Felix Issue 373, 1975

Founded in 1949 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION FREE! NO. 385 FRIDAY, 25TH APRIL, 1975 Watch Out! It's Big T! NO LICENCE AT THE recent NUS Annual Conference at Llandudno, Trevor Phillips, the current ICU President, was elected as one of the four vice-presidents of NUS. Trevor, who beat off his nearest rival for the post by a FOR IC RADIO substantial majority, will take IT WAS revealed last Tuesday that the Home Office will not be granting IC Radio a licence. up the job on August lst; it will thus run concurrently with Although this is a temporary setback, it is nevertheless a big disappointment to the IC Radio his ULU Presidency. team who have been awaiting the Home Office's reply to their request for a licence for several months. The refusal, which surprised many, was the result of a Lancaster students are thorough investigation of the More Trouble at Lancaster — angry at the severity of the system IC Radio proposed to tribunal's verdict and at a use. Their findings suggested meeting held on Wednesday that the system of several Five Students Expelled night decided to stage an separate transmitters, (initially academic strike to culminate one each on Weeks, Beit and FIVE STUDENTS, including the Union President, Dick Soper, with the NUS-sponsored Southside), each of which would have been expelled from Lancaster University for their part in National Demonstration in feed a number of small induction the 11-day occupation of the campus administrative block last Lancaster on Wednesday 30th loop aerials would cause too month. April, 1975. much radio interference on local ICU Council have passed a residents' sets. The signal Of the thirty-three students from this source would be originally charged, only three resolution supporting the suspended sentences . Lancaster students and will proportional to the seventh were cleared by the disciplinary power of the distance away The students involved are be asked at the next Council tribunal set up to adjudicate seeking legal advice and will from the source. their cases. Five others were meeting to make available be appealing to the three-iman resources to send students from A recommendation to IC suspended for a year, another appeals and equity committee. Radio to use a system employ- fifteen students were fined IC to the National demonstra- Those failing in their appeal tion in Lancaster. Anyone who ing a "leaky, co-axial cable" between £15 and £30, two were have the right of a second will be able to attend should as a suitable alternative has reprimanded, and a further hearing by Pro-Vice-Chancellor contact the President in the been made by the Home Office. three students given one year Professor Austin Woolrych. Union Office. This system would give rise to a cylindrical signal. Using a "co-axial, leaky MEL (Blazing Saddles) BROOKS AT IC cable" had been discussed by (Continued on back page) STOIC, the IC Student Television Service, managed to scoop the BBC and other media with their interview of Mel Brooks, the American film director, during the Easter vacation. Watch Out! Well-known as the director of the immensely successful satirical western "Blazing Saddles". Mr Brooks is in this country to promote his latest film "Young Frankenstein". He had the STOIC Studio It's Big P! in fits of laughter with his gags and antics. When asked why Young Frankenstein was filmed in black AT THE recent NUS Student and white, he replied "Somebody stole our crayons." Journalist Conference at Shef- Present in the studio when the interview was field, Paul Ekpenyong, next being recorded were reporters from the Kensington year's Editor of FELIX, was Post and LBC Radio. They were continually asking elected to die National Student how STOIC had managed to arrange it all and scoop Journalist Committee. the BBC who interviewed Mel Brooks the following The main function of the day, STOIC just smiled benignly. committee is to organise the The programme can be seen on STOIC next next Student Journalist Confer- Thursday at 1pm in the Union, JCR and Southside. It ence (which will be a three-day will also be showing on ILEA Channel 7 at 3.15pm event next year). Members of the same day. the committee are also expected (Photo by Neville Miles). to chair some of the conference debates. t FiLIX Michael Williams Press Distortion during the NUS. "But are you a marxist?" being able to define the parameters of Annual Conference'. "Yes" said Charles quite simply . respectable debate .The omission of just Later on the new President estirnated one issue from a discussion can often THROUGHOUT the five-day confer- that he was, politically speaking, to.the mean that the debate's conclusion wilt ernce, reports appeared every morning in left of Government minister Tony Bean, be* predictable." most of the national newspapers. Person- and that if there were further cuts in Gov- After seeing the distorted press cov- ally speaking I found it most disturbing ernment spending on education, then stu- erage given to this conference, I am to find that many of the reports (and in dent militancy on the campus might well inclined to agree. particular those appearing in the Tele- increase . It would appear that that was graph, the Mirror, the Express and the all the Press wanted to hear for the fol- Mail) lacked any kind of real perspective lowing morning, most of the nationals concerning the fundamental issues being talked sensationally about the NUS being As you will see, this issue contains debated and the wide ranging spectrum in the hands of a left-wing extremist who an inserted advertisement from Endsleigh of student opinion which was being pre- promised a stepping-up of student mili- Insurance. It is advisable to read it before sented . The distorted scenarios being tancy. There was practically zero report- deciding to throw it away for although you churned out by the Press (with the excep- ing on the policies and issues which had may already have some kind of insurance, tion of the Morning Star and to some ex- been aired at the Press conference. Endsleigh are quickly becoming extremely tent the Guardian) were disappointing to This kind of distortion was exactly competitive in the student market. There say the least. that which had been predicted by Mr are statistics- to prove it! The most vulgar example occured Francis-Beckett, the NUS Press Officer, when Charles Clarke, the National Trea- at the Student Journalist Conference held surer, was elected to the NUS Presidency. At the Press conference which immedi- at Sheffield Polytechnic on April 2nd/3rd: The winner of last week's £3 Prize ately followed, one of the first things "Newspapers do not openly tell us Vapation Crossword, is B.M.A. Rozali, a which the national Press asked was what to think about issues. They do Mechanical Engineering postgraduate. "Are you a Communist?" something much more questionable: they Finishing the crossword must have been "No, I am a member of the Labour select what they think the issues are. quite an achievement since two clues had Party" came the reply. Newspapers have the terrible power of accidentally been missed out. I.K7TK&S © 1975 Horrible Hippies EEC 7 Saunders Road, Dept. of Physics Sheffield, S2 5EQ . 20th April 1975 Dear Sir, FELIX .23rd March, 1975. It is good to see "FELIX" NEWSPAPER OF IC UNION Dear Sir, taking an active interest in the With reference to the item EEC Referendum (Editorial, Editor: Michael J.L. Williams headed 'Horrible Hippies' on April 18), and no doubt there p.? of FELIX No. 383 dated will be much controversy on the subject in college over the March 13th, I have the post- Published by the Editor on behalf of the card before me as I write and next few weeks. In particular I can assure you it gives every there will beposter campaigns, Imperial College Union appearnce of being a genuine which brings me to the point Publications Board. communication. The fact that of this letter. Posters at IC the writer gave neither her full don't stay up very long anyway, name or address says ali that but it was noticeable that pro. Printed Offset-litho on the Union premises'. EEC posters put up last term needs to be said about her. Thanks to Gill, Ian, Paul and John Also, she cannot even get cur disappeared, or were defaced, names right .The card is add- very quickly indeed. Perhaps ressed to "The 'Misses' Harr- at this early point in the FELIX Office, Imperial College Union, campaign the President could ison and Ward", although the Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BB. other long-haired member of make a statement about the our team is called Higgins and "ground rules" concerning Telephone: we have no-one called Harri- political posters, and confirm 01-589 5111 Ext. 2166/2154 (lnt.2881) son . whether removal of rival posters is or is not a discip- The ironic thing is that linary offence. apart from two of us having Yours faithfully long hair we were one of the HALL DINNERS Tony Jones, straightest-looking teams to Hall Dinners will all be appear for a long time! Three Please Note Physics 2, held in College Block of us were fully equipped with this term. Bookings for Hall Dinners suits, collars and ties, and 29th April may be made on Thursdays the fourth (the one who "does- Your team gave us a very 13th May - Wine Hall Dinner and up until 12 NOON on n't even possess a shirt") exciting game and ran us very 27th May - Friday for the following was wearing a perfectly decent close, with the result in doubt 3rd June Tuesday.

Load more