NEWSPAPER OF ER1AL COLLEGE 13 ALL TALK, NO PROMISES John Smith, College Secretary, yesterday refused to give any guarantee maintenance and cleaning of that student rent increases would not exceed grant increases. He was residences. In the most forceful of speaking at an open meeting called to discuss the policy laid out in his his answers he emphasised that recently issutJ notice on the management of student residence. It was residence was 'big business' with also revealed at the meeting that whilst Mr Smith had had some a £2m turnover, and that it was reservations about putting staff wardens back in the Southside penthouse essential to have a proper Hats (as reported in last week's FELIX), he has now been overuled by the management structure rather Rector who has decided the extra wardens will definitely be appointed. than the present ad hoc situation. Mr Smith in his opening would necessarily lead to large He felt that the appointment remarks laid great emphasis on rent increases. would also enable wardens to the College's commitment to Several questioners referred to concentrate more on the social increase the number of places in the security patrols in Princes and pastoral aspects of their job residence. He pointed out that Gardens, the cost of which is to which he saw as particularly the total number of places had be transferred to the residence desirable because of the low level nearly doubled whilst he had account. Mr Smith believed the of social intercourse between John Smith been College Secretary, and he cost of this would effectively be staff and students compared with manner without giving any wished to see further increases. covered by an increase in ten to twenty years ago. guarantees or closing any of his A large number of questions vacation lettings income, and The proposed appointment of options for the futures. Clearly, were asked by the audience, that anyway it should be for the a staff warden in Evelyn Gardens as an exercise in allaying anxieties which included many people residence community to decide was also mentioned. Mr Smith without restricting his room for involved in residence such as the level of security they require said the College's policy was to manoeuvre the meeting could be wardens, sub-wardens, head and to pay for it. He claimed appoint such a warden if more considered as something of a tenancy managers, finance that any future reduction in the houses were acquired in the area. success for Mr Smith. However, personnel and the entire Student subsidies would be dependant It was felt that the appointment senior Union officers present at Services Office staff. Union upon the improved performance would be necessary to provide the meeting still appeared President Gaynor Lewis asked of the summer lettings scheme, continuity in relations with the sceptical about Mr Smith's good about the implications for and would not occur if the neighbours as the student intentions when interviewed after student rents of the new policies, vacation income did not increase wardens usually remain in the job the meeting by FELIX. The and asked for assurances from to cover their withdrawal. for only two years. reality of the matter will perhaps be revealed in a clearer light after Mr Smith. He was unable to give He was questioned about the He was able to answer all the announcement of next year's any guarantee about rents, but he need for a Managing Surveyor questions about the new rent increases, expected in May. said he did not think the policies (Residences) to oversee residence policy in a reassuring Beauty and the Beast The RCS Hustings UGM took place yesterday amid controversy surrounding the presidential election. One of the candidates, Ann Collins, has complained that she was not notified of the deadline for submission of manifestos for inclusion in RCS Broadsheet. However, the Broadsheet Editor, Simon Banton, claims that he personally informed Miss Collins of the deadline, and that the deadline was well publicised. There is one other candidate for RCS President, Ian Thomas. The meeting heard hustings speeches from Miss Collins, presently the Chemistry Dep Rep and Mr Thomas, RCS Transport Officer. Miss Collins criticised RCS for failing to provide for more than a small minority of its members. Mr Thomas was confident that with a wide experience of RCSU over three years he was the best candidate. Hustings were also held for the post of Vice-President. The candi- dates were Sean Davis, presently ICU Hon Sec, and Simon Banton, Broadsheet Editor. The Hon Sec post was unopposed with the election of Paul Bloomfield bieng ratified by the meeting. Election for the two contested posts will take place by paper ballot in all RCS departments on Monday. Ballot boxes will be open from Ian Thomas 9:30am to 5:30pm and you will need a Unioncard to vote. Ann Collins No 6681 nHHHBaflBI FELIX. February 24, 7984HHHBHHHH1 I Free/ LettersWM Any additional money requested by us can only be met by reducing LetteM'to-the-Editor' the money available for claims Lock Again made by ASTEMS, AUT and NALGO. Therefore we arc ask- n lu ing you if NUPE could have the Dear Pallab first bite of the cake. With reference to my letter of In the past, we have been I he- two weeks ago and the subse- last section of employees to settle quent replies, I believe the public our wage claims. We have been nature of my criticisms of Simon Letter5-to--fhe-Ey^oi> unable to negotiate from a Banton were justified since as an position of strength because only RCSU official he holds a public obnoxious hack as I am an was unable to submit an article. the crumbs of the cake were position and since his letter 'apathetic non-entity', although I Anyone who has missed the left—and what was left was appeared in London Student it wasn't the only one around him Hustings (held yesterday), please simply too small an amount to was a public event. who cringed as he discovered his see Ann or myself for any support our 469 workers. Simon was not actually being letter in London Student. questions concerning her mani- Since our wages are so low, mis-represented and if the article Yours sincerely festo. members of NUPE have left was full of mistakes a letter Dave 'Bullshit' Lock Yours College employment, or would complaining at the abundance of Physics 1 Lee Evans not fill vacant posts leaving 385 mistakes would have made more PS: Whoever writes the Broad- of us (as at 1/7/83) to do their sense to the readers than one sheet 'Vicious Rumours' depart- duties as well as our own. The simply listing the errors. Broadsheet ment may like to apply for a post result has been prowlers on the I think the letter was an as a reporter with London College premises, loss of personal example of what has often struck Student: Ann lived in Falmouth- Conspiracy belongings and disagreements me about the mascoteers—that Keogh last year and has never over duties. If you help us now, is, that they take the whole Dear Pallab been out with Karl Schmidt! we in turn would be more alert, business much too seriously. Just a note to everybody who caring and able to help you when They begin to think that details, read last Monday's edition of you needed our support. like the consistency of Mary, Broadsheet and might be wonder- Ann Collins In the financial year 1982/3, actually matter and forget to ing why I did not submit a the total cost of staff (1,713) in treat the whole thing as a joke—it manifesto for RCSU President. ASTEMS, AUT and NALGO is this mentality which smacks of I have never at any time Conspiracy was £25,097,562 (£14,651.23 per mindlessness (like football hooli- received notification of anything head). In the same period the cost gans who forget that it is just a to do with manifestos. I have Dear Pallab of the Cleaning, Manual and game). I have no objection to never even been told that I was As a point of information, I Anciallary workers (385) was mascotry in principle, as a able to submit one, let alone told should like to explain that all £2,120,856 (£5,508.71 per head). combination of fun and money- the closing date. On Sunday candidates for the RCSU elec- For this money our members had raising for charity. Incidentally, I evening (the papers came down tions were notified personally of to work long, arduous hours hope all IC students will have as the previous Friday) I went to the the copy deadline for the mani- throughout the whole seven days much time for charities when RCSU Office to ask about this festos edition of Broadsheet. and nights of the week. they are earning large salaries and was told that Broadsheet had In addition to this, it was This year more than any other, and also will give politics the already been printed and I was printed in 'What's On' in last NUPE is fighting for a substan- attention it deserves as they too late. Most of the RCSU week's FELIX (no 667) that all tial increase in pay as a measure become rather influential mem- officers present found it difficult manifestos had to be submitted, towards the abolition of low pay bers of society. to hide their smirks. at the latest on Saturday 18 Feb. and the establishment of a basic As a member of Ents and Considering that RCSU's fre- It seems to me that any serious candidate would have made the rate equivalent to two-thirds the entertainments organiser in my quent answer to criticism is 'get national average, currently hall of residence, I am fairly well involved and change things' I effort to find this out well in advance instead of leaving it too £99.47 per week (source NES acquianted with the problems of find it incredible that they make it April 1983, updated by index of. laying on events in Imperial. As so difficult for 'outsiders' to do late and then whining about a supposed conspiracy. average earnings October 1983, for being rejected by my peers, I just that. published 14 December 1983). Yours sincerely am not aware that this is the case. My manifesto has been distri- Would you please respond to lan Thomas Actually, I get the impression buted separately for anyone who our call by inundating Mr Mellor RCSU has been rejected by most is interested. (Asst Personnel Secretary), Sher- of my peers. I don't think that Yours field Building, with your support this is a happy situation but I Ann Collins The Letter for our cause. E A Wheeler think the explanation that this is Candidate for RCSU President NUPE Branch Treasurer down purely to the apathy of Dear Sir College RCS students, while leaving I would like to take this RCSU conveniently blameless, is opportunity to explain my appar- Thanks! incorrect. They have been posi- ent indifference and apathy con- Wouldn't tively turned off by what they cerning my proposal of Ann Dear Pallab have seen by RCSU. Collins for RCSU President. This is just a short note from I went to the first RCS UGM The reason that I didn't submit Publish the SF Soc committee thanking and discovered it was primarily a a proposal manifesto for this Dear Pallab you for the help you and FELIX dart throwing event—spontane- week's Broadsheet is that it was Enclosed is a letter to all the gave our society during the ous lunacy is funny, but never mentioned to me, neither staff of Imperial that administra- organisation of our Picocon organised lunacy is a bore, and so written nor verbally. When I tion thought unfit to publish in the event. It was a great help to us and the con wouldn't have are its participants. As for made enquiries about it last Gazette. worked without it. The event was Broadsheet, I read through the Monday morning I was told that Would you do us the service of a great success overall and people first two editions of in-jokes it had been mentioned in the publishing it in FELIX. Show enjoyed themselves. Thanks to before giving up—it just wasn't 'What's On' section in last week's FIDO that you do provide news everyone else who helped, you're worth the effort to read through edition of FELIX. As I was away and comments in a responsible and all pan-galactic hyperbeings. it. for the entire weekend, not objective manner. However, I will admit that returning until afer the copy The College's budget for wages Eoin McConnell Simon may well be as much an deadline on Sunday evening, I and salaries is a fixed amount. on behalf of SF Soc Page 2 HHBH1 \ Friday, February 24, 19841 HHHBHHHHBHFEL/X News Ladies Rugby reveal Elections-the Writing all on TV tonight! is on the Wall The Union elections committee extremely modest receipt has withdrawn its ban on outside (disgraceful!-Ed). The elections printing of publicity for the committee still intends to be strict sabbatical elections. The in its enforcement of election committee had decided that all expenses, which it has set at £50. printing had to be done on The committee has also FELIX or Union Office decided that votes marked with equipment, as reported in last an X will not be counted, only week's FELIX. After complaints those with the regulation 1 by the from a number of candidates that candiate of first choice will count. they had been given insufficient Nominations for the four notice of this decision, the sabbatical posts close at 5:30pm committee withdrew the ruling. today. At the time of going to The ruling was designed to press candidates had been prevent the recurrence of the nominated for all posts, but one situation last year when a post was still uncontested. The candidate had high quality names of candidates and their posters printed at an outside manifestos will appear in next printers but produced only an week's FELIX. IC's Ladies Rugby team are once more making the national media. Their form both on the field and in the after-match bath can be seen this week on the Six O'Clock Show on LWT. IC's girls beat QMC Ladies team 8 points to 4 in a match Guilds still without Shield played last week at Harlington. Then they plaved a seven-a-side The Guilds UGM on Tuesday to bring the mascot. As it turned match against a team of IC men, the B2s, drawing four all. was a rather low-key affair. There out, the only minor disturbance The action was recorded by cameras from the light-hearted had been a rumour that visitors was caused by a few inquisitive magazine programme, who were invited along by IC Ladies' from University College were individuals from RCS. captain Maribell Anderson. expected, but none of them Meanwhile, Guilds are still appeared, which from their point without one of their shields After the games the thirty ladies retired to the extremely large of view was probably just as well, following the raid by UC students bath in the changing rooms. Their modesty suitably protected since Spanner and Bolt were three weeks ago. UC Union is by large quantities of foam the TV camera? were allowed in to nowhere in sight. Guilds excuse apparently still searching for the interview them. A few of the men present were invited to join was that the car bringing the shield, which is believed to be in them in the bath, but for some reason they all declined the offer! mascot to the meeting had the possession of an individual broken down. However, it is student who is refusing to return widely believed that, fearing a it. They have agreed to pay for Estates Cock up Pipe mascotry raid at the sparsely damage caused by the raid. in Refectory Fiasco attended UGM they decided not The Estates Office at IC received than thirty square feet of floor criticism from the Refectories space. Black Day at IC Section this week after installing They then put in the nine inch a new pipe in the kitchen in red pipe—some distance outside Southside Refectory, running the wooden duct! from floor to ceiling. There are, at present, no plans When plans for the pipe were to remove the redundant wooden first drawn up, Mr Mooney duct. The siting of the pipe is such insisted that a three-sided that refectory staff are obliged to wooden shield be placed around ram it with their trolleys as they the pipe to prevent contamina- pass. tion of the kitchen area. Estates (If anyone knows of any good agreed and installed the large wooden duct taking up more Estates fiascos please send them to me via the FELIX Office-Ed.) God Exists-Official

IC students decided, by only a God was merely the result of Dramsoc's Black Corned};, directed by Raj Singh went down very small majority, that God exists. some people's insecurity, he did well with enthusiastic audiences on Wednesday and Thursday At a Debsoc debate on Tuesday not however include himself in night in the Union Concert Hall. Black Comedy is a contemporary an attentive audience heard this group. After a series of farce by Peter Schaffer about a young sculptor who has invited a Andrew Pettman propose that questions, and several rich German millionaire to see his work, not knowing that his there was enough evidence to interruptions in Chris Barton's fiance has invited her awful father to meet him on the same day. To believe that God exists. Chris summing-up, the motion was complicate the plot further the lights blow and the characters are in darkness. The play was well performed by a small and talented Barton vigorously opposed the narrowly carried. cast and serves as an aperitif to Dramsoc's major production of motion, suggesting that belief in Galileo later this term.

FELIX Friday, February 24, 1984 Page 3 News feature] LAUWERYS: TWELVE MONTHS ON

Just twelve months after the publication of the Report on Student Mr Smith denies that decisions Vacation Lettings Residence at the College by John Lauwerys, a number of decisions have already been taken on the In' 1982 the residence accounts . benefitted by about £250,000 arising from its recommendations have been implemented by College ending of further subsidies, but it from vacation lettings. In 1983 Secretary John Smith in his College Notice on the Management of is widely believed the College will this was increased to around Student Residence. This seems like an appropriate time therefore to end them as soon as it feels able £360,000. But there is a definite consider the background to the Lauwerys Report, the major to. ceiling on vacation income since recommendations of the Report itself, and the decisions which have been, Making up the loss there are only so many rooms to or may soon be, taken arising from them. With the increased drain on the be let, and the rent can only be residence account as a result of The Background to the Report increased above a certain level at this recommendation in his the ending of subsidies it will The report was commissioned by the expense of less custom. Last recent notice on student obviously be necessary to John Smith in July 1982 in the year a high occupancy rate was residences and the College is increase income. Over 80% of light of the financial constraints achieved during the summer, presently considering a number income to the residence account on the College caused by partly due to more IC students of properties for purchase. Such a is from student rents during term education cuts. At present the staying in residence. At times purchase will, however, place time, the remainder being College effectively subsidises the there were literally no rooms left additional strain on the residence vacation rent income. The residence accounts by not account because it will have to anywhere in College accommo- Lauwerys Report takes much dation. Clearly then the scope for charging it for certain services the service the loan required to buy space considering possible further increases in vacation College provides to residence the new property. economies in residence income are limited, although buildings, principally mainten- Much of the rest of the report is management such as reducing the something could be achieved if ance. This it is allowed to do devoted to examining every number of wardens, but besides conference trade was increased. under University Grants aspect of residence management the measures being mainly But the scope for extra income Committee (UGC) rules, which and making recommendations undesirable in themselves the from vacations would only cover although they forbid any direct on everything from space savings which could be achieved a fraction of the subsidies to subsidy of residence do allow invaders machines to the price of from them are small beer indeed residence that it is proposed to certain expenditure on washing in hall laundries. These compared with the extent of the remove. And of course vacation residences, known as the 'UGC recommendations fall into two subsidies which are to be phased income can vary greatly from dispensations'. Despite allowing categories: the blatantly obvious out. The value of those subsidies year to year with the vagaries of the dispensations to continue the and the completely crack-pot. which are presently identified as the tourist and conference trades. UGC has asked universities to However, this article will footnotes to the accounts is about calculate their costs and include concentrate on the report's half a million pounds. The scale Rent Increases these as a footnote to their findings on residence finance as of the proposed savings from the Although it is not stated residence accounts. In addition it these are the only ones of much Report's recommendations for explicitly, there is therefore a is the College's stated policy to consequence. economies is that of a few tens of tacit assumption in the Lauwerys phase out the use of the thousands at most even if there Report that student rents will dispensations over a period of Ending the Subsidies are drastic cuts in the levels of have to go up faster than grants in several years, so that IC The report correctly identifies the maintenance. Ironically, some of order to phase out the present calculating their cost for competing calls on the residence account over the next few years as the recommendations in the subsidies. Even if the vacation inclusion as footnotes is also a being: the decision to end Report would actually involve income achieved in 1982 is percursor to them being a direct subsidies; the need to increase the new expenditure as Mr Lauwerys ultimately doubled in real terms, charge to the residence account. stock of accommodation; the discovered that there are areas of which seems unlikely, there This was the starting point maintenance and improvement residence, notably the student would still'be shortfall of around from which Mr Lauwerys, Senior of existing residence; and the houses, which are already a quarter of a million pounds Assistant Secretary, took up the need to keep rent increases in line unsatisfactory. even if one just includes those task of writing his report, which with increases in student grants. Clearly then there will have to subsidies which have already runs to 75 pages plus appendices. The resulting recommendation be a large increase in rent income been costed. This works out as a It considers all aspects of gives top priority to the first two if the subsidies are ended. rent increase of nearly six pounds residence management but is of these with a lesser priority to Lauwerys pins his hopes on an per week for each resident in halls and houses. The College hopes to principally concerned with how maintenance and no importance increase in the vacation lettings introduce such an increase slowly the College can end the use of the being attatched to limiting rent income. He suggests an increase over a number of years, but if UGC dispensations by making increases. Lauwerys states that of 50% should be possible by subsidies are to be removed then economies in expenditure from 'student rents will have to be better marketing of the College's an increase of this magnitude is and increases in income to the increased above the levels that residences as tourist and ultimately inevitable. residence account. would be necessary merely to conference accommodation. cover any increase in the running More Residence Places costs of residences.' However, the first of the report's Comment 58 recommendations is John Smith in his notice on The consequences of the College's policy of ending the subsidies unconnected with finance, or at student residence makes no to the residence account will, it seems, be very grave indeed for least with economies. He comment other than the need to IC students. Accommodation is to be seen purely as a service to concludes that in order to achieve a rent income to cover students which must be completely self-financing, rather than an maintain the ability to offer all costs, although he does not rule integral and essential part of academic life. It is right that teaching out subsidies. The policy of and research should receive the highest priority in times of first years who apply a place in identifying all the costs of financial pressure, but this cannot be at the expense of giving residence the College will require residence and including them as other areas a zero priority. It is in the academic interest of the an additional 125 places in footnotes to the accounts is to be College to keep student rents at affordable levels—if not IC will College owned accommodation implemented, and as a first step have difficulty attracting the best students. by October 1985. This need is the cost of the security and There is a clear need for a re-think of College priorities towards residence. We already have some of the most expensive halls principally due to the loss of messenger staff in Princes places with the ending of the lease anywhere, and rents have increased well ahead of grants over the Gardens will be charged to the past five or six years. on the Fremantle Hotel next residence account from next year. year. John Smith has accepted I FELIX Page 4 I Friday, February 24, 1984 I j The real reason Ronald Reagan wasn't at Andropov sE j funeral last week was that he wanted to stay at home and == j play FELIX Bingo. EE ] «He plays it because of the enormous credibility FELIX as * ar § Bingo gives him in the eyes of American voters. 55 [Old Ronnie may be the most powerful and influential EE I man in the world but he only stands the same chance of = jj winning as you do. 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FEL/Xl \ Friday, February 24, 1984] I Page 5 Little Shop of Horrors at the Comedy MA5TERFIE.CE5 Theatre. Strange things are happening on Skid THE BIKO J» fAKAti pAHfElf Row. There's been a total eclipse of the sun, and in Mushnik's florist shop, a curious new Sarah Daniels' new play about the sexes is plant is starting to grow. And then people little short of brilliant. Aggravating in its begin disappearing mysteriously INQUEST inconclusiveness it raises questions which The trouble begins when Seymour the are inescapable and persistently recurrent. pathetic unloved dogsbody of Mr Mushnik, by Jon Blair and Norman Fenton Rowena is a happily married woman feeds his plant Audrey II with drops of blood. at the Riverside. zealously going about her job with pardon- But Audrey II is a man-eater and only able naivety. Her mother is very happy for This is the first production at Riverside from Seymour has any inkling of Audreyll's (the) United British Artists, a collection of her and would do anything to keep her from cannibalistic tendencies. For the meantime glimpsing the troubled marriage of her established actors and actresses including life on Skid Row continues as normal. Glenda Jackson, John Hurt, Albert Finney inadequate middle-aged parents. Her close Mr Mushnik despairs for his decaying friend, Yvonne, also has an unhappy (who appears here) and very recently, business—soon he'll have to shut up shop Harold Pinter. marriage. She cannot relate to her husband permanently. Seymour has a hopeless The Biko Inquest is an abridged recon- and, catalysed by a stressful career as a \ passion for Mushnik's beautiful assistant, the struction-of—the 3Q.day trial following the woman teacher in an all-male comprehensive lisping Audrey, and namesake of the plant. death of Steve Biko, allegedly from a brain school she establishes a frigid wall between Audrey, however, has problems of her own. injury sustained whilst in custody at Port men and herself. Under both these influences She's got a shady past; and somewhere Elizabeth, South Africa. It is not, as Rowena's view of man is peeled like an onion lurking in the background, a real mean suggested, a 'courtroom drama'. The pro- before her eyes, her hereditary neurosis boyfriend who beats^hemp BU'bad she'sloo ceedings are relaxed and sedate and those begins to break through and in a fit of anger afraid to leave him. Later we see her who seek gavel-happy justices keeping order she pushes a man who harasses her into the boyfriend Orin in the leather and chains of his over chic swooning juries will not find them path of an oncoming car. trade—a truly professional sadist, who gets here. Indeed, due to the inescapable Masterpieces forces its audience to be his kicks from nitrous oxide. But, as in all atmosphere inside Riverside, the cast may subjective. One may argue that Rowena's good musicals, all ends well as it always find things a lot more sedate than either they actions are excusable because she is latently should. or their audience require. unbalanced, that her friends are impassive Little Shop of Horrors is a zany new and impenetrable towards men, that her musical and warmly recommended to In fact, short of being highly informative, I husband is immature and demanding. This is anyone with a sense of humour and fun. It found the play held little to keep my what makes it so disturbing. But each of boasts an engaging collection of characters, attention. At present the production is highly these characters have been created, indeed . supported by an energetic be-bop trio of unpolished (it appears some of the cast still overcreated in oraer to give every member of supposed truant high school girls. But, best rely heavily on their scripts). The testaments the audience someone to whom they can and of the lot, is THE PLANT, which just grows drag and the cool-headed bureaucratic must relate, inescapably, to the play's end. an' grows until it fills the stage; and has a dissection of a man's controversial death What separates feminism and feminity in a definite personality all its, own. 'Feed me' it becomes monotonous lip-service to estab- supercilivised and over permissive society is plaintively whines to the distraught Seymour lished facts and frankly, a tedious bore. a complete inability for people to communi- one moment, and 'FEED ME' it deafens him The production is to be screened for cate at any level. This Miss Daniels makes with the next. Who, what, can check its Channel 4, and I dare say will perfectly clear. The view, partly promoted growth? And if you think its a pure fiction, improve before then, appealing more to that by class, that either sex can exist inde- stop, and think again. After all, as the brightly form of medium. In the meantime, I can only pendently of each other presently coloured souvenir brochure tells me. The wish UBA success in this and any future emphasised by major advances in medicine is show first sprung up in New York, spreading drama at the Riverside. John Burgess absurd and nihilistic, but is sustained. The to Los Angeles a year later and now has flung gap between the sexes is filled by the media a tendril across the ocean to London. New (Below) offshoots are sprouting in the form of T- and each must view the other through it. Strange goings-on in The Little Shop of shirts, records, badges and posters Masterpieces is sparsely produced and Horrors. only competently acted. Some of it is Claire Moss remarkably funny. Alas it only runs till early February although I hope it makes an appearance again in the not distant future. The playtext (available from Methuen for about £1) is a cheaper alternative and is money well spent for any one.

John Burgess

FELIX Page 6| \ Friday. February 24, 1984 Edinburgh Festival Fringe

During the latter part of August and early part of September artists, critics and audience flock from all over the world to take part in the Edinburgh Festival. The Festival itself consists of six components. The main interna- tional arts festival, the much publicised military tattoo, the film festival, jazz festival and book festival. However, it is the fringe festival that most people come to see. The fringe provides much freshness, innovation and originality and has become the largest and most famous aspect of this annual arts jamboree.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Most groups expect an audience of about The Fru.je consists predominantly of 20 which is not many considering the effort drama, in all its forms. There are musicals, required to produce a show. mime, children's shows, serious drama, The location of the venues is a major factor comedy and the inevitable revues. To many, in audience attendance as well as the amount it is these revues for which the Fringe is most a group pay for a slot. Two major venues famous; Cambridge Footlights has been I attract the professionals-the Assembly given considerable press coverage, with such rooms, who boasted Shiela Steffal, Tom famous performers as Rowan Atkinson. Robinson & Radio 4's 'Fundation', and the Other groups also do well with revues; IC Circuit, which made a heavy financial loss Dramsoc's Box Office Dramsoc's 1982 Tour—under the name of last year. It is these venues which attract the Artsux performed The Wire Guided Revue national press (both have a number of bars open for most of the day-pure coincidence?) Dramsoc's venue,which they run in the Fringe Club with much success. ; themselves,is situated on the west end of However, revues remain one of the most and hence the coverage. Yet there are a total of 130 venues, from schools, church halls to Princes Street and is called Theatre West difficult forms of drama to perform well. After purpose built theatres used by the 494 End.By running their own venue,Dramsoc is seeing London University's Midnight Excess | participating groups. able to generate sufficient funds so that its one critic exclaimed '...there must be ONE own shows can occupy prime evening slots funny revue on The Fringe!' Despite the and make use of their own,wide range of difficulties and the bad reviews, half the equipment.Running the venue involves medical schools in London can be seen, much hard work by members both in bedpans and bad jokes at the ready. Just attracting other groups and converting the don't fall ill during The Fringe! bare church hall into a theatre.

While many of the revue performers are Much of the enjoyment of going to the hoping to be spotted by the ubiquitous Radio Fringe with Dramsoc results from the social 4 producers who are supposed to roam The life-from meeting other actors in the Fringe Festival in search of script writers, others set Club,drinking until 2.00am and seeing some their sights on one of The Scotsmans' Fringe of the other shows on the Fringe.Also.by Firsts. The Scotsman is a daily newspaper performing alongside professional and semi- printed in Edinburgh which reviews most of proffesional companies in front of an app- the Fringe shows and make 12 awards to the reciative audiences is a total change from best productions. These awards guarantee the usual college atmosphere.For both the performances outside Edinburgh, if not actors and the technical people,the exper- television coverage; many of BBC's' Plays for ience is most rewarding. Today' gained Fringe Firsts. Last year, Dramsoc are now making detailed plans for adaptations of novels proved to be the How To Get Involved their 1984 Tour and are interested in seeing winning formula with two different Imperial College has its own connections anyone-whether actor.directer or anyone Cambridge groups gaining Firsts, one of with The Fringe through IC Dramatic willing to help-as soon as possible.The work 'Metamorphosis' based on a Kafka novel, Society. Not only does Dramsoc perform for the Tour starts just after exams with and the other 'Circe' based on Ulysses by regularly in College—a production of rehearsals and set building taking place in James Joyce. Both shows sold out very Brecht's Galileo is being performed in a London through July and August.The set-up rapidly after the announcement of the fortnight—but, for the past three years, it has of the venue starts mid-August with people awards. also performed at the Fringe. In 1981 travelling to Edinburgh by car and train.The Dramsoc ran its own venue and performed accomodation is provided by Edinburgh plays written by College members. In 1982, Universityjboth travel and accomodation is under the name Artsux, Dramsoc performed paid for by individuals. Dramsoc shows run its own revue and two other shows. Last for either a week or a fortnight.If you are year, however, proved to be the most interested in going on tour then pop up to FRINGE FIRSTS successful with the society running its own the Dramsoc store (above ICU Office,Beit venue and performing three shows: Between Quad) any lunchtime. Time and Timbuktu by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, The Edinburgh Festival-and Dramsoc's With only twelve awards, the majority of What do you say before you say goodbye by Tour-provide a unique opportunity to see groups just hope for a favourable review to Melody Shahan and a dramatic anthology of and experience the world's biggest arts fest- boast both audiences and egos. metaphysical verse. | ival.lt is an opportunity not to be missed. FELIX HBHa^HRHRHBH! WKWMFriday. February 24. 1984MMMW Feature H^HHH^HBH BRUCE KENT: CHRISTIANITY AND CND

FELIX: Most IC students only priest to be a public figure? know of your role in CND, Monsignor Bruce Kent, General Secretary Kent: It is an advantage for CND however you were University of that I am well known. It is a London chaplain at the end of the of CND has been much maligned and disadvantage for me personally sixties. How do you think the misrepresented by the National Press. He has that I have no private life. If I go University Nas changed? been described as a subversive and a Russian on a tube or a bus I am recognised Monsigno. Kent: It's very diffi- agent. In a frank interview with Felix, and people talk to me. I just cult to say. The chaplaincy has accept that and live with it. definitely grown. My impression Monsignor Kent talks about his background, of student life as a whole is that in how he became involved with CND and the 1968 it was very active. Since then conflicts he has faced within the Church. "In twenty years' time it has varied greatly. At the we will either have moment it seems very conserva- killed each other or tive. we will have chang- ed the structure of "To be involved in the world" peace is essential if you are a Christian" FELIX: Looking at the world situation for the moment where FELIX: How much interest did do you see the world in twenty you have in disarmament as a years time? student at Oxford? Kent: In twenty years time we will Kent: When I was a student I either have killed each other or was totally apathetic. I did all the we will have changed the normal things. I didn't question structure of the world. I really the lectures I was given or mean that, because in twenty challenge the structure in any years time the new weapons will way. I had no original ideas that I have resulted in a war. can remember. FELIX: So when did you actually 'Everyone must make become involved in CND? up their own minds. Kent: I was influenced by a Jesuit Archbishop, Thomas Roberts in I would hate to 1963/4 and the Nigerian war of] force people" 1969/70 really made me political- ly aware. FELIX: Turning to more local FELIX: After joining CND how issues. Do you think Imperial did you actually become general College students should work on secretary? weapons projects? Kent: I think CND was so pleased Kent: That is something for the to find a priest who was individual. Some people will interested that I was pushed decide they can't do it. I respect forward to various positions and that very much indeed. Others finally became a member of CND have to do it because they have no general council. other way of living. In which case they should keep on raising FELIX: Why do you think CND questions about the structure of has regained its influence as a the College, challenging MoD major national political force? 'Dont wait for CND to do something for you. Ask contracts. Everybody must make Kent: It was not because of me or yourselves what you are doing for CND.' up their own minds. I would hate any other member of CND, but to force people. because of outside influences FELIX: What actually happened FELIX: How long do you intend FELIX: At Imperial, many such as the stupidities of the last year when the papers to remain involved with CND? students have signed a peace British and the American pledge. Do you think the suggested that Cardinal Hume Kent: I have never thought that I governments' new weapon scientists' signatures on such a might ask you to resign as CND would be a CND officer systems. pledge are an important step General Secretary? indefinitely. However, I hope towards disarmament? FELIX: Do you see any conflict Kent: I think the Cardinal was always to be involved with CND. between being general secretary under a lot of pressure from the I have been General Secretary Kent: The more people of general of CND and a Catholic priest? Catholic Conservative groups for almost five years and many esteem in the world who take this Kent: Not in the slightest. I think who wanted me to go because I people, both inside and outside sort of stand the better. I would that to be involved in peace is was upsetting things they the movement, probably think suggest that Imperial twinned that is long enough. essential if you are a Christian. believed in. I think he had a very with other Universities in so- As a priest I don't think I take a difficult time. I think he behaved called Eastern Bloc countries very generously and fairly. He FELIX: Do you find it a and got them to take the same party political view and I try to has not asked me to leave CND. disadvantage in your work as a position. encourage non-violence and love. Page 8 ^M iFrlday, February 24, 1984 HHHHHHHMH FELIX Clubs Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme

Hope you went to the Hustings UGM At the Education Forum meeting last week it Quite a few UROP research programmes yesterday. Monday is voting day and you became obvious that very few students know llead on to a summer job and we have must have your IC Unioncard to vote. Results. about the UROP scheme. lorganised matters so that you can be paid a UGM is on Tuesday at 1:00pm in Chem LT B. This is a College-wide scheme which allows .bursary during the summer vacation to That night is the Results Barnight in the undergraduates to participate in research Icontinue working on your research. This does Union Bar from 7:00pm onwards. either in their own or a different department. inot attract any tax or other deductions, but Finally, the Inter-CCU swimming gala is Participation is the name of the game; it is not won't make you rich! The money has to be on Thursday 1 March in the Sports a formal project-type activity with an found by your supervisor, but if he's keen to Centre—so come along and watch RCSU examination at the end of it. You are free to jhave you he will usually find a way of raising smash the untermensch of the other CCUs. join or opt out at any time—it is up to you, I the necessary. There is a (very) small amount PS: Don't forget to vote and put your since you will be working in your own time. I of central funding to help out and we've had a deposits down for the Amsterdam Trip To get into the scheme you should get hold Tew bursaries from the Nuffield Foundation. of the UROP Directory, which is available in (postdated cheques accepted). I One thing that emerged from the discus- your departmental office, or else from Prof J sion at the Education Forum was that UROP C Anderson, Room 714, Elec Eng. The programme in the second year can give you a Directory lists the names of staff members 'flying start for your official, formal project in offering to take UROP students and briefly ithe third year. But 'the main thing was the describes their field of research. The idea is jtremendous satisfaction and enjoyment that that you choose something that looks the active students had got out of participa- interesting and go and chat up the member of tion. Well the Rag Mag trip made £257, thanks to staff. If you take to each other you're in! everyone who turned out. The amount of time you spend on your Since our Directory is getting a little long in On Thursday 1 March there is the inter- research is your affair, but the more you put the tooth, we propose to run UROP small ads CCU swimming gala. Anyone interested in in the more you get out of it. The first reaction in FELIX each week to up-date information swimming for Guilds come and sign your is always T hardly have time to keep up with on the research programmes currently name in the Guilds Office. It starts at 5:30pm the course, never mind anything else'. Past accepting students. on Thursday so all supporters will be UROP students will tell you it's surprising welcome. how much spare time you find you've got, J C Anderson On Monday 5 March we have a theatre trip once you get involved and interested. to see You Can't Take It With You at the National Theatre. Tickets are £4.50 reduced This House Believes: from £10—there are only 20 tickets so hurry Imperial College Does MAD MARCH II and sign your name in the Guilds Office— Not Need k !! please bring a cheque as well. The Carnival Sponsors are needed, as well as people to A topical debate featuring take part, for a sponsored Firkin Pub Trip. Marc-Henri Glendening If you've had the courage to get within We visit six Firkin pubs, you sponsor us per Vice Chair,Fed. Cometvatire reading range of the orange posters currently pub, and try and guess the total mileage—if Students lying around College you will realise that you guess correct you get 5% of the takings. And there is to be a Carnival next Friday 2 March. All proceeds go to Rag. Anyone interested in J.Martin Taylor Rather imaginatively titled Mad March 2 this taking part should sign their name in the Former IC External Affairs promises to be one of the best carnivals for Guilds Office. Officer several years. Jane Taylor Finally we are still running a Table Football The main attraction (no, not the late bar!) \al Sec.XCS, XVS is not one, not two, but FIVE of the best Competition so hurry and put your name on Presidential Candidate the chart in the Guilds Office. and new(ish) bands around at the moment. Philip Nathan Ranging from John Peel favourites The Former Chairman IC Orson Family through to Cook da Books one Liberal Club of Liverpool's best new pop groups this is one Chem. Eng LT2 of the best line-ups seen anywhere in London Tuesday for quite a while. For a rather more detailed 28th February preview of the bands see the FELIX music at 1.00pm page next week. ALL WELCOME After the hopefully completely zero response In addition to this there is an alternative to the RSM 'day of inaction' yesterday, we cabaret including John Hegley and the are doing something very positive 'Popticians' writers of some truly wonderful tomorrow—a street collection for Rag in the Wine Tasting songs about spectacles! There is also a steel form of the 'RSM Mass Busk'. Yes, we are Next Tuesday's tasting will be wines from the band, Jazz in the Lower Lounge and two going to entertain all those lucky Londoners Loire Valley. This region stretches for six separate discos. One of these discos will with our varied talents and collect something hundred miles westwards from Nantes, and continue well into the not-so-early hours and to boost the Rag total this year. The pewter within it there are wide variations of climate, for those feeling slightly less energetic films' pot in the Union Bar for the highest collector soil and production methods. The wines are will be shown all night. Hopefully, the of the year is also still up for grabs. Everyone mainly white, light and have a pronounced provision of toast and free coffee should is welcome to come along and help us do our and refreshing acidity. One of the best known enable you to keep going and stagger out into bit, meet at RSM at 9:30am tomorrow. On Loire wines is Muscadet from Seure-et- the morning. Tickets are available at £4 from Sunday it is the annual mining colleges rugby Maine, a soft, very dry wine. Also from the the Union Office and appointed salesmen and sevens at Nottingham. We shall also be Loire are the sparkling wines of Vouvray and £4.50 on the door. fielding a soccer 6 and a squash team. The Saumur, as well as the pale and piquant wines Incidentally for those of you who are , usual rowdy supporters will be there yelling of Sancerre and Ponilly-Fume. The tasting interested in a spot of drinking the bar will be away and selling Rag Mags. Coaches leave will be given by Oddbins, and it should be open until 2:00 and the event is in the middle RSM at 8-9am. Be there! good! of the cheap-price promotion week. FaixnnmiHHHnMi WMWBWmFrlday, February 24, 1984WMWM many minutes and an excellent goal from the left wing put the icing on the cake. Special mention should be made of centre

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On Sunday the Orienteering Club attended a Boat vs Bristol: wen 2-0 classy event in Aldershot. The event had vs Exeter: drew 1-1 attracted many of the South's top orienteers, vs City: lsts won 2-0, 2nds won 2-0 so the standard of competition was high. The terrain, a military training area, was of Two weeks ago the sailing team travelled to mixed rough open land and woodland. As Henlev Fours Head the West Country to take on teams from expected trenches, pits and earthbanks were Henley Fours Head of River proved to be a Bristol and Exeter at Starcross Yacht Club, in abundance to provide an interestingly happy hunting ground for IC crews again in Devon. detailed map. 1984. Having won three events there in 1983 Imperial sailed Bristol first in very light Most of the men ran the premier course, the College crews picked up the tankards for conditions. Led by their skipper, Jones, the with impressive overall results. The planner three out of the five events entered. team took command of the first race from the had provided 11.6km of mentally challenging The Senior Squad entered an elite coxed start and finished with a convincing 1, 3,4. In navigation, covering the most physically four as its first boat. This performed a long the second race, Imperial set off on the right demanding terrain. An added twist was a way below potential and striking a laboured foot giving a green to the opposition on the bushfire at one of the controls to be visited! 30 strokes per minute over the 2'/ mile starting gun. Unfortunately Bristol recovered 4 Several of the club's novices successfully course, took 11.31. It lost the section by 1 best from the melee at the start and at the first completed Wayfarers courses—less demand- second and came fifth overall. mark were 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Jones, obviously ing but still containing the essence of The senior A coxless four, hastily put assisted by his thermal underwear, realised orienteering; challenging navigation under together towards the end of last week, the desparation of the Situation and casually competition conditions. performed well to win their section. With roll-tacked through the entire Bristol fleet. Watch out for the red, white and blue of the dynamic strokeman Greg Harding striking a On seeing this the Bristol team gave up and by Orienteering Club as a guest team at the Hyde steady 32spm the four took 11.33 coming in the finish had allowed the other two Imperial Park Relay tomorrow! sixth overall. boats to sail through to 3rd and 5th. Punchdrunk The Senior B coxless four won their section The match against Exeter was less dramatic by a convincing ten second margin, despite with Imperial securing a strong 2, 3, 4 in the Kevin Steinlechner steering the boat into the first race. In the second, the speed of the bank near the finish. supposedly slower alternative helms from Waterskiing The novice also won their section by one Exeter caught Imperial off guard and they second, whilst the women's novice four came dropped a race to the home team. fifth in their event, rowing well below their On the Sunday, Kennedy notched up a The thing to remember, we found out this best. further three capsizes in the club race to take week, is that the important bits are the his total this term to seven. extremities. Keep those warm and the Last weekend Imperial took two teams to problem is cracked. By this week we hope to Queen Mary SC to sail City University. City have arranged a discount on wetsuit socks conceded even before the first race, and after and gloves, and there should be enough the formality of sailing around the course in around for new members to borrow. When front of them had taken place, Imperial raced you're all togged up, it's warm—honest!- In another action-packed week down at the amongst themselves for the rest of the After tense negotiations with Moscow, range, Guilds came second closely behind afternoon. Many thanks to Brunei University Washington, oh, and ICU too, we've got the RCS in the inter-CCU pistol competition. for lending City a rudder and tiller at such price of skiing down from £4.00 to £2.90. Not Despite heroic performances by Messrs short notice so that the match could take only that, but the boat has been fitted with a Bowser (club captain, contact via Elec Eng place. training bar that almost guarantees that letter-racks), Harrison, Stewart, Williams Castaways Cup (the London College's beginners get up first go. and Ashford, the massive skill of Miss sailing championship) is being held this Hollows, assisted by Constantinople, Huggs, If you don't believe that warmth is possible Fudge, and Marvin (the Android) Baguettes weekend at the Welsh Harp, where Imperial at this time of year in the water, or- that ten proved slightly too much. In an exclusive are entering two teams. Any supporters will minutes behind a 240bhp boat isn't tiring, interview with the Rifle Club editiorial board, be most welcome. allow us to convince you otherwise. Even if Gluids captain Steve Harrison commented Astrix and the ferret you'd just like to get up first time or are into 'Sick as a pawrot, Briain.' kinky rubber wetsuits, we can help! You can arrange to come waterskiing on Ed Asford and Gareth Fones were selected Wednesday by finding us above Southside to shoot for the London Counties Junior Bar on Monday at 12:45pm. Team by accident, and demonstrated their Footbai' remarkable skills by shooting well below their capabilities. However this is clearly another * step up the ladder to an international This year's ICAFC annual dinner will be held shooting career. on Tuesday 13 March in the trophy room at As promised in our FELIJC article some Chelsea FC, Stanford Bridge. Subsidised weeks ago, the 'Down the Dogs' evening has price will be £9.50, including three course now been fully planned by our ents roast beef dinner, silver service, etc. There committee, and is scheduled for Thursday 1 IC Hockey 2nd XI will be a bar extension until 1:00am. Guest March. Meet at the range at 6:30pm. IC 2nd XI hockey team sailed into the second speaker to be arranged. Cheques made The prone rifle handicap competition is payable to ICU ACC should be given to team division of the Middlesex League on Saturday. A crushing 6-0 victory for the home now reaching a climactic conclusion after captains before Wednesday 7 March. club hotshots Fuggs and Bowser were side ensured the team has an opportunity to To give us a better idea of numbers could knocked out in the semi-final. Harrison and enjoy a different standard of hockey next you please add your name to the list if you Baguettes now meet in the final in what will season. intend coming to the dinner. Anybody be a hard fought match of nerves for these Despite fielding an understrength side, wishing to go on the tour to Gloucester on the wimps. Steve is already in training for this positive play and accurate passing, allowed a weekend 23-25 March please sign the list on event (or is it something else you're training two goal lead at half time. After the interval, the noticeboard, as soon as possible. for?) concerted pressure led to three goals in as Page 10WKkWBWWMBSMMMWWWBBBWWM Friday, February 24, 1984 JHHI BHnnHnnnni FELIX BAR PROMOTION Bitter 50p Cider 54p WEEK Lager 54p

Next week is Bar Promotion Week. That means from Sunday 26 Guinness 60p February to Saturday 3 March, Bitter will cost just 50p a pint, cider and lager 54p and Guinness 60p. There will be two Guest Ales— Videos every Ruddles in the Union Bar and Greene King Abbott in the Southside Bar. Also, there will be videos every night in Southside. night

UNION SOUTHSIDE Sunday 26 lunchtime Tree ploughmans eve free chilli con carne Tuesday 28 RCS Results Barnight Wednesday 29 Sports/RSM Night Live Jazz' Pete Bignalls Big Band Thursday 1 Sabbatical candidates on show Friday 2 Carnival Disco

CUEST ALES & VIDEOS every night in Southside Union—Ruddles; Southside—Creene King Abbott SlMlAlLlL AlDlS Lost: one desire, dropped (?) in Civ The contour integral around the FOR SALE t let boil (but don't get your fingers burnt creme egg = happy birthday uncle Eng building, if found contact Cedric. Ian oris it too late?) Man's full length leather coat, size 2 scarves left at 71 Cromwell Rd two barney. large, good condition. £40ono. Contact Now JM really knows effect excessive Q. When do you get more than just weeks ago—1 blue check, 1 brown for vibration has on chimney pots. But D Rashid, Civ Eng 3. return contact M Viney, Life Sci 2. grapes in the Bunch? A. Field Cup Small free-standing washing does MC? night. machine (non-automatic) £40ono. Is Tog's favourite game now Tiggy Contact M Watson, Maths 2 or phone ANNOUNCEMENTS off-around' or 'Tiggy anywhere'? The defending file has been re- ' 743 1452 (eves). 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Originally £12 Helpers still wanted to work for part of now ony £9! Contact Sue Glover (Life ago? The members of staff below are Carnival on 2 March. Free entry, drinks. currently able to take students on the Sci) at Linstead or Roberto at training. Begley, Binder and Hamlyn—the 1 ladies cycle Traveller' £20. Mrs B Names to Horace in the Union Office. Undergraduate Research Opportu- experts in pond accounting. nities Programme, students interested Brady, 50 Lancaster Ct, Fulham SW6 or Congratulations from Joe. 736 1914 (eves). should contact them direct. Pallab—thanks very much. Jane Prof P L Pratt, B607 Met & Mat Sci Buffet Evetee clarinet (black WANTED Ryder. Cement composites and Ceramics: the leather/plastic!) low mileage, good Willi-J announced their first annual relationship between microstructure performance, £100ono. Contact N J Cloakroom attendants for Easter Vac and the physical and mechanical 1984. Please contact the Conference Womble Hunt. Anyone interested in Maxwell, maths pigebnholes or 373 organising a team see Dave Willis properties of non-metallic materials 9214. Office. Casual hours only, times varied, especially ceramics, cements and pay approx £1.90 per hour. Chem 2 or come and see us at 65 Secondhand books, inc Mathe- Evelyn Gdns. concrete. matical Methods by G Stephenson Students Required for cleaning in Linstead and Southside Halls during Drop the bomb; destory us all Dr H P Wynn & Prof A C Atkinson, 537 £4.45; Elements of Pulse Circuits by and 553, Maths Dept Farley 30p. Come to the Mopsoc the Easter vacation 26 March-18 April now!—For details see the StarCaptain. Bookstall (Physics level 2) 1:00pm 1984 9am-1pm, 6days a week. Rate of Come and practice the ancient Research topics in applied statistics. Mondays or contact Leann Jones, pay: £1.70 per hour (£2.55 Sat/Sun). Bradford martial art of cup Dr W A Wakeham, 417 Chem Eng Maths 3. 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Eng 2. simmer gently for a few weeks and then shit on the sas. FEUX\ I Friday, February 24, 1984 i Page 11 WHAT5 ON Saturday wedpe^day Rotten O/ICU Union I _*tOn Upper Lounge Anti-Apartheid meeting 1430h Speaker from Angola Hyde Park Relay. Organised Committee and speaker from by IC Cross-Country Club. Mozambigue talking about South Africa's economic destabilising effects and military attacks on these ^upday countries. -4 QAAL More Hse I OUUn 53 Cromwell Rd Catholic Mass followed by bar tr>ur«day supper and talk. All welcome.

1QOnh Southside MI I OOUn Upper Lounge. 1230h S5! Vegsoc Restaurant Trip. Meet S&G talk by a representative in Southside to come out for a of the Canoe Club on their i meal at Ravi Shankars—one of summer trip. the most terrific (and cheap) restaurants in London, \ Mech n 9 ' situated near Euston Station. 1245h I 4 2 For £3.50 you can buy a 'thali' Amnesty International Film that you will find difficult to As you may have noticed the What's On format has been Torture and War. Part of a : finish—starters are all changed slightly. All regular club meetings have been listed survey by Granada TV looking delicious at 80p, other main together in alphabetical order in a separate column, is IUIC, IC at the use of torture through- courses are under £2. Radio and Lounge Lizards also have separate sections. Any out the world. comments about the new format are welcome. oonu Music Rm I OOUn 53 Princes Gate raorjday iue<>day nnnL Read Lecture Lunch hour concert: La I OOUn Theatre Raphaele (baroque ensemble). The Case of Chemical 1245h Stan's Bar 1245h Elec Eng Weapons with Julian Perry Robinson. Organised by Dept coming Waterski Club meeting. Sign IC Friends of Palestine of Humanities with Science speaker meeting. The talk up for Wednesday's trip. Policy Research Unit, Sussex. will be about 'Where the O/ICU Bot/Zoo ?oon Palestinians stand amidst the _40n Common Rm I present events of the Middle 1800h SCR Fri 2 March 1730h Meet Beit Yacht Club meeting. Places East'. available for weekend 2-4 Feb. Loire Tasting with Wine Arch S&G weekend in the Wye Chem 9 Tasting Society. Here's your Valley. Please put your name LT 1300h 2 chance to sample popular down soon. MechE 9 Debsoc 'This House believes 1930h 22 o Loire wines by Oddbins wine Fri 2 March 1930h The event Wellsoc The Man Who Fell To that Imperial College does not merchants. that's bigger than Errol Flynn's Earth-A film starring David need NUS' featuring Jane Wanger—the MAD MARCH Taylor, Secretary NUS and Bowie. Bowie is an alien who 1800h Radio CARNIVAL—featuring bands must save his own planet. Will Marc Henri-Glendering, Vice New Model Army, Serious Chris Storch with Live from he destroy the earth for his Chairman FCS. All welcome. Drinking, Orson Family, Six. Featuring Simple Minds own ends? Who saw him land? Skeletal Family and Cook Da and In Embrace plus usual What do the scientists want 1300h Basement LT Books, an alternative cinema and gig guides. (From from him? A haunting and Natural History Society lecture showcase with Popticians, 2 1800h to 2000h.) beautiful story. Come along, on 'Administration of London discos. All night films, bar till membership £1. Zoo' by J Griffin. 2am (with cheap beer promotion) and coffee and toast. Tickets available at £4 in advance from ICU Office. Tues 6 March 1300h Union (LJ) Gym Tai Chi Club training. 50p. Everybody welcome—wear some loose clothing. Tuesday 1300h (repeated at Thurs 8 March 1930h for Programme Schedules 1800h) JCR and Hall TV sets 2000h Big Apple Restaurant, Star Chat with Cliff Richard. near to the Norfolk, S Ken Civ Fridays 2000h Pete Coleman Mondays 2000-21 OOh Beatles Thursday 1300h Newsbreak Eng Soc Annual Dinner. presents an in-depth look at . Hour with Pete Coleman. JCR and Hall TV sets. IC Tickets (£10.50) available from what's on around CoJIege andj Hustings UGM live. All the soc reps include 3 course South Ken in 'Viewpoint'. Tuesdays 2100-2300h The latest reports live from the meal, wine, coffee, cheese- 'Aids Show' with Aidan Dye, Great Hall. Also other news board etc. Bar extension!! , Sundays 0800-1200(noon) I including new Top 40 at and entertainment around Wake up to the 'Voice of 2130h. College including a look at Risky Business, a new film Lounge Lizards Blackburn' himself, Andy Wednesdays 2300h-0100h. One Cave. release in Film Review. Man Bay of Pigs with Martin Thursday 1800h Newsbreak Nightclub Smith. Sundays 2100-2300h Russell JCR and Hall TV sets. A Thursdays 2000-2100h Aidan summary of the highlights of Saturdays 2000h Lower Refec Hickman 'A unique blend of IC Ents Lounge Lizards Night Kirkpartrick's Old Record the hustings UGM plus all the noise'. Club with cocktails, bar and Club. regular news and features. disco. 50p members, £1 guests. [Friday, February24, 1984\ wa^kmmMmwBummwm FELIX Page 12 M Dramsoc Workshop Wednesdays 1430h Dramsoc IMPERIAL Clubs Storeroom. COLLEGE Gliding Club meeting (Regular Meetings) Thursdays 1730h Aero 254. a® SYMPHONY Hang Gliding Club meeting >*, „«§> ORCHESTRA Amnesty International meeting Mondays 1230h above Conductor: Richard Dkkins Tuesdays 1730h Brown Southside Bar. Soloist: Louise Glanvillc Committee Room (top floor ICCAG. Acton Venture Club Union Building). Saturdays 1230h The Log Audio Soc record club Cabin (next door to Tuesdays and Thursdays Northfields tube station) STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel 1230h Union Upper Lounge. Jobbersquad Wednesdays Balloon Club meeting 1235h ICCAG Office (top of Thursdays 1300h Southside Union Building). MOZART Flute Concerto in G Major Upper Lounge. Talking to and helping geriatric Boardsailing Club meeting patients at St Pancras Hospital Tuesdays 1300h Southside Wednesdays 1245h Mech Eng Upper Lounge. Foyer. TCHAIKOVSKY SymphonyNo.5 BUNAC Fridays 1230h JCR. Islamic Society. Friday prayers Info on summer working 1255h Union Concert Hall. vacations in the USA—air Quranic Circle 131 Oh fares paid, and it looks good basement 9 Princes Gdns. on your CV!. Judo Practice Tuesdays 1830h Friday 2nd March 8pm Catholic mass and lunch. and Thursdays 1900h Union t GREAT HALL Tuesdays 1230h Room 231 Gym. Chemistry. All welcome. Microcomputer club Admission £l (Students SOp) Cycling Club. Sundays 1000h Wednesdays 1400h Rm 401 Tickets available from: meet Beit Arch for 40 mile ride RSM. Orchestra members out of London—bring lunch Pimlico Connection 'Pay As HakUne library The door money. Tuesdays 1400h meet You Eat' lunch Tuesdays Beit Arch for serious training 1230h Rm 606 Elec Eng. ride of approx 40 miles. Real Ale Society meeting Wednesdays 1330h meet Beit Mondays 1930h Union Crush Thursdays 1300h Green | meet Beit Arch. Arch for 40 mile training ride. Bar. Committee Room. |Wargames Club meeting Dance Club: Intermediate Riding Club meeting Tuesdays Socialist Society bookstall Sundays and Wednesdays classes Mondays 1930h JCR, 1300h Upper Lounge Fridays 1230h JCR. 1300h SCR. and Beginners classes Southside. Vegsoc lunch at the RCA WLC communion service Tuesdays and Wednesdays SF Soc library meeting Fridays and Mondays 1245h 1930h JCR. Sundays 1000h Consort Gallery, Sherfield. Student Travel isat 74 Old Brompton Road

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74 OLD BROMPTON ROAD, NIGHTCLUB Tues-Sat 11.00-3am SOUTH KENSINGTON S.W.7 Entrance to Night Club half price on i£L 01-5811022 presentation of Imperial College cards - Entrance on: 3 Cromwell RoadTSWZ Tel: 584 7258 I FELIX I Friday, February 24, 1984 HIHMHHI Page 13 Sharpshooter's Puzzle One Saturday, as the football results were coming in, the teleprinter broke down and six results didn't come through. The matches involved Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Everton, Man Utd, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Birming- ham, Coventry and Wolves. Residence: What next? Four of the matches were between teams from the John Smith demonstrated his training in the diplomatic service to same area. David Coleman, with typical fluency, good effect yesterday afternoon at the open meeting on residence. He summed up the six results as follows: spent a great deal of time not saying very much, sidestepping 1. There were 13 goals scored altogether. questions and being deliberately vague on specific points. He 2. No match was goalless. outlined the policy and explained the reasons for its implementation 3. Wolves didn't score. but refused to say anything concrete on important issues. He refused 4. Sunderland won. to guarantee that the increase in student rents would not be above the 5. Only one scoreline occurred twice, the rest grant increase or that residence services like security and occurred once each. maintenance would not suffer. These things he said 'would have to be 6. Tottenham achieved the best result. discussed' College work very slowly and deliberately. The Rector's 7. No team scored more than two goals. 8. Arsenal played Everton. policy committee has already decided that it is going to remove 9. If Newcastle has scored one less, and Liverpool subsidies on residences whether it is practical or not. Most objections had scored one more than they did, they would each to the new policy have been over-ruled and all the students union and have achieved the same result as Arsenal. Students Residence Committee can do now is reiterate its What were the matches played and the results? dissatisfaction. Good luck, everyone. What must be made quite clear is that the students union will not Solution, criticisms, comments to me at the FELIX accept increases in rents above the student grant increase, even if it Office by 1:00pm on Wednesday please. £5 from means going on a rent strike. Mend-a-Bike for the randomly selected winner. Last week's solution Elections Since the requests for chess puzzles came from Elections are upon us once again and after 5:30pm today be prepared chess players, the problem did not state which way White was playing. Those who do not play much for an onslaught of posters, leaflets and canvassers. chess will not know the convention that White This year we have the usual selection of wimps, self-publicists and always plays up the page, and will find the crack-pots standing for posts. You can read their works of fiction (ie straightforward solution that Rook takes Knight, what they are going to do to improve the Union next year if elected, checkmate. Those of you who do know that White etc) in next week's FELIX. There will be a special elections must play up the page, or suspected that there must supplement in FELIX next week containing the election manifestos be something more to it, will have been looking for of all the sabbatical candidates. Manifestos must be no more than 300 the following: words and should be submitted with a photo or line drawing by White cannot move his pawn, rook or queen for Monday 1:00pm. various reasons, so it is the white king which must win the game. White's strategy is to take his king Make sure you go to the Hustings UGM next Thursday where you from the bottom left-hand corner to the top right- can hear the candidates for the four sabbatical posts make speeches, hand corner, take the knight and promote his pawn and answer questions in an attempt to persuade you they are the best to a queen to win, or simply checkmate as Black will people for the job. The Hustings speech and particularly the have to move his bishop. questions from the floor afterwards are a very good test of the quality Black must move his knight to and from the square of a candidate and whether they know what they are talking about. which it now occupies to stop the white pawn from promoting, as he cannot move any of his other pieces. If White tries to move his king across the Ballot Boxes board on the black squares, he will arrive at the If anyone would like to earn £1.75 an hour sitting on ballot boxes on wrong time, ie when the black knight is covering the March 5 and 6 they should hand their names in at the Union Office by squares, so White must arrive at either one move next Tuesday. sooner or one move later. He may only move on the black squares to avoid the black bishop, as the black Credits . bishop can move out and put him in check, then Hugh Southey, Jon Jones, Lynne James, J Martin Taylor, queeNickn his pawn, but there is one white square on which he is safe; the one in top left-hand corner. So Shackley, John Burgess, David Jones, Steve Bishop, Dave Parry,he moveMatts on black squares to that corner white Fawcett, Malcom Gray, Ulysses, John Scott, Simon Nield,square Pete, back onto the black squares, and will now Coleman, Paul Griffiths, Nigel Atkinson, Jonathan Gerson, Michaelarrive at the correct time to capture the knight, Newman, Maz and Pete. promote to a queen, and win. A special thanks to Ronald Reagan for holding up this week's Of four, mostly correct, answers Richard Fox of bingo number. Chem Eng 3 was the randomly selected winner and can collect the prize from the FELIX Office after Pallab Ghosh 1:30pm on Monday.

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Tel 01-589 5111 extn 1048 or internal 2881. Editor: Pallab K Ghosh, Business Afono3er.PeterBod3ers,AducrrisingMonoger:Hu3hSouthevCopvrightFEL/X 1984 IC HUSTINGS UGM Thursday March 1 st 1:00pm Great Hall

PRESIDENT'S REPORT AGENDA

1. Minutes of the meeting of 6th December The appearance of a new magazine earlier this term started a debate 2. Minutes of the meeting of 24th January within ICU. The magazine was produced by members of the College adminis- tration without my knowledge. Throughout last term the sabbaticals were 3. Matters Arising. approached on several occasions about the editorial style of Felix. We consistently maintained that editorial freedom was an established right 4. President's Report. for Felix within IC Union and that we werenot prepared to attempt to curb, that freedom. At the beginning of session several queries were received 5. Deputy President's Report. in the Union Office from members of the College administration about the I 6. Honorary Secretary's Report. running of Felix. Expecting some sort of problem from College we began to consider the implications if College persisted. We were not expecting 7. Returning Officer's Report. to see the publication of a rival. 8. Other Officers' Reports. I discussed with the Rector why this magazine had been published. There appeared to be two primary reasons: 9. Motions. (i) It was to be used to increase communication between College staff.-» 10. Any Other Business. (ii) College felt that as the sabbaticals were unwilling to attempt to change the style of Felix, then they had to produce a magazine making their dissatisfaction known. This issue has been discussed at length in Council with Pallab present. There is no indication at present whether any further issues of Fido will be produced. Several members of College have commented on the improved President's Report attitude in recent issues of Felix. (Soon fix that-Feiix-Ed) College Dinners I discussed this issue with the College Secretary - we established that the price of College Dinners for students was too high to be 1. UGC Response considerec" as subsidised and as such agreed that the student rate would now be £5. It was also decided that certain dinners warrant At the end of last term a small group of Union Officers discussed the a bar extension and a jazz or swing band. The first of these Dinner issues of the UGC letter concerning the financial restrictions that and Dances will be in Hay at £10 a double ticket'. are likely to be imposed on institutions of higher education. Over the Christmas period both Peter Burt, External Affairs Officer, and Student Residence Policy . I drafted separate responses based on the discussion. We found it I was asked at fairly short notice to reply to the College response difficult to combine the two replies although both agreed on essential issues, they expressed these views differently. As such both responses to the Lauwerys Report on the Management of Student Residence. The were submitted to College. We are expected to reply to the College College policy document was at the third draft stage when I was first draft later this month. Professor A. Swanson, Pro-Rector, will be asked for the Union's comments. There were a number of points I was outlining the College's response on March 6th, at a meeting which unhappy with in the document. It advocates the appointment of the everyone is welcome to attend. Managing Surveyor for Residences, whose salary would be a direct cost to the Residence account, as would the wages of the present messenger 2. £4,000 and security personnel. This increased cost is hoped to be offset by an increase in the Vacation Lettings income - however, the implications At the end of last term I discussed with the College Secretary the of further costs being attributed to the Residence account could have a - possibility of College financing the installation of showers in the severe effect on student rents in the future. Volleyball Court area. John Smith agreed that College would finance this project to the degree of £4,000. I have questioned these points and others, including academic staff 3. Southside Disco warden occupation of the Southside penthouse flats, at various committee levels but continue to get the unsual noncommittal replies. There is After various communications with regard to the noise level on a an Open Meeting with the College Secretary to discuss the recent policy Friday night and College concern for neighbours, I met with various which I hope will be well attended. I will report the outcome of College representatives to discuss the issue. After a lengthy discussion further discussions verbally at the UGM. they agreed that there was no cause for concern at present. However, if different, i.e. noisier, events were held in the area,certain provisions Southside Fire Alarm and Security would have to be made. College accepted the responsibility of improving I have continually raised these issues with the Estates Secretary and the sound proofing of the area. am extremely dissatisfied with the answers Don Clark has given. The latest "official waffle" to the Union's queries is that nothing can 4. Suggestions and Complaints be done without the GLC representatives approval (security) - they I was asked by College to chair this sub-committee for the remainder visited the Halls two weeks ago. The new automatic fire alarm system of my term of office. Although an extra College commitment, I feel this was commissioned yet again last week and once more failed dismally. .can only benefit the Union as,in theory,we now have an increased ability It appears to me that Estates get more and more incompetent as the to attempt to convince College of the numerous improvements necessary in weeks go by'. The only apparent reasons for their ineptness seem to the refectory system - an immense task when dealing with the present be stupidity or gross mismanagement (see the continuing saga of the people and circumstances. Please make your views of the food known to me. central launderette below!). 9. 199th Episode of the Central Launderette and Southside Saga Estimates I shall be seeing the Financial Secretary in the first week of March to The central launderette and gym facilities are due to be completed on discuss the estimates of income and expenditure for 85/85. I have now 5th March, 1984, i.e. very soon. As accustomed as I an to the incom- discussed claims with most of the officers and am producing a first draft petence and total ineptness of the Estates section, even I find it hard of the estimates for College. to believe that for a project originally intended to begin in Easter 1983, they could have mismanaged the project as effectively as to be Self-Defence an estimated 5 weeks behind the third schedule! The original deadline College has made an application to the Metropolitan Police for the provision was mid-September 1983 - a mere 6 months ago! of a Self Defence course at Imperial. These courses, which consist of four 2-hour lectures/demonstrations, are run by the Special Constabulary It appears the Martial Arts Clubs that have been waiting over six and are much in demand in London. I am collecting names of students months for the new Southside gym will now have to wait at least another Interested and shall be informing them as soon as we have set up dates two months before they are able to use the facility. As the project is for the course. If successful, I hope we can run the course regularly the responsibility of the Estates section perhaps Martial Arts would at Imperial, particularly when the new intake arrives next October. care to do their training in Room 527, Sherfield*unti1 the gym is Carnival available. The biggest event of this term will take place tomorrow in the Union *presently inhabited by the ever-industrious Mr. Don Clark Building - Carnival. Featuring bands, bar extensions, etc., this event will cost £4.00 (or £4.50 on the door). Tickets are available from the 10. Harlington Gravel Union Office and CCUs. I have discussed this project with Dr. J. Stocks, the Union's advisor on this issue. The project is long ten, Test bore holes Transport will be driven over the Easter period and tenders invited over the Steve Lane and Bruce Bricknell are now sharing the responsibilities summer. ACC are satisfied that no disruption to sporting activities of Transport Officer after the resignation of Frazer Wigley, due to will occur during the test bore hole development. Obtaining academic pressure. planning permission could take anything between two and six years, We are presently looking at the demand for vans by priority and non- and the exploration is estimated to take a minimum of ten years priority clubs, with a view to making the vans more widely available. after that. A questionnaire has been sent out to all clubs and by the time of this 11. Harlington Bar meeting we should have discussed the replies. We are in the process of replacing 0BW, our oldest van, and are considering buying a 17-seater Due to the profit being made on the bar this year, the student van rather than the normal 13-seater van. representatives suggested the possibility of lowering the prices. Volleyball Court, Union Building, JCR I made a rough financial assessment of the bar at Harlington and Netting has now been placed over the shutes and in the roof of the then,with the ACC Chairman, approached Peter Mee, (Chairman, Volleyball Court, and benches provided in the changing rooms. College Athletic Ground Committee) with the Union's recommendations. The has agreed to pay for the installation of showers In the mens and end result being a decrease in the prices of between 6 and lOp per ladies changing rooms. I had hoped that this work would have started pint. Discussions about reducing the prices even further are by now but a lack of communication between one end of Level 5 and the continuing at present. other seems to be holding this up. 12. Sports Centre Charges The East Staircase has now been painted and we hope to have the Concert Hall painted at Easter. Other changes in the Concert Hall include the Last term College suggested the possibility of raising the admission installation of a permanent control box at the back of the Hall and, charges in the Sports Centre. The Union was obviously against such hopefully,a change in the lighting control. a move and undertook to compile information regarding charges at Several improvements are being made to the JCR. The orange chairs are other universities. 40 questionnaires were sent out and I have being recovered and several chairs repaired, new tables are being received 23 replies. The student representatives on South Kensington acquired and lighting bars are to be installed in the ceiling, Estates Sports Committee will have presented the results of the questionnaire willing. Hooks are also being provided in the buttery ceiling for to College by the time of the UGH, thus I will report verbally on the party decorations, obviating the need to remove the ceiling tiles. outcome at the meeting. 13. Job Descriptions The Executive Job Descriptions have been updated and were approved at Council on February 13th. The 1984/85 Sabbaticals will be elected on the updated versions. 14. Conference Committee Report As mandated by the UGM of 6th December, Peter Rodgers attempted to call a meeting of the designated individuals responsible for invest- igating the nature of, and representatives attending, conferences. Unfortunately, only three representatives were able to attend. The Honorary Secretary's Report committee's recommendations are outlined below: a. ICU should continue to send delegates to worthwhile conferences. b. Insufficient information was available to discuss INCOST. Two delegates should be sent to NUS Conference if the opportunity arose in the future. Council discussed the relevant issues of the report, including the fact that to send delegates to NUS Conference required a change in UGM policy. Council decided to send Jim Boucher and Steve Bishop Union Equipment to the 1984 INCOST Conference in April. Inventories are still coming In from Union Clubs (very late) - there now only being about ten clubs which have not yet filled one in. At present some clubs are under the Impression that if they borrow a piece of equipment from outside College It Is automat- ically insured. However, this is not so - the borrowed equipment Deputy President's Report is only insured if I am told beforehand (so X can inform Commercial Union Assurance). This present situation will continue until C.U. have completely drawn up the new "Block" policy which they are presently doing.

Having negotiated with Commercial Union Assurance for some STA months about the premium paid for the four Union vans, they came I have had several meetings with STA to consider possible sites for a back to me with a new estimate of approximately £2,750 for the student travel centre at Imperial College to replace the old London coming year - this being a 10% increase on this year's premium. Student Travel Office. I am now discussing with College the possibility of using the seldom used Bar Counter in the north-west corner of the However, Prudential Insurance (through NatWest) have offered the Junior Common Room. STA has provided plans of the proposed office which same policy for a mere £1,220. We therefore changed - on the is similar to their offices at QMC and ULU, We hope to have the travel 12th February, 1984, when the motor policy was due for renewal - office installed and open by Easter but at present progress depends on from Commercial Union to Prudential as it will mean a saving of the College so it is anyone's guess as to whether anything will have happened by this meeting. over £1,550 a year. Key Cards for parking barriers Bars and Refectory On Friday, 24th February, I shall be attending the third meeting between In spite of all my efforts in trying to get all those people who the Finance Section and Refectories to discuss Bars Pricing Policy. Over still have key cards from last year to return them, we are still the past few months I have been working to get the prices in the bars about twenty down on what we should have. College have so far been reduced to those of other Student Union Bars in Colleges In London. I unwilling to make up this deficit due to security reasons - so let's have shown College that it is possible to reduce prices without affecting hope that for next year a new key card will be issued or College will the profitability of the bars by managing purchasing better. Despite listen with a more sympathetic ear. the fact that I have identified several areas where College could make great saving they have remained sceptical. The meeting on Friday should Union Duplicating Service be the last and I hope to be able to report (he outcome at this meeting. For the first time this year, everything is working well. We have There has been a lot of discussion and rather more criticism about the now got two gesteners, one photocopier and one typewriter available availability and accuracy of information on the management of the refectories, particularly with regard to trading figures-. Eventually for general use (I.e. clubs and societies) in the Union office. I am receiving useful figures for the bars (by force of personal persuasion) If you don't know how to use a gestetner snd need to produce something but there is still very little useful information about Refectories. What on one - come along to the Union office and I will show you how. information there Is points towards several problems in the Refectories of which managers cannot help but be aware. Whether they will act on this information is a matter of concern. Despite the fact that College has neve' repudiated the criticisms I made of Refectories last December, absol.i ly nothing has happened since. Discussions about the appointment of a lew manager seem to be the usual hot air and the attitude of administrators seems to be one of condoning gross mismanagement rather than having to introduce change. I Returning Officer's Report Motions

Sabbatical Election* POTION ON GRENADA AMD LEBANON. Papers for these com* down today at 5.30 p.m. The Hustings takes place la the Great Ball on Thursday, lat March, and voting takes Proposed by: Ian Wlngfleld, OSES PC. place la every department on Mondayf 3th,and Tuesday ,6th March. Seconded by: David Bdgerton, OSES PG. The voting la by Union card and IF YOU HAVE NOT GOT YOUR UNION CARD ICU Notes: WITH TOO, YOU CANNOT VOTE. 1. Ihe current foreign policy of military intervention by Che USA In Grenada Zt Is very Important that you do vote In theae elections aa they and Lebanon. decide what people are la charge of your Union for the coning 2. The transgression of international law that the invasion of Grenada year. represents, and its similarity to the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands. A descriptive outline of the voting procedure will appear in next week's Fella. 3. Ihe freedom of the peoples of Grenada and Lebanon to decide their own destiny, free from foreign military occupation. Election Committee 4. Ihe doubt raised by American military intervention in Grenada over control' To clear up any confusion about Elections Committee etateaeate, of cruise missiles deployed in this country. 1 think I had better mention: tCU Believes: Election Committee net on Friday, 10th February, and produced a atateneat which included: 1. That no one country has the right to Invade another and overthrow Its government purely on the basis of political and ideological motives. "a. Printing ajar only be carried out la the Felix 2. That the Indigenous peoples of Grenada and Lebanon have a r-ght to self Office or on the ICU Office Oeatetnera - paper determination free from foreign manipulation. aust only be purchased fron the ICU Hon. Secretary, 3. That American control over nuclear weapons baaed in Britain represents a who will aupply It at coat price. threat to the security of this country. b. Commercial facilities are not to be used for the production of artwork." ICU Instructs: 1. Ihe President of this Union to write to President Reagan and the U.S. However, after receiving aome formal complaints, the Committee then Ambassador to Britain condemning American military intervention in decided to withdraw the above part of the statement, because of the Grenada and Lebanon. timing with which It was Introduced. 2. That a representative of the overthrown Government of Grenada be Invited Elections Committee then produced the following statement: to address the Union by the Secretary. 3. Ihat the Union actively campaign against the dangers of American control of cruise missiles In this country.

ELECTION COrKETTEE STATEMENT B.

In view of the number of complaints concerning Clause 8. (Election Committee Statement A), Elections Committee met and as a result, it was decided to withdraw Clause 8. completely.

This clause was initially drawn up in an attempt to prevent unfair advantage being gained through abuse of access to either commercial or CCU equipment. KPTIOa ON CRUISE HIATUS.

Receipts for all publicity must be presented and must show a full breakdown Proposed by: Michael mm—. CMS of costs. Seconded by: David PareeJ, Ot> "

Due to the withdrawal of Clause 8., Elections Committee will now be checking ICU Mates: receipts thoroughly. 1. Cruise mlaallee are presently arriving In this country.

Price lists for facilities around the College will be available from Sean Davis from Monday 20th February. 1. These weapons are a new escalation in the oontlnuing arma race. 2. The arma race la in danger of leading to all out nuclear w would result In the extinction of our species. it » t 9 n ICU Inatmcta: 1. That the Union Executive encourage aU Union memeere to Jain the growing protest against the Arms Race,and for our aurvivel. 2. That the Uhlan Preeldent immediately Inform the local M.P. mud Margaret Thatcher of this Unions objeetlona to these 1 mat lam. DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES Those elected unopposed were: Department Candidate Aero Eng. Duncan Moore Elec. Eng. Roger Preece Geology Rebecca Dazeley IgOTION ON W. U. S Maths Roy Hepper Mech.Eng. Mark A. Harris Proposed by: John Sattaur Seconded by: Sarah Casson. Those elected who were opposed: ICU Notes: 1. ICU la affiliated to the World University Service. Department Candidate The World University Service {W.U.S.) is an educational charity working for economic and social Justice. Chem.Eng. Juliet Varley Chemistry Nina Hallows Over the two years 1979 to 19*1. I.C.U. collected over £3.000 for W.U.S Civ. Eng. B. Guillaunte Third World Scholarship Fund. D.O.C. Robert Shiels Ihe scholarship fund has provided sufficient funds to assist Third World * Life Science M. Ibba refugees from over twenty different countries. Met. ( Mat. Sci. R.J. Weaver M.R.E. Charlie Peachey ICU Believes: Physics A. Belk 1. W.U.S. provides a necessary service In helping Third World and refugee students to gain an education in Britain. 2. ICU has shown from past collections that it has the ability to raise funds which are of use to furthering the work of W.U.S. ICU Instructs: 1. That the collection at registration during Freshers' Week be re-instated on a regular basis, and the money raised be donated to the central World University Scholarship Fund. MOTION ON ILEA MOTION ON PIMPS Proposed by: Peter Burt Proposed by: Michael Met men Seconded by: Simon Neild. Seconded by; IAN House

1. Government proposals to cut the budget of the Inner London Education 1. Prostitution is the act of being paid for promiscuous sex, Authority by £12Cm in-the coming year, and plans to remove the right of Londoners to directly elect representatives to the Authority. 2. A pimp is someone who solicltes for and/or profit s from prostitution. 3. Hard-Core pornography Involves paying adults and children to have sex and 2. The National Day of Action on 24th January in support of the ILEA. therefore prostitution. ICU Believes: it. RSMU Rugby dub held on the last week of last term an event involving hard-core pornography In order to raise funds. 1. Adequate state funding is essential if educational standards are to be maintained and If there Is to be open access to education. ICU Concludes: 2. Cuts In the rate support grant and new "rate capping" proposals will lead to a serious underfunding of LEA's which will in turn lead to a decreased 1. He can only conclude RSMU Rugby Club are pimps. quality of education. 2. As RSMU Rugby Club is an integral part of RSMU, as RSMU la an Integral 3- The higher costs and particular social conditions found in inner London part of ICU, all members of Imperial College Union are pimps. mean that education here will be more expensive than otherwise. ICU Instructs: 1. Cuts in discretionary awards to ILEA students and underfunding of the 36 Polytechnics, Further Education and specialist Colleges assisted by the 1. That copies of this motion be sent to all national newspapers, the local ILEA would result from Government expenditure proposals. Higher education M.P., the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Prime Minister and all opposition as a service to the whole of London will therefore we wrecked. leaders. 5. The proposals outlined above would mean that it is Central Government 2. That this motion be proposed to the students* Governing Body of the that decides upon the level of educational provision for inner London. University of London omitting ICU instructs part 1 and 2. Abolition of the ILEA and its parent body, the GLC, is a flagrant erosion of local democracy in the face of all-party opposition.

ICU Condemns: 1. Direct political interference with education. 2. Plans to reorganize the ILEA and abolish the GLC.

ICU Supports: 1. The "Save the ILEA" campaign.

ICU Instructs 1. That the President writes to Mr. Patrick Jenkln, Secretary of State for the Environment, Sir Keith Joseph, Secretary of State for Education, Mr. Peter Brooke. Local MP, and the local press stressing full support for the ILEA. That the above motion be proposed on behalf of Imperial College Union at the ULU General Union Council.

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