The student newspaper of Imperial College

elix Issue 1046 F January 19th 1996

Medics threaten to Students unite against fees

BY ALEX FEAKES block BMS planning bid A rallying cry for a day of stu- dent action was raised this week BY ALEX FEAKES by the President of Durham St Mary's Hospital students have University's Student Union, called upon ICU to make a rep- Emily Baldock. resentation to Kensington and In a letter sent to every uni- Chelsea Borough to try to block versity's union in the country, planning permission for the new Miss Baldock urges students Basic Medical Sciences building. everywhere to oppose any move They are continuing to raise toward top-up fees by universi- objections over the small alloca- ties. The fees are proposed by tion for student social space in some institutions as a means to the new centre. Mm claw back some of the money However, representatives of cut in last November's budget. St Mary's, including President The cuts commonly amount to Sarah Edwards, said at Tuesday's about 7% of a university's Union Council meeting that they income, and could mean up to were keen to avoid antagonis- £500 being sought from stu- ingthe College by making an dents. appearance at the planning meet- The DSU's President goes ing. She suggested that they on to say that the aim of the should continue talking to action day, scheduled for 29th College and build on the progress February, is to 'establish a that they had already made national campaign to get the toward better student facilities. recent budget cuts into the news The medics are complaining and make the general public about the reduction in the alloca- aware'. She has suggested vari- tion of student space from well ous non antagonistic methods of over 800m2 in the original plans achieving this, including organis- to little over 600m2 now. Ian ing demonstrations, collecting Caldwell, Director of Estates, PHOTO: ALEX FEAKES signatures for a petition from has said that he 'has difficulty Piledriving! Contractors have begun to lay out foundations of the the public and lobbying the non- Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3 new structure, starting with a seven metre deep shaft.

RCSU turfed out AUT fears job losses Rag comes clean

The RCSU look likely to be The Association of University Rag Chairman, Jon Lambert, moved on from their accommo- Teachers said that they were has finally revealed what every- dation in the Biology depart- expecting job losses due to the body already knew: that Rag ment at the end month, perhaps cuts in next year's HEFCE fund- Week only made a fifth of last before their new premises are ing. Universities are struggling to year's total. Mr Lambert blamed ready. page 2 find money. page 3 the weather. page 4 two . Felix Friday January 1 9th 1996 News RCSU anger News in brief

BY THE NEWS TEAM Basics nor Southside Bar. However, the ex-Linsteadians over office move Security deputy- amongst the group wholeheart- Kenneth Weir, who took the job edly condemned the service in BY ANDY SINHARAY out of storage in Southside, of Deputy Head of Security at Linstead's dining room. The Royal College of Science although they later relented on the beginning of this term after Clearly most students here Union has been voicing concern the grounds that there was Terry Briley had to take an keep their money under their over its move to the Civil nowhere else to put the equip- extended leave of absence, has beds, as a high proportion rated a Engineering Department. The ment and that the storeroom urged students who have lost bank as being the most important old office was located at the back would require "at least 12 man- property to check with them. retail outlet to have on campus. of the Old Chemistry Building, days" to clear out. Items waiting to be claimed are Surely "that Bank"'s advertising which is due to be demolished to The RCSU office is set to kept for three months before can't have been so low-key? make way for the new BMS move out of its current premises they are disposed of, and there is After the bank, a chemist and a block. A temporary office was set at the end of the month. Initially a lot of property yet to be Post Office were the most popu- up in the Biology department uncertain of their office's new claimed which will soon reach lar amenities. before Christmas, but this must location, Mo said, "My impres- the disposal date. Students were offered an be vacated at the end of the sion is that we'll be homeless", Mr. Weir also stressed that incentive to reply to the ques- month. They RCSU will then though he has since learned that lost swipe cards are liabilities tionnaire, in the form of a prize move to new offices, currently work at the Civ Eng site is pro- until they are deactivated. He draw for a £25 gift voucher. Felix being prepared in Civ Eng. gressing well and may be com- added that security should be can reveal the winner as P The RCSU President, Mo plete by the the time the RCSU informed at the earliest opportu- Linkshwaran from Civ Eng. Dulloo, said that initially the office is required to move. nity after losing one - if found, Congratulations, P. plans for the move had been well Talking to Felix, workers at cards can easily be reactivated at organised. "Estates figured out security control. IC Prof on TV the plan last term, and the plans Professor Michael Rowan- for the office [in Civ Eng] were Student survey Robinson of the Physics depart- pretty damn smart... on the A student survey conducted at ment was on television on whole it was good." However, he the beginning of last term could Tuesday evening talking about was concerned that College was form the basis for how the South the Hubble Space Telescope. proceeding very quickly with the Kensington campus looks in a The telescope had been left on development at the expense of few years time. The survey ques- for ten days pointing at the same full consultation with the RCSU. tioned returning second year stu- place, and had caught an amazing Problems first surfaced over dents on their opinions regarding 1500 galaxies on film. Professor their Motor Club garage, in various aspects of life at IC. The Rowan-Robinson was called on to which their fire engine, jez, is survey asked questions on the explain some of the features of stored. "At that particular point quality of the student accommo- the photograph, and its relevance in time, they assured us that Jez dation, and the services provided to his research group's work. wouldn't have to be moved," Mo around college. said, and added that on the last The results of the question- Dropout rates up day of term, the college Fire naire have been released to Felix National newspapers reported PHOTO: ALEX FEAKES Officer, Graham Cox, told them and make interesting reading, the this week that student drop-out that they would be able to move An electrician putting the final sample of approximately 700 rates across the country were up the vehicle to a Chelsea garage in touches to a fuse box in the students representing a return of by 10% on last year, and those January. new RCSU office. 39% on the survey. leaving due to failed exams grew Then on December 19th Although the majority by 20%. they were told that Jez would the site were keen to complete thought that student rents in The main reason for the have to be moved the iollowing the garage area by this Friday, west London were too expensive, increase was said to be financial day: "they pulled a fast one on us and the office itself in a couple of they were unwilling to share pressures, which forced students big time... It took a whole day weeks. rooms in order to save money. to work to raise extra cash and with a dozen people, and at such The RCSU President never- However, most of the students therefore spend less time on short notice... it was fucking stu- theless remains angry with the wouldn't mind doing their own their studies. pid." He added that some ex-stu- manner in which the Estates cleaning if it meant paying less dents had taken the day off work Division have handled their rent, and most would want to It's... YOU! to come and help out. move. He said, "We'll move, live in halls again in their second Someone, somewhere at IC has It has also emerged that dur- we'll move again, my concern is year. 60 students even preferred won an awful lot of money ing the Christmas Holiday, that we have a working office." not to clean their rooms at all! (£90k) on the lottery. It seems Deputy President (Finance & He assured Felix that the The college catering service that scientific method might be Services) Matt Crompton, was RCSU's administration and did not come in for as high praise the best way to choose those asked by the Estates Division to organisation of events had been as the halls, a considerable pro- numbers. move the RCSU's equipment unaffected. portion having used neither Fancy buying us all a pint? News Felix Friday January 1 9th 1996 . three Top-up fees face student opposition continued from front page that they would prefer the uni- essary to establish an "equitable ter had been drafted, to be sent academic world through various versity to take fewer students and fair system of student finan- to the Committee of Vice- media. next year, in order to leave some cial support for, the long term Chancellors and Principals Although Imperial College is slack for the system to take up. future" to meet the challenge, (CVCP) in time for their next set to be £2 million worse off He stressed that although this is and they would be working with meeting, and that he hoped it next year, it is unlikely to charge intended to reduce the burden on the university to achieve this. would be signed by the top-up fees to its home students, the student, it would also be nec- Mr Webber stated that a let- Presidents of all the SUs in the having calculated that it could Russell Group. The letter sets match the funding loss by attract- Cuts mean job losses say AUT out the student's objections to ing more overseas students. top-up fees, pointing out that However, the fact that the BY DIPAK GHOSH the cuts through private funding. there have been few issues which College has done its homework A spokesman for the Association However, the AUT believes that have united Student Unions to on this matter suggests that they of University Teachers has the cuts are so severe - over 50% such a great extent, which are taking the threat seriously likened the reduction of universi- in the next three years - that this demonstrated its importance to and have been looking at the posi- ty funding to to the closure of would be impossible. It also those in higher education. This tion thoroughly. Also, last year is seven major universities or the believes that a private company move is unrelated to that of thought to have been a good one loss of 6,500 lecturers' jobs. run in this fashion would quickly Durham's SU; Manchester, for the College, leaving it in a The cuts are based on the go bankrupt. although supportive, prefers to financially strong position this government's assumption that The funding cuts are widely encourage the lobby of the CVCP, seen as the only body year. universities can increase their expected to lead to lecturer which might persuade universi- Others in the Russell Group efficiencies, but according to the redundancies and pay freezes. ties not to introduce top-up fees of universities and colleges have AUT, this was an attempt to However, lecturer's unions, and thus escape the corner into not been quite so lucky, Imperial deceive the general public and to including the AUT, say they have which the Government has paint- being the only one to come out disguise the scale of the cuts. The little choice but to push for "sub- ed them. strongly against top-up fees. For AUT also condemned the two- stantial" pay increases, in order example, Manchester will almost pronged push toward private to reduce the growing pay differ- Sarah White was uncertain certainly have to introduce some funding of higher education, ence between their members and of the action day's possible form of additional funding, much namely capital for university those in comparable jobs. impact, commenting that it was to the dismay of its Student's development and maintenance Tom Wilson, assistant gener- "not really our style." However, Union. Speaking to Felix, Simon and student loan privatisation, as al secretary of the AUT, said: "If she did emphasise ICU's strong Webber, General Secretary of a 'double disaster'. this, or some other token of opposition to top-up fees, and Manchester SU, outlined their The government also goodwill, is not forthcoming then agreed that something really opposition to the scheme, saying expects Universities to recoup we will not take it lying down." ought to be done about it.

Security Success in Thieves in computer centre Southside Yesterday lunchtime an intrud- BY MARK BRIDGE gets were memory chips. These er at the time. er was discovered in Southside The new year started badly are compact and can cost up to Kenneth Weir, Deputy Head halls. An Asian man in his for Mech Eng when thieves broke £100 per Mb chip, making them of Security, said that the perpe- twenties was seen by a number in on the 12th and helped them- extremely attractive to thieves. trators entered and left through of students, who discovered selves to valuable computer com- An SGI-1 type and three other the room's fire escape door. Mr. soon afterwards that one of ponents. The thieves systemati- Iris type machines were dam- Weir said that Closed Circuit their stereo systems was miss- cally removed chips from aged. The SGI was polled at 6:05 Television does not cover the ing. machines in the Workstation but failed to reply, timing the area at the moment and so other They quickly notified col- avenues of investigation are in the Systems Room on the fourth incident around then (machines lege security, who found the initial stages of being pursuit. floor Computer Centre at about are polled at intervals of just man in another part of the 6pm. The stolen parts have been under five minutes). The proces- The SGIs may have been tar- halls. As Felix went to press, valued at around £5000. sors were also removed along geted because they have more police were on site and the The Deputy Head of the with the boards in some memory than PC's. Additionally, stereo system, found in a near- Computer Centre, Arthur machines. The large L-shaped the PC rooms are more likely to by bathroom, was waiting to be Spirling, said that the main tar- room was occupied by one work- be occupied during the evening. fingerprinted.

continued from front page maintains that the project is still confident that there will be no about their concerns with staff at understanding" why students are on schedule. problems with their application St Mary's, as well as among alum- complaining so much now, insist- Planning permission will be for demolition of the old chem- ni of the school and the governors ing that the provision for student considered at a Kensington and istry building. of Imperial College, and they space was agreed with ICU dur- Chelsea Borough meeting later The medics have had consid- insist that this will strengthen ing the summer of 1995. He this month. College say they are erable success raising awareness their cause. four . Felix Friday January 1 9th 1995 News Rag Chair owns up to poor Rag Week total

BY ANDY SINHARAY was disappointed with Rag's tak- Beer Festival." He took over the event. IC Rag said this week that they ings this year, he told Felix, Rag chair after the previous "All things considered, £920 raised £920 from last term's Rag "We've done as well as we could incumbent, Richard Willis, is a very good total for a week." Week. According to Rag Chair have under the circumstances resigned amidst allegations of He added that there had been Jon Lambert, the RCSU Beer due to a bad start last term, and "bringing the Union into disre- organisational problems with the Festival broke even, and the being without a chair up to the pute" for serving spirits at a Rag Beer Festival. Attendance was Slave Auction, organised in con- lower than last year, due to a junction with the C&G Union, clash with a major sports event raised £180, "despite there being on the Wednesday afternoon. Jon none of the sabbaticals". The Pub did admit that a "bad press" may Crawl raised £50 lor Leukemia have helped cause this. "It went research. They also collected as well as could be expected," he £690 from collections after con- insisted. certs, which will go to breast can- Forthcoming events include cer research, the deaf/blind char- the City and Guilds Carnival and ity Sense and Mencap. However the Rag tour, where copies of the the total was well down on last Ragmag will be sold at other uni- year's of more than £5000 (Felix versities. He stated that this 1011). year's edition was not as contro- Although this year's top col- versial as last year's, which pro- voked a storm over its notorious lector, Andy Southern, raised photographs of mutilated geni- £362.71, Mr Lambert himself talia: "It doesn't have the pictures said that this time last year he PHOTO: WILLIAM LORENZ of last year but the humour is had raised around £1000 by him- better... the shock factor isn't self. Rag Week: you were mad, you were silly, you might even have been there." On being asked whether he part of it. But you didn't buy enough beer, did you?

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What do you do when you see someone ening to chop off Chris's homeless, lying in a doorway? Do you ponytail for ages, but if I did look away? Ignore them. Walk on by. I don't think my hair would last much longer! I hadn't When you hear them say, "Spare some seen Chris since before the change?" do you listen? summer until I ran into him When they beg for money, you give them a few weeks ago: he was on change, or you don't. It's as simple as that. You do, the other side of a soup run, because you don't want to feel guilty. Or you don't: helping out. He's doing a they'd only spend it on drink or drugs. Either way, NVQ now, and seems to you've walked past and they're forgotten, just anoth- have got himself sorted. er statistic in six hundred thousand. Then there's John, who I wanted to write this article to tell you about warned us not to laugh at some of these people. So that you might get to know him when he turned up in a them. And then maybe afford them a little human Santa suit. He's got multiple dignity, and the right not to be ignored. sclerosis: the first Santa I've We do the "Soup Run" twice a week, taking hot met on crutches. He was drinks, food and blankets to homeless people at collecting money for Great Lincoln's Inn Fields and down the Strand. There are Ormond St. Hospital. We regulars we see every week, and other people I've didn't know quite what to only met once, but little things about them stick in say when he gave us money my mind: a man crossing the Kingsway with a chess- for the soup run. board - taking his move to a friend sleeping on the Every week we used to other side of the road; the bloke who told me about see this old man who slept by Cathy Dolbear the merits of French prisons versus English ones; the down by the law courts. He was in the merchant man who showed me a photograph of the daughter navy during the war and he always kept us talking for he hadn't seen in five years, saying I looked just like ages about Faraday and magnetic mines. He'd had her. five or six wives in his time and he proposed to some There's things that make you sad inside: a preg- of our volunteers! Once when we saw him, he said it nant woman asking me for an aspirin; a man with was his 90th birthday - mind you the week after, he bronchitis selling the Big Issue in the rain; a little old said it was his 91st! He always seemed really frail. man sniffing glue Irom a dirty plastic bag: when he's He's been moved on now - there's building work high he runs round laughing maniacally. I can under- where he used to sleep. I've no idea what's happened stand why, though: what else has he got? Sometimes to him, and we've never seen him again. drugs or alcohol are the only escape for many home- Chris, who organised the soup run last year, but less people. I thought this man was about sixty, but only comes occasionally now, turned up one week I've talked to him when he's been sober, and he said and was offered a cup of tea by some freshers who he's only thirty one. That's such a cliche: being home- thought he was homeless. There's no difference less ages you. But it's only cliches that come true on between people with somewhere to live and people the streets. without: it could be anyone, it could be you, ten years There's a girl we've met several times, sitting in down the line, a failed marriage or an alcohol prob- a doorway on the Strand. She's all alone except for lem. We meet a City & Guilds man most weeks on her dog, and she looks about fifteen. There's the old the Strand. He's old and deaf, but he knows his man outside the post office on the Kingsway. He Fourier Transforms. always seems cheerful and he loves his cups of tea. Not everyone's appreciative of what we do. He looks like someone's grandad: he shouldn't be People get fed up of the same cheap sandwiches there, he should be at home, in the warm, with dished out by charities and churches - we've had our grandchildren around him, not sleeping on wet con- food thrown back in our faces and told to fuck off. crete, hoping his thermos flask doesn't get nicked. It's fair enough: people need a home not a cup of tea. There's people I've met who make me laugh so I've never felt so powerless in my life as when some- much: Paddy, with his hundred and one jokes with no one asks me if I know anywhere they can stay punch lines; George and Chris who took the piss out tonight. All I can say is, the soup run's been the only of everybody: their concern for Nathan after his time anyone has said "God Bless You" to me and real- lobotomy operation was touching! I've been threat- ly meant it.

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Felix examines the vivisection debate and wonders if either side

knows what they're talking about.

The animal experiments versus anti- C^thus there are grounds that it is necessary to test the toxicity of a vivisection debate is as hot as ever. for hoping that the certain material, but it is often the nature of Since it became a major issue in current polarisation will science that no such obvious or immediate the 1980s the lack of not persist indefinitely and that this particu- pay-back exists. Indeed, it is not pos- coherent communication lar problem can be resolved. sible to do "good science" if one is between the two sides has meant that Beyond the problem of communica- only pursuing limited short-term the ethical issues at the heart of the tion there exists the deeper problem of goals in which science is reduced to problem still have not been addressed in the actual ethical issue, the debate over the level of being just another a clear-headed and useful way. necessity and benefits versus hardship. form of investment. Often Scientists are often accused of being bad Here one frequently hears the charge research is in pursuit of a more funda- communicators in whatever field their that scientists care only about their mental or general understanding research lies, but when this is compounded work and don't spare any considera- which can be controversial by a "siege mentality" brought on by threats tion for the animals involved. To help enough when it consumes tax and abuse from the anti-vivisection lobby dispel this it has been suggested that future payers' money but when it involves they tend to clam up altogether scientific papers relating to the subject animals, explaining the necessity of such Scientists involved in anima should contain a section on any adverse research becomes a more complicated issue. research in labs which have been effects of certain techniques on the Research with animals is on a different ethi- bombed or threatened are often animals thus helping future cal level from other areas of science. unwilling or too frightened to researchers to avoid the same On a par with the difficulty of assessing speak about their research and mistakes. Additionally, there rx f\ the necessity of the research is the why they feel that it is necessary. is an increasing awareness / I difficulty of measuring the amount of On the other side of the fence that the conditions in which : X / pain inflicted on the animal, and yet there is a very vocal anti-vivisec- animals are kept is also this is obviously very important in tion lobby many of whose more important. Many scientists / any discussion of benefits ver- orthodox members think that all have pointed out that con- / *gfc|gH» sus hardship. There are no animal research is harmful, painfu ditions in labs are signifi- objective criteria by which to and unnecessary. Their argument can cantly better than in some j do this; merely anthropomorphising be very emotional with hard-hitting pictures livestock farms, and point to A the animal doesn't help, since what which are shown to the public, while all that the all-too-frequent cases of J may make a human struggle and the science community can respond with are abuse of animals kept as pets. scream may render another animal dry research papers. Having said that, there is increasing evi- motionless, as a natural tendency to hide This polarises the debate and is a self- dence that for animals psychological and stress and pain as a defence against predators. perpetuating situation. Those opposed to ani- physical well-being it is better that they are There can be no strict formula, there- mal testing often don't understand its kept in groups and not confined to a solitary fore, for determining whether or not a spe- motives or aims and all too often the scien- existence. cific piece of research is justified and the best tists' response is to retreat from the public With regard to the experiments that we can probably do is to develop a scene. This is a very unsatisfactory posi- themselves, in some technique to give both sides of the tion and it has led to a situation in cases alterna- argument a fair hearing and then which the general public do not /;';'" tives may be reach some kind of consensus. understand why animal testing used, but This will appear to be a very unsatisfactory solution to many should take place. xwhere no This is not an insurmount alternatives not least because it leaves the able problem, it is merely a lack ^\S> exist then given that issue open, but it would be a sig- of communication. The self- obtaining a particular piece nificant step towards an improve- reinforcing cycle of mis- s'y of knowledge requires ani- ment. The current polarised situ- trust can be bro- mal testing it reduces to a question of how ation must not be allowed to per- ken. The eas- necessary is the research in question. 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spaces: jana sterbak insight: destroy the earthg, column: simon baker » theatre: revolutiontephen album: the style council - collection another album: korn album: various - goa trance 2 singles: gig: therapy? + joyrider, album: mike peters - second generation vol 1 another album: various - brithop and amyl house™ film: something to talk aboutara, h turner { film: the kingdomlsandal s I The environmental movement has; hafne e web to spread the green gospel But pages devoted to the environmental backlash an* growing in force and niimber. This week Insight surfs the net in search of anti-green propaganda, and asks it there an* any lessons the environmentalists can learn from them.

eed your WWW search engine with of some miserable, unfit species, publish designs eousness and holier-than-thou attitude of much the word "environment" and you will of innovative methods of messing up recycling of the environmental protest movement and its S reap a rich harvest of greenery. operations and delight us all with ridiculous sister organisations - animal rights extremists Movements like Save the Earth are results of environmental drinking". People do so and vegetarians. As long as these movements flooding the internet with heart-warming pro- in their droves. Which all goes to show that there remain associated with counter-culture they are environmental literature. But in direct is plenty to access on your PC exposing themselves to the powerful forces of opposition to this news groups like Pave which is not at all PC. And it reactionary conservative opinion. This is not to the Earth (http.//k/intemet/news/faq/ gets worse. People for arcbve/pave-the-earth.html) are setting *& * ffrjjfi- \ the Extinction of their own distinctly anti-green agenda. 'mJHKSk . Animals (http://www.

Pave the Earth has a single objective: to w MJf primenet.com/~srdrake cover the entire surface of the planet in /peafaq.html) advocates the thick, black asphalt so that we can all elimination of all the useless amuse ourselves by driving round end- creatures the world could do lessly at reckless speeds whilst chugging "Endangered without. (The threat is beer and eating juicy burgers. (They also extended to that pesky advocate covering the moon in chrome species are environmental wacko - for purely aesthetic reasons). Some of neighbour of yours too). The particularly the positive advantages of paving the basic objection to animals is earth, they say, are the total depletion of irritating. that they get in the way and natural resources and the extinction of use up resources. Endangered all plant life and "critters" (except for They are, in species are particularly irritating. They are, in fact, a cows, which will be cultivated under- fact, a plain ground to provide us with those all- plain nuisance. The best course important burgers). Governments have nuisance." of action is to incinerate them made noble but feeble efforts to pave and use the energy to generate Man the organiser : A satellite image of Kansas the earth, they say, but freeways and interstates electricity. At least then they will have had a showing the grid system. All roads and boun- are just not good enough. moment of usefulness in their otherwise futile daries run either north-south or east-west. existences. People for the Extinction of Animals If this meat is too strong for your palate, try also has a lucrative sideline publishing recipes for say that the environmental cause is not a just and the self-proclaimed evil twin of Save the Earth, making tasty dishes out of species on the brink important one, nor to deny that there is a place Destroy the Earth (http://frodo.hiof.no/ of extinction. for radicalism vWthin the movement. But the ~gunnarVadtefaq.html). This is "the refuge of greens need to tbink hard about the way they are persons tired with today's rampant ecohysteria... Whilst newsgroups like this have their tongues presenting themselves to the outside world or a safe haven where you can cheerfully cry out planted firmly in their cheeks, there is an impor- their actions could become entirely self-defeat- that you like to spray CFC's about just for the tant lesson then greens can learn from them. ing. hell of it, declare your love for the fur of some What we have here is the start of a genuine back- Graham Lawton particularly rare animal, gloat over the extinction lash, an expression of disgust at the self right- X simon er to appeal, before which we appar- Happy New Year! It's great to be ently sent the bulldozers in to rip back. As Felix reported last week, I down the glorious Imperial have been on holiday for the last Institute. Now we have a building couple of weeks, and since most of that looks like Blitz damage is wait- you will have simply been lazing ing to be put right and we're playing around over Christmas, I thought it by the rules. We are a much more that it would be nice to tell you virtuous bunch at IC these days. what wild and wacky things I got And besides, 170 Queensgate is a up to. Revision. Sleep. I knew you tad more salubrious than would be green with envy. Not Wormwood Scrubs. If that new everybody's idea of a 'holiday', but building is up in 18 months time, I'll I'm not bitter. Speaking of the eat my hat. If that old building is exams, I do hope the cheques didn't fall out of down in 18 months... my answer booklets. I made them out to Cash, One of the bones of contention seems to be since I wasn't sure who got which questions... the provision of social facilities for the medics. Still, two exams and a bottle of paracetamol Having seen some of our dear colleagues from later, it's time to bang the world to rights. You Mary's at the Management School Christmas leave the place for a few weeks and look what dinner, I suspect this means that they are hold- happens? The blue sign men have made a com- ing out for a boxing ring. The rest of the campus mando raid on the College after their initial foray manage without enormous social provisions for last term and completely overwhelmed us. Does individual departments, so why are they so spe- this mean a Royal Visit is imminent? Now don't cial? You're not shy, are you? All we need is to get me wrong, they look very nice, but at what boot a few paper shifters off the tbird floor of cost? When one considers the inevitable com- Sherfield and the problem is solved. mittees involved in choosing the design - I bet Among the unusually large number of good this project has been at least 10 years in the off- TV programmes on at Christmas was a brilliant ing- and putting the damn things up, the total documentary about the Royal Yacht Britannia on price of them would probably bale out a dozen its last State visit to South Africa. Here we have Rag fiascoes or build some new Chemistry lec- one of the most powerful symbols of British tures theatres. Speaking of which... prestige, projecting an enormously positive The Portakabins arrived. The fence went up. image to the world, that never fails to leave Some signs went up. The fence was painted. onlookers awestruck. And yet despite such obvi- Some signs went up. Arrows were painted on ous diplomatic and economic benefits, and a rel- the road. Some signs went up. What is it about atively low operating cost (£12million per year, Imperial and bloody signs? Does Ian Caldwell which is 21 minutes of government spending), have shares in the company that's supplying her future is in doubt, as is a replacement. How them? The public should be told. As for the new can the government allow such penny-pinching medical building, I understand that they still do to jeopardise our public image? For God's sake, not have planning permission. Dear reader, isn't we are not a Third World country, and if we can- it a funny old world? When Sherfield was being not afford such a relatively small sum, then do planned, permission was not granted and went we really deserve the institution of monarchy?

theatre: resolution! Stephen and thalia such a wide range of reactions to a piece of per- formance. We often get so overwhelmed by the well Thalia: known shows that we don't notice the interest- The Dance Xchange Ensemble opened the ing stuff happening on the sidelines. Resolution is evening with a piece about twins, shown mainly ililllllljiiiiiil a very big idea which hardly anyone knows through 'mirror dancing'. Symmetry was hated, IllllllSgll about. A showcase for new dance companies or lost and embraced, but it all ended happily with experimental work from here and abroad, with a kiss after some violent hak-pulling. It would igillillll a different show each night, this a chance to have benefited from being a bit tighter, though. experience contemporary dance of all kinds. They followed that with Solo, a group piece Stephen: which involved a lot of enthusiastic women jumping up and down and fainting. I couldn't see lllllllllllll I'll begin at the end and proceed in an orderly fashion to the beginning. The last of a theme but their big grins caught on -1 loved it. Wednesday's three performances was The second company...? There is only so Subcutaneous HaUucination by 4D. Five min- long a dancer can stand stock-still in a spotlight utes of pure fun and a perfect ending to the listening to a heart beat. night. The Isigi Company's Scream1.1.1, was an So all awards go to the last lot, Momentary emotional and very powerful piece of political Fusion. Their use of trapeze and ropes was bril- expression, which brings me to my favourite liant. The last two girls were dancing in the air as performance, Chiaroscuro by Whoopee Stomp. if gravity didn't exist, falling and catching each If the second piece was thought provoking, other, eyes closed in mid air. I can't think how then this was question provoking. Wow! Go strong they must have been. My money's on this and see them. Overall I've never experienced bunch if they enter Gladiators. Fab. album: the style council -- Unfortunately, the perfect French cut and loafers the collection ittle jack home-y rapidly seem to become more important than A |x The Cappuccino Kid steps from his white lam- songs and by side two, The Cappucino Kid has bretta, feather cut highlights glinting in the lost his froth, and he and Merton Mick look Parisian sun. Merton Mick is already here - The doomed to a world of muso-soul and half-baked Style Council are back in session. The Cappucino manifestoes. Kid smiles. "Was that really us, Mick ?" Merton Mck smiles back, knowing that he You can and the kid have understand the come through, re-canonised and that for a time modfather's they had managed doubts. In front of to produce intelli- him are a collec- gent, cosmopoli- 1 tion of musical tan pop, in a grey This is a band to watch out snaps from a peri- world. If only the '^^k'l Bf'BBSB':i od of musical re- record company better than average track that invention, when hadn't got grubby he left the angry and issued this young man of The album. He knows Brilliant new single from the that 'The Singular Jam behind, and sdf-prxxJaimed fathers of gui- replaced it with Adventures of tar-based Britpop. It doesn't The Style Council' served their memory better. the white boy soul of The Style Council. Il6:\ :.... like all reminders of the past there are good Merton Mck looks up but The Cappucino times and bad times, and this collection is a true Kid has gone, his mac under his arm, Fred Perry mirror reflecting both. It starts well, with bursts of V-neck draped over his shoulder, heading for the 'espresso pop' - short, bitter songs that leave you street named "Re-assessed & Re-packaged." buzzing - and the sweet coated pills of "Speak Like (7) for the singles. a Child", "Long Hot Summer", and so on. (3) for side 2.

album: korn - koiru bling bass sound that never settles and conse- Imagine the most harrowing thing you've ever quendy never allows you to settle. A menacing seen or read. It could be a film, or a scene from a drumbeat and almost dissonant guitars break in, film (the rape scene in The Accused' is a good followed by Jonathan Davis' vocals. Ah yes, those example), or maybe just a newspaper story so vocals. Vocals that make the Sister of Mercy's shocking in detail that you can't forget it. Now Andrew Eldritch sound like a castrated wuss. imagine if you could harness all the emotions that Vocals that could sing 'Happy Days' and make it this film or story conjured up in you - the fears, sound like the theme tune to your worst night- the paranoia, the shame, the aggression and the mare. Vocals that are agonised and pained as they they don't sound Swedish. A fury - and put them to music. Actually, don't. rip into a detuned, guitar infested chorus that Someone else has already done it for you. They're speaks of the unspeakable - child abuse: "I scream, a rebirth o\ 'grunge'. called Kom and their debut album is fear's very no-one hears me, it hurts, not a lot... Mummy, own soundtrack. why?' I suppose that this all sounds a little bit melo- It ends with minutes of tormented wails and dramatic. It probably is, but if you can manage to sobbing and you're left feeling numb, helpless and listen to all of this in one sitting without having to wondering if it's all been a bad dream. This is not take a break to unscramble your senses then I'll be exactly the sort of music you want to relax to. But impressed. Perhaps things are best summed up by it is exactly the sort of music that you want to get the closing track, 'Daddy'. As with all of Kom's disturbed to. music, the song is structured around a low, rum- File under uneasy listening. (6) It SS, album: various artists - lowed by Tufaan. These first two tracks are excel- lent - there's a sense of urgency about them which goa trance 2,,m is enough to get you quite excited about the night I remember when Goa Trance was known as ahead. Transwave follow a similar line, while Syb plain old Trance' but then naming a style of music Unity Netwerk do a brooding number with a after an exotic location does make it sound more dark, staccato effect. interesting. 'Goa' is the buzzword in dance at the Unfortunately, the rest of the compilation moment and so, of course, it leads to an excellent sounds like an old Eat Static track, or is unoriginal, marketing opportunity. In this case, the bandwag- wibbly-wobbly, semi-ambient stuff. I'm sure that on is used as an outlet for many tracks which there are better Trance tracks out there than this sound as if they have been sitting in the record lot, which is a shame because their inclusion company vaults since 1994. means that this album is not much of a go-er DJ. Cosmix & Etnica open the album, fol- (groan). (5) .gig: therapy? + joyridervade r as Therapy? bounded on stage and straight into 'Epilepsy', the opening track from their last album, 'Infernal Love'. Therapy? are one of the most exciting bands 1 - l ^ iin - astoria - £8.50 at the moment and they didn't disappoint live, playing a well-rounded set consisting of material that ranged from the hauntingly subversive 'Diane' to the techno-edged tension of 'Teethgrinder'. The only criticism I do have is that the end of '30 Seconds' went on a bit too long - they could have played another song instead! Thankfully they remedied things by finishing with the old classics, 'Potato Junkie' and 'Screamager'. It was a fitting I arrived at Brixton Academy a little bit late to see end to a fine gig and I left so happy (and knack- liMfm'yW:My >M: Northern Irish quartet Joyrider, but what I did see ered) that I wasn't even upset when I found was very promising. Their set was punchy, tight, Brixton tube station closed due to the riot. and blessed with a raw edge that has been lacking in their singles to date. Those singles, three- minute rants that have charted the progress of a maturing band, were delivered tonight with the conviction that belongs to a band who obviously believe in their own talent. 'It Moved', erm, moved, while new single, Tabulae' was, erm, fab- ulous(!) Hopefully their debut album, 'Be Special', will be too... It was soon afterwards that we learned of the riot outside and you could feel the tension rise in the crowd. This tension exploded into adulation

album: various artists - might have. It's a bit like listening to a top 20 indie compilation. brithop and amyl house.™ Speaking as someone new to this, it will probably make a good introduction for those This is a compilation of continuous mix dance whose previous exposure is limited to 'Leave music by a number of artists that includes Bomb Home'. The more discerning listener will proba- The Bass, Renegade Soundwave and, of course, bly find all of this rather mundane after a while. A The Chemical Brothers, who have a hand in two rather respectable (6). of the tracks here. The opening track, 'What's That Sound?' and Depth Charge's 'Shoalin Buddha Finger' are among the outstanding tracks here while the classic, played to death, 'Leave Home' is here for completeness. BRIT HOP The compilation was apparendy meant for AND AMYlHOUSE 'all the party people' which sounds like a dubious reason for any kind of album. The music mixes are pretty interesting although the nature of the compilation means that it lacks the impact that it

album: mike peters - Oh yes, here at Felix, we like Mike Peters (I use the word, 'we', in its royal sense, you understand). second generation vol. 1 vik Why do 'we' like him? Well, because he re- records and re-interprets old Alarm obscurities and releases the album through his fan club for £10.99; because the songs are fuelled by integrity and enjoyment and prove that you don't need an electric guitar to whip up a storm; because 'Elders and Folklore' is a masterful piece of humble Dylan-try; because 'What Kind of Hell' is the most potent, lyrically mature piece of punk rock you'll hear; because, all in all, the man makes sim- ple music sound simply great. Pick up the phone, call 01745-888911, and order your own copy. It may be 'Second Generation' but it's second to none. (8) Imperial College or ULU students & staff. Compulsory annual membership of 50p ICU Cinema £2 (payable on first visit) FRENCH KISS Wednesday 24th January at 8.00pm

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Have you ever wanted to be famous? Do you think you could handle the pressures of lounsins by a sun drenched LA pool while a team of lackeys brins you the finest champasne and silver platters bearins mountains of red M & M's? Do you like the idea of being chauffeured in an air conditioned limousine to your workplace and then, once there, arsing around like a manic five year old? Hmm... sounds as if you have all the qualities required to be of a stand-up comic. Now you can bypass the boring old hard graft part of the star process and leap straight into the snorting caviar and opening supermarkets bit. And when we say you, we mean just that. No matter your gender, age, colour, creed, sexual orientation, height, weight, social class, favourite football team or preferred brand of hot chocolate, you to can become an instant household name with the Open Mic Awards. Sound good? You bet it does. So, how can you get involved? Well, first you need to write ten minutes of material. This may feature the kind of pithy one-liners you delight your many friends with at the local swimming baths or perhaps be a rambling monologue about your parents, the government, the meaning of life and the price of Wispa Golds. As long as its funny we don't care. Next, you have to take ten minutes of world beat ;.q material along to The National Comedy Network night at your Student Union or locai:comed|jyenue you will bemadded to the list of hopefuls per- forming in the Open Mic spot andafter a couple of M&P guzzling professionals have whipped the crowd into a frenzy you'll step up to face the hardest judging panel on the planet your own drunken, foolish, hyper-critical mates. This is where the Open Mic Awards really come into there own. By leaving the all important judging deci- sion to the very people who pay to see live comedy, rather than a couple of clueless has-beens who think that Reeves & Mortimer are a firm of chartered accountants, the award manages to keep in touch with the taste of Hie genera public and neatly side stepliny kind of urn ! comedy industry shenanigans. Better still, the fact that local people will bellsessing a local comedian means the Open Mic Award remains free of London bias. The most Important thing about this comes: is actual comic talent and with

next Harry Hill, Frank Skinner or Jenny Eclair a chance to make a dent in both nation-wide and London comedy scene with their unique perspective. Once past the opening stages, you'll join the|||ier megastars-to-be in the May semi-finafsTOnce again, these are judged by the public and should you w;i through this round, you'll appear in the Grand Final, which is held in the last week of the Edinburgh Fringe Festivahand judged by the audience and a panel of P celebriti- After that lies stardom, untold wealth and the adoration of millionsj3h, and £1000 prize money aid a booking on the National Comedy Network at a professional comedian. Winning this award will, in a very real sense, change your life. "Yes," confirms last year's champion, Julian Barrett, who's now making a healthy living as a stand-up, "The Open Mic Awards did change my life. Now get off my land, before I set the dogs on you." Julian is currently developing a new show for BBC Radio 1FM. At the end of the day, of course, the decision lies with you. Do you want to spend the rest of your years sweat- ing blood for The Man at Megabucks PLC for a mere handful of; beans a week, or, like Julian Barratt and 17 year old 1994 finalist Daniel Kitson, do you fancy telling a couple of jokes in front of a bunch of supportive mates and then frittering your life away on such delirious pursuits as cavorting with supermodels and holidaying in far off climes9 YOU know What tO do. (See Mark Home, ICU, for more information.) EIGHTEEN . FELIX FRIDAY JANUARY 1 9TH 1995 DIARY

friday Saturday Sunday 19 20 21 j anuary January January

Rag Meeting Gliding Club Gliding Club 1.10pm Ents Lounge. (R) Gliding at Lasham Airfield Gliding at Lasham Airfield. (R) Contact [email protected] Islamic Society Come to Thursday meeting first. (R) Friday Prayers Ents Fitness Club lpm. Southside Gym. (R) 5 Nations Rugby Live on the Big screen. France v England./ Ireland v Scotland. 2pm. Intermediate aerobics. (R) Pakistan Society Davinci's from noon. Ents 3 - 5pm. Basketball practice in the union Saturday gym. Bring trainers! Contact Kashif, Aero II, 3pm Davinci's. Standing Room Only. Live [email protected]. ' (R) big screen football - Aston Villa v. Tottenham Hotspur. Fitness Club Bust-a-Gut sunday 5.30pm. Advanced Step Aerobics (R) Comedy Ents Tamil Society The first 1996 appearance of "The Bust-a- Finally, Corky and The Juice Pigs are touring Gut Comedy Club". Tonight's act is "the the universities of the UK. One can't help The International Tamil Society are holding nipple quiveringly funny" but wonder why they waited so long? We their annual cultural event for the third time asked Sean Cullea, member of the group, to this year on the 26th of January at 7pm in CrtXXPUm W THE shed a little light on the subject: Great Hall, Sherfield Building. Amongst the "It comes down to fear really. I'm afraid many programmes to be performed by of leaving the house. And I'm afraid of talented artistes are Dance, Music and Their act involves music, sketch and people coming into the house. Sometimes I Drama. A brief description of the evening's improvisation, and they're described as 'Pop sit weeping on the toilet, afraid to flush it for performances is given below: Culture Guerillas'. And it's FREE T-shirt fear that it will break down and I'll have to Karnatic Vocal - Classical Music time to the first twenty in. call the plumber and the plumber will scare This is a form of singing normally Doors are 8pm, and it's £2.50 or £2. me." praising the Lord or the Tamil Language and Then to follow, it's a night of aural pleasures Greg Neale had a different opinion: expresses one's feelings towards the piece with those glammy Pop Tarts, so get ready "I am stupid and I don't like the idea of being sung. It involves the interaction of the to dance your asses olf to favourites past, smart intelligent people looking at me. Also voice with instruments such as the violin and present and future. Plus the Chill-out I'm a chronic bed wetter." miruthangam. Lounge will be open, and this week it'll have Phil Nichol was the only one who had a Bharatha Natyam a bar ! Entry is £1 or free before 9pm or with positive view about universities: The dance of the Tamils is known as an Entscard. Don't forget, you now need a "I'm certain they exist. What form they Bharatha Natyam. The word signifies 'Bha' Union card to guarantee admission. Union might take is anyone's guess. Probably for Bhavam (expression), 'Ra' for Raga cards are available from the Union Office vaguely humanoid with a large cafeteria." (music), 'Tha' for Thalam (rhythm) and (funnily enough). Bring along a photo and Although the Juice Pigs have opinions 'Natyam'(Dance). It was originally a temple registration form (that red thing). about colleges and universities in Britain, dance and dates back to 2nd Century AD Don't forget that with the Open Mic one thing is for certain, they will soon be Most of the themes for this dance are Awards you have the chance to become a visiting this one, bringing their own brand of selected from Hindu mythology. world famous comedian - see page 17. surreal satire in a duffle bag woven of Drama - Santhathigal (Generations) children's dreams. See them now before This describes a typical Tamil family friday they drink the potion and become invisible. like thousands of others who have fled their homeland Jafflia, Northern SriLanka since 1984. They have left behind their Phil Nichol Sean Cullen knowledge, culture, talents, dreams and come to a strange land under the title Greg Neale 'Refugees'. 'Generations' shows how one such family has adapted to life in the UK. This drama has proven to be a great success and is staged here for the Tamil Society for the sixth time! Music Band - Chitralaya A feast of eastern and western instruments will accompany the young and talented Tamil singers in the UK as they sing some of the most popular cinema songs. A lot of effort has been put in by our members to make this event a great success. We hope to send the money raised to the displaced people - especially children who are suffering from lack of medication and sanitation in the Northern province of SriLanka. You too can contribute. Tickets are available at the door and from all society members. FELIX FRIDAY JANUARY 1 9TH 1995 . NINETEEN DIARY

monday tuesday Wednesday 22 24 j anuary j anuary January Student Industrial Society Cathsoc 12 - 2pm. Tennis room, upstairs in Union. 12.00 pm. Sir Leon Bagritt Centre. IC Sailing Club Level 1 Mech Eng. (R) m 12.15pm. Meet outside Southside, go sailing. (R) Fitness Club Afro-Carib Soc Skate Society 12.30pm. Beginners body toning (45 mins) 12.30 - 1.30pm. Room G02, Materials dept, 12.15pm. Southside Lounge. Contact Alex 5.30pm. Beginners aerobics RSM. All welcome. (R) [email protected], 0171 352 9111 for 6.30pm. Intermediate aerobics. (R) details. (R) IC Sailing Club Jewish Society 12.45 - 1.45pm. Southside Upper Lounge. Fitness Club 1.15pm. (R) 12.15 - 1.15pm. Clubs Committee Room, (R) top floor of the union building.There really will be a Bagel Lunch this time and a guest Audio Soc IC Symphony Orchestra speaker, too. 1.00pm, Southside Lounge. Want to buy 7 - 10pm. Great Hall. (R) For more information : [email protected] or cheap CDs? Interested in borrowing high- SCC pigeon hole. end HiFi? We have it all... (R) Ents Wild, debauched partying with the sports Ski Club Photo Soc teams at Frolik! Definitely not for the 12.30 -1.15 pm. Southside Upper Lounge. squeamish ! Free, and worth every penny. 1.00pm. Southside Lounge. (R) Bar 'til 12. (R) ArtSoc Circus Skills Wednesday 12.30 - 1.30pm. Union Dining Hall. Come 5 - 8pm. Come along and learn to juggle! and sign up for our many trips to Musicals. Union Lounge. (R) More info : [email protected] (R) Fitness Club Concert Band 5.30pm. Advanced aerobics. (R) 5.15pm. Great Hall, Sherfield. Any ability. IC Bridge Club (R) next 6pm in the Clubs Committee Room, Cross Country Union Building. (R) 5.00pm. Circuit training. Union gym. (R) diary icsf - Science Fiction Squash Club Night 7pm in STOIC Studios: Babylon 5: The year 8 - 10pm. Sports Centre. (R) is 2260... deadline: http://www.ph.ic.ac.uk/moontg/ (R) IC 2nd Orchestra 7 - 9pm. Great Hall. All welcome. (R) IQ noon, 7.30pm. Further Info: pink- monday [email protected] or http://pink.doc.ic.ac.uk/IC/ (R) January Canoe Club Photographic 7pm. Beit Quad. All levels welcome, and 22nd free instruction. (R) Society OpSoc Rehearsal 7.30pm. Sandy Wilson's The BoyFriend. Exhibit your talent! UCH. (R) (sounds promising...) On the 26 February we are having our ICCAG Annual Photographic Exhibition at Imperial 8.15pm. Weeks Hall basement. Soup run for College, held in the anteroom of the the homeless. (R) Sherfield Building. We are planning to show you our Ents different contemporary ideas through our 8pm Davincis. The ever-popular quiz night: photographs. There will be a variety of Dan the man asks some impertinent photographs (black & white as well as questions - Bar Trivia - an easy way to WIN colour) on display, incorporating a wide £50 or a crate of beer, and all you have to do range of techniques. is answer questions. It is a chance for you to see the world (literally) through our eyes! After Dark For those of you who wish to exhibit 8 - 11.30pm in the Ents Lounge. photographs with us or just socialise, it is not Admission is a mere £lfor a night of swing, late to join the photographic society. You hip-hop and jungle with the African can come and meet us in the Southside Caribbean society. Definitely the way to Lounge on Tuesdays at 1:00pm. celebrate winning the bar quiz. For more information, email [email protected]. uk or [email protected]. uk. tuesday TWENTY . FELIX FRIDAY JANUARY 1 9TH 1995 DIARY

thursday friday Careers Information "Improve your interview skills - a session for postgraduates" is a short course 25 26 for all on Wednesday 24th January in Huxley Room 343 from 2.00 - 4.00pm. Sign January January up in the Careers Office. Yacht Club Meeting Rag Meeting 12.30pm. Lecture Theatre 2, Physics. (R) 1.10pm Ents Lounge. (R) Milkround Closing Date Four is on Monday 22 January. Hand in your Fitness Club Islamic Society applications on the day by 4pm. Details of 12.30pm. Die Hard circuit training Friday Prayers interviews are put up on the notice board 5.30pm. Beginners aerobics. (R) outside the Careers Office a few days before lpm. Southside Gym. (R) the interview date. Gliding Club lpm. Aero 266. (R) Pakistan Society Summer Vacation Training 3 - 5pm. Basketball practice in the union opportunities are now available on the Mountaineering Club gym. Bring trainers! Contact Kashif, Aero II, database in the Careers Office. Apply to 7pm, Social, Southside Upper Lounge. (R) [email protected]. (R) UROP for research opportunities. Fitness Club Christian Union For more information and careers 6.30 - 7.45pm. SCR in the Union. 5.30pm. Advanced Step Aerobics (R) advice come to the Careers Office, Room (Right above the bar). (R) 310 Sherfield Building, which is open Ents between 10am and 5.15pm Monday to ICCAG Flares, tanktops, action ! It's back and this Friday. 8.15pm. Weeks Hall basement. Soup run for time it intends to be badly dressed... Shaft. the homeless. (R) A night of 70's and 80's pop, disco and party tunes. Paid Work Available Skate Soc And to get you all in the mood, it's free Night Skate - everyone welcome. Contact entry to anyone in oxfam style bad taste Student needed to set up rooms for Alex [email protected] 01 71 352 9111 (R) funky and fab gear. So make a sequinned morning classes, 7.30am - 8.30am Monday- effort! Upstairs UDH is The Cheesy Friday. RCS Ents Wotsits Easy Listening Lounge - chilling out Contact Michelle in the Union Office, 9pm - 12am. Ents lounge. Jazz and Funk with a difference, as the spirit of Mike extension 48060. night, live band & DJ. £1 (R) Flowers takes us over. It's only £1 to get in, or free before 9pm, if you've got an Ents entscard, or if you've dressed to distress. We Calling all Sophistication and small plastic animals at particularly liked the ents manager's slinky ICU Cocktail Night. Davinci's 5 - 11pm. red satin shirt as being an especially lovely Ex-Linsteadians little number. thursday friday Ex-Linsteadian cards are now available from Richard Hamilton (subwarden). These will enable present residents to let you in during bar hours. To obtain one please Gliding Club phone the bar and ask for a re-app to let you Snowed in at The 'Mynd... in. Bring £1 and a passport photo with you.

As I looked round the bar of the Midland Gliding Club on our first night the place was certainly living up to its reputation. The evening had become an away meeting of the Circus Single Room to Let Skills society when one of the locals produced a large bag of clubs, balls and diablos to entertain us after a day with no flying. £60 per week, in West Kensington. We rapidly adjusted to the fact that there would be no flying at all on this gliding trip - Phone Pauli on 0171 603 0543 the snow and ice prevented our gliders from even getting up the hill to The Long Mynd airfield - they stayed at the bottom all week! Even the cars were hurriedly moved down when it was pointed out to us that they would have been snowed in for several days after we planned to leave. The trip had seemed such a good idea last term.. After the success of our visit to the Midland Gliding Club last Easter our tales of sharing the landing area with sheep, flying beneath the clubhouse and midnight dunkings enthused the club with a desire to come back again. The locals parting comment at the time of "How about New Year?" sealed it. Despite the poor weather and our buying up the local town's stock of toboggans some flying of sorts was done during the week - Matt managed to pass his Bronze "C" written paper. When he completes the bronze with a few more solo's he will be ready to fly cross country on his own... New year itself was celebrated in style, with many of the locals walking up the hill for the party. Although the beer was discovered to be frozen (!) a heater was quickly applied so that we could see 1996 in in appropriate fashion. A good time was had, but when the water ran out the following morning (for the third time) we decided to quit while we were ahead! Anyone for an Easter trip? Forthcoming Events: On 20th January (tomorrow!) Bill Giles, BBC Weatherman, will be giving a talk at Lasham and ICGC will be running a minibus down there. Contact [email protected] if you want a place. Our annual dinner will also be this term - watch out for details. As always, if you haven't had a go at this flying lark yet, and fancy a go, come to a Thursday meeting (Aero. 266, l-2pm) or mail [email protected]. See you soon! CROSSWORD FELIX FRIDAY JANUARY 1 9TH 1995 . TWENTY-ONE

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Across: Down: 1996 in Room 341, Huxley I. Personality of TV chef is often 2. Small fossil mentioned at colourful! (11] dance (5) 9. Plants I'd left out in that state 3. Churchmen and copper have Building, All welcome. taxes to pay (7) (5) 4. Makes certain to include upset 10. Turn in camera to add to a colonel in pens (10) collection of memorabilia (9) 5. Turns pale at the thought of an II. Looked at by South extra day (4) American country's journalist (7) 6. Unravel after a loud 12. Colouring under the skin disturbance (6) when it's beaten (6) 7. Skip drink to play game (8) 14. A song has time to take hold 8. Giving affection to intimate of makeshift settlement (6,4) associate (4,2,5) 16. One's a bit disturbed for ages 12. Russian ruler had to run to (4) stay in one place? (3,3,5) 18. Take advantage of quiet 13. Moaners may become galley summary (7) slaves! (7) Wing Chun Kung Fu 19. Chase out with boot - I say! 15. A swelling stomach is the (4) principle thing, we hear (10) Demonstration 20. Expel from Hell and take 17. Four points give brief insight over (10) to bulletin (9) 22. Church near the Vatican 19. Greek character makes pies, Wednesday 24th Jan 1996 1.30 pm made of metal (6) turned over in layer (6) 24. Releases and removes hair! 21. Many get bad clout over 26. Change one kind of gate into spooky stuff! (6) Come and witness this unique martial art another? (9) 23. Spots the undercover agents! that is fast becoming "the" martial art of the 27. No difficulty learning to (5) 90s. Fast - explosive - effective street paint with it (5) 25. Filthy place is unknown by 28. He stuffs the German into underground river (4) fighting techniques that work. You have the back of a cab in the fog! (11) nothing to lose and every thing to gain, keep fit with a purpose and learn to defend yourself within 3 months.

Classes held on Wed 1.30 pm and Fri 5.30 pm Union Gym by renowned Kung Fu teacher Sifu Andrew Sofos.

First lesson will be free. See you on the 24tn. TWENTY-TWO . FELIX FRIDAY JANUARY 1 9TH 1 995 LETTERS

medical people and go out and Thursday, 24 October 1996. Letters to Felix: get stoned. The May ceremony will be Do I have a conclusion? Well devoted exclusively to the award Edited by Alex Feakes I suppose it shows that people do of higher degrees, and the whatever they like, but try. to October Commemoration Day should not be drunk in anything look to an authorative voice to ceremony will be for undergradu- Bully for him! like the quanaties the justify their decision, and if one ates. Both ceremonies will take Government now stipulates as can't be found then they just place at the Royal Albert Hall. Dear Editor, safe. What does the public do? place themselves on superior John Vandridge-Am.es, The Government of this Largely, it ignores the medical ground and assume nobody else Assistant Registrar. country has recently gone to people and finds solace in agree- knows what they are talking great lengths to inform us that ment with the Government and about. Do I have a recommenda- ICs radioactivity British beef is safe to eat. The goes and gets pissed. tion? If you drink in excess then medical profession seem to be The Government of this stop! If you are doing drugs then on record divided on this one, some say that country has recently reinformed stop! Beef? no comment! they themselves steer clear us of the dangers of taking drugs, Trevor Addenbrooke (Civil Dear Felix, (excuse the pun), others claim even the popular youth drug Engineering). RE: The positive net benefits the evidence is insufficient to ecstasy. The medical profession of working with radioactivity. convince them that beef is seems to wholeheartedly agree A bit of a mouthful just to come Without the use of radioac- unsafe. What does the public do? with this line. The police also to a point about not doing drugs, tive tracers research in the bio- Largely, it ignores the Govern- strongly encourage abstention don't you think? logical, biochemical and medical ment and finds solace in agree- from drug taking, as the dangers fields, our understanding of dis- ment with some medical people to the user have been graphically Graduation joy? eases and the ability to cure and stop eating beef. highlighted, and the immoral would be severly hampered. The Government of this activities that drug money funds Dear Rachel, These can be used in minute country has recently informed us are becoming more apparent. Just a note to let you know amounts and they can be targeted to specific molecular sites. that it is safe to drink more alco- What does the public do? Well it that contrary to the column Radioactivity can also be used in hol than we have been. The med- seems divided on this one. 'News in Brief in January 12th's hospitals as a cure in cancer treat- ical profession seems unaminous Parents seem worried about Felix, the two graduation cere- ments and as a diagnostic tool. on its disagreement with this drugs and try to educate their monies planned for 1996 will be Natural radioactivity is with all statement and clearly tells us that kids, but many young people held on: the time: it is present in the it is a poison to the liver and ignore the Government and the Wednesday, 1 May 1996,

Southside Shop All Sandwiches 75p after 5:00 p.m. & it 10% Student Discount on General Groceries Just show your Imperial College Student I.D. card to the cashier before buying your goods. EDITORIAL FELIX FRIDAY JANUARY 1 9TH 1996 . TWENTY-THREE

ground as uranium and thorium route is by the drains since in and it is in our bodies as potassi- this way the trace radioactivity is FELIX um-40. If the use of radioactivity dispersed and diluted while it is potentially beneficial, how are decays. Risk assessments might FOUNDED 1949 we to regulate the resulting dis- lead typically to an exposed indi- PRODUCED FOR AND ON BEHALF OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION charges of very small amounts vidual receiving less than 1% of PUBLICATIONS BOARD into the environment? their average annual background PRINTED BY THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION PRINT UNIT Public concern arises from dose. You might say that this is BEIT QUAD PRINCE CONSORT ROAD LONDON SW7 2BB the current view that the radia- more than it should be, but do TELEPHONE/FAX 0171 594 8072 tion effects are linear down to you worry when you travel from EDITOR: RACHEL WALTERS the smallest dose and can be the Cotswolds to Aberdeen and PRINTERS: ANDY THOMPSON AND JEREMY harmful. This must, however, be increase your radiation dose by BUSINESS MANAGER: JULIETTE DECOCK seen in perspective with other 300%? It is a matter of perspec- COPYRIGHT FELIX 1996. risks and with the percieved ben- tive and risk versus benefit. ISSN 1040-0711 efits. There are more data on the Margaret Minski, IC Rad- effects of radiation than for any iation Protection Advisor. I was really pleased to get a down facilities that we have at other pollutant and this allows phone call from Ian Caldwell's present. They are already unable discharges to the environment to Yes, but what about the report office first thing on Monday to cope with the size of the pre- be strictly regulated. A risk in Time Out? You infer that IC morning. We are now to meet up sent population, even before we assessment for the discharges has a licence to dispose of radio- on a regular basis, and I shall have hoards of beery medics must be made for the research active waste, but the College endeavour to keep up to date descending upon us. before the regulator (HMIP) will has denied dumping any. I think with the state of play of the great The unspoken attitude issue an authoristaion. Each dis- we should be told... Imperial house extension. amongst the College decision charge route must be assessed It's really hard to know what makers seems to be that they individually. { Letters may be edited for to make of it all: I feel I should- tried, and we rejected it, and The safest means of disposal length. The guest editor's \ n't say this, but it's quite possible that embarrassed them, and so is storage of solid wastes (tissues, I opinions are not necessarily that the Director of Estates is we don't get another chance. glassware etc), contaminated those of the editor. actually quite a reasonable man. Although that's quite clearly an with short-lived activity, to allow | Deadline for letters in Felix \ That doesn't seem to be the cur- unreasonable attitude, because the activity to disappear by I 1047: 6pm, Monday 22nd j rent viewpoint of the St Mary's they, simply couldn't afford the decay. However for liquid waste, i Please bring your union card j medics. But I can't help feeling 'Sherfield option', it really does- the safest approved disposal I for identification. that we're rather letting our- n't look likely that ICU will be selves down, that our 'too little able to expand in Beit Quad. The too late' protestations come over massive financial undertaking as being complaint for the sake that is the current estates strate- of it. I wonder if we just sound gy quite simply has to be faintly petulant, and whether the financed by revenue from con- incoherent voice of the Imperial ferences over the summer. Student actually has any credi- Bedrooms equals cash - some- bility at all. thing of the order of £2000 per year per bed. So they simply can- We are in serious danger of not afford to sacrifice bedspaces having a real shortage of student in Beit Quad for the sake of a facilities in a couple of years' The indispensable guide for larger student bar. I think we time. College wanted to build a should worry. contributors and helpers sizeable new area of social space in the Sherfield Building. It ^ ^ -T- "T" -T" monday, high noon would have had bars, restaurants, tuesday noon and meeting rooms, as well as Who the hell was it who clubs & societies shops and welfare offices. Okay, took my underwear from the arts meeting so the location wasn't great, but Southside laundry over the articles deadline quite frankly it would have been tuesday 6pm weekend? I think you need help. monday 1.20pm a sizeable improvement on stick- Have you any idea how much features meeting ing with the decidedly tatty run- Marks and Spencer are charging reviewers' thursday night EDITORIAL TEAM: meeting collating NEWS: ALEX FEAKES FEATURES: MARK BAKER monday 6pm MUSIC: VIK BANSAL CINEMA: WEI LEE friday morning PHOTOGRAPHY: DIANA HARRISON letters deadline THEATRE: KATHERINE FISHWICK PUZZLES: CATFISH another Felix hits the SCIENCE: BEN WILKINS monday 6pm street... news meeting COLLATING LAST WEEK: MARK, TIM, AND BEN TWENTY-FOUR . FELIX FRIDAY JANUARY 1 9TH 1 996 SPORT

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Felix Sport footballers Italians storm OSC basketball top league RSM I 3 - 3 RSM OLD BOYS The joint Italian-Spanish team When the game eventually slaughtered all of the opposition started we dominated the first in Saturday's first-round OSC half, with brilliant football and basketball tournament. only excellent defence by the The size of the Union gym not so 'old' boys kept the score limited teams to play only four a to 2-1. The second half saw a side, but the decaying backboards missed penalty (by Keith) and and rims did not stop the teams some tired legs. They capitalised from enjoying the tournament. and scored to give the game a deserved 3-3. We would like to All the games were highly com- thank the old boys for an enjoy- petitive and even aggressive at able Sunday times. The Italian-Thai game was finely balanced, with many suc- RSM I 4 - 2 QMW III cessful outside shots from the After being 1-0 down for Thais. But with the help of Alex sixty minutes, all of the team Cinelli's re-direction and fancy gave 120% to pull the game back moves, the Italians made an to 4-2, with a hat-trick (Keith amazing come back and won. The again), and one for Digger. Indians put up a brave fight, esp- We dominated both halves ecially in their last game against and were the rightful winners, the Italians who were by now however QMW kept the game unstoppable. Credit must also be alive and certainly deserved given to the Mauritian attempt. more for their efforts. The Thai and Italian teams will now pass to the next round. iWiiiSB The most interesting game may be the Italy-Greece game: both RCS rugby are strong teams, and although the Greeks have a little more experience, after this round's success performance the Italians look capable of anything. RCS I 13-0 ROYAL VETS RCS win again! A combination of good scrummaging, especially FOOTBALL in the second half and superb

RSM I 3 - 3 RSM OLD BOYS . RSM I 4 - 2 QMW III play by the three-quarters led to

a half-time lead of 8-0 (try by RUGBY Ben, penalty by Justin). Despite

RCS 1 3 - 0 ROYAL VETS domination in the second half,

in both possession and territory, BASKETBALL several tries went begging,

MAURITIUS 8-24 ITALY . INDIA 14-20 THAILAND although Simon managed to

MAURITIUS 12-14 INDIA . ITALY 26 - 20 THAILAND ground one. Overall, the score

MAURITIUS 1 4 - 32 THAILAND . ITALY 24-12 INDIA did not reflect the pattern of the

game... but we still won! HOCKEY A big hand to John Savery at

EVERY IC TEAM LOST. OOPS. hooker (man of the match), and

Hunter (Harvey) for his impres-

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