perfect Stran- Grimethorpe Colliery Band. hand... a bit of a cissy occupa- gers (Cryptic Records). Cancel my subscription to the tion sewing, but embroidery Three dodgy-looking characters Tatler. classes went hand in hand with • The Armoury Show await a review. from Leeds produce a dodgy Gordon Taylor being one of the denim record. The 12in is over-long at hoardes. Eventually I grew out effect... or to put it in terms its gests that this record will sell a six minutes, Ray Lyon's voice of music on stun, but the sewing makers would respect, it's fair number of units, make the has definite Numan overtones still comes in handy, so out with BORING. middle of the LP's chart, the and the whole thing has a thinly LOCAL the mending box and on with So too is the first LP by the band will undertake massive disguised early Tubeway Army the LP. Armoury Show: Richard Job- American tours and retire feel. Dodgy. This record is designer label son, John McGeoch, Russell gracefully to the Cotswolds... rock, the chorus is there on Webb and John Doyle; or the accountants may be happy, 8. Pink Flamingoes/Sunday HEROES command, the guitars race for a should I say The Captain, The but will the punters remain so? (Prophet) fill at every possible opportun- Legend, The Universe, and And so to the Freez LP. This At last the mystery is solved. ity giving little squeals and Doylie; as they have all taken is a joy to listen to, a nice chirpy These are the people buying all ONLY a matter of seconds into barks, the drummer pounds pseudonyms, and the record soully funk groove. Freez have those Jesus And Mary Chain the new term and, already, the away and the singer contem- too sounds a little anonymous. changed a lot since the I.O.U. records. Leeds Student office is besieged plates his trousers. The record is a well polished period and have obviously be- by hordes of homegrown talent I didn't like it... so I turned affair, nicely crafted with the nefited from their association 7. The Leather Nun/501 (Wire). pressing product into sweaty the volume up... the neigh- only duff track being the new with producers of the calibre of The Leather Nun are hardly the journalistic palms. bours didn't like it either. The version of the first single 'Cas- Arthur Baker. successors to the Stooges and In the vanguard are the problems here is that unlike ZZ tles In Spain.' The vital flaw is This is the stuff to groove on the M.C.5 that they claim, but Chorus, whose debut single Top and Van Halen who I do the fact that nothing on the into the wee small hours with, they sure do look mean in sung- 'These Stones' appeared at the like is that Saxon have no sense album is really spectacular, Pimms and Beanbags... Yup- lasses. The record is a bit too end of last term. They claim of humour, and little musical punks first supergroup has pee. Think get up and dance tame, but a good effort for that a pre-release cassette copy skill, this album is turgid and proved to be less than the tag now. saying they've only been going was delivered for review and unrelentless. it chugs on to little leads us to expect. Insight sug- Vernon Chance six years. promptly half-inched by an un- scrupulous person without so 6. Quando Quango/Genius much as a mention. 'THE GOLDEN OF DISCO' encourages you to do, not (Factory). They ought to be flattered. (Final Image) think. Then the voice: sweet Immediately identifiable as the After all, we're a pretty dis- \ MINI-LP. extended 12 inch SON And inoffensive. But probe Quando Quango of Love Tem- cerning bunch around here and debut sort of thing, from Leeds deeper and we can see all is not orthodox_ Son of Sam explore po, Genius takes the group a don't go around nicking rub- hand Son Of Sam. And what to OF SAM step further on through snatch- bish. Anyway, in an attempt to we find? Active imaginations in the gap between sweetness and es of Kalima's latin-jazz. force my arm, the Chorus have dance music - a rare vocation subversion, and you can tap Adventurous, but not entirely enclosed, with another copy of indeed. nals come early that we're not you're feet all the way. successful. The next Quando the record, a sheet filled with It's Disco as in DANCE. not going to get endless reruns of 'I So alright, the production record will be both of these. sample reviews from magazines disco as in tacky Americans Feel Love.' We don't. What we isn't too hot; alright. the flirta- ranging from Rouska all the with dodgy taste in expensive do get are flow motion melo- tion •+ith Anarchist imagery is a Click Click/Sweet Stuff (Rors- way down to the N.M.E. All of designer wear. Though there's die,* with darker things going hit boring, but you can think, chach Testing) these comics are of the opinion something more underneath all off% the lyrics. and vou can dance. A sound Already adventurous and suc- that 'These Stones' is fah gear this. This record is fundamentally combination if ever there was cessful with it, Click Click hail and the greatest thing since the Clothed in standard one of distraction. First the one. from Luton, record in Sheffield bread slicer; an opinion that I Anareho-ranting cover, the sig- heat: it captures your attention, John Tague and have made the meanest. must agree with. drivingest, dancingest, exciting- The 'A' side is a beats little est eiectro record since forever number overlaid with suitably EUE1ITS & Well, since the last Cabaret manic keyboards and elutive similar to the Chorus, though L.U.U. Voltaire record anyway. guitar work, topped off with a keyboards are rejected in neat. though rather precipitous favour of a second guitar. The 4. Big Flame/Tough E.P. (Ron ending. At slightly over two guitar playing throughout is EVENTS Johnson Records) and a half minutes it's almost outstanding, the lack of _techni- A host of precedents. The Pop the perfect pop single: until the que more than compensated for PRESENTS Group. the Fall, the Box. But record is flipped to 'Diamond by large injections of imagina- Big Flame release enough man- Mine' on t'other side, which is tion. Sat 19th Oct: DURUTTI COLUMN ic energy to make the compari- an even more perfect pop sing- sons redundant. le. The pace is slower than the The standout tracks are present their only top side and the lyrics may well 'Northern Ireland', a very good 3. Grace Jones/Slave To The he deep and meaningful, attempt at writing about a diffi- Northern date Rhythm (Z.T.T.) though it's getting to that time cult subject without pontificat- R.S.H. £3.00 Not, for the first time in five of night when even the shipping ing from a position of ignor- years, a Sly 'n' Robbie produc- forecast sounds profound. so I ance: the atmospheric '1.N.R.I. tion; and it shows. Slave To may he wrong about that ( A New Hymn)' and 'Savage Tues 22nd Oct: THE GUANA BATZ The Rhythm isn't the greatest As a special bonus, the '13' Awakening', all of which hint at song ever written, but through side boasts an extra track called the lull range of sound that the the mouth of Ms. Grace, you'd 'The Verse' (ho ho) which IS far band have in reserve. Again. SURFIN DAVE hardly realise it. too short at under two minutes. like the Chorus, I.N.R.I. pack a lot of words into each song & The Absent Legends A thoroughly good record TARTAN BAR £2.00 Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamil- that doesn't sound a hit like the and, though I haven't absorbed them all at present. I can tell ton The Drowning of Lucy Sinister Cleaners. Go out and you that 'Savage Awakening' Hamilton E.P. (Widowspeak) get one. Good sleeve too Five, harrowing, instrumental isn't about Tarzan having his Tues 29th Oct: THE PROWLERS & extracts from the soundtrack to More good stuff on a tape by breakfast. a four piece band from Roth- DISCO - Late Bar 'The Right Side Of My Brain'. £1.00 This is not. I repeat, not, to he well, where ever that is' The 1 imagine the tape will be played in the dark at 5.00 a.m. hand is called I.N.R.I.; the tape available in the shops. If not, after a heavy evening. This is is called 'It's Hard To Listen To feel free to call round and listen not. I repeat, not, a pop record. The Politicians When Your to mine. Better still, go and see Tues 5th Nov: THE FOLK DEVILS Nor is it a love song. Mother Has Just Been Killed'. I 1.N.R.I. (and the Chorus) as can't help thinking that some- both have the feel of good live & SALVATION I. Of bands. Robert Wyatt/The Age thing more along the lines of TARTAN BAR £1.50 Self (T.U.C.) 'Wham' or 'Abba', and 'Make Gordon Taylor Another little red record from It Big' or 'Supertrouper' would the most committed and most roll off the tongue more easily, intelligent of the socialist corn- Tickets available from Jumbo Records, Merrion Centre but what do I know? or from the CATS shop in the Union mentators. Not Mr. Wyatt's Musically, I.N.R.I. are fairly Page Twelve CLASSICAL MUS IC

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PHILOSOPHY SOCIETY An invitation to the philoso- phy of Anorexia Nervosa by Roger Slade. Wednesday, 23rd October, 7.30 p.m. in Philosophy Dept. seminar 111011016M room. CARNABY CLUB JAZZ & BLUES UNDER MILK WOOD little tap-dancing and water KARATE CLUB DISCO DISCO Atmospheric adaptation of music. DISCO 25th October. Tartan Bar. Doubles Bar, Saturday, 19th the Dylan Thomas classic, RETURN TO OZ Wednesday, October 23rd. 8.30-11.30 p.m. October, 8.00 p.m. 70p, 30p starring Richard Burton. Tact- Violent, destructive almost Doubles Bar 8.30 p.m. Late members. Late bar. Cheap fully, no mention is made of MOTOR CLUB pornographic allegorical pa- bar. booze. sheep whatsoever. Wednesday, 23rd October - rable of man's innate im- Rally Navigation evening KARATE CLUB LABOUR CLUB WUTHERING HEIGHTS pulse to make ridiculous 7.30 p.m. LG 16 to prepare for Extra beginners session. SOCIAL Very touching version of the films. the first scatter on Friday, Sunday, 20th October 10.30 Tuesday, 22nd October, 8.00 book by what'ername? Kate 25th October - our most com- TO BE OR NOT TO BE a.m. in Old Gym. Members p.m. R.H. Evans Lounge. Bush? (Had to get the feeble petitive event so far this year. Mel Brooks re-make, which is wanting extra sessions leave Bring a bottle. connection in there some- See noticeboard for details. nowhere near as good as the a name and a time on club where). Anyway go and see HIKING CLUB original. noticeboard. LEEDS BUDDHIST GROUP this beauty. Thursday, 24th October, 7.45 Ploughmans lunch. Wednes- day, 23rd October, R.H. TESS PALE RIDER DEVONSHIRE HALL p.m. The Sigalavada Sutta on Yes, you know it's famous, Evans Lounge. 12.50 p.m., Pale consumptive Clint East- DISCO Buddhist lifestyle, 173 Wood- you know it's adapted from 70p. Everyone welcome. wood as a preacher with con- Friday, 18th October 8.00 house Lane. thing's novel and you prob- Come and eat as much as fession far from his mind. p.m. Gin & Vodka 30p a shot. POLY DISCOS ably know it's brilliant. But you can. £1.00 entry. Wednesday - Megadisco in then again I love the beautiful RED SONJA NETWORK 4 See this week's review. CONSERVATION the Ents. Hall, 70p before Kinski anyway. AUDIO/VIDEO VOLUNTEERS 10.00 p.m. £1.00 after. 8.30- PARIS, TEXAS COCOON PRODUCTION SOCIETY 1.00 a.m. It's her again. A beautifully See this week's review. Weekend at Tresswell Guest speakers from York- Woods, Notts. Friday 18th - Saturday - Megadisco in the photographed melodrama, DESPERATELY SEEKING Ents. Hall, 70p before 10.00 shire Television, presenta- Sunday, 20th October. Meet tion of slides and tapes, with an excelle:it score and SUSAN p.m. £1.00 after. 8.30-1.30 lots of tears. One to love or Union steps 6.30 p.m. Friday. Wednesday, October 23rd, This is good. Despite having £3.00 for food. Bring sleeping a.m. hate. that Madonna woman (who Friday 18th - 54-46 soul 7,30 p.m. Room 902 Social bag and wellies. Science and Economic Build- WHERE THE BUFFALO my mum disapproves of), shakedown disco in lounge 3 and some naughty kissing CONSERVATION ing. Everyone welcome. ROAM at city site. The best in soul, (which my gran thinks VOLUNTEERS ANTI APARTHEID Despite what you may think, scenes funk, reggae and jazz 8.30- shouldn't be allowed) it's Sunday task at Oakwell Park. SOCIETY not an everyday story of 1.00 a.m. Leeds 6. Largely concerns the good clean family fun. Meet 9.30 a.m. Union steps, Talk by Joel Joffe. Wednes- Friday 25th - Underground life of Hunter Thompson (fear Sunday. 20th October. day, 23rd October, 1.00 p.m. LIFE FORCE disco in lounge 3 - an audio and loathing in Las Vegas) visual nightmare incorporat- R.H. Evans Lounge. Amazingly, outstandingly POLITICS AND THE should be a goodie. ing sounds from Talking awful film it must have taken CHRISTIAN CARNABY CLUB FILM Heads to 23 Skidoo the Cure SIR HENRY AT special dedication to make a Talk by John Battle at the PRESENTATION to Cabaret Voltaire. 70p be- RAWLINSON END banana as big as this one. Catholic Chaplaincy, 25 Let the Good Times Roll fore 10.00 p.m., £1 after and Psychological thriller with WISEBLOOD Clarendon Place. Sunday, RBLT 23rd October, 7.00 p.m. cheap Poly bar prices. 12/- unmutual 8/- mutual. Sylvester Stallone as a dis- Intense, disturbing and October 8.00 p.m. turbed aristocrat who visits heavy investigation into reli- ONE WORLD GROUP his friend Rawlinson and eats gious practices in the deep Meeting in the O.S.A. his pet poodle. south of America. Do not Lounge. 21st October, 7.30 RAMBO miss. p.m. The Politics of Aid. Bluuuurrreeeeeehhhggg. PANDORA'S BOX MODERN DANCE SOC. THE SONG REMAINS 1926 black and white German DISCO THE SAME banned-a-roonie. Sexuality, 21st October, 8.00 p.m. in the HYDE PARK Susan', 2.10 p.m., 4.40 p.m. Those quiet and clean living murder and intrigue in Victo- Tartan Bar. 5 Op non- (752045) 'Life Force' 7.50 p.m. lads Led Zep treat us to a rian London. members, 20p members. Friday to Sunday 'Under LUU FILM SOC. Late bar. Milkwood' and 'Wuthering 'Wiseblood', Friday 18th. HIKING SOCIETY Heights' 7.00 p.m. 'Pandora's Box', Tuesday Walk at Castleton, October Monday to Friday 'Where the 22nd. 27th. Sign up at noticeboard Buffalo Roam' and 'Sir Henry Both at 7.30 p.m. in RBLT on Monday 21st. Price £1.60. at Rawlinson End' 7.20 p.m. Leaves 8.30 a.m. from Friday late night 'Tess' 11.00 Bodington. p.m. CONSERVATIVE AND Saturday late night 'Paris, UNIONIST ASSOCIATION Texas' 11.00 p.m. OGM Monday, 21st October COTTAGE ROAD in committee room B. Annual (751606) Dinner at Dragonara Hotel, 'Rambo', Sunday 5.20 p.m., Friday, 26th October. Tickets 7.20 p.m. on sale at the Monday meet- Week 6.00 p.m„ 8.00 p.m. ing or Tuesday Union OGM. Friday late night 'The Song C.U. MEETING Remains the Same' 10.45 'Starting and growing'. 7.30 p.m. ~pp . m. 1 9th October at the LOUNGE CINEMA rangthorn Church Hall, Hyde Park corner. (751061) 'Return to Oz'. Sunday 5.00 p.m., 7.30 p.m. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Week 5.30 p.m. 8.00 p.m. 11=1 PLAYHOUSE CRAFT AND MMI (442111) DESIGN SHOP 'To Be Or Not To Be' tonight NNE 11.15 p.m. ABC JEWELLERY (452665) FURNITURE 1. 'Pale Rider' 2.00 p.m., 5.00 p.m., 8.00 p.m. week. 2.00 CERAMICS p.m., 7.00 p.m. Sunday. 1=1 DESIGN 2. 'Rambo' 5.40 p.m., 8.15 G . L . A - S•S p.m. week. 7.15 Sunday. =NI 3. 'Red Sonja' 2.30 p.m., 5.00 W.0:0 . 0 p.m., 8.15 p.m week. 2.15 p.m., 7.00 p.m. Sunday. T-0 Y S ODEON WORKS (430031) 1. 'Cocoon' 2.40 p.m., 5.15 CITY ART GALLERY MN p.m., 7.50 p.m. THE HEAOROW LEEDS 2. 'Peter Pan' 2.30 p.m., 5.00 p.m., 7.20 p.m. ■ ••••• ■ 3. ' Desperately Seeking • Coming your way! 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CZECH PHILHARMONIC 1.00 p.m. Jennifer Porcas and THE AMAZING DANCING THE MAD MAD WORLD OF ORCHESTRA Malcolm Martineau, oboe BEAR PHIL COOL Book and Art Fair, Mansion Ballroom, Roundhay Park, Leeds Town Hall Saturday and- piano. From Thursday 24th October Leeds Grand Theatre. On Leeds. Sunday, 27th October 1 9th October, 7.30 p.m. CLOTH WORKER HALL to Saturday 16th November Sunday 20th October. and 24th November at 10.00 playing Martinu, Bruch and LUNCHTIME RECITAL at 7.00 p.m. a.m. For further enquiries Dvorak. Thursday 24th October 1.10 CIVIC THEATRE PROMO- ring 667183. GREAT PIANISTS OF p.m. Rosamund Kitchen PILGRIMS PROGRESS TIONS OUR TIME ( violin) Keith Swallow Raven Theatre, Wednesday WANTED - People with The Vienna Art Orchestra on Cecile Ousset at Leeds Civic (piano). 23rd October at 6.45 p.m. drums (ideally bongos, con- Theatre. Sunday 20th Octo- Tickets £1.50. Monday 21st at 8.00 p.m. gos, African handrums - any- thing), rhythm, a voice, and a ber at 8.00 p.m. JAZZ sense of humour. See 'Music LUNCHTIME CHAMBER ON THE ROCKS STEFAN BEDNARCZYK for the Masses' noticeboard MUSIC Creative Arts Studio, Leeds Thursday 24th October at VIENNA ARTS ORCHESTRA for details. Leeds City Art Gallery, Monday 21st October 8.00 Poly on Friday 18th. 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 23rd October p.m. at Leeds Civic Theatre. FROGSLEGS CO-OP Handmade clothing. Trous- 1 ers fitted to personal require- ments. We make up your od own material. Jackets, bow- Ir ht11111101N ties, tops too! CAROLINE LLOYD Andy and Ben - Nice Idea, Hello perverts, love from boys. Jane. Knitwear, unusual handmade University Gallery Parkinson LEEDS POLY GALLERY buttons and matching jewel- Rob Foreman - you can kick Building. Exhibition of Clay Paintings of Anna Sutcliffe Rob: Leeds Student says, lery. Find us at: Caroline Sculpture and Drawings. and Brian Holmes. Until me into touch any time - from 'Can we have a quote.' House, 38 The Calls, Leeds 2 Wednesday 16th October un- October 20th another smooth operator. SHINGY - keep away from (Nr. Wharf Street). Wed-Fri, til end of term. CRAFT CENTRE AND Any tall, dark men interested those Stockport girls. 1 0.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. Sat CITY ART GALLERY DESIGN GALLERY in Amnesty Int, CND, vegeta- Frankie - those boots were 10.00 a.m. - 1 00 p.m. The Irresistable Object. Octo- Pottery Exhibition. Until rian, non-smoking, please made for WALKING! ber 18th - December 8th. October 30th. contact Claire in Exec. Sheff burnt the bin. LUU NETWORK Paul loves Ninja. Vote Brian for J.M.G, Chair- AUDIO/VIDEO PRODUCTION SOCIETY To all those who keep asking, man. 'P' does not stand for Post- J.M.G.? Tuesday 12.15 p.m. Wednesday, 23rd October man Pat. Faversham. 7.30 p.m. Behind the scenes at YTV's Calendar News - A Hello Jools - From Froggit. Lean out your window, gol- presentation of slides and den hair. Froggit returns November tapes with guest speakers. VIENNA ART ORCHESTRA THE DURUTTI COLUMN Do you mean me, dickhead? 1st. Follow the signs to room 902 Monday 21st, Leeds Civic Saturday 19th in the Riley Sutherland, you wimp! Why My WHAT-sack?, Beefy Boot? in the Social Science and Theatre, £3.50/E3.00 Smith Hall. £3.00. don't you mash the midget? Rob: you'd give ten con- Economics Building. All wel- JOHN PEEL ROADSHOW versations with Einstein for a come! She does English, and her LOWELL FULSON With Pink Peg Slax. Sunday first encounter with a dark name is... Thursday 24th, Trades Club. 20th October, Wet herby High Jewish girl - but is that sex- Sundown Disco, Leeds £3.50/£3.00. School. Beck 4 Paul, ism?? 780253 - Phone Chris.

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NON-SABBATICAL LJ VOTING: ALL NEXT WEEK D‘' (Beginning 21st October) C (Opposite the Engineenng Block between the Packhorse and Eldon pubs(, 4 GRAHAM BULLIMORE DAVID GLASGOW DISCOUNT PIZZAS for around .£1-00 and FREE COFFEE Now Open Lunchtimes Post. PART-TIME POSTGRADUATE SEC. Post. PART-TIME POST-GRADUATE SEC. Candidate: DAVID J. GLASGOW Candidate. GRAHAM BULLIMORE School. STUDIES School HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Year: TWO Year POSTGRADUATE Proposer Josephine M. Small (Education, Year 2) Proposer. Paul Syrysko (Ekec 1 Telephone The duties of the Part-time Post- Graduate Secretary involve being Post-graduates and Part-time students responsible for representing the views have very special needs. As a post- of part-time and post-graduate students graduate myself I am only too well 458216 at Executive and SRC. aware of this. Many PT and PG students are not Academic/Welfare/Social problems union members because no one has that they may feel they should be able ever told them what the union does, to deal with - but can't. and why it needs their participation. If elected I will be a sympathetic ear Open until If elected, I will do my best within and voice, not only on the Executive 1.00 a.m. Friday and Saturday Executive to make sure your officers but more importantly perhaps I will be represent YOU. there to help on a more personal level. Page' Fourteen INTERVIE In the wake of the recent Labour Party conference, Tommy Hutchinson and Rob Minshull talked to Dennis Healey, Labour MP for Leeds East and presently Shadow Foreign Secretary.

O. What did you think of Neil operation with the Trades Un- Kinnock's performance in last ions. Whats makes yon think it week's conference? will work this time when it failed A. I think it was as good as any in 1978, in the winter of discon- conference speech I have every tent? heard I think it was also of A. Well. I think that both the historic importance. If marked Labour leadership and the a turn around. In my opinion of Trades Unions have learned the party's fortune. from the experience of the win- It asserted a very powerful ter of discontent. Looking back authority and this is very impor- on it, and I was Chancellor at tant because it is very difficult the time there is no question for a party leader who has nev- that we overlooked the circuit er been in Government, who is by asking for 5% as the fourth a young man, to have more stage in our policy. By moving than charm, but this speech has into single figures, we moved stamped him as a man of great too fast and therefore brought authority. This is good not just about the winter of discontent. fpr the party, but for the coun- Equally, I think some of the tr•. unions that were on strike at Gorbachev made in Paris pro- there is never going to be a law and order problem. there is In fact, this is a true comment that time were the ones who vide structures for negotiations settlement because the basis for no question about it. You only from anyone who has seen him benefited most from the new which in my view is very en- one, with the present Israeli have to watch the television in- on television, and the Daily pay strategy. NUPE for exam- government does not exist. terviews of Asian and Carib- Telegraph described Neil's ple would never have got a £6 Reagan shows no sign of bean shop keepers with tears speech as a terrible speech from increase. I think when we are in courage and his immediate pouring down their faces, who Mrs. Thatcher's point of view. Every pay policy introduced power we ought to reaction to the bombing of ask for more police protection. We have now gone up by seven by Conservative and Labour offer Unions money Tunis was nothing but appalling The tragedy I think is that in points since Neil made his governments has always been for ballots. because on that basis, Britain Brixton, after the Scarman Re- speech. introduced in a crisis, when you would be justified in bombing port. they did implement that Q. Does it worry you that Mr. have to do very drastic things buildings in New York and Bos- part of the Scarman report mmediately and then get out of Kinnock may be the next Prime i couraging indeed. We do not ton where IRA terrorists Ong which was concerned in the them. What we are trying to do Minister and that he has never know the small print of what his out and of course. the Nicara- policing and the relations be- held a ministerial position? now is to discuss with the un- position is but I must have no guans would be justified in tween the police and the local ions while we are in opposition A. No, I don't think that mat- doubt that they will start off bombing the CIA headquarters population improved very precisely how we could avoid ters, because if you tale Mrs, asking for things which the in America. much until this absolute tragedy furere problems and then we Thatcher for example. she has most sensible of Americans will Q. The Labour Party is com- of the shooting of a black win be able to have an effective only been a junior Minister. agree to. But my impression is mitted to a policy of a united woman. which showed that the policy which is not as drastic as except when she was a milk that we have a very good nego- Ireland by consent. Do you underlying problem and ten- the one we had to introduce in sions were still there, and that is 1976. tiating framework from Presi- think this is realistic? dent Gorbachev and the main A. Well, I think the real thing because the problem of urban think the role of Mili- Q. Do you think the Trades Un- problem is going to he to per- is that you won't get a united deprivation has not been tack- ion should accept government led by this Government at all. I tant tendency in suade Reagan to negotiate on Ireland without consent and it money for ballots? Star Wars, is desirable to have a united have respect for Douglas Hurd Liverpool has been A. Well, I think so myself. but Q. The Labour Party is now Ireland. We have got to find a in the field of diplomacy, but disastrous then I think when we are in committed to the removal of way of allaying the fears of Pro- Gerald Kaufmann was perfectly power we ought to offer unions Cruise, the cancellation of Tri- testants about what a united justified. Douglas Hurd is not money for ballots, because Ireland means for them. Gar- the type of chap who can estab- dent and the eventual removal of lish contact with ordinary work- there is no doubt if unions do U.S. nuclear bases. Are you rett Fitzgerald has shown im- snatcher at the Education De- not ballot their members the willing to campaign on this plat- mense courage, for example. in partment. She has not been in risk is that they may misinter- form? legalising some forms of birth any major economic or foreign pret their views and get into control, which is one issue. I The problem of urban office position and i do not serious trouble, as we have seen A. I have been campaigning for the Labour Party on all these think one of the tragedies there deprivation has not think that really matters. In on many occasions and I think is is that Douglas Hurd is a fact, I was Defence Secretary at particularly some of the very issues and 1 have even been been tackled by this speaking in the House on them. skilled diplomatist and he was the aged of 47 and I have never big unions like the Transport working very hard on this prob- government at all. been in Government either, but and General Workers it is very Q. Do you think the Labour lem and Mrs. Thatcher sudden- anyone who can lead the difficult for a small group of Party should support Mrs. ly moved him to the Home Labour party for five years in representatives on the execu- Thatcher's lead in inviting the ing people. unlike people such Office, because the Party pre- as Jim Callaghan. when he was opposition. which Neil will tive to get a feeling of the view PLO to London for talks? vented her from putting Cecil have done. will be able to lead of the members as a whole, A. Well, we are already doing Home Secretary. It would be Parkinson into Trade and In- important for the next Labour anything. unless they actually consult that actually. We have good dustry. This has brought the them. relations with the PLO and the Government to choose people Q. What do you think about the peace process in Ireland to a to do jobs who have the charac- role of Militant Tendency in The important thing is really PLO have an office in London halt because Tom King knows that if' we want to avoid the sort and I see the head of their teristics to handle their situa- Liverpool? nothing about it. tions. The moral responsibility of muck-up we have seen in the office regularly. just as I see the A. I think the role of Militant for this Government is to do _—_ Tendency in Liverpool has Miner's Union about the strike, head of the Israeli Labour where the members are not movement regularly. The We have to find a way something about urban de- been disastrous. In Liverpool, of allaying the fears of privation and discrimination. Derek Hatton refused to in- consulted, and so the Miner's Labour Party was hoping that Union splintered, then this is a Yasser Arafat would come to protestants about but I don't want to pretend that crease the rates or rents with we can wave a magic wand and situation when you need provi- London a few months ago, but the result that he was conde- what a united Ireland all that evil will disappear. mning council workers on the sions for consultation. it never happened for some means for them. Q. You are now 68 years old. dole. Now he has got in to 0. What do you think are the reason. Some of my deputies in When Labour wins the next trouble. he wants the rest of the prospects for success in the the Foreign Department met election, you will probably be Labour movement to rescue Geneva Arms Talks in view of Mr. Arafat when he was based The trouble with Ireland is 70. Do you think you war he too him. Mr. Gorbachev's latest state- in Lebanon. We do not think it w hat I would call a tribal war. is possible to reach an agree- not really about religion. old to stand up to the rigours of 0. The Labour Party's econo- ment? ment on settling the Palestinian It's just like a tribal situation being the Foreign Secretary? mic strategy involves close co- A. The proposals which Mr. problem unless the PLO is where a protestant can small a A. I think I am approaching there. catholic. It's terrible, I can't puberty and in another 2 Q. Do you still hold hope for understand it: everyone looks years, I might even show some the Reagan peace plan, or is it just the same. everyone is just signs of maturity. The striking indeed dead! the same_ In the situation of thing is how old more successful A. I think the prospects for Ireland we have just go to slog statesmen have been in the last agreement are still not good. away. 30 years. You only have to look because Israel's Government is Q. You mentioned Douglas at Russia, China and Germany. paralysed by being divided into Hurd earlier as a fine diplomat, As to the question of whether a right wing party and the Gerald Kaufmann has recently physical stamina and mental Labour alignment. On the West described his visit to Hand- competence have deteriorated Bank as a whole the Israeli worth as an anthropological ex- as your wisdom has grown. so Government is still not in a pedition. What is your opinion far that has not been the case osition to respond to the of the recent riots? with me. Jordanian invitation, which is A. There is no doubt at all in 0. One final question, then: supported by America and Bri- my mind or in Lord Scarman's Will Labour win the next elec- tain. and I hate to say this but I mind that deprivation makes it tion? think that unless the American possible for these things to hap- A. I think so. but it is a great Administration is prepared to pen, but equally. it'does not mistake to express optimism or use its bargaining power to justify looting, arson and mur- pessimism; in this area. I think force the Israelis to negotiate der. When this happens, it is a determination is the word. Page Fifteen SPORTS

GROS MEN'S HOCKEY VOLLEY HULL UNI. 1st XI 1 which the Leeds team were sive form, the Leeds goalkeep- COUNTRY LEEDS UNI. 1st X1 2 content to ease off and just sit er was left wondering whether HAVING beaten a touring side on their lead (although perhaps he should take up hirdwatch- BALL from Dundee University 3-0 on a little fortunate to do so), ing. Friday afternoon the 1st XI Mark Walker Y. Senior went on to pin an important victory in their opening game in LANCASTER UNI 2nd XI 0 TADCASTER 4 LAST SUNDAY. Leeds the OCL Yorkshire League on LEEDS UNI 2nd XI 4 LEEDS UNI 3rd XI 5 University Cross Country Saturday. Leeds University 2nd XI se- On a day when several veterans Club managed to field nine But it could so easily have cured their second victory of were having their first outings teams (six mens' and three been a disappointing result. the season by crushing a dis- of the season, the 3rd team womens') in the Cutlers Re- Throughout the first half the organised Lancaster team in began the match predictably ME university volleyball team 411111• lays at Sheffield. The recent Leeds side were always a yard difficult playing conditions. A slowly, managing to concede travelled to Huddersfield to dry weather once again pro- too slow and becoming in- half-time lead of one goal, two goals during the opposi- play their first fixture in the duced ideal conditions and creasingly irritated with them- scored by N. Mutch, did little to tion's only two attacks of the Yorkshire Premier League. fast times were expected. selves - indeed, they were very reflect the superiority Leeds first half. The squad. both unfit and out lohn Sherbon ran the fastest lucky to he only one goal down had shown in terms of posses- It took some inspired half- of practice, faced a team new to eg for Leeds 'A' and this at half-time. sion and team work. In the time change-avers by novice the Yorkshire Premier in name, aerformance was corn- During the break, however, second half two horrendous captain Brown and an own goal but resembling a Wakefield Dlemented by two good runs Leeds regained some of their goals from G. Godfrey and one by a hitherto placid Hooper to side who were champions last from Rob 15. Hudson and pride and punch. totally domi- from A. McQuater gave Leeds light the Leeds fire. After that a year. Greg Hull. Mediocre efforts nating the first ten minutes of their winning margin and left virtuoso effort by Henry Shot- from the rest of the team the second half. This pressure them with time to miss numer- ten and a wicked one-two effort Predictably, Leeds started resulted in only a seventh brought two goals from Mark ous chances, the best being a by the former villain of the badly and quickly lost the first set (15-5) through a general place when much more was Walker and a missed penalty penalty taken by Mutch_ With piece restored team morale, expected. kick by Dave Wakelin, after the defence again in umimpres- Leeds ran out eventual 5-4 win- lack of teamwork. The second The Mens 'B' team started ners. set went the same way (15-9). A tired Leeds team seemed off dismally but the last two John Plastow legs, run by Neil Mathicson doomed to defeat until some and Mark Dillan brought inspired serving from Ali NORMANBY PARK 2 some respectability to the ORIENTEERING Alsader saved the set. Leeds LEEDS UNI 4th XI 2 team's overall performance. winning (15-12). With their THE Orienteering Club went Committee members Tho- After having much of the early Roger Mee and William confidence restored, Leeds be- to Black Carr Woods near mas Somers-Cocks and Paul play Leeds conceded two quick gan to play closer to their Gaunt produced commend- Bradford on Sunday where the Jarvis had good runs finishing goals and the demoralised team able times for the 'C' and 'D' potential with impressive wing- local club AIRE were holding second and third on the hardest fought to stay in the match. A learns. Unfortunately, due hitting from new Canadian re- an introductory event. Being course, with several other well taken goal by newcomer cruit Wayne Carson and solid to a clerical error, the 'E' blessed with a fine day condi- Leeds members in the top ten. Ian Hodgkin put Leeds back in team was unable to finish. blocking from captain Simon tions were ideal for the begin- The beginners showed prom- the match. Leeds dominated Small. The remaining two sets Despite having to run two ners to learn about orienteering ise. with good performances the second half and, after hav- were comfortably won by Leeds legs Jenny Rea continued to and the more experienced to from: Martin Potter, Richard ing one goal disallowed, an with the side showing the kind show fine form and once brush up on their technique Rhys-Jones, Kelvin 'Tapley, opportunist goal by an unre- of quality which could bring the again she finished a minute ready for this Sunday's inter- David Williamson, Teresa Has- lenting Kevin Tucker brought VAU title back to Leeds. taster than her team mates university competition against kins and Catherine Walters. Leeds level ten minutes from Martin Newcastle. Clive hoard time. Andrew Duxbury

ENGINEERS RUGBY LEAGUE PHYSICISTS AND UNIVERSITY Luty converted a simple penalty to give Leeds a 6-0 advantage at half-time, Result: Leeds Vniversity 18 although the loss of captain Ramsden at girk MATHEMATICIANS Lancaster University 14 stand-off was a severe blow. THE University's opening game of the Good pressure from Leeds early in season saw a team full of potential the second half paid off when Satchwell which should soon he fulfilled. at acting half-hack darted over the line from ten yards to increase the margin. ---- CONTROL & ELECTRICAL ' Almost immediately Lancaster ex- ploited a slack Leeds defence by scoring *********************** a try at the corner post. With their tails * * up, Lancaster scored again when the scrum-half followed his own chip-ahead CAREER to touch down wide out. Satchwell then * celebrated his debut by easily heating * three defenders to touch down near the posts. A tine solo try from far out by the OPPORTUNITIES Lancaster number four, which was con- .rn,i,#*******#%.,}„},m • Leeds University (dark strip) verted, tied the game at 14-14. Howev- A late arrival by Lancaster gave er. three substitutions by Leeds late-on - Leeds the advantage in the hectic open- allowed Starr to finish well in the corner in ing minutes of the game. Good handling to give Leeds a deserved victory. by Adams presented Egons with the CONTROL/ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING chance of a score, which he took well by POLYTECHNIC driving ten yards to crash over the line with three defenders in tow. With Lan- LEEDS Polytechnic won a decisive vic- with caster gaining their feet. possession tory over Airedale and Wharfedale Col- changed hands with regulanty for the lege in their first match of the season. FREE BEER & SANDWICHES. remainder of the half due to some very By scoring 66 points to Airedale and fierce tackling from both sides, Leeds Wharfedale's 6 points. the Poly has having the upper hand due to finc ball- made an excellent start inthe LICA R LA meet in winning by hooker Hemming. competition. LECTURE ROOM 1.52 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPT. UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS on Wed. 23rd. Oct. at 1.15 pm.

• Leeds Poly (dark strrp) Page Sixteen SPORTS CLUBS REPORT YOUR EVENTS STUDENT IN INDEPENDENT LEEDS AREA STUDENT NEWSPAPER LEEDS STUDENT Lecturing McEnroe

STEVE Winyard, a 33 year old ewe.' For this he was promptly lecturer in social policy and given a code violation, Sunday health studies at Leeds Uni- No stranger to the big occa- versity, needed all his years of sion - he presided over this experience in top class umpir- year's Connors v Curran semi- ing to appease John McEnroe's final at Wimbledon - the Leeds temper in his recent US Open academic was thought to have opening quarter-final with Sweden's handled the situation admir- ably. Despite his reticence on Joakim Nystrom. MATCHES on Sundays and a son. Their positions were com- groundsman, Mr_ Windgate. In the third set of the match. the affair. he did claim to bar on Saturdays are the results bined to produce the single post accepted a change in duties to with McEnroe 2-0 up Mr, admire McEnroe's tennis abili- of major administrative of Superintendent of Grounds allow use throughout the week. Winyard asked McEnroc to re- ties and his knowledge of the changes at Weetwood. and Gardens, and filled by Mr. As part of this reorganisation play a point. Having done so game stating ''he knows the Reorganization by the uni- John Turpin. Since his appoint- the union has taken full respon- the US star blew up, rules and his rights very well and lost it. versity followed the retirement ment Mr. Turpin has succeeded sibility for the running of the shouting . "It's amazing how a and as such one knows where last year of both Head in creating good working rela- pavilion, including the bar. boneheaded decision by an one stands with him," Groundsman, Mr. Baraclough, tions with the Union's Sports For teams, such as the men's umpire can make all the differ- Paul Whyatt and Head Gardener, Mr. Law- Administrator. Mr. Mike hockey, the reorganisation will Brooke, partly through delega- he a great boon, allowing them, tion of various responsibilities among other things. to host allowing greater flexibility in games in the Yorkshire Cup. deciding when matches are to where previously all matches. be played. being Sunday fixtures, have had A second vital event was the to be played away. appointment, by the university, The first Sunday match at of a Commercial Manager. who Weetwood will he played by the ON top of his very demanding saw Weetwood's facilities as a women's rugby team against course, Tony Day, Leeds Uni- potentially lucrative source of Loughbrough on December versity swimmer. who repre- income. In order to facilitate 1st. sented Britain at the World Stu- hire to non-university teams the G.S. dent Games this summer, somehow manages to cram a 20 hour training schedule into his already busy life. Up at the ungodly hour of LACROSSE 5.30 each morning. Tony insists that if he didn't stick to this gruelling programme then he wouldn't he half as good as he is at present. fighting talk Now 20 years old, Tony has been captain of the Welsh LEEDS UNIVERSITY 21 The onesideness of the match swimming team for five years STOCKPORT 3 resulted in a scrappy final quar- having worked his way up LEEDS maintained their un- ter, referee. John Evans, even- through his local swimming beaten run this season with an tually battling with the Stock- club since junior school. easy win over Stockport. After port players, and Graham At the World Student games overcoming fair resistance early Blythe handing out six of the he was up against some tough on, Leeds opened up a 4.2 lead. best to the overworked keeper. competition, including the With McNcrry, Harry and After the game an attempt was Olympic champion and top Dave Peel showing the value of made to re-sign Ian Patterson, class European swimmer, accurate shooting. the Leeds fortunately it failed. Stephen Grundy. In fact, 80 per tally reached a dozen by half cent of the swimmers at the time. The scoring was shared World Student Games were at amongst the attack and mid- the Olympics. field, not because the opportu- SPORTS His future plans include rep- nities fell that way, but because resenting Leeds University this the blows to the head received year and swimming for Wales at by the scorers from the Stock- the Commonwealth games this • Tony Day and Juliet Archer port keeper got harder as they DIARY coming Easter. progressed.

HOME FIXTURES FOR LEEDS TEAMS WEDNESDAY 16th October Rugby Union: L Uni 2nd XV & 4th XV vs Rodillians Rugby R :SULTS League: L Uni vs Leeds Colts, Men's Hockey: L Uni lst XI vs tritillig&IVA Hull YPT. L Uni 2nd Xl & 4th XI vs Rotherham. LEtNJAIEFi■1111•11 Men's Lacrosse: L Uni vs Poyn- - EMI Eigid ton A. * GIFT WRAP * Saturday 23rd October IN BRIEF Soccer: L Uni 1st XI, 2nd Xl & 4 * POSTERART * 3rd XI vs Sheffield Uni. MENS HOCKEY Thursday 10th Oct Rugby Union: L Uni 1st XV, * DESIGNER STATIONERY,* Lancaster Uni 1st XI 1, Leeds Won 8-2 2nd XV & 3rd XV vs Sheffield Uni 1st XI 4; Lancaster Uni 2nd Div 6A Uni 2nd Team Uni, * 9REthTINaS CARDS * XI 0, Leeds Uni 2nd XI 4; Away v Bramley Ebenezer Rugby League: L Uni vs Aire- Leeds Uni 1st XI 3, Dundee Wednesday 9th Oct dale. * PAPER PRODUCTS * Uni 1st XI 0: Hull Uni 1st X1 Won 8-2 Men's Hockey: L Uni 1st XI, Leeds Uni 1st XI 2; Hudders- Div 6B Urn 3rd Team 2nd Xl, 3rd XI & 4th XI vs Rosters 1 I field 0, Leeds Uni 2nd Xl 0; Away v Necomm Sheffield Uni. Queen Victoria St., Leed s Tadcaster 4. Leeds Uni 3rd XI Wednesday 9th Oct Women's Hockey: L Uni 1st XI I I I I 5: Normanby Park 2, Leeds Uni Won 7-3 with only two of the & 2nd XI vs Sheffield Uni. • THE BBESTEST GREETINGS CARD SHOW IN TOWNI 4th XI 2; Sheffield Poly 1, three players. Women's Lacrosse: L Uni vs 1 Leeds Uni 1st XI 10; Leeds Uni M Marsh. 2nd X1 1, Wakefield 2nd XI 2. RUGBY LEAGUE Netball: L Uni vs Sheffield Uni. Leeds Poly 66. Airedale & TABLE TENNIS Warfdale College of Further Sun Div 4A Uni 1st Team Education 6; Leeds Uni 18, Orientee g: L Lint -we as- Home v Telecom Lancaster Uni 14. 11c. Pro.duccti fr.:, f inntr.l 1Jiwym‘k Fir.stirri AS 1r1 713331 UNIVERSITY , - hinted 1. 1 04, \le. (Peke! 1 td 1t, t entarion 11• LtIc f rii.211.1 W. I iscrICS 1,1 orrr::, 44". ARCHIVES