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16 The award-winning student . newspaper of Imperial College 10 Guardian Student Newspaper of the Year . 09 Issue 1,440 felix felixonline.co.uk This week.... Alphabetic adventures Medic arrested during Freshers’ Week An interinterviewview with Ash. See page 26 News, Page 3 Bhanglassi; the drink you love to spill Travel, Page 30-31 Glastonbury and Latitude reviewed Music Festival, Page 23 Ten years since the year Overdrawn 2000 to reminisce about felix speaks to three Imperial students affected by the failings of the Student Loans Company. See pages 4 & 5 Games, Page 34 2 felix FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER 2009 News Editor Kadhim Shubber NEWS [email protected] Imperial Medic arrested Beats MIT but not An Imperial College Medical Student is said to have been arrested quite UCL standard on a night out organised as part of the ICSMSU’s Freshers’ Fortnight SSinaina AAtaheriantaherian Business Editor opposed to any measure of staff time spent on students, which explains Im- DDanan WanWan Editor-in-Chief perial doing reasonably well. The other It’s that time of the year again. Wheth- is the claimed cause of that problem, er it is because it reaffirms boasts of the staff/citation score. A 3rd year student has allegedly been being here or because it downplays the Sadly this is not listed as Imperial’s arrested after a night out organised by cost of not getting into Oxbridge, we strong suit. Aside from a few amusing the ICSMSU for freshers. all love the Times World University notes, such as Caltech graduates being The alleged incident was said to have Rankings. If you are happy to ignore exceptionally disliked by their future occurred on the night of Wednesday international recognition in favour of bosses, the peer and employer reviews the 7th of October outside the Fire Sta- the other mark of quality – the Times all offer near full marks. tion bar on Hammersmith Broadway. is British whereas Shanghai is Chinese The last two components of the As part of the Imperial College – then the rankings usually make for overall score clear up the confusion School of Medicine Students’ Union self-affirming reading. nicely. A full third of the marks are di- (ICSMSU) Freshers’ Fortnight, the This year there has been a mixed rectly based on the internationality of Doctors and Nurses themed pub crawl blessing. Imperial has climbed up staff and students. was a chance for the medical school’s from sixth to fifth place but UCL has This as an independent parameter new intake of Freshers to get to know jumped ahead to fourth. With our own is particularly lucky for Imperial given each other. However, ICSMSU’s events rivalry aside, UCL outperforming MIT how many of the marks from the other are Freshers’ Fortnights are notori- demands a second look at the num- measures also probably come from this ous for attracting students from years bers. The Times uses six measures to source. Needless to say, Imperial score throughout the medical school. IC- compose their overall rankings. Two of the highest in the top ten for both. SMSU described Wednesday’s event as these are relevant and objective. One This also essentially clears up the UCL “one of the biggest nights of the fort- is specifically staff/student ratio, as puzzle. night with the whole medschool turn- ing out in scrubs and nurses outfits for a pub crawl through Hammersmith” Overall 2008 Rank on their website. The 3rd year student, who has been 1. Harvard University 100.0 1 unnamed, was said not to be officially The Fire Station bar in Hammersmith where the alleged incident took place 2. University of Cambridge 99.6 3 at the event, but had joined in with 3. Yale University 99.1 2 the night’s proceedings anyway. The situation apparently escalated on the and ambiguous about the events. shown that he cannot justify the trust 4. University College London 99.0 7 street outside the Shepherds Bush “This is a great shame. I would like to placed in him [and] should not contin- 5= Imperial College London 97.8 6 Road venue when he reportedly be- thank the ICSMSU exec and the Fac- ue in unrestricted practice,’ as stated on 5= University of Oxford 97.8 4 came aggressive towards a number of ulty of Medicine for their support and the GMC website. people, which included a police officer. handling the situation very sensibly The site also state that ‘physical vio- 6. University of Chicago 96.8 8 Rumours circulating College suggest and efficiently.” lence’ as a criminal offence or caution 7. Princeton University 96.6 12 that the officer in question was plain- A student subject to arrest and/or is one of the ‘most frequent concerns’ 8. Massachusetts Institute of 96.1 9 clothed at the time. It seems a likely involved in criminal activity will face that can lead to a Fitness to Practise concept as the Fire Station bar is mere- a Fitness to Practise panel held by the investigation. Technology ly down the road from the Hammer- medical school he or she is registered The worst possible outcome to the 9. California Institute of 95.9 5 smith Police Station. Students in the under. The panel leads an investigation hearing is that of suspension or expul- Technology immediate area said there was a “heavy into the student’s wrongdoings under sion from the student’s medical course police presence” after events unfolded. General Medical Council’s guidelines as the ‘only way to protect patients.’ The ICSMSU’s statement was cagey to see if the student’s ‘conduct has felix continues to follow the situation. 16 Felix, Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BB. Tel: 020 7594 8072. Fax: 020 7594 8065. Printed by The Harmsworth Printing Ltd, 17 Brest Road, 10 Derriford, Plymouth. Registered newspaper ISSN 1040-0711. Jigsaw font by typotheque.com Z 1,440 . felix T Copyright © Felix 2009. 09 felix was brought to you by: CA Editor-in-Chief Deputy Editor Deputy Editor Copy Chief Dan Wan Kadhim Shubber Gilead Amit Sasha Nicoletti OL L LOLCATZ News Editor Business Editor Science Editors Clubs and Socs Editor Kadhim Shubber Sina Ataherian Brigitte Atkins Alex Kendall Nathan Ley Medic News Editor International Editor Sports Editors OF TEH WEEK Dina Ismail Raphael Houdmont Nightlife Editor Mustapher Botchway Charlotte Morris APPLY NOW Assistant Editor Film Editors at [email protected] Jovan Nedić Zuzanna Blaszczak Music Editors Web Editors Kadhim Shubber Arts Editors Chris Birkett Layout Editor Technology Editor Alex Ashford Caz Knight Ravi Pall Carlos Karingal Samuel Gibbs Rosie Milton What’s On Editors Lucy Harrold Copy Editors Comment Editor Fashion Editor Rachel D’oliviero Jamie Beal Ravi Pall Kawai Wong Lily Topham Photography Alex Karapetian Ben Smith Richard Howard Politics Editors: Travel Editor Coffee Break Editor Tom Roberts Stephan Zeeman James Goldsack Dylan Lowe Charles Murdoch Sabrina Castiglione Katya-yani Vyas Games Editors Alice Rowlands James Lees Music Festival Editor Puzzles Commodore Mike Cook Lizzie Griffiths Phillip Murray Ravi Pall Ewan Quince Angry Geek Fiona O’Connell felix FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER 2009 3 [email protected] NEWS El Salvador Project 2009: Civil Engineers do good Raz Jabary reports back as 11 Imperial students complete the El Salvador Project 2009 with great success his summer break a group this year felix reported on the success of 11 Civil Engineering stu- of the JP Morgan competition in New T dents spent their time in El York, where on April 17th the El Salva- Salvador constructing hous- dor Project won $25,000 to finance its es for poor communities. work. The team is currently competing The team consisted of six first years, online in the ‘Give-it-Away’ competi- two second years and three third years tion for a further astounding $65,000 and carried out the project over the pe- against other projects from around the riod 3rd July - 15th August. globe; dependent on the number of The El Salvador Project has a volun- votes it gets by May 2010. tary basis and is currently in its eighth Further help to the team was pro- year of operation. It was set up by Im- vided by the organisation of ADESCO, perial professors and students as a re- which is made up of men and women sult of the devastating series of earth- committed to the coordination of the quakes and landslides that struck the aid work in the community of Colima. country in 2001. Ideas for the improvement of the The students spent the weekdays project’s effectiveness include future over a six week period in the commu- Spanish classes for all members and nity of Colima, during which they built the allocation of funds and personnel two earthquake resistant block houses to multiple communities rather than and a retaining wall to benefit two fam- one over a summer term. ilies. Special trips were organised for in Recapping on this year’s project, the weekends by the NGO of REDES team member and potential future (the Salvadorian Reconstruction & team leader Andres remarks: “It has Development organisation), with the exceeded all expectations by a massive aim of getting the students in touch margin. with the country’s history, culture and It combined valuable engineering ex- traditions. These included visits to perience as well as an insight of/on the Mayan ruins and the Museum of the country’s culture, politics and tradi- Revolution. tions. We all gained friends within the This year’s project was held in the Mum always wondered why some of her daughters grew up to be 6ft and English.