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• Oxford research points to increased pregnancy risk amongst students Abortion Rise Linked • to Condoms
rate of user-failure (between 2 by Graeme Wilson and 15 per cent). :MEDICAL authorities She s·a-id that the Brooke Advis- ory Centre advises that those throughout Britain are women "who are already on the recor1ing a su_rge in the pill should keep Jaking it. !.f tliey mumoer of unplanned pre- _are worried about AIDS infecton gnancies and abortions •they c;n also' use a condom." among young women bet- She also stressed that the pill is ween the ages of 17 and 25. not itself completely safe, with a - failure rate of 1 to 7 per cent, "it is .Jne explanation pf this only as reliable as the people who - homenon is the widespread take it" , she said. move away from the contracep- · A ·k tive pill to the cefndom as a result . spo eswoman from the Fam of fears of infection' from the. 11 ~ Planning Association agreed AIDS virus. · with Dr Sauter's statements. She added that the researchers in Research conducted in Oxford, Oxford were P!)rticularly con where they have seen unplanned cerned about widespread ignor- . pregnancies and abortions climb · ance of post-co,tal contracel?tion. to 160 per month (as compared to "The 'morning-after pill' is a bit last year's average of 100 month), of a misnomer," she said, "as this bears this theory out. form of contraception can be safely used up to 72 hours after sex One cons.ultant gynaecolo"gist has take_n p)ac;. in the area, Graham Barker, said "However, there appears to b~ that many of the women he had ocnsiderable confusion among interviewed had confirmed that younger women about the effec sheath failure had led to the pre tiveness of this type of contracep gnancy. tion. With some there is even He added that the condom "is uncertainty about whether it actu not really good enough for young ally exists." couples expecting a 100 per cent safe contraception". EUSA's Assistant Welfare Adviser Jane Ratt;ey said it is Dr Sauter, of the Brooke impossible to estimate how many Advisory Centre in Edinburgh, female students have needed said that she had reservations advice on abortion as the Univer about attempts to explain the rise. sity's counselling service does not in the number of abortions in this use "abortion" as a problem .way. definition . As yet figures for abortions in However, she strongly advised Scotland are not available those who are concerned about although Dr Sauter admitted contraception to contact the there had been a definite rise over Brooke Advisory Clinic. the last few years. "They are the most experienced group in Edinburgh as far as con Statistics from the Scottish traception is concerned. How Health and Edudtion Group ever, their advice goes beyond the show that there were 9,838 abor purely medical as they have a full tions in 1985/6 and that in 198617 time social worker who can give the figure rose to 10,386. advice on more emotional prob lems." · k, students protest against loans scheme Student takes an in-depth look Dr Sauter conceded that the e. Brooke Advisory Centre, 2 at' the White Paper proposals - see pages 2 and 3. · condom has a comparatively high Lower Gilmore Place (229 3596). 2 Thursday, November 17, 1988 News Education White NUS queries Repayment to be Government figures • • on student losses )1nk ed to ID CO me ON WEDNESDAY 9th A further aspect of the propos The loan service itself will have Students have nine months' Women are also excused from November, the Government als is that student entitlement to three levels. These cover students grace after graduation before repayment whilst fulfiling their published the White Paper Income Support during the long living at home and away from becoming liable to start repaying "family responsibilities" and lia "Top-up Loans for Stu- vacation, together with their enti home; the latter category being the loan. Three possible repay bility for repayment ceases upon dents". The declared aim of tlement to housing benefit at any subdivided into students residing ment schemes have been death or on reaching the age of 50, time, will be ended. in and outside of London. The suggested: fixed annual sum; or 25 years after graduation. The its proposals is to give stu- The Government claims that sum of £420 annually applies to dents "a financial stake in average student reliance on fixed numberofyears; percentage White Paper assumes that 10 to 15 the third group. If taken up it per cent will not earn sufficient to their future" and to fulfil the benefit is only £150 per annum, of taxable income. The White would increase a student's total Paper suggests that "most repay their loans, and that 10 per Government's aim of "re- and that the £420 annual loan will resources in the academic year graduates would be able to com- moving full-time students more than compensate for this as 1990/91 from £2,230 to £2 ,650 cent will default. The accuracy of from dependency on social well as for the 21 per cent admit- unless he/she was in his/her final plete repayment in a span of time these figures remains to be seen. ted devaluation in awards since year, in which case the latter sum much shorter than the normal The Governme.it decided that security benefits". The cur- 1979_ NUS Scotland, however,_ would be £2,540. term of a mortgage". No repay action was overdue on the rent scheme
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OPPOSITION TO the White graduates who due to their prop Paper came also from Nigel ensity to fill higher income Griffiths, Labour MP for employment on leaving their stu_dies, repaid more income tax . Edinburgh south. Speaking anyway. at a EUSA public meeting in Another point of criticism was Teviot Row Union on Mon the Government's non-consul day, he criticised the Govern tancy of the Chancellors, Associa- ment's decision to go ahead tion of University Teachers or with submitting its proposals National Union of Students or any to legislation at a time when . other body similarly oriented; other European countries instead they chose to find out the reactions of banks and building operating such systems were societies. experiencing problems of EU'TO'fies call for student inability to repay. Even when the reaction was unfavourable, coupled with a He called the "top-up loans" an negative response from the Adam "attack on students' living stan Smith Institute on the matter (stu- dards", supporting this argument dents having no collateral base for expansion of loans scheme by saying that if the White Paper repayment of loans in their view), became law' students would lose the Government had pressed on BRIAN JONES, a . prominent Boards" Jack Straw, -the Labour Holliday, of the Committee of the right to unemployment regardless with a scheme that member of the Edinburgh Stu'. Party -spokesman, said it was Vice-Chancellors, talked of there benetit and housing benefit even would create in the words of the dents' Conservative Club, fraudulent to introduce the being "a risk of deierring a wider Tory Reform Group, "a new class described the new system as a scheme as "top-up loans" when range of students from thinking if they had made previous of.poor students". "halfway house'' and said that the they were to replace rather than about higher education". national insurance contributions, grant system in any form was su_pplement other income. The University Vice-Chancel this being especially relevant Concurring with Nigel Grif unfair in making the taxpayer pro fiths , Malcolm Macleod, EUSA Pat YounAe, _· education lors also declared that the aims of where mature students were con- vide third level education for the man for the National Union increasing access to third level cerned. · President, said that the Govern "privileged few". ment's proposals were "the 'of Students, · -0tlled the education and ensuring adequate He believes that access to third loans' scheme "a short-tefll! politt student income were not met by The loans scheme would, Nigel blggest change and challenge fac level education for all will be cal fix", which penalised' those the proposals. Polytechnic direc Griffiths said, further reduce the ing university students in the past increased by making students entering higher education. tors voiced fears that students numbers of students entering 20 years", and called upon Edin bear part of the cost, and sees no He pointed to the fact that the would increasing\3/ take up paid Higher Education, further burgh University students to write reason why parental income loans would be repaid at the rate work and thu,% damage their decreasing already one of the low- should bear any relation to · the of inflation, thus greatly increas studies. to their home MPs and get their method of payment for education. est student proportions in the parents to do the same in order to ing in real terms the value of the Wlutsr tbe Government refutes world. Griffiths .,referred to the He voiced his desire to see a sys repayments. this clai_m and states that the "top bring attention to the situation. tem of payment based entirely on South Koreans who, despite hav Macleod also -added that the This was part of what he called up" loans will help prevent stu ing 15 million less people sent 1.2 loans. the Government's tendency to dents having to take up paid work, scheme was the ·" worst loans Benny McLaughlin, however, view education as "a cost" rather details of an "earri as you learn" million students to higher educa scheme to be put forward" and told Student that the initial £420 than "an investment". scheme were leaked to The Times. tion compared with 800,000 here. due to this he felt that the propos annual loan was utterly He said that the scheme, with Although this did not appear in Furthermore, he asse'rted that als could be defeated with suffi inadequate to cover a loss of as -this attitude at its core, would act the White Paper it is apparently loans would be repaid by cient opposition. much as £1,220 annually, and said as a "disincentive" to the parents the case that Robert Jackson, that the access funds to be dis in the working-class and lower Minister for Higher Education, ------~- bursedin cases of hardship are the middle-class bracket in encourag has urged universities to consider Education White Paper analysis compiled by Aileen McColgan and "creation · of social funds with ing their children to go on to · ·student labour when putting jobs Andrew Montgomery - institutes of education acting as higher education. ·such as gardening out to competi Social Security offices or Parish Echoing_ this sentiment, Fred tive tender next year.
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by News Reporter "However, if people persist in Those found to be cycling in riding without lights then we've breach of road safety regulations SEVERAL students at Edin no option but to charge them. , will be charged, as, says Chief burgh have this week been "It is a last resort and we hope· Insepctor Brown of Causewayside charged as a result of a police that we'll achieve increased road· police station, "they are a danger ·campaign to increase road safety thorugh co-operation." to themselves". Police will also be encouraging safety. Speaking to Student, he said: j . The unlucky offenders had cyclists ·to have their bikes "We've had a tremendous· "WE'RE AT war _ war and third degree burns, which in : been cycling without lights after . engraved with their post codes in response from students already Carmen's case covered 65 per cent ;dark and will be fined about £10 an attempt to combat a spate of this week - they've been most against you" were the last of her body . Rodrigo's burns were by the Sher~ff Court. cycle thefts in the capital. helpful. words of the Chilean soldiers so bad that he died within a few before they doused two days. · young students with petrol On the personal level Carme aud set them alight. · revealed the pain she suffered wa not only physical but also menta CAMPUS-TO-CAMPUS Two years later the only sur- due to tbe anguish she experi vivor, Carmen Quintana, was enced that one person could d ABERDEEN: The Aberdeen Stu- , . using internal discip!inary pro~e- . whom held a candle-lit vigii, invited to speak in Edinburgh this to another. • dents' Union was damaged by •.
DESPITE THE Labour Again, in the General Election the SNP have modified their stance a campaign of direct action against racy then we must work together. Party's arrogant attempts to, of 1987, 76 per cent of Scots voted from s independence under th~ the Poll Tax. Building a wall between the people Crown to independence within the of Scotland and England would be dismiss the Scottish National . for parties which endorsed a move This is why a lifelong Labour ·towards self-determination, albeit European Community. In a recent voter like myself supported ihe coul\ter-productive. Party's recent victory in the in varying forms. poll this was shown to have the · SNP candidate and why many in It ,s significant that the Govern Govan bye-election as a "mis The reaction of the Thatcher _support of 52 per cent of Scots vot ,Govan felt the same and voted ment has no plans to impose the .take" the significance of this government (elected by a minority ers. accordingly. Poll Tax on the people of Northern convincing result for . !' of British voters) was to throw out It is in this context that the SNP, Nonetheless, if we are to arrive Ireland. Nationalist Party in the home the Labour Party's Devolution Bill · faced with a Labour majority of at a socialist consensus on how best Thatcher knows that a critical and let the SNP Bill calling for a over 19,000 won the Govan bye of Glasgow Rangers Football to promote self-determination and minority in the Province do not referendum on the issue run out of election. the abolition of the Poll Tax, the recognise the legitimacy of the Club, with 50,000 Union parliamentary time. If there is to be a successful SNP would have to tone down their British State. Jack-waving supporters Moreover, when the -Scottish Poii united front working for self EnJ>lish-bashin~ rhetoric. When 90 per cent of Catholics in deserves more serious consid Tax Legislation was passed by · determination and the abolition of ·1 he sight of Jim Sillars on 1-V- Northern Ireland consistently fail eration. Parliament in 1986, a year before the Poll Tax then the SNP's role after his victory saying that "Scots to complete census forms, any the last General Election although will be crucial. are fed up with being treated as attempt to introduce the Poll Tax in 1983 the Tory manifesto made· It is clear that the Labour second-class citizens by English must be futile and political suicide The roots of the SNP's victory_ no mention of the measure. Party's electoral aspirations are Tories" sickened me. to boot. It would be a focus for can1ie traced as far back as 1979, A radical new measure was dictating their actions. The leader It was as though he was saying unity that would transcend the sec when the referendum on the, thereby enacted by a Government ship feels strongly that it needs the !hat Tbatcherism is some sort of tarian divide. devolution issue was held in Scot with no mandate to do so. Poll Tax to win the next General disease which for some peculiar The seeds of self-determination land. It is well known that the Poll Tax Election. reason only afflicts the English. in Scotland were sown in history., Despite thb fact that over 50 per , legislation will effectively emascu This was demonstrated by the This is of course nonsense. Govan is a small · bloom that .cent of those participating voted late the limited local democracy Labour leadership's suppression The Scottish struggle for self Thatcher has actively cultivated . for an Asseml>ly, procedural mug that exists today, all of which of the rank and file's desire for a determination and the abolition of. through her high-handed "ging (by both Labour and Tory serves to illustrate the contempt non-payment campaign against: the Poll ·Tax should not be sepa approach. Unionists) ensured that the democ which this government has for the the Poll Tax. rated from struggles south of the Greater Scottish disaffection ratically expressed sentiments of concepts of decentralisation of This leaves the SNP as the least border. wifh the union and further damage 'the Scottish electorate were not · power and self-determination. ·, collaborationisr · ' • parliamentary, • Ifwe'are allto llave•amore sub to· the'perc~lfed lej:itlmacy of the realised. · Since the last General •Election party 6n offer'as'tlJe cinly ,me with_ sti111tial ,IIJ}d partiicipa,b1ijy d~moc- statt! in Scotland is.ine~liab~.. ' International Thursday, November 17, 1~88 S PAKISTA\ Corruption on Campus Armed student groups create chaos in Pakistan's universities and colleges.
sent Karachi University, the Sind the alliance of the progressive stu by Sameer Zuberi Medical College and the dents to th~ United Student engineering college (NED) have Movement, followed by further THIS week the people of all been closed by the authorities .campus violence with three more Pakistan have the chance to in an effort to bring to an end the students dead in the next six violence that has led to 66 deaths months. elect· a leader for only the and a thousand injured on the In 1984, in an attempt to curb thircj time in their country's campuses since 1984. Students the violence, student unions were 40-year history. Few of these have been banned from campus, ·years have seen peace in a banned. This move proved to be classes and exams are indefinitely counter-productive since by suspended and the universities are nation where religious, polit removing the only possible forum ical, and ethnic disputes are patrolled by scores of armed for discussion, the opposing fac more commonly settled by policemen. tions became even more polarised Minor student clashes occurred bloodshed, not discussion. in their view and the bloodshed throughout the seventies but the These· years have been a dif increased. The pattern of con present problems can be traced ficult time for the Pakistani frontation, relative peace and back to 12th August 1979. At this people. The institutoinalised cor fu•ther confrontation continues. time a pro-government, conserva ruption and human rights abuses In August the bullet-ridden body tive grouping known as the JJT of the Bhutto years were followed of an JJT activist was discovered dominated Karachi University by General Zia's military coup in in a park near the campus, spark Students' Union and had insti 1977. The ex-Prime Minister was ir.g off further clashes and the clo tuted an oath-taking ceremony at executed within two years, after s·.ire of the university. the union for all new students. which Zia promised free and fair More progressive student groups To the majority . of politically elections. These were not forth arrived at the union in order to coming until today, three months motivated students the last few protest against the ceremony only after - the· General's death 1 years have seen a rapid decline in to be met by sten-gun wielding IJT Since the Russian invasion o( 'academic standards. Because of supporters. In the ensuing shoot Afghanistan in 1979, Pakistan has closures a five-year course such as ing 18 students were seriously been a frontline state in super medicine will take at least seven injured. power politics. As such, money years. Examiners and invigilators ------reinain in constant fear of armed and arms have flooded into the Cheating is commonplace: groups on the campus. No ._, country, rarely reaching the students take pen, pencil and member of such a group will ever ..;' people for which they were intended. Every political group, revolver with them into exam fail an exam. Cheating is corn however large or small, whether balls. monplace, students take pen, pencil, ruler, textbook, and pro- or anti-government, now has Sporadic clashes continued Karachi, Pakistani's largest city. Photo: Colin Howman heavily armed factions who are revolver with them into the exam over the next few years. The IJT, hall; papers are often acquired . pr:pared to use their weapons. with the aid of the martial law gov . before exams by a mixture of brib With the banning of the student ration of those who stayed 'at Students have always been ernment, forced the resignation ery and intimidation. If a paper is unions, university life as such has home. heavily involved in party and. or dismissal of liberal teachers and deemed·too difficult, the students ceased. No clubs or societies were Pakistan is termed a developing ethnic politics and they have been prevented students from attend just refuse to sit the paper and allowed to form and there was no nation but with the demise of its Just• as keen to pick up a ing classes such as English litera prevent any of the brighter stu- place for students to meet. educational establishments it will Kalashnikov rifle as any of their ture, which were considered sub · dents from continuing the exam. Higher eduction in Pakistan is be impossible for the country to less eilucated brethren. Univer versive. The university authorities have at its lowest ebb since partition in develop to the advantage of its sity and college campuses in In February 1981 ; when the first ·always given in to the students. A 1947. Wealthy familtes now send people. What I witnessed was the Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, IJT member was killed, the college principal who refused to their sons and daughters to the sad regression of a nation into have become the battleground for organisation reacted by evicting compromise his academic USA for education. These young . fear, corruption and violence. It · Pakistani politics, and for this the all non-IJT supporters from requirements was shot and killed people return home to cream off seems doubtful that this week's students have paid dearly. At pre-. ·Karachi University. This led to by the students he had failed. all the best jobs much to the frust- elections can change this.
The recent plebiscite in Chile confirmed the CHILE scale of the political opposition to Pinochet's rule. But the ageing general believes the people have made a 'mistake' of biblical proportions. 'Divine' Right of Rule
by Ben Carver . the Church in Chile and be its down: "Does the government champion. But due to news of wa.nt to· make the situation more GENERAL Pinochet, the . detentions, torture and killings at tense and bring about a crisis?" he the same time, many were not asks. "They are abusing the pati 15-year long dictator of convinced. Now Jaime Esponda ence of the people. We want to· Chile, has been causing sin- Fernandez, a Chilean journalist resolve our problems ... Do the cere amazement in the press says, "Our imagination is just not government and Mr Pinochet over the past few weeks due abletotaketheimage,oneday,of, wish to abuse their power against to his statements concerning· Pinochet alongside Jesus of the will of the people?" the outcome of the Chilean Nazareth." But Pinochet himself remains However, Pinochet is not at all • plebiscite on October 5th- concerned about his critics, ,or, visibly unmoved by opposition pleas for him to retire gracefully, One moment on the defenswe, even his defeat in the plebiscite. He ; pride intact. He insists that there problem has been eradicated in be taken seriously, yet his desire the next on the offensi\e, has already stated that the fight is is an organised campaign to iso Chile, and that all other govern to continue in power is no joke. Pinochet's conduct over the past not yet lost: "We have fought, we late him and the army. Military ments before used false statistics Of course no one in Chile has yet month has been remarkably out of · have lost a battle but not the war. ceremonials, with the President in to illustrate thei~ claims. The vari dared to draw another compari step for the controlled ruler that We will keep working until the tow, have been occurring Jairly ous opposition parties, naturally, son - that of Pinochet and overthrew President Allende dur- frequently since the plebisite. Tlie state the exact reverse - that Herod, King of Judea. ing the bloody coup of 1973. General Pinochet's impression is supposed to be one Chile has a large poverty problem Incredulity increased two weeks religious zeal · is nothing of a united armed forces firmly° and that never have statistics been ago when Pinochet claimed that new. He once announced, behind the President. so unreliable as during the rule of .------, the result of the Chilean plebi~ Pinochet. was similar to another in which 'God put me here.' Privately military personnel Next week: and former colleagues are already. With all this going on, the "they were choosing between finaJ day ... to sho:,v t~at at times saying that Pinochet's days are· future of Chile looks uncertain. • the rise of the Ku Klux Klan on Christ and Barabas, and the _the people make mistakes." people voted for B_arabas." · · · · · · numbered. Newer, younger But whether Pinochet remains in campus at Columbia Univer This whole standpoint that the (male) faces are being tipped for power or not, Chile has under sity, New York General Pinochet's religious Pinochet camp works from - that the future leadership by the right gone a major upheaval, with the zeal is nothing new. To the in choosing "Barabas" the people wing press, and cartoons predict- mass of people not only hoping for • first reports from Yonsei Uni astonishmnt of many •Chileans, made a mistake - has astounded • ing Pinochet's downfall are a return to democracy, but versity, Seoul, South Korean expecting one. General the country's leader · once thfi JJ1i:.
claimed would alleviate this prob by David Strover EIE - ~ large Japanese company lem. in Melbourne with diverse financial interests - start to ask for government assis However it was only later that tance to keep the University AUSTRALIA'S first private we learnt that the $50,000 scholar open. In fact the Government's ships he talked of numbered only university, the Bond Univer White Paper on Higher Education 22 for Australian students. For the . sity, is due to open its doors has· already opened the door to · rest of those who want to go Bond . next May, but at what cost to .-government subsidisation of pri- • University it will be a case of a full Australia's higher education vate universities. · bank account oc no place, no rJat sector, and the Australian While some may think it admir ter how smart you are. Obvi community? able that a company like Bond ously equal access ·to education is· Corp would fund a unviersity the not a consideration of Bond Uni The costs associated in the set obvious question arises:· where versity. ting up of a private Uni~ersity are · does the money come from.?: Private universities are diffe not just financial , but more While information about EIE rent from public universities in· importantly there is an educa isn't common we know where this regard. Since they are con tional cost involved. There are Bond's money comes from. The trolled not by the government, also a number of other issues Bond Corporation has considera but by their owners, the owners involved such as equity considera ble investments in Chile. In fact it control what is taught by the uni-· tions, freedom of thought and is a part owner of the telephone versity. Given Bond Corpora expression in a private institution company there. This is the tele tion's record of investing in Chile, and the rights of students. phone company that taps phones · which has a government which is If overseas experience is any for the notorious Pinochet well known for its lack of toler An artist's impression of Bond's guide the Bond University will regime, telephone taps which lead ance for opposing political beliefs, to the disappearance and death of it is dubious whether Bond's Uni .i;n.9, up costing ~II of us, the tax th;re will be one exception to this an education system which payers of Australia, money; it has people who say the wrong thing · versity will teach a wide range of on·the phone. The fact that Bond political idea. Thus it is in danger from l)ext year: Bond University. teaches people critical skills and ·already cost some people thei; There will be no student union at Corp. makes profits out of one of of creating.graduates inculcated in the ability to think for themselves lives. we must prevent private univer the tools of the murderous ' an unquestioning belief in the pre Bond University. As such the · The Bond University claims to Pinochet regime and funds this sent political system. This is espe administration of the Univer$ity sities from being set ·up, starting · can ride roughshod over students with this one . . be a self-funding institution. It is university means that people are cially so since Bond University without fear as students will not · also claimed that the fees charged quite literally dying to go there. has a compulsory subject in "cul --Whether ~ond University wi. have an organisation to voice their will cover the cost of running the tural and ethical values". I won produce_ graduates with critical opinions. . , University. However overseas It is quite obvious that a degree der just whose values this subject skills'remains to be seen. However experience points to the fallacy of which costs $50,000 is not open to will teach. · "Education is too important to it· cannot be guaranteed and the this claim. The US and Japanese everyone. The only people who allow control of it to fall into the risk of a university such as this private universities have had to be will be allowed into Bond Univer-, . Students not only need to hear hands of companies with their ves churning out unthinking morons alternative ideas by also need an subsidised by the government sity are those who ca'n pay the ted interests and narrow function is dangerous. Given Bond's track avenue for expressing their ideas since they almost went bankrupt price. When a number of stu as profit generators for their own-. record on human rights it is a risk in the 60's and 70's. Private Uni dents broached this topic with a ; At every campus across Australia ers. Education must remain in the not .worth taking. versities cannot exist without sub representative of Bona University the avenue for students to express hands of government where we sidation and it won't take long earlier this year he told us of their their opinions is through student can all have a say in what is taught before Bond Corporation and scholar_ship scheme which he associations and SRC. However· and how it is run. Ifwe are to have
SA anti-apartheid organisations have been the SOUTH AFRICA victims of arson attacks by right-wing groups such as Die Wit Wolve. Student unions have no escaped their assaults. Student HQ Gutted THE National Union of NUSAS officials w·ere "sur responsibility for the damageto South African Students prised and angered" that within the offices of The namibian, an ·six hours of the blast police were independent newspaper in (NUSAS) is the latest anti declare that the did not consider Namibia, and for the bombing of a apartheid organisation to fall the motive of the attack "politi multi-racial disco in Johannes victim of a right wing attack cal", despite a string of similar burg. on its premises. attacks on anti-apartheid organsi ations-recently. Responsibility has however not In the early hours of Sunday been declared for the attacks on morning NUSAS's national office In the last 18 months, numerous other anti-apartheid groups, such on Wits University campus in buildings housing anti-apartheid, as Cosatu, the SA Council of Archbishop Tutu - intended to speak at Wits. Johannesburg was gutted by fire church and community groups as Churches, and the SA Catholic after a charge was detonated. well as trade union offices have Bishops' Conference. the 'Desmond Tutu Peace Lec Financial records, minutes of Although a second fuse failed to been firebombed. Although none ture' was to be given was exten meetings, and other printed mate ignite, the automatic sprinkler of the attackers have been found Approximately RSUO ,U(J() sively damaged by the water, and rial, were damaged or destroyed. system flooded the office and by the polic e, an extreme-right (£120,000) worth of damage was the walls were scrawled with graf NUSAs officials later discovered drenched much of the building in wing group known as the 'Wit done to NUSAS's office and its fiti saying "Fuck Tutu" or "Tutu that several files and documents, which NUSAS is based. Wolwe' (White Wolves) claimed building. A lecture hall in which must die". along with a telephone and an answering machine were removed from the office before the fire. NUSAS President Steve Krom- · berg said, "this is obviously aimed at intimidating us and- disrupting our anti-apartheid work." Kromberg added, " It also fol- · lows a number of acts of intimida tion on members of NUSAS stu dent representative council." Recently, the home of a NUSAS member in Durban was firebombed. In a statement reieased to ihe press, NUSAS stated, "The police do not seem to have made much progress with other cases of attacks on anti-apartheid organi sations and we hope they will treat this case with the seriousness it• deserves. " Student New~ ;,frvice •
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There will be a presentation from J. Walter Thompson at: The Carlton Highland Hotel, North Bridge, Edinburgh at 7 · 30pm on Wednesday November 23rd. All Welcome. 8 Thursday, November 17, 1988 Focus· -~--~-~ increase. Now that the grant has been frozen it is only a ensure future prosperity. Degree courses t at aren t matter of time, and inflation, until the loan will make up practical will become increasingly. pointless. Students. the majority of a student's income. 'who·are not practically orientated to a market system are. ·THIS is compounded, by oilier ·in~ovalions that have not required. come in the same package. It would seem that There used to be a higher notion attached to the principle STUDENT students will now also effectively lose housing beneft-or of Higher Education. Clearly it is being bludgeoned to at least housing benefit will' cease to become an aid. The death. Glasgow Herald last week estimated that the changes in ut the Government's radicalism is bringing other ESTABLISHED IN 1887 housing and unemployment benefit (aka; that students B changes that no one would have dreamt of tne years get nothing from either) would mean a student losing ago. The backbench l'evolt over the proposed payment £150 per annum. Given the fact that 'Fair Rent' for dental and eye check-ups suggests that even a T'S been a bad week. In fact, it's been a bad month. registration has now been abolished and students are now substantial amount of Tories are concerned at this kind of I We have felt the strong arm of the Government flexing prey to the 'Free Market', this seems a gross direction. its muscles with the media, we are to have charges for underestimate. dental and eye check-ups and (if the Chancellor is to be Of course all of this will not pose a problem Tor us There was, at one time, such a broad consensus believed or, rather, not to be believed) means testing for because we can "earn as we learn" by doing jobs around surrounding the Welfare State that it seemed inviolable. pensioners. campus. This means that (a) those already employed will This is no more, and the present Government has Worst of all, from a student's point of view, has been lose their jobs and (b) that no one seems to have taken managed to institute a renewed sense of selfishness into the Government White Paper and the news it brings. It is account of the fact that many students already do have the British population. clear now that the Government intends to wipe the face of jobs. Their work suffers and they still find it difficult to In their attempts to ensure the predominance of the ' Higher Education clean and start afresh. survive f"mancially. free market "on your bike" philosophy they cannot and Whilst this may be tlie result of admirable radicalism, UT worst of all is the implication and philosophy· will not see that not everyone wants to be or is capable of . it is a little sad for anyone who believes that the system of B behind these changes. The Government may argue sharing this outlook . Higher Education we have now is, broadly, a good one. that, no, these changes won't deter working-class people It will never hold sway universally, all that we will see What comes across clearest to anyone who knows what from coming to university. They may argue that a loan is the price of losing becoming more and more severe. it is like to be a student in 1988 (and the Cabinet, won't stop people tkaing low-paid jobs when they leave The talk in America during the past month has been all obviously, have no conception) is that students will have_ (you do not have to pay back your loan if you earn less about patriotism. It is time that we asked ourselves about to struggle progressively harder to make ends meet. than 75 per cent of average earnings, whatever that might British patriotism. Is this really the sort of country that Most students, already, end each year substantially in be). Yet nothing can hide.the fact that the world of the we can be proud of? We may admire Margaret debt. From now on they will have to take out a long-term: "Free Market" is coming to furthel'edcuation. The object . Thatcher's international stature at the risk of ignoring loan in order to ensure that their short-term debt does not now is 'lo mortgage yourself at university in order to the damage that her government is doing to our society. LETTERS
Dear Editor, Hats In remained where he was asked and on the bus in case there was a then has ihe i~pertinence to put I feel that i must write to point helped to inflate the balloon like chance of the balloon landing and his SRC position at the bottom of · out some of the many factual inac everyone else, he might have got taking up a new set of passengers. the letter to try to give the thing The Ring curacies in Mr Kadah's letter on to fly, but in a sport so dependent When the wind prevented this, he some credence. His threat to take the Hot Air Balloon Club last on the elements they cannot threw a tantrum in the middle of a the club to court for his £10 mem afford to wait whilst Mr Kadah field whilst the dozen or so other bership really does sum his • w'fi~-most serious criticism is that Dear Editor, the decision-not to Jet him fly was goes off to buy the Sunday papers. l*!Ssengers waited to go home. attitude up. Indeed, the language I write to issue a challenge to arbitrary and that the "unrespon The decision is entirely in the The threat, I think, was quite of his letter was clearly an attempt the EU Conservative Club. The sive" staff did not explain the hands of the pilot and I am afraid tlnderstandable. to mimic the legal language he so White Paper on student finance reasoning behind this decision. , that Mr Kadah's insistence that Indeed, by all accounts, Mr obviously admires but so poorly has recently been issued as one of Firstly, presumably the decision· they had broken the club's own Kadah's behaviour all. day was apes. I sincerely hope that Mr s~veral propolil;d changes _to the not to let him fly was as arbitrary rules is _si~ply not true. quite unacceptable from a grown Kadah has enough sense to realise , higher education system m the as the one which allowed him, out Finally, as for the threat to man. He behaved more like a how ridiculous his behaviour has UK. At our rn:eting in the Chap- of 140 members, to attend the leave him in a field 20 miles from petulant, spoiled child. However, been and will now let the matter . laincy Centre on Wednesday 30th meet after only two days in the Edinburgh ( and quite frankly I what I personally object to most rest. ,November, at 2-3 pm, we intend club. How terribly "unrespon wish they had) I should first make are the numerous factual inac Yours sincerely, to discuss these changes and their sive" of them. Had he, though, it clear that Mr Kadah chose to go curacies, many of which I suspect John Caskie, effects. However, we fear that Mr Kadah knmys to be untrue. He President, EU SPorts Union. there may be little disagreement Biased And Inaccurate? within our ranks. Keep This is why I am inviting the EU Dear Editor, most the highest success rate of importantly, you have allowed Conservative Club to join us in I feel I must object to your wri any year in the Association's his comment to slip into your article, -Bush our discussion. The more mem- ter's ill-informed analysis in last tory). These included important· a reporter should merely report, hers who. come along the livelier week's article "GM Flops Again". policies against apartheid, on the not pass judgment on news. the afternoon should prove to be. What do your reporters mean by poll tax and last year, of course, Let's hope this article hasn't Alive! This is a fundamental issue stating that the GM was "as usual saw the renaming of the Student jaundiced the views of too many around campus, so is it not better inquorate"? Perhaps your repor ·Centre as Mandela Centre .. people towards GMs. Perhaps a · Dear Editor, that both sides have the opportun- ters don't have a good grasp of the Furthermore, having worked as less cynical approach would allow During the American ity to debate to allow the stullents as a whole to come to their own facts or else they have very short a Student news writer myself you to report GMs to be "as usual ' primaries, Jesse Jackson had a reasoned conclusions? There _ memories since last year saw a {briefly), it strikes me that two QUORATE". prayer: "Keep hope alive". It the challenge is thrown down! :number of quorate (i.e. 300-plus cardinal rules of journalism were Yours, seems the world's prayer is now Yours, _people in attendan~e) _geni;ral broken in this article. Firstly there Mike Lyttle, . "Keep Bush alive". meetings. Last year five motions , was inaccuracy in the reporting EUSA De~_uty Pres. 87/88. Yours sincerely, David Milne, passed into· Association policy ( al standard. Secondlr, l\nd more Moray C. Grant. .President, EU Democrats. 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Published by Edinburgh 20 Sharp Pebbles ( 4) Studeni Newspaper, 48 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9T,: _22 Pod Vegetable(3) Sport Thursday·, November 17, 1988 9 C·O·M·M·E·N·T COLIN MOYNIHAN, one of the most outspoken and controversial ofall Patience pays off Sports Ministers, attracted yet more opposition last week in his proposal to inflict a system of identity on English and Welsh football spectators, From 1990 it will be a criminal offence to enter a Football Leagiie ground without valid identification, Close to home, this controversjal scheme A DAZZLING display bf may be extended later toJ,cotland and Northern Ireland, It is hoped that quality football and rugged / the membership scheme will diminish the hooligan element in football discipline saw the Edinburgh and thus cleanse the rather sordid image of Britain's most popular sport. Freshers' team win the Scot However, this hope is held almost exclusively by Mr Moynihan and a few tish Universities title amidst fellow government officials, while the vast majority of down-to-earth astonishing scenes at Peffer football enthusiasts view the whole scheme as a complete waste of money mill. iind ·a breach of public liberty, The belief that membership cards will reduce violence within the , The famous old ground has wit conflnes of footbaH stadiums may well prove to be correct in future nessed many weird and wonderful years. Yet Mr Moy,nihan seems intent only on ousting potential sporting events but none to sur troublemakers from football grounds on Saturday afternoons without pass the drama of last weekend. actually making any headway into solving the general problem of Cruising to victory with a 3-0 hooliganism. Just because a typical Millwall fan cannot gain admission lead thanks to fine goals from to the Den does not necessarily mean to say that he will immediately lose skipper Phil Findlay and two all of his violent tendencies and nah,1rally become an upslanding member from Oily Masting, the Freshers' of the community. Instead, he will be more likely to resume his continued to lose three goals in warfaring activities outside the Den and in the surrounding streets, and the last 30 minutes to send their this is a rather sobering thought for all concerned. Deprived of their final against Dundee into extra Saturday cheers, jeers and taunts on the.terraces, the football clans will time. simply tax their over-worked brains to find an alternative venue to The Dundee tactics of going for expend their unused energy, the ball only as an absolute last Moreover, the new identification system will dissuade thousands of resort and never if they were "casual" supporters from attending the occasional match during the within kicking distance of an Edinburgh's goal under threat at Peffermill Photo: Colin Cowie season. It would not be a very worthwhile venture to purchase a Edinburgh player appeared to membership card for the extortionate fee of £8 just so one could attend the Qdd game on a casual basis. With admission fees averaging between have paid dividends for the While the eight remaining Survivors from the Dundee . Taysiders despite their having col £4 and £5 up and down the country, the idea of also having to rummage players made a ,valiant atte_mpt to join match Ian Johnstone, Mark Mor in the wallet to buy a membership card, in addition to the entrance lected an incredible six bookings tl'ie procession to ihe dressing ris and Scott London played a in normal time. charge, is an economically unfavourable thought. Therefore, the room kicking anything that - major part in another win for the majority of these part-time supporters will be lost to the game forever. Extra time though was to sepa moved that wasn't the ball, the university as the Colts team Expected to go on shopping sprees and to visit the mother-in-law on SO rate the footballers from the thugs Edinburgh Freshers' displayed smashed six goals P1lSt Merchiston Saturdays of the year, the average man will now be discouraged from as the Freshers showed their enormous self-control. Refusing last · Saturday' Mike Sewell watching his local team even when he is finally liberated for a weekend. character. Controlling the game to be intimidated they continued notched two as the Colts moved The newly prescribed scheme will certainly restrict the liberty of the totally they went 4-3,up through to press forward and were duly up to sixth place 1n the league. footballing public. A computer will store data on spectators and take the • another Findlay goal. Leading by rewarded when Paul Garrett This victory will hopefully prove necessary action against footbaU-related offenders, and it will even be example the strapping six footer scored the University's fifth goal to be a turning point for the team possible for a spectator to be barred without being charged with a beat three players before scoring, to wrap up the contest. who have been so unlucky in criminal offence. In line with this unjust scheme, the individual will not much to the delight of the sizeable Dundee's lamentable be- , recent weeks. have the right to see· the file kept on him. Even the most innocent of fans crowd. haviour while disgracing them- The senior teams had a bad are bound to feel apprehensive as the:v approach the turnstiles, with • Dundee's response was to col selves served to highlight the qua!- week with both the firsts and sec electrical devices ·threatening . to start flashing the word "ban" in neon lect another two bookings before ity of the Edinburgh side. Having onds losing by a single goal but lights. Maybe in a year or two Mr Moynihan will consider installing realising that they needed to pro comprehensively won their qua!- with one trophy already on the automatic firearms above each turnstile, so that any banned supporter duce something extraordinary if ifying group a month ago they shelf the Freshers' have shown the can be immediately eradicated? they were to fight back - they proved beyond doubt against rest of club how it's done. promptly pressed the self-destruct Dundee that they ate not. only the button and had three players sent most skilful Freshers team in Scot- Tom Hartley off in _the space of 10 minutes. land but also the most discipli'ned. Different class ON SATURDAY morning the men's hockey ·team, decked ted home the first goal. Two more • out in their new sponsored team Europa st,ips, began their followed not long after and the Uni just had to run out the clock attempt to make University history by being the first team to to make another little piece of his win the championship for three years running. We had tory. probably been drawn in the harder of the two groups but as It was an extremely arduous the day unfolded this was not to prove a major obstacle. weekend which didn't produce In all three group games, making many scoring chances. pretty hockey but the goal tally despite the opposition use of "rin At half-time Mark Loughlin, was very impressive, 18 for and 0 gers" and the fact that Edinburgh the injured captain, decided to against. The team coped well with were not producing their best hoc the undoubted pressure of being key, no team managed to stand bring himself on, hopefully to make the much needed break favourites and the "hostility" this before the " Green and Blue" produced from spectating univer wnslaught. Only Dundee man through. It was his work which produced the first short corner sities. aged to stem the tide for half of from which Dave Hut~hison slot- Brian Tenner, EUMHC the game but then a fine piece of umpire-prodding by Trevor pro- ,--'--.....:...... _.aa..=~------, duced a flick and the resultant goal led to the opening of the ' . floodgates. At the end of the day Edinburgh were clearly at the top THE with three wins, 4-0 v. Strathclyde, 5-0 v. Dundee, and 4- 0 v. Aberdeen. GOLDEN STUDENTS' OWN GUEST HOUSE The semi-final introduced Heriot-Watt ·as the oppositi Attend our HEAD OFFICE MERCHANDISING PRESENTATION on Friday 18th November 6pm at George Hotel, George Street, Edinburgh. Thursday, November 17, 1988 11 Section Two STl)deNt· Loveanil Money Comp Kort Goedicke from the London Sympllony Orchestra talks t.o Stu• dent. Review ,Anterieali Cinema 1988 Acidmania has swept Britain. Smiley 1u11tstl T-shirts are cheering House music began in Chicago and its name came from the citv'i Powerhouse Club.House typically has a sill)ple bass drumbeat to which up youth culture. Yet is added a synthesised bassline, maybe some cowbells and congas, anc few people know what a vocal if required. It is easy to dance to. Of course/many types developed such as Deep House, Techno House and Garage House. 'acid' means, and Disc-jockeys such as Frankie Knuckles and Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk many have already made the records and did pretty well out of the club culture trendies that lapped them up. It was a DJ called Pierre, from the Windy city, come to false conclu who created a type of House called Acid. sions about the 'danger' of acid House. Already, Top Shop and C&A have Pierre's record, Acid Trax, was a club smash. What he did to the basic banned Smiley T- House record was he made the beat as simple as possible (back to the shrits. The BBC has "'"'neanderthal groove), cut out the vocals, and added wobbly synthesisers over the top. That synthesiser technique (it sounds like a wasp in a buc banned Acid music, ket) was known as 'acid burning'. That was what the disc-jockeys called ITN has banned it between themselves, because that was how the synthesiser sounded. disc-jockeys from Every single acid record made since has used that effect, though not all have used a minimal beat or eliminated vocals. And the term 'acid' has ..µsing broadcasters' stuck. voices for use on Acid records, 'The Sun' has attacked Acid House after the death of This proves that LSD is not involved. Bot what of MOMA, otherwise Janet Mayes at an known as Ecstacy? The fact is that this designer drug has been around since the early eighties, as a kind of fashion accessory for those rich Acid house disco, and enough to afford it. You won't catch many people outside London and Every We(Jne, day rng~t fro the police have raided Manchester popping this pill into their mouths. The drug itself makes the user euphoric, honest (often embarrassingly so) and a worshipper at The P Ke, V ctona Stre t parties where this of beauty. As Acid music is vaguely psychedelic, it combined with Ecs music is played. tacy to create the 1988 'Summer of Love' in London. The drug did not l 2 entry The word 'Acid' is the arrive with the new Acid music, it was there since Spandau Ballet. culprit: this unfortu nate word's associa tion with LSD has sparted off a real .,-misunderstanding. • 1..,et James Salter take you back in history where perhaps we can find out the truth. ac1 test SAMPLES IG10CWI Music: Acid Rax volume 2; House Hallucinates volume 1. Both obtain able from FOPP, Cockburn Street: Fashion, inevitably, has been kicked out, as slam-dancers repond to Cloubs: Acid, Wednesdays, Mission, Victoria Street; Blaze, Sundays, ~the happy face of Mr Smiley. The whole idea is image is out, of looking Zenatec; Ecstasy, Subclub Glasgow. Fridays; Slam, Tin Pan Alley, cool and being seen·,-because of the psychedelia and losing control Saturdays, Glasgow. · beneath some infectious acid. Style snobs are throwing off their Acid bandanas since D-Mob and the Beatmasers entered the charts, and looking to Belgian New Beat or Latin Hip-Hop as the Next Big Thing. The Acid dance is so easy that even chart-listeners can have a go; just sway and throw your arms in the air. The dress makes a mockery of expense; T-shirts, baggy jeans, trainers, maybe a bandana. Reading The Face is not a requisite. -!IMM•UJI Acid is a release from the materialist style culture of the eighties, and deserves to be treated as such. Also, club-wise, it is an escape from the aggression of hip-hop and the bodybeat calculation of House. It is hardly music that you would listen to on your own, you really must dance to it, and so it is a long-awaited vehicle into the nineties. That is, unless the ill-informed governors of the music industry force it under ground, where it will be rebelling and not taken for granted by every body. Acid won't be forgotten as the first stage in the long youth-cul ture backlash against eighties materialism. . 12 Thursday, No_vember ~7, 1988 Features • I was something I shouldn't and couldn't do." Labour MP for Leith Ron The worldly-wise British public usually believes less that when there's smoke there's smut there's a liar. Brown, is no stranger to con Despite this The Sun followed up or the mace with troversy, managing to combine stories casting Ron Brown as a Caledonian Cassenova. "Firstly I got this phone· call suggesting that Colonel activist socialism with Gadaffi was going to pay for the damage to the mace. I Bananarama Videos, hostage asked which paper he reported for and he said The Sun. They did not publish this, instead they concocted a story deals in Lybia and Afghanistan, about me going to the shower with my assistant which and, of course, tossing The was both odd and very hurtful both to me and my family. Mace of the Mother of Parlia "The shower is used by a lot of gay MPs, and why not? They were incensed about the story because it brought a ments. Ian Robertson talks to lot of attention to the shower room. him to find out who he dislikes "The following week they had this story about some old guy seeing me in the bedroom with three women. most, Margaret Thatcher, or Now he must have had x-ray eyes because the bedroom the Editor of 'The Sun'. was at the other side of the house." When faced with such stories, why did he not take up libel actions in the courts to clear his name? "I have a case against The Telegraph and that has cost me a lot of money. Their story was that I'd assaulted Mrs Thatcher on a picket line. Now straight afterwards Mrs HERE is surely no greater sign of purity Thatcher issued a statement through her lawyers that of socialist principle in modern Britain this wasn't true and I hadn't even been near her; if we than to be vilified in the media. get to court, Thatcher will be summoned to appear. . Following "the disgrace with the mace" "But because The Telegraph have a lot of money they are trying to spin the case out which means the longer TRonald Brown, MP for Leith, joined the elite the case goes on the more I'm out of pocket. They are band whose. members include Barmy Bernie hoping to bankrupt me. mine my policies, principles and protest. Grant, Dennis Skinner the Beast of Bolsover, "I'm told by the legal profession that if you're on the "There are many individuals who day in day out read Mad Hatton, Red Ken and the original loony left, there won't be a sympathetic hearing. If I was written material that poisons the mind. They don't lefty ,_ Tony "Tea-_pot" Benn. Jeffrey Archer I could go to them and get loads of realise that they are being conditioned into believing all money because Tories are OK, but I'm not and I can't sorts of prejudices in a very subtle way." Ai ready a minor celebrity, following his trips to Lybia be guaranteed to win. and Afghanistan, during the mace affair even the BBC "On The Sun stories, I've been told it will be got in on the act with the Six O'clock news showing a extremely difficult to win and in any event I don't have jumpily shot picture of what appeared to be a Don enough money to go for it; you can't get legal aid for Brown roughly pushing away the camera so as not to be libel cases." filmed. Other tales put forward by The Sun include the Friend orn and bred in Leith, Ron Brown first took a Following the "Red in the Bed" allegations in The of Gadaffi and the Afghanistan story in which 'Red Job at 16 as an apprentice in an electronics fac Sun, his place was secured when In October of this year Ron' was pictured standing beside a tank and quoted as tory. There he acquired both the burns on his Woman's Own, a magazine not exactly renowned for its saying "I saw no tanks." In both cases the MP for Leith face which were the result of a dynamo explo Bsion,-and his strongly socialist beliefs, as he followed the tabloid sexationalism, posed its readers the knotty has an answer. question: "Ron Brown a bonkeror just plain bonkers?" "What people don't understand was that I was in path of self-advancement through unionism. After all this exciting pre-publicity it is a bit of an Lybia and Afghanistan to negotiate the release of hos The result is somebody who believes strongly in anticlimax to interview a man who despite being radical tages. In the case of the Lybian hostages various rela collectivism and that the massed working-class can and far left, with a tongue for the polemic and a well tives asked me to get involved. James Arthur is not as achieve and deserve better than their current lot. He developed sense of humour, seems to play less the part far as I know a Labour supporter but his friends and argues that conditions for the ordinary person under of the heidless hardcase or barmy boffer than a sincere company asked me to help and I did my bit. So I was Thatcherism are bad and he sees little sign of them (though many would say sincerely misguided) socialist attacked by the so-called popular press, who seemed to improving under capitalism. . more sinned against than sinning. be ~rying to undermine the negotiations. "You walk around Leith and it does have a certain For the picking-up, dropping and denting of the look about it. It has been tidied up. But behind the · mace, as with all the other incidents reported in the "As for the 'I saw no tanks' the fact was that it was not facade and restraint we still have many people press, Ron Brown has an explanation. a Russian tank but an Afghan tank which had been used unemployed. Many youngsters leaving school with no "I'd just come down from Scotland after meeting !n the revolution against the Daoud Regime; the fact is job, no hope for the future. So it's no accident that we those who had suffered at ibe hands of the Government tt was a war memorial. · · have not only the unemplqyment but a big drug problem benefit changes and I was v~ry angry." "Of course just because I said I saw no tanks does not here. Forget all that nonstl{lse about the new Leith, this "As it was I picked up this:piece of metal, if you like mean there were no tanks, but this is twical of the way is the real Leith. as a protest. I didn't mean tha,t I was threatening any the media try to distort the real issues with fiction." "For those in work the sitilation is not much better. It body, and it didn't mean I was trying to stop the debate; These explanations are delivered with a mixture of has to be said that you have w\iges councils, but although if you look at Hansard (the official minutes of the House contempt, amusement and anger Ron Brown, like you talk about the law these rlites can be disregarded by o( Commons) it wasn't even mentioned. Harry Perkins in 'A Very British Coup', argues that employers. They'll tell you that of course you've got to "At the time I said I'd pay for it, but I was astonished there is a class war going on and that the press, are tools pay the Poll Tax, but they'll not pay the official rate. at the cost (around £1500). I think I must be paying for of a "ruling class" as "the class system was started by the "There is one girl who works for a pizza establishment the last hundred years of dents, including Heseltine. boss class and they are fighting to maintain their , who was told to do anything and everything for a pit- "It was not a big incident but it was blown up to be. interests. · tance and requested to stay on late for n_o extra pay. So Some have said that I should have used the mace to ihfs girl can only come t0 me an,d protest. She cannot "These stories go out partly because they sell news 1 greater effect, but as a non-violent guy I had to say that papers but also to have a go at me and to try and under- · stand up for her rights or s'he will get the sack. So basic • Features Thursday, November 17, 1988 13 • I the crisis will develop. panies, a return to high rates of tax, a unilateral disarma "Many individuals in a job are doing well. They're ment policy and the nationalisation of the financial buying imports to maintain a fairly high standard of institutions such as Banks, Building Societies and Insur living. We talk about the sick society, I prefer the tick ance and Pension Companies. •' (H.P.) society, and that goes for the individual-as well as When arguing for moral issues he has a fluent polemi society as a whole. It's a put on JOb to believe 1t can go cal style with which it is instinctively hard to disagree. on forever. There comes a time when something must As a result, his sense of humour aside, he is curiously give. . similar to Margaret Thatcher in the air of pained disbe "Also Britain is part of the world economy with lief that anyone other than a child, ignoramus or morally America being a major debtor economy. Once the stunted ogre could see the world differently. This works elections are over it will have to make cuts which will plausibly on subjects like unilateralism. affect Europe and as yet may not avert financial col~ "What would the Russians want? Do they want the lapse, so it's a fools' paradise." oil? Well we don't have much left and they've got quite Along with some others on the 'revolutionary'_ left he enough of their own. Do they want the coal? Well they is not adverse to giving the inevitable forces of history a produce their own coal. Do they want the football helping hand and believes that now, with the continuing _players? Maybe they'll come over here to solve cuts in benefits and the introduction of the Poll Tax, the unemployment? It's nonsense. time is ripe for radical action. This will begin motivating "One of the stupidest things we did in the last election people to the sort of active participatory democracy he was to say we would spend the money on conventional wants to see. weapons. There are individuals in my constitutency who work for companies like Ferranti, who say if you cut defence expenditure we'll be out of jobs. ':fowever what I say to them is that they should realise that their talent and ability could be used to create equipment for indus try and the health service." However in other areas he would seem to have mas is attitude to the current state of Parlia tered the beliefs without detailed knowledge of the mentary democracy is well summed-up by the briefs. Ron Brown will never be a Robin Cook or a grounds on which he agreed to take part in Gordon Brown and facts and figures, whether demog Bananarama video, that is that he thought raphic or economic, tend to be forgotten in favour of a Hthe diea was "a good laugh", that any money he further evangelical espousal of the true faith. made could be split between the Leith Labour Party "I believe in controlling the commanding heights of and the seamens' families at Dover, and that "that's air the economy. Only then can we resolve the question of they do at Westminster anyway, dance up and down unemployment, ensure that people have a good home." the stairs." When asked how exactly this would operate so as to "It's far better getting other groups to fight back avoid the mistakes of Eastern Europe he argues that we against the Tories. It's not the speeches or the points of are a much more advanced country than we were when order at Westminster that will change things but the they tried central control. When faced with the sugges actions of ordinary working people. . tion that many people are distrustful of 'old-style' labour "We need the courage of our convictions and not just . politics as they remember the 70's as the time when to wait for the next election. Parliaments are influenced Chancellor Healey had to go with a begging bowl to the from outside and if it means breaking the law so be it. International Monetary Fund and the 'winter of discon Some people say sanctions against South Africa, I say tent', he argues that through the stronglyespousing sanctions against the Tories." . traditional socialist policies the electorate can be moti- He is sure that the Poll Tax will motivate those against rights and liberties have been undermined. failed on va_ted. . J Thatcher but currently apathetic. that one. • When asked what exactly he·means by workers' "Three adults paying £400 each is a lot of money for a control of industry and the commanding heights of "Also, take anyone trying to get into university or family in West Pillon who will be very angry. When a · College. It's very difficult for working-class youngsters · economy he replies that "I don't know in all the details", couple on £90 or more find they are paying the full Poll and they are going to make it more difficult for them then doesn't outline any at all. Perhaps the 'real Tax they will be very angry. Those who have a works with the introduction of loans. socialists' need policy development if not policy review. pension and go over the limit will also be very angry. As such he is a typical example of what the Kinnockite "Compare this with those who are getting the massive There are also those at the other end of the spectrum, a yuppie salaries. They come out of their public schools, faction in the Labour Party see as the dinosaur tendency; lot of Tories who think that the Poll Tax is very unfair, a group unwilling to adapt to the political realities of mostly in England, go straight into University and cruis_e can afford pay extra money, and feel guilty·and · along into a leading job; and they are the reason thatth1s td today who are likely to become extinct. resentful. country is in the mess that it is in." . Certainly in his own constituency party there is con "This time it's not a sectional struggle, it's virtually siderable rivalry about who stand against him in the True to classical Marxist theory Ron Brown believes · the whole of Scotland that is involved. I believe that we that mismanagement by the capitalists and the reselection procedure which all Labour MPs must face. could rally around 80 per cent of the population of Should he end up outside Parliament he will at least be irraiionalities of the capitalist system itself will cause a Scotland. That would make the Tories sit up and listen crisis.in capitalism. This will allow the workers to seize spared ridicule by the tabloid comics. However regard ' to democracy. less of whether he's an MP it is likely that Ron Brown the m~_ans of production and reorganise society along "Of course some people say that you only create \ socialis\ lines. . . will co1;1tinue to be an active voice for what he sees as the .trouble for local government: All I can say is that in any workerf interests. . "We've had very little investment in manufactunng in struggle people will suffer. A lot of people come to me this country since at least ten years ago. You hear about "I believe that if you're not angry against the Govern and say, can we win this one Ron_? I say that ( can say,, ment, with their attack on working people's living stan increased productivity - it's only because they've one thing for sure, that if we don t fight we_wdl loose. forced British workers to work longer and harder on dards, then there's something wrong with you. clapped out machinery. It's obviously worrying to the The policies which Ron Brown is trying to win for are . "Working people expect the Labour Party to be a industrialists of this country. Factors such as the h1~h those long supported by Tony Benn and his comra?es in radical party not just playing games with pretty pound are going" to disastrously hit exports and make the Campaign Group; Emope, stro~ger trad~ umons speeches. The history of the Labour Party proyes that things much more difficult in 1942. As we s\ruggle on with a much greater say in the running o~ their corn- when it's radical, it wins ." 14 Thursday, November 17, 1988 Music Reviews THE CHILLS/JESSE GARON'&THE DESPERADOES Venue rea s THE DESPERADQES t_ake to the Venue stage once it fit?') It's just, due , "not every more, with nothing new to DINOSAUR JR/ body can be the Pixies" - they AC TEMPLE can't always reproduce. They offer. The same old songs, apologise. the same bad singing to the The Venue same audience. There were They self indulge, and come some new jokes, but no A. C. TEMPLE are the alive. Sweet Child of Mine gives doubt they were culled from the band a space to wander the same old source; Sunday opposite of silence. Rather, around in, to beat at its walls, re they are an enduring syn Night At The Palladium. arange. It's a corpse after prehis The Chills tell no jokes, but chronisation generating a toric rendition; the funeral rite is a stick to playing songs of a striking, rhythm too big to fit in your carnal exhortation by a Girl, almost quirky ingenuity. They ears. The girl singer's voice screaming. Silvers of her 'voice' step on from one tune to the next, maneovres a dominant posi shoot off, rebounding swaying into the semi-psychedelic tion within this chimal crea everiwhere. Waiting At The Crossroads, or tion, commanding - glass turning back to '78 with Another cutting steel. Then she sur New Dawn, then wandering on , Dinosaur start to live all over where REM have gone before. renders to non-silence, her us , but J. Mascis (guitarist) isstill In House ofa Hundred Hooves, blond-boy mop jerking to - too far away. All directions at the band illustrate their full and - fro, synchronised. Tic once but no departure point as on range, with a deceptively simple Toe. record. He needs a canvas to song, cut through by grabbing purge himself on -J. Pollock vocJl strength but lyrical failu~e; It's all a trance, au aural flood. with no surface. They change like Julian Cope at his clumsiest. Not - one - domension, like instruments, and come nearer to Yet somehow, despite an the • Freak Scene ( the record) is, fulfilling their vinyl rampages, strengths, the songs all seem to Dinosaur ( the live band) almost finding a cohesion. Carnal again. hold a sort of hollow intensity, hypnotise the same way, nearly if only the Dinosaur distinction played by tired men, and falling coaxing us into the fragile voice wasn't suspended, like glass hang on unresponsive ears, in this cold which sketches a harmony with ing from an intention. If only the autumn town. perhaps in travel raw, solitary chords. We don't go guitar could react with steel ling half the world to play this all the way into the disintegration rhythm then they could oppose B,-itish tour, the band lose a little than can ensue when Jhe implicit silence totally. of their enthusiasm, the songs of violence in the Neil Young larynx their relevance, and their live is brouglit to fruition, in an explo show some of its essential energy. sion of mastabatory guitar ('Does Photo: Jeni Baker Craig McDonald James Annesley Mussolinis and you'll have a fairly ·· power washed over the audi- The audience wer~ utterly SWINGSHIFT good idea of what Swingshift are THE SUN AND THE MOON ence as the guitar meandered · _seduced by the band right from about. However, although they've around very original, the start of this classic gig when a Teviot Park Room The Venue got several catchy and melodic melodic riffs. On top of this, healthy proportion of the crowd songs, there's nothing particularly genuine emotion spounted went competely apeshit as the distinctive about them. The only guitar of The Speed Of Life corn- I FELT a bit sorry for times I felt the band really got convincingly from the mouth menced. The last encore, Don't· Swingshift really. There they going were during their funkier THE SUN And The Moon of Mark Burgess; he went Fall, (Chameleon's material) sec were, playing their hearts out moments in the songs Future Runs are one of those rareities in into a Matter Of Conscience ured a relationship which is going to an audience that seemeii and Superhammer, which seemed the rock-world today, a swel).ring ''I feel; I FEEL". tolastasBurgessjumpeddown to 'largely unaware of their pre to possess an urgency and genuine surprise. The join the frenetic dancing at the. breathlessness completely lacking Chameleons had a bad live The band create a spirit and front. Much back patting went on . sence and were definitely a in other songs. Maybe if they com reputation (two of the mem- atmosphere devoid of any dire~ as the band left the stage and the ' lot more interested in inves bined this sort of thing with the bers of this band including moral or political conventions. words of a punter jumping on tigating the · disco upstairs. rawness they brought to Talking Peace In Our Time is a brilliant · stage and screaming into the mic • Heads' And She Was they could singer/songwriter . Mark funeral for democracy in the rophone seems to sum up the Think of the sort of bands that do something interesting because Burgess, were prev10usly of world; Death Of Imagination night. "Fucking brilliant!" came along in the wake of U2; they can obviously write good The Chameleons), but that . mourns a lack of energy in the . bands like The Alarm, the ill songs.· · couldn't have been more British youth while, at the same fated Zerra 1 and The Flaming Steven Taylor wrong. Their tim~, musica}ly dripp!ng with it. Neil Finnie tures looks likely to be the Gi_g Gµi_de most interesting Union . event. After all that, there's the pros TRIPPY, noise-mercharlts Loop pect of seeing Billy Bragg, Competition are back at The Venue on Thurs Michelle Shocked and The Beat day while the slightly more reli nigs at Glasgow Pavilion. On to. able Just Add Water are at the Monday and it's time for a mys Music Box. Thursday also sees the tery. Just who is playing The _start of a week at the Playhouse Venue? Anyone who has been lis ·for those who like their rock a lit tening to local radio for the curi tle harder than average. Dave Lee ous clues probably won't be any Roth's there on Thursday and Fri-. · wiser but here's your ever with-it. day, then it's Cinderella on Satur music pages with an exclusive. It's day and on Sunday Irol! Maiden MIDGE URE. begin a three-day residency. Honest! He'll be playing with Goth-by-numbers is what The an all-star band and tickets are on Rose of Avalanche briog to The sale at Virgin and Ripping Venue on Friday but Records for a measly £4. · The Pastels at Potterrow sup- Remember where you heard it -ported by local funsters The Vul- ftrst but don't tell a soul. Yes , it's the· latest barrier Money I-shirt. And as if that's not 2. What were the last two Fair breaking, ball-crushing, bed-wet enough, EVERY entrant will win ground Attraction singles? ting cQmpetition from the Music a prize from our grab-bag of LP's 3. Love, money and fairg~ounds Pages. This week we have flve and singles. Fabbo or what!_ are important to me because . 'copies of Love and Money's ne'\V To win , all you have to to is ans- album, five 12" of Fairground wer the following questions Attraction's latest single, and five ("they're so easy!") and complete exclusive, limited edition, enamel the tie-breaker: Ehtries should be sent to the Fairground Attraction badges. Student Offices, 48 Pleasance by 7 OLD FJSII.NAfl.KET CLOSE:. , ,. , _ Wpat's more, if the five winners ·l. Name two ;;ingles from Love Monday 28th November. And 0 and Morrey•;,. debot All You remember, E-\(ERY entrant wins .__E_D_l_N_B_V_R_G_H_____ ~_._ "_;·,.~.,,. ·__ ~- ~~- __r_u_: --OJ-'J-~,'~;a"5""5"".4 ...2B ..... - .. -~. ,:t~~~tj~~n;az~~t~ ' . .''t~l!:. ·~l!Jpnl-, i :1-Ariz,eJ , • _, .. , .. t I' Music Reviews Thursday, November 17, 1988 JS vinyl ELLIS BEGGS & HOWARD Something H~ppeiis! Homelands although from Dublin, don't RCALP Been There, Seen That, sound at all like u-know-who (very few Irish bands actually do Done That DESPITE an optimistic press - it's too much for such a small Virgin LP release and a rather arty surreal country to produce more than cover, this debut album fails to one monumentally dull band). If ONLY THE very best bands live up to expectations. Nick anything, Been There .. . , and make outstanding first LPs. If Beggs is desperately trying to more particularly Forget Georgia that sounds a bit trite, it's proba shake off his Kajagoogoo image and Beach, owes a lot to the bly because it's true. Think of to create some "real" music but American guitar sound of bands Crocodiles, Psychocandy or all that comes out is a mediocre like REM. Of course, there are a Stutter and then think of the great blandness that reflects the unorig few duds among the twelve (count bands. Something Happens! have inal and unimaginative name for them) songs and it all sounds a bit by no means made an outstanding the band. tame when compared to what LP but there's enough here to The melodies start off quite people like Ultra Vivid Scene are· suggest they could get considera promisingly but then go nowhere, bly better. doing with guitars, but this will do not even down. Lead singer Let's get the obvious bit out of ve!Jlnicely to be getting on with. Austin Howard's emotional the way first: Somehing Happens! Dessie_ Fahy voice, not unlike that of Gary REM Christian, is lost on the nonentity of the lyrics. Admittedly, he does Green well to sound sincere and moved Warner Brothers LP by such classic lines a-s "I'll climb ARKANE MY BLOODY VALENTINE to the top of the Empire state, I'll ASTONISHING. Green left me helpless, breathless, speechless. It is_ Love-sick clean you baby, like my Christmas from here that the difficulty in attempting to critically assess this LP Feed me with your kiss stems; it is so unique that the only possible reference points are past Rough Trade 7" dinner plate". all very deep and Creation 7" alternative, I'm sure, if only not REM LPs, and even they are wildly disparate. so ridiculous, but at least it c Yet the degree to which Green is much more bolder than, say, Hippy-dripy shit or sub-Cocteau Tne word 'kiss' lingers on this rhymes. Reckoning, is a mark of how the band have progressed. The muted Twins beauty?Well, I'm not really exorcism of 'C86' and is entered Apart from a few groovy Afri mumblings of yore are replaced here by brash con[idence: pedal steel ure but to these ears A R Kane by a guitar phrase that goes on, can drum solos, the songs sound solos, wildly wining vocals, a track as brazen in its sentiments as Turn scmnd painfully dull and unin and on ... Appropriately, it's a like early Paul Young, except ' You Inside-Out. These overt displays of presence knock the listener spired. There isn't actually any conception - a deviant colloca into a bewilderment far removed from the subtlety of earlier offerings. song called Love-sick, just two for the title track, which after an tion: candy voices drips off, know attempted political statement for Admittedly, this musical "glasnost" on the part of REM has revealed pieces which ramble on about the ing it shouldn't be there, inside little, ifnothing, of their inherent mystery. If orie track sums this up, it troubles of love etc etc. At least peace, sounds like a bad take-off that noise, it doesn't fitr, but is of Big Country. must be World Leader Pretend: the glory of the melody and the glory Sid~ Two ( they're too arty to have joined taught like tendon to of Michael Stipe's very enunciation are offset by the sheerobliqueness b-sides of course) is a bit lively but As background music to doze bone. (And Grass is blue.) No off to this is perfect, but unless of the lyrics. Combi_ne this with tracks as (relatively) straightforward as the whole affair just seems to be structures, only a contrast that you like average, nondescript Orange Crush or the goofy Stand, and you have the power of_ REM: an Pink Floyd with decent haircuts. accelerates - the hungry girl/boy accessible enigma. Nice sleeve though. sounds, trying to be deep, or plead contra Noise. This is a collect "Kaja" memorabilia, I If music is a religion, Green is the creed, and I believe. perfect record. Total subjection. doubt this is for you. Dessie Fahy Craig MacDonald Jaci Douglas Craig McLean SOMEBODY FAMOUS The Gift Raindance LP SOMEBODY famous is Tim Jones, although a Lancastrian by birth, he is now an adopted Geor die. His songs reflect his observa tions ofnorthern life, a mixture of fove and hope, but delivered with a power and emotion rarely heard !tiesedays. The Gift begins with Glory, a tale of defiance and frustration. It's strength is Jones' voice, which grates like a buzzsaw, while the insistent beat pushes you along. The first side draws on a variety of feelings, all expressed with a raw power. Caring a sensitive "peace" song is alone in its smooth tempo, Anna Ross' backing vocals neut ralising the lead singer's_harsh wit, directed largely at American to fathom what it is, but it usually roar. LUDICHRIST CLINT RUIN AND The flip side is much more middle-class "normality". Indeed LYDIA LUNCH involves making you want to .Powertrip this is particularly evident in The renew your acquaintance with relaxing after the upset and anger We Bits LP Stinkfist of its predecessor. The songs Well Dressed Man Disguise, and your dinner. in Tominy Christ's frequent asser Blast First 12" Crikey - here they are now portray hope for the future, the two best being Beautiful Rose and tion that Most People Are Dicks. with Stinkfist, purportedly "a NOW LET'S get one thing M.P.A.D. wasactuallythetitleof HARK! "The road to nowhere is soundtrack for the end of the In Harmony, both are punchy straight, Ludichrist's savagely covered w"ith shit, with drunks, and jolly, while Sue is slow and a song on Immaculate Deception, world". Judging by all the moan titled Immaculate Deception but I feel that if you write the with drugs, with fuck, it sucks." ing and groaning going on, the tender. As the album dies, Letter debut LP was nothing short of And lo! "Rifles ricocheting off of Love highly charged emotion world's greatest song, then you're apocalypse is going to occur in the brilliant, but Powertrip makes it entitled to remind people of it the bellies of pregnant women, course of some huge cosmic rod ally, tells the inevitable story of look like just another run-of-the handicapped children poisoned that long distant relationship. once in a while. gering session, and not a very mill hardcore album. The music I've been listening to this album on a schoolbus." enjoyable one at that. _ The album is one to get on this album is simply miles involved with and experience the for days now, and it still amazes Hmmm. Tiffany? Belinda? Parts two (The Crack) and ahead of anything else currently personal feelings of Tim Jones. It me every time I hear it. This is Guess again chaps. Yup . .. that's three (The Meltdown) are the available. It jerks and twists all has been superbly written, retain surely the direction Metallica. right, it's Miss L. And who's that only real successes of the record over the place, leaving drummer ing much of his originality and should have taken, concentrating helping her with her contact as the drumming reaches fever Dave Miranda to cope with soul. The topics it graces may be their energies on something origi lenses on the cover? Young Master pitch, hammering out a bonk beat changes of time and mood which depressing but The Gift subtlely nal and exciting, rather than Thrilwell, if I'm not mistaken. of such breakneck velocity that would reduce most allegedly induces confidence.The music has writing nine-minute "epics". Just · Two people who for years have , •even-Clint/Lydia would siruggle professional drummers to tears. , an eighties pop structure but the check out the suitably manic been driven along their gut to keep up with it. Though doubt Neil Peart is not fit to lick this driving lyrics separate the songs · reworking of The Barber Of wrench,ng, head-splitting way by less they'll now release the accom man's boots. from the norm. Tim Jones cer . Seville to hear some real musi limitless quanities of bile, hate panying promo video and prove tainly deserves to be somebody But this is not just music! It is cians at work. anci green slimey stuff. Two ·me wrong. people with a mission and a mes famous. also social comment laced with a sage-I've never quite been l!_ble Stephen Barnaby , Bob Nichol liberal dose of viciously sarcastic Mike Horsburg 16 Th~rsday, November 17, 19_88 1 Arts Reviews On his visit to Edinburgh last week Kurt Goedicke, principal timpanist of ACAREER IN MUSIC the London Symphony Orchestra, talked to Tessa Williams about the Shell!LSO Music Scholarship, the young finalists, and the . pleasures and pitfalls of the profession they hope to enter. URT-HANS Goe- dicke, principal timpanist of the K London Symphony Orchestra since 1964, is everything his reputation . among orchestral musicians has him to be: poised, pre cise, charming and impecca bly groomed. To the young musicians who worked with ,from losers, Technical virtuosity Goedicke keenly appreciated the , are going to have to do things that have the greatest difficulty convey him this summer in master is by no means the most important anxieties of the first-timer. "A are far from ideal. That's when ing to people what exactly it classes as part of the criterion, Goedicke stressed. "In young pfayer's first date with · a sheer professionalism has to take means t_o play performance after 1988 a workshop or a master class we professional orchest.ra can.._be a over. You cannot allow your pro- performance, and what it is to be Shell/LSO Music Scholar- are able not merely to assess the n_erve-wracking experience._. fessional likes and dislikes to as nervous as a kitten from five ship, he must have seemed technicalabilityoftheyoungsters, affect the level of your perfor- o'clock onwards about five bars the epitome of what so many in pieces they have practised at Young players will gradually mance." which won't occur until ten past assume to be the.glamour of home, but also to see how musi learn that the relatively minuscule nine. The thought of that moment the professional music world. cally they respond to our sugges financial rewards offered by a Touringtheconcerthallsofthe canbewithyoufordays. You can . ~ Our conversation though tions." C,eodicke recalled with career in orchestral playing mean world out';ardly appears to be the practise until you can play the touched on more 'than · ust warmth the winner of the first that most professionals, even of "I h h ·m . . . l Shell/LSO Woodwmd Scholar- the highest calibre, have to accept ave t e greatest d1 1culty conveymg to people the ~lam?r epitomise Australia for most JANET PATTERSON: people. FAST FORWARD VIDEO 'DREAMTIME The result is a kind of visual and emotional diary recorded in ~~ Talbot Rice Art Gallery expanses of vivid colour which Until Dec 17 recall memories and impressions CLASS FILMS ALWAYS IN STOCK - evoked by each part of Australia visited - what the artist describes CHECK US OUT! "DREAMTIME", an exhibi- as "colour relationships". Branches at: tion which marks the Austra- · An almost childlike sense of 36 West Preston Street 136 Marchmont Road 19 Henderson Row lian Bicentennial, is.a co!lec- discovery is apparent in both the tion of, "A Travellers Images impressions created by the paint- of Australia." In 1987, the· ings, and the way in which they artist, Jane Patterson, (part- · areactuallyproduced. The figures . seen in almost every painting rep- time lecturer at Edinburgh resent the traveller, who becomes College of Art), travelled a device for involving us in the extensively in Australia in painting, as an onlooker, or even order to reconsider her own a participant. At times, the land- work, as well to try and cap- ,cape being painted seems to ture the essence of the place impose itself on the painter, - yet from a more personal rather than her on it . .view, rather than in tiadi- It is a wonderfully evocative md atmosphere exhibiti•m, due tional tourist images (Sydney to tour Australia after its current Harbour Bridge, the Opera .__ _._ tourofBritain. Hoose), which· tend to D~tail of''ln_the desert;' by Janet Patterson. 'sarab Lyall_ •.Reviews ~~-~~~-----,-----___.;~---~7-.·~ 'Arts Thursday,______November 17, 1988 .. 17_ possible to appreciate the bold SNO THE 369 GALLERY ness of Innes' expression, it is dif ------• ficult to discover anything !'criti- Usher Hall Work by Callum Innes cally intellectual, intimate and 11 November Paintings and Drawings by revealing" (as was described on Janice McNab and Marion the gallery handout) ,in this Soloist: Viktoria Postnikova Coutts mediocre display of ?rt1st1c t~lt:nt: YOU could tell when the . And easy to dislike the pretentious Ti! 19th Nov intellectuality of such baffling army of brass players trooped titles as "Concealed Green Verti on it was going to be a heavy cal" of what can be seen as merely night. Bruckner's 4th Sym -HAVING REACHED the phony, "The Romahtic", is end of its first decade, the 369 an attractive pattern of lines and circles. dominated· by weighty Gallery is celebrating much "pump ,up the-volume" brass more than its tenth anniver- As a complete contrast, charm scoring: The conductor's sary. For as its reputation as ing titles such as "Orchid, Charm and Creed" reveal and add to the deceptively laid-back ges -fntemational promoter of interpretation of mood and feel- tures gave the command for budding Scottish ·talent ing through body attitudes_ and· heavy bombardment on all .grows, so does its scope, and surrounding objects in Janice sides. The SNO's fine horn the current exhibitions sim- McNab's figure compositions on section shone in their preci · ply entitled "Work by Callum _• the studio floor gallery .. sion ensemble at the begin Innes" and "Paintings and ning of the scherzo; their Drawings by Marion Coutts · The other half of the studio floor exhibition is a figurative tense muted hunting calls and Janice McNab" are an selection of constructions, paint were the cue for rude lavato- · indicator of just how diverse ings and drawings by Marion rial trombone entries explod- · that scope can be. Coutts, unremarkable save one ing the intense atmosphere. · painting "Red Figure" - an Th{ground floor gallery is pre intense tapestry of rich colours sently occupied by the fearless and textured oils. work. of Callum Innes, a selection of vibrant abstract oils; momen A fine cross-section of new tarily arresting in their ge~metri Scottish talent illustrating the cal incongruousness and disturb ever-broadening horizons of the Wiotold Rowicki conducting the LSO. ing colour clashes - lasti~g~y 369 Gallery. Kirsteen Sutherland tering passages the soloist played uninspiring. For much though 1t 1s . LSO/WITOLD ROWICKI/ with percussive virtuosity. - IGOR OISTRAKH Mussorgsky's "Pictures from an It was not until the se·cond half Exhibition" is a work to test any RICHARD II of the play that the dignity ?f t~e .Usher Hall part was realised and the ~1tah_ty orchestra's capacity for precise King's Theatre lONovember :ensemble and for atmospheric of the performance came mto its . THE LSO, under the baton solo playing. The LSO November 7-12 't>wn. of Witold Rowicki, per demoristrated both in an exciting and vivid performance. f>articu Carl Tom's set design was very - - The SNO did not really begin to formed at the Usher Hall last OF ALL Shakespeare's His striking with its graphic style and play, to speak lucidly, until the larly admirable for delicate and '. tories, in Richard II we see Thursday evening in what has humorous woodwind ensemble grey tones, emphasisin~ the to~al- Schnittke piano concerto. Post become an annual date with was the "Ballet of the 01ickens in one of the most "tragedy tarian regime and the tmpendmg nikova's playing had the reso Edinburgh concert-goers as their Shells". The bustling charac like" demises of the pro doom of the plot. This however nance and poise the rather per part of their Shell-sponsored ter of the scene at Limoges Mar tagonist, amidst compelling began to grow monotonous until a functory Bruckner lacked. The national tour. ket, too, wa·s delightfully cap and lyrical verses and a slight relief came in the final acts strings, having been ground to a tured, thanks to Rowicki's fault . reflective view of noblesse with a shift of focus and splash of pulp in the first half, were at last Orchestra and conductor were less attention to dynamic mark- colour. allowed a voice, playing with, ·the sensitive,· discreet accom oblige. . - ing. Among the numerous fine Derek Jacobi brought to this David . Rin~~l!.!J.~!::"er Edjn~ rather than accompanying, the panists in Igor Oistrakh's passion solo performances were Jack hero great professionalism, but burgh University student) played soloist. The viola section .of this ate and vibrant performance of Brymer's smooth and evocative his irrationalism and self-centred the rise to power of Bolingbroke , orchestra are strong and_ c~ara- Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. saxophone melody in "The Old ~ ness as a portrayal of youth were "th a deserved steadiness and ~erful. A ~avag~ Ba~ok p1zz1cato The spacious lyrical passages of Castle" and · Maurice Murphy's overshadowed by a certain lack of wi 1 · ·dissolved mto 1dyll1c harmony, the work were marked by Ois hone_S Y· _ _ _ smoochy Stravinsky chords. And • playing the fiendishly hard muted . strength and masculinity. trakh 's intense, singing tone, and trumpet solo in "Samuel Golden- · Robert Eddison as John of this warmth at once was thrown a deliciously romantic rubato 'burg and Schmyle". . gaunt with his tr~mblin~ v~ice lent off balanc~ by th~ piano's relent • style. _The contrast_ingly swift chat- · - Tessa Williams a deep profundity to th1~ seep- less, maniacal d1schords. Post- tert;d isle" speech which might so nikova demonstrated radical easily have become cliched or extremes of tone from incongru violins, 'cello and double 6ass. melodramatic. - _ . ous classical simplicity to mean, SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE These also had a very unusual rich · and full sound, but with at times Th; costumes were of the cor~ stabbing and immensely exciting responding period and their rhyth_m. . Queen's Hall a little disparity between the vio lins and the double bass. The splendour on the whole added to It 1s ve~y revealm~ _to _go t~ a November 13 the production. However,_ this ::oncert with no fam1hanty w1t,h .Rondo in Sonata no. 3, and the - · ed the main stumbling of ,my of the programme. One s treatment of the grace notes in ep1 1om1s . · ·f II r t THE SCOTTISH Ensemble Sonata no. 1 in a gentle but mirth Utttord Williams' interpretation reactions, 1_ o~e r~a y 1s ens, are in that it lacked the originality and far more mstmcttve. Arrcl so_ I seem to have decided that · ful manner, stand out for special effervesence tha', is necessary to could hot . help . heanng mention. A wonderful concert; I virtuosity is out of place in a · · give credibility to such high Bruckner by virtue _of its sheer '. chamber concert. I would · am looking forward to the next actions as loyalty and betrayal, v~lume, b~t th~ Sc?mttke had me like to applaud this decision one. Katie Alcock , divinity and mortality., __ ~npped, hstemng mtently to the wholeheartedly. This concert Helen Johnston [Tlusic. was a beautiful example of Harriet Wilson how, if none of the players try frequently and brutally· punished · to shine individually, they all THEY by the ruthless, tryannical regime shine the more as a whole. _B_e_d_l-am_T_h-ea_t_r_e_L_u_n_c_h-ti~m_e_ for the unforgiveable crime of BREAKS AND obstainately using their own indi The combination useci - a 9November vidual talents. Manuscripts are OPPORTUNITIES string quintet, consisting of two mysteriously burned and canvas violins, a viola, a 'cello and a dou ses viciously destroyed as well as Do you have the commitment ~nd enthusiasm necessary to w~rk ble bass - is an unusual one, but THE convincing cast of the more nauseating acts of on this exciting new commuruty support scheme for adults with it works so well I am surprised it is "They", intrigingly described retribution, such as the mutilation learning difficulties (mental handicap) in Lothian? not more common. The double as " a sequence o f uncease ,, , . of writer's hands and the bliding of artists. · · bass served to keep the harmony transported the audi The Social Work Department need BEFRI~ND~R_S who could · evident, but not overpowering. ence to a bleak, desolate This _grotesgue form of an_ti link up with an individual to pursue a soaal actiVJty, hobby or This avoided the problem some culture accompanied by its skill. Befrienders would be paid an alowance for every day they string quartets have of too much .world where emotion is obso lete and artists are outlawed marked references to the desen work with a person. melody and not enough to hold it sitising effects of prolonged expo together. The Mozart Diver simply by the crea1:ive skills ·sure to folevision and the co~ Experience of mental han_dicap may ·be helpful but it is ~ot timenti were very relaxed, smooth that they possess. . mercial, packaged so-called music essential. If you feel you nught be able to help please contact. and gently understated; · · With each actor perched pre which High Street shops persis ciously on a variety of step-lad- tently spell out noticeabfy suc The Puccini piece, Crisantemi, ders, an atmosphere of eerie seclu Co-ordinator, ceeded in emphasising startling used the traditional quartet corn- sion was effectively reached, Breaks and Opportunities, similarities to the world in which Supported Accommodation Team, bination, and this too was treated . reflecting the insecurity and isola we live at present. rt well. The texture was rich and · ·tion being experienced. These - · · e or- 20-24 Albany Street, .Altogether a sat1stactory p bi EDINBURGH. evocative, reminiscent of a outcasts are condemned to an ? most uncomforta y descriptive film score or a gorge- oppressed existence, enjoying mance o1 a ;thought-provoking play. Telephone (office hours) 031-556 9140 ous tapestry. The concert ended none of the pleasures of unre with two Rossini sonatas for two st~icted self-expression an9 also M~rag Johnstone 18 Thursday, November 17, 1988 Film Review contrived to an exalted level of THE SEVENTH SIGN ludicro1,1sness, the ham-acting of Demi Moore is monumental. Her Cannon characterisation involves inter Dir: Carl Schultz mitten wails of "my babeee!" and facial expressions reminiscent of GOD HAS come to Scooby Doo. Smalltown America, and Not only will Christians and boy, is he mad! In fact, he is Jews find The Seventh Sign in bad so mad he's gonna zap us all! taste, the writers have taken a ·aut one woman and her baby great delight in rewriting the Bible and throwing in the odd bit of can save us. Although "the Hinduism and Buddhism for good signs" have already begun, measure. All poetic licence of god just might change his . course! mind. The Sevenih Sign is Holl'ywood Carl Schultz's The Seventh Sign at its worst, 11nd is aimed directly is a low grade B movie of the worst Mi_chael Biehn with Demi Moore. at the God-feari?g bible-belt. Not kind. It actually takes itself seri only is it ignorant and insincere, it ously. Its theme is the end of the is also badly acted and directed. world and how Abby Quinn judge; ano transports a·iibrary.of Although obviously made on a . ancient manuscripts wherever he (Demi Moore) has God shacked low budget with inexperienced Kathleen Turner supporting Burt Reynolds (or vice-versa, more likely) up_ in her garage. This tall dark goes. actors, as a film it has no redeem in the world of television in Switching Channels. stranger (Jurgen Pracknan) has The description of The Seventh ing qualities. In other words, it is been on a journey round the Sign as an "apocolyptic thriller" is absolutely unmissable! world following the various more a term of. cinematic abuse "signs" of imminent destruction. than a snappy PR label. Not only Adrian Searle SWITCHING CHANNELS corruption of Chicago politics He is hanging around waiting to does the . plot move from being before an innocent man is sent to Odeon the electric chair. 'Dir: Ted Kotcheff Looking Back: American Cinema 1988 The film presents an interesting parody of American political life, older audience: there is alot of SET IN a newsroom in pre L>NE OF this summer's The summer's other early even down to the rampantly mega-hit, which has yet to be thinly disguised sexuality in the sent-day Chicago, Switching . Reaganesque goverpor. Raising American box office hits, released in Britain, was Who film and a t,arrage of jokes and Channels is -about an ace such issues as the morality of the Big, was recently being Framed Roger Rabbit?, a clever references that · you simply repor.ter, Christy (Kathleen death sentence, the media-hype repromoted for a second mix of animation and real people, wouldn't expecty today's kids to Turner), working for her surrounding - American elec round of theatrical with the mainly Bob Hoskins and Christ understand {how many of today's awful ex-husband, Sully tions, and the flagrant disregard words."Remember how you opher Lloyd. Set in the 1940s, the 12-year-olds have even heard of shown by the press for human Mae West?). (Burt Reynolds). This state felt the first time you saw film is basically a celebration of all of un-wedded bliss is shaken . feelings, the film, like so many Big? The· simplicity (and the classic years of cartoons, and Consider also some of the hits others of its ilk, has a tendency to has a multitude of "cameo appear (in America) of the last couple of by the appearance of mil fall short of its initial objective by effectiveness) of this state ances" by the likes of Daffy Duck, years: Hope and Glory, Empire of lionaire Blaine (Christopher · being too lighthearted on such ment summarises just why Yosemite Sam and Mickey the-Sun and A World Apart, all Re_eve). weighty matters. Big has been such a success Mouse. The odd thing is that what essentially adult stories told with both public and critics ostensibly sounds like a children's through the eyes of children, _all since its American release in · film has in fact been most popular highly praised for their sensitive The big question is, -will our Having said as much, however, with aflluent young adults bet and realistic evocations of child heroine choose wealth, sensitiv- · the film was good fun and enter - July: nostaligia, and espe taining and an interesting adapta cially the fond remembrance ween the ages of 20 and 45 - . hood. Or the Swedish My Life as a ity, good looks and sophistication, Baby Boomer yuppies and the Dog, belatedly but successfully tion on the classic theme of jour of childhood, or will she return to the uncouth, generation immediately aftef being brought to the attention of insensitive, macho Sully? The nalism. We get a good perfor- · Big is all about childhood, its them. the American public (it is even out choice may seem obvious, but to mance from Kathleen Turner, triumphs and disasters, its hopes The youth audience of today, on video). Five or ten years ago Christy Colleran - would-be who not only saves the day, but and fears. Both the film and its raised on television and low qual these all would have been made Kate Adie - the chance of an saves the film from mediocrity. star; Tom Hanks, won much and promoted as children's films, ity "cartoons" such as He-Man, exciting scoop complicates mat Vicki Ridley praise for treating the hero's • simply weren't interested, whilst but here they are being very pro ters further. She must expose the (somewhat unrealistic) predica those of us, slightly older, who fitably aim.ed at adults. Why this ment realistically, showing the grew up watching Tom and Jerry sudden rush of "childhood" films? boy-turned-man as initially et al loved it. What is more odd is Why are they being so successful? frightened and confused. that the film seems aimed at this It would be easy, but wrong, to COMPETITION RESULTS , dismiss this as an outbreak of "copy cats" in the wake of Back to the Future, which almost fits into this class and undoubtedly did inspire a rash of clones. I believe that the true reason for this trend is part qf a desire by the American to avoid the respon sibilities of adulthood in a country with many untackled social and economic problems lying beneath the surface of cosy prosperity. Both the election of George Bush and the stardom of Roger Rabbit are symbols of this trend. Roger Rabbit and Bob Hoskins, co-stars in the hit movie in America in Toby G. M. Scott 1988. ,{. ODEON CLERK STREET 031-667 7331/2 0 A tale of murder, greed, lust, revenge and seafood. A FISH CALLED WANDA (15) After wading through the piles of entries which literally poured ( well, * MAKE YOUR CHOICE FROM OUR TOP MOVIES * Sep. perfs. 1.55, 4.55, 7.55 trickled, really) into the Student Offices, for the Cameo Caption Com A sparkling comedy that will touch your heart and have you crying with laughter. petition,.the above caption, from Roderick Charles of Merchant Road, TOM HANKS was adjudged to be the best (of the printable ones, anyway). Other BIG(PGJ Complete programmes Sun/Thur at 1 .40, 3.50, 6.05, 8.30. ·prizes were awarded (although many entries, such as "Good Morning· Fri/Sat 1.50, 4.05, 6.20, 8.45. Vietnam!" were at best feeble) to T. Scott, J. Morrison, K. Didcock, E) U2 A brutal and disturbing movie of two cops' battle against gang warfare on the street of Los Angeles. G.R. Dirrie, A. Mitchell, P. Andrews and H. Cook - collect your prize SEAN PENN ROBERT DUVALL RATTLE AND HUM (15) from the Student offices if you have not already done so. 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TAKE ntE CINEMA HOME WITH YOUI Hi" a video from our latest range. 0SMOKING-ALL PRO GS SUBJECT TO LATE CHAN • itil ..... Thursday, November 17, 1988 · 19 Careers _in Journalism HERE is no easy way y,e also get a lot of good people of begii:ming a career from Napier College." T in journalism. The media Working on a local paper can be never advertises for recruits at the very depressing. The pay is low or Careers Fair · and the oppor- · non-existent and your status as !unities for graduate training the youngest person around is programmes are almost non-exis- bad. However, Rory explained to tent. ·me, "atalocalpaperyoucanlearn Newspaper journalism is an how to deal with small pieces of especially hard world to break news in a professional way and into. It seems !hilt editors expect you can improve your style while graduates to be highly trained and still out of the limelight." experienced withou! ever offe11> Another way of entering the ing the normal opportunhies a 'paper world is through a paper's graduate needs to gain those qua!- _diary. Many of the nationals run a 11Ies. - diary: Peterborough in the Tele- Rory Knight Bruce, journalist graph, Atticus in the Times and so attheLondonEveningStandard's on. A successful time spent on a Diary, explained to me, "news- diary might result in a contract - papers have a lot of money to the thing a budding journalist spend. on ability and talent but wishes for more than anything. they are loath to spend money on, The advantage of a diary is that raw poteniial." ·_ a student can ·make a contact with How does one ever get a job in the editor while still at university the first place? "The way in is by and supply him or her with useful Photo.of Sarah Hemmings and Nigel Billen by Steve Chitteden. producing concrete evidence of information thereby proving·their Shift work entails manning the underground fashions and the ness. This money can tide one your ability." Immediately I rec- enthusiasm. · news desk of a newspaper during like." over a rough patch when commis- ognised the circular problem that According to Rory, "almost all of the unsocial hours of the night Student newspapers also pre- sions are slow in arriving. frustrates all potential journalists; the Londo;, Evening Standa~d's waiting fornews stories to come in sent an opportunity to practice Job opportunities in journalism no job without experience, no graduate recruitment is done from around the world. Loy pay your writing. Sarah, Rory and areincreasingallofthetimeasthe experience without a job. through the diary." means that many young jour- Nigel have all been editors of Stu- number of magazines and news Having a good degree is· not nalists have to get another job .dent and considered it an impor- papers being printed increases. enough to persuade an editor of during the day time. "The advan- tant part of their careers. However, competition for those • your ability. I spoke to Sarah , , s U)3BING" and doing tage is that one does meet the Nigel, "What people are look- jobs is also increasing as more and Hemming and Nigel Billen, who "shifts" are two other other people on the paper and ing for is some sort of evidence of more graduates are interested in are both editors of The List ways of gaining experi- there is a chance that. a big news your enthusiasm to separate you them. magazine and past editors of Stu- ence. Both of them are hard work story will come in and you will be from the hoards who say they Before looking for .a job, a dent and the Festival Times, about without any glamour. A sub- · at the centre of it," Sarah want to get into journalism. potential journalist should read ways of starting a career in jour- editor is normally responsible for explained to me.• WorkingforStudentisonewayof the UK Press Gazette Weekly, nalism. · the way the page looks and mak- There are opportunities for stu- doing_that." · Campaign and the Guardian on "If you want to be a hard news ing sure that there are no spelling, dents to gain experience while at The Enterprise Allowance Mondays to find out what kind of journalistthendoingsomekindof grammar or factual mistakes on university. Rory, "thebestoppor- Scheme is one way a young jour- jobs there are ~oing. A_nd training, either a postgraduate the pages. This important job !unities are in features. There are naljst can gain an advantage. The • remember one key_p1ece of advice coutse or on the job training at a becomes very tedious after a a whole range oflifestyle and fash- government wil pay young entrep- all of the mterv1ewees ?gr~ed local newspaper, is the best while, however, Rory reminded ion features that can only be writ- reneurs a wage, about the same as upon: always read a pubhcat1on thing." me that "no less a writer than ten by young people and it is a the dole, if they can show that before you write for it to make "The best degrees are said to be Graham Greene spent four years good idea to try writing some of they have been unemployed and , sure your style and theirs are con the journalism courses at Cardiff a sub at the Times before he got a those. 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Warburg Group plc • • • • • • All final year students _are welcome to attend. • • • • .,,' .... • 20 Thursday,November17, 1988 Media · THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT .: 1'i 1988 the conventional , they had to say was incoherent. jWisdom has it that the Forastart,itwouldbewrongto , American political pro_- . suggest that George Bush had no • Richard Scorer looks at the influ I cess has been debauch- ''vision". In a recent speech, he was very specific about his vlsion. ence of TV on the USA Presidential ed by television coverage. In In fact, he was more specific than adapting to the requirements any politician on either side of the of TV, the candidates in the · Atlantic has been for many years. Election. : Presidential election have ; He told his audience that if they recently acknowledged - to · supposedly been forced to , wanted to understand his vision, propagate it through TV. Most substitute vacuous images they only had to "look out of the people in America know what 1and "sound bites" for serious window". He went on: "Look at Jackson stands for, even if they the America that we have today. · disagree with him, and they owe · debate. Their ability to do Peaceful and prosperous, the. this to TV. Jackson speaks lucidly this is supposed to have set- · fre:est nation on 'earth. That's my ' and straightforwardly about the . tied the outcome of the elec- vision, ·that's my dream. And:· · problems that confront America. , tion. Bush won, because he Ronald Regan and I have already• 'He is succinct in the exposition of . was better at spouting the made that dream come true." The his message, because he knows crude superficialities Bush vision is a vision of what · . what his message is in the first exists now. This is a conservative place. The Democrats will only ) demanded by TV· He didn't vision, but it is still a vision. Bush · win in the future if their nominee ( have much in the way of a · expressed it in plain language, and · has Jackson's straightforwardness : political "vision", but success i_t was faithfully reported by TV. · and TV skill. And if he is a good · isn't about having a vision. ·TV performer that winning 'It's about having lots of one- • nominee will be more certain of liners for the TV. Whereas his political vision. Bush had plenty, Dukakis HAT was the Dukakis vision? had almost none, and that Nobody seemed to be was why Bush won. The W sure. Did the "in _T goes without saying that it American political process . herent superficiality" of TV was right for the media to has been diminished, and it's obscure it? In reality Dukakis had 'expose Dan Quayle. How all the fault ofTV. · no vision. Until the last two weeks I ever, the "Quayle factor" of the campaign, when he made a would have-been far more impor This ·"wisdom'; emanates belated attempt to define - and tant in the election if Dukakis had mainly from the Dukakis wing of defend-the pejorative "liberal" asked Bush the blindingly obvious the Democratic Party. However, label ( calling liberalism "the tradi question: why do· you never the anti-TV chorus in America ton of Roosevelt, Truman and ' appear in public with Quayle? has also been joined by supporters Kennedy"), Dukakis had nothing This question would have forced of the new Republican Vice-Pres to offer the voters save "compe · the issue. Dukakis typically failed ident, Dan Quayle. His "crucifix tence". He was unable to tell the to use his 15-second TV slots to ion" at the hands of the "pointy voters what he would do, "compe ask it, preferring to ramble on heads" in the "liberal" TV media 1 tently". TV was unable to tell the . about "competence" instead. It is the main post-election grudge of voters what Dukakis stood for, was only once put to Bush, by an the Republican right. TV is under because he didn't stand for any 11-year-old girl during a TV fire from all sides: under fire from thing. Dukakis signed his own · · Photo courtesy of The Daily' Pe~ns~an_ian. · . phone-in session in Michigan. It Dukakis, for being too ·superfi political death warrant when he caused him severe embarrass cial, and under fire from Quayle, decided to run away from con have a 1,ooo:'word limit than when is a natural waffler, a fact which ment. If asked repeatedly by for (one supposes) not being sup- troversy, shun ideology, and resist they have a 3 ,000-word limit. ·1n TV exposed. He was unable to Dukakis, it could have closed the erficial enough. · identifying himself with an over the former they have to be more state his case clearly and sue- . gap. However, Dukakis was out TV will doubtless find few arching vision. He left nothing for succinct. In the same way, ifacan cinctly on TV, in ihe short tiine performed by the 11-year~old, . apologists. In reality, however, it TV to report. didate only has a 15-second:TV available, for the simple reason who probably should have been is Dukakis and Quayle who have The fact is that TV has slot in which to get · his 'ideas that his case was vague ana the Democratic nominee. debauched the American political improved the American political across, he has to ·be succinct'and incoherent. TV revealed Dukakis Dukakis has only himself to blame process, not TV. TV did no more process. The main reason for this straightforward in . expresisng · for the·Kinnock that he is. . for his failure, and he should not than convey to the public what is the same reason why students them. Give him more time and he By contrast, Jesse Jackson ·had be allowed to make the media a these men had to say, and what · write better essays when they is liable to start .~afflillJl, Dukakis a vision and was able - as he has scapegoat. NIGEL GRIFFITHS,,MP f Consider yourfuture as ACIS • • • a consulting actuary · With 4,500 people in 17 countries Towers Perrin is one of is looking for students to work as Tour Directors the world's leading independent firms of actuaries and during their vacations. We are an American company management consultants - and we are growing rapidly. specialising in tours of Europe for US school groups. To meet our increasing business needs we are looking for graduates of high technical and analytical ability. In return The pay is good but the work can be demanding. 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WE WILL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24TH IN THE CALEDONIAN HOTEL, PRINCES-STREET AJ 7.00 PM. JPMorgan' .- ...... ,.' ______,.. ______-- --- l_ \~---~----- ... ------·-·- ----1' ------·------~- .-:.:::.:::-- ___ :-;-.·::-::-... 22 Thursday, November 17,~----======---- 1988 UN/VENTS GREEN BANANA CLUB Thurs 17 Evening, Potterrow Union Sun20 Tues 22 , Goth's tea-party. JAZVSINGERS EU CENTRE FOR HUMAN . SCOTTISH COUNTRY Bring your matriculation card. ECOLOGY DANCE AND FOLK DANCE Evening; Teviot Bar Happy Hour 8-9 pm 3.30 pm ; Faculty Room North, CLASS NORTH AMERICAN Live music. DHT- 7-8.30 pm, PE Dept, STUDIES PROGRAMME 46 Pleasance SPECIAL LECTURE EU FOLK SONG SOCIETY CATHOLIC STUDENTS 8 pm; 48a Pleasance All welcome. 11 am, Conference Room, DHT UNION Regular sessions. The Folk Soc Professor Warren F. Kimball dis STUDENT MASS ROCK DISCO cusses: "Churchill and Roosevelt: always welcome new members so 7.15 pm; followed' bya talk on why not go along for a listen? Evening; Chambers St Union Parnters and Protagonists." South Africa by John Gordon. 50p with matriculation card. wots on 5 CATHOLIC STUDENTS EU SCOTTISH NATIONALIST ASSOCIATION ESCOGRIFFES LUNCH UNION - BREAD AND 1 pm; Basement of French Dept, CHEESE LUNCH 7.30 pm; Executive Room, Plea Mon21 sance 4 Buccleuch Place. 12.30-2 pm; Common .Room, 23 George Sq. Help the SNA "call the tune" this ?Op, ALBERT SSEMPEKE-DANCE year. EU HOMEBREW SOCIETY MUSIC CLASS 8 pm; Bow Bar, Victoria St. 1-2 pm; Combat Salle, Pleasance. PERFIDIOUS ALBION: FUL CHRISTIAN UNION LCOURT AGM. · 8.30 pm ; MEETING Open to all students, staff and EU CHESS CLUB Chambers St Ballroom 7 pm: Chaplaincy Centre. sports centre members. 7 pm; Highland Room. Followed by Bardic Circle and · The Pleasance. Ball BUNAC INFORMATION Chess matches - also on Tues Sat 19 1-2 pm, Pleasance. . EU CHESS CLUB days. 7 pm; Highland Room, Pleasance CHAMBERS ST DISCO EU CONSERVATIVE AND Matches. Evening, Chambers St Union UNIONIST ASSOCIATION Fri 18 Bring your matric card. 1 pm; Teviot Middle Reading Wed23 Usual disco,· with videos Room - EU PRO LIFE GROUP BUN AC INFORMATION. downstairs. Peter Clark discusses "The con 1-2 pm; Pleasance. servative Party in Ulster and the .15 pm, Executive Room, Plea- Y ABBADABBADOO DISCO sance ·failures of the Anglo-Irish Agree 0 7.45 pm-midnight, PRESIDENTS BALL ment." PLAN9disco Evening, Teviot Row Union Teviot Park Room Evening, Potterrow Union. If you've not purchased your tic CATHOLIC STUDENTS Hip Hop kets, hurry along to a union shop EU HIGHLAND SOCIETY/ UNION Bring your matric card. . to avoidmissing an evening of EU SCOTTISH HISTORY FELLOWSHIP MEAL SOCIETY EU COMMERCE waltzing, dining and mingling in Cafe of 23 George Sq. ASSOCIATION medaeival surroundins-alterna 8 pm; Teviot Debating Hall. £1 . 1 pm: Room 215 William tively known as frolicking in a Ceilidh Followed by General Meetmg, Robertson Building ballgown/tuxedo. £2 (£1 members). 7.30pm A talk on "Marketing Scotland", THEATRE Lyceum GEORGE MELLY Tickets £1 , £1.50 Wed 16 Bedlam EUTC Lunchtime Theatre pre-. GRINDLAYSTREET 229 9697 sents E. Ionesco's play. FORREST ROAD THECORRIES <))}) AS YOU LIKE IT Thurs 17-Sat 19 PAID ON BOTH SIDES till Sat 19 Nov 17 Nov-22 Nov 7.45 pm; £2.50-£7 Traverse Shakespeare's quasi-comedy of Netherbow , 7.30pm 112WESTBOW strange happenings in the Forest of Arden. Arts Centre Tickets £1.50-£2.50 HIGH STREET_ Play by WH Auden revolving around a feud between two mill King's Theatre CHANGED DAYS opning fa!"ilies. SALT WATER by the Loingeel Horse Co. ! ! LEVEN STREET 229 4840 .. by Anne Samuel . Mon 14-19Nov 7.30 normal cones. Story of life in Edinburgh during THE BALD PRIMA DONNA Mon 14 Nov-Sun 20 KEN DODD the 1940s. Play about the environment. For mon 14 and Tues 15 23Nov 1.30pm all those with green edges. EXHIBITIONS Stills Gallery 105 HIGH STREET 5571140 . CALLUM INNES Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm · 369 Gallery Until 19Nov New artists and sculptors. 209COWGATE 225 3013 Mon 10.30-5.30 pm MAMILY, MY HISTORY, Minimalist works. MYSELF 12 Nov-24 Dec Collected Works of 15 photo JANICE McNAM and ( Gallery of graphers on a family theme. MARION KOULTZ City Art Centre Charcoals and drawings of Modern Art emaciated women. Naturalist 2 MARKET STREET 225 2424 (ext 6650) sculpture. Talbot Rice Gallery EDINB.URGH SKETCHING . OLD COLLEGE 6671011 (ext 4308) CLUB NEILLANDS BEQUEST IDEAS AND IMAGES ·Until3Dec. ·Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Mon-Fri 10.30 am-5.30 pm Sun 2-5pm DREAMTIME New works by Margaret Hunter a A collection of 28 paintings, draw- . by Janet Patterson young Glasgow Art School ings and watercolours bequeathed From 12 Nov Graduate. WASPS _to_tpe ,g_ajlery , by the late, <;,eorge Mon-Fri lQam,5 pm. , ' ., · ·~ ·tr, 11.. ·, ~: , . :From 12 Nov, , ,· - ,, Neillands., A travelle~s images of Austra)ia.. ·- J., ...,. ..'>:,.,..._.4':'·_- ..)...__:_i~~(:..· ... ,._,.. ~. './.~ .. ~- ...... · ...... ,,, ··-~ ...... -.~ Thursday, November 17, 1988 23 ., Thurs 17 Mon21 LOOP Venue, Calton Road JUSTTHEJOB 557 3073 Preservation Hall, Victoria St ' If there· was a pick of the week , 226 3816 this would be it. Late bar and 11111111 9.30 pm. Free. disco. Have· supported "Primal THE DAN BLOCKER TAL FARROW/LOUIS JONAH MA YO and his JOHNNY SUNBEAM scream" . EXPERIENCE STEW ART QUARTET DEVARA NGWENA Negociants, Lothian Street Negociants, Lothian Street Queen's Hall, Clerk Street Mambo Club, Calton Studios, 225 6313 JUST ADD WATER 225 6313 668 2019 556 7006 Free. 9 pm. Currently recordina Music Box , Victoria Street 9 pm. Free. Country. Zimbabwe's top selling TAM WHITE BAND pop anLP. 2201708 group. £4. Electronic sound, female vocalist. Preservation Hall, Victoria St ALEX MACLEAN On the verge of a record deal. Fri 18 2263816 LOS PISTOLEROS (Kings Royal Oak, Infirmary Street oif new country) l0pm-1 am DAVID LEE ROTH ROSE OF AVALANCHE GERRY MULVENNA Venue, Calton Road Royal Oak, Infirmary Street Music Box, Victoria Street Young Glaswegian singer! Playhouse, Greenside Place ·2201708 songwriter. 557 2590 557 3073 lOpm-1 am Young and upcoming folk singer. Includes some past members of Gives a whole new meaning to the "Sisters of Mercy" influency. "Hank Wang Ford band". £1 at term "showmanship". Certainly Tues 22 not a low budget set. 7.30 pm. BOXING CLEVER DA YID LEE ROTH door. THE ORGANSIATION Music Box, Victoria Street Playhouse, Greenside Place CINDERELLA Music Box, Victoria Street THE BROTHERS 2201708 557 2590 Playhouse, Greenside Place 220 1708 . Preservation Hall, Victoria St Pleasant, danceable music from 557 2590 Rocking ba'nd, hailing from Glas 226 3816 this good band. £1. .Sat 19 Heavy metal, £7.30 pm. £6. gow, Free. Resident band, 9 pm, Free. THE PASTELS and HARD ROCK CAFE LOOSE CUT THE CORRIES THE VULTURES Venue, Calton Road Sun20 Preservation Hall, Victoria St Kings Theatre, Leven Street potterrow, Student Centre 557 3073 226 3816 2291201 A Potterrow Special. Long greasy hair, essential. BLUEFINGER 9.30 pm. Free. Music Box, Victoria Street 2201708 Resident band. £1-£1.50. Wed23 THE JACK HAMMERBAND IRON MAIDEN Music Box, Victoria Street C I m Playhouse, Greenside Place ·220 1708 557 2590 Singer - Tom Waitsey. Jazzy. apartment to a sullen stranger 3. Phone 6677331 for details on an 7.30 pm. Phone for prices. Is this who appears everywhere a catac-• answering machine, or if you want Edin)i>urgh Heavy Metal Week? ANDY IRVINE Dominion lysmic event occurs. As the couple to speak to a very nice Australian Osbourne Hotel, York Place KING BISCUIT TIME BLUES 556 5577 . NEWBAITLETERRACE 4472660 are expecting a baby, could the sounding man phone 667 7332. Negociant, Lothian Street Edinburgh Folk Club present this said stranger know something 225 6313 • 1. A FISH CALLED they don't? Filmhouse renowned Irish singer. 8 pm., WANDA (15) Electric blues. 9 pr_n. Free. Phone for details. LOTHIAN ROAD 228 2688 2.15, 5.15 , 8.15 Mon-Sat Cameo BO' WEEVIL SPECIAL MYSTERY GUEST 5.00, 8.00 Sun 1. WHITE MISCHIEF(l8) Preservation Hall, Victoria St The Venue, Calton Road HOME STREET 228 4141 As I said before, an excellent 2.30, 18 Nov 226 3816 557 3073 black comedy with a touch of TRACK 29 (18) 1. LAW OF DESIRE (18) £1 after 9 pm. Bo' phone for more To be announced on the night, but romance starring John Cleese, 2.00 (not Sun), 6.00, 10.00, 6.30 (18, 19 Nov) details. it's rumoured to be good stuff_. Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin 18-24 Nov 8.30, 18 -22 Nov and Kevin Kline. Set in America, a bored house 2. ALICE (15) 2. BIG (PG) wife becomes ol5sessed with 3.15, 6.45, 8.45, 18/19 Nov 2.15, 5.15, 8.15 Mon-Sat someone she thinks may be her 2. EFFI BRIEST (15) 5.00, 7.00 Sun son_from a brutal teenage sexual 5.30 pm, 20/21 Nov A 12-year-old wishes he was big encounter. One of the worse 1. ASTERIX IN BRITAIN (PG) ger so as to score with the ladies psychodramas of 1988. 2pm, 19Nov no sooner said than done, boys. THE UNTOUCHABLES (15) 1. BETTY BLUE (18) Sean Connery and Robert de 2.30, 6.00, 21/22 Nov BIGFOOT AND THE Niro. Connery won an Oscar here 2. LONG LIVE THE LADY (15) HENDERSONS (PG) as an Irish cop who tackles the 2.30, 19 Nov 8.15 ,.20/21 Nov Prohibition kingpin Al Capone. 3.00, 6.15, 8.30, 23 Nov Well, the Hendersons adopt Big SOMETHING WILD (18) and foot, a rather large family pet. 1. BEETLE JUICE (15) .. BREATHLESS (18) 3.00, 6.30, 8.30, 24 Nov • 3. GOOD MORNING 11.30 pm, 18 Nov 2. OBSESSIONE (PG) VIETNAM (15) STAR WARS (PG) and 5.15, 8.00, 23 Nov 2.00, 5.00, 8.00 Mon-Sat RETURN OF THE JEDI (PG) 2. SUSPEc;T (15) Robin Williams stars as a wacky 11.30 pm, 19 Nov 2.30, 5.15, 8.00, 24 Nov DJ who defies the US Army Odeon Filmsoc SOUTH CLERK STREET 667 7331 Cannon THE SCARLET EMPRESS LOTHIAN ROAD 229 3030 1. COLOURS (18) (PG) 2.15, 5.30, 8.15, 18-24 Nov 6.45 BALLGOWN AND COCKTAIL DRESS 1. A FISH CALLED WANDA Centres on the violent drug-filled WITNESS FOR THE (15) _ lifestyle led by LA's ethnic street PROSECUTION (PG) 1.55, 4.55 , 7.55, 18-24 Nov gangs and vain efforts at policing 8.10 HIRE 2. U2: RATTLE AND HUM (15) the bullet-riddled hell of city-s • 18 Nov, Pleasance ·2.20, 5.20, 8.20 urban sprawl. Sounds like fun. INTERIORS (15) This film follows U2 across . Well, anyway, Sean Peon's in it as 6.45 America on their Joshua Tree a policeman. RADIO DAYS (PG) tour. Contains some live footage. 2. BIG(PG) 8.30 3. THE SEVENTH SIGN (15) 1.50, 4.05, 6.20, 8.45, 18-24 Nov 20 Nov; George Square Theatre Phone 229 3030 for details of 1.40, 3.50, 6.05, 8.30, 20-24 Nov Woody Allen directed the second times Tom Hanks stars as a man who is one-that's all I know. A horror film that goes along really a boy but wished he was big THE GLASS MENAGERIE 10% DISCOUNT FOR STUDENTS reminiscent of The Omen trilogy. ger, hence the title and all for a (PG)7pm A couple_ rent out their garage woman's heart too. 23 Nov, George Square Theatre BEDLAM LYCEUM. EUTC members may purchase Information - tickets at discount rates. Company Theatre Saver concession cards meetings ·are arranged Pho~e cost £1 and · last all year. 71lis CANNON enables members to get £1 off the · 225 91193 for details. ' Perform~ces are £2.50 and £2.90. , full price each tjmeyou and a fri_end ESCA FILMHOUSE • go to the Lyceum. , 11 A Gloucester Square . Edinburgh Students Charities Student prices are 75p for · Appeal are at 17/19 Guthrie Street matinees, early evening shows TRAVERSE (225 4061). . £1.50 and £2.50 for main evening Student membership is £4 for four FILMSOC shows which are bookable in · years. Edinburgh EH3 6EB Membership of £11 to students advance. No concessions on allows free entrance to all Saturdays. ODEON performances. Membership Performances up -to 6 pm cost · Phone: 031-226 3669 available at all shows and non- · DOMINION -£1.50 and a(ter 8 pm ·cost £2 'l"ith members may purchase gu'ls! Students pay £1.50 for all matriculation card. ,Not applicable tickets in advance from any Union · : performances ;"e"...c_ept e~ening - on Friday and Satorday evenings. ~"-- ·.t 24 Thursday, November 17, 1988 Fashion Comfort and Joy ECEMBER'S edition D of Elle Magazine is dis appointingly predictable. Despite being supporters of British design, they are promoting yet another adver tisement of manic flam boyance, and hailing him as a major contributor to "inno vation" in the late 80's. Forget the La"croix revolu tion because we're careering towards an Italian Renais sance now. There's nothing new about Italian quality and design, but now creativity is finally rearing its ugly head in the shape of Franco Mos chino. Originality has never come easily to the Italians, whose idea of paradise is more well-cut navy jackets than pink and green Paisley. flairs. They should stick to what they know best. Mos- ))) ~ chino pushes pattern to the trousers and one or two well- , limit - throws in a fried egg defined party numbers. . or a croissant into his designs ' Fending off the daily Edin and justifies it by calling him burgh cyclone seems to me to self "stylist" rather than be more of a student priority ,designer. "We have the right right now than anything else. to use anything to decorate The. best scarves for under ourselves." · £10 can be found in E. Kow all the aesthetic opulence? That's all very well, but Edinburgh rests fairly heavily alska in St Stephen Street, where they usually have huge what about realities like com on its conservative laurels, mohair wraps in assorted col fort and practica!ity besides but currently has some pretty· ours. But check any of those shops and you'll find a better quality offering than the Top Shop , and Razzle Dazzle BICYCLES ranges, WIMKLES We specialise in Value for Money Machines Briony Sergeant good first and second-hand FOR EXAMPLE ·Left: Brown Leather Coat £16.00 5 Speeds with mudguards and carrier options. While we're all from The Look. Black Cap £6.00' £90 eclipsed by the '70s storm, P I E · some of the second-hand from Maggie's. Black Wool Leg 12 Speed (Shimano) with alloy wheels shops have got some perfect gings £26.95 from Laura Ashley. £130 Black Lambswool Poloneck examples of brash tasteless SHOP Mountain Bikes from £17.99 from Marks and Spencer. £125 ness - full-length leather Centre: Cream Flares, part of a coats, swing jackets with pair of pyjamas £6.00 from Mag SOMETHING SPECIAL flaired sleeves, bell bottoms gie's. Arran Cardigan £15.00 1 ;ITT ~, •rF•1rn1.-! 'JI Fully equipped Mountain Bike with and nylon blouses (if you're a from Maggie's. Shimano Exage Mountain Bio pace chainset, SIS gears, brakes and • hubs, Mt Zefal fashion victim to the point of Right: Black Mohair Wrap £6.00 mudguards and alloy carrier. insanity). from The Look. Poloneck and, sm£ - ONLY£300 Leggings as before. ~r~1£ [l~l~m~ From !Jeorge Square it's west along the The chain stores are slow North Meadow Walk cycleway, ri_ght at the Maggie's, St. Stephen Street lights, first left, righi at the next lights and, to recognise the really crass The Look, St. Stephen Street then first left again. possibilities, but have some Laura Ashley, Princes Street fnOID l~{ ~ff sa ~ ff s TRY BEFORE YOU BUY mainstays even in shops like Marks and Spencer, Princes Street CENTRAL CYCLE HIRE Laura Ashley, who are mov 16 S[lrnn{~ RD. {DlnBUR~H 13 Lochrin Place, Tollcross ing away from thc::ir stylistic 2286333 tunnel vision and are coming Photos by Colin Cowie .''--'--....:..---:.....-----'- ...... up •.•with tapered woollen Modelled by Mona Thursday, November 17, 1988 I STQjdeNt SPORTS SUPPLEMENT. Andy Irvine Interview, centre page This Week's Sports Action , SPORT Club Features Section3 Man with a mission Since its formation in 1875, Hibernian FC has With commercialism, sponsorship and high finance as achieved everythiM in Scottish football, but nothing much the watch-words of football as "at the end of the perhaps lives on in recent memory quite like those glori-- day, Brian", chairmen have been thrust into the ous nights in the sixties and seventies when Easter Road limelight. Wallace Mercer at Hearts has his own radio was set alight by the buzz of European competition. show and is a well-known figure in Edinburgh. More Older supporters will remember their team beating recently, the young chairman of Hibs, David Duff, and Barcelona in the Fairs Cup of 1960-1, after a 4-4 draw in his right-hand man, Jim Gray, have begun to threaten Spain, and, in the same competition of six years later, Mercer's hold on the public's attention. The· pair rescued blastmg five goals past the legendary Dino Zoff of Hibs from financial collapse, instigated the share offer N~ples. Hibs only went out of the competition after and have secured one of the best shirt sponsorship deals bemg narrowly beaten by a Leeds United team, which in Scotland-from the Frank Graham Group, who have went ~n to become England's finest club of the early backed the club to the tune of £300,000. sevenlles. H1bs have not qualified for Europe since 1978 The realities of soccer today are of a small, tempera and it is nights like these that young, ambitious Alex Mil mental audience and not of 60,000 crowds trekking from ler is desperate to bring back to Easter Road next sea work on a Saturday·and through the gates of a foot son. ball_ground, Hibs like any other club, havehad to adjust Alex, however, is realistic about his present team's raising money from any source available. The share • offer was all part of a diversification whereby the club capabilities: "Between you and I, we're not going to win the hopes to gain revenue by investing in other projects. League this year-we're just not good enough. In Scot Meanwhile, ctimmercial .mana~er. David Sparks. has land, no one has the presence up front to put pressure on ensured that every match ball and every shin is spon the Rangers' back four. Give me McAvennie, Walker sored to the end of the season .• with Archibald and I'll take my chance at playing the "However, you can have tte best business team off Rangers. the park, but if you are not doing it on the grass you "My ultimate aim this season is qualifying for won't get anywhere," added Miller, always keen to look Europe!" at the situation from a manager's point of view and is His team, whatever its deficiencies, are better pre glad that he is left alone with the team. pared for an assault on the higher echelons of the Pre "Some chairmen, often very naive about football , mier Division this year than they have been for many sometimes interfere with the playing side of the club, but seasons. Miller has invested well, snapping up Scot David Duff is great to work for, as he lets me get on with land's reserve goalkeeper Andy Goram, Steve it. Archibald and Gareth Evans - "to freshen up the for "We must never forget the most important thing is ~ard line" - and places much emphasis on getting the that we can never take the game away from the players, nght blend. Good "ball players" like John Collins and and I would rather got back to that." Paul Kane are offset by fighters like Neil Orr and a sprinkling of older players help to. "bring on the youngsters. " Second in the table until only a fortnight ago, Miller is iller points to his old team Rangers as a club not too surprised that his young side - eight of his 31 which has done most to combine both sport • signed up players are under 25 years old-have usurped M and a new commercial realism that believes Hearts as Edinburgh's premier club. A fitness fanatic, supporters cannot be taken for granted. The Glasgow who does nor drink or smoke, he puts this down to an club have "got the commodity right on the park" and improvement in training at the club. improved facilities, making Ibrox into a superb almost "I have set standards since coming to Hibs. Last year, all-seated stadium . we worked on our 'football fitness' - being fit for short "They've tried to create a theatre-type atmosphere. bursts-and we have been tough with the players. They where you have Frank Sinatra playing every week. " have responded positively, and we now have players Hibs are trying to emulate this and have extended the threatening others for places. visiting support~rs' area; are in the process of develop "Footballers thrive on hard work and success and, ing a new family enclosure and have installed new toilets consequently, we only missed a UEFA Cup place - not such a trivial point, as there were no women's because we dropped too many points to clubs below us. " toilets at soccer clubs a few years ago. Having played for Rangers for 17 Something Miller never wants his club to emulate is years, Alex Mmer is no stranger to the Rangers' notorious policy of religious discrimination. big time. He left St. Mirren in "As you know , Rangers don't play Catholics and he rebirth of the Easter Road club is perhaps best while I am manager of this club religious differences will December 1986 and came to manage illustrated by the club's ability to hold on to never be a problem. I don't care if your are black, red or Hibernian, believing that the club's T talented youngsters, like John Collins, who last white as long as you can play football." year became a full international and, in Miler's words, For the English student and football fan coming to tradition and wealth of potential "could have gone anywhere in the summer." A small Scotland, religious.differences manifesting themselves could make the Hibees great again. club must convince its stars that it is on the verge of suc at football grounds is hard to understand, and it is dif Simon Perry spoke to him about the cess otherwise they become 'reservoirs' of talent for the ficul! to see why it continues, especially as any manager Old Firm to recruit. The fact that Collins is staying, is restrictin~ his choices if he can pick young hopefuls Edinburgh club's revival and the state therefore, must be good morale and stability, and also from a parllcular background, in any trial match. How of the modern game. shows the club's commitment to youth and home-grown ever, it does persist, and Miller gives a blunt , honest talent. reason: If an improvement on the playing side is not enough to "I know people who have got a lot of money involved inspire interest in Hibs this season, then the fact that the in football - and religion may be why they've gonheir club offered shares to the public and entered the Stock money involved. · Exchange's Third Market last month raised the club's "Religion and politics ...stay well clear!" he added best years of your life are when "THE profile in Edinburgh considerably. Miller, always think philosophically. you are playing football," is the ing of discipline and the football side of Hibernian, Staying clear and concentrating on football is all Alex unequivocal opinion of Alex Miller, is conscious of the increased interest in his club. Miller loves to do. In his time at Easter Road he has the youthful manager of Hibernian who still gets "I'm glad of the extra publicity, and I feel we should brought stability to a young side, securing the future of excited on the eve of invitation matches like have a high , but correct, profile. In the past, players may players like Kane and Collins and is only looking for not have put themselves about town ii/ the proper man ward. Supponed by an equally ambitious pair of tesimonials in which he is appearing. The businessmen - and life-Ion~ Hibs fans- he has heloed sheepskin coat, it seems, can wait. ner. Conditions have changed lit this club and if any player is out on the town when he shouldn't be, then I'll to make Hibs hclllthy again, but the club will only be back to its fittest when it is welcoming East Germans, Wearing a tracksuit and football boots in his office at not miss him. Yugoslavs, Italians and Swedes back through its gates Easter Road, he finds himself managing one of Scot "You just can't survive in the modern game if you are again for some more _of those.J;lorious nights. land's greatest clubs. out every night, with a different girl Jn a different pub." 2 Thursday, November 17, 1988 President's Address THIS.is the Sports Union's first major venture into the romantic world· or the press. Too long we have been happy for our clubs to represent the Illustrious Rugby -'University without a large section or the University being aware or what they are doing. Now we hope this Sports Supplement will go some way to '- help our clubs gain the recognition they deserve .. THE RUGB1' CLUB is in excellent shape at the moment been to Kenya, Brazil and the far It was not the intention though to produce an advert for the Sports with a total membership of 130, of whom about 100 play on a East and possible venues for 1990 Union and its clubs. We have our successes - more than our fair share regular basis. We field five teams, with the 1st XV playing in include__ 13ermuda, the Bahamas - but we also have our problems. Many of these, indeed, are caused by Division 4 of the National Leagues, the 2nd XV Leagues and• and Fip. Less glamorous _but a lack of attention and publicity. Some students are noraware or the high th d 4th d Fr h n · 0 ing full fixture iists of proportionally the source of Just standard or sport at the University. Most are aware of the range of clubs _e 3r. S, S a~. es ~rs e l Y - as much nonsense are the tours to available but still a worrying minority do not realise the level or compet fnendhes. In add1t10n, durmg the 1st term, the lsts and 2nds Swansea and Dublin for the Inter ition University Sport provides. This can cause leading athletes to play participate in the Scottish Universities Championships on a nationls and Paris for a 7-a-side outside the University. It is however a trend we are proud to be revers . pool/knockout basis. great ' potential, · particularly tournament. ing. The club enjoys an illustrious behind -tne scrum where we have Paris is also the scene of the Then there is the pressure on our existing facilities which, although history. Founded in 1857, it was some excellent young backs.We legendary annual tours by our excellent, cannot cope with the huge numbers of people we have playing one of the seven founder mem- suffered from the very early start Freshers' side , visits which have sport at Edinburgh University. The PE Department uses its limited bers of the Scottish Rugby Union. to the League season but after los- passed, and deservedly so, into resources wll but without the support or bodies like the Pollok Trustees We have had 53 internationalists, ing our first two matches have club "folklore. In addition, this (who have supported sport so admirably in the past) they cannot con with John Frame, on 22 caps, our claimed our way back up to 5th year will see a mini tour to Oxford sider the kind of major investment required - for the facilities we need. most capped player. Our most place. and Cambridge and the XXX Again, this supplement, by making the problems of facilities more gener famous international was Eric Both the 1st and 2nd XVs are in Club have very generously ally known should help us attract support throughout the University. Liddell, who played seven times their respective finals of the Scot- offered space on their coach to the It is so small task than for the Sports Union to produce campaigning for Scotland before retiring to tish Universities Championships, EU Ladies Rugby Club who are journalism that could achieve all this. And perhaps as this is our first concentrate on his film career. both against St Andrews, to be embarking on a similar tour. Typ attempt it would be fair to admit we are not quite there. Yet many a club EURFC were unofficial champ- played on November 23. On the icalofthespiritoftheXXXreally, committee member spent a long night staring at the empty blue lines on ions of Scotland seven times and representative front, Neil Burnett and a gesturewhich will surely a blank sheet of paper, the chewed pencil top their only distraction. The runners-up four times before the and Richie Gray were in the Edin- maintain the nonsense ratio. first stuttering words invariably crossed out before finally the black ink National Leagues were estab- burgh U-21 squad against the However the highlight of this starts to flow in a gush that would make a Texas oilman proud. The final lished. touring New Zealand side. touring year will undoubtedly by results you see before you. I just hope they have all started writing for the Although our last full inter- The lsts. have a cosmopolitan the visit of the Bufty Terret next edition. nationalist was Jock Millican in look about them this year with Cavaliers to Newcastle. Many 1973, we regularly supply a sub- their Belgian captain, Christ- seasoned observers feel it has JohnGaskie stantial share of the Scottish Uni- opher Kelly, and Canadian pack- taken the edge off the present EUSU President versities' side and this year Calum leader, Richard Attisha. There is Australian tour and certainly Bannerman, Richard Attisha, the usual contingent of Micks, in Murrayfield ticket sales seem to Pete Martin, Pete Young, Chris particular the calming influence have been affected. Several of the Simmers and Chris Kelly were in of Garth McAlpine, some squad were keen to accept the luc Intra-Mural Soccer the Scottish Students' Squad for English and a smattering of Scots rative offer from South African the inqugural World Cup in but sadly the failure of Rhys Breweries, but Terrett, a man of THE WEDNESDAY Intra-Mural Soccer League could not have france. Richie Gray and Chris Temett to claim the vacant full- greatintegrity,gotoutofbed, put wished for a better start. Not a single pitch declared unplayable in four Newton played for Scotland back slot means that there are no his foot down and declared that weeks. The first three Wednesdays the sun shone brightly. Could this Youth in the international against Welshmen in the side this season. newcastle it would be. Read Stu- be a record? Italy. Tours play a large role in . den for a full report of this rugby Save for a couple of matches where teams decided not to turn -UP.,, The 1st XV this season has EURFC in particular we have feast. there is some good football being played. Teams have been enthusiastic t------'--~------~------ and each match fiercely contested (save for the occasional 14-0). The Premier Division is wide open. After the favourites, Fudge, lost a match recently, CIA, unbeaten, have taken the lead. KBTRR are the third team in contention for the title, proving that the best-looking team PE project going well by far can also play football. Dick Vet might be relegated. The First Division has ten teams in it, so it is unlikely that they will finish their fixtures. However, Solripe already look unbeatable, and THIRTEEN of Edinburgh programmes specific to some applying themselves very serious Aardvark are well on their way to the second promotion place. University's most committed sports, which enables the course . ly and we are delighted with their However, several teams have won at least two matches, so anything athletes are hoping to enhance· to cater for all the oustanding per- response," said Mr Chainey. could happen. formers, whether they be, for With everything going so well, The Second Division has had two drop-outs, allowing the Dental their sporting aomty oy tak- example, Yvette Hague - who the Director is hopeful that the Probes and MSI Spartak into the league. They will be playing the top ing part in the Sports has been Britain's top woman in project - still in its pilot stage - teams to decide on promotion. So far the Old Peculiars and the Okazaki Development Project, run by ·the last two World Orienteering will be taken on again next year, Fragments are favourites. , the Physical Education Championships - or Calum after it has been evaluated by the A final note: At least two teams wil be relegated/promoted between Department. · McPhail, who has reached Scot- Sports Policy Committee divisions, but-if I feel the league will be balanced out more if more tish youth standard of golf. teams are swopped, then an extra team may be relegated or promoted. The athletes, from sports as , "All the athletes have been Simon Perry varied as orienteering, hockey--.------,------ and golf, receive support and Premier Division counselling from six tutors at the A Captain's look at the issue PW D L F A P PE Department. CIA 3 3· 0 0 19 8 6 Included in the course are fit- · -of golf scholarship~ Fudge 4 3 0 1 29 7 6 ness assessments, conditioning KBTRR 6 · programmes and education in areas 4 3 0 1 16 9 A major issue facing university sport at the present time is that of sport Get Fresh C. 4 2 0 2 16 10 4 such as nutrition, mental prepara- 4 tion for competition and time scholarships. In no sport is it presently more contentious than golf. Lawsoc 4 2 0 2 10 9 management. Currently two universities, Stirling and St Andrews, have golfers on ComsocA 4 1 0 3 6 15 2 Director of PE, A,lan Chainey, sport scholarships. With Stirling, they have been around for a number Strollers 4 1 0 3 5 14 2 points out the aims of the project: or years, but have in recent years been extending the programme by one Dick Vet 3 0 0 3 0 29 0 "We want to provide appropriate more scholarship every year. This year Stirling has five/six scholarships support services for those in tlie which represents the entire team required for Scottish universities and University's sports clubs who over half the team required for the British Universities Championship. First Division It has been felt that this is unfair to the other Scottish universities, with p • have already reached or are on the P WD L.F A Stirling winning the last three Scottish Universities Championships and 8 ·verge of, national standard. Solripe 4 4 0 0 18 7 last year's British Championship. However, their programme has "I must stress that this is not a Aardvarks 3 drawn top-class players, with past students, including John Huggin, 4 0 1 13 7 6 scholarship or a bursary scheme Colin Dalgleish, John Grant and Kenny Walker, all full Holland H. 4 2 0 2 10 7 4 and the individuals are not neces- internationalists, and in fact Colin Dalgliesh has played in the Walker Gotham C. 4 2 0 2 15 14 4 sarily going to be professional Cup. The system has been abused in the past, namely by Kenny Walker, Billy Fish 4 2 0 2 7 4 athletes. They are here to get 8 who went to Stirling in order to use the facilties and opportunities offered 4 good degrees and advance their Muir Hall 4 2 0 2 7 8 by the programme and not to study. So, eventually, he dropped out in his 4 sporting development at the same Talent BA 4 2 0 2 9 12 second year and turned professional. time." TurnerB 4 0 0 1 10 2 With St Andrews, though, it's a different matter. They introduced a This is what distinguishes the similar system this year, with the the R&A providing £2,000 each for two Baird House 4 0 0 1 5 10 2 project from scholarships like ChemEngSoc 4 0 0 1 7 15 2 those available at Stirling and tlath new scholarships attracting a lot of attention and applications but the only applicants who passed the necessary educational qualifications are Universities and the sports sci two boys who play off handicaps or 4 and 5, and cannot make the team. Second Division ence courses at many polytechnics I frankly find this a complete waste of money. p and Loughborough University. P WD- LF A The problem is: what are the scholarships trying to achieve? Are we Old Peculairs 4 4 0 0 20 1 s· M;Chaineyadded: "On~ofthe progressing towards the American system of scholarships, whereby as OkazakiF 4 3 0 1 11 6 6 beauties of the project is that long as your're good enough at your sport, the academnic side doesn't Real Cowgate 3 2 0 1 11 8 4 athletes, talented in individual matter, or should we stay with the present system of competitive golf but , ComsocB 4 2 0 2 10 17 4 sports, can share their experience with the academics not left in the background? with the others, especially on -Grolsoc 4 1 0 3 8 15 2 I feel that the present system has to change. Unless we want the sport Tuesday mo,nings · when the to become commercial and win at all cost attitude, I feel that none of the Mad Dogs 4 1 0 3 5 13 2 whole group meet~. universities should allow scholarships and let it resort back to the MSI Spartak 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 ; friendly, competitive game it was meant to be . Dental Probes 0 0 0 0 0 .o . O "There are also conditioning Gr.aham Bryce. Thursday, November 17, 1988 3 SQUASH The Squash Club is a relatively small club, with about 40 active Uni Elite members, which meets at the Pleasance every Thursday evening. The All is not yet lost as there are top of that we are hoping for the' club's small size is unfortunately necessitated by pressure on court time. HOCKEY two•tel\ffiS with only 3 and 4 points first time to send a team on a Two men's and ladies' teams play actively in the local Lothian League each, still within reach, but the major foreign tour (to Canada in and take part in the SUSF competitions. The 1st XI had achieved what struggle will very definitely be an summer 1989) as well as sending At the end of Freshers' Week the traditional Freshers' Tournament had been thought would be uphill one. However, the team squads to festivals in Durham and took place. This was very well supported and culminated in victories for impossible for them a.fter losing so have had two excellent perfor Folkestone to ensure that almost David Gladwin over Mark Creadon in the men's final, and Gillian Carty many fine players, they had mances: beating the First Division all club members participate in a over Kim Cunz in the ladies. Another welcome addition to the club this gained promotion to the First side Dundee Wanderers in the "tour". We're also maintaining year is Julie Nicol, third ranked lady in Scotland, who is presently Division of the National League cup to go further than ever before our links with England by taking strengthening the men's teams-playing no. 2 for the seconds. - a first for any student side - and only losing 2-0 to Edinburgh four teams to Newcastle and The season so far has seen mixed success for the various teams. The which left their nearest rival uni- • men's second team has been most successful, winning all its matches bar versity four leagues below them. one against Dunfermline, with John Gillian remaining unbeaten. The Just cause for celebration. men's first team's performance in the Lothian League is best not mentioned. However, in the inter-university competition last Saturday Add to that the performance of (5th November) they beat both Dundee (3-2) and Aberdeen (4-1). the 2nd XI, for they too could go The women's first team have won three out of their four matches, no further: the 2nds won the beating most recently the top of the lague side. In the inter-universities league title and were promoted to competition the firsts had easy victories over both Aberdeen and the First Division of the East Dis Dundee. The women's second team has not quite enjoyed the same trict League. Finally, the 4th XI mccess and have not found victories in either the local league or SUSF continued an astonishing record easy to come by. and were promoted for the third Jon Bull successive year, having spent only one year in any division they now find themselves in the Second BADMINTON Division of the East District League. WITH their first match of the season comfortably won, the The club had also become so Badminton Club appear set for anothe rewarding season. popular that a full-time 5th XI was The 12-0 home win over St Andrews, reflected the success of the Uni begun and entered in the league. versity in the '88 Scottish Universities Championships held in Dundee, The only blot on tlie record was where the Ladies Doubles title was taken by Edinburgh, as well as the that the 4ths had been promoted runners-up titles in the Ladies Singles and the Mixed Doubles events. over the 3rds, even if only by one Dave Hutchinson prepares to hammer home another short corner. This season the Championships will be held at the end of January, in point. This was to cause problems Strathclyde. Edinburgh, as in previous years, will be fielding one of the and heated debate at the AGM, Civil Service (both scored from Durham in the New Year. largest reams amongst the universities. but for the meantime we had three short corners in the last 10 In the local leagues there have been mixed fortunes for the various • promotions and one league title to minutes of play l;>y the team who What will always be the most teams. The 1st mixed team narrowly missed joining the top division of celebrate, so it was time to get the are reckoned to be at least four important thing to the club is the the Lothian League, losing 5-4 in a play-off against Twelfth 1st team. goals better than any other team beers in (again and again and University League and Cup: it is However, the 1st Ladies team were promoted at the end of last season in the First Division!). again). the bottom line, the most sought and are now playing in Division 2. The new intake of badminton players this year, has considerably The 1st XI, having played five after prize. Edinburgh have domi The 2nd XI have not fared broadened the choice for team members, strengthening the two Ladies league games, find themselves nated the University League, win much better, with only two points teams and opening up the possibility of having a 3rd Ladies team in the with only one point to show for it. ning it for the past seven years, from their first five games. How Lothian League. A combination of occasional ever, the team is essentially a new with occasional hiccups in the bouts of casualness and stepping one, composed mainly of freshers Cup. The SUSF side takes the majority of its players from this down the effort 10 minutes before who are starting to merge into a CURLING the final whistle has been respon unit, one which undoubtedly has a university (just 11 last year!) and sible for most of the points going great deal of potential. The 3rds, they do not often let down the rep astray. With the exception of one resentative side. So, even if The. Cu~ling Clpb (yes folks, we do exist) had a very successful and 4ths ahd 5ths are the teams doing rewarding 87/88 season, the culmination _of which was winning the freak scoreline (7-2) the games league glory will not be won on the winning and gaining points for Scottish Universities Curling League. The team achieved an unbeaten have all been very close, usually the national or district scenes, we the Uni, the 3rd XI doing espe record throughout the competition, eventually clinching the title by with only the odd goal separating still have the pride of the Univer cially well in the Second Division. beating our main rivals that season, Aberdeen (complete with nervous, the teams. The "odd goal" is what sity to uphold and will never it's all about though, at this level, The club isn't just about hockey become complacent against the bow-legged sheep mascot), in the deciding match at Murrayfield. The achievements of the backbone of the team were recognised by the Sports and the Uni need to ensure they though, and there have been more other universities. Union in awarding seven half-blues at the end of the year. have the majority of them in the successful events to make up for Brian Tenner, This year the club hopes for an equally successful and enjoyable last games of the season. any lack of hockey success. On EUMHC. season, having begun well with a large influx of beginners and more ------,-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-;.-.-.,experienced curlers. If anyone has ever fancied curling, they should just BOXING turn up at Murrayfield Ice Rink at 3 pm on a Wednesday afternoon - Results L'pclatc they'll be made very welcome. (Please note: the Curling Club is probably THE SPORT of boxing is in crisis the only "Yah" free club in the SU.) at Edinburgh University and for Mens Hockey v. Stirling 28-0 (semi) understandable reasons. Millions SKDNG v. Inverleith 2-3 Final next Week. crow that an activity with the N-0-W--th_a_t-su_m_m_e_r_i_s_b_e_h,-_n_d_u_s_a-nd surfing, sunbathing and ice-cream v. Kelbourne 2-7 nd v. Western 2.3 Friendly/challenge match primary aim of re ering an are distant memories, the skiers are eagerly awaiting the January bliz v. Civil Service 0-2 v. NottinghamUniv21-4 opponent senseless is no sport at zards! Traditionally thought to be the pastime of the rich, the Ski Club v. Grange 0-1 all and should be outlawed by any aims to bring the fun and excitement of scottish skiing to less affluent civilized society. How can a sport students. v. Dundee Wanderers 3-3 Shinty be a Noble art when it involves v. Inveraray 0-8 two individuals of presumably Here in Edinburgh we have the luxury of all year round skiing ... no, Scottish Universities League v. Ballachulish 1-9 there isn't a glacier on Arthur's Seat but a giant scrubbing brush at Hill v. Glasgow Mid Argyll 3-3 major psychological imbalance, end. Club members are already practising hard (from day I beginners v. St Andrews 4-0 t v. Glasgow 5-1 v. Bute 0-10 trying their beS to reduce each to aspiring Franz Kallmers) for when the snow hits. Cross Country 0th v. Dundee 2-0 er's brain cell count? skiers can be seen at night (when the parkies have gone home) zapping Basketball (Men) Perhaps such doubts could be the paths and cycle ways on roller skis to the terror of many moonlit lov th Cup v. N. Berwick Rams 80-60 expressed of e professional ers. Racing is well under way with two teams in the Skisport and Sun v. Dundee Wanderers 3-1 v. Aberdeen University 98-67 game - where integrity is often a Hillend League in which both teams have moved up a division. v. Portobello 79-80 dirty word, the public can be con- The final appetiser this term is the gluwhein and film evening on 29 nd Womens Hockey They are throuh to final stage of ned, the fighters abused a vie- November where you'll see the kind of skiing conditions we all dream iousness and brutality valued as about. National League Division 2 Scottish Universities Tourna v. Boroughmuir 1-3 ment. crowd-pulling commodities-but Next term, when the real stuff comes, there'll be day trips, weekend v. carmuirs 1-2 the amateur ranks are different. trips, downhill , cross country, lunches, ski races, boat races, circuits, Wi thout the tainting motive of equipment, lessons, vouchers ... all at the cheapest prices around! v. Central Wanderers 3-3 Volleyball (Women) greed and paying customers look- National League Division 3 v. Whitehill 0-1 ing for blood rather than skills, v. Grange 3-0 boxing can be seen as the exciting RIDING v. Moray House 3-0 1 contest it is. ------Rugby v. Tay Pearls 0-3 The University desperately EU RIDING CLUB is going strong this year with its highest membership National League Division 4 v. Alternative 3-2 needs new boxers if the club is to in recent years (more than 90 members at present). We are a varied v. Leith Accies 4-28 v. Falkirk II 3-0 survive. Don't be put offfrm mak- group with some people riding just once or twice a term and others v. Dumfries 24-12 v. Inverclyde 3-0 ing your way up to the ring at the turning up religiously ever week come rain or shine (or mud!). There's v. Cambuslang 4-12 v. Strat?kelvin 03 Cup Pleasance on Tuesdays and also a wide range of abilities from advanced to the total beginner who's v. Alloa 45-0 Thursdays at seven in the evening. most adventurous equestrian experience, prior to university, had been v. Lenzie 13-9 Edinburgh Men All training is strictly controlled; the donkeys on Blackpool beach. v. St. Boswells 26-12 v. Glasgow 2-3 no one is forced to spar; everyone On the competitive side, we have a team entered for the BURCA v. Dundee 4-1 is evenly matched. Competition at Scottish League, where they will compete in a combined training event Scottish Univ. (2 Pools of 4) University or national level is (dressage and show jumping) against St Andrews, Stirling and Dundee. v. Aberdeen 18-3 Edinburgh Women available under the expert atten- Hopefully we will k~p up the standard shown by Christin~ Coussins, v. Glasgow 38-0 v. Glasgow0-3 tion of the Scottish Amateur Box- who reached the national finals last year and came fourth m the show v. St Andrews 7-3 v. Dundee 1-2 ing Association. . jumping. 4 Thursday, November 17, 1988 In the decade spanning 1972 and 1982 Andy Irvine whilst breaking numer ous other records, became the second most capped Scottish Rugby Player of all time. He made 51 appearances for his country as well as playing 9 Tests for the British Lions. Here, he leaves tacklers sprawling as he sets offon another determined run. NDY's international career &egan whilst land, he is just as proud of his appearances with the This bring us to another problem for Sccitland,the lack he was still a student at Edinburgh. British Lions: of strength in depth. Wales, Irvine feels, have a far grea "It's the pinnacle of any rugby player's career to play ter intensity. "Every schoolboy in Wales wants to play A Indeed he was forced to change his course as for the Lions. To be perfectly blunt, a Lions selection is rugby at Cardiff whereas 80-90% of schoolkids in Scot a result of his rugby commitments. "I started off study more prestigious than a cap because to play for the Lions land want to play football at Hampden Park. Scotland ing Geology, and then changed after two years to Geog you've got to compete with all four Home countries. actually do very well at international level for the raphy because it's a more general degree - if I'd con Lions tours are a bit special, you go away for two or three number of rugby players that they have. England have tinued with Geology I'd have ended up either on a North months, you train every day, and come back a far better .something like 1'!.(),009 people playing rugby; we've got Sea Oil Rig or in the middle of the Australian desert and player."· more like 8-10,000." Irvine points out than an England I realised that I couldn't have a rugby career if I con Indeed such was the influence of these tours that "a lot · 5th XV would thrash the Scottish equivalent by "maybe tinued with Geology." However, in spite of this percep of the Scottish back play from the mid 70s onwards was 40 to 50 points." but in time true patriotic spirit he is tive comment, Irvine refutes any suggestion that it is very much based on what I learned." Irvine's first tour · quick to point out that as "as our coach Jim Telfer used impossible to successfully continue top class rugby and saw him playing with the likes of Edwards, Bennett, JPR · to say, 'You can only !)lay 15 at one time'." university work. "I took my study quite seriously but in Williams and Gerald Davies ("probably just names to fact it wasn't really very difficult. The only problem was you guys but in their day they were absolutely world hilst Irvine sees room for improvement in _ when I had a game on a Wednesday and I got my friends class"). This makes him more qualified than most to . Scotland o_n the field, he is also not entirely to take my lecture notes, or at internationals when I was compare the current home unions with some of the W impressed with some of the organisation off it. away Thursday and Friday to train. I was a bit short teams of the seventies. He feels the game itself has then." He is aster~ opponent of the idea of Rugby Union turn changed- "Much more emphasis on defence and man mg professtonal, but 1s acutely aware of the misuse of But Irvine is grateful both to the Scottish Rugby Man ta-man marking" - but he still feels at the moment that agement ("sometimes I didn't train with the team, I got money by some rugby administrators and of the way "there are only a few backs who you would regard as players are not compensated and lose out. "For special permission to miss training so I could attend lec being out of the top drawer, whereas in the seventies tures") and to his club Heriot's FP who were always instance, every time Roy Laidlaw played for Scotland, th<;re were about seven or eight of them at anj' one he had to tram on Thursday and Friday prior to the inter understanding about his study and later, work commit time." _ ments. It was this attitude which helped to promote him national. He was employed by a small electrician in Jed to· play for the senior side once he had left Heriots burgh and paid an hourly rate so he actually lost two days Scho'7l, rather than for the University but "the biggest ho are the current players from the Five wages, 40% of_his income for that week. And they were fact~r was that FP training started at the end of July, so Nations Championship that he regards as being bringing in perhaps £60,000-£70,000 in gate receipts for a I tramed for the whole of August and September and W really top class? "From the Scottish side, game at Murrayfield. They could easily have given him had already played six or seven games for Heriots before among the forwards I would say Ian Milne, Finlay Cal £25 to cover his loss of earnings for those two days." He University started up. It was also very much expected der . . in the backs, possibly Gavin Hastings - not c1t~s turther harsh treatment for the players in that, "I that leagues would be formed within a year or two and quite as quick as he should be, but obviously very power beheve that the players get something like 15 pence a again in a league set-up the University were always at a ful. In Wales I would say Jonathan Davies, certainly, mile for mileage allowance at internationals and the big disadvantage because they didn't start until the first and possibly Mark Ring. In England ... (along pause) selectors and the committee get 30 pence. Now if that's or second week in October." So the University's loss was ... the only one that might even come close would be true, clearly that is just not fair. It's a shambles!" very much Heriots gain with Irvine's appearances for Rory Underwood. In Ireland there's no one, and in Clearly coach Irvine is far from losing sight of the Edinburgh being limited to a couple of guest games. France you got two or three, Blanco, Sella and Ber players' cause. Whilst he sees little chance of there "ever This dose association with Heriots has not bizier, the scrum-half. The forwards would however be beinii one man, one vote" in South Africa and "certainly di_minished. He is now their coach and has high hopes for more on a par." ~ woul?n't agr".e with any players going out there on a cavalier tour Just to make a financial killing" he can see tnump~ m the league this season. That he manages. t9 As we talk we are conscious that this is not just an ex take µ-aining twice a week, and go to matches on a·Saturday , player jealously slagging off the current "stars" but why the players might want to go on an authorised in addition to running an office in the centre of toin -somebody who,realises that he is in a better position than amateur tour. "They're not politicians. All they want to burgh is a tribute to his dedication which is just as evi · most from which to judge the state of rugby, and particu do 1s to have the opportunity to play against the very dent today as it was in the past as a player. "One of the : larly Scottish rugby today. Irvine feels that the current best. I went out there because when I was 20 or 21 years reasons I decided to coach is because it's a very good dis Scottish side still contains many players who are simply old'. I was onl~ interested in getting a chance to play cipline. It forces me to go down. I was always a very keen there to make up the numbers and points out some agamst the Spnngboks. I didn't really think about the trainer, I really enjoyed it but when I stopped playing at potential hazards. political consequences. I think most of the players today "If we had to for instance play a game without Ian feel hkew1se . They probably aren't politically moti the top level . ... if it was a wet cold night. I would say vated." "Oh to hell," I'd just stay in the office or go home. If · Milne, a couple of the back row and Ga~in you're coach, you've got to go down, and this forces me Hastings, then we'd have big problems. But ~otivation seems to be a characteristic that Andy to train. I feel a lot better for it." How .would he rate the current Australian team, Scot Irv!ne 1s certamly not lacking. In our attempts to arrange Hut Irvine, ~nowing that his main commitment must land's opponents this Saturday? an mterv1ew with him, Irvine had proved to be as elusive lie in the office says he has no ambitions to coach the "Pretty average. In fact they're very average. I would as he was to many an attempted tackle in his playing national aide. Not that he wouldn't have the credentials say only three or four of them would get into the side that days. Now, after he had given up half an hour iJJa busy to do so. The experience he gained from more than ten toured four years ago. But Scotland, I think, might have ~eek talkmg to _us. he had a train to catch for a meeting years of top class rugby is vast and while he shows his a difficult time, because they've got new half-backs, who m Glasgow. Irvme 1s proving to be as successful in the patriotism and pride at having gained 51 _caps for Scot- aren't used to the big time yet." business world as he was on the rugby field. . .. . Thursday, November 17, 1988 5 Is it possible to fulfil a University career and still reach the highest sporting standards?. Does University sport itself set high enough standards to accommodate the the very best players? Scotland's full-back for the whole of the Seventies and Early Eighties Andy Irvine challenges Eric Liddell for the title of Edinburgh University's most famous sporting graduate. Dan Williams' international hockey career has just begun; he made his debut for Scotland soon after he graduated lasJ summer. Mike Sewell found these two better equipped than most to · answer such questions. THE CASE of Dan Williams, them for hockey, apparently) had Williams is grateful for the - a more than useful grounding in opportunities he had at Edin who has recently made his the game - his coach at school burgh. He plays down the sugges debut for the Scottish being David Whitaker ("the best tion that playing hockey at that National Hockey Team coach I've ever worked with") who level whilst still at University was against Zimbabwe, has recently led Great Britain to too much of a commitment, and epitomises the problem that their Olympic triumph in Seoul. points out his frustration at the besets all University sports He represented Wiltshire Under- number of talented students who 21s for four years before coming to waste the sporting opportunities teams; there is such a con Edinburgh and making himself that the University provides. stant turnover of players that available for national selection by 1 "They are barely getting out of · consistency in selection from virtue of his Scottish mother. He bed at 2 pm on a Saturday after one year to another is invari did not choose Edinburgh for hoe- noon when they have the ability to ably impossible. key reasons particularly, but was be playing at a high level." As a result the University sides emphatic that he wpuld not have' . Jle is pleased also that he chose 0 find it hard to compete at the high gone to any other Scottish Univer . to play for the University rather est level. The Edinburgh 1st XI sity as a result of their low stan- than a club side, as one of this Hockey Team, newly promoted to dards of teams and pitches. year's Freshers, playing for a top the Scottish National Division One Williams, whilst not bein2 very · Aberdeen side has done. But at the are proving to be no exception, as complimentary about the ,actual same time he points out that if the they struggle to climb up from the surface installed, is well aware University team had not climbed bottom of the table. • how important the astroturf at out of the 3rd Division, he would When Dan Williams arrived at Peffermill has been both for the have had to consider playing for a the University in 1984, the Men's University and his own game. local club , as he was invited to do Hockey Club were languishing in "Playing on dodgy, grass (usu- on several occasions. This brings the 3rd Division. The irony is that ally mud) pitches each week, our up the dilemma for many sports Williams, who was such a key players tended to be intimitated by clubs at the University. figure in the University's rise to our older opponents and brought "Unless they in the top leagues, hockey's big time, is now playing down to their standards. The talented Freshers will often choose for, the rival Edinburgh club side, astroturf ensures that the teams to play in a club side, whether it's Civil Service, having graduated with the best players and team- for Rugby, Soccer, Hockey or this summer. Suffering from work are rewarded." whatever. As a result a viciouscir- injury at the moment, he admitted Is that why the University side is cle develops and the University to ''very mixed feelings" when he suffering now? teams find it increasingly difficult saw the University lose narrowly "I think the University has the to improve. That's why it's so to his new club a fortnight ago. players to stay up (of the younger important that the Hockey club Although he is anxious to refute ones, he sees Neil Hanley as an out- remains in the top league, so that any suggestion that last year's was standing prospect), although it they can attract ther quality a one-man team, Williams like will be a struggle. What they must ' players." many others, must be well aware realise is that they won't gain Without the presence of Dan that the University is desperately to have played a part in the Uni t!!_em there." many points just from attractive Williams in the side, it is clearly missing his inspirational abilities versity's rise to Division One, but Scotland's newestcap (although hockey. They must be prepared to going to be a whole lot more dif in their midfield. "It is frustrating not actually be able to represe'!t you don't actually get awarded play a spoiling game also." ficult for that goal to be achieved. 6 Thursday, November 17, 1988 work and achieve the fitness level FOOTBALL required are theri faced with ·the more damaging aspects of the UNIVERSITY football is an modem game; the late tackle, the Waterboys integral part of Scottish foot- professional foul and the "min- r ball as a whole and Scotland ders" paced on particularly skilful players. is currently the home of the Over the last three seasons the THE Edinburgh University lightweight eight took the bronze the Boat Club are diverse, ranging fastest most physical football University has lost four of its most Boat Club was founded in medal behind Holland -and from prestigious internaftonal France. Other international regattas to raising money for char any where in the world. talented performers to the rash 1866 and has subsequently events include Strathclyde Inter ity. Last year the club did a 24 Edinburgh University 1st XI tackling which has probably received international national Regatta, Nottingham hour sponsored row in which most compete in the East of Scotland ended the career of another crea re.vo~n for its high standard shire International Regatta, of the club members participated. League which comprises one of tive midfield player, Ian Durrant of oarsmanship. Both men's Amsterdam International The ducks along the canal were the strata of regional leagues just of Rangers. and women's crews enjoyed Regatta and Henley Royal treated to a shaky rendition ofd below Scottish League Division Richard Mitchell, Dave Gal considerable success last year Regatta. "Row, row, row your boat" by Two. H is a high quality league braith, Steve Smith and Alan making the most of a modern In the Scottish Championships eager crews at two o'clock in the whose top teams regularly corn- McKie all represented Scottish in June, the elite crew won the morning! This raised £200 for the pete against First and Second Universities and the later two had fleet of boats and more silver in a coxless four. Although Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Chil Divisions opposition in the Scot- offers of playing careers with Pre recently, of a new boathouse. Edinburgh was not able to send a dren. tish Cup. Sadly, Edinburgh are no mier Division clubs. Such is the It was not until 9th May 1988 men's crew to the Head of the · For those who have never longer one of these top teams and strength of talent within the club. that the new boathouse was River Race in London in March rowed before and are not mem the growth in the speed and However, all are now out of corn opened by Sir David Smith, the two members of the club were bers of the Boat Club there is an aggression of the national game petitive football for ever after sus- .Principal and Vice-Chancellor of picked to row in the !'Scottish. intra-mural competition, the Irish · is a major factor in the Univer- taininginjurieswhilerepresenting the University. It is to be known Rowing" squad eight which came Cup, which is held in May. sity's decline. Edinburgh University. as the "Sir Donald Pollock Boath 33rd from a starting place of 347. Studnts are invited down to the In the 1970s, Edinburgh domi: ' The fate of these players is indi ouse 'i after the former Rector of For the first time however, the boathouse to race against each nated inter-university football cative of the fate of the type of the University. Boat Club sent a women's crew other to win the cup. Everyone with ten consecutive champion- football they played. The tor Despite the lack of facilities, down to the Women's Head of the who participates is at the same dis ship wins - a feat unmatched by menting of defences, dribbling the club managed to compete in a Rive Race on the Tideway in Lon advantage which provides a chal any other university club in recent with the ball and deft skills for large number of national and don. The crew finished 91st using lenge and thus makes the whole history. In the East of Scotland beating a man are become obso international events, the most equipment kindly loaned by experience enjoyable. League they were always one of le te in university football. They notable being at Ghent ll)terna Emmanuel School the top three teams. The likes of are being replaced by the one and tional Regatta where the men's · The opportunities available in- Cecilia Persaud Dixie Deans and George Best two touch game which promotes paraded on the professional SGene work rate, speed and physical and a similar creative approach courage as the primary qualities filtered down to the senior non- which a player must possess. professional leagues like the East Your average Fresher arrives at of Scotland. University from Junior Footb "\., As professional football "ad- and the talented ones gradu;. J vanced" towards the days where . quickly to the lstteam. In order to Wimbledon can top the English do so effectively they must First Division and Graeme Sou- increase their fitness and physical ness can become a hero as much for strength enormously. The transi his and his side's aggressive indis- tion is not easy and although the cipline as for their football skills, skills of this year's newcomers like so too the East of Scotland IgnacioPerea, Oliver Masting and League and the Lothian Amateur Phil Findlay make great spectat Leagues where the Seconds and ing, skill alone does not win games Colts teams. play become faster in the East of Scotland League and more physical. where protection from referees It is es~ated that the modern for touch players is almost midfield player in the Premier nonexistent. sities included, Dundee, Glas quite recovered from the excess League now runs ten miles during This year's University teams SAILING gow, Strathclyde, Aberdeen, alcohol and celebrations we set off the course of a game. To achieve are achieving success in the inter Heriot-Wat, St Andrews and to BUSA. This year it was based THE SAILING teamsconsist this 'standard of, fitness calls for university leagues, which are more Stirling. on the cooling reservoir of Port incredible dedication and time . insulated from the mainstream ot Sun, sea and surf led to excel~ Talbot Steelworks in South of a 1st, womens, and a 2nd devoted to training - something Scottish football, but all three lent competition in light winds picked at the beginning of Wales. students are not renowned for! teams are struggliqg against . (Force 1-2) over three days. Each A well planned timetable of the each season from the daunt The 1st XI however train very amateur sides on Saturdayi;, The team sailed two round robins ie 14 ing trials. The teams practise races led to a smooth running of · races in larks and laser twos. The hard - at least two two-hour whole club is stilJ adjusting tot' ) the countless races. Strong.er training sessions a week, two need for hard, fast one touch foe,. at the picturesque setting of womens team having won the winds provided much more enter Linlithgow Loch in between games and individual training ball. Scottish League yachted home to tainment of the gybe marks and a activity. Football for the Univer- Today's effective footballer is the many matches of the a series of convincing victories led few capsizes were inevitable much sity's top players becomes almost an athlete and the 1st team in par- by Campain Susie Thomson. Scottish League. · to the delight of the onlookers. a way of life. Youraveragesecond ticular must combine their great Last year we attended the Going on to beat our own 1st The Irish team was again year medic can barely afford this depth of skill with more such Irish Inter-Varsities, Scottish and 2nd teams gave them the unstoppable in Edinburgh's commitment and many gq.od players if they are to scale the Universities Championships ladies title. The lately reorgansied league. The lst's managed a 3rd players are deterred by it, prefer- heights attained by previous Uni (SUSA) and the British Chl!_m 1st team led by Andrew Butler just missing going on into the next ing the soft option of intra-mural. versity teams. made some spectacular start line round while YCD went on to the pionships (BUSA). These com Players who are prepared to Tom Hartley petitions involve team racing moves and a commendable per final just to be beaten by Cam which is why these are not formance to gain a close 2nd to bridge. Still on great form the Karate team which represents 'the Dundee. The 2nd team managed womens team reached the quarter affiliated to SUSF and BUSF. KARATE University in competitions. In the The Irish Inter-Varsities took a well deserved 5th place. finals but after a long tactical bat last year we have fought in the. place at Wexford on 25th Feb A few days later having not tle. Bristol narrow}y won. EDINBURGH Shukokai is Scottish Universities league and ruary-ls! March 1988. The event one of the largest sports dubs finals, as well as in the Edinburgh was hosted by Trinity College in the University, although to League and the Scottish Tourna Dublin who if you've never met call us a sports club is slightly ment karate Federation finals. It are quite a wild crowd. Being in misleading. Karate, as prac is notable that our club has fought February we took full advantage with both students and non-stu of British Rail's offer and travel tised in our club, is a martial dents alike. So far this year the led to Fishguard in Wales on the art. That is to say, it is a trad team has won four out of six of its sleeper. itional art, a method of self matches, which puts us high up in At Fishguard we boarded 'St defence, and a sport. Our the league. At the team's core is Brenden' and soon filled up on the club has catered for all Neil Sievenson, Gavin Milligan, duty free to pass away the hours to . aspects of karate, and Chris Samuel, Mario Ireland. We were met by the cap devotes time to each impor Antonioletti, Rab Armstrong, tain, Gary McCarthy ofTCD and and Nigel Bowles, although whishked off by coach to Whites ' tant area of the art. others have fought tor us. The Hotel in Wexford. This year has started well, with ladies have been represented by The sailing over the next couple many people being convinced of Margaret Allen and Eva Bayer of days was hampered continu the benefits of Karate during lein. Freshers' Week. And still more ously by the strong wind and rain. With our large membership, The larks took a fair battering but joining as the term progresses, with the unfortunate stimulant of our club is very sociable, with survived to give everyone a round numerous meetings in bars which robin. TqD came out top on unprovoked attacks boosting o_ur membership figures. We have are thankfully losing their cliquish home gro~d but Edinburgh gave reputation. We are now looking them a go d run for their money been especially successful in attracting young women to our forward to our lage club meal on Being the only womens team 'Thursday evening. Karate should there, we ained much practise club this year. Self-defence is, of course, of be for everyone, and our club for susa and BUSA but not many emphasises this, teaching prizes. paramount imnportance in a mar tial art, but bur club also takes an everyone with a desire to learn The Scottish Championships and we are looking forward were held at Largs on the west interest in the sporting side of karate. We maintain a large sport- always. Chris Samuel coast at Easter. Other Univer- ' Thursday, November 17, 1988 7 Run. Run. Run . • • • • problem facing the club of the • • over a gruelling course of ten TO THE uninitiate~, the Hare and Ho'!nds Club rhay well be interpreted as being a society m~de up of bloodthirsty country bumpkms, all of whom share a common interest in the prom miles. Alas, the Club Champion eighties has bf,_en-the attitudes of ships have lost much · of their some of the most successful otion ?f bl?o~sports and a common contempt for the heroes and heroines of 'Watership former prestige, usually amount athletes who tend to appear in Down . This 1s not the case. Rather, the club accommodates the cream of the University's ing to a lap of the puddle-strewn club colours only once or twice a athletes. These physically perfect specimens forsake the dizzy monotony of the track for the track that skirts the Braid Hills. year. When the University enters wide open expanses of the Scottish countryside. Instead, it is now the National a full-strength side, as was the case in the Durham Cathedral Cross-country running was cer Championships and the Inter tainly alive and flourishing at University competitions that take Relay Race in 1986, and 1988, vic Edinburgh /n the 187.0s, although precedence in a comprehensive tory is always a distinct possibility, especially with the impregnable the club was then known as the fixture list, together with the cus 'Harriers'. The first organised run tomary jaunts to Durham, Leeds Callum Henderson running the anchor leg. of the University's 'Harrier' popu and the Isle of Man, the latter of lation took place on a winter's day which takes place at Easter for no In addition t~ the Durham suc apparent religious reason. in 1881. It was recorded that as cess, Edinburgh won the Scottish many as three athletes partici The season of 1906-7 was a suc Universities Championships in pated in this prestigious event but cessful one for the club, with both the mens and womens it is doubtful whether all three Edinburgh defeating Dublin in categories last season. Yet since actually survived the ordeal, for the prestigious annual event that then many former stalwart mem the trio of Harriers were attacked took place in these early years bet bers of the club have left Univer by quarrymen and a rather ven ween the two umversities. Acer sity to join the prestigious "Bog emous black dog. tain R.C. Harkness was a leading Trotters" , a motley crew of runner at this time, commonly graduates who share a common , Nothing much seems to change, ,described as being "a distin interest in running and drinking, for the present day training runs guished medical student". This is though not necessarily in that are often still precarious rather ironic, for a certain I. order. activities, with the locals seeming Harkness has been captain of the With such vaiuable team mem to dehberately allow their dogs to club for the last two years. Like bers as Neil Wallace and Colin roam the countryside on Wednes his predecessor, he is the leading McClean having graduated, the day afternoons in a conscious runner of the club, although to emphasis this season has been on effort to diminish the enthusiasm describe him as being "a distin rebuilding the team with the of passing runners. guished medical student" would emergence of many enthusiastic Three years ago a inerry band of be a blatant lie. Freshers to complement the qual Haries (we now number more Yet it was not until after the war ity of old hands still available. Ian aAl_three) encountered a pair of that the club sampled real success. Harkness, Russell Boyd and Hugh Wt10ns along the Hermitagt, In 1950 the Haries triumphed as a Nicholson continue · to impress, both of whom were equipped with . team in the British Universities well supported by the likes of a full set of teeth. Fortunately, the Championships at Sheffield. Pakit Hyman, Will Ramsbottom leading runner was an American Later in this decade, a runner by and Robert Whitehouse. who was fondly known as . the name of Andrew Jackson was Furthermore, the womens "Rambo" on account of his size spearheading the club. Acclaimed team are strong both in talent and courage and lack of intelligence'. as being the greatest cross-coun depth this '!'.ear. The ever-present He engaged in combat with the try runner to have ever run for the Yvette Hague and Charlotte two alsations while his fellow col University, Jackson was victori McFadden have at last been leagues. took to the hills in a ous in nearly every race that he joined by a select group of equally comprehensive display of cowar- entered. enthusiastic club runners. It all - dice. "Rambo'' survived to tell the goes to -prove that the Hare and tale, but the two alsations have More recently, the byword of Colin McClean, back in bis youth, at St. Andrews. Hounds will continue to terrorise never since disrupted a club train the Hare and Hounds perfor mances has been inconsistency, the Scottish countryside for at ing run. banded, but were· -revived under infamous Club Championships least another hundred years. Back in the 1880's the Edin the more familiar name of the were probably staged for the first with heroics interspersed with burgh University Harriers dis- Hare and Hounds in 1889. The time in the season of 1891/92, run indifferent displays. The main Carl Marston • .Run • • • Run • • • ••A NEW ERA in Scottish athletics began on 30th October 1987 with the opening of the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena which is the first ATHLETICS custom built indoor athletic arena in the UK. Already Glasgow have -~------ managed to attract _the Euro_pean Indoor Championships. On the anniversary of the Ke!- had success when a combined and to complete our rout of the vin Hall's opening EUAC hosted team of Queen's and Armadale short sprints Su_e Burgis collected a match against the Scottish striders were beaten by a com the bronze medal in the 200m. Schools, a publicity stunt to bined team of Trinity and Edin Several other athletes also attract their best athletes to Edin- burgh. reached their individual finals in burgh. The Appleton Trophy (the At the British University the field events. Glasgow Edinburgh varsity Championships, traditionally match), previously abandoned domjnated by Cambridge, Lough The climax of the season was at due to the scowded summer borough and Birmingham, our Grangemouth to compete for the schedule, found a new home at athletes stole the show in the shor _Scottish Universities Cup. Last the Kelvin Hall and it will also wit- ter events. Jamie Henderson col year saw our men and women ness the first Scottish Universities Jected ·three gold medals, winning both win their respective titles and IndoorChampionshipinJanuary. two individual golds and one in achieve the double. This year the A review of the last 12 months the relay. He beat previous women majestically won their reveals that the Athletics Club has champions in the 100m and 200m match beating Glasgow and just completed one of its best sea- to pull off a fine double. Jamie ran Heriot-Watt by 221 to 190 to 153 sons in recent years. We won all the fastest leg of the 4x400m with points respectively. Scottish competitions·and claimed Grant Hodges fractionally Our men were pushed hard by many of the blue riband events in shower. Tom Blackie and Adrian St Andrews initially but finally the British Universities Cham- Bond ably backed them up, both pionships at Crystal Palace. running out of their skins to pull our old rivals Glasgow were right off a great victory over Lough behind us, again. We just man The inaugural university event borough. aged to hold them off to ~ive final at the Kelvin Hall was the Apple- This more than complements scores of Edinburgh 236, Glasgow ton Trophy in March. The cup was the bronze medal won in 1987 231, St Andrews 207. A second last competed for in 1984 when behind Cambridge and double in two years with a good Glasgow narrowly won. Roles Loughborough. Grant earlier had solid team performance also har were reversed with the Edinburgh · won silver in the individual 400m bouring some outstanding indi- . team winning by three points to finishing fast but needing another viduals. retrieve the cup. The match indi- five metres of track to catch the cated that Glasgow had a team to winner. With that success behind us we be reckoned with in matches to must now keep ther momentum come. Wendy Steel dominated the going and send hopefully our most Our annual triangular match womens 400m and was an early prolific team over to the British against Trinity College; Dublin winner to gajn the team's fourth Universities Championships. gold. Claire Adam shot putted her Here we hope to defeat the might and Queen's College, Belfast was Jamie Henderson, student and international. in Belfast last Easter. We _a~ai_n way to our second Stiver medal of Loughborough. 8 Thursday, November 17, 1988 SHINTY ''WHAT is shinty?" Well· ---to· answer that we will. Early Rise have to go on a journey back through time .... It is said that long ago in the tors were among the main instig- mists of time, when the Scottish rators of the Clearances and EDINBURGH University's clans were at each other's throats therefore in an indirect way 1st XV Rugby side won both 25 hours a day, in between wiping · responsible for the present form of their games last week. On out a few dozen English armies, of the sport. The club was admit Wednesday they destroyed a two healthy young warriors from ted to membership of the fairly poor team from Stirl opposing clans met in a pine Camanachd Association in the forest. They came to blows 1899-90 season. In 1912-13 an ing University 38-0 in the immediately, but neither of them Edinburgh University side faced semi-finals of the Scottish having a weapon, neither was win- Glasgow University, between Universities Championship. ning. whom there was great rivalry. They will now meet St Then one of the youthful Edinburgh won the match by 7-0 Andrews University in the clansmen had an idea. Grabbing a and so started one of the club's final on the 23rd of long pine branch, which inciden- oldest and most adhered to tradi tally had a curved-up end, he tions. This includes last year when November and hopefully swung at his opponent's legs with Edinburgh had a 7-1 victory avenge last year's humiliating such force he smashed them both, against Glasgow in a Southern defeat by the same club in the and so the game of shinty was League match. Championships. Edinburgh invented. After the First World War a has alryady beaten St After the Clearances there was notable game was played against Andrews this year but must a dearth of young warriors and the Kyles Ahthletic in the semi-final play them again due to the clan games of shinty started to die of the Scottish Cup. Kyles won 2- new playoff structure.( The out. Something had to be done, 1, however, T. N. Fraser and M. and it was. The lack of players M. Mcsween both missed an open · game is to be held at Dum finally took complete control of meant the teams had to be cut goal with the goalkeeper out of his fermline and a supporters bus was the most outstanding player on the field. His work in the loose the match. After Newton had put from as many as you could possi- box flat on his back. Later, Tom will be leaving Teviot at le and at the tail of the lineout led to the varsity ahead with a penalty, bly field to twelve, the pitches Fraser was to rise to be the sec pm. numerous tries, and his pace Chris Kelly proceeded to score an shortened and new rules pro- ond-ever army chaplain in Scot The varsity side also won in throughout the contest was excellent captain's try following a vided. These rules meant a lot less land to be appointed honorary spectacular form on Saturday. unmatched. superb heal against the head by killing, because the English had chaplain to the Queen. Obviously against a young Melrose Us side. In the first half Edinburgh the Edinburgh pack. A try by slaughtered so many top players he found saving souls easier than The score line of 32-11 was fairly started out slowly and they failed Chris Newton just before half at Culloden and the Scottish scoring goals .• flattering to Melrose who were to capitalise on the many oppor time put Edinburgh up 13~3. armies needed as ma1.1y men as · In 1948 the committe decider! dominated in all aspects of the tunities they had to score. This After harsh words from Cap they could get: This was the dawn that "the club should no longer , ) game. Edinburgh's scrum was was probably due to the fact that tain Kelly at halftime Edinburgh of the Camanachd Association, limited to hard-living and hara impressive and their backline most players (especially the came out blazing in the second the governing body of shinty. drinking Gaelic-speaking High- finally lived up to its reputation as lawyers) were not used to getting half. Cousins scored a fantastic try Well, that's history and it brings landers". Although many still one of the best in the country. It up soearlyinthemorning(l am). set up by some devastating ruck us to the question, "What is shinty exist in the team, this was the start was a splendid team effort but today?". Shinty is a bit like hoe- of the slide leading to the present However, once everyone had ing by the Edinburgh forwards. unquestionably Steve McKinty key, in that you have got a ball, English captain . woken up on the field Edinburgh Linehan converted and minutes later kicked a penalty which sea club and goals to hit the ball into. The club has been playing against led the game. At this point Edin Now that you have a general Irish hurling clubs since World ANGLING burgh relaxed and started to play idea about the sport, we should War II, with many tours to !re a very open game which pleased tell you about the history of the land, and a planned tour of ANGLERS right across the land (and sea) are supposed to be the worst the crowd (Arthur Ross plus a · University Shinty Club. Edin- American teams from Boston and people for making excuses. Well the lads of the Edinburgh University horse) immensely. Steve McKinty burgh University Atheltic Club, · New York in 1990. Also the tradi Angling Club are no exception to this rule. After a cracking season last stormed through the Melrose the book about the history of tion of the club of winning the year, catching more salmon than in any previous year we have_come back line for an excellent solo try. sport at university, tells us in Inter-Unversities Littlejohn down to earth with a spash! So far this season after four trips to the River Minutes later Newton scored chapter 13, "Shinty", that the Vase. This was won by the Uni Nith, 1 trip to the River Tummel andm 1 trip to the River Annan a sal again outpacing a Melrose centre University Shinty Club was versity team 12 times between mon yas yet to be grassed. to the corner flag. Although Mel formed in 1891, however, Student 1926 and 1961 , winning it every One unlucky angler (fishing a Devon minnow from the bank) has how rose scored two late tries the in 1921-22 mentions that its inau- · year between 1929 and 1934. ever managed to make contact with one of these elusive beasts of ques Edinburgh coach ecstatic with the guration was about 1850. Either Glasgow won it seven times in the tionable size and pattern), only to lose it just as the battle was about to. win. Hopefully, the varsity can way this makes it one of the oldest same 35-year span . commence in earnest. Including this one unfortunate member the play as well on the 2;lrd of clubs at the University and has The last great tradition still ea excuses are still coming thinck and fast, with classics such as "Whiskey November and bring the Scottish many long-standing tradition to ried on today is the sport's a . too cold" and "Too many leaves" being the order of the day. Unviersities' Trophy back to match. University team's close link wiih Well we can only hope that the remaing trips to the Rivers Annan and Edinburgh University where it Jn 1892 the club was under the the Uisge beatha or water of life. Teviot are a bit kinder and induce fewer excuses from the club members! belongs. patronage of the Duke o.f Suther- Slainte-mhath,_ land, which is ironic as his ances- Simon· Longstaff James S. Leonard. RPA Flagging fortunes of British Tennis HOW that small, innocuous At this point one should ask the build indoor tennis centres in their important question of who cares? are ten times this amount. I think far too much on who you are, than man can ask for two pounds that one can feel justified in saying your actual standard. In Edin biggest towns. Already one can see Why does it matter that British twenty for playing tennis on that the lack of indoor facilities burgh, for instance, there isn't the fruits of this policy by seeing tennis players are terrible at best how the Under-12's and Under- the courts behind the Univer in comparison with mo~t other ten does not help produce a healthy even a ladder system. University environment for tennis, especially tennis at Edinburgh cannot be 14's are a much better standard sity I will never know. Those nis playing nations. Would people than five years ago. But this is only courts are probably the.worst feel better if we had a good player, during the British winter. There described as serious. But Edin are quite a number of outdoor burgh shouldnot be blamed since · the start and it is necessary for I have ever had the misfor somebody who might actually win continual pressure to be put on the Wimbledon. Unfortunately I feel courts, but far too many ar~ of the most other universities are exactly tune of playing on. The only Meadows type. Just thinking the same. LTA and the Minister for Sport to thing which they could possi the answer is yes. The British need look for further means of develop sporting -successes. The public about some of them idairly depre- It is unrealistic to expect a simi- ssing. , lar system as the States, but I'm ment. bly be used for is for much feels that as we have one of the best Another problem facing British sure it would be possible to raise Universities· should be a perfect needed parking space. Any tournaments in the world, we tenis is the standard and lack of the standartl if the LTA encour . place for further development of a way this little example of ten should have somebody capable of organisation· of Universit)' tennis. aged this area by giving univer player, rather than the period of nis, Edinburgh style, paves winning it. If I take the reader Collegiate tennis in the Sf.ites has sities a grant in order to develop exile that it offers at the moment. the way. for the main reason back to the opening example of the produced McEnroe,, Mayotte and their tennis. Far too often the LTA The future of British tennis lies in Meadows tennis courts this helps· for -writing tl\is article, which our own Andrew Castle. Every shirks its responsibilities of keep the constant nurturing of young to illustrate the depth of the prob looks at the state of British college is involved in some form of ing 18-22 year olds playing tennis. talent and subsequent develop lem. Small petty minded men in divisional championship going for If you improve thi4'ge group the ment of these players, especially tennis. charge of useless courts is not the a'fairly mediocre standard to the younger players will come after they have left the Junior age Not since Fred Perry, before the way to produce good tennis budding professional standard. through. group. There also needs to be con second World War, have we had a players. Men's Wimbledon Champion; not Players know where there are Is there any hope, or should we stant pressure to improve the ten The question of facilities is good tennis teams, and they know expect to remain in the wilderness nis facilities around the country. since 1972, R~ger Taylor, have we always referred to in this argu that there will be good facilities . of the tennis world? There are, in 1 All these points would help create bad a man ra-pked in the top ten. ment and I feel, quite! rightly as Thirdly, the wrmen's record is not and a good coach who will encour- fact, a number of positive efforts a good tennis environment and ·the well. In Edinburgh there are only tage and select the team. In stu- being made in attracting more possibility of producing good much better. this is pretty pitiful, three public indoor courts and all dent tennis in Britain players are Juniors froin all around the coun° players capable of winning. Being especially when one thinks that th11. University has to offer is the faced . with dismal facilities, try to enter the game and at the charged two pounds twenty to play countries such as Ecuador, Chile, Main Sports Hall, which isn't Mexico, Rumania and Poland infrequent coaches who are left to same time providinjl better oach on the Meadows, does not create exattlY perfect. In small towns ii:t ·have consistently put players in the deal with too many players and an ing and administration. An.impor quite the right environment. Holland, Belgium and Germany, top ten. erratic form ot §election that' relies tant development i~ that most half the size of Edinburgh, there Justin Thomson-Glover