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Playing with a reduced facilities and the air of The closure of ABRO depression caused by the closure means the loss of prestige drawing ever closer. Also affected different sex facility to the University. would be students taking the MSc course in Animal Genetics, most Very often the University depart of whom are from overseas, and SRC, and Mark Reeves, Honorary Janet washes the dishes while Last weekend a two ments that are of high value are the loss of this facility would be of Treasurer of SA, both attended the John participates in some "manly" day conference on those working in less than grave consequences in under conference and were very activity. Co-ed schools and single glamorous fields of research. One developed nations. Sexual Politics took place generous in their praiseti of it. Ms sex schools were compared in of these is the Animal Breeding The prospect of the loss of the at the Pleasance Socie Neagle attended workshops on relation to the type of subjects Research Organisation (ABRO), unique work of international value positive discrimination, sexism taken by the pupils and the results ties Centre. Attended by situated at King's Buildings and and reputation undertaken at the and entertainment, sexism and achieved. now scheduled to close in 1983 as Institute has united the farming 190 people, the confer education and bisexuality. She felt Ms Neagle found the workshop a result of Govern·ment cuts in the community in condemnation of ence was sponsored by all of these workshops were on bisexuality "really interest budget of the Agricultural Government policy on this matter. stimulating and worth while. The ing". The question of whether bi NUS Scotland and EUSA. Research Council (ARC) of £2 It has been described as "a discussion of positive discrimina sexuality had a political statement The conference took the million. Though this is a tragedy" by the National Cattle tion centred on the problem of to make was asked and the substantial saving, when Breeders' Association and form of workshops dis getting women more involved in relationship between homo compared to the estimated value "shocking" by the Meat Marketing cussing a wide range of the Students' Association. The sexuality and bisexuality of the organisation's work of Board. Farmers Weekly have issues in relation to conclusions reached in this investigated. discussion, however, can be taken around £100 million on pig requested the ARC to think twice research alone, it pales into before confirming closure, and Sexual Politics including from this limited area and applied Mark Reeves led the discussion insignificance. ABRO hope that the weight of positive discrimination, to political activity in general. in the workshop dealing with "Men The seven postgraduates opposition against the closure will Women, it was felt, should be Against Sexism". Already involved sexuality and the family, studying at the centre have been secure its reprieve when the final positively discriminated against in in this group at Edinburgh sexism and religion, understandably alarmed at the decision is taken in March. Student Association bodies, e.g . University, Mark concentrated on proposed closure and have Within the University, Mark pornography etc. Mary SAC, in order to enable them to introducing the purpose and aims embarked upon a campaign to Kennedy, Senior President, has Braid reports. make the valuable contribution it of such groups to those attending. prevent it. Only two of their described the closure as "utterly was felt they had to offer. Rhetoric One general feeling which number will have completed their ludicrous, a false economy" and it would seem is at present a man's emerged from the discussion was Most workshops began with a studies by the closure date and has promised to oppose its closure domain due to women being more that men often suffer as much as short introductory talk then with the prospect of severe and write letters to local MPs, Sir self-conscious in airing their views women in the roles society discussion initiated by this talk reductions in teaching staff levels Keith Joseph and George in public. expects them to assume. It was followed, involving all those and withdrawal of library facilities Younger, Secretary of State for "Sexism and education", a also felt that sexual politics should attending. Workshops were prior to ultimate closure, all Scotland. The Principal was un workshop organised by Colin not be isolated from other fields of usually attended by around 30 students will ' find it difficult to available for comment. Morrison, President of Moray politics as it was inherent in all By Graeme Wilson people and films to stimulate House SA, discussed many topics areas. progress in their studies with discussion were sometimes related to its title. Teaching T his workshop stimulated shown. For example, the materials and teachers' attitudes it interest from other colleges and workshop dealing with "Violence was claimed are biased in the universities in relation to Against Women" showed the film assumptions they make about beginning their own "Men against "We Will Not Be Beaten", which is sexuality. Written material was Sexism" groups. This type of to be shown again by the Women's Youngervs most criticised with, e.g. Janet and response was typical of the Group later this month. John elementary reading books general influence and success the Trish Neagle, member of the being given as an example. Here conference achieved. Lothian Sunday's meeting of Lothian on. Despite the job loss, however, Reg ion Labour Party may have the , Lothian trade unions are ended six months of feuding behind the Regional Council. SCRAM Sign GMNo2 between it and the Labour Lothian They fear Tory cuts would be Regional Council. Moves to much worse. Trade unionists at commit councillors to illegal the meeling spoke out strongly measures in opposing spending against any illegal moves which Unveiled The second General cuts were defeated along with might result in financial chaos and calls for the Labour G}oup to an inability to pay their members. Meeting of the spring resign the administration if forced Last Friday, Councillor Madeleine Monies, of term takes place at 7 pm to make further cuts. Such a Lothian's runninQ battle with Lothian Regional Council, unveiled a sign d_isplaying next Tuesday , 16th position was portrayed as leading Secretary of State George to electoral disaster in next May's Younger may not yet be over. the views of the anti-nuclear lobby by the side of the February, in McEwan crucial elections. Despite the seeming modesty of A 1, near the site of Torness nuclear power station. Hall. Instead, the meeting adopted a the proposed rates increase the resolution calling for the Scottish Office still holds £17 restoration of cuts " where million of Lothian's money Five motions have been possible" and no further increases pending the making of what it sees submitted for debate. The first in charges. This should result in a as adequate savings. If Younger concerns the atrocities com 5 per cent increase for Lothian's feels Lothian have not done mitted by the Iranian government ratepayers in the financial year enough he may spring a nasty,_ and the difficulties being 1982/83. After last year's 40 per pre-election surprise on the experienced by Iranian students. it cent increase this will come as a beleaguered council be announc mandates EUSA to publicise the rel ief to many. The cost of keeping ing the withholding of the money a "barbarities" and to write to down rates, however, has been a few days before the final budget is Amnesty International and the freeze on all vacancies which has drawn up. This would mean the British government - the latter to resulted in the loss of 2,000 jobs in £17 million would have to be rated suggest trade sanctions and help local government. Only about 500 for, and Younger is well aware of for Iranian students. The of these are likely to be saved. This how electorally unpopular aoother proposers of this motion have is bad news for prospective whacking rates increase would be. asked that their names be left off teachers, social workers and so By Frances R. Wood the order paper. The second motion, proposed by David Honeyman and Mark about abuse which they have been Reeves, mandates EUSA to subjected to and about people participate fully in the Consumer Abuse vomiting (having made no effort to Campaign. The extension to the reach the toilets). Mark Kennedy and Nick Smith licensing hours in the The toilets too have been left in a have submitted a motion calling disgusting state, with abusive Pie: Alan Chow/SCRAM for affiliation to CND and SANE, Potterrow has caused a graffiti and urine plastered on the while James Arnott and Kay great increase in its use, walls. The sign, which was erected by Such behaviour has already cost police, and despite the fact that the Goodall's motion concerns the SCRAM (the Scottish Campaign though reports received t he Union £450 in repairs, concrete for the foundations was involvement of companies to Resist the Atomic Menace) was from staff and from the jeopardises the late licence and not delivered - SCRAM claim this involved in the "mil itary the only public indication of the further damages staff-student was due to its being ordered from a industrial complex" in recruit House Committee reveal nature of the construction work, relations. company which supplies the ment visits, and calls for the a subsequent increase in and carries SCRAM's assessment SSEB. Careers Service to discourage Senior President Mark Kennedy of the plant's function. misuse of the Union Under the headline ''Torness such activities. stated that "the House Committee However, by Tuesday, the South facilities. Plutonium Factory Under The final motion concerns will no long.er tolerate this of Scotland Electricity Board had Construction", the sign carries South Africa. It notes the support Only a small minority of the dispicable behaviour. Direct "acquired" the land on which the information from SCRAM on the given to the government by Potterrow's patrons, it is pointed action will be taken in future." sign stood, had removed SCRAM's SSEB's generating over-capacity, international trade and asks for a out, are guilty of misconduct, but On-the-spot charges of 50p will sign and substituted one of their the connection between nuclear boycott of South African goods by some have been known to indulge be imposed on those vomiting own. SCRAM promised that their power and weapons and criticism the Union and that companies with in such pastimes as jumping on anywhere other than the toilet, and sign will be rebuilt nearby as soon of the Board's claims on costs and South African connections be tables and removing their under anyone persisting in "anti-social'' as possible. local employment. denied access to our facilities. It pants, ripping seats and smashing behaviour will be bodily removed The sign was constructed was proposed by Joan Grant and lights. from the premises and banned despite warnings from the local By Chris Kershaw Lawrence O'Donnell. Staff have also complained from using any Union facilities. THE STUDENT Thursday, 11th February 1982 3
Letters to the Editor For God's Sake! Troops Out? Fat and Feminism STUDENT Dear Sir, Dear Sir, The Basement, 1 Buccleuch Place. Wow , bloody hell , the Dear Sir, Many women spend most of Philosophy Department's eternal Alan Hamilton's article on Ulster their time dieting and worrying 031-667 5718 thanks must go to Dominic Acland was a convincing reply to those about their weight, but keep for a brilliant expose of the now so who argue for "Troops Out". Mr spoiling their good intentions by obvious fallacies of religion. Why Hamilton made it clear that he was Founded 1889 having binges - eating large on earth couldn't we have come to not keen on the behaviour of the quantities of food, sometimes his conclusion earlier, we've been British soldiers based there, which secretly and often not of things No Future? at it for 6,000 years, right up until makes his argument more they real~ like. Then they punish last Thursday morning in fact. compelling than if he liked them The spectacular crash of Laker Airways last Friday themselves by feeling guilty and " Dispense· with the Deity! Thrash Unlike many people here and going on an even stricter diet - has caused an equally spectacular reaction from the Theism! Dom is the Way and the throughout the world, he realises until the next binge. press and the public - no one bothered that much Truth and the. " that a troop withdrawal would We feel that this problem is Listen, any first year Meta when Court Line went bust in the early seventies. plui-ige Ulster into anarchy, for the related to women's position in physics student could rip apart Protestant gunmen would fill the society and to each individual's The reactions have varied from the Morning Star's this arrogant shit with half his vacuum created. As he is an inner feelings, so that food is eaten rather gleeful "Capitalist Flagship Capsizes" - i.ronic cerebral cortex removed. I'll do it inhabitant of the province and not not for the relief of hunger but for when you consider that Laker has single-handedly myself if you want, but I'm not an outsider, his views deserve emotional reasons. This is the view interested in rhetorical con close attention from all the expressed by Susie Orbach in her brought air travel within the reach of the man-in-the versions; me, I was brought up an organisations (including SWSO) book Fat is a Feminist Issue. street - to the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the atheist and I'm bloody glad of the who call for "Troops Out of We would like to start a group for right-wing press at the decline of their hero. fact, if anyone converted me it was Ireland" . women to look at some of these me, no other way makes sense. Stephen Kaczynski issues in ourselves. It would start The most astounding result has been the vast Nice to hear, all the same, that our amounts of money contributed to various "Save man Dom has such encyclopaedic Laker" funds - British Airwyas loses more money knowledge of his subject, since his aspersions apply to them all; from than Laker has ever seen, yet people are continually Buddhism to Baptism they are all moaning about "a waste of taxpayers' money". props for inadequate characters Laker's demise is almost entirely due to colossal (gee, thanks!). What is so thrilling to the enquiring mind is that this mismanagement and personal conceit on the part of guy has evidently found the Sir Freddie - he had his DC-10s long before Skytrain Absolute Truth he is so frantically was licenced and his recent spending spree on A300 denying; he knows what is and what is not, what is artificial and Airbuses and more DC-10s was optimistic at best. The what is real, what is logical and fact that these aircraft were financed entirely by loans what is illogical. Pity old Ludwig secured in dollars, rahter than in a mix of currencies Wittgenstein's gone to that Great Beetlebox in the Sky, Dom could proportional to that in the company's income, as is evidently have put him right on a normal practice, was nothing short of stupid (on the few things. Makes me wonder why part of the banks as much as the airline). he doesn't just apply for Professor The bankruptcy of one small airline means little in Sprigges job while he's at it. Thank Christ someone cares enough to itself (other than to its staff, of course), but what is give us The Line - ignorant worrying is its implications for the future of Prestwick atheism must be This Month's Fear and Loathing in in late February and meet for eight Airport. Thing. Don't be a prick - turn to Dominic! Rose Street weeks with a break for the vacation. Since BA pulled out last year, Laker was the single Cheers, Dear Sir, If you are interested and want to largest user .of Prestwick, and its demise leaves only Simon T. Maclennan. Feeling it should be related to all know more, come to an intro students, I would like to inform Northwest Orient and Air Canada operating ductory meeting (no commitment The SWSO Column you of the events of Tuesday, 2nd scheduled services. Prestwick survives by its summer necessary) on Wednesday, 17th February, at a Com Soc disco at Dear Editor, February, at 12.30 pm in 7 charter traffic, but the companies involved would It was good to see such a high Bobby McGee's in Rose Street. At Buccleuch Place (Student level of argument on last week's about 12.30 a.m. a glass of beer rather use Edinburgh or Glasgow - because of Counselling Service). Read the letters page from those opposed to was knocked over accidentally Prestwick's abysmal links with the rest of the country. book first if you can! the "extremism" of SWSO. It is and an off-duty bouncer took it Lesley Parker With this depletion of its scheduled "base-load" it good to know that intellectuals still upon himself to make something Nadine Harrison becomes less likely that this situation will be flourish in this university. of the situation. The first punch improved, and the threat of closure to the airport with Amongst all the usual reactionary was thrown by a bouncer and the rubbish one serious accusation place degenerated into a riot. One the best situation in and the most potential in Scotland was made against SWSO - that student was bundled up the stairs is greatly increased. we are against democracy. This by four bouncers, one punching Northwest are increasing their services, but other demands a reply. him continuously in the face while airlines must be encouraged to use Prestwick If the writers of the letters his arms were pinioned; another Staff... attended General Meetings (the was set upon in an empty room by British Caledonian spring instantly to mind - if its most democratic body in the four bouncers who broke his nose EDITOR and his hand which he had used to Chris Kershaw ..future______is to be assured. .,I Students'observe that Association) SWSO contribute they would not protect his crotch from the kicks. a little to debate and we also put Three other students, one of Ass istant Editors No Comparison Fed up at KB forward a substantial number of whom also had his nose broken Jim Levi Patricia Togneri Dear Sir, motions. If the letter writers mean while he was kicked on the David Carson suggested that Sir, that we are opposed to Parlia ground, were also beaten up, one News Editors one of his reasons for submitting On a rare escape from the mentary "democracy" then they having his head smashed against a Mary Braid the motion on Polane to the last horrors of KB, I paid a visit to are correct - we are! But this is concrete wall. While people left six David Harvey GM was to condemn the double George Square today and noticed because we believe that bouncers got in a car while standards of FCS students who - I could scarcely miss it - a Parliament does not ha\le the reinforcements arrived from other Features Editor support the independent union of banner outside the Health Centre power to make any really funda discos and chased a totally Lindsay Macdonald Polish students, the NZS, but who Refectory proclaiming 20 per cent mental changes to society uninvolved student down George oppose that of British students, off all food sold there. Since this because real power lies Street carrying sticks with them; Arts David Stead the NUS. Some degree of clarifica food is provided by University elsewhere, not because we are he was then taken back to the Cinema Graham Gamble tion is undoubtedly needed. Catering Services, who also run opposed to democracy. We disco, being beaten regularly. KB refectory, I feel it is most unfair support a massive widening of The disco then cleared with Pop Graeme Wilson The implication is that David Caroline Binnie Carson equates NUS' struggle that due to their monopoly at KB democracy. people being shoved helpfully into Sport Keith Nunn with that of NZS, and it is (they also provide KB Union food), Does the dictionary define the street followed by the they find it unnecessary to provide "direct action" as violence - I. occasional flying beer glass. What's On Mandy Cole hypocritical to oppose the former Jill Fabian and voice support for the latter. such special offers at KB. Perhaps Marr seems to think the two are the I hope in the light of these events they don't expect stray scientists same. And who do we bully? people, and especially society Page 94 Colin Macilwain More injustice to the Polish Lifestyles The Firm students could not have been to notice the cheap food they offer Perhaps we all ought to pay secretaries, will think very to Georg_e Squarists, or perhaps attention to David Vaughan who carefully before hiring or Contributors Ian McGregor done; they are not only to be Tony Wallis they can justify it in pur8Iy advocates "moderation". Millions patronising specific discos in supported in their struggle for an Zerina Haniff coiril11 erci8I terms. However, it of dollars are spent on armaments Edinburgh, that is if you want to indepefldent self-governing Sandy Murray seems that this is yet another while millions of people starve, in keep your friends looking the union, but praised for having the Frances Wood illustration of the gap which exists, Britain 700 old age pensioners die same. courage to take a positive stand Peter Wrench and which the brave efforts of KB per day during the winter months Yours faithfully, against an oppressive regime Wendy Barratt Union staff c·an do little to close, because they cannot afford John Talbot. which denies them fundamental Kay Goodall between the facilities offered at heating - fine examples of the human rights and a degree of rep Fred Price George Square and those at KB. I results of so-called moderate resentation at a national level. So? Photographs Gavin Fulton don't expect Teviot to be policies. If either of these two very How can anyone have the audacity Gordon Boyd transported stone by stone and mature people would like a debate Sir, and the nerve to suggest that the Neil Dalgleish reassembled beside JCMB, but we would be glad to give them one, I wish to publicly deplore the low same q1,1alities of leadership and Colette Ryan courage can be attributed to NUS this sort of discrimination is quite but perhaps they are above such standards of morality within the "immature" activities. student community. Graphics Toby Porter and their two causes be identified? unnecessary. Kay Yours, Yours sincerely, Yours, Yours faithfully, Advertising Neville Moir Susan Elkington. Derek D. Stuart. Alastair Walker. Innes Donald. 4 THE STUDENT Thursday, 11th February 1982
International Week The Begins As this week is lnter but the organisation of the very effects of urbanisation which has ,being .based on a system of cash charities concerned. attracted more and more male deposits, meant that the women nati o nal Week , Ian Considering examples taken labourers, consequently leaving were losing their rights to the men MacGregor covers Mon from her own experiences in the women to manage the (ie those with the money) over day's opening event; a Tanzania and o ther African agricultural affairs. Even where what they had grown and countries, Ms. Goldsmith women are seemingly encourated harvested. There is certainly no lunchtime talk by Jane emphasised the importance of to enter industry (eg in the Free truth in the suggestion that women Column Goldsmith on "Women women in the Third World, Trade Zones of SE Asia) they are in the Third World are particularly in supporting the taken advantage of ie paid conservative and apathetic. and Development". population by :.;ubsistence miserable wages and given poor "Overseas aid is like making love Britain's No. 1 agriculture and how underated working conditions. Sexual to an elephant, there is no pleasure Even if it was as expected, lt this role was; 60-80%, sometimes harassment has also developed in it, you run the risk of being Gossip Column seems a shame that the opening even 100% of food processing in into a particularly serious crushed, and it takes years to see with over talk tn 'International Week' on Africa is carried out by women problem. Considered as docile the results!" Jane Goldsmith Monday luchtime in Teviot Row, alone. Because this so-called and obedient women are explained. The recipients are in 50000000 readers was attended by relatively few domestic work (which involves the traditionally regarded as a more continual danger of being crushed male students, because Jane weeding and harvesting of the pliable and consequently more between the superpowers and the Goldsmith; lively discussion on fields) engenders little, if any, cash profitable workforce than men. need to develop their own 'Women and Development' was profit, such figures remain Ms Goldsmith was far from economy. There is a general SF and SM pessimistic however. She rebuked feeling of resentment at having to not only informative and ignored. The division of labour A notorious has-been from th this traditional tribal view of the be given aid and time is all too entertaining but provided a well between the sexes is a world of Student journalism tell female as unintelligent and quietly short for technological inputs to constructed criticism of male fundamental problem in all us that a leading light in SWSO i domination in both the Western developing countries, and Jane obedient, and talked about how be of real value. Obviously there planning to bring to the attentio many of the Tanzanian women she are many problems in the system and Third Worlds. Goldsmith enforced the need to of the next General Meeting a had met had developed their own Speaking as a member of the reconsider women's rights in this but in order to improve the issue of vital concern to students culture quite apart from the men. international charity 'World sector. situation there has to be an This revolutionary "intellectual' She told how a group of Kenyan introduction if greater female University Service· Ms. Goldsmith Continuing her comparison of intends to provoke our condem women had recently destroyed a involvement is the importance of concentrated on the problems of work opportunities for men and nation of the BBC's disgracefu newly built grain store, which women in the development of the overseas aid in relation to women, women in the Third World, Ms. policy of internal repression whic Third World will remain ignored. not only in the Third World itself Goldsmith then considered the has led to the "disappearance" o such much-loved science fictlo characters as the Daleks. We ar sure all our readers will b 'Mass Execution in Creche outraged by this proposal that w should give moral support to thes symbols of fascist imperialism lran'-100 picket Mound upholders of state capitalism . cuts manifestations of the male phalli fixation ... tools of the masculin Demonstrators, The fact that there are hegemony ... and will show thei both British and no alternatives in the. opposition by voting for . Iranian, held a Lothian Region for the c h ild care faci lities Candidate Fspart three-hour rally on provided for staff and As predicted exclusively in las the Mound last students at Edinburgh week's column, the Feminis University is ·causing Supremacy Group candidate to Saturday. grave concern as the the rectorial elections, Debbi Fspart, has now launched he The rally was one of nine held possible closure of the campaign. It can now be reveale throughout Britain to commem that she will be standing on a orate the third anniversary of the Day Nursery seems even anti-Dalek ticket, in opposition t 11th February uprising against the more probable. the unofficial Socialist Worke Shah and to protest against Providing facilities for over 50 position of support for symbols o "Khomeini's Atrocities in Iran". children, most of them under 2½. fascist imperialism. In an exclusiv Organised by Iran Solidarity the Day Nursery now faces closure interview with Student, Ms Fspar (Scotland) the rally was to have due to present cuts. To keep it made the following declaration: " been addressed by Ron Brown, open would cost the University mean. like, OK, so we can use th MP, and Robin Cook, MP, and £15,000 per annum, approxi campaign to draw attention to th there was some vi gorous mately 0.02 per cent of its total whole male domination thing chanting. The organise-rs also budget. The nursery employs 12 right?" In a bitter comment on on leafleted Princes Street and full-time staff and three part time. of her rivals, she added: "Like passers-by signed a petition. torture of Iran ian political organisations {particularly the Alternative ways to running the these Oaleks are as symbolic o The rally was intended to prisoners, an end to "numerous UN) to restore human rights and to nursery have been looked into by primitive macho aggression a publicise the five demands of the executions", an end to the claimed put pressure on the Iranian the Management Committee but Mike McBroom, you know." Moslem Students' Society execution of children and government for a thorough these have al proved impossible (Britain), supporters of the pregnant women, freedom for all investigation of these claimed for various reasons. The options People's Mojahedin Organisation Iranian political prisoners and an incidents. open to the nursery are closure or Crash of of Iran. These include terminating intervention by all international By Jim Levi remaining as it is; unaltered. A recent GM overwhelmingly Independent Hot came out in support of keeping the Day Nursery open and the SA is ir Line looking into ways, at the moment, It is with deep regret that w Coping With Careers of continuing the subsidy from the must announce that Hae student sector. Mark Kennedy Enterprises Ltd have now been recently issued a statement that fficially declared bankrupt. Th This week the Careers word in the form of Information can provide more flesh on the the SA is utterly opposed to the ompany has been in trouble for Service discusses Job Sheets, job descriptions, profes bones of your background reading closure of the nursery and that it ome time following a slump in th sion al body literatu re, and and provide ideas for topics which will " resist closure with any means orld organised-crime market, Studies. recruitment literature is good for .you may wish to explore face to at its disposal" . nd problems were compounded providing answers to questions face. At the moment there are' A paper will be presented to the y a few disastrous policy The process of finding out as about entry, training, prospects, some 130 job studies, covering Court meeting of March 15th if ecisions, such as the appoint much as possible about a conditions· and to some extent mainly jobs open to graduates in closure is proposed at this ent of Mark ·Reeves as financial particular type of work which work content. ,any discipline, available in the meeting. A "peaceful" lobby of this dviser. The Official Receiver has interests you may be a time Job studies provide a potential Careers Library and it is hoped meeting is also being organised by nnounced that he hopes as soon consuming activity. The link between the factual written that this fig ure will reach 200 by EUSA to take place at 1.30 pm at s possible to sell off the profitable information which you are likely to word and the face to face contact. the end of this academic year. Old College. The EAUT is also lackmail side of the business. A need falls into eight categories, What are job studies? They are However, there are one or two opposed to the closure of the ast-hour attempt has been made viz: surroundings (where you written reports of interviews of job things to bear in mind when nursery and at present trade union o save the company as a whole work), prospects (what the job· holders (typically graduates of reading a job study. Remember support for the nursery is being ith the launch of a public appea might lead to), entry qualifica one to three years) by careers that it is only one individual talking solicited. und. The organiser of the tune tions. training offered, conditions advisers. The interviewer explores about his/ her job with one There can be little doubt that as said that "the response ha! of employment (what is provided all aspects of the individual's job particular organisation. It may be closure of the [)ay Nursery would een Quite overwhelming. In les! and what you have to agree to), as described above but the dangerous to extrapolate from one result in much hardship for han three weeks we have raisec description of the work, effects emphasis is very much on job job study and imagine that all jobs students and staff with children at ore than 57 pence.'' It is ho pee upon life style, nature of the content, interactions with people with that title have the same task the University. The SA are hat some kind of Fifth Column wil organisation and the people you and effects on life style and may content. Ideally for a rounded view attempting to bring this fact to the e kept running at least until nex will interact with. highlight potential satisfactions you need to read several studies of University's notice. eek. Generally speaking the written and frustrations. So a job study jobs wllh the same title. By Mary Braid -The Hae' f " THE STUDENT Thursday, 11th February 1982 5
Universities in Crisis N. W . Wailes - . Univers1t1es. .. are fundamentally illiterate. However, at a time o conservative institutions. In view crisis and this is a time of crisis i Fairbairn examines of the fact that only a relatively education, there is a tendency t affluent society can afford to forego self-criticism. Damaging a A New World for educate its members, it is vital that the cuts undoubtedly are, equall the education system does not fail damaging in my opinion is th Education the wealth producing sector of the temptation to assume all is well economy. within our own camp. It may well Clearly, if that is the case, it is not be. not simply a matter of more money I do not pretend that the pen in A recent article in The Scotsman more of the time. The destination my hand ls a magic wand. made a valuable contribution to and management of financial Nonetheless, the questions being the continuing debate ant resources is just as important as asked about the efficiency of ou education, when it highlighted a the amount. Secondly, there is present educational system and it significant decline in the academic ample evidence to suggest that ability to satisfy the basic needs o attainment of those entering related problems exist outside the economy in terms of trained Scottish Universities. The higher education. At present, the manposer are important ones. evidence pointed towards a whole ethos of the secondary Just as important is its inability to decline in standards in science school is dominated by the vision utilise current potential, becaus and linguistic subjects. As these of academic attainment. This in of wrong decisions taken in th tests have consistently yielded the itself a narrow interpretation of past. same results over a period of five education and equally narrow in On the other hand, unless ou years, they indicate that not all expand the system. Twenty years envisaged. Now, after enough time application. Not all needs are best educational structures come t current problems within education later, there now exists an has elapsed to allow the original served by academic provision. Yet terms with the world outside o can be attributed to recent increasingly popular conviction recommendations to be imple little by way of practical and until government accepts th government policy. (not just with government circles) mented it is disturbing to hear vocational training is at present responsibility of creating an In 1963, Lord Robbins presented that the large expansion much the same criticisms being available. It is signigicant that the appropriate framework, they will his Report on Higher Education to recommended by Lord Robbins made. Why, for example, are we Newsom Report, entitled Half Our not be able to play their rightful Parliament and initiated a wide has not been justified by the still told that Universities are not Future (also published in 1963) role within society. In any case, spread increase in expenditure. results. utilising existing scientific and recommended that more when the cuts in education are He was particularly concerned to Originally, some of the major technical potential? This is resources should be devoted to made good, it would be naive to emphasise the demands which a criticisms centred around what the particularly depressing, when one this group. .assume that the government of the highly-industrialised and Report saw as wasted potential. of the specific shortcomings At this point it may be necessary day will adopt the 1963 Report's competitive society makes on Universities did not always identified by Lord Robbins to say, simply, that this article does enthusiasm for higher education. scarce educational resources. represent the best investment of indicated that research and not intend to generate support for They probably won't. The financial Although the Report criticised the educational capital. Bearing this in progress in this area was impeded present government policy. A constrai nts within which Universities in this respect, a mind, a number of new structures, by out-moded attitudes. Indeed, policy which does more to make a Universities must now work may significant proportion of largely designed to overcome on reading the Report, I was left crisis than it does to prevent one, is very well be permanent. increased expenditure was used to existing sho~t-comings were with the i mpression that mis-directed, ill-conceived and ~~~n tl-e System Ar111ageddon Capitalism Socialism is something that orSNP most students would like to feel they believe in judging by the kind of articles in this paper and Midweek. However, the majority of Hillhead students would no more vote for Tony Benn that streak down Andrew C. inasmuch as they are firmly Princes Street. Belief in a Socialist committed to anything, seems to Utopia appears to show you have a Ferguson on Self be firmly committed to multi respectable care for other people, lateralism. We saw the SDP's and of course capitalists are mean Destruction and brand of "multilateralism" when its and nasty - you don't want to be Sp litting the Atom leading lights were still in the seen like that. However, this Labor Party - in other words, a obsession with the terrible at Hillhead. record for building missile bases excesses of 19th century equalled only by that of the Tories. A recent Liberal Conference capitalism is about as productive as the slogan " Remember 1314" It is ironic that amongst the decision to get rid of Trident was immediately repudiated by David often seen at Murrayfield. fanfare of electioneering Steel. in order to please his new- Let's face it, everybody is mean, preceding the Glasgow Hillhead 1ound Social-Democratic friends. selfish and dishonest at least some by-election, very little has been The Labour Party, or rather half of the time (come on, admit it). said of the nuclear arms issue: ,f what's left of it, has made great. Most people put far more work into ironic not only because of the :,Jay of its unilaterlaist stance. things that are good for them, that recent Government decision to However, apart from the obvious have an incentive, particularly site a missile base at Stornoway, fact that this stance will lose them cash, than they will for other but also in view of a recent NATO my support they ever had in the people. (What did you do for ESCA exercise which showed that, as things stood at present, Strath English Home Counties and thus last year that wasn't a lot of fun as clyde would be the worst affected the next election, the recent well?) area~ whole of the UK in the choice of Denis Healey as Deputy Capitalism enables people to Leader, coupled with the election further their own selfish ends event of nucle~r" war. Within 24 of a more right-wing NEC, poses whilst producing services and hours of a missnlf strike, 20 per the question: how long can goods as a by-product. Think of all anything. Look at the coercion and it is to sell off a government service cent of its inhabitants would be ·dead, with many more to die in a Michael Foot and his fellow the unproductive effort that goes intimidation necessary to keep that obviously runs best under very short time. In view of this, and unilateralists hold out against the into fiddling and that could, in a Communist societies going. public control. It would be just as in view of the great concern over: moderates' claims that their anti suitable economic climate, go into People have to be made to work stupid to nationalise the banking nuclear weapons irr.. this nuclear doctrines must be productive channels. America, for and when they do their and insurance industries as it University, this article sets out to :1ispensed with? all its disadvantages, has the most productivity is pitifully low. If the would be to privatise the ordnance examine the four major Scottish This brings us to the SNP. A fabulous collection of cheap, efficient Western agriculture was survey or the BBC. taken over by a socialist society Economically the main reason political parties' stance on the recent conference motion to efficient goods and services. remove all bases, American and With a democratic government then many hundreds of millions of for our problems is our pitiful nuclear issue. The Conservative Party, of British, from Scottish soil, was that encourages enterprise, but people would starve. productivity. It is time to explode course, are committed to restoring carried overwhelmingly. Even provides for those who can't look We have one of the best the myth that high wage claims gunboat diplomacy to its former party members supposedly on the after themselves, and keeps strong societies the world has ever without productivity are not glory. To do this they have added right of the party, such as Donald controls on the excesses of known. Things that we consider to responsible for unemployment. If substantially to the already Stewart, have campaigned against capitalism, we would have the be major flaws in our society, most we want a high, Western standard powerful armoury which encricles the creation of a nuclear arsenal in most prosperous and contented people in the world see as minor of living we have to get off our niggles in the struggle to stay alive backsides and work for it. The the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Scotland for many years, while society possible. Meanwhile, the rape of the people like Tony Benn belonged That doesn't mean that it would and believe what they want. State is financed by how hard we Scottish health service and to Cabinets that approved the be perfect, humans aren't made We in Britain are obsessed with work and so we either have lower education system goes on; building of missile bases. Further that way and any society that changing the ideology of society wages, less services, or work projects such as the gas-gathering more, the SNP needs only 36seats assumes they are is doomed to in the vain belief that everything harder. It is \ime students stopped pipeline go unaided; and to gain a democratic mandate to failure. A Socialist Utopia will will be better then. If something conforming to the standard works well then there is no need to socialist, mildly rebellious political industries like Linwood and carry out its policies. never work becauS!3 it ts based on seems, therefore, the voters of change it just because it is the fruit view that go with jumble sale lnvergordon close down. The It the assumption that we are kind, Hillhead will have a simple choice of a different ideology. For clothes and patchy beards (or Tories' treatment of Scotland as honest and i.ncorruptibe when nuclear lauch pad is nothing short when they go to the polls: to vote brought up in a socialist society, example, it is stupid and Tuck boots). and started using the brains they are supposed to have of criminal. for self-destruction, or to vote for and it requires leaders of godlike destructive to nationalise a in producing original ideas. The SOP/ Liberal Alliance, the SNP. perfection. Also no one would do successful private industr , ·ust as 6 THE STUDENT Thursday, 11th February 1982
Nuclear Cons Act-Now! On Tuesday, 16th Amnesty urges monthly or yearly basis and seno February, EUSA you to urgent letters and telegrams on the held a General received information; ideally, action! the letters should be sent within Meeting at which two days of receiving the case sheet. A number of students are nuclear weapons One of the most simple and subjects of " Urgent Action", and straightforward means of we feel that many members of the and power will be campaigning for the release of University would be interested in the centre of "Prisoners of Conscience" is taking action on behalf of them, o letter-writing. This has become indeed on behalf of any Prisoner of attention. Trevor Amnesty lnternational's most Conscience. We seek and would effective weapon in the struggle welcome anybody wishing to take Hughes examines for people imprisoned for their part in this scheme - you can the issues below race, colour, language, or ethnic receive as many casesheets as you origin, provided they have not feel you can handle, If you would in a desperate used or advocated violence. like to join this scheme please Thousands of letters are sent by contact Julian Good are, President attempt to achieve volunteers in almost 40 countries of EU Amnesty Group, at 667 1874 where basic human rights are or through the Students' Associa a quorum. violated. tion Offices, or write directly to the The "Urgent Action Scheme" is Urgent Action Co-ordinator, If you expect to read this 400- a particular method of letter Amnesty International British
word article and find out about the writing used by Amnesty Inter Section, Tower House1 8 South whole anti-nuclear issue and two national. Members of this scheme ampton Street, London WC2E campaigns (for that is what the GM send telegrams and letters on ?HF. motions concern) I apologise. The behalf of people whose life often best I can do is to bring to your depends on an immed i ate attention an article in last Wednes worldwide reaction; an internee of day's Guardian from which I a detention centre may be ill and in plagiarise. need of urgent medical attention, " The electricity generating an individual may be forced to boards most fundamental return to his native country contention about n uclear power originally left for political reasons, that it is cheaper and therefore and whose arrest is imminent on worth the risks it may carry - has arrival, a person may be been challenged in the report of a connections between civil and cent cost disadvantage. The 30 per kidnapped by a government committee chaired by Sir Melvin military nuclear power by cent advantage claimed for the already notorious for its tortures Spencer, the scientist who advised someone who ought to know. much delayed Dungeness B, when and killings of prisoners. It is the the Ministry of Power in the early The main factual point is that compared with the new Drax B immediacy and _ extent of the days of Britain ' s nuclear "the accounting techniques used coal-fired plant, became a 70 per public outcry at such violations programme." by the CEGB for calculating cent disadvantage. which often alleviates the Sir Kelvin, adopting a strictly generating costs have seriously The report states that building a prisoner's conditions or fate. academic approach, argued that prejudiced the results in favour of new nuclear power station would tn 1980, 295 individuals or Ministers were bemused by the nuclear power. Most notably by cost £2,000 million more over its groups were subjects of Amnesty wonders of technology. Nation ignoring the effects of inflation." operational life than a similar coal lnternational's " Urgent Actions"; Remember - " letter-writing" to alised industries (electricity) were "Our analysis indicates ·that the fired plant. most were in danger of disappear governments of countries where being run by over-promoted 20 per cent cost advantage given The nuclear issue has never ance, torture, execution, mis-trial human rights are violated reveals back room boys and the electricity by the CEGB for its Magnox been a question of the left v. the or ill-treatment. It is estimated that an "informed" public; thes supply industry had developed an stations turns into as much as a 50 right (Labour was responsible for in more than 40 per cent of such authorities do take note of, and emotional fixation with nuclear per cent cost disadvantage when many of our nuclear power station cases under the " Urgent Action react to, public pressure. It i power that this report sought to compared with coal-fired plant." and weapons), rather it is a Scheme", the condition of the through you that conditions o rationalise. He also noted that After making similar adjust question of vested interes v. an prisoner was improved. prisoners can be improv,., j; th "one of his jobs as adviser to the ments for inflation, the 11 per cent ignorant public. This "Urgent Action" scheme is " Urgent Action·· scheme is a Minister of Power had been to cost advantage claimed for the Now that we can throw of the open to all members of the public essential part of Amnesty's letter persuade the industry to consider Hinchley Point B Advanced gas shackles of factual ignorance it is whose role is crucial in the work of wri t ing campaign - pleas nuclear power as a by-product of cooled reactor when comparect time to act. Be at the EUSA Amnesty International. Members support it. Britain's nuclear bomb pro with a contemporary Drax A coal General Meeting on Tuesday the receive casesheets on a weekly, Susan Elkington gramme". A clear statement of the fired station was really a 44 per 16th of February. Debate!? Attack on Unions hardly possible to make up one's Stephan Mari- mind about the value of militarism The Closed Shop q uant talking on such an occasion. Nonethe less, the debate was fierce and one, by Archie about militarism, could hear Dave Robertson talking . about pacifists being cowards (in Flockhart socialism, capital the same way as he said that CNO Recen tly, the Employment ism_ .. and was a threat to peace in tast term's Minister, Norman Tebbit, AGM), someone else saying that announced the government's General Meetings. the British ar1.1y was needed plans to force unions to compen against the bad Russian aggressor sate the "victims" of the Closed Last week's General Meeting and so forth. Shop. This has been one of the has demonstrated once more that It is somehow distressing Tories' favourite attacks on the most of the students have that whenever such a topic unions, usually on the grounds apparently no interest in appears in a GM motion, the same that closed shops infringe the exercising their democratic rights. exchange of preconceived views freedom of those who lose their There are several possible reasons occurs without it bearing any jobs because they refuse to for that, one of them being political direct relation to the actual comply. apathy; this apathy, however, may motion; dialogue of the deaf? According to the Freedom be founded on practical There are of course a few Association, every individual has a clos0d Shop a-9~8ements are freely without haVing to contribute considerations about the real exceptions as shown by the direct right not to join a union. However, negotiated between unions and anything for the privilege. As one value of General Meetings. "Come opponent to the militarism their dedication to individual employers and approved by the union official put it, none of the along and air your views," says motions, who tried to justify in liberty would sound more sincere employees concerned. There is no people who object to be union· Mark Kennedy to encourage reasonable views the activities of if they had not publicly supported question of a union imposing such ·members have any reservations attendance. The problem is thal the OTC and similar organisa George Ward, the employer at an agreement without the consent about accepting the wage one can air his views about the tions. ln sp ite of such attempts to Grunwick who dismissed over 100 of the workforce, far less without increases won by union action, world and life in general and then conduct a productive debate, of his workers for trying to• the approval of the management. despite hindering the union's expect the audience to see a link there remains an impression of organise a union branch. Can we Many firms choose to operate a causA by working normally with the actual motions which incoherence and of talking-shop expect to see a campaign by Tory• closed shop because it leads to through a dispute oeriod .. were supposed to be discussed. atmosphere, and this is probably MPs to have these people more effective communicatiofl To see tne real purpose of A few speal
'El Salvador Human Rights Children's Holiday Venture Committee: Week of Activities Free cheese and wine lunch at 1 " Who is for Liberation?" - pm, Room 17, William Robertson documentary film about church Building. Pub lunches weekly at participation in the struggle, 7.30 Yoga and Relaxation Chaplaincy Centre, the Gold Tankard, East Cross pm, Corner Stone, Lothian Road. causeway, 1 pm. Also photographic exhibition, Room 2. 1 pm. same place. until 13th Feb, 10.30 Sat 13th Feb Polish Solidarity am-4 pm. Chambers Street A talk by Ewa Barker (recently Student TV returned from Poland) on Poland Disco with live band, 60p. Showings every week in Utopia Stew Roadshow and Th - "What Now for Solidarity?", 1 pm, DHT. Pleasance Bar at 1.30 pm. Also Bloch Brothers. Late licence. Wed 1 pm in Teviot Row and 1 pm Members free. Non-members Fri KBU. 30p. Philosophy Society First meeting. Prof T. L. S. Srigge Fri 12th Feb Mon 15th Feb will talk on " The Nature o f Central Committee SWP EU Ecology Party Consciousness", 7 pm, Middle Lynsey German on " Patriarchi No more lunches until further Reading Room , Teviot Row the family and socialism". DHT, 1 notice. House. All welcome. pm. Economics Society Chambers Street CND Pub lunch. 1 pm, Southsider. Meets every week. 7-9 pm, Braid Games competition includi~ dribbler. pinball, Space Invade Room, Societies Centre. All Labour Club Prizes: bottle of whisky, 8.30 p welcome. DHT Faculty Room North. 1 pm. onwards. Music Leith Theatre McEwan Hall EU Savoy Opera Group's Organ recital by Wight 1. Same Time Next Year (AA) 1. Arthur (AA) production of Princess Ida. son. 4.38, 8.28 2.25, 5.00, 7.50 15th-20th Feb at 7.30 pm. Fri 12th Feb at 1.10 pm. and All Night Long (AA) Dudley Moore and John Gielgud Tickets at the door or from Usher 2.55, 6.45 ra ise this film from oblivion and Hall box office. St Cecllla's Hall A couple of romantic comedies create some very funny moments George Square Theatre Faculty of music. Reid Memorial together. Moore plays Arthur. the with Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn Concert. Kist O' Musick. world's richest drunk, who falls in in the first and Gene Hackman and Edinburgh University Opera Club Thurs 11th Feb at 7.30 pm. love with Liza Minnelli against his Barbra Streisand in the second. present Sir John In Love family's better judgement. Some 2. The Four Seasons (AA) by Vaughan Williams. Usher Hall of the jokes go on far too long, but 2.20, 4.55, 7.30 Until Sat 20th Feb, 7.30 pm. SNO concert. the film is basicall~ enjoyable. Alan Alda again in fine form with Fri Feb 12th at 7.30 pm. 2. Torn Between Two Lovers (A) Carol Burnett and Jack Weston. Kevock Choir 1.20, 4.55, 8.35 3. Gregory's Girl (A) Sat 13th Feb at 7.30 pm. The Last Snows of Spring (A) 3.00, 5.20, 8.15 3.00, 6.45 This excellent Scottish comedy Love for the middle-aged. about adolescent love that has Queen's Hall 3. Galllpoll (A) achieved much critical acclaim The Scottish Chamber Orchestra. 1.45, 4.35, 7.35 including an award for best Thurs 11th Feb at 7.45 pm. Boys' own adventure story about actress. The Edinburgh Quartet the Australians, and in particular Sun 14th Feb at 8 pm. two handsome athletes' involve Filmhouse Piano recital by Peter Frankl. ment against the Turks in World The Unhappy Hat Mon 15th Feb at 7.45 pm. War I Not purely an anti-war film 6.15, 8.30 The Scottish Chamber Orchestra. although it depicts very vividly the A Hungarian fi lm about three Wed 17th Feb at 7 45 pm. senseless waste of lives through recently separated women. lack of communication. Directed very well by Peter Weir, with fine Odeon acting and photography. Lady Chatterley's Lover (X) Caley 7.30 Sylvia Kristel and Nicholas Clay The King's Theatre Theatre Workshop Enter the Nlnje (X) ,ook bored irl this unsensual Fruit Market Gallery 2 55. 8.00 Jack and the Beanstalk National Theatre Company from oJersion of D. H. Lawrence's classic Vladimir Mayakovsky A martial arts spectacular with the Until Sat 13th Feb. London with local volunteers novel. Until Wed 24th Feb. usual gratuitous violence. A Waltz Dream by the Southern· present a performance project Nlghtwlng (X) 2.15, 6.00 Light Opera Company. production called Chromos, Billed as a horror frightmare. From Mon 15th Feb. concentrating on dance, mime City Art Centre and stylized movements. "A grey Soviet Photography 1917-1940 Calton Studios EUFS world where humour has been Until Sat 13th Feb. Mephlsto (AA) Leith Theatre banned." Hungarian lstvan Szabo directs Forthcoming The EU Savoy Opera Group From Wed 17th Feb to Sat 20th Feb this magnificent version of Klaus present Princess Ida. at 8 pm. Also Sat matinee at 2.30 The Printmakers' Marn's novel about the Nazis: a Events Will the feminists successfully pm. Workshop scathing portrait of a time-ser~ing defend the threat to women's 29 Market Street supremacy? Churchhill Theatre actor by Klaus Maria .arandauer Lithographs by Alberto set against a disturbing recreation Fri 12th Feb From Mon 15th Feb until Sat 20th The Edinburgh Opera Company cometti. Paris Sans Fin. of pre-war Germany. Feb. 7.30 pm. presents The Elixir of Love. Until Sun 14th Feb. Rockers (AA) Pleasance Tickets al door or from Usher Hall Until Sat 13th Feb. 7 pm. A reggae comedy. Two silent classics. box office The Jasons present drama (as yet 6.45 pm Murnau's Sunrise unspecified). Cameo 8.40 pm Greed From Wed 17th Feb to Sat 20th Feb The Netherbow Blow Out {X) at 7 pm. Arts Centre 1.15, 4.50. 8.45 Sun 14th Feb Royal Lyceum Theatre Watercolours by Bill Donaldson. Brian de Palma (of "Dressed to Pleasance Heroes and Others Bedlam Until Sat 27th Feb. Kill" fame) directs John Travolta in by Catherine Czerkawska. 2 pm and 6.45 pm Edinburgh University Theatre story about a sound technician Until Sal 13th Feb. It Came From Outer Space (3-D) Company present Look Back In n the track of a murder Man of the World 3.25 pm and 8.10 pm Anger by John Osborne The Scottish Experience! Fun with Dick and Jane (A) by Charles Macklin. Psycho West End, Princes Street .00, 6.45 From Tues 16th Feb . Until Sat 13th Feb. 7 pm. Please note double showing of The best of 369 Gallery. nd also with George Segal and Matinee on Sat 3 pm. Tickets £1. each film. Restricted access for 3- ;Much of the collection exhibited ane Fonda. Plus exhibition of posters and 1n D picture oortraits by Toby Porter. London from lhis established Adam House Theatre haven for contemporary Scottish lassie Wed 17th Feb German Department's annual painters. Hot Bubblegum (X) Pleasance Playhouse Theatre Until Sat 27th Feh 12.30, 4.05, 7.45 production: Hin und Her by More Ancient Horror with Bons Horvath, and Brecht's Die Klein My Fair Lady with Tony Brillon Loses its taste after five m1nutes as Karloff in and Anna Neagle. National Gallery he hero comes to a sticky end. burgerhochzelt Tickets £1 from 6.45 pm the original Frankenstein Evenings 7.30 pm and matinees Seed of Innocence (X) German Dept. or at the door. Paintings and drawings on sacred s and 8 pm The Golem. 2.30 pm Wed and Sat .05, 5.45 Thurs 11th and Fr 12th Feb. 7.30 and profane themes by Ntcolat Coming soon .. All day showing From Wed 17th Feb. n innocent blue film. pm Poussin at the Plavhouse on Sun 21 st Feb. h Feb THE STUDENT Thursday, 11th February 1982 9
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'SANE EU Latin America Solidarity Stall, 12-2 pm, DHT. Society: Meeting to be elect office bearers , discuss plans re ts educational repression in El Student TV Salvador. 1 pm, Room 7:18 DHT. meet at 6.30 pm, Meets weekly. See Mon for time ,eties Centre, 60 The and place. Wed 17th Feb nee, Ro oms 7 and 8. New Chambers Street bers always welcome. Chambers Street Roller Disco. Free lessons. 7 pm-8 Fo l k evening and singing pm. Skating competition. Free ren'a Holiday Venture competition. Happy Hour as usual admission. Skates for hire at £1 for needed to take groups of 8-9 pm. Spirits 29p Beer 39p. night. Idren · swim m in g. 6 p m ,, ,macy Bu i ldin g, George Support Iranian Students Grand Edinburgh Adventuring are. Also on Tues and Weds General Meeting. Society: Meets 7 pm, Pleasance. week . Transport provided. Amnesty International EU Group Transcendental Meditation Business meetings, 1 pm, main 8 pm at 4 West Newington Place. auditorium, Chaplaincy Centre. Liberal Club Scottish Literature Society Meets 1 pm, Teviot Row Balcony : Song Society Workshop, The Prof David Daiches will talk about Room. This week: John Laurie will n, Drummond St, 8 pm. the influence of the Union of 1707 give a talk. rg upon the culture of Scotland. 7.30 s. Art Society pm, Seminar Room 1, Chaplaincy Edinburgh University m tact 556 4248 for further info. Centre. Nationalist Assoc ia tion : pm, Pleasance Bar. Pop Girls A Go-Go ... Thurs 11th Feb Sat 13th Feb Tony's Bar The Tankard NIie Club 41-45 Lothian Street Rose Street Playhouse Maximum Joy Open every day except Sunday, 11 Dancers every week night from 6- Krokus/ Magnum Whose joy? Bristol funk boppers. am-11 pm. Go-go dancers from 7.15 and 8.45-10.15. These are heavy metal. Rock 'n' Pop Group connections but lack 1.30 pm-2.45 pm and 9 pm-11 pm. roll (whew') at its most banal. If the flair of Rip, Rig and Panic. Rated as the No. 1 show in you like this sort of thing, anything Edinburgh and also the we say won't dissuade you from cleanest. And Men! attending.
Fri 12th Feb Su n 14th Feb Noble's Male strippers are harder to come Playhouse 44a Constitution Street by but ... Playhouse Dancers every night except Scorpions Gary Glitter _Sunday from 9-11 and Sunday All of the above, and unfortun The old romantic picks Edinburgh lunchtime from 1-2.30 pm. ately more. How can anyone who's for his Valentine's Day massacre Tony's Bar seen the original sleeve of their of good taste. All the discipline of Will arrange for male strippers for Virgin Killers album voluntarily put Maximum Joy, more flair than Rip, private functions - but they come Rig and Panic, and older than the their money into The Scorpions Western Bar dearer than female dancers. Kim sum total of their ages. If he was pockets? West Port Agency also have three male still a star, lnvergordon would Open from 12-11 pm. strippers on their books. Shows Nile Club never have closed. Go-go dancers from 12-5 and 9-11 tend to be spasmodic depending Rip, Rig and Panic pm. Not the cleanest show in town. on popular demand. Art, dance, anarchist jazz. Put a cardboard box on your head! Combine the ineptitude of . The JJ's Twinsets , whacky amateurish The Recognitions ness of The Slits and crassness of Roughly in the Maximum Joy/ Rip, The Exploited in an orgy of tedious Rig and Panic sphere of influence. self-gratification. Lack the Flair, discipline, cocktails, the Sport discipline of Maximum Joy. usual mess. tional Museum Thurs 11th Feb Rugt>y Boroughmuir v. Gordonians, Antiquities Greyhound Racing: Powderhall Meggelland; Heriot's FP v. Gala, en Street Stadium, 7.30 pm. Goldenacre; Leith Acad v. ss in 18th Century Scotland. Edinburgh Acad, Hawkhill ; Age Sculpture. Stewart's/Melville v. Watsonians, Ro mans in Scotland. Sat 13th Feb lnverleith; Trinity Acad v. Madras ii Sun 28th Feb. Coll FP. Bangholm. e Palace of Football Scottish Cup 4th Round: lyroodhouse Dundee Utd v. Hibs, at Tannadice Netball Royal Wedding Gifts Park, Dundee. Scotland v. Rep of Ireland, Ibiti on . Wedding dress, Hearts v. Forfar Athletic, at Meadowbank. a~ es maid's dress, page's Tynecaslle Park. orm and a selection of gifts Dundee v. Meadowbank Thistle, at Greyhound Racing: Powderhall rn all over the world. Dens Park, Dundee. Stadium, 7.30 pm. til Su n 28th Feb. nderson Gallery ntings by Bill Rennie. I Thurs 18th Feb. nonga te Tolbooth al Mile trix Potter in Scotland. e lii Sat 27th Feb. e Scottish Gallery in Castle Street ed x_ Drawing s and Paintings by sh lv1 a von Hartmann. om Sat 13th Feb until Sat 27th
e Torrance Gallery ed and watercolours by Clare as >. Mon 15th Feb until Sat 27th 10 TH E STUDENT Thursday, 11th February 1982 DINBURGH: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE PART ONE The Insolence Of Our Freedon, It has long been a fundamental freedom. for us in teaching hours, library facilities and sc.., on. For one thing, the all to enjoy a university ~ducatlon, regardless of researc h base of our universities our social status. It is,preclsely "the insolence of will be hit - is already being hit - this freedom" which seems to offend Sir Keith doubly hard. · Joseph, who is currently presiding over On top of this, the freezing of posts massive cuts in university finance. means, according to the CVCP, "the extinction for a whole After nearly 20 years of rapid expansion the generation of opportunities to universities are faced with a crisis wh ich has enter the profession of research caught them with their pants down. Thrust and scholarship". rudely into the real world of the market they What they are producing is a university sector staffed well into clearly do not know how to cope, the 'eighties by an ageing body of In th is, the fi rst of two articles, Allan Little lecturers, with little opportunity places the cuts in a wider context and argues for the injection of innovative that they have repercuss ions and parallels far material. It takes a huge flight of fancy to conclude that that will beyond the closed world of the lecture hall and result in a higher standard o{ the seminar room. They are part and parcel of intellectual achievement. something of much deeper significance than the closing of a library or the freezing of a post. GOVERNMENT AIM: They reveal starkly - in ways set out here - the TO SAVE MONEY failure of the twin Ideals of democracy and If the cuts are made, as the Government is demanding·, by equality of opportunity to which post-war 1984, then as many as 2,000 Britain aspired. They suggest that we are academic staff will lose their jobs. moving towards a society characterised by Some will go willingly through authoritarianism, inequality and under early retirement. But most will have to be sacked, and this will privllege. In education, as in all areas of public implicate their employers, the concern, we are finally turning our backs on universities, in a breach of everything that the post-war generation sought contract Redundancy payments to create. will be enormous, and sacked and disgruntled academics will seek L compens8tion for breach of ·UNIVERSITY: INCOME expected to know about these by general restriction of individual contracts in the courts. fhe rEl'al diminished parental, and indeed,, First, some facts ano stats for things, these two cuts together liberty". Tenure, however, makes cost of an academic redundancy is adult influence, and without th& the uninformed. Universities get amount to 15 per cent by 1984. redundancies expensive. There social dis"ciplines wr11cn t'ne neeel not yet kn9wn, but it will be high. their money from two main will be a tendency for universities to earn a living imposes, is it Take Lancaster University, sources: about 68 per cent comes GOVERNMENT ACTION: LESS to attempt to side-step the tenure surprising that t h eir late where· a detailed study has been directly from central government MONEY FOR UNIVERSITIES s_ystem in future if they are to be· adolescent rebelliousness should carried out. It has to save £670, 000 via the University Grants expected to make redundancies in feed on itself, and seek ideological Com_mittee (UGC) in what is called It is difficult to assess something p.a. by 1984. To do it, it has to sack years to come. That is the real rationalisation?" which does not exist - that is the 45 academics. lf the courts danger. the recurrent grant; a further 16 " No doubt many will grow out of per cent comes from student fees. particular national tragedy that awarded compensation of, say, an Institutional freedom is also on it when they leave for the world, The rest comes from various our universities are suffering. It is average of £50,000 - and lhat the defensive. The integrity of the but not all. Some will carry on an not that this Government has a bad appears to be on the low side - u n iversities as autonomous sources - research councils, extended adolescence as teachers private bequests, grants from policy on education - it has no the cost of making these institutions is being sacrificed to in schools and in polytechnics and industry and so on -and nearly all policy at all. Everything that is redundancies would be £21/• the very thing that Robbins fearea: in universities, helped b~the like of that is tied to specific pu[poses happening in higher education is million. Add to that the cost of the "supposed interests of greater happening because of economic, keeping 45 more people in minded, where they will co Income nas oeen cut 1n two efficiency". unemploy_ment and you have an operate with left-wing gangs." ways. First came the withdrawal of not educational, requirements. economic strategy that- is We have a precedent for the £100 million from the re 0111 rrent Increasingly, our whole system These sentiments are a lot of astonishing for its blind encroachment of this creeping -grant - about 15 per cent. At the lacks direction and purpose. - things , but t h ey a r e n o t irrationality. authoristarianism in the relation same time, the Government ·1ristead We get a series of glib ship between local and central democratic. They get worse: imposed full cost fees for overseas and defensive rationalisations government. it works like. students and the increased from Sir Keith Joseph, who always this: part of a local authority's income from these. fees, it was seems to land himself the dirty " Some will carry on an extended income comes from central argued, would compensate for tr-ie work. They add up to a spurious adolescence as teachers .. In · government, and part comes from "Academic freedom Is being fatally lost £100m. That is not how it logic which derives a "better" from universities, helped by the llke its own independently gathered endangered. It Is the beginning of happened. We priced ourselves to a "smaller". Listen to Joseph's mlnded, wh ere they will co revenue. In theory it then chooses thought control." the top end of the international throw-away lines; they're the best. operate with left-wing gangs." how to spend that income. market and overseas applications What he is saying is tt)at standards fell last year by a third. can be elevated by - and simply Last summer George Younger ·Secorid , a direct cut ot 8.4 percent by - restricting access GOVERNMENT POLICY issued "guidelines" to Lothian in the recurrent grant is to be made The logic is downright slovenly. RESULTS: LESS FREEDOM, Regional Council - cut your freedom in the world of intellectual over this and the next academic There will be restricted access - LESS OPPORTUNITY expenditure on public services by activity is sacrificed, is there not £30 million. Lothian Region some danger of people like Joseph year. According to the Committee that is certain. But there will also Sir Keith Joseph. I hear, only attempted to compromise by pursuing political vendettas of Vice-Chancellors and be declining standards, even if we found out in November that in offering to cut £23 million and against ideologiCal enemies? Principal~ (CVCP). who can be disregard the inevitable reduction Scotland it takes four years to get a raise the remaining £7 million by Would he not be tempted to stop degree: not very good for the increasing the rates. Younger the research ,grants of "left-wing Secre_tary of State for Educption, is made it clear that under the terms gangs?" Do not underestimate the it? He also embarrassed himself in of the new Miscellaneous anti-democratic potentia1 of what front of the House of Commons Provisions (Scotland) Act, he is being done ir our unlversities. Next Week: Is Edinburgh really fighting back? Select Committee when he was would withhold an additional £7 According to· . one · academic forced 10 concede that "I cannot million if they attempted to do this. "academic freedom is being fatally recall what exactly is meant by the The Secretary of State's endangered. It is the beginning of Robbiris principle" . Not knowing "guidelines" were in fact not 'thought control." about the four-year degree in "guidelines'' at all. They were CVCP warned the Scotland is careless; but not The instructions. Power was taken out J(nowing "what exactly is meant by G0vernment that the cuts wouid of the Region and concentrated in the Robbins principle" is, for the involve: 'the centre. person in charge of guiding "the loss of some 10,000 places for education and science in this new hom·e students in each of the, The same trends are there in next two or three years, the very" country, bloody dangerous. education. The UGC, a secretive, years when t h e n u mber o f The re a re two importa nt unelected and utterly un·account-. principles in the Robbins Report qualified school leavers reaches able body, is issuing the same i t s p e a k, a re d uction in which guided the expansion of the "guidel ines" to universities. If the sixt ies· and seventies and which opportunity for young people , universities refuse to "obey" there willing and able to go to university this Government is now treating is every indicati on that they will be of something"like 1 in 7." with remarkable ambandon: One punished the lollowing year. Every When the generation · of the concerns the freedom of academic pound over the UGC's limit that a pursuit and intellectual inquiry, 'fifties and 'sixt ies set about university spends on a particular building an education system to The other is about equality of area will be claimed back from the cater for the needs of their -opportunity and the social life of next recurrent grant. children, they considered that "the our people. In 197 4 Sir Keith Joseph made a cotnpetence of the manY is a lndivi°dual freedom is guaran higher aim than the brilliance of speech he has never been allowed teed by security of tenure. The the few". We are turning that whole to forget Report recognised that this aspiration on its head. The security " may sometimes lend "When young people are taken universities that will emerge will be itself to abuses . But the danger of away from their home milieu, in even more elitist and more socially such abuses is much less than the late ado lescence, crowded divisive than they are already. We danger of trying to eliminate them •to ether in a e rou s, wi th are moving in the wrong direction. THE STUDENT Thursday, 11th February 1982 11
Soccer Ski Volleybal
EU 1st XI 5; Kelso Uld. 3 drive just inside the post. That goal It was a long weekend for the set well: unfortunately the cQ came on the stroke of half-time lads - out on the road again. The ordination and teamwork found i Those belonging to the summer and put the University 2-1 ahead, occasion was the third and final the third set did not continue. The football lobby tend to base their which was a slender advantage volleyball match against Emslies match ended 1-3. case upon the hostility of the when playing with the wind. 6f Elgin held, of course, in Elgin. Our district league team has had British winter. On Saturday at an Perhaps conscious of the need Club Constrained by permuting train greater participation this year. exposed Peffermill even the most to counteract a wind which had schedules and industrial actions ,· Selecting from a base of 10-1 hardened spectator might have now changed allegiance, the we had to travel north Friday night, ae1iwely training, the team easil conceded the point, as torrential home side improved vastly. Goals The Scottish Universities' races and were received hospitably by manages to find a team of 10. Thi rain and a biting wind combined to from Gillespie and Sutherland were held last weekend in driving the opposition. The match itself, provides plenty of substitutes, and paint a dismal scene. Despite such · _placed Edinburgh in easy street, 'rain on Cairngorm. Only a triple Saturday afternoon, was delayed a play for all. With Duncan (Foxy) conditions, or perhaps because of yet within the next 15 minutes they slalom could be organised due to bit, causing some concern over and Clifford setting the offense, them, both sides contributed to an contrived to fritter away this lead snow conditions. It's a knockout catching the final return train for the . team have a 2-3 record, interesting match, with an to the narrowest of margins. event where three competitors 36 hours. Nonetheless, we including 1-1 in the league. abundance of goals compensat Although never under pressure race down parallel courses and the managed to focus some Further, they managed to ente ing for the absence of soccer's the threa.t of a Kelso equaliser winner goes on to the next round. concentration on the match. two teams in the district league finer points. remained until Smith secured the The final was between three But only some. As with the• tournament and, though never The hero of the afternoon was points with a late goal after Lennox Edinburgh students, with Ross previous week, the execution was having played an official match Gus Smith who finally succeeded created the opening. In the end a Blyth taking the individual trophy, passable, but lacked the spark together, managed a fourth place in emulating his hero Klaus useful two points which maintains Hillary Cook won the ladies' event, needed to produce a win. We Jinish. Recently they've had a bit of Fischer with a superbly executed Edinburgh's league challenge. As and the combined force of the started flat-footed the first two a setback, with the departure of hat-trick. However, it is question for Smith, he was heard Edinburgh skiers was too much for sets, and though playing fairly the captain, Hamish, largely due to able if Klaus would consider a commenting that his business was Heriot-Watt and Aberdeen in the closely to Emslie, and gradually ,a pinball overdose. But, the depth three-fold mention in the Pink goals. Klaus take note! team relay championship. improving, we still fell further of players and their continuing News as the ultimate goal of one's Wed 3rd Feb: 1st XI 1; Aberdeen On Sunday, another dual slalom behind and lost. In the third set, .involvement has kept the team career. In fairness Smith's second 0. 2nd XI 4; Aberdeen 2. was run by the Scottish Ski Club while not up to our best, we did still going. Though there has been effort was worthy of any inter Sal 6th Feb: 1SI XI 5; Kelso 3. 2nd and this took two Edinburgh regain a bit of life. In a switch of recently 'some lack of organisa national match, as he turned his XI 2; Canon Villa 1. Colts 3; racers, Roddy Langmuir and Alan tempo Edinburgh asserted its tion", this is expected to end soon. man before drilling an angular Tollcross 2. · Whyte, to the final, with Longmuir control over the game, leaving Again, we'd like to encourage all eventually winning and com Elgin on the defensive. Behind this to enter a team in the intra-mural .pleting a successful weekend for third set win we started the fourth tournament, Sunday, 21st of Feb. the ski team. ------Hockey [~ Despite a positive approach to 1n ve r1e1th ·ff. A. Beale aiid N. the troubles affecting the Hockey Macleod both scored hat-tricks Club, and the adoption of the with L'. Fretz netting the other two. popular (but dated) 5-3-2 system, To quote team captain Hugh results are still proving hard to Mapplebeck: "The score speaks ~~~~ come by for the University 1st XI. for itself" (as astute judgement!). In another weekend with two Unfortunately the 4ths were '5'~ league matches, the 1sts lost on unable to sustain their league Saturday to Carnegie 1-0, playing success and lost this weekend to them for the second time in eight the College of Agriculture 3-1; P. ~Q days. Despite first-half dominance Hymers scoring from a long and lengthy pressure after the corner. break, the University went down to Anng Von Looker a dubious penalty kick. Fai ling to · For those who couldn't afford last weekend's trip convert their numerous short Results: to th·e rockies, the Ski Club is offering its corners, the 1st XI again suffered EUWHC 1SI XI V. Civil Service, from "freezing" in front of goal. won 2-1. members a day trip to Glenshee. FREE ski hire, The new front line once again EUWHG' 2nd XI V. Bank of looked as if it had failed in its Scotland, won 3-0. aFREE ski pass with transport - all for £3.00. designated task on Sunday until • EUHC 1st XI v. Dunfermline the last minute of time. Down 1-0 Carnegie, lost 1-0. to Morgan FP, P. Lyall finally EUHC 1st XI v. Morgan, drew 1- Departure: Wednesday 24th February, 7.00 a.m. scored with a snap goal to earn a 1. Sign up soon either at club lunches, 12.30-2.00 justified draw. EUHC 3rd XI v. lnverleith 'B', While the 1st XI are having won 8-0. p.m. in the Pleasance or ring Julian 226 7396. trouble scoring, the 3rd XI EUHC 4th XI V. Coll. of continued their present run of Agriculture, lost 3- 1. success with an 8-0 victory over EDITOR Rowing wanted for five issues of 'STlJDE-NT' (one this term, four next term) EU Boat Club took -,o the water All in all ii proved to be a very in force last Saturday, holding a enjoyable day, providing a club " Irish Event" at Canal F:elds. welcome change from long weeks THE CHAIRMAN "This event is very similar to the of land training whilst the canall Applications should be intra-mural "Irish Cup" competi was frozen. Moreover, it served to tion which will be held in the third rekindle the competitive spirit in term. preparation for the Glasgow Vllls E.U.S.P.B. Crews were chosen by a ballot Head on Feb 27th. made in writing to: which produced an excellent mix Novice members should note of sex and ability throughout the that training continues as usual on draw . Racing under such Wednesday afternoons. Tickets 1 Buccleuch Place banalities as "the Fergus Slattery are now available for the Boat Club IV" " Macho Men" and "Thunder Ball on Sat. 20th Feb. from Peter bird IV", the crews Provided a Robson ·or Dawn Kennedy. The by 1.00 p.m. on Friday, steady flow of hard-fought, club extends a cordial invitation to exciting races. Races were often anyone wh0 wishes to join in the lost or won on a tenth of a second!! experience of a lifetime. For The event was finally won by the details phone Peter 556 7671 or 19th February 1982. "Crackers" - winning in a style Paul 332 3809. which lived u• to th ir n m 12 THE STUDENT Thursday, 11th February 1982 GIRi REVIEWS • MUSIC • BOOKS • CINEMA • PREVIEWS On Stage No Anger Alba French Again Tears Gallery Closure Look Back in Company should choose to stage Tueur Sans Gages this historical piece of drama as a Theatre Alba Until March 28 1982 the west Anger major production. ... George Sq Theatre side of, east side and new wing of Nevertheless they have done so, Astoria the National Gallery will be closed Bedlam Theatre and the play (directed by Patrick By Frances R. Wood By Jill Fabian from 1-2 pm. The Portrait Gallery By Leigh Biagi Evans) may be seen at the Bedlam will close from 12.30-1.30 and the Theatre all this week. However, the Theatre Alba's latest produc- In Peter Allen's production of Gallery of Modern Art from 12-2.00 Look Back in Anger, written in transient nature of the work is a tion, "The Jeweller's Shop", is a Tueur Sans Gages ~eorge Square . (though you may ring for 1956, heralded a new era in British very small problem compared with play written by one Karol Wojtyta, Thea_tre was used_1n such a. way admission). From March 5 to April drama. The hero ~f the play, the task of finding an actor of now better known as Pope John that 1t seemed to fit the play like a 11 the Scottish National Portrait Jimmy Porte, expressed the sufficient calibre to cope with the Paul 11. To speak of a play, second skin. Allowi_ng the pla_y to Gallery will be showing "The frustrations of a disaffected, post role of Jimmy Porter, the charac however, is misleading as it is overflow th~ trad1t1onal .c~mftnes Gentle Eye" - photographs by war generation with· his anti ter who provide.s the controlling rnt roduced as "a dramatised" of the stage 1s always exc1t1ng, but Jane Brown of The Observer. establishment diatribe, and his reading and was later described to here,_ this ide~ was ~xpl<:>ited with creator, John Osborne, was force in the play. Tony Free as me by its director as "a part1cular 1maginat1on and acclaimed as the ·: new angry Porter fa ils to fu lfil this function. meditation". Whatever'it is I doubt relevance. No sooner had a LCDT at Stirling young man" of theatre. Twenty-six He shows a limited understanding it would ever have surfaced in a hushed darkness descended and years later Osborne enjoys an of his role, and an equally limited theatre had it not been for the all expectancy focused on the The highly acclaimed London affluent and portly middle age, and vocal range, alternating between illustriousness of its author. . ~urtains, than the auditorium Contemporary Dance Theatre the themes of his play have incoherent screaming and It is about marriage and its three lights were ~1an:1med on and two return to the MacRobert Arts Centre in Stirling with two likewise dwindled into com inaudible whispers. Instead the acts feature three couples actors burst 1n 1_1ke loud-mouthed placency. To us in the 'eighties, play is held together by Mary New "married or about to be married, latecomers. Wit~ o~ly . words, programmes of modern dance. with three million unemployed, as the long-suffering wife Alison. loving each other in the present, or gestures and 1mag1nat1on as One of the most interesting pieces rising inflation and the increasing Her performance is thoughtful and having loved each other in the p~ops. Berenger th:n ~a~ the to be performed is Beyond the threat of nuclear war, Jimmy at moments touchingly credible. past". It centres round a jeweller's d1fflcul~ task of breathing life into a Law, inspired by South African Porter's vaguely political fury and Su she alone cannot save the play shop in which the wedding rings ~on-existent ~et;_o f m~tamorp~~s- playwright Athol Fugard's work misdirected spleen are hard to from its certain doom. Without a ,; are bought and is laden with 1ng. the .~ud1tonum into a . cite Statements After an Arrest Under understand, and even harder to powerful central performance the symbolism. The characters are, rad,euse S? real t~at the au?1ence the Immorality Act. accept. play lacks impact, and comes unfortunately, mere cardboard could s~e 1~. feel 1t, s.mell 1t. Lu_c It is strange therefore that across as a rather naive and cutouts who blare out "signifi- Charton s 1nterpretat1on of this Edinburgh University Theatre outdated piece of drama. cant" messages. To suggest such r~I~ proved worthy o~ the respons people could actually exist would b11ity. B~ appe_al,n g to the be stretching credibility to its spectators hu_mamty_he becomes limits . The message is a ever~ma~. H1s elation f~r t~e thoroughly reactionary one. Life is arc~1te~t s cre~ted pa_rad1se 1s about love - but not associated theirs, Just as his delusion at the with the body or the'6enses. These threat of "tueur" is theirs too. mus t be mastered so that During the interval, the opened fulfilment can be found on the curtains reveal a room lit only by a No Heroes higher, spiritual plane. Anna, who s9uare of light shining through the seeks sensual fulfilment is "the window and onto the floor from ., casual woman" whose ' punish- t_he room behind. !he spectator, surprisingly) has to make an ment is her unhappiness and l~ke E?ouard, lurks 1n th_e shado_ws Heroes and Others extreme1y· pafnfu1 decision not to mental pain. She is "the foolish llste~ing .to unseen voices whrch acco·m.....,pany him to -vi"e~na, virgin" whose lamp flickers and goss.tp, sing and scold, .loud and whereupon she starts singing fails to burn brightly. Women in pers1sten~ on the other side of the I Royal Lyceum about one day going into a garden Wojtyla's world are righteous only wall, until Berenger . enters the smiling (something she will keep if they accept a life of subservience r<:>om and tu.mb les the light on. The Bv Eleanor Zeal doing at odd awkward spots). and denial of bodily desires. dingy squalidness, emphasised ~Y The play is not simply about Teresa meekly lights a candle to the black backcloth, the dim Dancing at queues and Polish political her dead husband to whom she lighting and the smallness of the The ac'tion takes place in problems; 1t also considers class maintains lifelong faithfulness. roo_m contr~~ts ?irectly wit~ the The Playhouse ... Warsaw, 1981 . The play opens division: Lidia is of a "better" Christopher is Monica's salvation radiance of fa cite rad,euse . On Mondays (7-8.30 pin) and with militia being less than family than Jacek as his mother, a in life. In Act 3, only the briefcase Tuesdays (5.30-7 pm) there will be pleasant to Solidarity members. delightfully entertaining old Despite the nature of the episode ~as u_nconvincing a~d an Adult Beginners class in Off they go, and we see a cosy, battle-axe, is keen to point out. material, Theatre Alba do a good lacke~ deliberation. The potent.ta! dancing. The class will study basic comfortable interior where Lidia Then there is the Prostitute, a job. More could have been made of practical problem~ C?f the traffic techniques of modern and - played by Irena Maxeska who lively, brazen creature who'd the mysticism but sincerity oozes Ja~ scene were eliminated by the classical dance as well as some spoke and acted so very "nicely" queue for a bar of chocolate but out of the cast. Sharon Erskine as split-level set and the hardboard folk and national dances. A more throughout - designs Solidarity never a man (her character is Teresa, is pure and serene as ihe cutout . vehicles which allo~ed elementary class takes place on posters. her son Tomek appears perhaps the most successful - faithful widow. Maggie Jordan, as u~r:stncted n:1ovement . whilst Wednesday 7-8 pm . For • reluctant to share his mother'S she sparkles when everyone else is Anna, looks perfect as the tortured grv1 ng t.he 1 m press1on of information phone Su Paterson on elegant enthusiasm: "What's the being tediously committed). sinner with her agonised facial overcro_wdmg. 031-556 5331. use of style and pride if people are Eventually, Jacek is mildly expressions, and Michael Th~ fi nal scene where Ber_enger starving in. prison?" he cries, but beaten up and all are united Hammond, as Adam, acts the part scurries_ amongst th~ audience, Lidia's boyfriend Jacek (Alan motit}er and whore alike, ·u-nder as well as possible despite the ad~ress1ng them directl y and Watters) has no such doubts ~nd Solidarity's brave banner. The play confusion about whether Adam is tryrng to track down the "tueur", is complete with Lech Walesa- 'provoked little and was often trite rell or imaginary, body or spirit. a striking ec.~~ of th_e op~ning ... Ana Singing moust~che he . d~es give a - blancmange where Bartsch was The seating arrangements are scene. !he cite ra~~euse" has The long-awaited production of determined, conv1n~tn~ p~rforn:i.- promised; something vaguely informal with the actors playing in ~een poisoned by the . tueur who Lerner and Loewe's My Fa ir Lady ance. Hanka, Tomek sg1rlfnend, 1s - tasteless and incongruous in view the centre of the floor. This works 1s among the audience, who arrives at the Playhouse on likewise comrri1tteO anO ·(ra:tner of Poland's present crisis. quite well although there are b~comes them as they become Thursday, Feb 18, and runs to hearing difficulties at times, him. . . March 6. The musical is direct mainly due to the music drowning All 1~ all, .the comic aspect was from the Adel phi Theatre and stars out the voices. The music itself is kept nicely 1n balance so as not to Tony Britton, Anna Neagle and appropriate and atmosph~ric. ' override the ,erious implications needed slick, poiished perform Peter Bayliss. , The Lesson When, however, a work sets out of the play. to . relieve ihe heaviness-all of to be purely didactic it ceases to be · wh'rch seemed to me for the most Bedlam good art and this is the main fau lt'< part lac~ing. Only Angus Turvill as from which "The Jeweller's Shop" Spring as the Lyceum by Graham Gambfe the Professor showed the suffer s. The mysticism of As Dr Watson wrote: "It ls with a occasional comic spark and grasp The Lyceum's spring season Catholicism can be successfully heavy heart that I take up my pen." of what was required, but the running from March 18 to June 5 is portrayed in art, as artists like as follows: · It is regrettable , _but some fairly stammer he adopted served Greene and Waugh have shown. In mainly to mask vagueness about Jumpers by Tom Stoppard; Piaf brutal criticism is called for here as their work the message flows a preventive another such lines rather than to enhance his by Pam Gems: A View from t/:e :or naturally from art. This play sets occurrence. part. Of the other two characters,. Bridge by Arthur Miller: that relationship on its head. It is From what I saw, the text in in each case the bare bones of a Tomfoolery b) Tom I LehrerAshes merely a vehicle for the thoughts question, dealing quite amusingly by David Rudkin. perform8nce showed througn - of a particularly reactionary with the psychological break but woefully un-fleshed with Catholic romantic. As a play it downs arising from the meta sufficient rehearsal. There was, doesn't come off, despite the physical complexities of giving a Ida in Leith admittedly, some directorial valiant efforts of Theatre Alba. fairly simple lesson in arithmetic thought manifest ,n the use of It can be seen at the Astoria, Starting next Monday is the called for a lot more hard work lighting and sound, nevertheless Abbeymount, till 17th February. If Savoy Opera Group's production than anyone concerned with its both seemed clumsily handled , you want to know the views of "ii of Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess David Nice goes behind the oroduction seemeg to have put in. the former (literally) flashy but papa" on love and marriage go and Ida. Tickets, available on the night scenes at the Scottish Chamber The verbal complexities and sheer arbitrary, the latter relied on too see it - but don't expect to be at Leith Theatre or can be obtained Orchestra in a special one page mealy wordiness of the piece heavily to replace full dramatic entertained by a good play into the 1n advance from the Usher Hall Arts Feature. ances and firm, inspired direction action. A lesson to be learned •. bargain! box office (228 1155 . THE STUDENT Thursday, 11th February 1982 13
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Opera Tutto Cosi Magnifico By·Roddy MacNeil The Queen's Hall has been a very successful venue for Leggate) and Guglielmo (Ian Platform, you can sit, eat, drink, Scottish Opera Cassidy) that their fiancees will talk, listen, in the ·intimate Cosi Fan Tutte "not prove constant in the face of atmosphere given by the table temptation". Dressing up as • can d I e s - probably why !/y David Stead Albanians each woos the other's attendances have trebled over the future wife and although Fiordiligi last year. (Margaret Marshall) is particularly Carol Kidd appeared on Friday 'Tl\f Italian ls limited, nay non abashed, Alphonso is finally with guitarist Martin Taylor. J~lstent. I was therefore forced to proved right. Missing most of the first set, I follow the programme's plot My one bit of Italian; Cosi fan heard a mixture of ininspiring synopsis thus missing much that tutte - roughly translated as middle-of-the-road songs and appeared on stage. By Act 11 I gave "women are the same the world excellent numbers - like a up and concentrated on what was, over". beatniky "Doodeebeda" song with in any language, a spectacle. very solid rhythmic backing and a Cosi Fan Tutte, written in 1790, raunchy encore. is an opera of "infinite wit, pathos Particularly impressive was and depth" - or so we are told. Scottish Opera Taylor's electric guitar playing. He Certainly this production ran up managed to play a bass line with and down the gamut of emotions; thumb while playing the melody it was lively, well-staged and L'Egisto with his fingers, amazing co confident, with Mozart as ordination. delightful as ever. John Stoddart's by David Nice Jazz is very much neglected on regency stage design was pictur television and BBC Scotland's esque if a little unstable though From a pidneering point of view I "Spectrum" programme on how disappointing to see un suppose the Scottish Opera Sunday was no exception. BBC scheduled appearances by stage production of Cavalli's 'L'Eijisto' is obligations to Jazz, Folk and hands. The costumes of the stars a worthy undertaking: visually and Scottish traditional music were bloomed with colour while the for the most part, musically, it is a discharged in one fell swoop by resident busty villagers contented triumph. Unforturiately producer lumping them all together in the themselves with grey. John Cox's claim that the plot same programme. Jazz and folk The singing throughout was resembles that of 'A Midsummer rarely mix well, Boys of the Lough, accurate and clear but, as Roger Night's Dream' certainly applies Jean Redpath and the Advocates Savage mentioned last week, only to the supernaturally assisted deserved better. Being pro opera performers also have to act. confusion and reconciliation fessional the BBC did a bad job Scottish Opera combined the between two pairs of lovers - this economical, a raised c1fcle tor me· Patricia O'Neill). Vocal honours with style and threw in the Elgin talents well. Ann Murray , is a 17th century convention in any Zodiac with the planets above are shared between the ravishing Strathspey and Reel Players to outstanding as Dorabella, expertly case, and emerges here as merely which becomes pondered with Uella Jones, a richly expansive placate another minority interest. manipulated her flexible face, and stylised. Cavalli ' s musical stars for the scenes in Olympus. Clori, James Bowman's para Only Fionna Duncan's vivacious Beryl Norman instigated Chuckles invention is limited to the doxically virile counter-tenor Lidia singing managed to change my as the scheming maid Darpina eventuaily tiresome abundance of John Cox - Scottish Opera are and the raddled nurse (or old sneer to a smile. who poses firstly as a doctor and elaoorated recitative with often fortunate to have him as General queen) of Francis Egertbn. All may net be lost, STV will film then as a notary. nothing more than a snatch of Administrator from next season - George Shirley rants ineffectually a major jazz series in April-May The plot of Cosi Fan Tu ite is song interspersed, the inspired shows great imagination, not only on Egisto until he becqm~s :3ome and Granada has filmed a pilot for simple, though it did take three arias of Climene and Egisto in Act in the Nudes scene, the sort of parodic Otello-th1s ,s the .a series. I see the Funboy Three and-a-half hours to come to a 2 being major exceptions. Eumenides-like ferociousness of only really weak link; Roderick have released an interesting conclusion; pet.pie take rather a Fortunately the visual element, the 'HAroines who ~ied for love· Brydon secures a firm and versi0n of the jazz standard " It long time to say things in opera. important in 1642, has a for once made ridiculous by the- win~ed attractive response from the Ain't What You Do" - does this Alphonso (Tom McDonnell) bets justifiable precedence. Allen Cupid upon whom they seek orchestra for Raymond Leppard's mean that jazz is now trendv? Hip his friends Fernando (Robin Charles Klein's set is brilliant but revenge (excellently portrayed by glossy arrangements. hep!
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Cinema 1 Nice 'n'Sleazy Feb 15-22 The Tragedy of a R1d1culous Man So Feb l:!-~ Mephisto Body Heat Filmhouse Mar 10-11 Manila: in the Claws of Darkness ABC The Tragedy of a By Allan Hunter Ridiculous Man Lawrence Kasdan has alread/ By Andrew Phillips proved himself a master of gripping audience-involvers with Signor Primo is ridiculous. The Edinburgh University Opera Club word pops up again and again the screenplays of The Empire in association with Strikes Back and Raider,1 of the throughout the fi lm from all sides, Lost Ark. Turning director for the but mostly from his own lips. He is first time with Body Heat he the overweight owner of an ailing Edinburgh Univers ity Musical Society provides an impressive concoc cheese factory who loves money present tion which is quite the best mix of and the things it can buy him. But seamy passion and enthralling his secure existence is wiped out suspense in many a long day. by the kidnapping of his only son Ned Racine (William Hurt) is a and he is forced to put up SIR JOHN IN LOVE laconic, corner-cutting Florida everything he has as security for an Opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams lawyer of scotched and wry the ransom money he has to humour, whose casual pick-up of borrow. When he learns of his (libretto based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor" rich, idle Matty Walker (stunning son's death from two people who by Shakespeare) Kathleen Turner) embroils him in claim to be friends of both him and the murder of her husband and a his kidnappers, Primo decides to snakes and ladders plot that leaves keep quiet about it and put the in the GEORGE SQUARE THEATRE, at 7.30 ,,.11,., you guessing the who, what and money into his factory to save it, why to the very last frame. while pretending he has paid it to WEDNESDAY, 17th FEBRUARY to This is a highly inventive, his son's holders. All does not unashamedly intelligent film noir wolit( out as planned. SATURDAY, 20th FEBRUARY. which boasts fine acting, a vlhile everything stems from the magnificently moody score and a kidnapping, the film is not simply Tickets: £1.50/£1.00 (students and OAPs) available from tremendous atmosphere of conc,rned with its traumatic effect winking car lights, husky voices on !He family, though it does look Usher Hall Box Office, Alison House (Music Faculty) and fog-enshrouded encounters. closely at this. The aspect of the and at the door on the night. Kasdan packages it all with great film I found most interesting, cinematic flair and inventiveness. however, was its examination of Body Heat, a cracking 1980s the conflict between the love of hislillt:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::J Double Indemnity, is outstanding way of life and the love of his son adult fare. that oes on in Primo's heart. " i4 THE STUDENT Thursday 11th February 1982 tA~sS " Formless in Gaza from KB and were now 1001ong time), guitar and more keyboards Caught in a very miserable, as well as the usual themselves. However, the charm vacuum - an crowd of I' ll-suffer-anythi ng of their distinctive style soon wore stalwarts. If you wanted to be hip thin and each song became everyday story of last weekend you'd have been repetitive and too much like the better off at Chambers Street · last - a flaw they shared with obscure bands. Union. Laughing Apple (is that why they The support were not, as picked them for support?). If only Peter Wrench sees previously and variously billed, the they tried to develop each song Eyeless in Gaza. Lemon Kittens or ..the Nightin instead of starting, playing the gales, but Laughing Apple. The same thing for two minutes, then tried hard, but that's no substitute stopping (process repeatable ad for talent. Originally a Scottish infinitum). It seems to be wilful On Saturday an odd bunch of punk outfit, they swapped some obscurity, as only one or two punters congregated, rather members for English ones and the songs were recognisable as unenthusiastically it appeared, at "p" for an ''f'' and now it seems they coming from their recent "Caught the Nite Club, that bastion of the may soon drown i n the in Fl ux" LP. ~ West's decadent decline - you overflowing p-funk mainstream. What with the current popularity 'Jt only have to look at the videos At first, Eyeless in Gaza, project of duos; Associates, OMO, Soft . ., (what' '.videos?) to see things are ing a stimulating and original Cell (my ranking) one could have ~ gettin~ grim. sound mostly due to the shouting, expected Eyeless in Gaza to O The' audience seemed a weird almost passionate vocals, took succeed, however, with my rating {.) mix of not-really-new romantics your attention; their talent was of them being somewhere below -~ and what looked like some bodies evident in the duo's ability to play Fran and Anna in terms of success, Cl. '. who had got lost on their way back drums, keyboards (at the same I doubt it. Tvvinsets- no pearls
The Twinsets - temptresses or teasers? Jim Levi Question: Where do you fir,d· John Cooper Clark and Linton more guts and passion, sex and Kwesl Johnson, and again, they isn't sure .. . srn11es than anywhere outside the need more local talent. So, if you SAC Executive? fancy taking the stage with JCC Answer: Here kids, in your and LKJ give Regular a call. Me, I favourite gossip column, exposes want to know what tiappened to T. Walk into the Nite Club and a galore , courtesy of your personal 5. Eliot. drunk punk staggers past, people snake in the grass. Fun! Fun! Fun! was had at JJ's shout and rowdiness prevails _... It's a funny old world. The on Sunday with the advent of The there is action. Maybe tonight'II be Cooltones, last week's thing, at Horrible Sexy Vampires, who have fun - but then maybe not, as the , least for the more misguided the possibility of a Jo Callis noise of horrendously heavy among you, have now split, produced single appearing in the guitars strikes me full in the face. undoubtedly due to Anna Conda's coming months. Fuck thesingle Hey! Hey Elastica are on stage 1 vitriolic dismissal of them didn't Billy Vampire look too sweet - "like a cross between Siouxsie following her Glasgow adven in his beret a la Kerouac? He wa·s and the Banshees and Josef K" I tures. Apparently the defectors heard to say he'd definitely make think, forgetting what said groups have joined a new collective set up beautiful music with Anna Conda sound like: "New ·scottish pop by Kenny Hislop (ex-drummer of ,jf she slagged the band, so rn sensibility in a heavy vein" I Simple Minds). If he'd seen the • check my diary before f ventu;e consider an accurate revision. ,.. Maestro's debacle, he'd have paid comment. Someone tells me it's their second ,.. them not to join, believe me. Following the oh-so hectic ever gig and I start watching ,.. Let's look for a new media hype. weekend, there was the instead of listening. ,.. t:> Well, we all need something to cere mon;ous Monday night Think I've seen most of them at" believe in. Why shouldn't it be ex winding down of Riverside JJ's (I have); have the two female' .. fi re man Davey Henderson? l:le followed by Corry (you do call it backing vocalists got bras on - ass_ures us he's poised 10 be ·the that, don't you?). important says a mate - (they first persOn to succeed on a multl Riverside's supposedly the have); does the bearded bassist Butt, really•.. media level, having had his show so kool they audition the ·look debonair or silly (silly); is that inaugural 15 minutes of fame with audience - I hae ma doots but it swinging sunglasses singer like The Fire Engines . In an was worth it for the' Homosapien Lon Reed (no. not as cool). They impassioned treatise to mark his video, while Corry last night finish. Hey Elastics have some with the ~uropeans, and to not 21st birthday he was heard to say featured Deirdre Barlow doing the flair, but must find the righl Seconds out! beat around the bush (or you lose "You think I'm just a one off ironing to the strains of Altered formation if they hope to gain your push) they were one of the drunken - wee shite". Need i' say Images. That's what you call street promotion. Meanwhile the referee " Mind if we butt worst,bands I or my companions more? acceptance. ·- plays the Fall and Si mple Minds! in?" say two had ever' seen. They can sing, Multi media hero Johnny Waller Anyway', love and kisses, dear while the spectators get drunker. pose, play their instruments and is at present scuttling around the readers, because I simply must run Only two girl singers are left in Aylesbury loonies. make the most vacant, vacuous continent with his flatmate. the off and play The Associates Party the Twin sets now and they have to noises this side of " Topo entrepreneurial Alan Campbell on Fears Two for1he umpteenth t\m~.) work too hard. One, irritatingly, Graham Hender graphic Oceans". People like this the Rythm of Life tour. We hear Final advice fr6m one who kriows keeps sticking a finger in her ear son doesn't mind. should never have been sold that he has pulled off something of buy it, 'cos you're 'nowhere thi~ and there's a touch of desperation instruments, let alone be given the a coup for Shrouds, 'cos he's week if you don't. Would I lie tc in their efforts to be heard over the chance to inflict them on an interviewing Bridget Berdot who, you ... would you realise if I did noise of the band. Even so, some What we have here, then, is a audience. Lego brick modern like Richard Jobso'n is readin91 songs approach excellence - but shining example of exactly what is music, and you know the pieces, poetry on the tour. All that can be •------...-- ...•• ttlen how can you fail with wrong with 99 per cent of "popular Simple Minds, Ultravox, fill in a few said is that if he pats Bridget on the Shangri-Las melodies and the music", and exactly what can, just of your own grouses. Genesis with knee as much as he does your Renovate Your like even if you're in the Twinsets occasionally, be so right with it, a faster beat and "concerned" lovable Anna, then he's got Record Collection in tne Nite Club. Sophisticated the 1 per cent of the festering mess lyrics is still bloody Genesis. We problems. Boom Boom is wonderful pop as that d istracts you from turning wore silly clothes in 1977 to rid the Witnessed the Bell family in romance and from then on I enjoy, your albums into ashtrays and world of these types. Bad tactics. action on Friday night, at least The current top ten of Nell forgetting the inept mix and the placing your "Destroy" T-s hirt Some virulent strains of old fart Gaye, Rachel and Daddy Bell who Baldwin, bassist with TV21 . hopelessly out of place noise. sadly in mothballs. Ladies and survived, and reproduced. make up 3/ Sths of The Twlnsets. 1. Heroes: David Bowle The Bar is more crowded than gentlemen, tonight's fight to the Half an hour of why-do-1- With the disappearance of Teen Rebel Rebel: David Bowle the stagefront and however boldly finish is between, in the grey bloody-bother later Otway and Beat they've certainly lost some- 2. Love Will Tear Us Apart: they attempt, the twitching corner, the Europeans (a Telford Barrat restore my faith in rock and thing - character or maybe just . Joy Division Twinsets cannot succeed in this student throws up ln apprecia whatever-it-is. Otway knows what entertainment value. The Twlnsets 3. Wind of Change: Hawkwind place. The medium is delicate, tion), and in the demolition site, makes every star a star and one are one of the bands leading the 4. Pyjamarama: Roxy Music tuneful and harmonious - TV the aylesbury tag-team, Otway day he'll play it straight (but Scottish invas7ori of the ICA 5. (Come Up and See Me) show tender - yet the backing and Barrat (hysterical chants of thankfully not yet). Just now it's between March 23rd and 28th. Make Me Smile: and mood is rock club and rowdy. "Head butts"). No biting, kicking or ritual demolition of microphones Eighteen bands are req uired, so if Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel The Twinsets could be a video gouging , a fair amount of and guitars, body talk and Tom you think you're good enough, 6. Man with the Child in his smash or a vinyl wonder if the plagiarism, and not enough fun. Jones songs ('The Green, Green hip1 enough etc., why don't you Eyes : Kate Bush correct people got hold of them, Begin. Grass of Home'). inspiration and contact Regular Music at 25 7. Mama Weer All Crazee Now: but in a rather unpleasant black, The only reason I can work our genius. I'm not telling you the Johnston Terrace. Slade smoke-filled rock room they for having the Europeans as details, because it serves you right Regular Music are also planning 8. All My Colours: exude a sense of sad amateurish support for Otway and Barrat is if you weren't there. Just don't let it to '· bridge the gap between music Echo and the Bunnymen ness. I left happy, if I'd been in the that both parties use electric happen again. Anyone that does, and poetry" with an experimental 9. What Goes On: Twinsets though, I'd be thinking - guitars and therefore constitute deserves the Europeans. evening at Queen's Hall on March Velvet Underground har rock and roll - phew! Let's start No contest. 15th . Already definites for this are ...,oii .,iA,i,ciiiei,iioi,I iiiS,iipii,adiiieiisii,:,i,Miiioiiitiiio,iirh,iieiiaiidi,,... THE STUDENT Thursday, 11th February 1982 15
Hackstyles... Portrait of the Div _Bushell gives All are thin and invariably wear Ashley set off those pearls a treat the ins and outs of Ieans and sens,_ble shoes, while whilst the hair is temptingly teased Consun,er • . . hair 1s uninterestingly short. When into the Lady Di or Princess pOI It I Cal f ash !On. . ties are worn they are naturally red Margaret curls. The essential and maroon jumpers have become boots and gloves are naturally popular of late. Most essential, calf-skin. Males, being future asanArtist Can you tell a hack's political though, is for Communists to leaders, dress the part. Lovely bow Suggestions and recommenda persuasion by their dress? But of appear as if they have suffered for ties are frequent, a deft addition to No. 3 tions: course! The range of political humanity - pale, gaunt, hollow- immaculately starched shirts and -no. of main dishes equals no. groupings and fashions is as cheeked - making it a particularly beautiful huntin' shootin' fish in' The Loon Fung of people plus one. multivariate and fascinating as the di ff i c u It sty I e to imitate . weekend sports jackets. Shoes are 2 Warriston Place, Canonmills. -put them in the middle and help pebbles on a beach, so come and Meanwhile, the women like generally Italian brogues. In fact Open 7 days. yourselves. take a look. inconspicuous self-expression. the emphasis on all Tory style is Best Chinese Restaurant in - Dim sum - delicious snacks tor Members of SWSO, for example, Not for them the brash primary one of smartness and leadership Edinburgh. starters - come in ethnic oft in the public eye - now the colours of the glitterati, b_ut - ah, they make me quiver at the Cantonese specialists. bamboo steaming baskets (two SWSO man has to be scruffy, with comfortable greens and blacks. knees. Small and unprepossessing portions per item) - try water jeans (preferably tattered and Many are updated hippies but they My favourite dressers in the (both inside and out) - all their paper prawns! siao-mai! spare flared) de rig eur and horrible exhibit less homogenity than their Potterrow these days are the money goes on getting the best ribs in black bean sauce. About checked shirts an added bonus. male counterparts. delightful feminists. Hair is long food and best chefs. three different is usual. Ill-fitting, filthy green or black The Party-The Clothes: Labour and curly, often teased through by Chopsticks almost mandatory!. -soup - don't miss the wan "coats" adorned with numerous people merely dress adequately., streaks of dye while clothes tend tun! radical badges complete their Unlike their more extreme to be layered. Pinks, yellows, reds. -main courses, ideally should apparel whilst hair should be colleagues they are not tall and and oranges are popular and all have different type of meat in unkempt. SWSO women do tend gaunt or badly postured (vital are worn comfortably loose with each one, e.g. one chicken, to dress similarly, though the hair ------criteria for success). Perhaps a waistcoats and bright baggy one beef, one fish. is usually curly and kept better. touch fonder of jackets than other trousers or skirts. Lots of beads set -no one visits the Loon Fung All well and good, but where Socialists, Labour people can off this look of bright casualness. without trying Lemon Chicken does this leave the trendy left as easily be spotted by their oh-60· So many more political -a legend in its own lunch exemplified by the stylish young sweet little yellow badges. fashions, like the black-clad, time. Julian G-C? Dontcha just love that Enough socialist extremism, spiky-haired anarchists, but I -recommend Hung-Shao fish voluminous white raincoat, khaki here's the SDP! A party with mustn't hog the page. Last but not ( white fish with tons of trousers delicately tucked in the problems, for so centrist are their least is the Student Firm . vegetables and pork pieces). boots, and his divinely flicked members that male/female dress Oresswise the members combine Beef in oyster/ginger/black white silk scarf? A fine case of is near indistinguishable. Clothes down to earth street suss with bean sauce (essentially the Pie: Chris Kershaw fashion polarisation within the are unflaggingly moderate and subtle and frequently bright style same apart from the sauce). Left, for whilst the scruffs exhibit the depressing king 's - not like the glittery left but No licence - B YOB - no Crispy Prawns - the list is predominate, there's always room Buildings Chic. What is that, oh looking more ready for the street, corkage charge. endless. for the hip jewel gleaming stylish reader? Well, it's jeans (not party, fig or pose. I could tell you Booking tables costs 10percent Lunchtime - why not pop in for amongst the masses: Mark Reeves too old, not too new), nature trek so much more, but must rush off to on your bill - turning up without a a few Dim-Sum and a pot of and Imagen Foulkes are two who shoes (not too old, not too new), a party - wouldn't you love to reservation means queueing - go Chinese tea - also ideal for th know that socialism and sparkling baggy and not too gauche jumpers compete? late or on Sunday to avoid this...... : style can go hand in hand. flowing from the shoulders (not . So the far Left generally dress too etc) and very sensible badly and note also the intriguing haircuts. Just take a peek at that bad postures and funny walks of eminently sensible thinking man many of its finest orators. Can you David Robertson and you'll see tell Communists apart though ? what I mean. Uni Chic! RIP But darlings, of course . Yech, what a relief to my jaded Is that what you a rather nasty browns; I have to ' Communist men go for the eyes are those lovable Tories. The sigh. To say that these specimens ~o, arewe inconspicuous proletariat image ladies are a joy, lrightlully nice call it? - Sic be of humanity have no imagination dress to blend for the shop-floor. prints from Chez Liberty or Laura would be kind. Come on scientists George Square moans a certain - oops, sorry, just kind of sl ipped Out; give us something to liven up our drugs colum lack of style. our routine, dull, mundane, irrelevant little lives. Oh well, it's a nist disappears Looking round me at a lecture, I free world! I don't know what I find into a cloud of examine all the kinds of clothes the most obnoxious, the boring PorlShAngst displayed on the various shapely farts or the arrogant "trendies". sweet-smelling and not so shapely bodies. It is The latter look permanently as if smoke .... For This week, Poison rather fascinating to watch all the they had stepped out of a cross very script which creaked so. people troop in, most of them With between a junk-shop and a rather now, anyway. Ivy brings you the Relentlessly underlined. So gigantic self-consciousness bad-taste magazine. They must underlined I can quote lines complexes. And some of the spend absolute fortunes because real news on (undered) like: "What is the date clothes - make the most of your a lot of the outfits look new (every This seemingly endless column today?" Today is the 26th university days , comrades, effing day') but never mind, if grinds to a halt today, on a regula those dreadfully September 1981 (Underlined). because it's only here that you're Daddy can afford it. ... No, I think I basis at least. relevant issues, One wonders why naturalism is so going to get away with it (sniff, prefer the trendies; they give me I recognise that I have barely necessaril y unnatural , even sniff). something to bitch about and at touched on numerous problems Poland and stilted. We suspect Mz Czer least they're interesting. (addiction) and have missed out kawska is more used to working I suppose I sound rather several "interesting" drugs (DMT, aeroplanes . with radio, where not having the anoga(lt myself, but when I see Amyl Nitrite, Daiwa). These will visual, everything must be said in some of the colours that are have to wait. I have better things to My dears, never ever fly to words. But does this excuse the thrown together, it makes me want do on a Monday morning than Warsaw, I should have no reader cliches? My companion was heard to let my breakfast out the second looking through the Erskine ship left, for the planes there have to mutter "Polish kailyard", and most popular way! Having a medical library for increasingly such a thrilling method of landing numerous members of the mother who is French may have obscure references on vi rutally ... high above the city, the pilot audience to groan when the young sor11ething to do with it - I may not unknown drugs. cuts out the engines - painfully woman on stage actually said look chic. sophisticated or elegant As it is, I hope this column has romantic, don't you feel? "Tomek! I love you! But I can't (to put it mildly!) but at least I try to gone a little way towards forcing Poor dears, you haven't caught leave Poland!" look different tastefully. Contrary you lot to apply a more rational up, We have taken our seats at the The Invasion signified to popular belief, it's not appraisal of drug-taking. If it has first night of C. L. Czerkawska's (underlined) by the aircraft fashionable to wear orange with well and good. If you still think "Heroes and Others", about engines, never came, the point pink, brown with red, and even if it drugs are per se bad, but that Solidar(ty and Poland and (underlined) was that one could were, surely it's better to look alcohol and tobacco aren't drugs, suchlike fashionably relevant not trust one's father/ sister/ tasteful rather than making then we've both failed. things. Enter the roar of a jet. reviewer. Sally Kinghorn and someone's teeth grind together. I I know there have been a climbing above one's ear and over Marjorie Dalziel did well. but Ms said I was pleased last week to see number of critics, from self the head. One awaits its departure Czerkawska, wht was that man guys wearing make-up. There are righteous medics to linguisti stage left, but somewhere above staring at the river? some girls on the campus who complaints. In answer, all I can sa the left eye, the sound simply My companion and I headed for carry this to the extreme. One in is that I apologise for any error ceases, and vre are left to assume a homely little hostelry to discuss part icular, she will remain and hope that my critics can the craft hurtles to earth. Either the play. But, upon squeezing nameless, wears so much make appreciate the study of drugs as they really truly .do, and Ms through the door, what do you up that I would be su rprised if it valid intellectual pursuit and not Czerkawska is Polish and ought to think we saw? Sing! A dozen tipsy couldn't be scraped off with a personal battle. know, or the Scottish Theatre Co. lawyers, eleven Women-in-Media, trowel. After every lecture I see her To the rest of you, enough of th must improve the sound effects if around ten graphic designers, in one or other of the uni-loos, theory on with the practice . they don't want people to giggle. nine oaken tables. eight gay FTrst o f ali, imust praise ihose al layering it on (why am I there - oops! We couldn't wait for the critics to lovers, seven pretentious poets, you who look outrageous - it may only to do my bladder a favour!) - crawl along (one forgets one is th e six nervous postgrads, but real look OK on the campus, but as by the time she gets ready for bed critic)-and settled down for beer! four crabby staff, three soon as you venture out, you are it must take her hours to get all the some sordid politics. May we say spending hippies too many subjected to all kinds of criticism. I coats off - rather like stripping we have never seen poles (sic) so . students, and (did my eyes suppose it takes all kinds to make a wallpaper. However, as I said accurately portrayed. Such deceive me?) a politics reading world, but when J see endless before, it's a free world, we must all moving sUffness! One had to par-tree. You see, dears, there's streams of anoraks, flared - .more "do our thing MAN"!!! If it feels or attend closely to ascertain simply no room for a partridge in often than not - jeans, not quite looks good, do it! Each to his own, reaching the ankles, and shoes of and after all, who am I to judge? whether it was the acting or the the Pear-Tree. II) 94 THE STUDENT Th ursday, 11th February 1982
S AVE OuR SvsTEM... Freddie Laker was born , the youngest of 13 children, in the 32nd floor of an Eas t London tower block. And yet, aided only by his own efforts, he rose to head one of the greatest companies the world has ever known - Laker Airways. His company had only one aim - to help you, the customer, to lead a fuller and happier life. Now - in his hour of need - he is begging you, in the cause of humanity, to help him.
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