FRIDAY, 15th FEBRUARY, 19 Lim Ihumwry Wool' O.G.M. Tuesday, 19th Feb, 1985 INDEPENDENT LEEDS AREA STUDENT NEWSPAPER — 1.00 p.m. - Riley Smith Hall — ENTS SHIITE TO THE TOP Ents candidates, Shute and Baxter, win the top University Union posts Two Ents candidates, Kevin Shute and Anne Baxter, have been overwhelmingly elected as President and Deputy President of the University Union "I'm very pleased. Thanks to his triumph. but said he was a large majority. everyone who voted for me". planning a big celebration. Kevin Shute is a third year Kevin told Leeds Student. Anne Baxter greeted her vic- Economic History and Geogra- He polled 1.001 votes, with tory with complete astonish- phy student who believes that Christopher Whitlow second ment. "I didn't expect it at alI". the President should 'represent with 711 votes and Marcus ICil- she said. She felt that since_ lick third with 533 votes. The Kevin and she had stood as total poll was 2.357 which was a Independents. it showed that very low turnout. students were not motivated by Marcus Killick, the official political considerations. Conservative candidate, was Anne polled 1,096 which generous in defeat. "1 wish easily beat her nearest rival Kevin all the best," Paul Lof- Rosemary Powell who gathered

Robinson tus, an independent candidate, 625 votes. Duncan Hunter was commented, 'I'm very pleased third with 288 and Ian Lloyd for him. Let's see if everyone fourth with 135. can get behind him and unite Both Kevin and Anne are the Union." heavily involved in Ents and Pic Sitrphen Kevin added that he had not their victory follows last year's • Shute the President. yet realised the significance of success of two other Ent candi- dates, Julie Parry the Cultural Affairs Secretary and Glen Bin- ley the Deputy President. This Voluntary Membership Plan year Ents are fielding a candi- date for ever sabbatical post. Glen Binley said that he was Federation of Conserva- support. • The new Deputy President, given by the deputy chairman overjoyed at the result. "It's a Anne Baxter. tive Student? plans for The motion, put forward by of the Freedom Association, victory for commonsense.- he students and not the country.' Alan Howarth. Conservative Norris McWhirter. He warned said. voluntary student union He feels that he understands membership may soon M.P. for Stratford-upon- that if ministers failed to act on "Martin Glancy and I stood Avon, calls on the Govern- the N.U.S. membership issue as Independents last year and how most students think. have Commons backing - ment to give individual stu- than they would he in danger Experience and common- we feel that we have achieved a sense not political idealism if an early day motion dents a free choice and pro- of breaking international law. lot more without any bickering were the basis of Anne Baxter's tabled this week gains hihihit the use of union funds This whole issue is a one between parties. I'm glad it's manifesto. She will offer active for political purposes 'includ- c' to the heart of Leeds happened again." opposition to education cuts ing the payment of affiliation University Conservative Asso- Martin Glancy. President of fees to the National Union of ciation. At Monday's meeting LUU said that he was very and the provision of fuller in- formation about the benefits Students.' they passed policy to launch a pleased for Kevin and Anne. "I available to students. This in-ay be seen as part of a campaign pointing out the in- hope that they enjoy their year Ian Lloyd did rather well in wider concern about student adequacies of N.U.S. Chair- as much as I enjoyed mine. I'll union activity - Ministers are person of L.U.U. Tories, the Deputy Presidential elec- he very happy to give them all tions, considering that he was apparently worried that unrep- Michael Simmonds said: - he told the help they need, the joke candidate. Ian stood resentative groups of students "N.U.S. does absolutely no- Leeds Student, may he able to determine un- thing for the students of Leeds with a manifesto expounding He added that he was sur- the delights of whipped cream. ion policies and actions in the and I would fully support any prised by the low poll. which The Union Council elections, name of the whole students attempt to introduce voluntary was only two-thirds of last this week were won by Robert union body. membership of N.U.S." year's turnout. But he said that Unwin and Austin Garth. At a Commons rally orga- the election was representative nised by F.C.S. an address was Tina Ogle because Kevin had won by such Margaret Pooley THE HIGHER NEW ORDER VALENTINE Plus: COMPLETE EDUCATION A.G.M. REPORT INTERVIEW MESSAGES WHAT'S ON DEBATE: 8 & 9 P.5 P.9 P.15 GUIDE TO LEEDS PAGE TWO NEWS DAUNTING CUTS BOOK V.A.T • Bristol and Birmingham Universities are perhaps with a loss of recurrent income of 11/2%- facing severe financial difficulties, 2% a year. These proposals would result in grant reductions being greater than the rate of staff ABANDONED according to their vice-chancellors, with retirement, so that even if no retired staff were The controversial tax on knowledge which was to extend huge annual deficits, and the danger that replaced, the university would still experience V .A.T. to books and newspapers, is believed to have things could get even worse over the next financial problems. been dropped by Chancellor, Nigel Lawson. few years. The vice-chancellor of Leeds University. Ed- The proposal, which was to have been introduced in Mr. ward Parks spoke of Leeds' financial problems as Both Universities claim to have become dis- Lawson 's budget next month, angered staff and students in by no means as immediately serious as Bristol's. education establishments, as well as numerous authors, and re- illusioned with the Government promise that a He attributed the closure of the archaeology new dawn will eventually break, following the sulted in many demonstrations and lobbies of parliament. department, and the continuing reduction in the hardships suffered after the government cuts of Leeds Liberal students, presented a petition to Michael number of candidates accepted to Leeds annually 1981. Bristol's deficit for next year has been Meadowcroft on November 28th last year. A 'delighted' Julie as the direct consequences of the 1981 govern- projected as £1,180,000, and an emergency sav- Hall, organiser of the petition, considered the governments U- ment cuts. However he thought tht the university turn, to be wholly the result of such action. She claimed that the ings plan of action by the University, could mean had coped reasonably well, in that it had not 4% cuts department budgets cuts of £100,000 in Liberal party had a particular interest in the principle of no tax on suffered 'financial brinkage' or 'academic chaos', books, as it was they who had first removed the tax 125 years ago. the Student's union grant, and further freezing of unlike tome other places. But with the prospect She told Leeds Student that the new initiative 'Shows the govern- Staff vacancies. of further cuts in the recurrent grant. he forsaw ment are listening for a change'. The vice-chancellor of Birmingham Universi- the situation in the long term as 'daunting'. ty. Professor Edward Marshland told the Times Education Supplement last week that "We have It seems, however, that not every university no prospect on financial grounds, of maintaining has a gloomy future in store. Aberdeen, more severely hit than most by the 1981 cuts. has MBERS UP the range of extent of our present activities, at The number of people ber has risen from 74,860 the standard demanded of a major University". cleared its deficit, and has a balance of £142,000. It achieved this by losing 200 members of staff, accepted into United King- in the previous year to Anxiety about future erosion of funds is being and the university's 83-84 financial report. de- dom universities last Octo- 77,431 in 1984. expressed in the light of a Government Green scribed the last three years as 'traumatic'. This has been the first sign Paper, which should go through later in the year, that the universities have been outlining further cuts in the recurrent grants, Joanna Walters 11111M1111.11111111111111L able to reverse the declining trend in acceptances since the Government cuts in 1981. A report from UCC shows that the number of candidates ap- plying for university places in- creased slightly although the CROSSWORD rise can be wholly attributed to a 9.3% increase in the number of applications from overseas By D. HOGMINK students. MI in a ii 7 ■ ACROSS DOWN It isthoughtought that the rise in 2 Simple departure for the the number of overseas candi- E laid-back.(4-5) dates could be a result of posi- 3 Comparitively recent Northern 1 Girl has distant affair on old tive efforts by universities to 1 1 bicycle (5-7) vessel. (5) 1 0. Rest disturbed for some time. 4 Foreign Office lies disgracefully recruit more students from • formerly (9) abut,' British weaknesses 171 abroad and reflects the high sta- 1 1 5 Before returnin 11 Knife for culling records? (51 g crooked rent. tus of UK universities abroad Ernii 1 2 Royal about-turn for a pint. (5) cross the threshold once more. (7) = '1 iiii • despite the high fees. 13. Big turtle, messy, leaves rubbish 6. Babies shaken in honourable lying around. (6-3) tradition of political philosophy (9) The number of home appli- 14. In love, protected by retired 7 Muslim prince might be North cants dropped slightly but there Mowoccan, for example? (5) - I■iil ■ • Japanese wrestler, causing unease. was an increase of 3.1% in the 17) 8. Welfare handouts for those on 15. Sou'wester brings bad weather. the gravy train? (5-2-61 actual number of UK students and no end of bad feeling. (4-3) 9. Slimmer gets version of what we accepted onto university II ill i 1 8. Bird with comic behind (7) rich get. (6-7) courses from 69,631 in 1983 to 20. Lisa acquires bronzed look in 15. Primate called for all to see. American State (7) surrounded by backward military 71,768 at the beginning Of this 21. Full of life. Descartes returns to alliance, (5-4) academic year. This rise has 1 I - fetch one centime. (9) 1 7 Hard faces provide alternative to been attributed to the efforts 23. Graduates in charge of computer hat? (9) that the universities are making language (5) 19. Allow feathers to cause t, 24. Easy to set fire to. (5) disappointment. (3-41 to try and satisfy the huge de- a 25 Fizzy drink given to ape with 20 Toy for construction of holy city mand for places. eastern help, we hear (9) gets refusal 17) Women candidates are con- 26 Arrangement of fig leaf on mine 22 Bird bites off dog's head• (5) tinuing to grow in number and gives cause for philosophical 23 Roll back the French gift of inquiry? 17. 2. 4) eloquence (5) an increase in acceptances now t' • means women constitute 41.3% of all students. Joanna Walters

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`A total fiasco' is how Poly selected Polytechnics greater Alan Matterson, Assistant Director Patrick Nuttgens autonomy over their courses. Chief Officer of the CNAA. has described new propos- "II will create two classes of defended discrimination. Polytechnic." said Dr. Nutt- "If all Polytechnics were tre- als for the external valida- gens, adding to criticism from ated identically this would set a tion of Polytechnic course Polytechnics up and down the limit all the way round. based content and standards. country. 'Polytechnics will be on those least capable of in- The Council for National divided into the privileged and creased autonomy." he ex- Academic Awards at present the underprivileged." plained to Leeds Student. -In monitors all courses at The criterion for deciding the public sector a first class Polytechnics. however it has which Polvs would be awarded system of maintaining stan- published plans for a new two with the greatest autonomy has dards has been developed. tier system designed to give vet to he worked out but Dr. These proposals are a major step heralded by evolutionary change." However, Dr. Nuttgens dis- agreed. "It's rubbish. It's an illusion • Poly roses • a sell out this week HYDE PARK that the scheme will promote more freedom - it willjust cre- Romance flourished at Leeds Poly yesterday in the form ate ten times as much paper of a Rose Delivery Service. work. They're just trying to cre- The Red Roses, with a personal message, were delivered by the THREATENED ate more work to find more Rag Committee at lunchtime and during lectures at several of the jobs." Poly sites. The booming video industry is posing a severe threat to Dr. Nuttgens also empha- Leeds' oldest and only truly independent cinema. Rug claimed to provide 'the ultimate, smooth, suave, sophisti- sised the value of external cated delivery service bringing joy, happiness (embarrassment) etc. Geoffrey Thompson. prop- the SFD in London. validation, although he sup- to your victims, sweethearts lecture.' rietor of the Hyde Park Picture A move is also underway at ported a general move toward Rag Chairperson, Cath told Leeds Student that the response had House. made this point to mem- the SF!) to bring in a replace- greater autonomy. been tremendous and said, "Romance is not dead at Leeds Poly." bers of the South Headingley ment for the barring system of a "If some universities had to Over 80 roses had been sold by Wednesday night and Cath thought Community Association 'one in three' allocation. which submit their courses to the that the other 20 they had estimated for would easily be sold on (SHCA) on Tuesday. Sib would mean each of the three CNAA, they'd be turned down Thursday. Headingley cinemas would have February in the hope of raising with contempt," he claimed. Julie Smith practical local support to keep first option on One out of every Gill Webber his cinema going. three films offered. i6.000 per year is the mini- evierern: mum necessary to cover rising overheads - advertising alone Science cash DISGUST OVER nms at around f600 a month - and Mr Thompson has under- gone personal financial risk in battle I.L.E.A. PLAN the struggle for survival. A plan endorsed by the inner L,ondon Education Allocation problems with Research councils are powerful distributors arise from embroiled in a bitter battle Authority to control the financial resources of Unions having independent status and to save the extra money of colleges of Further Education, has been met with are another vital factor in the disgust by the colleges concerned. - won for science spending decline of local cinema, from the Department of The plan intends to allow the complained, "We feel the prop- The society of Film Distribu- London Student Organisation osals put far too much power in tors tSID) operate an old Education and StiCIICy. (soon to he I endoe e r e ihe hands of the and allocation system, whereby the At present the money is in N.U.S.) to re-elin 41 'a, t,i rite itreed all London Colleges of choice of films goes to the larger , -, f241 danger of being 'conceited out total budget of 1:17 owl Tur: rillitatIOn, opt' organisations, such as Rank, aggi • The Hiqie ParA by decisions forced through awarded to college t the plan first, and then to the smaller or The• Slit • A will be holding from other Government de- be distributed at their own dis- independent einernas. Sarah Carroll on Nth f',.,bru- partments. cretion, to those they consider A dated barring system exists anoth•r nook iiilg ary at Btad•nell Sehoot Jeds The combined costs of the to be most in need. which theoretically permits the decisions to boost space spend- Hyde to bar the Lounge they hope to limn( h an .ip•cal The L.S.O. believes the Park ing in Europe and the Ministry CLUBS from showing. a film before it to save their ltxat rinerna scheme would make decisions does The Cottage Road has the Tito teal} !cell~ possiblc from of Agriculture's recent plan re- on funding more democratic as the Council would be an whan garding its commissioned re- right to har the Hyde Park, but allocations would be made in CLOSE development grant. which search spending, is more than because the Lounge and the May/Junc, whilst executives Over 80 clubs in Leeds Cottage Road are owned by the would not he likeh• to maintain enough to negate the effects of carrying out policies wouldn't same company. a cross-hearing the original character of the Sir Keith Joseph's f.I I million be elected until October thus have had their late bar is being operated which is, in cinema which it has been Mr.. science budget. giving them more control over licenses removed until Thompson's life's work to sus- ffect , denying Mr, 'Thompson's The Advisory Board for the their funds. The plan will also toin further notice, in a purge right to bar the Immo:. He. is Research Council's have told help 'less well organised unions' by Leeds City Council. curientiv taking this matter to Ann Sedi‘:, the treasury that if these costs who need special short term aid Adam and Eve's manager 1 are borne by the science budget to overcome particular prob- Mr. Littlewood, told Leeds Stu- it will make a 'mockery' of the lems. dent that from Monday 11th for budget plans presented last Criticism of the plan by col- one month, the club will be clos- month. lege unions is plentiful though. ing at 11.00 p.m. until the Ylusticksforbooks The hoard's attitude is that They believe tin unfair distribu- c license is renewed. This is due to the sum of money must be re- tion of finances will result, and late applications for licenses. Come and visit tained to spend on science of its allocation will he inconsistent An attempt will probably be own choosing rather than to with long term needs. The col- made to call an emergency help 'boil out' research councils lege also resent the L.S.O. re- Mr Miles of Leeds meeting of the council to resolve our secondhand and antiquarian suffering from other depart- taining 40% of resources, for an ments decisions, 'emergency fund.' The Presi- the problem. Bookshop now in larger premises at the Justin Hunt dent of Paddington college Paula Mason Archway Bookshop 12 Great George Street, RECIPE CORNER Leeds 1. Leeds Student resident chef, Gavin Stoddart with Telephone 455327 fresh ideas for your favourite food: CHOCOLATE! 35,000 books to choose from, including STEAMED CHOCOLATE in Leave to set CHOCOLATE SURPRISE many academic and technical texts, SPONGE CHOCOLATE CRUNCH Beat 4oz butter and -tot ;aigar to add 4oz flour and and a good range of medical. Toast 1/41b peanuts in a moderate cream Gradually Cream 402 butter until light and pint milk. mix fluffy. Add 4oz sugar and cream tc oven until gold brovvo, rub in a 2 eggs. Warm 1/4 the same texture again. Gradually tea-towel to remove she Skins with 4oz chocolate and a pinch of our new city centre bicarbonate of soda, Add this to ado 41/2oz flour and 11/2oz choco- Melt 'alb milk chocolate, stir in 3 late powder sifted together and 3 cups of Rice Krispies, or similar the other ingredients and mix Put BARGAIN BOOKSHOP eggs, one at a time. Beat well cereal, and the nuts Put into cases in a greased cake tin and bake rr' hot oven for about B minutes is full of titles at half price and less, at between additions Add 4 tables- and allow to set. poons of milk. Beat again Pour CHOCOLATE ICE-CREAM 64 The Headrow into a well buttered basin Cover Mix 3 large egg yolks and a teas- with tin foil and steam for 2 hours . CHOCOLATE SAUCE poon of vanilla essence with 4oz Leeds 1 Put Yalb plain dark chucolaie, melted chocolate Add 302 icina SIMPLE CHOCOLATE - Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm pint water and Vilb sugar into a sugar, 2 teaspoons at a time_ Stiff- MOUSSE pan, dissolve over a gentle heat Iv beat 3 egg whites. Whisk the Melt '/alb chocolate. Cool a little, and slowly bring to the Oa Boil lot yolks and chocolate Into the add 4 egg yolks once at a time 7 minutes. then remove from the whites. Fold in 8 fluid oz whipped usticiceorbooks Fold in 2oz cream and Brandy to heat Stir in 102 butter and vanilla double cream Put into J container c taste. Whin 4 egg whites and fold essence to taste. and freeze PAGE FOUR

LETTERS.. s elf-Righteous Bigotry CHINESE Dear Editor, formally committed to the col- state [hat non-marital sex or Since coming to Leeds, I lectivisation of all the means of homosexuality is undesirable. have been struck by the self- production, distribution and ex- A rather strange state of affairs. CHAUVENISM righteous bigotry and hypocrisy change. which only goes to show that one set of prejudices has been Dear Editor, of so many students on the poli- Of course, Enoch Powell was sophistication, he might also tical left. Enoch Powell. for in- also opposed for daring to replaced by another_ So the impression left upon take a look at the recent televi- stance, was opposed on the propose an end to experimenta- Hardly surprising then that Ian Winter from the current sion ads for the presidential grounds that he is both a racist tion on embryos; and this when Jewish socieites are banned and exhibition of revolutionary elections in the States. and a fascist. But why students we are being asked to give politicians intimidated, since posters in the Parkinson Court should differ so much from the money for Ethiopia. That con- anyone with unfashionable Gallery. was that of the 'politic- in my own humble opinion, laws of the land, in deciding traception is freely available, views is invariably a fascist, ra- al naivety of the Chinese peo- learning from Marx's assidious whose views are respectable or and that embryos, as well as cist or sexist. In general there ple'. philosophical, historical econo- not, I do not know. Ethiopians is supposedly unim- seems to be an increasing in- A perfect illustration, as if we mic and political study is no The fact that National Social- portant. ability to tolerate the views of needed it, of the xenophobia. mean extortion nor achieve- ism (and not Italian Fascism) Simarlarly reviled for its sex- others. What next? chauvenism, and downright ment. It also wouldn't go amiss, were the British left to take a caused the deaths of millions is ism, not to mention heterosex- Nicolas Gordon-Smith ignorance so typical of British irrelevant. As many. if not ism, is the Campus Crusade for people. Before voicing such few lessons from the communist more, have perished under Christ. This unfortunate body opinion, it might not be a had party of China, in struggling to communist regimes. had the temerity to put up post- idea for Mr. Winter to look establish the idea of commun- Yet the Revolutionary Com- ers against what they see as around himself at those stalwart ism, rather than the various munist and Socialist Workers' immorality, as well as screening SRC PLEA defenders of native intellectual Trotskyist, revisionist, entrist parties are not banned from the a film on the christian view of Dear Editor, traditions and political sophis- and laborite deviations. Union. Nor for that matter is marriage. 1 would like to draw the tication - The Sun, Star, Mir- Their inability to do so and the Labour Party. which is still Apparently it is offensive to attention of Poly students fo ror, Express, Mail etc. Oh yes, ignorance of a whole tradition the sadly neglected state of the and we shouldn't forget our of revolutionary thought and Student Representative Coun- own local bin liners, the York- practise, first developed in Chi- cil. shire Post and Yorkshire Even- na, seems to indicate a similar FAIR REPORTING At the moment we are in the ing Post. kind of chauvernism to that in- Dear Editor, ‘ersity and the Polytechnic'. midst of electoral fervour and If he wanted further indica- dulged by Mr. Winter. I am writing to reply to the When researching the article, the phrase 'your union' is often tion of a low level of political A Leeds Student letter printed in last week's I spoke to representatives of seen flung from electoral plat- Leeds Student from the Vice- NUS, LUU and LPSU and form to another. If we are to President of Trinity and All their comments were included make Leeds Poly Union our Saints College. in the report. Many of the NUS union, a union that works for My article of January 25th, staff that I interviewed, refused us, rather than letting the Ex- 1985 about the Leeds demon- to be quoted on their feelings ecutive use the Union as a Powell Debate strations was intended to give towards LUU and its internal means to pass a year in leeds, Dear Editor, an accurate account of the con- organisation of the demo. then SRC is the ideal body to Upon reading Paul Huberts' letter on the non-appearance of cern felt by the University Un- 1 am sorry if the report had accomplish this. Enoch Powell. I feel that my own. views on the subject have been ion and the Polytechnic Union detrimental effects on the parti- Why? The SRC can initiate strengthened. of the handling of the demo by cipation of Trinity and All its own policy (which can only That is to say. that I feel that there should have been no attempt the National Union of Stu- Saints students at the demo, but be overturned by a General to debar him from speaking. I believe the issue raises the same dents. I reported the facts as I found Meeting) and can also review questions as the Gerry Adams issue. In no way was 1 biased in them and tried to give all sides a the decisions of the executive. Mr. Hubert condemns fascists and South Africa for mass writing the article and it was fair hearing so far as they would Thus, by being a member of murders. However the link between them and Enoch Powell is certainly not intended to be -a let me. SRC, we can create the sort of extremely tenuous. There is also reference to the National Front blatant whiie-wash of the 1.!ro- Margaret Poole Union that we want. rather killing blacks, inspired by the rhetoric of Mr. Powell. Surely this is than one had down by the E t - exactly the same as the sectarian killings of the IRA, with which ectaive. Gerry Adams is closely associated. To become a member. you Mr. Hubert says that to allow Enoch Powell to speak would CORRECTION" simply fill in a nomination `make bigotry respectable. - this rings rather hollow. The substitu- Dear Editor, form which is available in tion of 'terrorism for bigotry is the same argument as those who I am writing to correct your article in last week's issue concern- Fresh Today or from the City opposed the proposed visit of Gerry Adams last year - an ing the Conservative candidates in the coming NUS elections. Site Exec offices. It is not time argument which Mr. Hubert vigorously attacked and quite rightly I would like to point out that I did have the full backing of Leeds consuming as it only meets so. University Conservative and Unionist Association in standing for once a week. The next meeting Mr. Hubert embarks on a purely subjective attack on Enoch the conference and in fact I got the highest vote of any Conservative is on Thursday, February 21st Powell which merely serves to confirm that Mr. Hubert likes candidate. I will be a committed Anti-NUS delegate at the confer- at 1,00 p. in. in the conference Gerry Adams but not Enoch Powell. This is hardly a basis for ence. room at City Site. See you banning a speech. I also noticed your `Vox-Pop' on 'Abortion - is it murder' - Yes it there. I do not subscribe to Enoch's views on repatriation but he is a is. Jeremy Rosenburg democratically elected representative and cannot be ignored. Guy Roberts Chair of SRC Racism is real and cannot be defeated by refusing to acknowledge its existence. Christopher Jones Leeds Univents present **************************************** Religious TUESDAY 19th FEBRUARY SEXIST 8.30pm — f3.50 Freedom Dear Editor, KILLING JOKE MIRROR The Opposition by some Dear Editor, members of Union Council to SATURDAY 23rci FEBRUARY I am writing in response to the film shown by Campus Cru- the artical in last weeks Leeds sade for Christ, on the Biblical 8pm — f2.00 Student, about the sexist con- view of dating, sexuality and tent of the Daily Mirror. I marriage. raises serious ques- JOHN PEEL ROADSHOW attended the 'Tell the Mirror' tions about the freedom of reli- meeting. Many men and women gious practice and teaching Featuring: THE EFFECT * XERO complained about the half dres- within the University Union. sed women which feature in this Can we now expect to see SLINGSBY and T'WORKS * PINK newspaper. The panel re- moves against other Islamic. sponded in a hostile and patro- Jewish and Christian Societies? PEG SLAX * nising manner. As a member of Or is the whole thingjust an Disco and bar till 1 am in aid of Ethiopia the audience said, perhaps if exercise in Campus Crusade that was their attitude to their bashing. Lastly. as the rights of SATURDAY 16th MARCH readers, they should go home! minority groups are in the I would like to congratulate vogue, we would like to apply 7.30pm — f3.50 advance Zoe Smith on her accurate rep- for minority group status. As resentation of the meeting, and Evangelicals we make up, only THE SISTERS OF MERCY justifiable condemnation of the 2% of the British population. Mirror's blatant sexism. Laurence Pusey FRIDAY 22nd MARCH — 8.30pm Valentine Schmidt Campus Crusade for Christ SPEAR OF DESTINY THE EDITOR, LEEDS STUDENT, LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION, P.O. BOX 157, TUESDAY 7th MAY LEEDS LS1 1UH. 8.30pm — f3.50 (All contributions must be received by the Tuesday before publication). The Editor reserves the right to edit THE ALARM letters for reasons of s►ace or otherwise. NEWS PAGE FIVE UNION CHANGE AGM Report-back OLD EXECUTIVE Substantial rather than vibrant is the best another year. and opposition form the former Ems NEW EXECUTIVE description of this year's University AGM. Secretary Dave Goodman on the grounds that a The President of the President To the surprise of very few, Guy Roberts was the sabbatical Ents officer had not been created, the first to the microphone proposing an amendment to motion was passed. Union Education Officer delete opposition to all forms of discrimination, and The actual proposals do not take effect until the instead argued that the Union should 'promote free- elections next year, and Martin Glancy agreed that The Deputy President Finance Officer dom of speech, whatever views are being expressed. discussion would take place over the next year. The Treasurer Welfare Officer In view of the debate surrounding the visit of Enoch Lastly the constitution of Leeds Student was discus- Powell, two weeks ago, it turned out to be topical and sed. A motion was passed, subject to opposition from The General Secretary Administration Officer controversial, but on this particular day Guy's support a number of the staff, to extend the election for editor turned out to be the kiss of death and the motion fell. to cross campus ballots. This brings the University The Cultural Affairs Publicity Officer Marcus Killick then tried to have the Robbins constitution into line with the Poly's', and in future all Secretary Womans Officer Principle included in the consitution, (The Robbin's students in both the University and the Poly can vote. Principle upholds the idea of free higher education for In conjunction with this a motion was also passed for The House Secretary Services Officer those with the qualifications). However, there was Leeds Student which essentially gives a constitutional substantial opposition on the basis that Robbin's Prin- right to reply to anyone who objects to material in the The Education Secretary Accommodation Officer ciple is out-dated and does not include statement on newspaper, subject to the Tribunal's approval. The Welfare Secretary Membership Officer mature students and Further Education, and the mo- After this the AGM was declared inquorate, and an tion was defeated. SGM was held about raising money for Ethiopia. it The Publicity Secretary The next motion was the most substantial of the was decided that in light of the fact that any money AGM. Taking up 5 pages of the order paper, it sent to Oxfam went through the Ethiopian govern- The External Affairs proposed a complete restructuring of executive. The ment, and thus does not reach everyone in Ethiopia, Secretary motion was put forward by Martin Glancy, and was because of the civil war, that money raised by the contentious not so much because of it contents, but Union should he given elswhere subject to Union Council's approval. • The first five in both are sabbatical because of numerous complaints about the lack of discussion on the restructunng. It was also discussed whether money raised at the The proposals have been subject to a committee for Refectory Disco in aid of Ethiopia should be given to two years, but it was pointed out that the committee Oxfam, but as it was stated at the time to the people at responsible had not met at all this year. Within the disco that was where it would be given, it was M tion p es bteoenth.c.iounysitchleeractenogepspoisoir decided that the £1300 raised should still go to Oxfam. Despitte stee I severalsef thv hcallsas Deb Lyttelton.

Over two hundred medical students attended a lobby of Parliament on Tuesday 4th February concerning the tow level of the student grant and how they in particular will UNIPOL cfmaNnE DRAGON be affected. Medics, and all students whose course is longer than 30 weeks, get paid extra for those weeks. However the amount paid £37.80 is considerably less than the weekly allowance during term time £52.30 HOUSES This discrepancy affects medics particularly harshly as their course is far longer than other courses in both weeks and years. Leeds City Council has de- After similar lobbying last year the extra weeks allowance was tided to give Unipol, the stu- raised by £2.80 and the medics hope that by continuing the dent housing agency, tenanc).• pressure the discrepancy can be eroded completely. to 50 of the council's prop- Gail Northcote of the Middlesex Hospital Medical school said erties. she was 'absolutely delighted with the results of the lobby' and that The houses, which are emp- some of the responses had been 'yen, encouraging'. ty at present, will be renovated Alison Attwood, President of MSRC commenting on How with the cost paid half by the Medical students have been_particularly affected by the effects of council and half by Unipol. the cuts this year 'One of the most damaging has been the The houses will he available abolition of travelling expenses. The medical course required nor only for single families, students to attend many different hospitals around Leeds and and should be in much de- students are now having to pay for this out of their own pockets. In mand, so Unipol can be sure some cases this can he as much as f3tX1 in the session.' of recovering the cost of the Clive Choud-Parrot repairs quite quickly. DAV OF DISASTER FOR ELECTION COUNT Wednesday week was a day Mark Lindsey, Returning Officer for the NUS and Union Council elections, will want to forger.

The elections were hit by dis- on a giant jig-saw puzzle. elections had to be recounted. aster before the count had After the papers had been By midnight the painstaking started. A guillotine used to carefully pieced together disas- job was still unfinished. The divide two sections of the ballot ter struck again. At ten in the result eventually showed that paper. sliced several hundred evening, when a result seemed Julie Hall had defeated Austen across a candidate's name. to be in view, it was discovered Garth in the Union Council spreading the mutilated halves that the wrong formula had (Science) election, but only in over the floor and leaving the been used for part of the com- the second round after the Elections Committee to spend plicated system of transferable transfer of Ross Dye's votes. the rest of the morning working votes. All the votes in the NUS Garth was himself the clear winner in the Union Council (Open) poll. In the elections for the NUS • A Chinese Dragon at this week - s Hong Kuny (,■hrbaturl. Conference Marcus Shelf. Glenn Binley, Robert Unwin, An exhibition on Hong Kong was held in the Riley- Guy Roberts. Erica Welling- Smith hall from the 11th to 15th of February. This was ton, Bevis Ingram and Rob Minshull were elected after the the first major event held by the Hong Kong society. first round. The second round A member of the organisation committee. Johny Lam, said FUN R saw Clare Hanna. Ian Baxter, that purpose was to promote 'cultural exchange'. handicapped people etc. The Action are pleased to Julie Parry and Edward Leng The exhibition concentrated on the culture and historical announce that the cash scope for use is vast. join them to make eleven dele- development of Hong Kong. There were also demonstrations of Action would like to thank gates. The transfer system re- Chinese cookery and calligraphy. raised from the Fun Run who helped colourful 'unicorn' costume. (over £800) - has been all the people sulted in a draw-out battle for Central to the exhibition was a make it possible. The 'marvel- the remaining Observers posi- made by the Chinese community. The opening ceremony was spent on aYamaha Organ lous' piece of machinery will he tions. Sue Caldwell. Seth Har- attended by the Vice-Chancellor who told Leeds Student that he and Combo Amp. shown at the Action A.G.M in man and Adrian Savage man- had a particular interest in Hong Kong, having taught there. This is intended to be used the Raven Theatre on Monday aged to push out Mike Higgins. 'It is splendid that a society as new as this can produce such an both for Action Ents Concerts 18th February. Chris Mularczyk, and Andrew exhibition, promoting relations between people frOm this coun- (so join now!) and also for After the AGM there is a Ford for the places. try and others, and between the university and outside' he said educational purposes with chil- disco with Rag in the Tartan Gavin Stoddart. Chris Hill and Catherine Cuthbert. dren. physically and mentally Bar. 'A -1 % , "1'.

PAGE SIX IN THIS ALIEN ENVIRONMENT, SPACE TECHNOLOGY IS OUT OF ITS DEPTH

Inspecting underground gas pipe- existence. Making extensive use of sub- lines for faults may not sound like the miniature hybrid microelectronics, new ultimate high-tech challenge. But, in types of recording heads and ultra- fact, the task proved to be beyond the precision mechanical engineering, this `state-of-the:art' technologies previously little marvel can store up to 500 million available — even in military and aero- readings on a single reel of standard space applications. one-inch tape, with an accuracy of better than one-thousandth of one percent! PROBLEM: THERE WASN'T A COMPUTER FROM REEL TO REELS Design a vehicle which can travel SMALL ENOUGH AND TOUGH inside the pipe, carrying equipment Once the Pig has finished its run,the capable of identifying any significant ENOUGH next job is to prepare the data for analy- defect, and pinpointing its position to sis by powerful, advanced computers Many of the pipes to be inspected such as the VAX 11/780.There's so much within a metre in a run of up to a hundred are less than 305mm in diameter. To fit kilometres or more. information in the Pig's tiny recorder sufficiently powerful data processing that many reels of computer tape are SOLUTION: equipment into the tiny space available, needed to receive it, and many hours of THE INTELLIGENT PIG hybrid microcircuits incorporating computer time to analyse it. custom-designed silicon chips had to be The Intelligent Pig, developed by developed. And since the space restric- THE RESULT the gas people, is a vehicle carrying tions also limit battery size and therefore highly advanced sensing, data process- power, many of these highly advanced Britain's underground gas trans- ing and recording equipment. Driven electronic components have to operate mission network is a multi-billion pound through the pipe by the gas pressure at the very limits of their specifications. asset. And the technical pyrotechnics within it, the Pig can be used without What's more, the environment inside we've just described have a thoroughly taking the pipe out of service. the pipe isn't exactly friendly. All the down-to-earth end result—they help the What is more, it can not only pin- highly sophisticated equipment carried gas people to maintain this asset more point any defect on the inside or outside by the Pig has had to be designed to efficiently and cost effectively. of a steel pipe ,but even describe its nature. tolerate or be protected from extreme vibration, mechanical shock, dirt, and WHY THE GAS PEOPLE LIVE IN HOW? gas pressure of up to 70 atmospheres. THE FUTURE Using strong magnetic fields or The fact that gas is Britain's most elastic waves propagated at ultrasonic A`TOMORROW'S WORLD' TAPE popular domestic fuel—and a powerful frequencies, different types of sensors RECORDER and growing force in industry, too—is the can detect corrosion, cracks, impact result of many years' foresight, planning damage or distortion of the pipe. But The sheer volume of data to be stored and massive investment by British Gas the real challenge lay in processing the inspired the development of what is scientists and engineers. And they're still hundreds of millions of signals produced probably the most advanced ultra- working for the future—to meet Britain's by the sensors in an average run. miniaturised tape recorder currently in energy needs in the next century.

THE GAS PEOPLE a- WORM NG FOR TOMORROW'S WORLD TODAY Gas ar.

ARTS PAGE SEVEN

Far from being a drama about a children's play- SWINGS AND Of* ground, this contempor- Pics by ary social comedy dwells on the problems MARCUS LYON of class. (AndyROUNDABOUT Sherlock) drunk on he first night of his nuptials has The LUU Theatre Group, taken the plunge with the cleverly directed by Carl ambitious and headstrong Hindmarch and Alistair Ginni (Annabel McGoldrick). McGowan, scored a notable Freddie, played convin- cingly by Andy Spearpoint is a conceited consultant mana- ger and therefore thinks he is a great success. Efficiency means reducing everything to 'processes and projects' - thus his marriage becomes the 'getting one's goat pro- ject'. Andy the 'prole' gains the audience's sympathy as he is cuckolded when his wife ven- tures on an ill-fated fling with Freddie - an action inspired by her social pretensions and covetous desire to make Andy into a first-class Fred- die. • -Mick Hodgkin plays the jolly porter - Money equals success in and pleasing success. Simi- Freddie's and Ginni's book • The cast of the L U U Theatre Group but their respective spouses larly, beyond the comic level, gulf between classes is ren- Andy and Rosemary are in- and exposes him for the ruth- merchant. the play has much to do with dered beautifully. nocents with a more modest less, heartless man he really The whole cast gave subtle the notions of success and The comedy has a sharp, is. Andy has the one thing failure. aim of simply trying to be and intelligent performances biting edge which removes it that money can't buy - pover- and for those who spent an Two newly-wed couples successful in being human. from the common or garden ty - but he is a better man for enjoyable evening at the meet by chance in a cheap Delivery of comic lines was bedroom farce. After his un- all that. His seemingly futile theatre, there was little to be and tacky motel. Successful, well executed at all times: conscious obsequiousness to gesture of kicking the rich lost and much to be gained upper class twit Freddie is when Andy picks up the the upper-class snob, Andy man's lost watch under the on the 'Swings and Roundab- married to the sympathetic Financial Times and takes it finally stands up for himself bed ends the play on a se- outs'. but wet Rosemary (Susan to be The Football Echo, the and expounds some sad rious note. It is a denial of the Page) and 'failure' Andy humorous treatment of the home-truths to Mr. Success values of the wealth- Geoff Barker THE GOOD PERSON OF SETZUMI The Workshop Theatre The play, a chinese and also survive, Shen- The set, resourcefully bility and an affinity with succeeded in producing fable, is set in the im- te is driven to schi- devised, required the audience vital to her a lively and thought- aginary village of Set- zophrenia becoming a varying degrees of im- role as Brecht's mouth- provoking interpretation zuan, visited by two far- ruthless imaginary aginative co-operation piece. The eccentricities of Brech's 'The Good cical gods who are 'cousin' to deal with the by the audience, from of the villagers' charac- Person of Setzuan'. scouring the earth for problems arising from the chinese umbrellas ters provided a welcome good people to justify its her unselfish side, in a used to represent dimension of humour to houses, to the basic the essentially serious Although the cast and continued existence. As merciless and business- structure of Shen-te's and moral tone. But the especially the heroine is apparent from the ti- like way. The two gods shop and an assortment European flavour, espe- Shen-te (Elaine Ap- tle, one person is disco- are finally persuaded to of all-purpose wooden cially evident in the plebee) are to be con- vered in the benevolent intervene when Shen-te crates. choice of costume, gratulated on their com- Shen-te but her good is prosecuted for the Although half the cast seemed to conflict with mand of a very lengthy nature is totally ex- murder of her good'self' ploited by the poor but even they can offer had dual-roles to play, David Osbon's skilful play, the audience may musical accompani- citizens of Setzuan and no solution to the prob- all their characters have found it difficult to proved individual and ments to Brecht's lyrics - maintain their enthu- more personally by a lem of the survival of the entertaining especially to the general detriment siasm throughout, due young airman (Stephen good in a world depen- Mrs. Shin (Pamela Con- of the atmopshere of not only to to the Hornsby-Smith) with dent on a system of eco- whom she falls in love, nomic exploitation. nelly) and the Old chinese fable. punishing seats in the woman (Jane Tomlin- On the whole a well Workshop Theatre Stu- speeding on her econo- Brecht leaves the au- son). Amandina Liham- tackled production that dio but also to the re- mic and moral ruin. dience to form their own ba's professional per- expressed the play's laxed and drawn out conclusions about the formance as the water- powerful morality with- pace of events stretch- As a result of the in- harsh reality of our sys- seller, succeeded admir- out stifling the audience ing for over two and a junctions given to her by tem. ably in gaining full credi- in the process. half hours. the two gods to be good LEEDS PLAYHOUSE Calverley Street 442111

Ends Sat 16 Feb Subscribe now — see 5 play. MICHAEL FRAYNS award-winning ;including Our Day Out) from just comedy i8 00! MAKE AND BREAK 'Remarkably slick production' (LEEDS STUDENT) FILM Mon.- Tue Bpm. Wed.Sal 7 3Opm Tonight at 11 15pm Matinee 3pm Stir 18 Feb THE HONORARY From 21 Feb CONSUL (18) OUR DAY OUT The story of a doctor (Richard Gerel A musical romp by WILLY RUSSELL who is kidnapped by a group Of author of "Educating Rita and Paraguayan revolutionaries from the Blood Brothers' hook by Graham Greene. Michael Don't forget! Students am entitled Caine. as the anti-hero gives the to 2 tickets for the price of 1 on performance at his Ida all first nights) Ring 442111 NOWI Only f1.50 No advance booking • Wang the water-seller played by Amandina Lharnba Photograph by Chris Jowefl THE HIGHER EDP n—view of the Governments' continuing Education cuts, Jonathan Calvert questioned Sir Keith Joseph (Secretary of State for Educa- tion) and Giles Radice (Labour Party spokesperson for Education) abo., their differing strategies for Higher.Education.__ LLLLL,L 1, LLiL not been able to get into Universi- income and the National Union of 'The Government value the Students have responded with a continued expansion of ty since 1981. Admittedly, many of those students have been taken call for a £30 pw minimum grant Higher Education as an in- in by the Polytechnics and Further for all students in full-time educa- I. vestment in the nation's hu- Education Colleges but critics tion over the age of sixteen. L L L • man talent in a time of rapid argue that this is a haphazard way It was against this background • • social change and technolo- to distribute students among the that the Secretary of State for Education, Sir Keith Joseph, gical development'. institutions. It has also meant that there has been less opportunity announced further public expend- It would not be an easy task to for mature students to go back iture savings. First, he scrapped reconcile this statement by Mar- into education. the student travel grant and then, •.9 • garet Thatcher, when she was The monetary squeeze on the last November, he proposed that O. . • Secretary of State for Education, institutions has ro..nnt that the he minimum grant should be with what has happened to Higher standard of Highe. !Iducation has axed and that tuition fees should Education since the first round of been dropping. Tne institution: oe charged to students with well cuts was announced in 1981. In- have had to cut back on equip- off parents. A back-bench revolt . stead these last three and a half ment which has meant fewer followed among Conservative years have seen the contraction of books in the libraries and less MPs and Sir Keith agreed to waive a Higher Education system which apparatus for scientific experi- tuition fees. was once held to be the best in the ments. The number of lectures The Higher Education debate world. has been reduced and small de- has once again opened up follow- At a time when the number of partments, like Archaeology at ing the announcement that the eighteen year olds has peaked Leeds University, have been axed. Department of Education and Sci- and when unemployment is at re- In addition, many research pro- ence will be producing a green- cord levels, the demand for places jects have had to be scrapped paper on HE in the second quarter at Universities, Polytechnics and after running into financial diffi- of this year. Although the details Colleges has never been higher. culties. of the document are still secret, But for many of these would-be there have been strong hints that students the prospects are bleack. One of the easier targets for the it will contain the proposals for a The Universities, for example reduction in HE spending has part-loans scheme, further reduc- have been made to comply with been the student maintenance tion in per capita expenditure and an 8% reduction in their funding grant. At present, the full grant is a marked bias for science subjects from central government. This about £44 pw which is a drop of at the cost of the Humanities. has meant a cut in the number of £10% in real terms since 1979 and What is the rationale behind the courses and places available. many students at FE colleges still present Higher Education policy Consequently, 24,000 young do not receive any financial sup- and what shape will it take in the people who would otherwise port. Even those on a full grant future? I put these questions to Sir have qualified to be students have find it hard to exist on such. a low Keith Joseph and Giles Radice. Sir Keith Joseph An enterprising luta 'Initiative and enterprise' are me policies. It is an attitude that has seek alternative sources of fund- underestimated.' inducing. He argued that t two words which, more than characterised his period in ing rather than relying on the But there was another factor system. student grant was n any others, encapsulate the pre- office as Secretary of State for taxpayer's money. which Sir Keith had failed to postulated just on stude sent Government's political phi- Education, prefering to give Up to last November his poli- mention. Sir Keith Hampson, needs but 'on what the Gover losophy. It came as no surprise broad national policy outlines to cies met little opposition within who had led the back bench that one of the Government's merit thinks the taxpayer c. the University Grants Commit- his own party but then came the revolt. had said that the cause of leading theorists, Sir Keith afford.' When asked to col tee and National Advisory back bench revolt over his prop- the revolt was the student Joseph, applied those two max- ment on the specific fact th Board and leaving them to im- osal to charge tuition fees. Over maintenance grant. Many Tory ims to his own sphere of influ- some students would have plement the regional details. 130 Conservative MPs signed MPs had seen it as a crippling ence, education policy. drop out of their courses, he f the petition against the propos- halfway measure because, by back on a rather detached arg As Industry Secretary he pres- al. Was Sir Keith surprised by increasing the parental con- ment that "the number of pe It is not difficult to see why he ided over the sharpest decline in the size of the opposition? tribution, it compounded the in- pie who are queueing to best has earned the reputation for manufacturing industries since "Yes. But was it because the adequacies of an already insuffi- being a policy maker rather than the 1930's depression. Now, as dents and the number succee size of the increase was too big cient grants system. So did Sir ing in becoming students is a policy implementor. In our Education Secretary, he has lost or because the notice of it was Keith think that there was a feel- record levels." conversation, Sir Keith none of his zeal for savage cuts, too short? I was conscious that I ing that he hadn't gone far But wasn't this simply a r appeared to enjoy keen debate believing, that students and was giving a pretty minimum enough and that certain mem- flection of the fact that peop but refused to be drawn into a Higher Education Institutions period of notice for a big in- bers would have preferred detailed factual analysis of his must use their initiative and continue in Higher Educatic crease. That was the factor I had loans? because their employmy "I used to be one of the peo- qb' prospects are bleak. Sir Kei 41 ple that wanted partial loans but agreed but with the proviso th I never imagined it would be it also reflected the birth ra easy to move to partial loans. increase. Some of the enthusiasm for He did, however, show loans, partial or total, is based chink in his armour when on a false assumption that it came to discussing the possib would make things easier, I ity of a review of the stude think it will prove a difficult op- travel allowance. Since th tion." travel grant has been axe. Surprisingly, he went on to some students have been losin agree, with one of the National £80 to £90 pa and the situatic Union of Students arguments has become so severe that, I against loans - that a Govern- campus universities like Wa ment financed loans scheme wick, some students have ha wouldn't save any money. to resort to hitch-hiking int "For ten to fifteen years there University. While he welcome is not a penny saved. There is the Warwick student's ingenu only a saving if the loans, were tY, he did say that if he we there to be loans, came from 'convinced after the new syster some other source than the tax- had bee tried that it is leading t payer, like the banks." damage and hardship' he woul Only last week, Sir Keith review the system. But this a wrote to NUS saying that he view was only possible if sti. believes that a shift towards dents had not been enterpristni subsidies is inevitable. So it is enough to find new ways c likely that his green paper may cutting their travel costs. contain the more complex loans system which he believes works on the continent. HIGHER EDUCATION "We are about the only de- CUTS , veloped country, if we're still a It was this 'self help' arg' developed country, which treats ment that he used to justify thi students as generously as we reduction of funding in Highe do. In most other countries, it's Education from the Govern part loans, part earnings, part ment. Sir Keith openly admiti savings, part family and part that the cuts in funding were taxes." designed to reduce the Treas de Sir Keith appeared totally un- ury's public spending but concerned about the hardship vies that it is simply monetar the present grants system was ism masquerading as an educa ICATIOA1 DEBATE PAGE NINE LABOURS SCHOOL OF THOUGHT The future of Higher Education will be clearly mapped if the Conserva- tive Government obtain another term of office after the next general election. But is there an alternative to the Con- servative spending cuts philosophy and will that introducing a system of student accept their demands for an alternative spring from loans to replace the mainte- open, accessible HE system with nance grant. I asked Mr. Radice if more chances for mature stu- a rejuvenated Labour he thought it was fair that the dents. party? Who better to working class taxpayer subsi- Mr. Radice promises to repair ask than Labour's new dised a predominantly middle the damage caused by educa- class student population. Like a tion cuts. He will make funds education spokesper- true politician, he put the ques- available to facilitate the switch son, Giles Radice, tion back to me - "Is it fair for to science and technology, fund Mr. Radice, the MP for working class students to pay more postgraduates and expand Durham North, was educated at loans." research, and revitalise the Uni- Winchester public school and Last year, 3.5 million Amer- versities new blood scheme. Magdalen college Oxford. De- ican students took out loans and But wasn't there a danger that spite his own rather privileged the Americans claim that this he might find himself in the education, he is committed to a system has increased the acces- same position as Sir Keith policy of expansion of access to sibility of their education for all Joseph, in so far as that he Higher Education for all sections sections of their population. Did might be fighting for the corner- of the population. At the mo- Mr. Radice think that the Amer- stone of education in a party that ment the Labour Party's HE poli- ican system presented a case for didn't see it as a priority? cy is under review and the find- loans in Britain? 'It's an easier task for me as I ings will be set out in their green He was doubtful about the have the support of Mr. Kinnock paper in a few months time. But validity of the argument over ac- and Mr, Hattersley. Whereas l'rn Mr. Radice is very clear about cess and argued, anyway, that it not sure that Sir Keith has the the direction that this policy will would create too much support of Mrs. Thatcher and he take. hardship; "It puts a tremendous certainly doesn't have the sup- oe for education? burden on students and also port of Nigel Lawson.' STUDENT GRANTS means that one's time as a stu- Mr. Radice favours the expan- dent is elongated." sion of technological courses tion policy. cial Sciences? Although he The Director of Leeds Polytechnic, Patrick Nuttgens. Regardless of the political de- and promises to give the Univer- Instead he believes that it is quibbled with the word science bate about loans, wasn't there a sities the money to do it rather vital for the Higher Education (Sir Keith preferred the word described Sir Keith Joseph's November proposals on student danger that if loans were intro- than asktng them to effect the institutions to be less depee- social studies) he argued that he grants as an 'extraordinary act of duced it would he for financial switch from existing resources. had no bias against these sub- dent on the taxpayer. He argues socialism', Did Mr. Radice, as a reasons? "It's totally unfair to the arts to jects "They are both more im- that they can't make long term socialist, agree with this analy- "It's a purely financial thing. be cut back in order to provide plans because the Govern- portant, more difficult and more more money from science. What sis? The motive is not to provide a open to flabiness than the natu- we need to do is to ensure that ment's financial position is sel- "It's a fanciful description. It is better means of student support. ral sciences." the Arts have got the money." dom stable enough for the in- true that Sir Keith was, on the The motive is to cut spending. I suggested to Sir Keith that He hinted that one of the ways stitutions to be able to plan whole, hitting the better off pa- One of the difficulties about years in advance. He said that 'if the practical effect of his own of future Labour Government rents but the fact is that he was loans is that it initially doesn't policy was to cut heavily those might find these extra funds was Universities were to build up big introducing a new principle cut public spending. That's why to encourage private funding by endowments they would have subjects that he had just called which was charging fees. That the Tories haven't done it be- mportant. In Leeds University, business. However, he did not more of a say in their own fu- i may well start with the better off fore." for example, the places in the see it as a concrete alternative to ture.' So did this include fund- students but you can go down He continued, 'Sir Keith has ing from private business? humanities had been cut by salt) that they are on the agenda State funding. quickly to the parents of those In return for the security of "Yes, on the margin. Salford 10% whereas science had only students who are not so well off. but I would be surprised to see funding Labour would ask the has done it quite well and Cran- been cut by 3%. It's an obvious pot of gold to them implemented in a State field is only dependent on the "I take the responsibility for form. What might happen is that HE institutions to take in more attack, particularly if you're local students to aid local indus- taxpayer to the tune of 30% - the national balance where I someone like Sir Keith Joseph there will be some arrangement have asked for a 2% switch. try and to encourage them to admittedly it's mostly post- who doesn't actually like spend- with the banks." graduate.' How it is divided, is up to the Did that mean that the Labour take on more mature students. ing money." Didn't he think it was dangerous But doesn't this mean that UGC. The country is not in The Labour party has prom- party would scrap such a loans to make the institutions so sensi- Higher Education is in danger of favour of manpower planning. ised that it would never consider system as soon as they took becoming a prisoner of indus- But the leadtime for scientists office? Mr. Radice refused to tive to political decisions? try? After all, if the money is and engineers is such that they make instant committments but "You have to draw a balance taken from industry they are need to give them adequate ment not to be cut. Why didn't thought that they would. between intervention by the obviously going to want some warning. To give them warning, Sir Keith do this, especially The Labour party have State and the need to preserve a say in the content of the course. we need to build up some since a large amount of money pledged to give adequate finan- reasonable autonomy. But the It could also mean that some places in science and engineer- going into research was in fact cial support for all students over Universities can't be totally kinds of speculative research ing." going to pay off redundancies at the age of sixteen, including autonymous when they are get- might not be pursued. Sir Keith Sir Keith's period as Educa- Research Councils? those on Youth Training ting money from the State." agreed that such a situation tion Minister has seen a shift "It's the same thing. Research Schemes. Although Mr. Radice In particular, he felt that there might arise but felt that the pos- towards an education policy Councils cannot redeploy their is not in favour of it, they have ought to be a balance between sibility was a long way off. He that is extremely sensitive to the money without paying money promised the implementation of education as a good in society then turned the argument on its demands of the Treasury. The to those who cease to be a £30pw minimum grant. This is and education in terms of man- head'. "The equal danger is that cuts in student grants, for exam- needed." obviously going to take up a power requirements. He ex- a government should come and ple, were proposals to save Since '1981 the number of Uni- major part of his education pressed a fear that education say that we will only continue to money. Wasn't it the case that versity places has gone down budget, so how will he be able to was, at present, becoming too finance Universities if they con- his grant proposals, last by 24,000 and many of those finance it? vocational but, "that is not to say tinue to teach this or that," November, were hurried would-be University students "Student support is a very ex- that Higher Education can get It was surprising that Sir Keith through because of Treasury have gone into other areas of pensive system. Obviously my away with ignoring the needs of called such guidelines a 'dan- pressure? Higher Education. I put it to Sir problem is that there will be alot the nation." ger' as he himself had given the "It wasn't like that. Each Keith that it would be better to of other committments on the One of the criticisms of the Universities specific advice Minister has to try and fulfill have an integrated plan for the education budget and I've got to present Government's educa- through the UGC. Hadn't he his/her priorities and only when shift of students throughout argue, like Sir Keith for money." tion policy is that it has failed to produce a plan for the integra- given advice that small depart- they fail to convince their col- Higher Education rather than THE GREEN PAPER ments should be rationalised? leagues in the Treasury, that it one determined by Treasury tion of HE. Did he believe that "Once an institution becomes can't be done will he or she spending cuts. He said that this The Labour party plan to pre- new innovations like Polyversi- dependent on the taxpayer, it is have a chance of getting any would be difficult because they empt Sir Keith Joseph's Green ties were a good idea? "The case for integration is a required to spend its money extra money." had different functions. So what Paper on Higher Education by tricky one. I've said that the bin- sensibly and accountably. If we Sir Keith went on to say that did he think to the idea of producing an alternative green ary line should be blurred as have four separate institutions, he was convinced that scientists Polyversities? paper which will be put to the much as possible and I'm in say doing Italian, then they need needed more money for re- "It may emerge that they public before the official docu- favour of that. There is, of rationalising. That's not distort- search and he had to find that could be the answer in some ment is issued. course, a different process of ing the content of academic money from somewhere in his situations. I certainly don't have Their policy will be centred work." department. He chose students a universal switch in mind. around the idea of a contract financing and a different type of planning. That's the case for In the light of this comment, grants. These are very autonymous between Labour and the HE in- Other Ministers had made a bodies - you can't order them stitutions. They will offer secur- having an overarching HE cuts how did he explain his bias service which is able to discuss against the Humanities and So- successful case for their depart- about." ity of funding and in return they will expect the institutions to the three together." GordonTaylor probe: the confusior4 surrowiaing manoesters mooctiest sons gitiNNARr,r% Imo

that Bern." Bad news, folks. passing camera; but I can't im- definately non-Mancunian laugh. anything on it's own. It's the whole thing. When you do theatre every Whilst I would not want to de- New Order, demi- agine this lot even venturing ionto Bolton, I have decided. a photobooth. Further more; they The band's reputation for chur- night it is the same. You say the tract from Bernard's prowess as a Gods of misery and don't do interviews lish insularity has only been furth- same words and try to look as frontman, I can't help but com- doyens of the manic- That's the myth anyway. Rob, ered by numerous reports from though you're betraying some ment that the group's biggest sell- depressives, are just Factory Record's general handy- concert goers regarding short sets, emotion, whilst in reality you're ing record to date, which still pops ordinary people. End man and, in his spare moments. no encores and a general disregard not You are just pretending. I'm in and out of the top 100 at fairly of interview. You can New Order's management person, for the people who actually buy not saying there's anything wrong regular intervals, appealed more on the basis that it was at it's best all turn to the sports insisted that, on the contrary, they tickets. Whilst not denying such in that and I don't despise people for doing it. It just isn't for us " when played very loudly through a pages now, 'cos did lots of interviews It was just accusations, Steve thinks that that they could not always find the New Orders approach is more hon- The liklihood of New Order leav- very large sound system rather that's all there is to time to fit them in between sound est than those bands that simply ing 'tacky' the said it, not me) than on account of it's sensitive it checks and teabreaks. He would add three curtain-calls to the bot- places like Tiff's for the mega-buck vocal line. Had 'Blue Monday' be- All right. perhaps not quite all ask the band if they wanted to be tom of the setlist. "Who decides glamour of baseball stadiums and come an albatross around their Let's not forget that several hun- - interviewed and then let me know what you do at a gig? Does the the like is slim. Unless they join an necks? Did they ever regret doing dred people each paid out a con- If I didn't hear from him. I was lust audience decide or do the people Andrew Lloyd-Webber choreog- it? siderable part of their disposable to turn up on the night with my who are playing decide or does the raphed spectacular 'where the "Regret? No. It was an experi- weekly income and braved a half tape-recorder in hand. management decide?" So who bass guitarist runs across the ment when we did it and we never dozen inches of freshly fallen So I just turned up with my tape does decide for New Order? stage and jumps on the back opf expected that it would become an snow to wait around for hours on recorder in hand and, though they "Well, we decide what we're the lead guitarist at the same time albatross There's very little we end to hear these four people. didn't actually,fall over themselves going to do. We don't say that we every night ' Large places are in- can do about it It was good in the notorious as they are for playing with enthusiasm, once they knew I don't do encores, and we don't say timidating for the band, they are way that a lot of people who had sub-standard and under-rehearsed was there they did their best to that we do them. We do encores if soul-less and, anyway, the audi- never heard of Joy Division sud- ses, perform a series of popular make the operation as painless as we feel like it. If we don't feel like ence can't see. "Perhaps the denly heard of New Order so we songs; any or all of which the possible for both sides. it . then why?" answer is to build better venues. I suddenly opened up to a new etedi- audience might have heard in- The trouble with interviews, Spontaneous or what? In fact, as don't thing bigger venues are the ence. But I think it confuseapeo- numerable times before in ver- they confided, is that most media little as possible is planned when answer They lust make more ple more than anything else sions far more accomplished than people act as though they are New Order hit the road. The run- money for the promoters." It seems that all the olcfj.D. fans could reasonably be expected doing the band a big favour by ning orders are written only a few The othe major source of the were wondering What all this from a live performance In addi- pointing microphones up their col- minutes before they take the New Order mystique arises not so 'disco-crap' was, whilst any 'Blue tion to the generation of some- lective nose, and tend to become stage; although the need to pre- much From who they are. but from Monday' faneewho happened thing that, for want of a better annoyed when no glitzy rock-star programme the sequencers has who they used to be. Has the along to agigeeperienced a shock term. may be designated 'fun'. personalities are produced. One curtailed their freedom somewhat spectre of Joy Divison finally been Similar to thatfelt by Queen Victor- New Order are also expected to T.V. producer, it is recalled Excepting forays late foreign parts. laid to rest? "Obviously not. be, ia when, .11aYing read and enjoyed attrach enough cash to pay some stormed out of the dressing room, which, of necessity, need to be cause you're bringing it up." WO, the 'Alice' books, she requested wages Their own, the support cameras and crew in tow. accu. arranged with some forethought, yes, I realise. I didn't really want to more by the same author only to bands, manager and road crew. siong New Order of being the even the decision to play five is as ask Unfortunately 1 am expected receive weighty volumee ee'sYrri- running costs and profits for the most unprofessional group she spur-of-the-moment as can be to ask all these dumb, predictable. bolic logic. club and a bit left over for tax had ever met short of getting out of bed inthe questions to satisfy thettiriosi-ty-e4 Requests shouted out at The , Not to mention the T-shirt, Stiff, they don't cultivate a high morning and sticking a pin in the the eagerly awaitingipettlipiictitaris subsequent conceit seemed to 11 badge, scarf and mug stall Or the profile, and most assessments of map. right. blaite it on. someone else) dicate that ,.'Teneptation. is re- - . bootleggers who are outside sell- their personalities have-been jerry- "Basically people ring up and It's' not only me, thdoltt'‘1,p are garded as . ehe ifaartcr,s .hoteehol II ing last week's concert, and inside. built from analyses of their re- say 'do you fancy playing here?' still mainstays of theeelternative' was play.e&baWitflill'grace. New raincoats bulging with ill-concealed cords, lyrics and associates. pre- and if it sounds like an interesting discos, and JteYeDiviSiee T-shirts Order db riot 'want to throw out .311 tape equipment, microphones sent and past. Sullen, depressive, place, and we're not doing any- are on sale alongside-New Order of their best songs, but neither do piercing the air as though we'd all pseudo-intellectual Mancunians thing, then we will probably do it " accessories only a few yards from they want lo'betrapped into play- stepped into a snorkelling conven- with dubious politics and a pen- Just how this policy got them to where we speak. ing them-over and over for the next tion by mistake chant for the gloomier side of life. Leeds' Tiffany's is something to "We're not trying to deny, and It- twenty.yars. What they do want to Just the usual paraphenalia of Strangely enough, no matter how ponder on. But. I wondered, does woUld be pointless to deny the do is keep variety and experiment the pop-biz and pop-stars, let it not thorpughly I searched amongst the this off the cuff approach mean existence . of Joy Division Really. in their music. The work with be denied. are hardly a rare, or flight cases. I couldn't find a single that they aren't quite aseehearsed New Order and Joy Division are Arthur Baker was undertaken to particularly interesting species volume of Baudelaire or Rimbaud; as they might be for a 36 date one and the same band. But peo- further this end. Steve. however. New Order, though. simply be or even 'Mein Kampf'. tour? ple try to draw dividing lines and didn't think it had been too suc- cause they are still Ordinary Peo- I suppose I could fake the evi- "Yeah, but when everything is say that Joy Divison were some cessful. ple, are not ordinary pop-stars For dence (watch out Kirk Brandon) the same night after night we'd thing and New Order are soetheag Talk of producers brought up the one thing, no-one knows what but Steve Morris, drawer of the be," adopts mid-atlantic accent, different; whereas. the only differ- subject of the work that individual they look like. 11 could have been short straw, was such a nice, red-hot. Though we wOuldn't,feal- ence is that we used to have a members of the band had been anyone on that stage, within friendly. ordinary chap, that I lust ly We would be playingeeally well singer and now we have a doing,- twiddling the knobs for a reason, and nobody would have could not do anything that might but there would be no-feeling in it. keyboard player " He pauses, to number of Factery acts, notably known any different. Most of their upset him. He was slim to under- It's like gigs and theatre really A contemplate his last statement. with the Stockholm Monsters and contemporaries are only too eager nourished with a winsome, rather gig is real. It's the atmosphere Not "Oh, we've still got a singer Ber- 52nd Street The work is time con- to throw themselves in front of a awkward manner and a nervous, the techniques, not the music or nard's singing is cool. Sorry about suming but evidently rewarding as

MUSIC PAGE ELEVEN NEW \. # ORDEFic6c\ Steve positively bled enthusiasm not only for the acts mentioned above but also the likes of Marcel King, James and the Factory rosta as a whole He isa bemused over LIVE THE THREE JOHNS the label's general lack of success as he is over the continued Warehouse teumphs of his own band who are A long time ago, in the dark, swirling mists of the Fifties, a currently paying most of Factory's horrible swaggering beast first belched forth its intentions bills. on an unsuspecting world. It was filthy, noisy and arrogent "I think it's amusing that some- and it lived on human energy. Yes, that beast was Rock and cuing so good could be obscured Roll. It shone brightly for a few • of anarchic years, by the media exercises of major discovered manners, nice cloth rd companies labels. Now major record labels are and began a slow malingerin It really, The music is back in their A few brave reprobates n its powers hands. The public is being conned but the spirit of the b id it finally once more. So what? If you want expire? Elvis' co when the to be conned; be conned." Beatles discov can say. From time It's noticable that even those T. Rex, The Se media people who ought to admire Johns tap the labels independence, it's talus- If the HI to move to London and neglect rgy of the cultivation of the star sys g, tern are still unable, or unwilling, to hold it up as an exemplar of the 0 virtues they pretend to hold so sta it • Magnum chasing The Dragon Pic dear. Steve's amusement turns to just Jason Hutchings esignation. He puts the whole alma Magnum took to the stage the hallmark of Magnum's i tp a flourish using Jethro thing down to misunderstanding The nergy, inke./ performance. Tull don't think even Factory under John G ms ar, wring- -land Factory too well." Hmre ing its ne• ors the sound This could explain a lot. What at- in a bedr e stalks the stage a sl out that ridiculous 'fascist' tag? possessed he beast ith an extraordinarily It t "It doesn't matter when it corn- wild and fie er loses sight of that all u o inspiring prospect, yet, in esdown to pieces of vinyl. No-one important ho mbles after song The Johns a the audience. modest way, inspiration was questions the politics of E.M I . twist the cord to a shattering cathartic climax. Henry Spencer C.B.S Of anybody. They- could be 'AWOL', 'Dog', 'Eng sh White Boy Engineer', 'The Devils anybody but no-one ever mention:, Music' and (surprise, surprise) T. Rex's '20th Century Boy' J. The fact that Factory don't bk. thunder out of the speakers and charge the nerves. 'Kum- nave like a record company ought quat' deserves a special mention. Alternating between to make people suspicious." frenzied spurts of music and gaps of largely spontaneous Personally, cynic that I am, I shouts, yells, words and wails it is a stunning example of tneught that the press hounded the wild tensions inherent in the spirit of r 'n' r, The Johns Factory because they are a danger politics (the right side of the left-extreme)) are defiantly aL3L111111 to the paper's need to sell so many and provocatively shoved up front. 'Do Not Cross the Line' copies every week. Sales would is the unofficial anthem of the Miners strike while the be low if everyone were as un hilariously vicious acappella 'Norman Tebbit Song' lays PARKSIDE SHIVERS/VARIOUS ARTISTS 0.11) forthcoming as the Manchester waste the opposition. Politics and rock don't mix? Listen to Seriously, I'm beginning to think that it would be far more of a faction. A few years ago, it may be The Three Johns. novelty to find someone in Leeds who isn't either in, or trying recalled. the N.M.E. conducted an And so, for a brief while the spirit of the beast stalked the to form, some sort of group. etterview with New Order in the land. Those it touched would never be the same again. There are eleven tracks on this album, representing seven States, in which they portrayed the Flush out the crap. Listen to The Three Johns. of the most promising names from in and around the city. Most of the tracks were recorded at the Parkside Studios, band as, more or less, a bunch of Steven Walsh making the production unusually excellent for this type of yobs. It transpires that. whereas exercise. The sleeve's quite passably too; black and white to usually the record companies pa\ keep the costs down but fairly eye-catching. There could have ler these things, on this occassior been more information on the bands and I wonder why only the paper had to pay: be-cause four of the acts featured get their photos printed. "we're not into that sort of thing Dorian Gray, the only one of the bands to appear that I hve I suspected a hatchet job. to create seen, open side one with 'Chills Of Love And Laughter.' Both maximum sales potential. Steve this track and their second contribution, 'Touch' on side two says that this was net the case CASSANDRA COMPLEX/SON OF SAM affirm my previous opinion that they are a smart, efficient, The journalists and musicians Tartan Bar driving pop combo. Next to appear are The Cut, when again 'hung out' together for a few days I suppose it's inevitable that bare skeleton and discard the appear once on each side. 'Choice' is probably the least and the picture presented was an any band who utilise a pul- rest, CC use that very waste successful number on the album. It's too frantic, seems accurate one verising back-rhythms with a to distort and disguise any empty and simply falls apart in the middle. 'Blue Sky', on the Now. I'm quite happy to befieve covering of mettalic synth- underlying form their music other hand is more soundly built with an almost rousing riff that New Order aren't quite the esiers will be compared with might possess. appearing towards the end. It's nicked, but it sounds good. ethenal beings of popular belief. Cabaret Voltaire, but in Son The spiral of sound CC pro- The Cut are very early Jam moddish, as are The Vox. and would be quite happy to settle Of Sam's case it's unavoid- duce is the opposite of the 'Merry-Go-Round' is killed by the singer adding to the begin- for 'thin and Interesting' Isn't able. They narrowly avoid Birthday Party judder, as it ning and end of an otherwise perfectly acceptable piece of 'YoleS' going a bit far just to deflate straying into the realms of delights in contorting within music, a little chanct from Orwell about the picture of the a myth? imitation, but its too simplis- and through itself, keeping future being... well I'm sure you know. Still, apart from that, "No. we aren't trying to die tic to write them off cheap the foundations of drum- no real quibbles with this one. edam/ myth at all." There is an copies of an original. Instead beat/Bass hidden. The band The Sinister Cleaners appear to be something of a bunch of undeniable mystique that they of simply beating out an un- don't remain unaffected by non-ents from the two songs provided. 'Elephant Democracy' don't seem to be taking any steps yielding deatribe of sparse the chaos they create; vocal- hasn't much in it worth commenting on, whilst 'The Sinker' is to abolish." Yeah, but we've not dance rhythms, they let the ist Rodney Campbell acts as quite well disciplined, has some nice guitar, but seems abit sought after any sort of mystique. Volatarian discipline drop in if some insane puppet mas- pointless. I'll probably get to love it. any sort of :inage. Though at the favour of a looser structure. ter were jerking his strings, Thet two best tracks are the Rose Of Avalanch. Immediately same time we've riot tried to deny Shaking the framework with whilst the keyboard and identifiable as Velvet's clones, the singer could beat Lou Reed it. We haven't gone looking for noise cut-ups, their proces- guitar are torchered out of all into second place in a Lou Reed sound-alike contest. There is it's come "Thoughe sion of sound was not even recognition. a simple, well placed beat and great slashes of metallic guitar tally " It's quite pleasant, it's very interspersed by pauses be- Without resorting to any and everything is produced more to the fore. Night Gallery also stand out. Largely because they are the nice people like you But to nave tween each song. The overall rock parody (no Casio's this only Rock Band, and even then I suspect they've held it down "Eieppie who enere,e- wee! they effect which was produced time) CC managed to subver so as not to stick out too much. 'Diseased' is an intelligent think should be on you, when we was not one of separate encl- the form of good old rock 'n' osures, but a flowing collage roll by refusing to provide song, traditional, but with no obvious influences. The drum- ourselves don't even know... we ming is powerful without needlessly dominating and the lust are." of chaotic patterns. any conventional reference If Son Of Sam use rhythm point: when they did use a screechy guitar bit in the middle eight comes off very well Ordinary People. Keyboard play and avoids cliches. er Gillian, who doesn't seem to be as a canvas of which to recognisable style it was so removed from its usual pre- The final number, 'Betty's World' from Too Tired To Sleep elegised with a seeend narneei .Wee smear blurred refractions of sentation to be free of the is a quirky novelty, and probably would have been better paving birthday party irt the sound, then Cassandra Com- a inertia of the past. Electro- placed in the middle of one side. It gives the impression of dresSiNeppfn -Mad p(..*One plex take the process to its Rock-a-laugh-a-billy anyone? being the work of just one person who as a competition prize, point in tfi4:11reideeifes' liope ultimate and burn holes in It's a complex speciality was awarded an hour in the studio in which cc create this isn't reeeaRngiirmuch of hel the canvas. Whereas many 'non-wimpy' SIC) synth something in the style of Syd Barrett, private I.I rise burst into the inter- Eleven tracks for £2.99 from your local Jumbo record store, bands shave music down to a John Tague view room, which happened to be Rough Trade, or Parkside Studios, Stanninglev Road, Leeds a large loo. Inorchately pleased over 12. There are a couple of weak moments, but these don't a present she had been given. detract from the overall strength of the record. The good bits dying to show it to Steve. It was a are very good indeed. Buy buy. box of chocolates . `Focus on Folk' next week Gordon Taylor Just like you and me. I-

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Last Wave Investigative lawyer caught up in Aboriginal mythology. High quality suspense. Film Index Forbidden Planet Cult sci-fi classic, with a strange 9vde P411, 17620451 7.45 p.m. Electric Dreams director is releasing his new epic world, a strange Mad Scientist, Tonight for 7 days 'Electric at the end of this year). Robby the mighty strange robot, 2. 'Killing Fields', Sunday, 2.30, Giorgio Moroder provides the Dreams', 6.50, 8.50, PLUS 'In and pretty weird goings-on with 6.45 p.m. week, 1.15, 4.15. 7.45 music (along with various sin- Beverly Hill Cop Dance Jazz', 6.30, 8.30 p.m. Late an ancient civilisation that is p.m. gers) in this electronic fantasty. Eddie Murphy (again) in his best show tonight, 11 p.m. 'Private 3. 'Amadeus', 2,30, 7.45 p.m. now extinct. ...Or is it Film of Benjamin'. Late show Saturday, Private Benjamin role yet. He plays a cop who the week. Lounge (751606) cracks a case in Beverly Hills U). 11.00 p.m. Ken Russel's 'The De- Goldie Hawn stars as a rich Just A Gigolo vils'. Next week "rental'. Ghostbusters. Week: 5.40, 8.10 Killing Fields young lady who wants to be a David Bowie and an aging Mar- also Saturday matinee at 2.00. tough young soldier, touching Odeon (430031) See this week's review, lene Dietrich in Berlin. Absolute- Sunday 2.30, 5.00, 7.30. but occasionally sickening com- 1. 'A Private Function', 3.50, ly packed with angst. edy. Amadeus 5.50, 8.25 p.m. L.U.U. Film Soc. Generally over-rated version of The Hit 2. 'Ghostbusters' and 'Betrayal', A Private Function the life of Mozart. Excellent 2.40, 5.20, 8.15 p.m. Friday, 8th February, 'Chelsea John Hurt and Terence Stamp in Gentle, very British comedy, music, but patchy treatment by 3. 'Party Animal', 2.55, 5.50, 8.40 Girls', 7.30 p.m. a journey across Spain. One of starring Michael Patin, Maggie Milos Forman. However, it is the best from '84. p.m. and 'Jungle Burger', 4.20, Tuesday, 12th February, 'Last Smith and a pig called Betty. 7.15 p.m. Wave', 7.30 p.m, only El for students, which is Gremlins Heartening. quite a bargain for your hard Tower (458229) Steven Spielberg only produces L.P.S.U. Film Soc. Betrayal earned overdraft. 'Top Secret' (15), 2.50, 6.38 p.m. this film, and so it doesn't quite Thursday, 14th February, 'For- Acting by Jeremy Irons and Ben Chelsea Girls have his touch to it. Very funny `Trading Places' (15), 4.34, 8.22 Kingsley, script by Harold Pinter, p.m. bidden Planet', 6.00 p.m. (H114) Andy Warhol and a modicum of central section, but forget the and a story of the eternal triang- pretension. Cambell's Super. rest. Cottage (751606) Leeds Playhouse le told back to front - starting in Friday, late show 'Bladerunner', the present and working back 'Just A Gigolo' - Late show Fri- through time to the start of the 10.45 p.m. 'Gremlins', 6.00, 8.00. day, at 11.15 p.m. ABC (452665) affair. 'The Hit' - Saturday, 11.15 p.m. Ghostbusters 1. 'Beverly Hills Cop', 1.45, 4.30, Sunday 7.30 p.m. Massive hit in America, but less effective here because of its spir- it of all American anti-heroism. Pretty dodgy, but hilarious in fits and with good special effects. S. Jungle Burger The first 'X' rated cartoon, with Magnum Blow Monkeys the accent on boring, childish Friday 8th February, Leeds Poly. Monday, 11th February, at the crap, Tickets, £2.50 adv. £3.00 on Warehouse. Entry £2. Top Secret door. The Esso Steel Band From the makers of 'Airplane' Wilko Johnson Friday. 8th February, at Upstairs comes this disappointing follow- Thursday, 14th February, at the Downstal re up. Doesn't go much past Carry- Dortmunder. Tickets £2.50 adv., LUU Events Presents on. £3.00 on door. Surfin' Dave, Deja Vu and Trading Places Richard Rouska, Tartan Bar, Eddie Murphy and a pre- Chelsea and Toten Tuesday, 12th February_ Tickets Ghostbusters Dan Aykroyd in Hosen £1, from union kiosk. this excellent comedy, where a Wednesday, 13th February at BOOMTOWN RATS priggish commodity broker is Adam & Eve's. First band 7.30 Wednesday, 13th February, 8.30 forced to change places with a p.m. second 10.15. p.m. In the Refectory. Tickets £4. poor negro from the ghetto. Blade Runner Your third chance this term to LEEDS PDLYTECKINIC ITIMENTS IMIOK see the best sci-fi movie of the eighties (so far, anyway... the

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It's time to awake!' Matinee Saturday 16th. Cl off all p.m. On Liverpool. February. 9th Pornography J-soc Present 'Israel Student tickets. Tel. 44211. French Play leaves Rag Office at 9.30 a.m. Wednesday, 14th February in Week' LG19 at 7.00 p.m. Women only. Sunday, 10th February, 7.30 Stitchin' the Blues and 'Le chateau en Suede' and 'Ex- Textile Soc Annual erceces De Style'. In the Work- Ball Also Thursday 15th. p.m. in Riley Smith Hall, 'Israel Mixin It Anti-Apartheid Soc. Night' - Israeli food, music, en- shop Theatre, Wednesday, 13th February 8th in the Dragonara Thursday and Friday 14th and February at 2.30 and 7.30. Thurs- tertainment. Hotel. Start 7.30 p.m. £7.50 Talk: 'Education and Apartheid; 15th February. At the Ralph Monday 11th: 7.30 p.m. Hillel. day 14th and Friday 15th at 7.30 (members), £8.50 (others). Full Approaches to teaching on Thoresby Community Theatre, p.m. Tickets £1. South Africa' by Margaret Video: Pillars of Fire. meal, live band, Disco and Tuesday 12th: 7.30 p.m. Hillel. Speaker. Holmes. Wednesday, 13th February. 1 - 2.00 p.m. in the Talk by Anton Newman of BIPAC Bodington OSA Lounge. on 'Israel's Image Abroad'. Hollywood' Ball Wednesday 14th: 1.00 p.m. in ' Cavendish Hall In Bod. Hall; tickets £19.00 (dou- President's Reception Room. to see a Private Function or ble), on sale in union or lunch. Trip Talk on 'Everything you wanted Beverley Hills Cop, Friday, 8th Exhibitions 15th February, 8.30 p.m. - 7.00 to know about Zionism but were February. Cost only 75p, meet at a.m. too afraid to ask' by Dr. Jacob Hong Kong Exhibition St. Paul's Gallery Cav at 7.30 p.m. Gewirtz. 8.00 p.m, at Hillel 'What Pakistan Society Tuesday 12th: Make and Break is Socialist Zionism?' by David Riley Smith Hall - 11th February, 5th January 16th February. Wil- Present work on popular Pakista- at the Playhouse. Meet at Cav at Berson. 9.30 - 4.30 p.m. 12th-13th Febru- li Gilli-An exhibition of his work 7.00 p.m. Only £1 ! Also regular lunchtime stall in ary, 9.30 - 12.00. 14th-15th ni female journalist/artist. Union from when he was artist in resi- Extension, Wednesday, 13th Thursday 14th: Trip to the Grand Union Extension, February, 9.30 - 5.00 p.m. dence at Sheffield Poly, Marie Jordan Gallery 659 Barnsley Road, Newmiller- Leeds Poly Art Gallery Handel Tercentenary Celebra- dam, Wakefield. An exhibition of Calverley St. 'After Hours', paint- tion. Tickets £4.50/13.50. original prints in association ings and sculpture by Kevin Tier- with Christie's. (February 9th - ney, Graham Greene Michel Rene Waterman and March 10th). Meynell.Verers and Teresa Widers. Micheal Aston Henry Moore Gallery Grand 1 heatre ben Bail Toccata Beorma; Hol- Lotherton Hall 14th February at 1.10 p.m. in the 18th January to 24th March. 'The lins Song of Sunshine; Buxte- Clothworkers Hall. Tickets from London Contemporary Dance hude prelude and Fugue; Darke Sculpture of Henri Matisse.' Aberford, Leeds. 100 years of Theatre, 12th, 16th February, Information point in Parkinson Temple Newsam British Porcelein (1790 - 1890). Meditation Berkley Toccata. 12th 12th and 13th - Skyward/Cohen, February at 1.05 p.m. Admission Leeds Camera Club Doublework/Alston, Rite Electrild House Free. 'The Fashionable Fireplace', 14th Leeds Civic Arts Guild, Great Jobe. 14th - 16th: New Work by February - 17th March. Five George St. 5th February. Annual Siobhan Davies; Noman's Land/ Leeds Festival Chorus Cohan, Agora/Cohan, Tel. miles from city centre. No. 22 Exhibition of prints. 12th Febru- Temple Newsam With University of Leeds Orches- Bus. ary Annual Exhibition of slides. 459351. House tra and Chorus and Thorn Festiv- Town Hall Musica Antigua Koln. 12th al Chorus. 13th February at 7.30 ut own Jonathan Rennert (organ) Thal- February at 7.30 p.m. A Bach and p.m. in Parkinson Court

BRADFORD - Critic's Choice exhibition. Until 17th March - Have You 13th - 14th February: Streets of Seen Sculpture From The Body? ACTION Bradford - a day of street theatre Open. Tuesday - Saturday, 10.00 commemorate the 40th to a.m. till 5.00 p.m. anniversary of the destruction of Dresden; By Bradford and Ilkley YORK Community College. Theatre Royal Playhouse Seven Brides For Seven 11th - 16th February at 7.30 p.m. Brothers; 14th - 23rd at 7.30 p.m. No More Sitting On The Old ( Wednesday and Saturday School Bench by Alan aikase- matinee at 2.30 p.m.) Tickets £3, N\N dale. Tel 720329. £5.50 ai National Museum of Black Swan Folk Club ck• Photography 1 4th February at 8_00 p.m. Anne 12th and 13th February: Na- Lister. Tickets £1.20 ture's Half Acre; Silent Running. Grape Lane Gallery 7.30 p.m. Until 2nd March, Paintings by Cartwright Hall Clare Yarrington and Engraved Glass by James Denison- 9th February at 7.30 p.m, Sharon Pender. Gould (harpsichord). Handel, Bach and Scarlatti. HARROGATE DISCO ve Until 17th February - W. T. Oliver Arcade Gallery 12th February - 9th March, Sculpture and drawings by Mike Lyons. Tartan Bar Theatre Debating Chamber 14th February - 2nd March, The Woman In White. , DISCO'S Jazz MSRC Disco in Tartan Bar. Fri- AN Ova day, 8th February, 8.00 p.m. till Saturday, 9th February at Wood- 11.45 p.m. Tickets 60p. house Community Centre. Tick- ** Or I!, V ets 90p/£1.75 and £2.25. 8.00 Ralectaty Dsco promoted tie Sof /stiltin4 Friday, All Welcome p.m. plus Disco. Women only. s3rnrebruary.B30 nIf 200am • f ' unig I 30 Louis Stewart Quartet Friday, 15th February, at Leeds Trades Club. Tickets f2.50/E2.00, 7.30 p.m. Mon. 18th Feb. 8 - 9p.m. PAGE FOURTEEN I TRME CHRI5TIANITY

Is the non-Christian really the Devil in disguise? Catherine 'Campus Crusade for Christ' is Some of the public- mentioned in this book, and, ity stunts carried out Ogle argues for traditional Christianity. while I am not suggesting in any by the fringe Christ- way that this organisation is in- volved with political subterfuge, ian groups, on Cam- even his own life. All of human assure you that there is nothing have laid hands on, and prayed Knight describes the American life has been contained in God, easy about it. A response to God pus, have been the over, a broken vacuum cleaner. In organisation as "... a very weal- there is no grand puppet-master, becomes increasingly deman- a world where God is in posses- thy and aggressive branch of the cause of passing but a compassionate caring pa- ding. sion of only a chosen few, the far right.. with a doctrinaire Con- irritation. But for rent. All of the creation contains In addition to the theological rest of the World and humanity servative the spark of holiness, and the issues that I have outlined. one of vision"... and mentions some of us the reac- becomes of the Devil. the fact that 100 million US dol- tion is one of dis- lars had been raised by them by may, because our mid 1979 (P. 1421. deepest beliefs are Our right to religious, philo- sophical and ideological freedom misrepresented and is precious. Within this surely cer- sensationalised. tain criteria can be applied to a The fact that various Christian set of beliefs in order to test their groups exist may confuse the un- validity' Criteria such as whether involved. Different Churches and the belief encourages the indi- Denominations have developed vidual to form mature rela- in the last 2,000 years, each with tionships, and helps her/him to their own history and traditions. lead a fulfilled life in which he/she if he had one .... In recent years a great deal of .... would turn in his grave, can enjoy both solitude and the activity has taken place that company of others, Criteria can be applied such as whether the affirms and celebrates our com- Brought to you by PACKED-RELIGION-PRODUCTS. makers of HOLY-GHOST-BUSTERS! mon beliefs in an interdenomina- Be startled and amazed by our shock-horror tattiest Accept your one-way, first-class ticket! belief stimulates greater social tional way. Fringe groups outside Nothing to pay, at least not yeti and political awareness and con- the denominational pattern have start to wonder about the advertising . cern and whether it encourages also always existed, and they feel alarmed by the marketing of your religion .. moral and intellectual growth. is more. feel deeply distressed as your deepest held beliefs are glamourised and trivialised cry. "there Surely questions whether be- have sometimes seen their mis- more to fy faith than this" „ sion as being particularly evange- lief admits that our lives are inter- listic. Anyone who holds a belief woven and interdependent upon with conviction will probably "What is the non-Christian? knowledge of this can radically the reasons some of the fringe each other should be asked. seek to communicate that belief. the non-Christian is the Devil" change our attitude to each other groups give cause for alarm, is It seems to me that these sects and Christian people are all replied Luis Palau, the evangelist and to social structures: there association with right-wing and parties that seek to exploit evangelists in some way or in Leeds last year, in his inimit- ...there is neither slave nor free. politics. In his book, 'Beyond the the insecure, the undecided and another. able way. Christianity becomes a there is neither male nor female: Pale', the Christian Political the lonely should be best set of rules to be adopted, a lan- for you are all one in Jesus Fringe, Derrick Knight documents avoided. However, some groups take on guage to speak and a defensive Christ... Galatians Ch. 3 vs. 28. the way in which some Christian The major Church denomina- an offensive with evangelism, in elitist clique. You may even be a St. Paul's words speak to me of groups have dedicated them- tions may have many failings but which human contact becomes Christian, but are you a real a revolutionary attitude of equal- selves to discrediting the World the Churches encompass many tactile and an offer of genuine Christian? In this situation the ity and common humanity in Council of Churches, and particu- different styles of worship, with friendship gives way to head- urge to think and to question Christ's teachings. Such teaching larly its stand against racism, its wealth of tradition, experi- hunting for conversions to the must not be conquered. Anti- does not set me apart from apartheid and social injustice. ence, writing and prayer. In the Cause. intellectualism becomes bullying. humanity, but gives me reason to Church I attend I am continually God can be made out to be the There is, of course, an alterna- be part of it, and partly responsi- Knight alleges that funding for learning of the quiet, very practic- ultimate controller of all aspects tive experience in the Church, ble for it. God exists, not controll- some of these groups has origin- al concern people show to each of our lives, and the petty and Christ came to set us free, not to ing everything but able to encom- ated from the Department of In- other and to the community, and vindictive bureaucrat, 'You had merely supply an alternative set pass everything in his love. formation of South Africa, as part of the spiritual depth of peoples better comply or else'. I have of rules, of legalistic require- Whether I respond or not is my of its mission of propaganda lives. In my opinion ff you want known Christians who have seen ments. God loves the World and choice, but it does not deplete against multi-racialism and the to learn about Christianity, give God as dolling out quotas of he (shel lived alongside us as a God. This may sound rather liber- so-called Marxist threat to white the churches a chance, don't re- minor technical problems, who man as a victim, surrendering al and wishy-washy, but I can Western civilisation. ject them lightly. L_

POLLING in these elections will take place on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th February 1985 at the following polling Name: ERICA WEWNGTON stations at the times stated: Department: History/Religious Studies Post: Treasurer HOULDSWORTH SCHOOL FOYER 12 noon to 2pm on Name: MARK HiGGINS Department: Chemistry --a Proposer: Marcus Shelf TUESDAY 19th February only, for Engineering students only. Post: Cultural Affairs Secretary Seconder: Julie Parry MEDICAL SCHOOL 12 noon to 2pm on MONDAY 18th Proposer: Kevin Shute Official Labour club candidate. This time vote for a candidate who is prepared to February only, for Medical students only. Seconder: Keith Langley do more than sign cheques- A campaigning_ experienced candidate committed to improving union services and executive accountability. Only a socialist will UNION BUILDING 10am to 7pm in the Union Foyer for all Ws about time something was done for students that affects them directly, I aim campaign against the government grant proposals Only a socialist will represent students Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th February, except for to get the Union a night club license, improve catering facilities put on regular students like you film shows and be nit hand whenever required. if you WWII things done. Vote Engineering students 12 to 2 pm on Tuesday, and for Mark I Medical students 12 to 2pm on Monday.

Name: IAN GILLIBRAND Name: JEREMY PRIEST Department: Political Studies Department . ElectricalEnginee:.n il Name: BILL NAIRN Post: Union Treasurer Post: Cultural Affairs Secretary Department: Metallurgy Proposer: Michael Simmonds Proposer: Julie Parry Seconder: Ian Baxter Post: Cultural Affairs Secretary Seconder. Mathew Hall Proposer Claire Whiteley The anon must spend its money an welfare services and other amenities the Seconder: Martin Glancy My commitment over the past tv: veeix in Eels, and now as Chief Steward, has post of Treasurer must not be used as a political weapon by left or tight. Sports given me the experience to fill the pest competently, helping me to expend and anti Departmental societies are more important than political ones. The realistic II you're in favour of more equipment and storage space for societies, better improve Entertainments and Sncielies In your Union,. vote Socialist. vole programme vote Conservative. Please vote ten Gillittrand Raison between societies. athletic clubs and the Union. improved theatrical Jeremy Priest. venues. an Iticrease in the variety of Union entenelnment, human rights, woe and fair grants then vote sin Naiin I lot Culturai Affairs Secretary GENERAL SECRETARY Name: RO8 COOK Department: French Post . treasurer Name• ROB MINSHULL Proposer: Martin Glancy Deportment: Politics Seconder: Enca Horns Name: DANIEL BROWN Post Genet a' Secretary For Department: Mechanical Engineering Proposer: Marcus Stroll • Improved Union services Post: Cultural Affairs Secretary Seconder Julie Parry • Solutions to overcrowding in the building Proposer: Anne Baxter • Effective spending of your money candidate who Seconder- Celia Denton tiuly believes in putting your interests first. I promise • A campaign for more student discounts to tie accessible, to protect your right ton grant, and I promise to improve Union • A serious fight against grants cuts This position requires someone with a services you need most. Fre ■ candidate with goodly mixture of aual 'lies. three of which the commitment and ability to • Involyernere in the local community and wider political issues are experience, vision and dynamism. I have atl these in adequate proportions represent you. please vote Rob Minshulli • To make Treasurer a real lob and a manifesto to augment them Let me show you what a good Cultural Affairs • E nergy and Enthusiasm vote Rob Cook 1. Secretary I will make V003 !NMI 1 end let me improve our Union.

Name BRYAN GARDNER Name MIKE SIMMONDS Name: JAMES PATRICK O'FARRELL Department: Economics Department: Politics Post. Cultural Affairs Department: English /Philosophy Secretary Post: General Secretary Post:Treasurer Proposer: Phil Collins Proposer: Ian Gillibralid Proposer: Glenn esse► Seconder: Helen Kyle Elinley Seconder: Marcus Killick Seconder: Martin Warnes A for a Cultural Affairs Secretary who will assist the societies in en efficient and , The Union must provide servers [welfare. trading and leisure) for all students If Do you went you Union to represent you or the political friendly manner. For a high standard of cultural and 80001 activities For the union Is to fulfill this role It is essential Mal we increase student Interests end aspirations participation of its leaders7 Ferret lee parties. stick with an independent and put your own. Opposition to grant cuts. support for the miners and the Eireoptan appeal fund and ensure that the Union represents the views of its members_ The reeksife interests fine vote Jim O'Farrell for open-mindedness and common sense. Vote Bryan Gardner I programme vole Conierverilve. Please vote Mike Simmonds 1. TREASURER Name: SIMON ST. JOHN TOSE Department Mining and Mineral Name: DAVID CARTER - Name: FRANK HORVATH Engineering Department Economics Department: English Post: Cultural Affairs Secretary Post. Treasurer Post: Treasurer Proposer: Glenn Salley Proposal: Christopher Feulenon Proposer: Adam Bowen Seconder: Rosemary Powell Seconder: len Winrow Seconder: Marcus Killick The work of C.A.S is of direct importance, to tee social life of all students I snail , Wit use 40% of students uverdiawn it is essential that our executive acts to The Union needs an experienced and efficient person to take over the responsibi- for the development of Theatre, R.S.et , Cultural events, and be looking help pooled its members There should be an Increase in interest • free loans from ine lities of co-ordinating the use of its funds if elected i would continue the efforts towards the costs of sporting ectivmes, societies, clubs and services to them. Union to students Greeter coe-suiratiort between university and Union Organise have made as House Secretary, in oressinp for the expansion and improvement Thanks, Simon St .1 TOW 1. efficient opposition to grant cuts. Yote Tr,tlepenrAntly Vete Carter of the range of cervical offered by tne Union PAGE FIFTEEN added two more points from 'bomb' from Harry Ramsden, a penalty by Seward when the youthful full back, to RUGBY LEAGUE the kick off went straight into U.A.U. SEMI-FINAL score in the corner. SPORT... touch. Despite barracking from The Poly replied with a the crowd, Johnson slotted Leeds Poly 20 simple try but the University Leeds Univ 6 over an excellent conversion, dealt a killer blow when, on Leeds Univ 22 to bring Leeds within one the stroke of half time, their Sheffield Univ 9 After a lacklustre start to the score of possible victory. SPORT... international centre Nick A cruel twist of fate de- However, it was not to be. match, this local derby burst Johnson scored a try in the nied a valiant Leeds side The final whistle, blown sus- into action midway through corner to make the score 12- the first half when the fire- a place in the final of the piciously early, denied Leeds 10. their place in the final. works were let off. Playing with a renewed UAU cup competition. SPORT... There followed a mass vigour after the restart the The defences were evenly David Oxley brawl in which both sets of Poly scored another try, but matched until five minutes forwards were involved, after the University rallied with a from half-time, when Shef- IIIII111111110111111411111101111111111111011111111ene MOTOR which everyone settled down Seward try converted by field broke the deadlock with to produce some excellent Johnson. an easy drop goal, followed attacking rugby, with Gra- Once again the Poly retali- by two unconverted tries. CLUB ham Seward kicking Leeds ated and ex-international The first, an excellently work- SHOOTING NAVIGATIONAL into an early lead thanks to a Henry Sharpe, showing his ed blind-side move, the penalty for an off the ball pace of old, to round the cov- second, a scrappy, disputed SCATTER incident. er for an unopposed try in the effort, from what everybody LEEDS SHOOTERS The first of the month From the restart the Poly corner. apart from the referee saw as gained possession and loose a forward pass. saw the Motor Club in The lead changed hands GUNNED DOWN forward Paul Atkinson for the ninth time in the dying After some tough talking at active support of the brushed off two tackles to seconds when the Universi- half-time Leeds lifted them- The Leeds shooters were Northern Universities score under the posts. selves to produce some out- ty's loose forward Partrique well beaten in a home MC when it organised a The University finally got Wilson scored the decisive standing rugby in rapidly match against Liverpool Navigational Scatter for round to passing the ball try to inflict upon the Poly worsening conditions. Leeds University last Saturday. competitors from Sal- along the backs, which let in their first ever home defeat. only reward for their press- Wayne Starr for an uncon- ure was a superby try from Good scores were put in by ford, Manchester, Brad- verted try. The University Simon Adamson Capstick, who followed up a Tony Duckworth, Alex Evans ford and Leeds Universi- who was acting as captain for ties. the day, and Simon Austin. Twenty-one competitors Although the match was gathered at the A65 lay-by for lost, this was valuable experi- the test. Though a deman- ence for some of the newer ding event, the newcomers members of the team, and soon grasped the basics of Leeds will hope to do better the competition. in the remainder of the sea- Competitors were required son, and send a strong team to find as many clues as to this year's UAU Small Bore possible in one hour, credit Championships at the begin- being awarded for however ning of May. Leeds also hope many were found; points lost to send a team to Bisley for for taking over one hour, the Small Bore matches. The overall results were en- The increased number of couraging for Leeds with J. competitions that we are tak- Rodgers (driver) and A.M. ing part in this year reflect the Wood (navigator) in the greater interest in shooting at Escort RS 2000 winning the the University, and the size- event. Leeds teams also came able membership of the LUU in 5th, 14th and 15th places. Rifle and Pistol Club. R. Cross Sarah Rennie (Captain) • Sports photographer Daniel Simpson snapped this all-action shot at Westwood last Saturday.

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Calhanne • Leeds 756030. Vince - the smell of your breath tikes its HEIWE'i Ware to know a Seae1 Buy Hazel * * t * * * * • tr tr tr PAGE SIXTEEN C MON DOWN! AND MEET THE EDITOR Leeds Student - AT THE LEEDS STUDENT PARTY FEB. 18th Sports TICKETS 50p FROM LEEDS STUDENT OFFICE ALEXANDRA HERE WE COME fence apart and found York Senior unmarked. Showing tremendous calmness under pressure, he controlled the HOCKEY ball easily and drilled his shot past the advancing goalkeep- U.A.U. SEMI-FINAL er.. Durham 1 A near riot followed this Leeds 2 goal, but this was nothing compared to the storm which Leeds 2nd XI Men's ensued when Durham pulled Hockey reached the fin- one back. The umpire, who had always seemed hesitant, al of the Universities not to say incompetent, con- Athletic Union cham- firmed one's worst fears. pionships last Wednes- With the ball in the Leeds day, in a close and hotly area, he first gave Durham a disputed match against short corner, but then waved play on. Durham pounced on Durham, one of the the ball, far too late for the favourites for the title. Leeds defence to recover, Leeds should have been and flicked the ball in. De- • The awarded a penalty during the spite vociferous anger from first half for a vicious tackle Leeds, the goal stood. by the goalkeeper, it was Determined not to give only atrocious umpiring way, the Leeds defence en- which saved Durham. dured a nail-biting last ten Leeds took the lead in the minutes and ran out the win- second half, after consider- ners. POLY DOMINATE able pressure and several THE FINAL MEN'S HOCKEY 1st XI ly, with fine support from right (?), Whilst Dve Barlow short corners. Romeo drib- Alexandra Stadium, Huddersfield Poly 2 Simon Brown and Steve found it difficult to come to bled skilfully past the goal- Brooks. terms with the pitch, which keeper, leaving the Durham Birmingham on the 27th Leeds Poly 8 At times Anderson looked played well for everyone defence standing, and slotted February to faced a bit shaky, at the back, but else. the ball home. Loughborough in the A devastating team per- worked a few one-two's with The result is encouraging, Leeds rejoicing increased final. Playing like this, formance from the Simpson. Dino 011is in the as Leeds were without two of only minutes later when a who can stand in their Leeds side displayed the Leeds goal had little to do. their BPSA cup team players. superb through-ball by Paul Afte ten minutes Leeds Woderwick Nicholls Moreton tore the Durham de- way? qualities which make were 3-0 ahead through them favourites to win Nicholls, Lucas and Brown. the B.P.S.A. cup this Watson and Atherton scored season. two more, to make it 5-1 at LEEDS BLITZ half-time. The three BPSA repre- In the second half Gill (2) sentative players, Gil, and Brown rounded off the OLD RIVALS Nicholls and Wats on excel- Leeds performance in fine led to dominate attack, mid- style. Sykes had an impecc- Leeds Uni 8 field and defence respective- able performance on the Hull Uni 5 The Ladies of Leeds Lacros- se gallantly braved the LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION! Weetwood blizzards on Saturday and in doing so scored a superb victory ELECTIONS over their old rivals, Hull. Despite numb noses and HOUSE SECRETARY frostbitten fingers, the stan- dard of lacrosse was as EXTERNAL AFFAIRS good as any seen this sea- son. Hull started confidently SECRETARY but their efforts were soon restrained by 'Hit-the-bar' WELFARE SECRETARY Horner in defence. At half-time, the scores EDUCATION SECRETARY were level, but by this time Christine '11 times' Allibone PUBLICITY SECRETARY had overcome her fear of the goalie and had even found the back of the net. POLLING ON But it was the stunning entr- 41, 18th and 19th February ance of Dr. Wilson that real- [elections) ly turned the match. Nomination forms available from the Porters Office, Nimble-footed as ever, and Students Union Building with super feeds from Hur- POLLING IN ley and Morau, sh Union Building 10am 7pm Monday and Tuesday increased the goal tally Medical School Level 7, 12 noon - 2pm Monday four. 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