ISSUE 1634 FRIDAY 13th MAY 2016 The Student Newspaper of Imperial College London We tried VR porn so Double the Hangman, you don't have to double the fun PAGE 10 SEXTION PAGE 28 HANGMAN Sigma cancels Summer Ball appearance he DJ duo who were due Weekender in Manchester the • Contract had already been signed by DJ duo to play the ICU Summer weekend before the Summer Ball, Ball have cancelled but then they have a gap before they • The headliner will now be DJ Fresh and will be replaced play Ibiza rocks on the 24th of June. • It's understood Sigma were offered a broadcasting by DJ Fresh. Despite the fact that Sigma have had two number aT contract between the artist and ones: ‘Nobody to love’ in 2014, and opportunity the union had already been signed, ‘Changing’ with Paloma Faith in Sigma told the union last week the same year. The duo met at Leeds that they would not be playing the University before signing to DJ Summer Ball on the 18th of June, Fresh’s record label in London. presumably because they’ve had a DJ Fresh is most famous for his better offer. number ones, ‘Louder’ and ‘Hot The union announced theRight Now’ with Rita Ora, released headliner via a video of past summer in 2011 and 2012 respectively. balls on Thursday the 28th of April. These days, DJ Fresh’s tour Last week, however, sources close schedule is decidedly less packed. to FELIX learnt that the band had He played Aberystwyth University’s pulled out. This morning, the union Summer Ball on Sunday. managed to secure DJ Fresh instead. Tickets are already on sale, and DJ Fresh students have been buying them at £37.50 a pop under the impression that Sigma was playing for two played the weeks now. The price will be hiked to £42.50 on the 20th of May. Aberystwyth According to Sigma’s Songkick and Seetickets pages, the band Summer Ball haven’t ditched us for any festivals. They’re playing both the Isle of Wight festival and The Parklife on Sunday Imperial to spread medic bursaries out across all six years This comes a year after the survey that said 97% of final year students were in the red esterday it was announced Currently, medical students can money better over the first four that Imperial’s bursaries get up to £6000 per year of Imperial years, so they are better off in the for medics will be spread bursary, but only during the first last two years of study. The change out over all six years of four years of their degree. Now, that will only affect students starting study instead of just the first four. same amount will be spread over their studies from this September. ThisY is in a bid to ease the financial the whole six years. This will mean Current students will still only get hardship that notoriously occurs in students get less money per year, funding over the first four years. the final years of a medical degree. but could help them manage their continued on page 3 th PAGE 2 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 felixonline.co.uk [email protected] Contents A word from the Editor News 3 Editor-in-Chief Grace Rahman Comment 6 News Editor Matt Johnston Features 8 hat a week it’s been ideal jobs, graduate and bum around Comment Editors SEXtion 10 friends. I’m really a bit and then get okay jobs, and Tessa Davey and Vivien Hadlow just speaking for indeed graduate and bum around SEXtion Editor Science 12 me though, because perpetually while they look for Tessa Davey I don’t know your life. work, is that your first job out of Music 15 This is the time of year when the university doesn’t have to be the job. Science Editors W Jane Courtnell and Lef Apostolakis less organised of us are trying to You are allowed to not have a plan Film 18 sort our summers, or indeed the by the last day of term. Hell, you can Arts Editors rest of our lives, out. Sometimes not have a plan by graduation. You Indira Mallik, Jingjie Cheng and TV 20 whilst doing exams. The last thing can move back in with your parents, Max Falkenberg you want to think about when you can take an alright job that you Music and Games Editor Games 23 you’re ploughing into those partial don’t love, and that’s okay. Cale Tilford differentiations is what soul- ‘Uokhuns’ can be directed to the Food 25 crushing grad scheme or internship FELIX Twitter or the email address Film Editor you should probably be applying to. at the top of this page. Fred Fyles Puzzles 26 Inevitably, around this time of Again, term, and the year are Puzzles Editors year, the go-to question for semi- drawing to a close, so if there’s Hamish Beck and Roxana Radu Hangman 28 acquaintances when you meet them anything you want to get off your in the library cafe queue is that of chest, do just pop one of the section Food Editor Sanjay Bhattacharya Clubs & Societies 30 life plans. It’s beaten into us that editors or me an email. If you have of big departmental secret to share, FELIX, Beit Quad, unless we have a week by week feelings that you want online for all my door is always open, unless I’m TV Editor Saad Ahmed Prince Consort Road, breakdown of our August by now, eternity, we are the only people who lying on the floor, Mindy Kaling London SW7 2BB we’ve somehow failed. can help. Because, come on now, style, listening to loud Skepta and Technical Babe Tel: 020 7594 8072 What I’ve come to realise, having nobody reads your blog. 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Go to facebook.com/reynoldsbarcx for more information imperialcollegeunion.org/whats-on felixonline.co.uk FRIDAY 13th MAY 2016 PAGE 3 NEWS [email protected] Medics’ Student’s political dreams shattered Imperial bursaries to be He obviously wasn’t going to win standing for Labour in Kensington spread out Grace Rahman continued from front page Editor-in-Chief The financial pressure on fifth and sixth year medics came to light last year in an ICSMSU survey. n Imperial student with It found that 87% of these dreams of becoming a students had financial concerns, councillor was beaten half had a part-time job to support by two Conservative themselves, and one in three candidates to join Kensington and said their parents were unable or ChelseaA council. unwilling to offer financial help. The winners were Sarah Ann In the final two years of the degree, Louise Addenbrooke and Anne medical students’ maintenance Barbara Cyron, who gained 1716 loans are also reduced, and the and 1470 votes respectively. future of these payments is unclear. The final year physics student ICU’s Deputy President did come in at a noble third (Welfare), Jennie Watson, who is place though, getting 395 votes; also a medic, told FELIX: “These a hundred more than the other changes will help a huge number of Labour candidate. medical students in the future but The vote took place alongside the there is still plenty to be done.” mayoral and London Assembly “The Faculty of Medicine and elections last Thursday, after the ICSMSU are working on ways to two Conservative council members support current students not eligible decided to step down, triggering a for the Bursary Spread scheme as by-election. they head towards years 5 and 6”. The Kensington and Chelsea GRACE RAHMAN turnout was a sad 46.4%. Recycling is important too. Photo Credit: FELIX First university leaves NUS since new president elected Lincoln SU has decided to leave after the annual conference left their delegates ‘disillusioned’ incoln students have voted Lincoln’s SU President said “the to leave the NUS, making focus of debate within the NUS them the first to disaffiliate has been far removed from the from the nationwide issues that our students tell us are students’ union since controversial important”. Lnew leader, Malia Bouattia, was They will officially leave on the elected last month. last day of 2016. The vote lasted a week but turnout Other universities, including was a measly 12%, with the out camp Exeter, York, Bath, Manchester, only winning by 77 votes. Quorum Oxford and Cambridge have vocal for Lincoln SU referendums is students campaigning for an ‘NUS- only 10%, so the union can now xit’. constitutionally leave the NUS. Next year’s Imperial College Their subscription fees to NUS Union Deputy President (Welfare), that year had been in the region Emily-Jane Cramphorn, said in of £44,000 plus £11,500 spend her manifesto that she aimed to on travel, accommodation and hold a referendum on re-joining attendance at the organisation’s the NUS. So Imperial may well get conferences. Considering Lincoln’s the opportunity to get back in with student numbers, their subscription the union, despite having left it six fee was predicted to go up by £5000 times since becoming a founding for this coming year, and again the member in 1922.