The student newspaper of Imperial College F Issue 1057 ELIX May 17th 1996 IC still ranks 3rd in Times league
BY ANDREW SMITH of the Times selection of criteria, This morning's Times newspaper saying that "we don't actually shows Imperial College retaining think that tables like these are its historical third place in their very meaningful." annual league table of Britain's Justifying Imperial's poor higher level institutions. With showing when library funding the Times using a number of levels are compared, the Rector different criteria in this year's suggested that IC's mix of scoring, Imperial has dropped subjects might be influencing the further behind Cambridge and score. He insisted that College's Oxford, now standing over 120 library facilities are 'excellent', points adrift of the top two. and suggested that the large Once again both library number of scientific journals on spending and accommodation are the Internet might lessen spend- the areas where Imperial suffers ing requirements in comparison in comparison to Oxbridge. IC with those of universities special- scores just 44 out of 100 in the ising in the humanities. library category, while one of its Sir Ronald did not see any main rivals received maximum immediate prospect of improving points. The accommodation IC's comparatively unfavourable PHOTO: ALEX FEAKES ranking drags Imperial down record on the provision of even further, with a score of 34 accommodation for students. He IC's contractors Sclial International are set to begin sheet piling being well behind those of both acknowledged that 'the rents are next week around the perimeter of the new Biomedical Sciences Oxford and Cambridge. high', despite the fact that building. Having installed supporting structures to prevent any Commenting on the results college subsidises them, and that subsidence of the RCS I chemistry building adjacent to the site, they Sir Ronald Oxburgh, Rector of it is "hard to see any central will dig out the site to a depth of 3.5 metres in preparation for exca- Imperial College, refused to London college being able to vating the new basement. Meanwhile, across the, road excavation of draw comfort Irom Imperial's match Oxford or Cambridge." the the new library basement is well underway. Expected to take ten consistent third placing. T want This year's tables include weeks to complete, the drilling will provide extra archive storage us to be first' he said. But he official information from the space so that the top floors of the library can be decanted while emphasised the arbitrary nature Continued on page three building work for the extension takes place.
£40 million for Albert Security guard dies Imperial on 'whitelist'
The Albert Hall's chief execu- Imperial College staff are IC features highly in new revela- tive, Patrick Deuchar, ann- shocked after the sudden death tions that suggest that develop- ounced on Tuesday that the of Sherfield Security guard Vic ing countries are specifically monument is set to receive £40 Turner. Vic died of a heart targeting certain British universi- million from the National attack in the Senior Common ties which they feel are accept- Lottery fund. page 2 Room on Tuesday. page 3 able for their students, page 2 TWO . FELIX FRIDAY MAY 17TH 1996 NEWS IC favoured on overseas £40m Albert Hall windfall BY NAT BARB 'whitelist' Popular science shows, sports events and a British Orchestra BY THE NEWS TEAM Week will feature in the new IC's £13.8 million income from programme of the Royal Albert foreign students was put under Hall, following its £40 million the spotlight this week with the award from the National revelation that some countries Lottery Fund. are creating 'whitelists' of Announcing the award on favoured British Colleges. Tuesday, the Hall's Chief The Education Editor of Executive, Patrick Deuchar, The Times, John O'Lcary, broke explained that the money will go the story early this week. He towards a £58 million refurbish- confirmed to Felix that Imperial ment project which will take is on the exclusive list of colleges around eight years to complete. to whom Singapore will send "We want to restore and up- medical students. It has also grade the fundamental fabric of another massive lottery grant to a the building of additional bars been confirmed that all this Grade I listed national London institution, though Mr and restaurants to relieve the Imperial's degrees are accepted monument for audiences and Deuchar though does not feel present overcrowding. by Singapore's Professional artists alike", he explained. that only Londoners will benefit. It is hoped that disruption Engineering Board. Mr Deuchar intends to He views the Albert Hall as "the due to the building works will be Prof Alan Swanson, Pro balance the range of events at the nation's village hall", and envis- kept to a minimum with only two Rector (Educational Quality), Royal Albert Hall, but with the ages that events such as the additional closures. The first will suggested that Imperial's exalted new facilities he hopes to be able proposed British Orchestra Week occur in 2001 to revamp the position might in part be due to to stage an additional 60 shows will bring all of Britain together. stage, with the other closure at the long running activities of the each year (at the moment there Development work is the end of the works to clean the College's International Office. are just over 300). The original already underway with the organ (at a cost of £2 million) and Their efforts ensure that remit of the Hall was: "to upgrading of seats in the balcony to refurbish the interior of the Imperial is represented at all promote the arts and the to dress circle standards resulting Hall. The £i8 million balance major Recruitment Pairs that the sciences", and talks are underway in the hall being shut for a between the cost of the project British Council runs worldwide. with the Science Museum to month. The other most notice- and the lottery grant will be met from Royal Albert Hall trading At present approximately bring in science shows. This able cfianges will be a pedestrian surpluses. 23% of Imperial's student popu- move follows the great success of piazza right around the building, lation originate from abroad. the recent talk given by Stephen and a rebuilt South Porch which 1996 is the Royal Albert Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Hawking. Mr Deuchar is also should match the other three Hall's 125th Anniversary. This Lanka are the three best repre- considering expanding into sport- grand entrances. A huge under- £40 million 'birthday present' sented countries, with over six ing events such as gymnastics and ground service yard beneath the should allow it to maintain its hundred students. basketball and also dance and South Steps will be constructed image as one of the nation's most opera. to remove traffic from around The Pro Rector defended popular venues well into the next the building. Other plans include the relatively high number of This is award represents yet century. overseas students saying that "The international experience is part of why people come here." He suggests that the increase in News in brief overseas students is likely to continue with 30% being a Unusual interest in AGM as well as the Royal College of Alleging that London University "reasonable" upper figure. Filling the ICU officer vacancies Science Academic Affairs is 'in hock to the military', CND This means that the valu- looks set to be a simpler than Officer, Matt Szyndel. also reveal that the American able overseas income will usual task this year. As Felix Government sponsor $3.5million continue to grow, potentially went to press, the positions of IC 'in hock to military' worth of military research. topping £20 million by the end transport officer and Haldane Imperial has been singled out in of the decade. This was the first Book and Record Buyer were the figures released by the Campaign Disciplinary year that income from cwerseas only ones lacking candidates. The for Nuclear Disarmament inves- A Royal School of Mines student students surpassed that from elections are due to take place at tigating the extent of Ministry of faces disciplinary action at a home students. With this signif- the Annual General Meeting Defence involvement in research meeting with ICU licensees this icant source of money depen- scheduled for 12.15pm today. contracts in London. morning. The student is alleged dent on the approval ol foreign The position of Council Chair is The report indicates that the to have been violent and abusive governments, Prof Swanson hotly contested, with both vast majority of IC departments to the ICU President, Sarah admits that he would be C&GU President, Sarah Thomas, receive MoD funding, whose White, and a union steward on concerned, "if we were crossed and Vice President, Duncan contracts are supposedly worth the evening of the City and off anybody's list". Tindall, standing for the position £7million to the university. Guilds' Carnival on 3 May. NEWS FELIX FRIDAY MAY 1 7TH 1996 . THREE
Continued from page one government inspectorate Security mourn Vic Turner charged with assessing the qual- ity of teaching in Britain's Vic Turner, the well known and gardening. universities. Course completion much respected Imperial College The tragedy is compounded rates are not included this time, Security Supervisor, died by the fact that both his children but the number of international suddenly in the early hours of work at Imperial: his daughter students does constitute one of Tuesday 14th May. It has been Mickie works in the Finance the nine criteria. confirmed that he died of a heart Department as Business Imperial scored a maximum attack despite the best attempts Accounts Supervisor, and his son 100 in the ranking of staff- of his Colleagues, Cathy and Jason works in the Postal Section student ratios, with other high Terry, and an ambulance crew to of the Security Department. scores being achieved in cate- revive him. worked for over two years. Jason is due to be married in just gories measuring employment, Starting work on Monday Vic then moved to the over two weeks time. research, and the number of first evening, he took his scheduled Sherfield Building, after being Vic's death came as a terrible class degrees handed out. These break in the early hours of promoted to Assistant Deputy shock to his friends and figures pushed Imperial well Tuesday morning, going upstairs Supervisor, where he was to colleagues as he was only fifty ahead of their nearest chal- from his post in the Sherfield work for the next ten years. In six, and had always been lengers with LSE and UCL over Building to the Senior Common May 1992 he was again extremely fit and active. His loss fifty points behind. Room. He was discovered when promoted, this time to Shift to both the Security Department John O'Leary, the one of his colleagues later went Supervisor, under the new shift and his friends throughout the Education Editor of The Times, to inform him that they were system that was then being College is keenly felt, known as suggested that this year's figures starting their rounds. implemented. he was for his forthright expres- are not exactly comparable to Vie had worked in College Originally trained as a sion of views and his down to last year's, due to the slight for fifteen years, and was much butcher, serving an apprentice- earth nature. change in scoring criteria. He appreciated through his contact ship in Spitalfields Market, Vic He is survived by his wife further went on to say that with staff and students. He ran his own shop before coming Pam, son and daughter. A book Imperial College might hope to started work as a Security to Imperial College. His interests of condolences is available for narrow the gap next year when Officer stationed in the Physics outside work centred on his signing at the security desk in the results of this year's research Department, later being trans- family, to whom he was devoted, Sherfield. His funeral is expected assessment exercise are fully ferred to Beit Quad where he and his keen in passion for to take place early next week. incorporated.
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If your staff were refusing to work late at night because they were afraid of ghosts,
who would you call? Ben Wilkins talks to one of Brtains real ghostbusters
hen Andrew Green arrived at The Royal in the course of the alterations workman ran scream- One of his most important instruments is a Albert Hall early one evening, he brought ing from the Hall, frightened away by Willis, a magnetic tape recorder. Green was involved in W his tape recorder with him. His task was, stooped figure in a black skull cap. Then there are developed a magnetic tape system when he was to say the least, unusual. If your building is infested the two giggling Victorian girls, often seen skipping working as a chemist and this is when he realized the with rats you call the exterminator; if your pipes are through corridors late at night. The area they appear potential for these materials to pick up static. He lealdng, you call the plumber. But if your staff are in is thought to be the ffomer site of Gore House , also uses a sensitive digital thermometer, and an being seriously spooked by ghostly apparitions, you where Count D'Orsay lived with his mistress Lady ultra high frequency sound detector. Armed with call Andrew Green - Britains top psychic investiga- Blessington. One theory is that the two girls are her his equipment and a keen eye for the eerie, our tor. Six weeks ago the management asked Green if nieces - who had a reputation for cavorting in the ghostbusting hero patrols haunted sites around he would come to The Royal Albert Hall and inves- basement. And during one of Jasper Carrot's per- Britain. Most of the cases he investigates are tigate some haunting problems they have been hav- formances the stage manager noticed a figure drift accountable but he says in about 25 per cent of cases ing. I arranged to meet him there last week to find across the stage. The incident was logged in the duty things just don't add up. out what he had discovered. manager's report but the identity of the mystery "If one builds up a picture of the general con- When I got to the Royal Albert Hall I was person was never established. centration of malfunctions one can say well, OK, taken up to the Royal box and told to wait. From the Back in the Royal box, Green had arrived, out there is something possibly happening." best seats in the house, I scanned the Hall's cav- of breath from climbing the stairs, with his wife Andrew Green spent the night of 30th May ernous interior hoping to see a paranormal patrolling The Royal Albert Hall, record- patron. There were none. Then two film ing a mnning commentary as he went crews from CNN and CBS arrived along along. But when he played the tape back with some other reporters and photogra- . he realized that in the area below door six phers. At this point I began to have my here the two girls were seen) the stat- doubts about being there. I wondered if this flffl ic electricity was so intense that it had whole thing was just a bizzare invention by completely obliterated the sound record- the press office to give The Royal Albert ing. "A concentration of electricity for no Hall some extra media attention. apparent reason" was how he put it - and I think that was the closest he was going But Green sounded genuine enough. to get to saying 'ghost'. He is a member of is a member of The On the same night, Green also recorded Society for Psychical Research (SPR) and a remarkable change in temperature. since 1944 he has been investigating para- According to his thermometer, it sud- normal phenomena at a scientific level. He denly rose by 8 degrees Celsius in 10 sec- was once a scientist but has had a varied car- onds. This was in a small area on the reer, from lecturer to lifegaurd. At 68, he fourth floor of the building. Right above now spends his time lecturing on psychic the grand organ. phenomena and solving other people's para- normal problems. Green has been ghost- Green seems fairly convinced that there busting all over the country and has written Alan Green believes the Royal Albert Hall is Haunted are some unexplained phenomena occur- several books on the subject. Some of the ing at the Royal Albert Hall. In his report more famous sites he has visited include The Old Nora - they are Britain's real life equivalent to to the Cheif Executive he willl be saying as much. Bailey, and Hampton Court Palace. Mulder and Scully. Green was certainly was not the What they do about it is up to them, he says. While I was waiting for Green I got talking to crackpot I had half expected. Something about him Green's investigations will not convinve every- Ian Blackburn, the Building director. suggests he is very quick witted. He has an enthusi- body of the existance of paranormal activity. True, "There have been ghost stories for as long as the astic personality and he obviously enjoys talking his objectivity may be slightly deficient and his Hall has been here, but there is always a flurry of about his work. I asked him if it is possible to detect results have never been formally checked out, but at activity whenever there is building work going on. I and record a ghost. least he is making a competent attempt to measure first became aware of it when contractors started "With a bit of difficulty" he says, "The alledged psychic phenomena. His approach is rational and he refusing to work in the basement late at night, com- phenomena are usually visual. But it's impossible to often discusses his results with other scientific col- plaining they had 'seen things'." Mr Blackburn did- produce a camera that will take a photograph of leagues - many of them University Professors who attend SPR meetings in their spare time. n't seem too taken in by this spooky activity but he visual apparitions at the drop of a hat. Therefore one did seem to know all the ghost stories. has to rely on electronic response units to detect Did he convince me? Well he did invite me to He told me about Father Willis who con- other forms of paranonriality. In other words, drops go and visit him in Sussex. He said he wanted to structed the original grand organ .in the ninteenth in temperature, concentration of electronic dispare- show me all the haunted sites in his village. Perhaps century. The organ was revoked in the 1920s but ments, that sort of phenomena." I will go. Just out of curiousity. : 7-
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play: dangerous playad™ simon baker MSc at Imperial, you will Student wealth is, along witia be asked exacdy that. Military Intelligence and The temptation to write College Catering, high on the Particle Physics with list of All Time Biggest Crochet-ing at the Oxymorons. You get your Barnsley Institute of grant/loan/money-f or-the- Advanced Needlework kidney and before you're was nearly impossible to halfway through a loaf of resist. bread from Southside Shop Having filled in this form, (those of you who can afford such extravagance I received a letter from Registry a week later ask- in the first place], the handle has been pulled on ing for references, which I don't need, and ten the fiscal toilet and it's gone round the U bend. days from submission, this piece of paper had But even though your bank statements contain failed to make the short journey across the lawn more red ink than an essay on relativity by to Chemistry. This unnecessary paper shifting, Gazza, spare a thought for poor old Dame telling people who do not need to know infor- Shirley Porter and her former colleagues at mation they already have, is a scandalous waste Westminster Council, who have just been sur- of time and money and symptomatic of the charged for £31 million in the 'homes for votes' sheer pointlessness of huge swathes of Sherfield. affair. Call me an old cynic, but it strikes me that I look forward to hearing the views of Registrar her biggest crime was documenting what she did Nigel Wheatley on how he justifies the unneces- and doing it blatantly. It is widely acknowledged sary use of College resources which merely that Labour ran a campaign to 'build the Tories serves to clog up a busy system. There are multi- out of London' during the sixties, situating high nationals with smaller head offices than rise, low quality housing to dilute the Sherfield and I dare say they run things better. If Conservative vote. The only difference, save for it were to be built now on the same scale, it the much greater scale and subsequent social cat- would be so far down the government priority astrophe, was that they never wrote down their list that it would be competing with the plan to actions. Porter's actions, if proved in the appeal, establish a Ministry of Silly Walks. were undoubtedly wrong, but to suggest that As most of you will now realise, the gates this is the greatest misdemeanour in Local near Biochemistry are now locked at 1 lpm. The Government histoiy is plainly ridiculous. I see reason for this, we are told, is security, and I for that one of last week's lottery winners, Karl one remember the huge gangs of armed raiders Compton, with £11 million in the bank, is look- who have nightly terrorised the campus since the ing for Miss Right. Shirley, he lives in Blackpool... 1850s up until this new measure. Correct me if Last week's editorial on the state of IC's I am wrong, but most of the break-ins at staff was both interesting and brave (God help Imperial have been in places where the closure you if you ever lose your swipe card, Rachel!) of these gates would have not made a blind bit of and links nicely with something that I have been difference, such as the enormous spate of com- meaning to say for a few weeks. Although the puter thefts from the Huxley building. The staff in Chemistry are genuinely a very cheerful major consequence of this action has been to and helpful bunch, despite some of the really force people who leave Southside wishing to get dodgy undergraduates clogging up the place, to Gloucester Road to trek along Prince Consort there are some who are very rude and insolent. Road. If you must lock them, why not do it at Some of the security staff (mainly those in the midnight when most people will have left library) are very jovial, but others make you won- College, or soon you will end up with students der if those grey uniforms are really faded black impaled on the railings as they make a bid for 1942 Stormtrooper outfits from the V&A col- freedom. And while I'm on the subject of these lection. gates, I must take this opportunity to thank Ian Caldwell for the helpful signs now adorning said One explanation for the apparent misery of ironwork which state 'This is a temporary gate.' the staff which can be immediately discounted is You have excelled yourself. This ranks as the loneliness, at least in Sherfield. A week or so ago, most pointless sign, and hence greatest waste of twelve people were spotted in the Admissions money, I have ever seen. When is the This is a Registry, a room the size of Wembley arena. Bad temporary sign' sign going up? enough, you think, but when you see what they are actually doing, you lose all sympathy for the It is a shame that this week's column has College in its treatment by the Government. A been so negative about IC, but it's nice to report good number of Imperial students stay on to do that one facet of the old girl consistently func- postgraduate studies, for which one obviously tions perfectly. I refer, of course, to Southside has to fill in an application form. Naturally, we fill Bar, home to the finest and broadest range of ales in a different form from outsiders, since they in Christendom (and if that doesn't get me a free need to give more information. You might think pint, nothing will). I have to report unacceptable it silly to have to write your A-Level grades on an behaviour by one of the punters, who asked for internal application, and madness to name the 'a pint of bitter'. Do you, when buying a car, ask institute where you expected to study. 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Not that you'd know it, mind, since plain brilliant. 'Parasite' outdoes even the master- this release is as equally weird and unpredictable ful Aphex Twin to deliver a smooth, deeply tex- ;i..;::.i:=\''i'i:i:'i':/'i;.' :>ftftft:ftiftft;. as their previous excursions. Success has made tured melody-less ambience. The rest of the l."'ftl:lf"; lMM0Tyf£.i quite a habit of eluding North London's most album follows the usual Bandulu themes, namely 'ftft'lilsfft Ifftisl 111 lift' strong dubby bass-lines with weird electronic eminent techno-heads, despite a number of nifty l::t\ftsHftvfty''®ft^WSiS?.: club records and an awesome live show. rhythms gliding over the top. :' ' : : .' ': ..'..'.. ' Unfortunately, this record is not going to help Basically, this is an album which techno- i ftftfli Iff ff Jft . ftij-l@M|:^sMlsftftftK®"'ft matters. boffins will love. Your average techno fan, on the lll;;il;lf|ft .lilftMfftfft^'Sllft other hand, will love a few of the tracks but ulti- I'm not saying that it isn't any good. It's just if fftlf' that Bandulu refuse to compromise; to temper mately end up getting bored with the 'filler' ones. their dark, minimalist techno for the record buy- Technically this album is excellent, but if Bandulu wrapping Kn - twinkle ing public. Tunes are a big no-no with melodies so are to achieve anytiiing approaching the success . ftl-ililf lllff 1 |ft ftftftlfiftft. understated as to be almost unnoticeable. If of, say, Underworld, then they'll have to give us a ftftift ftft'! ftftii::ft;!i;l:fti: : lliftift you're a fan of bleepy, drifting, ambient techno- few more hooks to hang on to. (7) ftft' "ftif ::ft:v : :ftftfi ;: '::"1 band u\ ing to Ix* Mancunian ft" T^Mikrl%My'"T' .' ! album: baby d - f: ; ::.:'-;: :fti::;: i .: ; : v";: v- Lf ii;;; ft1 . ': 1 i: i ; ci :; ".ftft-ft: ;ftfi--.ft:ft Ti.lyTy^'.el deHverance.nax charts. Subsequent singles have also been hits, it sound flliigratarjiui? the As the Jungle sound infiltrates moie and mote of . is tfia' ." , ' '.' '"i ft. :' . .. mainstream music, (note, th|j;||cent m:|j§i§pus 'Let Mi- Br Your hint is iindoubttjciiy oi of 1ft li'l'ffti ;.ftft -career of Fft ~; But The *' .ftftft--T. ' ftftftftftlfftftftftlft ;' :' ..' ';".'. .'. '. f i '/ . . v who's anyi : ftieck- years, IT - "ifti-ft . ftftftift.:; ;' ftftift: '.Ivftllftftl p i :: ..;. (ft. ftiftftf .' ' ler Ski Fabio, tl« flit for andihft-ft! 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' v.': T': ':'T/T'r- ft/ ft::;' ft\L ft-ft: ft'.ft lurrgiists aintjngst von. but will appeal u> those Wmmm : ftil-f 'TTT ftft ft: ; ' 'ftiftlftftftftl ft;: ftl ftft: i who'li:... y-f >' : ft'-ft T ftft-'ftft >' v-rz-K ft..ftft.- . ift;ftft'iyVVl .i , it ever next, Gokfe featiuingFbste r jrvl/Mkn? ((») -album: sleeper - the it girL buoyant guitars and not a little bitterness to pro- vide a modern version of a playground taunt: "If Ij ,,y.\V ;v:': A«y;xa>;.;i ::' -< TKP most attrni tivp dung lbout Sleeper (apart was crap then you were much worse". The ener- »m the gorgeous Loulsb Wener] is the fact that getic 'Dress Like Your Mother' is a track you end up fxdieu that music should only be (i ncerned witli y/iMMMiMpc.; :yy\yy,'M:M;^^MM : s;: tiling a vast amount :o|||||ii% ? T:" l|fing ! C^Sfl^l^vs^:h; :i:-;.; ^: :-;: ' Invoked in ,'. . . 1 lele- j^^^^B^^^ not to say that Sleeper Wener rather than a discemably Integrated h wouldn't do tJ-Eat; sesft of tltog. It's just that when and It Is the bland rf||||i|i|ueicap5ecause d by| ' ;':'|:;l'r" ''jri, liiiri cakcs^ilf|. :§Sf 'Lie |||gteCtfV '. ; ''T'^t--A. ^B/.-B'^^'^;- :: "' ' ' . - ' ; ' waaad for trut i haw to lot-give it. Sleeper are a i>f irony. < jjpi^ss, non-PC fiool girl with a drummer, a The second trac k 'Sale ol the CenUtry' (evea passion, von never know, the tournos might just the back) fuses Louises almost spoken lyrics \\ ith gig: the wannadies Iarriv*(|s»tli>' i Hi A :, i like '! Live ' y'ciSilngsl which followed maintained lite f*go~ing level of cams for 'Everybody i echoed in the. air as The VVannauies walked off, " ...... dgattlen pretu noose not just another remix - EBTG have gone Junglist! SoundgmIt'n's first single album: everything but the Well, not quite. There are a couple of : !ii< ir loitlicoiniiig new girl - waMng wounded\bEAi acoustic ballads here, which are not really my scene but are still excellent and will appeal to the old fans. It is the break-beat tracks that really have evolved much since I still remember the day I bought Massive their last album: U:ry safe Attack's 'Protection'. I got home, put it on and shine through, though. Ben Watt, the other half of !|uiiir noise.,.iM was utterly blown away by it] No other song had EBTG, turns out strong melodies and his loops ever had quite the same effect on me and just and breaks complement Tracey's astounding thinking about Tracey Thorn's stunning vocals vocals to bring together a brilliant package. made me shiver. Her voice was vaguely familiar Ironically, the weakest tune here is the Todd like Sleeper, and are probabh from the winsome, coffee-table angst of Terry remix of the new single, Wrong'. The fine- gcing to I . s next ,:... Everything But The Girl, but that duo still passed ly poised original is ruined by a bland house re- ipiidigiil. st^;|ad;daughters. me by until Todd Terry's recent house re-working working, a blatant attempt to cash in on 'Missing'. of 'Missing', a song which became their biggest hit It even starts the same way! and showed how well Tracey's voice was suited to Apart from that, this album is simply mag- dance-influenced beats. Then came the vValking nificent. It may be open to accusations of band- Wounded' single... wagon-jumping from those who say that break- Undoubtedly the highlight of this album, the beats are everywhere, that everyone gets jungle title track is an absolute classic. The heart-rending re-mixes (even Terry Woganl), that these re- lyrics are perfectly matched by their accompani- mixes even sell air-fresheners and deodorants, and ment of fractured beats, hard-edged samples and so on. However, this album is very much of its sumptuous, flowing strings. This is provided by time, as well as being innovative, hauntingly mov- Spring Heel Jack, first-rate exponents of the more ing, and a genuine classic. laid-back style of drum 'n' bass. But this song is My album of the year, and it's only May! (9) If 1 . Will ccrme bo? Warning <*cf t*vij ev/finb coulA 5er\«oosVen^ uwstVf fsir^ner of- Ltts & other ^"ttaig WWWlWWifWflWttflW Imperial College or ULU students & staff. Compulsory annual membership of 50p ICU Cinema £2 (payable on first visit) CASINO JUMANJI Sun 19th at 7.30pm WITHNAIl a I Weds 22nd at 8.30pm Thurs 23rd at 8pm Weds 22nd at 6pm Doors open 15 minutes before time stated. SUPPORTED BY STA TRAVEL, IMPERIAL COLLEGE TEL: 0171 5«f BB82 ICU Cinema is no smoking but drinks from T/i STA TRAVEL Da Vinci's bar are welcome. E&OE; ROAR 1 X:XXyyyAAyX:X. play: resurrection - and this is juxtaposed with thematically linked nation.! ,11 flashbacks. The coherence of the recurring maureen lawrence,,, themes create a compelling dramatic focus. 0171 928 22>2 snmhhtnk 'Resurrection' is an Malcolm Rennie is exairiination oi the rela- superb as the haughty bfeu; rt'inembered hills tionship between two and humanitarian men: Dr Samuel Johnson, and amazingly ^'.^ftiif Johnson and his black deft as various charac- servant Francis Barber. ters emanating from Playing like a film-noir, Barber's conscience. it explores the intricate Almost as good is iSstifrlcribii i relationship between Tyrone Huggins as the two extremes: white / servant who tolerates black, life / death, dom- the impetuous child- ination / submission, like whims of Johnson past / nature. with compassion and Essentially it revolves around a covert strug- without complaint, while also emotes volumes gle for independance between the two men. The of suffering as the tortured soul at the end. dynamically loving but platonic relationship is Writer Maureen Lawrence has borrowed MZ''MM:/3:-:§M portrayed through role-reversals and role-switch- her dramatic tools from Dickens' 'A Christmas ing particularly during the second act, when Carol' and Bernard Shaw's 'St Joan', but this {w/e]j students £.5.^0 Barber is on his death-bed and is haunted by his isn't overt plagiarism. 'Resurrection' is an innova- visually real conscience. This is contrasted with tive exploration touching on oft-used but inter- ...... , .. .. the first-half which chronicles a feverish Johnson esting themes that makes thoroughly good the- atre. |hge.i/7 tgton stumbling and mumbling in his hours of darkness play: blue remembered eller than the adults they become? "It is not the adult world writ small, childhood is the adult hills - dermis potter^ jasssek world writ large" explains Potter, and so the twist In light of the somewhat mixed reception of here is that the characters of the children are "Karaoke", it's timely that the National should played by adults - a device which is at first pure- revive one of Dennis Potter's best-loved pieces ly comic, but becomes increasingly unsettling. Ipt&firii ..if erimeSp the 1979 "Blue Remembered Hills". Potter had There's the bully, Peter, and his friend and developed a reputation for what could be sometime victim, Willie (played by Steve lllllllftlil fri; 7 i!Mp|tp||il| termed uncompromising drama, mostly for tele- Coogan, aka Alan Partridge), thoughtful John vision - "Brimstone and Treacle", "Pennies From and stuttering cowboy Raymond, galloping Heaven", "The Singing Detective" - famous for behind but never quite keeping up. The girls are lyric iKininiciMinih 0181 explicit sex scenes, and a tendency for having his less subtly drawn - Angela, the pretty one §§! ' characters burst into song, seemingly at random. (already using this to her advantage), and IhffilistiifS . Neither feature here. Instead, we are returned to Audrey, the plain one (seeing how this works consider a recurring Potter theme - that of his against her). That just leaves tragic Donald, the 07.51T own childhood in the south-west of England, outsider, playing with his matches... sometime during the last war - and the discov- The transformation of the stage into rolling ery that the world is indeed a dark and sinister apnlle \Jp%, hills and endless blue sky is itself childlike in exe- place. cution, and provides humorous touches. The We are in the company of seven seven-year cast handle difficult roles generally well, and olds in a fickle, fidgeting world of false bravado, there are some genuinely hilarious moments. Best Friends and that curiously twisted child- But you just know Something Bad is going ft^^^^^fc hood reasoning. Are children in some way cru- to happen. play: dangerous play - Man A and the satanic Man B to such an extent that they begin to really talk to each other in a andrew loudon drian ttmrston-gordon meaningful way, out of mutual respect for their This is probably the closest most of us will get to respective adversorial roles. hear a sensible discussion on the meaning of life The beautifully lit and simple design (Tim criterion theatre W 7] 369 as we know it. Man A (Nigel Langstone) and Clark) sets the play in an indefinable living room. Man B (Ben Lemel) are well cast, and Andrew It could even be a publ :tip7Sp:l|p Loudon's carefully planned and thoughtful script Director Lucille O'Llanagan is usually more make the play seem more improvised than it at home directing larger-than-life characters in a ipfltlpsi|; '%Wi: actually is. spectacular fashion, but this excursion into the Itit-sapprri The actors start out discussing topics such as seedier side of acting is dealt with highly cre- standby hi one! £10 atheism, political correctness, heaven and hell, atively with her supremely deadly technique, the proof of God and a variety of mind-stretching shock factor! You really find it quite hard to tell topics of conversation, gradually highlighting the where the play starts and where it finishes differences between their two approaches to life. because, like life, this play is full of surprises, Music and song lighten the plights of the angelic some pleasant and some not! FOURTEEN . FELIX FRIDAY MAY 1 OTH 1996 DIARY friday Saturday sunday monday 17 18 19 20 may may may Amateur Radio Society may Student Industrial Society (HamSoc) Gliding Club 12 - 2pm. Table Tennis room, Gliding Club Union building. (R) lpm. Meeting in the shack. Top Gliding at Lasham Airfield. For floor of union building. (R) more information contact glid- Gliding at Lasham Airfield. (R) Fitness Club [email protected]. Come to Rag Meeting 12.30pm. Beginners body toning Thursday meeting first. (R) Dramsoc (45 mins) 1.10pm Ents Lounge. (R) Dramsoc 11-5pm. Weekend drama work- 5.30pm. Beginners aerobics 11-5pm. Bored with revision? 6.30pm. Intermediate aerobics. Pakistan Society Come and join in Dramsoc's shop. See Saturday's entry. Wargames Southside Gym. (R) 3 - 5pm. Basketball, union gym. weekend drama workshop with Bring trainers. Contact Kashif, Forbidden Theatre Company, lpm. Table Tennis room. (R) Ski Club Aeronautics II, k.ahmed- Chorus and Complicity, (eae.ic.ac.uk for more informa- 5 - 5.45pm. Southside Upper Melodrama, Physical Theatre. Fitness Club Lounge. (R) tion. (R) No experience necessary. Sign 2pm. Southside Gym. up on Dramsoc storeroom door ArtSoc Wing Chun Kung Fu or e-mail dramsoc@ic. Intermediate aerobics. (R) 5-7pm. Union Gym, 2nd Floor sunday 12.30 - 2.00pm. Union Dining ICU. Beginners welcome. 1st Ents TWF Hall. Election buffet! Free food lesson free. (R) Standing Room only. England v and prizes. Hungary / Rangers v Hearts. Tonight, third world first come Fitness Club Live on Da Vinci's big screen. along to our night of Roots Concert Band 5.30pm. Southside Gym. KO 3pm Bar from lpm. Reggae at the ICU, featuring live 5.15pm. Great Hall. Any abili- Advanced Step Aerobics. . (R) music from 'Sound Rebellion'. ty. (R) Saturday All proceeds will be going to Ents Christian Aid's campaign against Cross Country Third World First Reggae the International Monetary 5.00pm. Circuit training. Union Night. Live roots reggae from Fund's structural adjustment gym. (R) Sound Rebellion, plus DJs, YHA programme in Jamaica. This fol- IC Orchestra Chill-out room, Carribean food lows Angela Stultz Crawlle's lec- 2nd and stalls S.2, all proceeds to While you were stuck in smoggy ture in February on the subject. 7 - 9pm. Great Hall. All wel- Charity. 9-2am. Free before London dreaming of golden In October, the IC Third come. (R) 9pm. sands, blue skies, fresh air and World First group will be host- suntans, the fell wanderers had ing a Basic Rights Conference. Methsoc Free minibus service the good sense to visit the The focus of the event will be an 6pm. Prince's Gardens Bus service leaves from in front Gower peninsula, and jolly good examination of Oxfam's recent Ecumenical Group. Chaplaincy of the union, taking lone female it was too. The views from our Basic Rights Campaign which Office, Northside. (R) students home to anywhere in hostel, the old lifeboat station, has argued that all poverty stems central London. First run mid- were pretty spectacular, and the from a denial of basic rights - Ents night, last run 2am. See Beit nearest beach was less than a including for example food, 8pm. A damn sight easier than Security lor times. (R) stone's throw away. Anyway, on water and shelter. University Challenge - Da went the walking boots and we OXFAM: Since the early Vinci's Bar Trivia. And you win friday set out to discover a bit more of 1980's the 'rights-based' £50 which is more use than the coastline. The limestone approach integral to the UN sys- some ugly trophy ! cliffs were scaled in a variety of tem has come under attack from ways: the scramblers enjoyed a variety of directions. From the monday themselves on all the pinnacles. Right, it has been argued that Resisting the temptations of the only viable rights are those umpteen fantastic viewpoints, secured by consumers in the icsf we finally settled for lunch on marketplace - a perspective the sand dunes of Rhossili beach, which conveniently ignores the As such, we only have a couple a huge expanse of sand, which fact that poverty excludes mil- of events this term. The first is was extensively rearranged by lions of people from exercising the creation of our annual maga- Dave. Those of us who had 'market choices'. And from the zine of fiction, articles and hoped to appear on TV in a 999 Left and Right alike it has been graphics. We really would like emergency were sadly disap- argued that since limited your material now, and the pointed when Dave emerged resources make social and eco- deadline for knowing what we before his massive hole caved in. nomic rights unattainable, they are going to include (actual sub- The hole was then used to good cannot be seen as rights at all. mission may be up to a week effect, housing Paul and Tim, This is at once sell-evidently later) is next Friday, 24 May. whose heads we were good true and irrelevant since the only For more info, see the web enough to leave unburied. existing obligation on govern- pages. Following a long afternoon ments is to secure that progres- The other event will be a of stile crossing, all we were fit sive attainment of social and final book buy with any money for in the evening was to collapse economic rights 'to the" maxi- we have left - so suggestions in the lounge and 'play' Trivial mum resources available'. please. The library will be open pursuit with no board, no coun- If you are interested in get- only on Mondays and Fridays ters and no dice. ting involved or simply airing until the end of term, and your views at this event please throughout the summer on a Left: Youth Hostelling Associa- contact Jon (x5976, j.parkin- request basis. tion: sea, sand and sandcastles. [email protected]). http://www.ph.ic.ac.uk/moontg/ DIARY FELIX FRIDAY MAY 1 7TH 1996 FIFTEEN tuesday Wednesday thursday friday 21 22 23 may may may may Cathsoc IC Sailing Club Fitness Club Amateur Radio Society 12.00 pm. Bagritt Centre, 12.15pm. Meet at Southside, go 12.30pm. Southside Gym. Die (HamSoc) Mechanical Engineering. (R) sailing. (R) Hard circuit training. 5.30pm. Beginners aerobics. (R) 1pm. Top floor of ICU. (R) Yacht Club Skate Society 12.30pm. Lecture theatre 2, 12.15pm. Southside Lounge. ConSoc Rag Meeting Physics. (R) Contact Alex [email protected], lpm. Southside. http://www.- I. 10pm Ents Lounge. (R) 0171 352 9111 (R) su.ic.uk/clubs/societies- Pakistan Society African Caribbean Soc /scc/consoc/home.html (R) 3 - 5pm. Basketball, union gym. 12.30 - 1.30pm. Room G02, Motorbike Club For details contact Kashif, aero Materials. All welcome. (R) 12.45pm. Southside Lounge. Gliding Club II, [email protected] (R) Contact Ian Robinson, i.robin- IC Sailing Club son@ic for more details. (R) lpm. Aeronautics 266. (R) Wing Chun Kung Fu 12.45 - 1.45pm. Southside 5-7pm. Union Gym. Beginners Lounge. (R) Wargames YHA welcome. 1st lesson free. (R) 1 pm Table Tennis room. (R) lpm Southside Lounge. "Take a AudioSoc walk on the wild side." (R) Fitness Club 1.00pm. Brown Committee Conservative Society Yoga Soc 5.30pm. Advanced Step Room. Want to buy cheap CDs? lpm Room 342 Mech. Eng. Sir 6.15 - 7.45pm. Table tennis Aerobics. Southside Gym. (R) Interested in borrowing high- Marcus Fox MP, Chairman 1922 room. Beginners' Kunalini class. end Hi-Fi? We have it all! (R) Committee. (R) [email protected], ex 48237. (R) Ents Another double header! Daily Photo Soc Fitness Club Christian Union Telegraph Open Mic Semi 5 - 6pm. Southside Gym. Inter- 6.30 - 7.45pm. W2 in Bio. (R) Final. Thirteen new acts, plus 1.00pm. Southside Lounge. (R) mediate/ Boothby Graffoe (below), mak- Advanced step class. (R) Mountaineering Club ing his final appearance on the Circus Skills 7pm. Meeting in Southside. (R) network. Plus, if you bring a 5 - 8pm. Ents Lounge. Contact Squash Club copy of the day's Telegraph you [email protected] lor details. (R) 3.20 - 5.20pm. Sports centre. ICCAG get a FREE bottle of Newcastle Fitness Club (R) 8.15pm. Weeks Hall basement. Brown! Tickets are on door for 5.30pm. Advanced aerobics. (R) Soup run for the homeless. (R) £2.50 (£2 with entscards) and IC Symphony Orchestra you get free entry to Shaft: A lip- IC Bridge Club 7 - 10pm. Great Hall. (R) Skate Soc smackin', flare-wearing, disco- 6pm in the Clubs Committee Night skate - all welcome1. dancing extravaganza of 70's and Room. (R) Wing Chun Kung Fu Contact [email protected] for 80's disco & pop. With the Trash 1.30 - 3.30pm. Union Gym. more details. (R) Aesthetic crew of eclectic vinyl icsf Beginners welcome. 1st lesson junkies taking over the chill-out 7pm in STOIC Studios, http://- free. (R) Motorbike Club room. £1 or free before 9pm. www.ph.ic.ac.uk/moontg/ (R] 7.45pm Southside. Rides in and Chess Club around London. Any size and IQ 6.30pm. Brown Committee shape of bike welcome. Contact 9.00pm. Union Bar. Room or Clubs Committee Ian Robinson, i.robinson@ic for Further Info: pink- Room. (R) more details. (R) [email protected] or http://pink.doc.ic.ac.uk/IC/ (R) Ents Ents 7.30 KO. Standing Room Only. 12.45. Standing Room only. Canoe Club Ajax v Juventus. Live on Da Lunchtime special - England v 7pm. Beit Quad. All levels wel- Vinci's big screen. China. Live on Da Vinci's big come, and free instruction. (R) 9-12pm. Frolik! Free. screen. ICCAG Wednesday thursday 8.15pm. Weeks Hall basement. Soup run for the homeless. (R) Don't buy Mein Kampf? friday Ents 8pm. Da Vinci's. Bar Trivia - no As you may well know, ICU pro- right to veto requests for Barry Dan the Man, but still a chance vides a budget for the Haldane Manilow albums or copies of to win £50! library to buy fiction books, 'Mein Kampf on the grounds of music cassettes and CDs. I need good taste. After Dark your help... without requests, the Whether you enjoy a bit of 8 - 1 1.30pm in the Ents Lounge. ordering will be left largely to my Wayne County, or prefer giving Admission is only £1 for a night discretion, which could be good it some smooth with Leicester of swing, hip-hop and jungle or bad, depending on your pen- based lothario Mark Morrison, I with the African Caribbean chant for D.H. Lawrence novels guarantee I'll do my best to see Society. Definitely the way to and 1970's Black Sabbath that everyone gets sorted out. So celebrate winning the bar quiz. albums! If this is not to your sat- feel free to let me have your sug- (R) isfaction, let me have your rec- gestions via the request forms in ommendations. I'll consider any- the library. I look forward to tuesday thing reasonable, the more eclec- hearing from you. tic the better, but I reserve the Jon Wilkins FRIENDS OR FAMILY VISITING LONDON 1 IN THE SUMMER? Bed and Breakfast accommodation available in Halls of Residence in Princes Gardens from 1 July - 27 September Single room -£25.00 per night Twin room - £40.00 per night (Rates inclusive of full English breakfast, VAT and daily servicing of rooms) For a brochure and further information please contact the Conference Office on: Tel: 0171 594 9507 or Ext. 49507 or Email: [email protected] STAYING IN LONDON DURING THE SUMMER? Accommodation available in Halls of Residence in Evelyn Gardens from 1 July - 27 September Single room - £47.88 per week Shared room £34.09 per week, per person For reservations, please contact the Conference Office on: Tel: 0171 594-9507 or ext. 49507 or Email: [email protected] Please note that one month's payment in advance is required in order to guarantee a booking. Payment will be due in full if stay is less than 30 days. FEATURE FELIX FRIDAY 1 7TH MAY 1996 . SEVENTEEN When Saturdays MUiimgiim Urn t'mn m jmm$ wm. In an ancient City a temple Park. It is the cause of debate and worship minds, of success, waste, sheer talent and stands high above all other here. It's a life source, part of the substance hope. His physical embodiment is necessary that flows through every Geordie. Little only to communicate with his players and constructions. It is a place of else matters. Economic fortunes are tied to the media; otherwise he may as well exist as ardent worship. Visible from the Club's success - the bars of the Bigg a disembodied being in a spatial and almost anywhere, the people in Market were conspicuously empty on he temporal existence beyond our conventional the streets below this Citadel night of the famous 4-3 defeat at Anfield dimensions. We are in no position to argue talk mainly of the battles that earlier this year. Debate and argument the with such a man. We cannot see what he following day brought the City alive again. sees. We cannot reason as he does. He are fought each week inside the A quarter of a million philosphers sought knows more than us mortals can gates, where only a few out a priori reasons for that defeat, and comprehend. We wailed when he sold privileged may watch. St. James' then applied the fundamentals of Andrew Cole. We gnashed our Park, Newcastle, home of the empiricism in a vain attempt to reason the teeth when £8 million left the team that came second in the future. Alex Ferguson plays to realise a coffers for Faustino Asprilla. And we will toy with failure if Premiership, has more parallels we even attempt to comprehend with the Parthenon than you why he played the entirety ol may think. this season without a detence. In other cities, particularly Keegan is committed to his Manchester, football has become a attacking game. The game, which has tradeable commodity - the been a joy to watch; that has made activities on the pitch with Messrs the Premiership the most exciting Giggs, Cantona et al are only one division in Europe; that will surely part of the entity that is make the conventional but insipid Manchester United pic. The day | 'long ball' and 'pass, move and cannot be far when their financial 1 defend' ideas think again. Flair performance inspires Nick and passion have been evident, Leeson's, as much as their sporting especially in away games, where performance inspired George Best's. me sensed the zeal of prosletyzing Their continued success is not, a; missionaries. Despite the failure of everyone seems to think, a the team to win anything, his measure of their philosophy of philosophy has surely won? Newcastle's investing in young local talent. physical loss was immediately apparent. A ^ anything, Alex Ferguson is quicker on tragedy that was surely portentous in this the the draw with the company credit City given its Greek parallels? But such card than ..Kevin Keegan and, as witnessed things matter less here than in the boardrooms of Anfield and Old Trafford. by his goading of the Leeds players profit margin. His North Eastern nemesis Geordies know, as their Hellenic, equally following their match with United, a apparently lays bare his soul every Saturday hedonistic and opulent, but slightly more cunning manipulator. Moreover in the to fight for a way of life which he believes effete ancestors did, that physical victory is North West, City and United vye for in passionately. Kevin Keegan is both hero transient and irrelevant. Real victory comes attention, with City winning on credibility and anti-hero. A maverick tempted off the in the immortalisation of ideas and thoughts because of their association with Oasis. golf course by John Hall, he may not be the that affect generations beyond our own. Manchester is home of The soap and The most experienced person to manage a Over time the influence of thoughts are failed Olympic bid. Manchester also has its Premiership Club but experience multiplied until embodied in music, which in the last fifteen years has doesn't matter in religion. Jesus was subsequent actions. History tells us provided acts like The Smiths, Take That a carpenter, and Kevin Keegan's that the metaphysical scoreline was and of course, Oasis. In Newcastle there is, legendary status made him the ' Greeks 2 Romans 0. Time will tell if a beer and quite literally, only ONE ideal person to guide this club. their North Eastern descendants are Newcastle United. One of the few players whose qually persuasive with their existence in the physical world is The difference between the two clubs philosophy. Either way, the fate of this disproportional to the effect they is also matter of philosophy. In Newcastle, club is written: Sir John Hall has been successful because have in it. He is metaphysical. Like he realised that football is not a sport, George Best he has successfully "Whatever may happen to you was but a religion. People conduct their transcended our world to become prepared for you from all eternity" - Marcus lives in the shadow of St. James' not a person, but a symbol in our Aurelius. EIGHTEEN FELIX FRIDAY MAY 1 7TH 1996 LETTERS LETTERS TO FELIX the attitude that staff take when March. This is rather short notice dealing with students is impor- for an event taking place on 1 REPLIED TO BY ANDREW SMITH tant. As you say 'Politeness and May, and especially difficult for helpfulness cost nothing except overseas students who make up a tion to this rule. We try to ease a little time'. Now if only every- fair number of the postgraduate ere Jit control the pain of it as much as we can. body in College acted on that! population. And, in view of these Politeness and helpfulness cost difficulties, there is no offer to Dear Rachel, nothing except a little time, and the absentee to attend the Issue 1056 dated 10 May 1996 while I have to admit that time is student sacrifice October ceremony. (This should The stall in this office are at a premium, I would be very really be an exception rather than rather upset at the inaccurate upset if I heard any of my col- Dear Felix, a rule. But considering effect of accusations made in your editori- leagues acting in the way I read with great interest the late invitation (see Felix 1055 al this week. described in your editorial. your editorial on Felix 1056 'New degree ceremony 'low In the first place grant I hope that you will find the 'Unhappy People'. Many recent key'), perhaps the College should cheques are not issued by space in your next editorial to issues lead me to think that stu- consider a more flexible approach Finance Department, they are acknowledge that you managed dents welfare has been sacrficed as a gesture of good will?) handled elsewhere in adminis- to mistake Finance Division for in the hands of college adminis- Another example literally tration. another one. tration. It seems a common con- daunts on me when I walk pass Secondly, Finance Staff are Yours sincerely, cept in Sherfield that decisions the central library every morning: encouraged to treat students Brian Devlin are made based on their objec- How can it be justified that con- sympathetically. In most of the Credit Controller tive/convenience/benefit; consid- struction work on the library contacts that .students have with Finance Department eration for students are way extension has to start in May, us, we are in the unfortunate down on their priority. when most of the students are position of having to extract You are just too diplomatic by Cite the new May graduation using the library to prepare for money from them and only occa- half, Brian. With regard to the as an example: it is indeed a good their final exams? Is it not appar- sionally do we have to hand issue of grant cheques - Rachel arrangement to reduce the length ent that the noise level is a big money out to them. We all did mistake Finance for 'else- of the ceremony, but the invita- nuisance to say the least? realise that students are not gen- where in administration', as you tion and announcement is quite Other examples include: erally well-off and do not have a so delicately put it, that else- poorly handled. Many invitations The proposal of replacing the lot of cash to throw around, but where being Registry. were allegedly sent out late, some Union bookstore with one run by in life one does have to pay one's I'm glad to see, though that graduates received the announce- an outside business, thus replac- debts and students are no excep- you basically agree with her that ment only by the middle of ing a Union service that has /cu IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION FIND THE ANSWERS ICU AGM FRI 17TH MAY 12.15 ENTS LOUNGE EDITORIAL FELIX FRIDAY MAY 1 7TH 1996 excellent record and also draws mercy from others. It is our job FELIX major income for ICU. (See to make our voices heard, and Felix 1055 Letter to the Editor) hopefully listened to, by the FOUNDED 1949 The new measure under which those up in the tower called PRODUCED FOR AND ON BEHALF OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION all students are forced to use one Sherfield. PUBLICATIONS BOARD single model of calculator, being Eric Chan PRINTED BY THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION PRINT UNIT decided without much consulta- Chemical Engineering BEIT QUAD PRINCE CONSORT ROAD LONDON SW7 2BB tion or consideration of alterna- TELEPHONE/FAX 0171 594 8072 tives. I could not agree with you more EDITOR: RACHEL WALTERS PRINTERS: ANDY THOMPSON AND JEREMY Last but not least, the Estate when you say that 'it is up to us BUSINESS MANAGER: JULIETTE DECOCK Department's suggestion to to fight for what is good for us COPYRIGHT FELIX 1996. move the Union to Sherfield and not just sit still and accept ISSN 1040-0711 Building so that Beit Quad can mercy from other'. The problem be vacated for conference though is that you are not given accommodation. all the information with which Some of the above had been to fight. For instance, I suspect my mother decidely reminiscent of Masonic reversed whilst the other are that there was student involve- ritual, aren't everyone's idea of already in place, but they all ment in taking decisions over My mother graduated last the way to celebrate one's educa- point to the worry that students calculators, but who knows - Saturday. She had spent six or so tion. I did the crossword. welfare does not have much pri- maybe somebody might like to years sporadically doing things So, on reflection, I reckon I ority when Sherfield comes to inform us. Similarly allegations called TMA's for the Open uni- had the best deal. But I was still make policies that have great have been made about the May versity. fairly jealous of my mother impact on students. Is there a graduation ceremony, but since Her graduation ceremony because she was so happy and so communication breakdown, or there has been no responce from was in Belfast's Queens' proud. There was no cynical, our opinion simply breached? It College - are they true? The University Whitla Hall - a nice fatalistic, what-was-the-point-of- is, after all, a university where point is that while those at the enough building in itself, but the all-that-effort for her. She knew students are a big part of the top may care, the rest of college sense of ceremony was some- she had put in an enormous community and should never be does not. what marred when the various amount work, and felt a real and pushed around like some second- dignatries and fellows walked in genuine sense of achievement for class citizens. I believe it is up to Deadline for letters to the processional theme tune it. I wonder why I never had us to fight for what is good for us in Felix 1058: midday, from Star Wars. Things had qui- and not just sit still and accept Tuesday 21 st May etened down a bit in time for the guest speaker (Cedric Thorn- erratum? berry, fresh from mediations in Sarajevo]. But by the time the I have been entirely over- Vice-Chancellor had come to whelmed by the response I have speak, the Lord Mayor's Show had to the editorial I wrote last had begun to parade outside, so week, chiefly because I had no his discourse was drowned out idea so many people read it. I by Orangemen with bagpipes. would like to apologise to the Afterwards, we went across finance office: I assumed that monday, high noon the road in the drizzle for cups of student grants came under their tea in the QUB Students' Union, jurisdiction, but apparently the clubs & societies letters deadline but when the guest of honour, are actually administered by the articles deadline the Vice Chancellor and their Registry division. I would also monday 1.20pm wives got stuck in the lift, it like to say a particular thank features meeting rather put a damper on things. you'to the staff in Registry who The first graduation ceremo- were so helpful with providing thursday night ny I went to was my brother's, in the information for the article on overseas students. collating Oxford. There was certainly no lack of pomp and tradition. But friday morning news meeting lengthy doses of Latin chanting, >ther Felix hits the and presentations that were tuesday noon EDITORIAL TEAM: NEWS: ALEX FEAKES FEATURES: MARK BAKER 7 uuyfrj,- '."itKj'^c SUB-EDITING AND PROOFING: TIM ST CLAIR MUSIC: VIK BANSAL CINEMA: WEI LEE PHOTOGRAPHY: IVAN CHAN PUZZLES: CATFISH CLUBS AND SOCS: STEPHEN HAMILTON imTsf 'cHln>F>re£ 'nisojquiy'1 £ 'LDumiif^c 'sjpg^ "PrV'/X 'tpur/C£ THEATRE: KATHERINE FISHWICK AND CLAIRE SAMUEL " ARTS: JEREMY SCIENCE: BEN WILKINS . :: COLLATING LAST WEEK: MARK, TIM, BEN, DAN, DAVE AND JEREMY :|>.IOMSSW.IJ s, pan my oi DELIVERING LAST WEEK: ALEX TWENTY . FELIX FRIDAY 1 7TH MAY 1996 CROSSWORD Crossword by Osiris 29. Edify the abstract arts men (7) 31. Cup of divine drink is so abrim, Across: a miracle! (8) I. A beautiful girl s nightshade 33. Parrot poo on the Post Office (10) (6) 6. To cut the harvest (4) 35. Lord is like the demented Lear 9. Principle of bloke with devious (4) cunning (6) 36. 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