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NEWSP 1 OF I ERIAL COLLEGE U NOW UC THEM. NOW YOU DONT! Imperial College was raided by a mascotry team from University College raised money for Rag by having yesterday morning. The group of about 20 students disrupted a lecture in him covered in motor oil, wood the Chemical Engineering department and stole 22 honours shields from chips and a Mooney lasagne. outside the City and Guilds Union Office. The group consisted mainly of UCL Union denied knowledge students from UCL's Chemical Engineering department. Their first of the event saying that it was. target was a lecture theatre in Chemical Engineering building where they organised by the Engineering showered Chem Eng 2 with flour, eggs and stink bombs for about half a Society. ' Mike Stuart, Guilds' minute. President, contacted them and The remainder of the UCL to a rag 'torture' in the Beit Quad. demanded the return of the students .left the Chemical The student captured, UCL shields since they are not violate Engineering building and rushed physicist Adrian Head, was taken mascots. Their response was to along the walkway to Mechanical to*> Geoffrey Reeves, College set a ransom of £8 per shield, but Engineering. Here they pulled 22 Security Officer. Although Mr Mr Stuart refused to consider shields from the wall. These Reeves wanted to call in the paying any ransom and threat- shields, each valued at £200, have police the heads of the ened to inform the police if they the names of Guilds Union departments involved, Professors were not returned by 5.30pm Officers on them. Professor Sargeant and Husband treated yesterday. This deadline was Husband, head of Mech Eng, the matter as a mascotry raid and later extended to 2.00pm today, described the incident as 'quasi- decided not to press charges. Mr and at the time of going to press criminal'. One of the raiding Reeves decided to give Adrian the shields had not been ret- party was captured by IC Head to the RCS mascotry team urned. The culprit, Adrian Head, students and was later subjected to deal with as they saw fit. They getting his just desserts. supervise investigations of com- plaints. I During the subsequent ques- Leon socks it to 'em! tioning, Mr Brittan was asked to ! expand upon the causes of In his speech Mr Bnttan The Home Secretary, Mr Leon Brittan, attracted a large j increased crime. In response, he discussed the causes of increased audience when he spoke on 'Winning the Fight against stressed that the critical factors crime, pointing out that these Crime' in College on Tuesday at a meeting organised by were social ones, such as the were of such a deep-rooted the Conservative Society. decline of the family unit, and nature that only long term that he did not believe there was a measures have any effect. As direct correlation between high Home Secretary, his more imme- unemployment and a high crime diate task was to reduce and rate. mitigate crime by incresing the When questioned about the effectiveness of the police force passing of excessively lenient and the judicial and prison sentences in some recent rape systems. SDecifically, he high- cases, he said that it would in lighted the importance of the future be possible to refer such relationship between the police cases to a court of appeal, which and the community. In discussing could indicate what a more police powers, and the necessity appropriate sentence would have for protecting the public against been. the abuse of them, Mr Brittan To nobody's surprise, the ren rred to the Police and question of hard-core porno- Criminal Evidence Bill, currently graphy films was twice raised. Mr being passed through parliament. Brittan spoke initially of the Here, he said, the powers of the 'more horrific material* which it police and the rights of the is iliegal to sell, and then individual had been very clearly discussed the argument as to defined. The Bill also sets out a whether certain types of film, system for dealing with com- normally shown only in private plaints against police, including The Home Secretary, the Right Hon Leon Brittan, clubs, should also be available in the provision of an independant addressing a large audience in Mech Eng 220 on Tuesday.video shops. He indicated his Police Complaints Authority to support for an amendment ban- No 665 1 FELIX, February 3, 1984\ I Free/ Tits! Bums! Dear Pallab Michael Newman really Dear Pallab deserves criticism for So Michael Newman has led contacting all the national his crusade through the pearly newspapers. Even people, like gates of Beit into the intellectual me, who support Mr Newman's much read, well balanced Daily campaign must realise that he Express. As I flick through the has demolished one of his most pages every day in checking my effective arguments. Millionaire's Club number. I It has been argued that by cannot help judging the Letters to the Editor are always welcome on any political bias of the Express. banning Hon Porn Night, IC's Therefore I'm sure the Express subject at all. They should be submitted to the sexist image would be reduced. would like to know what else FELIX Office before Monday 1:00pm for inclusion This would hopefully increase Saint Michael gets up to at in Friday's FELIX. the number of women at College. I'm sure they'd be College. Now what ever the really sympathetic to his CND Union does, in the eyes of Daily views for a start! Express IC students will always be connected with porno- If Saturday's parable was Postgraduate UGM graphy. If this prevents one based on facts given to the woman coming to College, Express, then FELIX's ability Covenants Michael Newman will be to distort facts pales into Yawn! responsible for increasing the insignificance alongside the Dear Pallab Dear Pallab main origin of sexism at Express. Can a national I would like to bring to the Gosh, yes IC Union does it College, the sex ratio. journalist give the impression attention of your postgraduate again; organising a UGM to The only argument advanced that these 'sexy sessions' readers a ^int which Peter which only 180 people turned by Mr Newman to support his happen fequently. or did our Burt O' .r'ooked in his up. So the meeting was cause is that students should be knight in shining armour otherwisi excellent feature inquorate wasting, time, proud of their Union. This may simply forget to tell them it was 'Stretching Your Student money, paper etc. be true but Mr Newman has at an annual occasion and not a Grant' (FELIX 663). There can only be two the same time demolished his twice weekly gang bang? In the SERC studentships reasons for this: either the cause. The Express might like to handbook sections 15.24 and meeting was improperly In my opinion there is little know the range of activist 15.25 detail the position with publicised or the content bored Mr Newman can do to rescue his groups funded by UGC grants respect to covenants. In brief, people stupid. cause. However perhaps ne through student unions. these state that no deduction Can I suggest a remedy. might like to apologise to Perhaps Monseigner Newman will be made from the award to Either have 25 semi-naked Gaynor Lewis who was could continue his series next take account of the first £375pa nubile Philipino dancing girls pestered by journalists all week. At least no student union of income from any source and free fall onto Queens Lawn to Friday. * money funded Hon Porn's that no deductions at all are publicise UGMs; or drop Night. made in relation to gifts Mr Newman has also shown motions which bear no an alarming lack of respect for I can now hear howls of (including money received from relevance to the affairs of IC the processes of Union protest from groups all over parents) unless made under like those on Grenada, and S democracy. All students have College. 'Freedom of covenant. Thus covenants Africa, etc, and only call such the right, which Mr Newman expression!" and so on is their which would yield in excess of meetings when more pertinent has often exercised, to present war cry. This has been ICU's £375pa merely serve to transfer motions arise. motions to a UGM. However viewpoint too. The Newman some of the financial burden of John Heseltine when they are not passed one block vote has been defeated your grant from the SERC back Mining must accept that as democracy. several times by a majority of onto your parents. It is extremely childish to act as students using their (let's fact it) Yours sincerely Mr Newman has. He has started democratic right to preserve Hugh Stiles using undemocratic methods freedom of expression. Mean Chem Eng PG because democratic methods I have not attended Hon have failed. Porn's Night, as is my right, and Old Yours sincerely have no intention of ever going. Hugh Southey It is not my right to force my Moonyholism opinion on others who have Mooncy obviously made a democratic Dear Mr Ghosh decision to allow the freedom to Dear Sir Letters organise such an event. 1 am writing to express my As the Hon Sec of the Selkirk The periodic whinings from concern about my brother. Hall disco appreciation society. Blarney Mr Newman and his cronies Having left IC 12 years ago, he I should like to express our have led to open debate on his still uses the refectories as a life annoyance to the fact that Mr Dear Pallab 'moral' issues in FELIX and in member and is a self-confessed 'Cheapskate' Mooney has I'm told you're short of debates.

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