FR IDAY, 6 TH OCTOBER, 2017 – Keep the Cat Free – ISSUE 1670 Felix The Student Newspaper of Imperial College London NEWS Union changes house lager to Bud Light, sparking anger PAGE 3 TECH Elon Musk’s plans to get inside your head PAGE 8 Tories promise to keep your tuition fees on ice // Joe O’Connell-Danes BOOKS Tories introduce plans for tuition fee freeze NEWS over young voters follow- uplift. Putting these plans extra 6% will no longer according to the IFS. Joanna Wormald ing their disappointing on ice raises doubts about repay the full amount of The proposals were Deputy Editor election results, which the value universities will their debt before having it heralded as a “revolution” saw them lose 13 seats and place on achieving a good written off. The 17% that – enthusiastically in The their majority. TEF rating in the absence do completely pay back Telegraph and sarcastical- 4321 kicks off Theresa May made Describing the fee of a financial incentive. their loans will repay a ly in The Mirror. Labour our Booker Prize the announcement at freeze as part of a “mission If the fee cap is main- lower amount overall. dubbed the changes reviews the party conference to make the UK a fairer tained in the long term, Raising the repayment “desperate” and claimed PAGE 21 place” may allow Theresa average student debt threshold will have an that the Conservatives in Manchester in an May to dodge accusations could fall from £50,600 to immediate impact on have “no plans for young attempt to win back of another U-turn. The £49,800. According to the those earning £21,000 people”. More generally, young voters. original plan would have Institute for Fiscal Studies, to £25,000. Low-earners the reception has been seen tuition costs rise 77% of current graduates (who are already unlikely lukewarm with many SPORT Theresa May has yet again next year to a will not fully repay their to pay back the full amount welcoming the move but announced that tuition maximum £9,500 a year. student loans before the 30 of their loan) will now warning that much more fees will be frozen at As part of the Teaching year write off point. The repay even less before must be done. a maximum of £9,250 Excellence Framework latest proposals, which having their student debt Theresa May may have a year until 2019. The (TEF), universities with will slash average lifetime written off. According to preempted this with her government will also raise gold and silver ratings repayments by around The Times, this represents suggestion of holding a the threshold at which would be able to raise £10,000, will see 83% of a saving of around £1 each much wider review into loans must be paid back their fees in line with graduates failing to pay day. Those with salaries tuition fees. This could to £25,000. Announced inflation. Institutions with back the total amount. of £26,500 will save £500 include the return of ICUAFC doesn’t at the Conservative party a bronze rating would also This means the only a year. However it is the maintenance grants, as conference in Manchester, be allowed to increase ones who will benefit from middle-earners who will revealed this week in an like being the pledges are part of an their costs but only by up the tuition cost freeze are benefit the most, some “exclusive” by i (although critiqued £11 billion drive to win to 50% of the inflationary the highest earners. An to the tune of £15,700 PAGE 32 Cont. pg 3 FR IDAY, 6 TH OCTOBER, 2017 FELIX FELIX ISSUE 1670 EDITORIAL NEWS [email protected] CONTENTS Stella taps run dry as Union switches house lager to EDITORIAL 2 Onwards and upwards... NEWS 3-5 o, we’re getting are held to account. Bud Light COMMENT 6 a bit better this les – Felix Dialogue was some- The Felix Team week: the edi- d Fy Ed thing I was thinking NEWS Union claims the price re ito Editor-in-Chief SCIENCE 7 torial is being F r a bit about after the freeze will save students Swritten at 8pm, rather Freshers’ Fair this week. Fred Fyles Fred Fyles more than £10,000, since • Editor-in-Chief remaining with Stella than just before the While Felix was out- Deputy Editor TECH 8 would have required an deadline. If this keeps flanked and out-teched Joanna Wormald up, we’ll have comput- by ICTV, we still had a increase in price by 10p. • The Union announced ARTS 9-15 ers machine writing the lot of interested students News Editors In a statement, Blackett whole issue, and I’ll coming up to us. Some Joanna Wormald the change earlier said “the opportunity MUSIC 19-20 be jetting off to travel wanted to write. Others • this week, which has arose for us to reduce the around Italy before just wanted to know Science Editors prompted ire from cost of our house larger BOOKS 21 Xmas. But for now it’s what we were. Others Chris Richardson whilst also increasing the progress enough. still thought we were a Henry Bennie some students. investment in other areas This week sees cat appreciation society • of the bars to improve TV 25-27 Felix kicking back into – an easy mistake to Comment Editors student experience, whilst action. We’re back, with make. Recruiting! nion bars have not losing any quality in TRAVEL 24 everyone’s favourites: Even if you missed • poured their the products we offer”. puzzles! Endless pages us this week, I want to Arts Editors last pints of He said that this increased LIBERATION 25 of Arts! Union hackery! use this editorial to try Indira Mallik Stella Artois investment should “give It’s like we never really and convince you to get JJ Cheng U4%, as they switched you a better service and an Adam Gellatly HANGMAN 26-27 left. involved. Not only do their house lager over to improved experience at all When chatting with you get to work with a • Bud Light on Monday. of our venues” the News team about great bunch of people, Music Editors The move was an- While Stella 4 has, PUZZLES 28 what should go on the but you also get free Andy Djaba nounced to students by as the name suggests, a front page this week, we tea and coffee in the Adrian LaMoury Matt Blackett, Deputy strength of 4% ABV, Bud C&S 29 were trying to decide all that most of us really about the change, but Felix Office. With that Henry Eshbaugh President (Finance & Light only has a strength The drink on everyone’s lips. Or not. // Nick Burstow between two stories: on care about is being fed, about the fact that in mind, we’re holding • Services), in a Facebook of 3.5%. On BeerAdvo- Film Editors the one hand, a shadowy clothed, watered, and as they weren’t consulted a pizza party in the West post on the morning of cate, which describes itself spoke to Felix expressed made a much better mixer point to “keep price in- promises to you” section, SPORT 30-32 Ash Luckyram Monday 2nd October. as “your go-to resource similar sentiments: one for his snakebite. creases down” meant he Imperial College Union, powerful body has happy as can be possible about it beforehand. Basement next Monday Mikhail Demtchenko made what seems to be whilst working in the Matt Blackett, Deputy at 6pm – come along, Mark Aduol The change comes after 5 for beer, powered by an described Bud Light as Blackett told Felix: had “sufficient mandate” which is a not-for-profit a decision against the Physics department. President (Finances and enjoy some drinks and years of Stella 4 being the independent community “literal piss”; another “We constantly change the to make the decision. charity, states that “the Felix Office Michael Purdy Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road wishes of their elector- For that reason, I think Services), explained food, and meet the • house larger across Beit of enthusiasts and profes- said that the “hypocrisy” offering in our bars with As part of their “Our range of products we offer London, SW7 2BB ate; on the other hand, the story that will have some of his reasoning people who stay up Books Editors bars – 568, Union Bar, sionals”, Stella 4 achieves of the Union’s failure to no student consultation, as will be regularly reviewed Tel: 020 79548072 Theresa May announced more of an impact this to Felix, and only time stupid hours to get the JJ Cheng and Metric – h-bar, and a rating of 2.97 out of 5, consult students on the it is not always appropriate to ensure we are providing Email: [email protected] they were going to cap week is the fact that will tell how things will paper out on time. Alice Peberdy Reynolds. while Bud Light is on change, while criticising and timely for feedback “One student you with the products you felixonline.co.uk tuition fees. the Union have poured go. But this is what we Some of you might • The prices will remain 1.86. the College for making from students to be gar- want”. They also promise @feliximperial In the end the tuition their last Stella, and are should be doing at Felix: end up writing for us. TV Editor the same as 2016/17, at One of the bar staff changes to Campus Ser- nered.” He explained that described Bud that “prices will be com- Printed by Illifee Print fees debate won out, swapping their house fostering debate and Many more will just Andrew Melville £2.70 for a pint of Bud Felix spoke to said that vices without consultation, the decision on the change petitive”, and they will Cambridge, Winship Road, but while I suspect it lager to Bud Light.