INSIDE FELIX THIS WEEK Page 2: Letters on ICWA, student grants and others. Page 3: FELIX editor in hospital. Page 5: Finniston report outline. Page 7: Chris Fox talks to Edward Heath, Prowler seen again, and election details. Page 8: RSMU's success at Camborne — a full report. Pages 9 and 10: Reviews. Pages 14 and 15: Sport — Trackside report from Bristol, hockey success, ICFC fourths get to finals and IC win Southern Universities Regatta

Friday, 22nd February, 1980 Issue uo. 545 THE NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION Last Monday afternoon, Mark Smith was in the IC honoured Professor Abdus Great Hall to see the lecture Salam, winner of the 1979 he gave to over a thousand Nobel Prize for Physics. students and staff. "CAN I UNIFY GRAVITY?" The Professor, who has held the chair results from the bigger particle accelerators congratulated, not only for hjs of Theoretical Physics at the College now under construction around the world. achievements, but also for providing an since its formation in 1957, was awarded He introduced concepts which seem very interesting and entertaining afternoon. the prize jointly with Professors Sheldon strange, such as supergravity and Glashow and Steve Weinberg of Harvard antigravity, with explanations which were PER CAPITA SYSTEM University for their work on the theory of scant enough to promote interest in those Despite the Government's intention to the unified weak and electromagnetic young physicists in the audience. He make all students unions funded directly ineraction between elementary particles. concluded with an optimistic look at the from the University Grants Commission The Rector took the chair and at future and received a well-earned and (which is how ICU is currently funded) 4:30'pm started to address a packed sustained burst of applause from the crowd. the finance and executive committees Great Hall. He admitted that he had A vote of thanks was proposed by voted la»t Friday and accepted the never seen the hall as full, with people Professor Matthews from Bath University, principal that ICU should be financed on squeezing into all the available space. The who was formerly Salam's supervisor during the per capita system (what all othei audience, which included many of the his PhD at Cambridge. He added to the student unions do), for the one year the Professor's past and present colleagues, Rector's comments and clearly pointed out Government allows it. heard a glowing account of his many Salam's dedication to physics. This entails an additional figure being achievements, including little known facts The thanks of the students present can added on to the College tuition fees, concerning his career. For instance, the best be expressed by their subsequent which will then be passed onto the Union. Rector admitted that he was offered the comments. Many found it 'inspiring' as well Provision will be made for students chair of Theoretical Physics before Salam as informative. The Professor must be suffering hardshio. and had turned it down! Following his introduction, Professor Salam started his lecture with a summary of the state of unification theory in 1956, when he began his work. He proceeded to explain, in historical order, how he and his contemporaries developed a link between two of the fundamental forces of nature, the weak nuclear and electric forces. Using suitably simple terms he was able to keep the attention of the audience for well over an hour, in what proved to be a brilliant and informative lecture. Of special note was his warm, humorous presentation; at one point nearing the end of the lecture he turned to the Rector and quipped, "Can I unify gravity? It'll take me ten minutes." This was greeted with tremendous applause. Throughout the whole lecture Salam was not satisfied with just presenting present knowledge. He extended the ideas where possible to illustrate points for the future investigation. Indeed, the final ten minutes Picture of the annua! Pedal Car Race held in Bristol last weekend. Three teams included much speculation on the possible from IC entered: one Mines and two from Guilds. Report on page 14. LETTERS

Dear Colin manage. They can get top Union one of society at large. Women and discrimination in opportu- As two of the "infestations" posts and many take full part in are still discriminated against in nities in this college and society is of the Maths Common Room social activities organised by job opportunities and society still by ignoring the whole problem, (who have as much right to be many other groups other than portrays the image of the 'quiet and if women's special needs and there as any other mathe- ICWA. woman at home' or the 'sexy problems can be solved without maticians) we would like to reply The question is not, can we woman about town' or various any joint discussion amongst to the letters concerning ICWA survive without ICWA (as we other stereotypes. It is difficult to those affected, shouldn't we in last week's FELIX. can probably survive without lots find many television series with close down all. special interest groups given any particular We feel that ICWA does of things, eg ICU!) but does say the hero a women engineer. status by the Union, including represent the views of women on ICWA help or hinder the .status, It does help to have an the postgraduate group and the Council since it holds general welfare and social life of women organisation where women can overseas students committee? meetings regularly (the next (and men). In discussing this get together on a social level to There clearly is a case for the being on Tuesday 4th March at question beware of being side- convince themselves that to be a retention of ICWA with its 1:00pm in the ICWA Lounge) tracked into merely discussing woman engineer or scientist present status — not because where relevant topics are what ICWA does or says at any does not make you any more of a without it women are weak but discussed and women's opinions particular point in time and freak than the next engineer or because with it we are stronger. I noted. Katy Tatchell and Kirsten whether it could have been done scientist. You can often get the hope that all women who want to Pratt are on Council to represent better. ICWA is always open to feeling that IC is still only just continue the battle to further Life Scientists' and Mathemat- constructive criticism. tolerating women (I need only enhance the status of women at icians' interests, whereas Many of the statements going mention Mines male only IC will attend the next ICWA Merche Clark is there specifi- around are gross misrepre- freshers' dinners as one exam- general meeting to plan the next cally to present women's issues. sentations of the truth. To take ple). For women to organise our stage of the campaign. There is also the possibility, in only one example1: the ICWA own social activities does Love future years, of there being no newsletter at the start of the year something to tip the balance women at all on Council, except advertised the German Measles back in our favour. (By the way, Mary Attenborough the ICWA President. campaign organised by the none of ICWA's social events Maths PG have ever been women only — it The point was raised that Health Centre, yet Fiona claims is in the ICWA constitution to women do not have the right to ICWA wanted nothing to do with encourage social intercourse Photo by Mickie. choose whether to be a member it. This startling piece of between men and women.) of ICWA or not. The same could deduction is based (I discovered) be said of the CCUs or even on somebody somewhere for- On the welfare side, the case ICU. The choice is over whether getting to take away some for ICWA is indisputable." On the leaflets given to them on this or not to take an active partvand issues of ensuring adequate unlike Opsoc and Ladies Rugby, subject. contraceptive advice, abortion no particular skills are required ICWA is an umbrella organ- facilities, in discussing security to enjoy the company of women. isation for any activities that against attack at College, ICWA We feel that our integration into women want to organise. ICWA has a clear role which it has College life has been helped by is presently going through a always played. Of course the existence of ICWA, and difficult transition period in that individual women can raise these although many women are able many of the traditional functions issues, but a particular organ- to get on in the College it organised, such as the Ball, isation or individual (eg, ICWA atmosphere, ICWA is present to have ceased to be widely President) is needed whose job it benefit the minority who cannot. appreciated but not enough is to look into these issues. Yours sincerely people have yet injected new To those who argue that the Celia Martin ideas for social activities. Despite existence of ICWA hinders the Lorraine Elston this there have, this year, been a progress of women because we Maths 3 very successful Freshers Tea, admit to not being able to Christmas Debate and a Bar manage as individuals, I will just Night, to say nothing of various ask two questions. Margaret smaller events (trips to the Dear Colin Thatcher is Prime Minister, theatre and to self defence simultaneously nursery educa- There appears to be a The FELIX Editor taking it easy in classes). tion and facilities are being cut. misunderstanding around the St Stephen's Hospital last Tuesday Has, therefore, an individual arguments for the retention of Returning to the question, night. (See News In Brief story on woman's success helped or Imperial College Women's does ICWA help or hinder? facing page.) Association. Fiona Sinclair Firstly, it is not just because hindered the progress of women (FELIX 544) has said that women women are a minority that they as a whole? Secondly, if it is true "can get on in a minority". I have some common interests that the way to solve the problem agree, clearly women can and problems. The problem is of stereotyping women's roles

Dear Sir Dear Colin passed. It would have been to hear what Bernard is trying to It is my deepest regret to Re Bernard Smith's letter on further evidence, to them, that say, his first sentence in the inform you that my opinion of student grants and education IC students are self-centred and second paragraph makes little the weekly Imperial College cuts. The grants motion wa% uninterested in students in sense. I agree that the means test student newspaper FELIX has inferring that London students general. should be abolished and that all been rapidly deteriorating. I should get an increased grant We should be concentrating students should get increased discovered very little from the in relation to provincial students. more on the effects of the real grants to take account of issues of the past six months This, I believe, is a selfish attitude cuts in education. Bernard has inflation, but surely at the apart from a few pictures since we know the government is stated that we are opposing cuts moment the most important which are designed to provoke cutting back on education in the 'increases of educational issue must be cuts in education. sexual excitement. Is this expenditure and the only way we expenditure'. This is a fallacy. Mr We must oppose them fully and suggesting the existence of a could get an increase is at the John Smith, the College secre- effectively, otherwise the probable room for improvement, expense of provincial students. tary, has said that over the next education system in this country or is this a direct reflection of the Since attempts have been made four years the College grant may will degenerate rapidly. quality of thinking among the to single out London University, drop from £30m to £27m. In no Yours sincerely students of a so-called highly and in particular Imperial College way can this be called a cut in Andy Nicoiaou recognised academic establish- as a 'special case' it would have proposed 'increases'. EE3 ment. further isolated us from the rest As far as the means test is A postgraduate of the student population, if concerned, I would be interested Physics Dept

2 NEWS IN BRIEF

Overseas Students Committee, as| FELIX FELLAH FALLS is the International Evening which NURSERY EDUCATION? FRACTURING FOOT is to be held in the JCR tonight. FIASCO Various parts of universities are being given the evil eye as part of Thursday 19th February, London: INTERNATIONAL FAIR the cuts, and university nurseries Today at 12:30pm, FELIX Editor, The International Fair was and creches have not escaped. Colin Palmer, while heroically organised as part of International Previous University Grants chasing a police car in search of Week by the Overseas Students Committee (UGC) policy recom- news, fell and severely fractured Committee. There were many stalls mended that universities should not (and dislocated) his foot. around the JCR on Wednesday subsidise creches or nurseries for After a cursory inspection at the afternoon, most of which had students and staff with young health centre, Colin was rushed by colourful displays, and books and children with money from public ambulance to St Stephens's hospital. leaflets available. The majority of the funds. A directive from the UGC A doctor there rapidly diagnosed overseas societies present supplied to all universities now alters this the trouble and sent him up to the regional food and drinks. recommendation to an instruction, X-ray unit. (Mild concussion was There were two films on Greece with 1st August 1980 as a cut-off also suspected, but later discounted and one on Dakar, Senegal. And date at the latest. Yet only in when the hospital staff discovered there was also folk-dancing. January, UGC Chairman, Dr that he always acts that way.) Several other societies, mostly Edward Parkes, defended university This first set of X-rays however, religious, also supported this event. autonomy and told MPs that the puzzled the radiographer and a There was also a VSO (Voluntary UGC "bends over backwards" not to This photo by Steve Groves was second set had to be taken. Even Service Overseas) stall, and a instruct universities how to spend taken last Saturday, outside then the problem was not solved and collection for WUS scholarship. their money. Of course, not all a specialist had to be called in. It was Harrods, on the RCSU rag This event ws not as well attended the money a university receives is at this point that Colin realised to event. A report appears on page as it should have been considering from public funds. And some of a quote: "It's not just a sprained ankle!" 4 but, we can add that about the effort these societies had put in. nursery's costs are covered by Doctors then decided that the £140 was raised. fees. But many universities will be fracture would have to be mani- FALSE ALARM affected by this directive, whilst pulated and an operating theatre was probably not saving much money A false alarm at the College swiftly made ready. In preparation a OVERSEAS STUDENTS from it. Birmingham, for one, is branch of the National Westminster local anaesthetic was administered in WEEK expecting to close down its nursery, bank on Tuesday brought police conjunction with a tourniquet above A voluntary service overseas on making a saving of about £5,000 rushing to College thinking there the knee. All the while, Colin was Monday night followed by a discus- out of a total annual income of A/as a hold-up. According to the taking dozens of pictures . . . sion heralded the start of Overseas over £66 million. police, the alarm, which is triggered selflessly thinking of news for FELIX. Student Week at Imperial. The f there is an attempted hold-up; In most universities this directive After major surgery had been debate on Tuesday about the vas set off by a short-circuit in the will affect both students and staff completed, a few more X-rays were motion "This House believes that 3PO line connecting the alarm at alike and women in particular, taken for the hospital archives Western nations hinder the progress he bank to the police station. meaning that they are left with two because of the 'unusual' nature of the of the developing nations" was options: not to come (back) to injury. It turned out that Colin's attended by NUS President, Trevor university or to find some other, fracture approximated to a Les Phillips, who spoke for the motion, FARE INCREASES almost certainly much less con- Franc fracture, a common discom- and was opposed by Martin Stevens, The fares on the coaches to venient, nursery facility. Some fear fiture during the Napoleonic wars, Conservative MP for Fulham. The and from Harlington are being in many cases the decision will be when soldiers frequently had gun motion was carried, but without raised to £1.00 (an increase of 40p) the former. carriages ride over their feet. speeches from the floor due to lack from the start of the next session. of time. Colin will have to stay in hospital This was decided by the Athletic for 48-72 hours until the swelling has Both of these events and the Clubs Committee, with agreement subsided. Then he will be in Dlaster International Fair on Wednesday in from the clubs, in the preparation BOLLARDS AND for between six to eight weeks and the JCR were organised by the for next year's estimates. will also be on crutches. PAVING STONES The repairing and construction (see picture left) works beside Southside are nearing completion. The work, which started JEZEBEL GOES TO THE just over a month ago, involves putting a dozen concrete bollards PARK and three wooden benches along the The finish of the Pancake Race edge of the pavement by Prince's did not see the end of the wetness. Gardens. One of the reasons for A heavy overloaded 1916 Dennis putting in the bollards is to prevent fire engine (Jez to her chums) sped cars from parking on the pavement, to the site of an alleged fire. which not only cause inconvenience Bravely ignoring the 'No Unauthor- but also cracks the paving stones — a ised Entrance" signs, she was number of which the College brought to rest on the far side of workman have had to replace in the the Serpentine. After a brief hiatus, past due to cars parking on them. the fire fighting equipment was run out, the suction hose placed in the 'Serp' and ducks, drakes and THEFT FROM LADIES' rowing boats were soon scattered CHANGING ROOMS by salvoes from the newly restored On Thursday last week, two pump. A crowd gathered and youths were seen in the ladies' the police kept their distance changing rooms in the Union seemingly in silent admiration. Building. When disturbed by a It was only as things were being m>. nber of the Ladies' Boat Club, packed up that a representative of the two escaped across the Quad 'the establishment' stopped by, without being caught. It was later saying it was OK by him but please found that a small amount of ask next time. money had been taken from some- There was also a false alarm in one's pockets, but it is thought that I he vicinity of The Queens. Later Andy Smith, Secretary of the RCS Motor Club, holds the nozzle they had not been given sufficient that day a fire engine called by to during the first public showing of the capabilities of Jez, now time to take more than this. investigate. restored to 100% working order and ready for action.

3 Lots of people have already announced their intention of taking part in the Great imperial Rag Mag Selling Competition next weekend from Friday 29th February to Sunday 2nd March and hopefully there will be lots more. The basic idea is to go somewhere for the weekend, either on your own or in teams of up to four people, and sell as many Rag Mags as possible. There are izes for travelling the furthest, selling ine most Rag Mags, travelling in the most original manner and OK everyone, you can stop worrying seUing the most Rag Mags per hour about how bored you'll be on 8th March, Remember you have to sell at least a because you're alj invited to . . . yes, a hundred to qualify, and the time limits are jelly and ice cream party! About fifty deaf from Friday lunchtime to Sunday evening children and various TV celebrities are when the bell rings in the Union Bar coming along for a Toss-the-Caber Entries must be in to Rae Snee, via your competition in Prince's Gardens, which VP or Soc Rep, by Monday 25th will be followed by tea in Southside, so if February. More detailed rules are in last you like children and silly games this is an week's FELIX or available from your soc event specially for you. It is a good reps. _ T v. chance to meet some of the children who will be receiving the phonic hearing aids which we've been collecting for this year, and the more people there the better so come along if you want a good Saturday afternoon.

RCS MINES on March 1st. Coaches leave 9:30am. As you all noticed in last week's We fed Camborne and we fed Camborne Supporters most welcome. Broadsheet, it's now RCS election time . . . What a fantastic weekend. That will go Question: What's the difference between (the papers come down tomorrow if you down in the annals of history as one of the an African elephant and Cuthbert?! want to stand). Next Thursday 28th most successful and enjoyable weekends February candidates for the President, the RSM has ever had. Many many thanks Vice President, Honorary Secretary, HJT must go to Pete 'Do you want to play on my and Academic Affairs Officer are required piano?' Newman who organised with CITY AND GUILDS to speak on why they want to be elected supreme efficiency the best of a hundred not Publicity Officers Log Guildsdate 80.02. and how they intend to run your Union. so sober miners, without losing any. (A A quick review of what has happened This Hustings Union General Meeting is write-up of the weekend appears during the last week. Last Friday the extremely important and since these ' somewhere else in this issue of FELIX.) Valentines Party was a great success with people will directly influence your life in By the time of printing some definite the JCR being packed to capacity with the Royal College of Science I would course will be taken over the future of everybody celebrating the day in the advise you strongly to come to Physics , freshers' dinners. Depending on the results appropriate manner. The Pedal car Race Lecture Theatre 1 at 12:45pm. The voting from the Gen Comm last Tuesday I will on the same day was also quite fun. Many takes place on Monday 3rd March by propose some sort of change. congratulations to the ladies' team for paper ballot using the single transferable This Sunday sees the RSM Soccer Sixes. winning the ladies competition and also to vote system. Anybody who wishes to enter a team must everybody who turned up to help. This Onto the subject of Rag and the see Steve Hinde or Dave Everett (Min Geol week saw the Field Cup with many pints Valentines Rag Stunt managed to attract 3 or Min 2 respectively). TODAY should being drunk, I still want to know if fifteen people, two of whom were too prove to be another excellent day out at anybody got a plastic inflatable person. tired to collect anything at all, but still Hariington. The results are as follows: staggered down to Harrods clutching a We are coming to the time of year - 1st: Team W — ARBS 1st team wtih virgin rag can to lend moral support to when we have to dig out our webbed feet 213.2 points/head. the rest of us. You may laugh, but at and hands for the Swimming Gala on 3rd 2nd: Team C — Barry's Boot Boys with least they made some effort whilst March. The prize for this is a large 204.7 points/head. everyone wallowed in the romantic beautiful shield which can be seen in the 3rd: Team R — Harry's Hermits with alcoholic warmth left from the Valentines *ICU Office. This year, with the help of 194.8 points/head. Party which had been organised for you you budding swimmers, it will hopefully The cup will be presented at the Guilds by some of the' people on the Rag Stunt. return to its rightful owners — the RSM. Election UGM on 11th March. Let's see a bit more involvement, even if Now as your representative on the , The events coming up are: it's only a morning standing outside Bookshop Committee, I ought to tell you Sunday 24th February THE GUILDS Harrods with a rag can. what RSM paraphenalia there is for you SOCCER SIXES. There is still time to get Anyway, Imperial College Rag has to buy: hand painted wall shields £5; RSM teams in to Giles Brereton in the Union adopted an RCS idea to sell Rag Mags. cufflinks £1.34; stickpins 25p; blazer Office or ME3. The coaches for the teams There is doubtless an article on the Great buttons, large 5p, small 4p; blazer and supporters will leave Beit Arch at Imperial Rag Race somewhere else in the embroidered badges £8.12; RSM full 10:30am. paper, but I'd just like to reiterate that it colours ties (silk) £3.22; RSM half colours Monday 25th February the election is open to every one of you. ties (silk) £3.22; RSM squares £1.91; KSM papers go up on the Guilds noticeboard. If you're going away next weekend see full colours squares £1.91; RSM sports the job descriptions have been published Rachel Snee, or ring int 4255 and put ribbon (for wrapping around boaters!) 19p in Guildsheet. But you can still come and your name down for the race. Take a pile a yard. see lis in the Office if you are considering of Rag Mags away and sell them. There Now if anyone wants to buy any of the standing. The papers will come down at are prizes for the most Rag Mags sold, above — you must produce your union 5:30pm on Friday 29th. the most sold per hour, the farthest card. If you are considering standing for distance travelled from IC and the most Well boys, many thanks for the support Publicity Officer remember that you will unusual method of travel. Let's bring all last weekend. have to write an article like this for FELIX these prizes to RCS and make sure the Cheers every week. Rag Mag makes a profit for the deaf Bernie Cheers children. PS: IMMINENT. Nottingham 6s and 7s Bryan

4 OUTLINE OF THE REPORT OF The main recommendations are: THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY 1. There should be an Engineering Authority, This would be for supportive roles in industry. INTO THE ENGINEERING set up by statute and funded by Government. The whole system would have many opportu- PROFESSION It would have about twenty members, most of nities for transfer and present engineers them being engineers, and would promote and would be registered in relation to the structure. Purpose: To review the requirements of strengthen engineering within the British There is a proposal for an extra £250 incentive British Industry for engineers (profession and industry and economy. The present Engineers' grant per year for B Eng/M Eng students. technical) and the satisfaction of those needs; Registration Board would be abolished and utilization of engineers; the role of engineering 4. Regional centres funded by the Engineering engineers would be registered through the institutions — and the usefulness of registration Authority should be set up to promote training. Authority. for engineers. Engineers should have a statutory right to paid 2. Registration would be voluntary but, leave for study. hopefully, industry will take the lead by making Investigation of British Industry, Engineer- 5. The Authority should initiate a programme it, "in effect, a licence to practice". A new code ing, and National Economic Needs. to promote the importance of engineers in of practice would be drawn up, a a breach of The report notes the following problems industry espcially aimed at employers. which may led to deregistration. (among others): many disappearing industries, Employers should review career and salary 3. There should be a three route course (to increasing import/export ratio, decreasing structures to improve incentives and should combat status problems and the previously share in world trade, low corporate profits, and support the training of young graduates. There mentioned problems; introduces training with a a corporate tendency to neglect exploring should be more exchanges between enginners "synthesis of technical, human, and financial markets before production. Conclusion: in industry and engineering teachers in order consideration" and the development of wider engineers and engineering (the "engineering that engineers can impart more knowledge to skills). dimension") must be better developed and the students and that teachers can keep up to utilized by industry in order to become more The totally new three-tier structure would be date with developments in industry. competitive with high-quality, high value-added introduced based on academic courses but 6. Schools should keep options open as long as goods. but requiring a programme of structure possible so that more students may be postgraduate training and experience. The three encouraged to enter engineering; mathematics Engineering Dimension Analysis tiers of registration are: and physics should be taught to the age of 1. Engineers lack the status and recognition 1. Registered Engineer (Diploma) R Eng (Dip) sixteen or later. More careers information afforded them in other countries; low salaries A four year undergraduate course leading to M should be provided to encourage students to and poor career prospects accompany the Eng followed by two years in industry gaining go into engineering. problem. experience. For top 25% of engineers, (those Overall, the Report emphasises that British showing "early potential for leadership in the 2. Corporations are reluctant or unable to Industry is declining and in order to regain a development of advanced technology or in the devote much money to developing new position in the international market, better management of engineering operations"). technologies necessary for competition (ie a quality goods, particularly manufacturing starved engineering dimension). 2. Registered Engineers R Eng goods, must be produced. This can only occur 3. Firms do not utilise engineers talents fully: A three to three and a half year undergraduate if more engineers are produced. The future most aren't advanced into upper management, course based on B Eng degree with appropriate engineer should have a commitment to lack of recognition for successes and failures, postgraduate training and experience lasting innovation and production and should have a innovation not encouraged. two years. This course is slightly more basic greater social standing. The quality of 4. The engineers dimension must include and geared more towards preparation for engineers and engineering teachers should be market analysis and interaction; it is not mainstream engineering work. improved in industry, and there should be detached from sales. 3. Registered Engineer (Associate) R Eng greater access to research and a greater 5. Supply of engineers is probably less than (Assoc) implementation of ideas and new develop- demand; shortage of technicians (engineers This would be mainly part-time and sandwich, ments. deployed as technicians); severe shortage of with HED sandwich and structured working Rick Woldenberg, John Passmore, Roger the well-qualified. experience leading to registration in five years. Stotesbury. AEW Nimrod Come and hear

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5 WHAT'S ON

FRIDAY 22nd FEBRUARY ASSOCIATED STUDIES PRESENT: FRIDAY 29th FEBRUARY IC CHRISTIAN UNION meet at 6:30pm in Christianity and the New Africa with Dr IC CHRISTIAN UNION at 6:30pm in the the Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate. John Newton, Superintendent of the West Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate. ENTS CONCERT: BERLIN and support at London Mission in the Read Theatre at 7:30pm in the Concert Hall. Tickets only 1:30pm. (Arranged by IC Methodist Soc.) SUNDAY 2nd MARCH £1. MET AND MAT SCI SOC LECTURE at MARCH OF THE SLOBS featuring Charlie ENTS DISCO Union Lower Lounge 8:00pm. 6:00pm in Mines G20. The Rev R Lancaster Parka and starring Albetos Y Los Paranoias Only 20p. talking about fireworks. and the Smirks at 7:30pm in the Great Hall. PARACHUTING COURSE INTRODUC- Tickets £1.75 (£1.25 in advance) and SU TORY TALK at 6:00pm in Elec Eng 403a. cards are required. Tickets available now MONDAY 25th FEBRUARY PHOTSOC LECTURE at 7:30pm in Sherfield from Ents Room, and RCS and Guilds Offices. EXPLORATION SOCIETY INFORMAL SCR on Using Electronic Flash by W H MEETING at 12:30pm in Southside Upper Chadwick with a practical demonstration Lounge. with two models. Bring your camera. TUESDAY 4th MARCH EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OPEN MEETING to MICROCOMPUTER CLUB presents a talk AUDIO SOC MEETING with a talk on discuss the future of ICU with/without NUS about FORTH by the owner in Maths 140 at digital recording techniques by Angus at 12:45pm in Union. (Committee please 7:00pm. MacKenzie. note: There will be a quick meeting at 12:30pm prompt prior to the open meeting.) WEDNESDAY 27th FEBRUARY COMMUNIST SOCIETY DISCUSSION on EXPLORATION SOCIETY FILM LIVE ON the Labour Party at 6.30pm in the ICWA FOREVER -OZE PARK at 6:00pm in Lounge. Biochem 302. FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOLK CLUB PRESENT: LES BARKER AND PUB HUNT at 7:00pm. Meet Stan's Bar. MRS ACKROYD at 8:00pm in the Lower MICROCOMPUTER CLUB OPEN D\Y Monday 3rd March Refectory. from 12:45pm to 3:00pm. FINNISTON AND THURSDAY 28th FEBRUARY THE FUTURE 2pm and 6pm TUESDAY 26th FEBRUARY STOIC TRANSMISSION at 1:00pm and PHOTSOC SHOP in the Old Darkroom 6:00pm. Includes News-Break. Mech. Eng. 220 between 12:30 and 1:30. MOPSOC LECTURE with DR A L Hodson See next week for MECH ENG SOC TALK on Manufacture Of (Univ of Leeds) on Cosmic Ray Air .full details and Page 5 High Speed Trains by Barry Cook of BR Showers - the key to free quarks? for synopsis of report. Engineering at 1:00pm in Mech Eng 542. GLIDING CLUB MEETING at 5:30pm in STOIC TRANSMISSION WITH MAGNUS Aero 254. PUKE at 1:00pm. GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY present a lecture FRIDAY 14th MARCH RIDING CLUB meet between 1:00pm and by Dr J W Norman, Photogeology Dep IC IC CHOIR CONCERT 2:00pm in Room 1110 (level 11) Elec Eng. on Straight And Impact Tectonics In Our KENSINGTON NEW TOWN HALL RAILWAY SOCIETY MEETING in Maths Solar System at 5:45pm (tea at 5:30pm). 8:00pm 340 at 5:40pm. Mr M Hanscomb will be ENTS FILM: American Graffiti in Maths 312 Tickets from Union Office speaking on Western Region Signalling. at 6:30pm. Entrance 30p.

RESULTS OF ICWA There was a great deal of confusion ICWA lounge but shall henceforth QUESTIONNAIRE over the difference between WIST (a endeavour to take advantage of them', As a result of the last ICWA general feminist group) and ICWA with 103 'It maybe another superfluous society meeting a questionnaire was given to all women not aware of the difference. In a but why not have such a nice women in college and 201 replies were space left for additional comments superfluous society'. received. 118 of these women felt they replies included 'uses ICWA to express Taking the comments as a whole 60 got enough entertainment at college' feminist views', 'ICWA is a form of women were generally in favour of the although only 60 took part in any CCU sexual discrimination and does little to continuation of ICWA, 50 were against activities. The only reason given for not further the cause of women at IC, 'Now and the remainder did not express any participating was that CCU activities that women are allowed in bars there is opinion. Can the needs of these 60 were childish and aimed at males. Over no need for a women's lounge.' women be ignored? half of the replies were received from Also 'Disband ICWA and incorporate Debbie James women not in college accomodation WIST with GAYSOC. Stop wasting FELIX acting Editor writes; and 18 of these said they felt the need of paper and my time', 'Some of the women The interpretation of the replies to the extra contact with other women. presently involved in ICWA are questionnaire was hotly disputed at the 60 women had previously attended obsessed with men being dominant', last Union General Meeting. ICWA functions and of those who had 'men-hating sexist organisation'. ROGER CHAPPELL, vice-captain o not the majority cited lack of publicity, The most obvious results from the the IC Rugby club, was elected Mr. ICWA for 66/67 at the Icwa party last money or time as their reason for not anti-ICWA comments showed women VJ attending. week. were unaware of the meaning of u. The competition for the post had been Bad publicity for ICWA functions and feminism and a desire to prevent any intense. In his canvassing Richard amenities does appear to be a feminists taking an active position in Jackson even went to the extent of sending Valentine cards to all the considerable problem; 28 women did ICWA members of the ICWA corridor in Beit not know where the ICWA lounge is Amongst the comments in favour of Hall. situated and 130 women were unaware ICWA there were 'women at IC are a The party was, however, marred by the irresponsible behaviour of a of all the amenities available to them oppressed', 'I do think ICWA is a number of 'gentlemen' attracted by e.g.coffee, newspapers, typewriter. valuable institution','! feel it serves a the free beer on tap. Many seemed lo 8 be celebrating the IC Rugby team's 83 women said they would be willing purpose', 'There is a need for such a victory to get to the final of the to participate in new ICWA events like non-feminist women's group in such a Gutteridge Cup. theatre trips, courses, squash ladders if male dominated college',Td like to see ICWA President had some difficult y in they were organised and 43 women said ICWA propitiated in college. I wasn't controlling the mob, with little assistance from the student officers they would be willing to help organise. aware of the amenities available in the present.

6 ICU EXEC ARTICLI / WAS THERE NOT JUST A SEC? CHRIS FOX — 1980 Next week is packed with dates for your diary: So there I was and in he walked. I was COUNCIL PROWLER SEEN AGAIN surprised to find that Ted Heath looked On Monday night the Rector, Lord Flowers, is just like he does in his photographs, only our guest at the Council Meeting. This is a The rape alarm in the Union ladies' toilets he was shorter than expected. customary arrangement which gives members was set off at 5:30 last Wednesday by a After the usual preliminaries, I handed a chance to put their views to him. As always woman who had been disturbed by a man over the 1,750+ student signatures and anyone may observe. It begins at 6:00pm in the with a similar description to the prowler the 273 staff ones (wh'ch particularly SCR. seen here in previous years. The police were EGM impressed him). I then told how the called in, but arrived too late to catch him. There are five motions tabled for the EGM on present Government's policy on overseas His description is negro, about six foot Tuesday. These will be printed on a couple of five, very broad, short hair, aged between students would: sheets of A4 and circulated around College on (a) Affect Imperial College — The Friday and Monday. The motions are: twenty-five and thirty. reduction in number of overseas Police and Dossers; Olympic Games; Lecturing Anyone seeing anyone of this appearance students, the massive reduction in the Standards; NUS Referendum; University should contact me or someone else in the College grant, and the potential loss in Nurseries. Union Office (or in the evenings someone expertise, eg, Abdus Salam (a signatory REFECTORIES working in the Bar) IMMEDIATELY. of the petition) was an overseas FoNowing the open letter to Dr R C Schroter Malcolm Brain student. (published in FELIX last week) the Union refectory reps have been invited to speak to (b) Affect The Country — The general him on Tuesday at 3:30pm. effects and the fact that overseas Imperial and may, as a Council member, sit on FINNISTON various committees to represent ICU. students don't cost as much as the Sir Monty Finniston will speak at College on 9. To communicate campaign policies and elections of Government says. Monday 3rd March at 2:00pm in Mech Eng ICU and the respective CCU to departmental members. (c) Affect The Overseas Students — 220. Later the same day, at 6:00pm, there will 10. To sit on the Academic Affairs Committees of The WUS report which shows how be an open discussion on the educational ICU and their CCU. To sit on general committees of the distribution of applications has aspects of the report. their respective CCU. To sit on Engineering Board, if changed, the Third World being ELECTIONS representing a Guilds department. Should attend reduced greatly. 1. SABBATICALS Union General Meetings. 11. To take an active part in the introduction of In reply the Right Hon E Heath OBE Papers for the posts of President, Secretary, Deputy President and FELIX Editor will remain students to IC and their departments. MP said that he agreed with me, that the 12. To take an active part in the interviewing system up in the Lower Lounge for one more week. of prospective students. Government was 'short sighted' on this 2. DEPARTMENTAL REPS 3. OFFICERS issue, that other backbench Conservative It is now time to elect successors to your The officers of the Union for next year are MPs agreed with him and he thought that departmental representatives. Papers will be elected at the Results UGM, on Thursday 13th going up on Monday morning in your department they might be able to make some changes March. If you wish to stand for UGM in the proposed legislation. He concluded for fourteen College days. If you wish to stand, Chairman, Academic Affairs Officer, External by saying that the petition (the first he and let me say it is a most worthwhile job, Affairs Officer, Welfare Officer, Community had received) was a good way of getting please see the present holder of the post and Action Group Chairman, Rag Chairman or read the following job description. things started. ULU Representative do come and see me for a DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE What happened may or may not job description. And also see the present 1. A departmental representative primarily exists to holder of the post. Papers go up on Thursday significantly change the course of history, represent the views of the student members of the 28th February, and remain up for eight days. but of all the protests, etc, we have department. 4. Two resignations mean we have two posts organised I feel it must rank as one of the 2. To ensure democratic elections of Academic and Social Reps, following AAC recommendation, for vacant. If you wish to be Welfare Officer or most successful. each year in the department and to liaise with the Community Action Group Chairman put your Phil Cole and the other members of the Postgraduate Affairs Officer over election of name up on the noticeboard. Papers come postgraduate departmental rep. Cuts Committee along with External down on Monday 3rd March. Affairs will be organising a conference of 3. To take an interest in all areas of concern to students in the department, most particularly those BALLOT BOXES various bodies involved in education, concerning the academic, social and tutoring We need people to man the ballot boxes on which will be discussing the more broad arrangements for that department and to coordinate Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th March (the aspects of the cuts. The provisional date the writing of the department's Alternative Prospectus dates of the College-wide sabbatical elections). entry. for this is 15th March. You will be paid £1.00 an hour. See Jen, the 4. To coordinate the academic and social repre- Union Administrator, to put your name down. SURVEY ON ACCOMMODATION sentatives holding regular open meetings, publicised RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS You lucky 10% will have received your whenever possible, with both groups in order to better understand the academic problems and social needs We have two new arrangements. One with the questionnaire from Michael Arthur, if of the department. New University of Ulster and the other with you've not filled it in please do so as the 5. To organise the student side of the staff student Tufts in London (41-42 Stanhope Gardens). info from this is needed vitally. Fill it in committee. To ensure that all problems relevant to Tufts University is an institution based in and hand it in! that committee are discussed thereon. To take Boston which runs a programme in London for maters not necessarily the concern of the staff its third year undergraduates. They have about As you may be aware there is a motion student committee up directly with whatever other forty male and female students here at any one being proposed at a UGM next Tuesday person or body may be concerned. To make certain time. They will now be able to join in our calling for a referendum on NUS minutes are posted within the department and one SSC is held a term. College life, if they wish. Affiliation. Please do make every effort to 6. To attempt to ensure proper study facilities and FINALLY come to the meeting and hear me speak socil facilities in the department. Thanks go to the Chinese Society for a lovely against it. 7. To attempt to stimulate interest in the department evening to celebrate their new year and Abdus in all academic and social matters and questions of a So there I was, couldn't see the match, wider educational matter. Salam for giving us the best lecture I have ever but the scoreboard . . . and I was there. 8. To sit on ICU Council, taking an interest in all seen. Chris areas of concern to the Union and students at Roger Stotesbury EGM THIS TUESDAY 1PM GREAT HALL TO DISCUSS BUSINESS LEFT OVER FROM THE LAST MEETING AND A MOTION PROPOSING A REFERENDUM ON NUS AFFILIATION. CAMBORNE FEBRUARY 1980 On the morning of Friday 15th February, ninety-seven Miners of the post. Tom's hat-trick goal came from an impossible angle congregated in the front entrance of Mines for the biannual trip on the by-line after a good chasing run. down to Camborne. Amidst the expressions, were the solemn In the last few minutes a rare Camborne attack, due to our worried look of the players to the exuberant cheeful look of the full-back being injured, gave them a consolation goal to make supporters. The coaches departed at 10:00am, one to the the final score 6-3. familiar sound of Swan cans opening, the other to the quietness Most of the play was in midfield where the ball was being dug of Steve Gatley's Poker Ring. Three stops were endured on the out of the pitch. This brought down the standard of both teams, eight hour journey and at one in particular, Messrs Pryor and though on good ground it would have been too easy for us. Flectcher 'commandeered* two female hitchhikers to accompany The keen second team players that filled the gaps, Iain House the supporters coach, much to the chagrin of the players, and and Stewart Briqqs. and also Ian Stevenson from IC fitted in Mr Hofmeyr in particular. very well with Ian and Tom competing for man-of-the-match Arrival in Camborne at 6:00pm, realised the ineptitude of the The game was really made by the many supporters who Camborne School of Mines organisational capabilities. After raised the standard of both teams on a difficult surface. checking in at the many hotels dotted around Camborne, a few The hockey started immediately afterwards, and with plenty of of us trooped off to the well-endowed leisure centre to watch support from the touchlines, RSM soon took the lead. With the badminton, squash and table tennis tournaments. Following Generals Steve Gatley and Ian Crowe in midfield, RSM never an eight hour coach journey, none of our players felt fighting fit, lost control of the game. Myself not being an expert at hockey, I but nevertheless put up a great performance. Their badminton could not detail amongst the swinging sticks, who in fact were team ran ours to a close second (5-0), while the table tennis, the scorers. We won comfortably 4-1 and congratulations go to under the leadership of General Julian 'Broken Finger' Norley, Mike Langley who survived the match without a cigarette. crushed their opponents 8-2. The squash was a close run affair with Camborne pipping us at the post 3-2, even though we won first and second places with love games through Dirk 'Bogart' Remijse and Ian Stevenson. We all then retired to the Tyacks Hotel where there was a disco with an accompanying sign 'No Dancing Allowed'! Many hours later we all retired, looking forward to beating Camborne on the morrow; little did we know! Saturday dawned, bright and sunny, a vast difference from the corresponding time two years previously. Camborne then informed us that the football would be at 10:30am instead of hockey and the hockey would then be on an all weather pitch. Thus there was a mad scramble to find braining shoes. Camborne being one of the most important football matches of the season, meant that the Mines first team had to stay in their hotel on the Friday night previous to the match, this was just as well since the bar didn't close until 1:00pm, and most We now had one hour until the start of the Bottle Match. This people drank too much. was plenty of time to stock up on the food and alcoholic stakes. Morning came with us finding that Camborne played on what The Bottle, which stands behind the Union Bar, has been played resembled a pile of manure. Both sides found it very difficult to for between RSM and CSM since 1945, although this contest play on six inches of mud, especially since the ball didn't bounce originally started in the 1920s. or roll. The wings had quite firm ground with grass on, and The rivalry between the only two School of Mines in the consequently most attacks came from this direction. country is intense and most of the prestige of the weekend and Mines went ahead through Tom Hanke straight after the kick- of the successive year lies in the winning of the Bottle. off, with Camborne equalising a few minutes later. From then Kick-off was due at 3:00pm. Westward Television were there until the second half the Camborne goal came under constant and so was our resident reporter in Cornwall; Colin 'Cheers' pressure. Ian .Stevenson put us 2-1 up with a tremendous left Palmer. The two teams came onto the field to an enormous roar foot drive from twenty yards out to the bottom left-hand post. from the 300+ crowd. RSM immediately took control and after Later Si'.kri Yahya made it 3-1 with some neat footwork in the fifteen minutes, Bryan Mecklenbergh charged down a kick, fell penalty area. Camborne then had another attack, where in a on the ball and scored. Five minutes later, RSM won a scrum on puddle; the Camborne player and Stewart Briggs fell over each their ten yard line, Dave Rhodes received the ball, and other, with a penalty the decision. That made it 3-2. Until half- proceeded to make one of the most incredible breaks I've ever time the Camborne keeper made some good saves to keep the seen in a rugby match. After sidestepping six men, he passed to score down. Andy Lewis who tripped and dived a full ten yards over the line The second half started with Mines under pressure for five in the corner. The game remained in the Camborne half with minutes, which then broke with a good move down the left wing constant pressure from the RSM forwards and with beautiful with Tom Hanke slotting in our fourth goal. Sukri made it 5-2 probing kicks from Dave Rhodes. The next try came from a with an 'Archies' opportunists goal from outside the box. Later scrum on the twenty-five. By making use of a well-rehearsed our keeper Mick Redwood brilliantly saved a penalty at the foot move in the centres, Paul Atherley on the left wing had an overlap and scored; Keith Maynard converted. At half-time RSM were 14-0 in the lead. Immediately after the turn around. Maynard added a penalty and a short while later added a second (20-0). But in the true style of the Bottle match, Camborne did not give up and they did apply short bursts of pressure in the middle of the half. With time virtually gone, RSM launched an assault on the Camborne line. After one disallowed try, Dave Hofmeyr started to find a lot of room at the base of the scrum and eventually finished off a lovely move which was handled by many of the team. The final score stood at 24-0, the highest ever margin; the previous highest being 20-8 in 1938! Folowing a rather disorganised supper in the evening we duly celebrated in the bar, to pour onto the coaches at 12:30 and arrive bleary-eyed at South Kensington at 7:30am. I would like to thank all the players for their wonderful team efforts and thank all the supporters for the magnificent encouragement they gave to all teams. Thanks Bernard Pryor With football report by Steve Hinde. REVIEWS

Most of the plays follow the standard always have some business to attencj. to, pattern of Greek drama, viz, growing rather than the static Chorus which the conflict leading to a violent climax, in original production would have used, which actors charge offstage with vicious 2,000 years ago. Purists might say that a looking weapons and their victims stagger director should keep to the author's on bleeding. Only in the third evening, intentions and attempt to reproduce the "The Gods" do we encounter the deux ancient style of presentation; I suspect ex machina; in each of the last three that this would be extremely boring for a plays, a deity appears at the end of to modern audience. Perhaps drama has sort it all out. My heart went out to John "progressed" since 300BC, so that even Shrapnel, as Apollo, who has a very within classical forms and ancient texts, tongue-in-cheek speech at the end of "live" theatre can be created. In the usual "Orestes" and, since this follows the only style of the RSC, a dance was interjected comedy ("Helen") the audience are still at each of many points in the cycle, and rather giggly. In fact, the gods are treated the grand finale is a sequence of dances. as a joke throughout, especially the The amplified music irritated me a little at dumbe blonde Thetis, mother of Apollo, first, but by the end the recurring tunes who can twist Zeus around her little were growing on me. finger; Artemis and Aphrodite never Other reviews of this production have actually appear but get cursed a lot and concentrated on inferring a political Adapted from Euripides and other only Athena (Billie Whitelaw) wants to message, some anachronisms are intro- classical authors by John Barton and give the mortals a fair deal. Kenneth Cauander. Directed by John duced in order to relate the action tp the Barton. RSC, Aldwych. Billie Whitelaw also gave a fine modern world; the soldiers' uniforms are performance in the title role of "Andro- almost modern, and Orestes and friends mache", the most substantial play in "The use machine guns. But there is no single Gods". The difficult title role of "Elektra" political message. The use of an entirely This is an immense theatrical extrava- was played very forcefully by Lynn female chorus, and the large proportion ganza in three evenings, a compression, Dearth. of speeches from female characters, seem or distillation of the Iliad thrown in for Achilles, the "best warrior of the to give the production a "feminist" slant; good measure. You could try just the first Greeks", was played (by Mike Gwilym, but the message seems to be more about part before deciding to see the remainder, who also takes the part of Orestes) how the Greeks treated women than but buying tickets for all three saved me somewhere between the pansy depicted about women in modern society. There is twenty percent. Judging by the queue at by Shakespeare and the warrior of the not so much one message as one the box office, it's unlikey that you'll get a Iliad. After seeng his mother, one could viewpoint of the subjects, as framed by student standby ticket. only expect him to be pretty mixed-up. the selection of texts. The power of the While having no pretensions to a Achilles' slave Briseis (Jenny Lipman), the gods is played down, and the motivation classical education, your reviewer did not cause of his row with Agamemnon (John of human greed, jealousy and revenge is enter the Aldwych theatre without some Shrapnel) was one of the strongest minor shown clearly. Even the characters come previous ideas about the Trojan War and characters. In our opinion, the most to realise that the gods they worship are the Oresfeia. You cannot look in any outstanding actor was Edwin Richfield as really aspects of their own personalities; direction of modern literature and drama Talthybius, the man who gets all the dirty and that Athena (Wisdom) is the god to (not to mention Chaucer and Shakespeare) jobs like murdering unwanted children._ follow, rather than any other. without encountering a reflection of these The direction is thorough and imagin- Stongly recommended. ancient stories: T S Eliot, J P Sartre and ative, and more realistic than any ancient E O'Neill, to name but three, have production would have been. The Chorus reworked the Greek tragedies, and they Derrick Everett are also the basis of the fair proportion of opera texts ("La Belle Helene", "Elekra"). However, be not affrighted that this is a lot of high-brow culture; there's plenty of sex, violence, incest and buckets of blood. In fact, first-class family entertain- MIKE RUTHERFORD is mostly instrumental with some vocals in ment. SMALL CREEP'S DAY each section, sung by Noel McCalla. Although the text is not stilted, neither (Charisma) The second side is composed of five, is it as absurdly colloiquial as the recent separate tracks and opens with "Moon- TV dramatisation of the Orestia. In order shine"; a track which leaves the listener in to compress the plays, John Barton has Heralded by a sticker on the cover no doubt that this is by a member of cut most of the longer speeches and since which says: "A Genesis solo album; Mike Genesis. It's possibly the strongest track we are seeing a complete cycle, the Rutherford — Guitars". This is a superb on the album and reminds me oLa couple synopses are unnecessary at the start of offering, possibly the best of the 'splinter' of tracks on the last Genesis album ". . . albums recently produced by members each play. There is therefore only one and then there were three . . .". of Genesis (although Tony Banks' offering Prologue, a compilation of myths with The other tracks stand up well in this was as part of Brand X). which the Chorus (female throughout) set context, especially "Romani", which has a The first side is a continuous theme the scene. good melodic rhythm, yet rocks along, about, oddly enough, Small Creep's Day By seeing the full cycle, we see all the again very much in the Genesis style. The (inspired by the book of the same name loose ends of the individual plays tied similarity could be because the album is by Peter Currell Brown). One of the produced by David Hentchell, the same together, and therefore the stories you seven sections, "Working In Line" is the producer as Genesis use. already know are more understandable. new single, which has been getting a fair I think that this is certainly an excellent For example, it is easier to see why amount of airplay on IC Radio. The whole album, even the sleeve design, by Orestes carves up his mother with an axe piece of music hangs together very well, Hipgnosis, is very eye-catching. I have no if you know that she killed his father but each section is definitely different; hesitation in recommending this album to (Agamemnon), in turn because he had more so than the separate parts of the anyone; it's almost as good as a new (reluctantly) sacrificed his daughter Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". Genesis album. (Iphigenia) to the gods. It is, in fact, almost half an hour long, and Jeremy Nunns

9 5 REVIEWS I the two men confront each other and shining through in their own right. THE SORCERER after a comic interlude identify To give a synopsis of the plot, drawn Cheap! But that was only the price; themselves as long lost brothers. The from the comprehensive programme that one should also have seen a perfor- casting here was questionable; might not notes, the opera centres on the betrothal mance of Cox And Box in the same the stronger voice of Sgt Bouncer, the and marriage of a young couple who evening, made it all even better. Undoubt- landlord, have been paired with one of subsequently take it upon themselves to edly, there were rough edges and the brothers, to prevent the rather one- make the inhabitants of their village a mistakes in both productions, but all in all sided duets that the brothers sang? party to their own good fortune. To this it was an enjoyable evening and represen- On the other hand The Sorcerer, the end they acquire the services of J Wells tative of the standard of the Arts at IC. main event, involved a cast of some forty- and Co, Family Sorcerers, with unfortun- By way of explanation, Cox And Box was three people and was presented by ate consequences, but (sigh of relief) a presented by Imperial Opera, a new Opsoc. with the well-constructed set, the happy ending. society whose members are not at stage in the Union Concert Hall was a Lars Wernberq-Moller College, but have links with Opsoc (IC little too small for the chorus of villagers, Operatic Society), which is confusing, but who had to cram themselves into the side they like to maintain the distinction. The of the stage to leave room for the main opera concerns two lodgers who both characters, but for all that, the singing occupy the same room, but are unaware was clear and unified and the acting of the fact, as one works in the daytime above reproach. It was to the orchestra's and the other at night. The landlord (the credit that during the performance they third and final character) cashes in until played as accompanists, rather than

PHOENIX HAS RISEN destroy the story since it does not really bear comparison with his later work. If literature is the reflection of life as we However, the story does stand up by itself live it, then this new, and excellently and is most definitely worth reading to see produced, edition of Phoenix articulates how Wells later developed the ideas which the lives of many of us at this College, he had as a student in this College. and, I would suspect the lives of many in The story is illustrated by modern black forced by conventions, unperceived by this country. It is unfortunate but true, and white drawings and are of a high quality, himself to follow a particular path. that most student literary efforts are especially that facing the opening page of If the picture I have painted appears elliptical to the point of obscurity, mainly, the story by Ian Wieczorek. The general gloomy, it is not meant to be, but I see no I would suspect, to hide a fundamental standard of illustration in The Phoenix is point in writing romantic nonsense which lack of imagination. This is definitely not high; there are two 'strip' cartoons, one in cannot relate to people's lives. In the case with The Phoenix. Steve modern style, which I did not care for producing this edition of The Phoenix, Marshall and his dedicated band ot particularly. The other is in 'Victorian' style Steve Marshall has attempted to say helpers have produced a journal (for want and contains pastiches in words and something about the way we live, in this of a better word), the articles of which drawings of the secret thoughts of people in college in particular and in this country are in the main very readable and a Victorian village, presumably inspired by (and America?) in general. He is to be understandable. There were two or Under Milk Wood. congratulated in unearthing a-collection of three which I could not follow — the fault The theme which is prominent through- writers and artists who are able to probably being my own. out the whole journal appears to be a express, simply and with a considerable Before I come to the main subject of description of the lack of basic human amount of imagination, ideas about the this review, the way some articles reflect contact in life today, which, ironically way we live. I disagree profoundly with life in this College, I will give an all too includes being part of a crowd. This theme is Macbeth's view that "life is full of sound brief account of some of the other especially epitomised by Ian Holliday's and fury, signifying nothing", but we do contents, in order to give a flavour of the cartoon 'Southside First Week', Ian need to know where we are going and whole. Both Steve Marshall and Mark Wieczorek's poem 'So Different' and K C these works in The Phoenix express quite Smith have spent considerable time in the Mann's brilliant short evocation 'There Has clearly that we do not know, it is up to us afthives researching the past issues of Never Been Anyone Famous Called to try and find out. Phoenix, and have reprinted, quite Trevor'. If there is any one in this College Frank James justifably, some otherwise unknown who says he cannot feel any sympathy for material. There is a selection of writing 'Trevor', then he is either a liar, very lucky, from past editorials, reporting on such or Trevor himself! I cannot do full justice to events as the closing of the old Union the story, but will simply say that it is a Building to how to write for The Phoenix. description of a man who fulfils all that is But, my favourite extract must, naturally, expected of him, sacrificing, in the process, be the account of SCC some quarter all hope of any deep personal relationship; century ago, when it forbad the formation but at the same time he does not perceive of the Methodist Society because it was that this is what he is doing. K C Mann has 'sectarian'! The real reason was that SCC not only constructed a tightly knit essay, but was becoming too large with the it is minutely observed, without becoming formation of new societies, and had, for tedious, and is tautly written. the sake of administrative efficiency, to be In relation to this theme — essentially of split up into the major subcommittees. the non-realisation of any purpose of life — Also reprinted, apparently for the first Ian Holliday's cartoon 'Southside First time is H G Wells' The Chronic Argonauts. Week' shows two students on opposite H G Wells, when he was a student at this sides of a wall, wondering if there is anybody College founded The Phoenix and there to be contacted. In the event of such published his early stories in it; he later contact existing then Ian Wieczorek's poem considered them so bad that he attempted "So Different" carries this to extremes and to destroy all back copies of The Phoenix, suggests that people become "one of the THE PHOENIX but as will be appreciated without total crowd", in other words people are not The magazine of success. As is pointed out this early story different. He illustrates this by suggesting Imperial College Union contains the embryo for both the Time that the "crowd" enforces its will on each From Bookshop, ICU & Machine and Invisible Man. In The Chronic individual "different you're not, sameness FELIX Offices Argonauts we see the genesis of Wells's exudes". This, it will be appreciated, returns prose style and also why he attempted to us to the character of 'Trevor', who is Price 20p

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WHEN YO GRADUATE, GET THE CREDIT YOU DESERVE. The credit you'll get from family of your ageing Levis with something and friends for passing your exams may more suitable for your first day at be very nice for the ego. work. But it won't pay the bills. Of course, to qualify for a graduate The credit you'll get from us, how- loan you'll have to meet a couple of ever; is designed to help you do just that conditions. We'll lend you up to £300 at a You'll need to have passed your preferential interest rate of 2Vi% over degree and have a firm job offer. Barclays Base Rate. Second, we're unlikely to be quite And we won't ask for a penny back this generous if throughout your student until three months have passed. career youVe proved an incorrigible (After that,you'll have to make repay- spendthrift ments over the following 12 months All you have to do is to have a word when you should have a regular income.) with the Student Business Officer at It'll help see you through that diffi- your local branch. cult period between degree and first He'll discuss the details of the salary cheque. When a lot of money loan with you and, when you move, seems to be going out and not much arrange the transfer of your account corning in. to the nearest Barclays branch to You might need it for a deposit on your new job or home. He can't help a flat To pay for a season you pass your finals. ticket Even, maybe, to BARCLAYS But he can help make finance the replacement life easier once you do. Barclays Bank Limited.Reg. No. 48839. Reg. Office: 54 Lombard Street, Ixmdon EC3P 3 AH. Abortion and V.D. is the title of the third in our series The Brighton Connection ... or made in conjunction with the Family Planning Association, which is especially aimed at students; you How to make a Radio Programme can hear it on Monday night at 11pm. from a Shoebox It is a (little known) fact that, next to a towel, a PERI AL shoebox is the most massively useful article that the Focus on Al Stewart - Sunday 5.00pm In Britain Galactic Hitch-hiker and radio presenter can carry with he's a "One-hit wonder" folk singer. In America he's the him. When not being converted for use as a shelter from COLLEGE successful singer - songwriter who has become a point of atomic fallout, or reconfigured as an easy-play piano to musical attention with critically and commercially while away the hours, it can be hastily re-arranged as a acclaimed albums that deftly combine the best elements drinks machine. Not surprisingly, the art of shoebox of folk, rock, and lyrical poetry to very good effect. conversion (or 'Advanced Footwear Receptable This Sunday's Focus brings into view both the man Utilisation* as it is known in the trendier parts of the and the music. It seeks the source of his inspiration and Galaxy) is one which is much sought after by the acolytes 301m / 999kHz Medium Wave looks at the numerous people that he has worked with, of true box-husbandry. from the early years of the late 60's folk scene, where he Now, for the first time, the age-old secrets of the trade made quite a reputable name for himself, to more recent I.C. Radio Top Twenty 18/2/80 are presented for one and all, as told by Marjac the lO^th, times, where he has enjoyed the success of albums such the reptilian master of shoebox manipulation from the i (1) Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers as "Year of the Cat" and "Time Passages". planet Box IL Tune in to the S & M show at 11 on 2 (-) The Ramones Baby I Love You . The programme follows Al Stewart's musical career Sunday mornings, and, armed with your trusty shoebox, 3 (15) Dave Edmunds - Singing the Blues and will include tracks from all eight of his albums, experience the thrill of creation as the shoebox is 4 (20) Cristina - Is that all there is? offering a rare opportunity to hear the progression in transformed beneath your hands into a telephone box, a 5 (2) The Flying Lizards - TV. music and refinement of songwriting, that took him (4) scale model of Margaret Thatcher, a combine harvester - 6 Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking at You fifteen years. (11) let your imagination run riot . . . 7 Joan Armatrading - Rosie 8 (3) I i I i I All this in the salubrious aural surroundings of the The Buggies - The Plastic Age 9 (-) S & M Show, with the 'Magic Roundabout', the Radio Squeeze - Another Nail in My Heart 10 (-) Vet, and so much more. Miss it at your peril. Rickie Lee Jones Easy Money 11 (-) Simon Milner (the one and only) Queen - Save Me 12 (6) P.S. Imperial College Radio can fake no responsibility for Blondie - Atomic 13 (5) death, wounding or other misfortune sustained whilst Lene Lovich - Angels 14 (R) wielding shoeboxes. The Jags - Woman's World 15 (13) Holly & the Italians - Tell that girl to shut up 16 (9) Barclay James Harvest - Love on the Line I Live in Stan's This Sunday between 17 (8) New Musik - Living by Numbers 8.30 and 11pm Sarah Talbot and Harvey Nadin 18 (7) The Silicon Teens - Judy in Disguise will be broadcasting live from Stan's Bar. 19 (16) The Specials - Too Much Too Young Come and join in the fun. 20 (-) Emerson Lake and Palmer Peter Gunn Photo by Jeremy Nunns

IC TENPIN BOWLING CLUB DEBATING SOCIETY On Sunday Bowling Club sent two This house believes that ICWA teams to Portsmouth to compete in serves a useful purpose the Portsmouth Quads tournament A captive, though due to the large size of (four man teams). the room, not an overflowing audience, attended the second in a series of weekly After a brush with the Law, involving debates being held by the society. The invisible no-entry signs, the A learn speakers on this occasion were Gwen Griffiths got to Portsmouth to find the B team and Mike Brown. already there and the lanes in good Gwen, who was proposing the motion, condition. claimed that to abolish ICWA would be a HAMSOC: TREASURE HUNT Six games later the A team had negative approach to the problems of the finsihed with a disappointing total association, and although very little is presently This is also an excellent way for the (only two players, Ray Cook and Brian being achieved, a change in the constitution chairman to get paralytic. Intrepid Radio MacGowan bowled above average). would enable members to enjoy more benefits that the association could provide. In Society drunkards will meet in Stan's Bar However the B team, led by the at 7:00pm on February 27th complete opposition to this, Mike put forward his view brilliant bowling of Tubby Woo and that ICWA had once served a useful function with two-metre transeivers if they've got Joe Ng, had already won the tourn- (when women first came to IC) but now this them (or not, if they haven't). Then the ament. The high point of their play purpose had disappered and ICWA is no fun starts. Russell, the Big Boss, will was an exceptional 821 four-man team longer able to communicate with its members. conceal himself in a pub within reasonable game with Tubby scoring 256 (the The motion was eventually defeated by a walking distance and we have to find him best bowled in the day) and 242 from convincing majority. by asking (over the air) simple yes or no Joe. Tubby took most of the personal Hopefully, future debates will be on the questions. If you think you might be prizes and the most important, the legalisation of cannabis, and euthanasia, interested in Hamsoc, why not come tournament trophy, will go in the publicity will be given at a later date. Everyone along? The 'competition' is for groups of Union Office with the one Edmond is welcome, and if you would like to speak please contact me, via my departmental letter people, with one transmitting amateur per and Tubby won for the Club at the rack. group. Brunei University Doubles Tournament Dave Londale Another event for this term is the last month at the Heathrow Airport Hamsoc Dinner. This will be held in the Bowl. IC SAILING CLUB 'Good Earth Restaurant' on Friday 7th We still have room for anyone Saturday saw IC sailing team's third March, and will cost a mere £4.35 drink interested in bowling in our Wednesday successive victory over Oxford Univer- excluded. Anyone who wants to go (and afternoon sessions at Tolworth, Surrey, sity. Two races were sailed in the it will be worth going to) give their names, leaving the entrance to Aero Eng extremely light winds. IC won the first and a one pound, nonreturnable deposit (opposite Beit Archway) at 2:30pm. race by a narrow margin of V4 points to Russell Whitworth, Elec Eng PG. He A Team: John Knight, Ray Cook, Tim taking first, third and fourth places will be up in the Shack on Wednesday. Hillyer, and Brian MacGowan. and several penalty points. On the night we will meet in the 'Chelsea B Team: Tubby Woo, Edmond Ng, The second race was won in Potter', a pub on the Kings Road at about Albert Wong and Joe Ng. convincing style with first, second and seven o'clock. Thanks to everyone for bowling and to third places at the finish. We hope to see you at both events, Tim for getting us there (despite 'non- Team: J Williams, D Coleshaw, J 73's endorsable' delays). Baxter, C Patterson, N Ajderian and G8RRD Brian Jill.

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At about 2:00am, the pedal broke again managed to finish it at 3:00pm on on the men's car and so the car was Saturday, twenty-four hours after it had 24hr PEDAL CAR RACE brought in for a lengthy pit stop whilst the begun, by a piece of surreptitious pushing pedal was virtually remade. This also gave and the judicious use of the remaining the team a welcome break and a chance (functional) pedal. In keeping with tradition, Guilds to get some sleep. So, all in all, a mixed twenty-four hours entered two teams in the National Meanwhile, the ladies had overtaken for Guilds. The ladies managed to Twenty-four hour Pedal Car Race, held the Marrey Ferguson team who were the become the National Ladies Pedal Car annually at Whitchurch Airfield, Bristol. early leaders, and were gradually Champions in the car which won the Two minibuses containing the teams, increasing their lead. men's race exactly ten years ago, whilst back-up crew and others, left College at At about 3:00am, the heavens opened the men were prevented from achieving 10:30am on Friday and arrived in Bristol and the track became a mudbath. the double bv a faulty pedal. at 2:00pm, one hour before the race was Anyone who went out in the car became due to start. After a couple of practice instantly covered in a thin layer of mud. laps it was discovered that one of the The rain continued until about 9:00am pedals on the men's car had almost and the intervening hours were very sheared off and so emergency repairs miserable. By this time, the members of were made to it. This problem caused a both teams were almost comatose, great deal of trouble throughout the race responding only to the cry of, "Oi, it's and was undoubtedly the reason why the your turn next" at intervals ot approx- men's team did not win their race, thus imately six minutes. Luckily, there were proving to Rolls Royce (the eventual no major mishaps during this rainy winners) that it should not need a £3,000 season, but almost as the last drops of car nor a research and development rain fell, misfortune (and Marrey budget of £90,000 to win the race. Ferguson) overtook the ladies' team when Unfortunately, the problem meant that the steering failed on their car. This the men's team started the race forty-five needed a lengthy pit stop to repair it, minutes late. The ladies' team also had causing the ladies to take the lead. mechanical problems at the start and they However, this piece of bad luck only started the race twenty minutes late. Until spurred them on to greater things and a about 10:00pm, the men had to make tremendous push by the ladies enabled regular pit stops in order to tighten their them to regain the lead which they Caroline Bird does her lap for the winning pedal up, but then, someone thought of maintined right to the end of the race. Guilds's ladies team. swopping the pedals round, solving the During this period, they. overtook even Mens: Alun Griffiths, Tony Heals, Ian problem for the next four hours. It was the leading men's teams on some of their Hodgson, Paul Makinson, Jon Stanley, about this time that some supporters laps. Dave Woollard, and Frank Rowsell and Mike Richardson (reserves). arrived in the form of Jamie, Bryan and The men's team, on the other hand, Ladies: Jo Armitage, Caroline T Bird, Mark, giving a boast in morale by their were not so fortunate. The pedal finally Polly Dunbreck, Ruth Hildebrand, Sara presence and a boast in speed by their broke beyond all repair thirty minutes pushing. before the end of the race, but they McGuiness, Mary Morrison, Sue Newson and SUP Ridd. HOCKEY ULU CUP — SEMI-FINAL he was to cause to the result of the match and the QMC players ego. JUDO QMC vs IC: 0 — 4 Poon Fook Loke, studying in CCD 3, lf£ fielding one of their strongest is a first choice player for his country On the weekend of the 16th an^ sides ever, progressed to the final of and plays weekly for one of the 17th of February the British Students the University of London Cup at the premier clubs in Europe, Southgate. Championships were held at Crystal expense of a strengthened QMC side. Playing against the Cowboys of QMC, Palace; comprising of the men's This will be the first time in seven he proceeded in the., first twenty with the womens individual champion- years that an IC side has reached the minutes to antagonise each and every with the women's individual champion- final and on this performance they one of the opponents by sheer skill. ships and team events being held stand a good chance of lifting the Cup The first goal was scored at the far simultaneously on the Sunday. as the climax of an otherwise average post by Johnson Afilaka following a On the Saturday in the under 60kg season. left sided move and shot by the category Owen Tulty of Imperial Despite various delays — late arrival veteran of the team Bob Middleton. College took the bronze in the of one player and the captain's kit not The second goal was set up by Poon - University Individual Championships being available — the IC side reached beating five players and releasing a and a bronze in the British Students Dytchleys in good time for the start. perfectly weighted pass to Graeme Individual Championships in the under They were met by a QMC side full of Forbes, to hit first time into the roof of 72kg category. confidence — the QMC team having the net. Acting Captain, Tony Debarr The Sunday started with the fireman 'imported' three star players from the scored the third with an accidental team championships and London Universities entered a team comprising UL team who had in turn brought cross which went into the net and the of O Tulty (IC), R Spencer (Chelsea along a coachload of supporters. fourth goal was scored from a penalty College), T O'Brien (IC), P Newman The quiet, conf'dent, carefree stroke by Chris Rielly after two IC (UC) and M Gannon (Middlesex approach of the IC side should have players had claimed that the ball had Hospital) who fought splendidly to win warned the QMC side of impending gone into the net following a shot. the event, being awarded gold medals disaster — the QMC side however IC thus netted four goals in a match and the Yukio Tani Vase. were too involved in an amazing they could have scored ten, but in cup Meanwhile in the British Students series of warm-up exercises in front of competitions it's the result that counts. Women's Individual Championships, their admiring supporters to notice IC now go on to the final in three Hazel McCullock of IC fought her way the warming-up routine of the IC weeks time quietly confident of through to the final to take the silver centre-half. success, which as in this performance award in the under 72kg category. The warming-up routine of this should come their way. small, quiet Malaysian player did T O'Brien nothing to indicate the ensuing havoc Phil Webb Physics 2

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IC WIN SOUTHERN Moysey faced seemingly insuperable . lengths to St Peters College, Oxford. UNIVERSITIES REGATTA FOR odds. One of the four entrants was a Ail in all we came away with SEVENTH YEAR RUNNING Thames Tradesman Elite sculler nineteen pint pots and two trophies, (representing the Royal Agricultural most of which were suitably wetted College). In the first race Pete led that night. Everyone who entered from the start but was pushed all the thoroughly enjoyed themselves except The men's senior squad had a clean way beating his Reading opponent by perhaps for the fact that the boat-

sweep at Reading last Saturday 1V2 lengths. He now had the Elite house ran out of beer by the time the winning the Championship Eights, the sculler in the final. Despite being a senior crews had won, possibly second eights and the Championship length down for most of the course his because the ladies crew finished Sculling. perserverance was rewarded when his earlier? The first eight disposed of two opponent faded in the home straight TEAMS Cambridge colleges, Emmanuel and and Pete sprinted through to win by First Eight: Tim Joslin, Steve Webb, Churchill, at little more than a firm six or seven lengths. Miles Fellows, Tony Reynolds, Chris paddle and then drew Reading, the Our extremely capable ladies crew Geary, Richard Fearnhead, John Urry, host crew, in the final. This was a were unfortunate enough to draw the Bill Bradbury and Steve Crampton. most exciting race in which the eight Cambridge University Womens first Second Eight: Bob Maddocks, Steve 3 came back from /4 length down and eight (the female equivalent of the Collier, Alastair Rowe, Pete Allen, Paul coolly' rowed through to win by a V4 Cambridge Blue Boat) in the first Gerrard, Chris Adams, Ed Hobhouse, length. This is the seventh consecutive round. Despite IC's aggressive rowing, Matt Pritchard and Ian Simpson. year that we have won this competition. Cambridge won easily and we had Ladies Eight: Liz Lindsay, Sara Gray, The second eight after a tough race only the consolation that Cambridge Angela Burgess, Jo Pearson, Ann with Oslar (Oxford medical students) destroyed all the other crews that they Toney, Gwen Griffiths, Nonie Ray, comfortably beat Emmanuel second raced in the competition. It seems Cathy Weir, and Bill Partridge. eight. In the final they met the unfair that CUWBC was allowed to Novice Eight: Pete Tebbutt, John defenders, Southampton first eight. enter when neither of the Blue boats Vedy, John Marsden, Stuart Allinson, After a disastrous start in this epic were allowed to, it would have been a Richard Redhead, John Marsden, race in which Southampton gained better competition without them. John Hargraves, Mark Agnew and clear water, our valiant second eight Our freshers novice eight lacked the Mark Canvin. rowed through them to win by a fitness and experience of the Oxbridge length. crews who row six days a week. In the Championship Sculls Pete Consequently they lost by a few S Crampton

IC started the second half Butler hit the posts! Another shot by ICFC as furiously as they ended the first. Phil Mills just crossed the goal line, Paul scored with a neatly taken half. but the referee thought it didn't and It took IC fourths 195 minutes to volley after two minutes, quickly he didn't count it! Finally, Guys scored qualify for the final of the cup against followed by Andy's first. Andy scored one more goal to make the final score KCH seconds. The first match was a again soon after having run through 4-2 to them. The score is rather heavy tense, hard-fought game which could most of their defence, and a few for IC, who had a super game and so easily have gone either way. In the minutes later Quentin was bundled would have certainly achieved a better first half, IC really dominated the over in their area for another penalty. result it they hadn't been so unlucky. game, pushing forward all the time, This time Neil Redmayne took a short Team: D Roberts, N Buckland, A creating several chances. Andy run-up (over 25 yards) and slammed it Butler, P Mills, N Last, P Thwaites, B Hartland scored from one of these and into the bottom right-hand corner. The Ashwin. Damian Nnochiri hit the post with a performance was rounded off by It was IC 2nds next, playing in the powerful shot from the edge of the Damian smashing one in from the second division against London area. The second half started badly for edge of the box and Andy getting his Hospital seconds. The opposition IC with KCH pushing forward strongly hat trick. The whole team was superb. started the game very aggressively through some good work from their Thanks to super linesman Melvin and they were 2-0 up by the end of midfield. Their pressure paid off after and hope to see all of IC. At Motspur the second quarter. In the third about ten minutes with them equalising Park on Saturday 15th March for the quarter we pulled ourselves together with a somewhat clumsy headed goal. final against LSE seconds. and we started playing much better. Urged on by this, they started to The squad: S Veats, N Morris, S Nigel Chapman and Phil Sinclair dominate, forcing Steve Veats to make Kaye, M Flynn, D Griffiths, S Sims, D stopped LH2 scoring and Bob Bradley some fine saves and Neil Morris to clear Nnochiri, R Dolan, A Hartland, P and Colin Butchelor organised our off the line. However, the defence stood Galvin, R Hawa, Q Merrit and D efforts midpool. Nick Ajderian passed firm and IC, once more, started Brannan. the ball to Pat Porter and he scored controlling the game, hitting the post our first goal. At the beginning of the and narrowly missing several times. WATER POLO final quarter, LH2 had a shot and the Extra time had to be played and the On Tuesday 12th February, IC had a ball stopped on the goal line, but the game ended in stalemate. couple of games for the ULU League. IC firsts, playing in the first division, referee counted it as a goal, being The replay started much the same as were the first to play against Guys under pressure from the LH supporters! the first match with a fiercely contested Hospital. Guys opened the score in Dimitri Papaconstantinou scored our battle in the midfield, but right from the the first quarter, but we equalised at second goal, after receiving the ball onset IC's determination and confid- the beginning of the second quarter, from John Heffernon, to make the final ence controlled the play. After five when Phil Thwaites passed the ball to score 3-2 to them. minutes Paul Galvin nipped in to score Barry Ashwin and his shot hit the base Team: B Bradley, P Sinclair, N from Andy's flick on and then started of the post and went in. Guys returned Ajderian, P Porter, J Hefferman, N the rout. IC threw themselves into to the attack and scored another goal, Chapman, D Papaconstantinou and C attack virtually pulverising KCH. Their but Barry equalised again with a Butchelor. keeper made several spectacular saves powerful shot from far away out. We would have produced better before Neil Redmayne got up to a However, Guys scored one more by results, if the referees hadn't been corner to head in. From the very next the end of the third quarter. At the markedly against us in both games. corner a KCH defender had to scoop final quarter, Barry awarded a penalty, Actually, one of them admitted later at the ball off the line from Richard but his shot hit the post and came the bar that LH2's shot didn't cross the Dolan's effort giving a penalty which out! We kept the pressure on and two goal line! was somehow saved by their keeper. more shots by Nick Last and Adrian Dimitri

15 BACK PAGE NEWS PANCAKE RACE TWENTY-FOUR HOUR Last Tuesday saw the annual IRONING ICWA Pancake Race in the Beit To raise money for their tour to Archway, which just happened Amsterdam members of Rag and to clash, yet again, with the IC Rugby Club organised a twenty- testing of the fire hoses. four hour ironing session. Visitors Again six women challenged to the Union Concert Hall were our heroic ICU Executive to six suprised to see hefty blokes leaning laps of the Quad. With frying iron in hands, dealing with the problems of 36B bras, shirts and pans in hand, watched on by curtains. three hundred, the race started On Wednesday night, nearly half just after 1:00pm. It was a close way through the ordeal FELIX race, which the Exec won by one asked Steve Gunn if anything short ICWA member's head. remarkable had happened. He Aferwards the teams dried off replied that there had been a pink and enjoyed pancakes. jump suit which changed shades of The pictures show the team pink on ironing. Also he told how members under attack. No effect Adam Warby had spilt Swan all was spared to inflict maximum over an unfortunate person's trousers. havoc. At intervals around the A delivery service was organised course fire hose testers squirted Photo by Steve Groves Photo by Steve .Groves to collect clothes from the halls the runners at close distance and houses. FELIX was told by with dustbinloads added for Above left: Roger Stotesbury charges around the Quad. Steve Townsend, team captain, extra effect. Above tight: Sean OWoyle about to hand over. that £300 was expected to be Lastly the match was refereed Below: Bob Holding, with the hose, Steve Masterman with the raised. by the Union Adminstrator, Jen dustbin, and John Afilka with the bucket, get Gwen Griffiths. STOIC Hardy-Smith, who replaced, at This week STOIC celebrated its Photo by Mickie Marsh short, notice, the hospital-bound tenth birthday, with two special Colin Palmer. programmes. EGM SOUTHSIDE SHOP The Great Hall on Tuesday The turnover in the Southside lunchtime will be the scene of the Shop has gone up by 40%. This UGM. Again IC's relationship to the follows the introduction of more NUS will be discussed A motion lines, at more competitive prices proposed calls for a referendum, the and in more economic quantities. only way ICU can reaffiHate. If the Pies and pasties are now on sale as motion is passed this would be at the well as frozen lines. Next week same time as the sabbatical elections, wine will also be on sale. ie Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th March. WEEKEND REFECTORY ; ARRANGEMENTS THE DEBATE LIVES ON Mr Mooney, refectory manager, After an action-packed forty told FELIX that the numbers using minutes of intense intellectual the refectory services at the combat, the house finally voted on weekend have continually decreased the motion "This house believes until it has now reached a point the Americans landing on the where it is no longer an economic moon was an afront to lunar outlet. To counteract this drain and rights". After numerous references to reduce our losses it is proposed to to 'Lunarians', The United Planets take the following steps: Universal Declaration on the Rights 1. Reduce the prices of the food of AD Beings' (UPUDRAB) and the served for the weekend only. 'Hen Gets One (Stone Henge) 2. Cut the number of staff to a Gravity Transmit Beam' the motion minimum which, while it may mean was finally passed convincingly. the customers wait a little longer, will PLEASE NOTE ENTS CONCERTS NEW ULU PRESIDENT save in the region of £25 per day. Candidates for Union IC Ents are presenting the heavy Nominations for next year's 3. Readjust the menu in the light of metal group Berlin, in the Concert posts are asked to have University of London Union Presi- current demand. Hall, tonight at 7:30pm. Tickets on dent closed on Wednesday with From the menus it will be noted their manifestos (300 sale at the door. On Sunday week only one candidate standing. that the prices have been reduced words and photograph) in (2nd March) another gig features As a result of this, it now looks between ten and fifteen percent. the FELIX Office by 5:30 The CharSe Parkas (the Afbertos). certain that Anna Clark, the This is in the Great Hall at 7:30pm. on Thursday 28th Feb- current President of Westfield RCSU Piano missing Tickets are £1.25 in advance and College, will be the sabbatical Any information on its whereabouts ruary or they will not be are available from the Ents, Guilds, President of ULU for the 1980/81 will be gratefully received by the published in FELIX. or RCS Union Offices. session. RCSU president, Sean O'Boyle. Colin Palmer is in hospital, so I have coordinated the FELIX is published by the Editor, on behalf of the production of this week's FELIX. I've enjoyed it immensely, Imperial College Union Publications Board. FELIX is but must thank all those who rallied round: Mark Smith, Ian, printed on the Union premises in Prince Consort Road, Maz, Tim Hiflyer, Mary Freeman, Lars Wernberg-Medler, London. SW7. Jeremy Nunns and IC Radio for some of the news. Editor: C R Palmer I hope you enjoy reading this week's FELIX and will want to FELIX ISSN 0140-0711. Registered at the Post Office, contribute to future editions. Copyright FELIX 1980. Now I must return to my job as Secretaryrthe challenge FELIX, the Editor of FELIX and Union Officers cannot over. accept liability in respect of errors of omissions Roger Stotesbury contained in articles herein. Acting FELIX Editor