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The student ‘news’paper of Imperial College London Guardian Student Newspaper of the Year 2006, 2008 Issue 1,429 Friday 20 March 2009 felixonline.co.uk felix Inside Feature - felix Easter Eggstravaganza! Page 18-19 Science - Tesla’s electric car Page 8 Food - Welcome to Hell! Page 26 Coffee Break - Guess who’s back! TheRecord breaking number results of students vote in this year’s are in! elections. See page 3 for full details Page 35 2 felix Friday 20 March 2009 Friday 20 March 2009 felix 3 News [email protected] News News Editor – Kadhim Shubber and Dan Wan [email protected] Imperial College takes a step Win £2000 to develop your Record turn-out at towards selling diplomas to Evelyn Gardens stuck in the science-inspired design companies dark ages after explosion Sabbatical elections Luke Dhanoa moderated by the College to ensure Staggering 25% turn out to vote for highly contested elections Business Editor quality standards are met. Should this Jovan Nedić programme prove successful, the next Editor in Chief NET U. Currently there are several Glaxo- step would be to sell the new masters Jovan Nedić SmithKline employees in an internal package to other pharmaceutical com- CGC A number of students living in Evelyn . Editor in Chief course that teaches them the funda- panies, specifically Merck and Proctor LIVE Gardens were left without any water, mentals of lab chemistry. This course and Gamble. If the College decides to go ahead electricity or heating on Monday night AND The results of this year’s Sabbatical has been running for years and is based after an electrical cable cracked under elections were announced on Wednes- around teaching employees from non- and allow the new masters course to be the pavement outside Holbein Hall. day amidst a packed crowd in da lab-specific backgrounds how to work made, it would be the first university At roughly 01:30 the crack caused two Vinci’s. where around 3,500 students in a chemistry pharmaceutical compa- to have sold a course and degree, as a WEETMAN fuses and one circuit breaker to trip in voted to determine who would be run- ny. For the most part these employees product, to a company. the sub-station that serves the Evelyn ning the Union next year. Initially the have doctorates and multiple degrees After the talks on Wednesday the Garden area, which caused the sudden results were meant to be announced and are on what is essentially a chem- committee is currently drawing up lawrence loss of power in all rooms situated in on Thursday night, but Returning Of- istry conversion course run by GSK. conditions that the GSK course and Willis Jackson, Holbein, Southwell and F ficer Christian Carter decided to move This course has been run routinely all employees must meet for Imperial to Fisher, however the emergency lights Y O the date forward after all candidates over the world, in a standardized form accredit and moderate the internal came on immediately afterward. RTEC agreed to have it earlier. and has proved to be quite successful course; in principle the committee is Philip Notely, Village Manager for OU Mr Carter decided to released the re- for GSK, who decided to try and turn it happy to proceed provided that the C the Evelyn Gardens areas, told felix O sults in reverse order, according to the into a more substantial qualification. people who take the course have 2.1 T that “The power failure resulted in all O number of votes casted. Starting with GSK, via the Royal Society of Chem- degrees (most, in fact, have signifi- lights, electrical sockets, telephone, in- PH the Student Trustees, Mark Mearing- istry, then asked Imperial College to cantly better qualifications), that they ternet and water circulation pumps and Smith was elected in the first round. accredit the course by acting as an ex- are taught to Imperial standard (by heating to fail. The emergency lighting Mr Mearing-Smith is joined by Es- ternal examiner and then putting the GSK staff), that the course is of a high automatically came on in corridors ther Khan who won in the 5th round, Imperial College brand on the course. enough quality (determined by the and staircases. At 10.00am on Monday Amaury Fastenakel who won in the 3rd But as the Chemistry department ex- Chemistry Department and externally 16th EDF reinstated the power to the round and Shah Rahman who won in amined the content of the course they moderated) and that the participants buildings.” the 6th round. Returning Officer, Christian Carter, announcing the results came to the opinion that what GSK are examined properly (the specifics Many students were oblivious about What do you get if you pair a scientist chance to engage directly with a crea- Next up were the results for Deputy were teaching their staff was extremely have yet to be confirmed). the whole incident as they were asleep, with a designer? Designers shape the tive practitioner to brainstorm ways President (Welfare) where John James close to being a masters degree and de- When the student representative with the majority realising the lack of way we live while scientists pervade of translating scientific principles into proved that second time’s a charm, as In the race for Deputy President (Fi- eliminated leaving this year’s Deputy cided that after some minor changes raised points about ensuring that the power and water in the morning. One the very fabric of our lives. design models. Perhaps you are a de- he beat Caroline Clark by 312 votes nance & Services) the Royal School of Editor and News Editor to fight it out they could issue the GSK employees value of students’ degrees were not of the residents in Southwell Halls told Inspired by the successes of the recent sign student or a practitioner setting and Michael Powell who came in third Mines boy Danny Hill was up against to the bitter end. As has been the pat- with Imperial College masters’ diplo- harmed by the sale of degrees to pri- felix that “I was very confused when I Fabrics of Life project, Nobel Textiles, up your own business? Nobelini offers with 501 votes. Clearly Mr James’ en- Recreational Clubs Committee chair tern over the past few years, the po- mas – in return for cash. vate interests the committee agreed got up in the morning and tried to turn The pavement just outside Holbein Hall where the incident occured which married together five Medical you the chance to engage directly with ergetic speeches worked where he Peter Mabbott. At the final count, sition for Felix Editor was a fiercely On Wednesday 17th Professor Tom that this could be the beginning of a the light on. I then went to the kitchen Research Council Nobel prize-winners a scientist in the development of a de- promised to fight the increase in ac- Danny Hill had 1,148 votes compared fought one, with only 65 votes in it. Welton presented an application to the slippery slope and that the participat- to get a drink of water where there was with five leading Textile and Fashion sign proposal that celebrates scientific commodation costs next year. A total to Peter Mabbott’s 850, meaning that This very slim victory margin ended Graduate School of Engineering and ing firms would have to be carefully a sign on the door saying that every- up in case EDF could not reinstate the “Hall staff and Wardens worked Fellows from Central Saint Martins discovery. of 1,957 people voted, only 188 more Danny Hill will be taking control of the up favouring Dan Wan, who will be the Physical Sciences Quality Commit- selected. As one committee mem- thing wasn’t working.” power on Monday evening.” said Mr closely with Facilities Management College of Art & Design in London, Participants will pair-up 30 young than last year. Union’s budget next year. new editor as Felix enters its 60th year. tee to create a new programme called ber put it “we wouldn’t do this with In order to repair the damage that Notley. dealing with students queries and en- the Nobelini scheme invites 30 young scientists with 30 design students at a Next up was the other newly formed Surprisingly, the position of Union The close margin for Felix Editor has “Professional Development (GSK Woolworths” the incident caused, EDF had to dis- He then went on to say that: “Dur- suring that they were kept updated at scientist-designer pairs to compete speed-dating style event at the Science position of Deputy President (Educa- President didn’t attract the highest been a familiar sight in recent years, Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry)” For students, this could prove to be connect power to Southwell and Hol- ing this time students affected were di- all times. Notices were fixed around all for £2000 to develop designs that cel- Museum’s Dana Centre on Tuesday tion) where Jonathan Silver came out voting attendance, which has normally with this year’s editor, Jovan Nedić, which would essentially make Imperial either good or bad news. If Imperial bein Halls from 13:00 on Monday, but rected to Common Rooms within the Halls advising students of the current ebrate discovery across four scientific 26th May 2009. If you’d like to be con- victorious in the second round against been the case in the past. This could winning by only 78 votes against Greg College act as a moderating body for were to start outsourcing its degree power was finally reinstated to all af- halls that had power.