UCL Referendum A referendum of Imperial College students will Of course, the College is under no obligation be held on 25th and 26th November over the to take the result into account - the referendum recently announced plans to merge with is only to register student opinion. When asked University College, London. whether the College was likely to take notice of The referendum was officially approved at an the result, Union President Sen Ganesh said Emergency Council Meeting - the second this that he was "sure the Rector would listen to the term - last Monday, but the details have since voice of the student body... especially given been set by the Union's Executive, a much recent developments". smaller committee which oversees the general The College has already seen one student running of the Union. protest partly motivated by lack of student con- The IC/UCL ballot comes just a few months sultation, but its impact has yet to become obvi- after Imperial students voted on Imperial Artist's impression of the referendum ous. Despite this, Mr Ganesh pointed out that it College Union's affiliation with the National was important to "feed student opinion into the Union of Students (NUS). That referendum had As it stands, there are already several people process". the biggest turn-out of any student ballot at interested in leading the merger "Yes" campaign Staff, however, will not be balloted despite Imperial for several years, but many are already but few are willing to lead the "No" band. This the Rector declaring the merger "nonsense" voicing concerns that the question of merger is surprising given recent remarks about the without approval of the academics - that voice may fail to capture the student body's attention. proposed merger (see letters, page 13). Past will have to come from the College Senate. Campaigning for both sides officially begins experience has demonstrated that a good Whether or not the student body's opinion, next week and will continue until the referen- turnout, and hence a meaningful result, often through this referendum, will be given the same dum itself which is due to be held in three comes with outspoken and vigorous campaign- weight remains to be seen. weeks' time. ing by both sides. AW Union Break-In Alex vents further spleen on the Significant damage was caused last shortly afterwards. subject of procrastination weekend when a thief ransacked the Ken Weir, Head of Security, said Union offices in Beit Quadrangle. that the situation was "a police Felix international begins it; The burglar took the float for the investigation", but indicated CCTV global journey with a review till at the front desk, as well as char- footage was unlikely to help appre- this past week's spectacular, ity collection tins. The haul is prob- hend the burglar. Instead, it is hoped Diwali night ably worth little over £50. However, fingerprints gathered at the scene in an effort to find more cash, filing may provide important links. Our new fashion pages cabinets and drawers were severely Forced entry around College is underway, starting with th€ damaged, mostly with implements apparently a small problem com- shop hotspots of London found in staff offices, several of pared with "walk-in thefts", where which were also searched. wallets and briefcases are stolen Never a cross word said... Boris The burglary was discovered on opportunistically. Security's advice gets down to business with Saturday afternoon by one of the is, as always, to lock doors even some crytpic conundra Deputy Presidents. College Security when leaving rooms unattended for 1st November 2002 was notified and the police arrived only a moment. AW Union Reception: Ransacked

"Look, I'm bitch monkey and you're mitch bonkey... so you sit there." http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/felix/ [email protected] NEWS FELIX Top-up Fees Paper Delayed FELIX The governmental review critical to Issue 1246 the College's plans to charge top- up fees has been delayed after the Editor Will Dugdale resignation of Education Secretary Deputy Editor Alisdair Wren Estelle Morris. In the same week, Music Sajini Wijetilleka the Rector held a meeting with Nightlife Patrick Hoar staff and students to discuss both Film Simon North top-up fees and the proposed UCL Web Jenny Lewis merger. International Edmund Henley The Great Hall and at least one Fashion Louise Willingale other lecture theatre were packed & Gail Dawes as Imperial College members Science Rosemary Chandler attempted to ascertain how recent Coffee Break Mike 'n' Jim announcements would affect their Sport Alex Coby degrees and research. While many of the questions were fielded with- Thanks to Ee Lin out hesitation by the Rector, he rarely tolerated open hostility from Felix, Beit Quadrangle, Prince those questioning him, replying Sir Richard Sykes: The most heated meeting yet Consort Road, London "Good!" when former Union SW7 2BB President Andy Heeps declared charge fees above £1,050. Education policy is still a matter of that he was offended by the Estelle Morris is succeeded as speculation. However, where Ms Tel: 020 7594 8072 Rector's answers. Education Secretary by Charles Morris came from a background of E-mail: [email protected] The review is vital if the paper Clarke, former Labour Party teaching, Mr Clarke has a history recently passed at College Council Chairman, whose decision pushed including presidency of the NUS. Felix is a registered is to have any effect, and will have back the review's publication. The College staff were unable to com- newspaper: to declare the Government's inten- implications of this delay for any ment on how their plans would be ISSN 1040-0711 tion to give universities freedom to change of direction on Higher affected by the delay. AW Copyright © Felix 2002 [email protected] Halls and campus news, tip-offs and comments welcome! Printed by Witherbys, EC1

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UCL Merger tive , governance and associated making a decision on that day. of the students, so every student academic issues such as libraries. So what is the Union doing? The will the opportunity to have their As most of you know, last week it These subgroups will report to the Union has called for a referendum say. The proposed dates for the was announced that Imperial Board at the end of November and on whether the students believe ballot are Monday 25th and College was entering merger talks Tuesday 26th of November. There with University College London. will be two campaigns, one for Yes The proposed merger must not and one for No, so you will have come as too much of a surprise. the chance to hear all the pros This has been a trend within the and cons of the proposed merger. UK. Recent high profile mergers There will be debates and infor- have included UMIST and mation accessible to all. Similarly Manchester, and Guildhall and UCL Union will also be calling a North London. There seems to be referendum to gauge the view of a clear strategy to create large their students. higher education institutions that The Union will be neutral and aim can gain the "critical mass" to to provide facts and figures in an compete on the global scale. unbiased way. The same informa- These mergers would radically tion will be provided to both par- change the tertiary education ties who in turn will present their landscape in the UK. case to the student populous. The College is entering a wide Once the referendum is complete, consultative process to consider we will have a clear indication of the key issues relating to the pro- the students' views and be in a posed merger. A joint Board, con- position to represent them to the sisting of five members from each College and the Board. College has been set up to look at This is potentially the biggest the proposed merger and it will be change that Imperial College has focusing on the high level issues, faced in its entire history. It is crit- the so-called "icebergs" rather ically important that you are than the detailed implementation involved in the process and have issues. your say. Make sure you get The Board has set up subgroups the Board in turn will report to the that Imperial College should informed, listen to the arguments to look at key areas of operation, respective governing bodies on the merge with UCL. This means and make an educated choice. specifically academic, administra- 19th December with a view to there will be a college wide ballot Sen Ganesh, President

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Why go to the effort of doing some- as long as possible. And keep a be seen in lectures. leak, with students unconscious on thing today, when you can safely large pan of water always on the At school, you were told off for A4 pads and a man at the front put it off until tomorrow and spend boil. You never know when the lob- falling asleep in a lesson, and could shouting mad gibberish. today happily vegetating, drinking sters will come. expect to be on the receiving end of You know when you're falling beer and wallowing in your own When they do come, hopefully it a well-aimed board rubber if you asleep and you get random sen- filth? Who knows, you could be will be in the afternoon. Mornings dozed off. But at university, you're tences coming into your head? decapitated by a stray Frisbee are just too painful. What fool supposed to be mature enough to Well, maybe it's just me, but if it's tomorrow, and you're not going to decided the working day should maintain consciousness throughout 9am and you're trying to write lec- be thanking yourself for spending ture notes, you have to be careful your last day alive doing Problem not to let the brain noise get in the Sheet 18 then, are you? way of what you're supposed to be If a new form of life evolves from studying. If you're not careful, you a leftover pizza, multiplies rapidly Procrastinate can end up writing notes like "In and sends an army of giant killer time t, if an energy E is transferred lobsters to take over London armed begin at 9am? If some bastard your education. Just like you're to the man standing on the brick with garden forks, and then, as one timetables a lecture for 9am, that supposed to be organised enough goalpost with his battered, gelati- of the foul-breathed, large-pincered means I have to leave the house at to get those problem sheets done nous hand clenched around a pink crustaceans grabs you by the 8.10, and if I'm going to be ready without anybody having to check whale's kidney, the conjecture is throat, will your last words, as he to go, fully prepared, clean, fresh, up on you. Carte blanche to do true for all k." That's not much help jabs those three prongs into your fragrant and dressed before I leave, bugger all really. As students take come revision time - you can't write spine, be "Thank god I handed that that means I have to get out of bed advantage of their "responsibili- that in an exam. Perhaps I should lab report in early"? at 8.07. That's at least six hours ties", whole lecture theatres begin have done a Philosophy degree. Probably not. No, my advice is before a man should naturally to resemble dormitories, or perhaps Then maybe nobody would notice. just to put off whatever you can for wake, and the results can clearly the scene of a carbon monoxide Alex Summer In the US, Anyone?

A Presentation promoting next Memorial Bridge (world's largest within the perimeter. There is also work closely in a research team for year's exchange will be held on twin span bridge) and is known as a nearby green lawn where we fre- certain objectives. There are many Tuesday 5 November in Room the First State since it was the first quently play Ultimate Frisbee, interesting research projects, some 342, Mechanical Engineering to ratify the US Constitution in Whopper Ball or other interesting- include visiting bridges around the Building at 1:10 (until 2pm lat- 1787. Among other things, UDel ly named games. American stu- area (up to Brooklyn Bridge in New est). Application forms will be is well known for having a good dents are sport enthusiasts so York), and others offer usage of available on the day. Further infor- undergraduate research program there is good chance of you getting interesting equipment such as mation available on the UROP in the US. It is also affiliated with invited for a game everyday. electron microscope to photograph web-site at names such as DuPont and Gore. For the traveller in you, there will crystalline structure. The project's www.urop.ic.ac.uk/opps.html UDel is a campus university, quite be no complaints. Every weekend, success depends on you and your The UROP (Undergraduate unlike our dear Imperial College, trips are organised for the Summer initiative and you will be given full Research Opportunities) program with beautiful buildings nicely Scholars (that's us and other support by your supervisors (some provides many research opportuni- located within a planned land- American students) to cities nearby include picnics and dinners). ties within the college for under- scape. It is in the town of Newark, such as Philadelphia, New York, Near the end of your stay, you graduates to have the chance to a university town where it's Main Washington D.C and Baltimore. will be placed in a home stay for experience an academic research Street (High Street equivalent) is There are also trips to the beach, two weeks. This means that you environment. Unknown to many, located about 3 minutes away. soaking in all that hot American will be living with American fami- UROP also has a partnership with That's 3 minutes away from good sun or the mall (shopping for the lies and experience a taste of the the University of Delaware (UDel), and cheap food. If there is need, poor girls) or hiking in the nearby American way of life. This might situated on the East Coast of USA you will be supplied with a bicycle forest reserve. If you are lucky, you include baseball games, sailing (about 2 hours or less from New for you to bike around UDel and its might even be invited to go on a boats, exchange of culinary York and Washington D.C.) for an surrounding rural area. road trip in the oldest car you have delights between your country and exchange program where a group For the keen sportsman/sports- ever known to be alive (3 years USA, political discussions, huge of IC students swap places with women, being a campus universi- younger than you), which was con- shopping malls, craft-making, UDel students during the summer ty, UDel provides many free facili- sequently donated to charity after kayaking and much more (Fuhh.. (8-9 weeks) for research work. The ties for our use such as indoor and four days of the trip. Only if you are that's a lot). idea is to exchange knowledge and outdoor swimming pool, gym, rock lucky, I must say. All in all, it was one of the best cultural experience, widen your climbing room, athletic field and The research work itself varies experience all five of us had and perspective, make a whole load of others. We were located in an air- due to which projects you are we recommend it to all of you. new friends and have lots of fun. conditioned accommodation with undertaking. Basically, you will Aini Haryati Mohd Saleh, UDel is situated in Delaware, tennis court, basketball court, either have your own separate Dhruv Pandya, Lindi Tan, which houses the Delaware roller-hockey rink and football field project within a research group or Julia Krohn, Helen Clubb. [email protected] The student newspaper of Imperial College TH€ R€TVRN Of TH€ 40% DISCOUNT II

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A fun and energetic evening was had by all at the center of the 5 day festivities, and is the last the Diwali evening on Tuesday. On entering Diwali year of the lunar calendar cycle. The other days guests were presented with a mithai sweet and celebrate aspects such as love of one's kin, the an offer of a tikka mark for their forehead. By triumph of good over evil, the killing of the ego 20:30, some of the Thali dances had already and removal of ignorance. If you're a business- begun, with concentric lines circling the central man you also worship Lakshmi, the goddess of table where dancer figurines surrounded a wealth. flower-bedecked Krishna. We soon approached A cheque was presented to NGO Sewa the 400 mark, as students from Kings, LSE, International, who have projects rebuilding UCL City and QMUC joined their IC counter- schools in earthquake-devastated Gujarat. This parts in the biggest student Diwali in London. was followed by dancing - the line dances of The lines swelled as people took off their shoes Rumjanuu or Rail Gadi, which imitate the shak- and succumbed to the beat of the drums, which ing of a railway carriage! Then a masterful pres- were backing the singers and synthesizer of the entation dance to music from Devdas, which Nishaan Band. They tirelessly played through- easily overcame a false start, followd by every- out the evening, their music a fusion of Indian one joining in the Gujarati dance Raas. Long with references to Western influences, such as parallel lines form, with opposite partners tap- the Titanic theme. ping their dandiya batons, twirling, tapping and As the music quickened, it became clear that The presentation of a big cheque moving on to the next partner in line. All this the majority, in traditional dress, were going to happens quickly, to the frenetic sound of maintain their elegance much longer than those Mauritius and Malaysia, and not just Hindi stu- Nishaan pushing the sound to extremes of in western garb, the cooler outfits being much dents but Muslim too, reflecting the fact that tempo and volume. The stamina was impres- better suited for the energetic dances; a contin- Diwali is not merely a religious festival, but a sive, frequently the dancers lasted longer than uous swirl of gold-edged beiges, blues, pinks, community one too. their dandiyas, which weren't up to all that tap- purples yellows and greens. Everyone now congregated for the Aarti ping! A brief pause to pick out winning dancers, A quick break for some speeches from NHSF, (prayer), led by the band. "Diwali" comes from before the evening continued with Bhangra as and a glance to see who was here. Not just stu- a corruption of the Sanskrit "Deepa Avali", liter- your reviewer unwillingly left. Many thanks to dents from Britain, and a few from India, but ally "light formation". It is the Hindu New Year, Keshava Shastry, and all others who helped also people from communities in Kenya, a celebration of purity. Deepavali is placed at remove the more glaring errors... Ed Focus on: Fed up with no-one here knowing enough, we'll run it. We're not a ball) - we know there are plenty So, you're an international stu- the first thing about your country? beard-stroking political forum, so out there, for example petanque, dent in Britain. No doubt you're Do half the people you meet con- by all means include a bit about takraw and schwinger. However, already familiar with many of sider the Mappa Mundi as hot car- the history (post-colonialism per- do include the stranger ones - the this country's quirks, but there tography? Well, here's your chance mitted) and such matters, but conker equivalents. are certainly aspects which will to rectify the situation. We want keep it succinct. What tourists might think have escaped you. For a start, contributors for Focus on:, and not Sections we'd really enjoy would they're saying, but due to mispro- you're in London, which is not just from countries represented by be like some of the following nunciation/just being wrong they representative. the OSCs here at Imperial. ideas: are in fact saying... An example of For example, when did you Because we know you're out this is the word 'embarrassed', last see a restaurant dedicated to there... usually translated into Spanish by British food? Some students According to last year's annual us Brits as 'embarasado'. In fact it (often French) may go out of report , the top ten foreign nation- means pregnant, which aptly their way to avoid such a thing, alities are (approx.) as follows: describes the ensuing silence, but I know you'll all be open- 425 Greeks, 325 Malaysians, especially if you're a guy. minded (or risk having your 225 French, 225 Singaporeans, Social stuff - what you and your Gallic cheek slapped), and try to 190 Germans, 125 Italians, 110 friends get up to, places to go out find out more about this country. Chinese, 90 Indians, 80 Thai and in your city, local drinks (alcoholic I'll be your guide to the intri- 70 Nigerians. (Compare with or other), the local equivalent of cacies of Britain and Britons, 6585 Brits). Now there were cheesy pop, and please, the alter- examining diverse topics - places 9975 of us in total, so there must natives! you'll never visit, stereotypes, be several other nationalities out In brief, famous people from slang, food - you get the idea. there. We know of Columbians, your country, any interesting web- For today, you'll have to content Kenyans and Russians, but per- Slang from your country - sites, ways to visit cheaply if you're yourself with dispelling a myth: haps there are also Djiboutians, include the meaning, and possibly a student and customs that the stiff upper lip we're sup- Nepalis and Azerbaijanis. We an idea of how acceptable it is, tourists always get wrong. posed to sport in adversity. want to hear from all nationalities! unless you're of a particularly mis- Don't restrict yourself to the You're only likely to come across So write us an article about your chievous bent. above, do let us know if you want this outside a botox clinic. country, and when we've got The local sport (other than foot- to be anonymous and get writing! Cholmondely [email protected] Want to review for us? Want to be reviewed? Email us! For British and International students at IC o

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It was an early autumnal day in a minute halves, rather than our downpour would have been quite Today we were representing London park. Bitter PopRival fans usual 15-minute quarters. The homely and it made us feel the England in a battle of the nations, on one side reeling from the ugly end of the games showed notice- advantage of being English. playing the Barbados Under 16s guy's departure the night before, able superiority to the local teams However, the advantage was lost at their national stadium. It could tourists on the other side taking a as they had barely broken sweat, when the opposition ran off the have been a car park actually, but short break from the open top bus. whilst we were close to needing court for shelter. The game was we were assured that it wasn't. The Caribbean shores felt thou- hospital treatment. abandoned and declared a draw. The temperature was intense; the sands of miles away. In the sum- No one was injured during the Earlier in the day, the IC netball court had high concrete walls sur- mer of 2002, 10 of the IC net- tour. Any accidents were always team were alleged to have been rounding it, the sun beat down. ballers lived every university girl's alcohol related seen building a human pyramid The U16s were an outstanding dream: a fortnight in Barbados. on the beach. It was Jo who had team, playing beautiful netball There was drinking, dancing, Monday 24th June: White sandy to climb to the top of the pyramid, and we lost 21-6. The old girls famous footballers, and a few beaches, big waves in a warm but nose-dived off the summit, among us (Jess, Kath, Hannah games of netball on the way. We sea, palm trees, Chefette (the resulting in a face full of sand, and myself) were happy that our were competing in the 4th annual Caribbean's answer to wonky glasses, and 9 laughing-so- last game together representing IC Bajan Unifest 2002, with 110 McDonalds), and strawberry milk- much-it-hurts mates standing was against a national team, and other sportspeople from universi- shakes for Holly. What a life! The beside her. It was all, however, in that it had been a great game. It ties in Britain, USA and Barbados, Harbour Lights nightclub is one of aid of the Unifest Talent Show at led, of course, to another scan- covering the sports of netball, the most famous on the island. The Rusty Pelican that night. With dalous night at Harbour Lights hockey, cricket and football. involving stiltmen, Heriot Watt Barbados is where it's at when it boys and vast amounts of rum comes to netball. Men and women punch. alike play it, follow it and under- stand it, and they get the fantastic Thursday 27th June: The Unifest results. Beach Party at The Boatyard. There was jet-skiing, kayaking, Saturday 22nd June: The morn- beach volleyball, football and ing after the night before. It's a kayak-racing (in which Jo crashed mystery how we all made it to into a very large, very obvious, Gatwick, but we did, all be it in a quite how she didn't see it no one variety of physical states. Eight knows, inflatable iceberg). Sherry hours, 4 films and an ice cream lives in Barbados and introduced later, we landed in sunny, breezy, us to the craziest bus service I palm-tree-packed Barbados. have ever had the misfortune of Virgins to rum punch, this was the coming across. Taxis with a seat- night that changed our lives and ing capacity of 10. Except they shaped them for weeks to come. don't seat 10. For $1.50, we The "Unifest Welcome Party" could get wherever we wanted, at kicked off at a nearby hotel. For £8.00 entry fee, we had free a highly polished dance an insane speed, on a pot-holed Conditions deteriorated when our drinks all night. Stilt-men were routine(one that the IC Rugby road, listening to ragga music very leader Jo Harvey leaped into the encountered, and woo-ed. Clare boys, who came to Barbados in loudly, with 22 other people hotel pool fully clad, briskly pur- demonstrated her ragga singing week two, were treated to many wedged above, beneath and sued by 40 Heriot Watt boys... skills in Carribbean karaoke, and drunken viewings of), the human beside you. We met Sol Campbell we danced the night away with pyramid had only been practiced that evening, signifying the start of a beautiful story between him and Sunday 23rd June: Our first the New Zealand cricket team. on the sand. A tiled and slippery one of us. So that the girls can intensive training session...on the floor was not the finest morale avoid hassle from the tabloids, I beach...in between sunbathing. Tuesday 25th June Fixture 2: booster. However, Jo made it to shall leave the story there... There was an official Opening Venue: Sir Garfield Sobers Sport the top of the pyramid with ease Ceremony for the Unifest competi- Complex, Team Eden Stars, (the power of rum punch) and tion, and the Imperial Ladies were Barbados flashed to the cheering crowd - in Friday 28th June: Another inten- about to play the first game of the A team, the mere mention of her own words, "Nakedness wins, sive training session on the tournament. whose name sends shivers down girls, nakedness wins". We lost. beach.. Virgin Atlantic held a Fixture 1: Venue Sir Garfield the spine of every Bajan man and We spent the evening drowning shoot-out competition in which Sobers Sports Complex, Team: woman. They were a far better our sorrows and learning how to whoever got the best out of 3 Carrington, Barbados team than Carrington, possessing dance Bajan-style with the goals won a return trip to The IC touring team is unbeaten the rather fortunate gift of go-go Carrington Netballers. Holly and Barbados. Hannah and Holly were in Britain. It arises from the fact gadget arms. We lost the first half Stuxy proved to be naturals (or the only girls to score 1. A defend- we had never played together 7-2. Sherry came in as was it that they were the most er from St.Marys won. Off to before. Leading from the start, we Goalkeeper and put in a fantastic drunk..) Oistins Fish Fry Market in the finished with a draw at 11-11, not performance, as she did in all evening, yet more drinking games, bad for our first game. In the games. Following a defiant come- Wednesday 26th June Fixture 3: and finishing off in Harbour hottest conditions we've ever back, the heavens opened. Had it Venue: National Stadium Team Lights,again. All that can be played in, games were only in 15- not been warm, the torrential Barbados Under 16s. remembered is Clare returning

[email protected] The student newspaper of Imperial College FELIX FEATURES Q9 |§g$ ' Balls In Barbados home with a toilet roll holder and dance on the deck. games ('Fives' becoming a firm walk took us only 30 minutes as the surrounding piece of wall she Most didn't. favourite). A tropical storm kicked the lure of a cafe at the end of it had taken it from. in on Tuesday and in true Brit was too great. The IC Netball and Sunday 30th June: The whole fashion, we headed to the beach Rugby squads invaded Sherry's Saturday 29th June: After only day was devoted to rest and recu- to play rounders. In a last minute home on Friday afternoon for a 2 hours sleep, the first memory of peration. The IC Rugby team panic about lack of cultural knowl- fantastic barbecue. We played a the day is sleeping in the hotel car arrived on Friday and this after- edge of Barbados, we went to friendly netball match against the park. We had crawled out of bed noon we went to watch their 1st Bridgetown, the island's capital. Cheltenham and Gloucester with probably the worst hangovers game of the tour. They won, easi- In a cultural overdose, we invest- (hockey) team - we won - with the of the fortnight to get a taxi into ly. We followed a lazy day with a ed in matching Hawaiian shirts, rugby team as our back-up. The town, making our last effort for the girls night in, with pizza and a so we would look really classy end of tour meal was our last Bajan Unifest Tour - a Jolly Roger film. when we went out. We also went chance to dress up and wear the Cruise. There was no drinking by on a coach tour of the island. heels we had packed but not worn us, even though it was free. There 2nd week: The days were spent Barbados is 11 by 14 miles (I for 2 weeks. Awards were won, was no snorkelling, even though it playing netball, cricket and know lots of interesting facts like wine was drunk. Harbour Lights, was free. There was no moving. rounders, followed by many great this now), so getting anywhere is stilt-men, rugby boys and rum Jess slept in the shade of the nights out with the IC rugby lads. very quick. We saw Harrison's punch beckoned. lower deck for the entire 4-hour Dancing, drinking, sand fights, Cave, the 8th wonder of the world journey, and lost a flip-flop over- beer fights, it could have almost according to our guide. To be hon- "I'm really glad I joined the net- board. Somehow it just didn't been the union (I am, of course, est, it could have been Devon. We ball club," said Ragga Queen matter. Clare lost 2 t-shirts over- lying). Whilst the St. Mary's girls also went to the Flower Forest, a Clare during a night at Harbour board. Some made it onto the taught us new drinking songs, the plantation, and got very excited Lights. That's what it's all about. about seeing real monkeys. The rope swing, some made it to boys taught us a few new drinking Ruth Roberts Who Hosts, Wins

It is hard to see why the appropri- doubting that the Europeans would step towards the completion of an Highbury shadows, currently star- ate entities are not pushing harder dig that little bit deeper, such was astonishing hat trick (London ring for Fulham. Then there was to make Great Britain a true con- the abundance of flags of every Marathon, Commonwealth South Korea, who no-body, but no- tender for future Olympic bids. For, European nation involved. There 5,000m, and European 10,000m) body could have expected to reach throughout this great summer of were even some sightings of the EU was typical of the spirit of the the dizzying heights of the semi- sport, one theme has consistently flag, indicating a newfound togeth- English team throughout the finals. The level of support for this surfaced. Almost without exception, erness that could only benefit the Games. Through the pouring rain, country was verging on the alarm- the host nation has performed team. We all know the end result: this skinny lass with knee socks ing and the nation must have added above all expectations. This holds Colin charged from the front, the was cheered from start to finish as a packet to its GDP through replica true across a wide range of sports leaderboard began to turn a lovely she demolished the opposition. The shirt sales alone. With this sort of and from the very beginning of the shade of blue, Paul McGinley tidied women's hockey team surpassed all crowd co-ordination, this was one summer at the World Cup right things up, Sam cried and Sunday expectations by reaching the final, place where one could almost through to last September's lunches were punctuated with cries only losing to India at the very expect a testing of the theory that, if delights at the Belfry. There is no of joy. death. All over Manchester, athletes all the crowd exhaled together, they question that a nation performing Turn the clock back a couple of young and old were inspired by the could blow the ball into the appro- well is a happy nation, both eco- months and we find ourselves in enthusiastic crowd. All over the priate net. With the parties going on nomically and socially, and the way Manchester, in the midst of nation, viewers were inspired by the long into the night and the legacy of to ensure success seems to be to England's most successful enthusiastic athletes. A report has a dozen stadiums of superb quality, engineer the presence of a fervent Commonwealth Games ever. The just been issued stating that the not many would question the bene- home support. other Home Nations performed well Games were a success financially. It fits of hosting this competition. Curtis Strange said it himself in but it was England who shone, was sport at its best, prosperous Yet still the politicians faff around the build-up to the 34th Ryder Cup almost as brightly as David from all angles. with no plans in the near future to - "I expect Sam (Torrance) to enlist Beckham's glorified shell suit at the Back at the beginning of the bring any of the world's major the help of a thirteenth man - the opening ceremony. Never before summer the football funfair that is sporting events to Great Britain. Not crowd." Said supporters did them- had three flags of St George flown the World Cup visited Asia for the the Olympic Games, not the World selves proud, buoying the European high in the swimming pool, but in first time. It was also the first time Athletics Championships, not the players along on a tide of emotion, Manchester it happened twice in that two countries had shared the World Cup. With even a national passion and desire. However, they the same evening. Even more honour of hosting the tournament. stadium beyond our capabilities, did not forget that they were a golf- unheard of, as swimming took cen- Yet again, both host nations easily there seems little hope that this will ing crowd, and generously applaud- tre stage, the Australian women's transcended even the most opti- change in the near future. We can- ed the American players as well. relay team was beaten by the girls mistic hopes. Who can forget the not underestimate what we are Thus, the event was the friendliest from England. Twice. On the run- excitement generated by Inamoto, missing out on. for some years, but there was no ning track, Paula Radcliffe's second then an unknown Japanese in the Sarah Nicholson [email protected] The student newspaper of Imperial College io FASHION FELIX IC STULE Mm in i nnnnn

Welcome to Felix's first ever fash- ion page! SIHSliU This section is not here to tell you what to wear, but what's in, what's not and where to buy it on Name - Shaz a student budget. My fellow fashion editor and I Department - Chemistry are not fashion experts, but we enjoy shopping and reading fash- Year - 2 ion magazines. In the future we are looking for Favourite shop(s) - Gap, articles help to fill this page; par- Mango, Topshop, H&M ticularly male fashion writers because our knowledge of male How would you describe your fashion is fairly limited. Articles on style? - Retro shops, trends, in fact anything to do with style are welcome. High Street Kensington - perfect for lunch time shopping What's your favourite This week's article is on where accessory? - I love belts and to shop in London, for freshers time! There is so much it is a good HMV: There are a couple of these pointed boots/shoes who aren't familiar with our capital idea going with an idea of what along Oxford Street and have a city and for older students who you want before you get there, just great selection CDs and DVDs to haven't discovered all the great browsing will take hours. top up your collection. places yet. This isn't a full guide Mango: For girls only this is a rel- just the places we know well and atively new store. It's very good Oxford Street takes time and think are worth a visit. and very reasonable. Fantastic for patience with plenty of coffee cute little going out tops and up to breaks. There are many coffee Oxford Street the minute fashion items. shops on side streets or my per- The fashion mecca of London, if it Selfridges: Well I couldn't mention sonal favourite is in Marks and isn't here you aren't gonna find it. Oxford Street and not talk about Spencers, which always quiet and Well that isn't strictly true, but as this store. It is up towards Marble they do a yummy hot chocolate! far as high street shops are con- Arch and is normally full of Saturdays are mad, never do cerned they are all here usually in tourists. Oxford Street towards Christmas multiples! It has all the latest designer unless you are a rugby player labels and a few celebs walking because it is impossible. Also Places worth visiting: around. The food department is avoid it in the rain because the also fantastic and if you feel pavements turn into mini lakes Topshop/Topman: This shop is in cheeky it is possible to get tasters and slow the flow of human traffic Oxford Circus right by the exits to of everything! down even more. the tube station. It is absolutely huge and you can quite easily get completely lost in it. Topshop is on the lower two floors, with the widest range of accessories you have ever seen on the ground floor. The basement has all the clothes and will keep you busy for hours! Topman is on the first floor and has a good range of menswear. It is particularly good for going out clothes, though please not Ben Sherman shirts! Tips for this shop: Take your Shellys, Diesel, Urban Outfitters and Habitat on High St. Ken [email protected] The student newspaper of Imperial College FELIX FASHION IC 9TULE

High Street Kensington The smell drifts out of the shop Camden Market This is the closest shopping area to and draws you in. For those of you Bloody marvellous place, just go college and is a good place to nip who haven't discovered it yet; and soak in the ambience! Go on a along in your lunch break. It isn't Lush is a shop that makes hand Saturday when all the markets are nearly as scary as it sounds with made cosmetics. on and take plenty of cash. plenty of the high street chains. This including bath bombs that Camden tube station is mostly you drop in to a hot bath to fill it exit only, so walk from here past all Shops to visit- with flowers or glitter or just to the markets down to Chalk Farm Urban Outfitters: Fantastic shop! make you smell fantastic. Massage tube station to get back. Just the hippest shop you have bars for you and your significant Miss Sixty - fantastic jeans other to enjoy and soaps piled to ever been in. The ground floor has Rokit: A very, very good vintage the ceiling. Within the budget: clothes store. Not the cheapest, lots of kitsch stuff, useless but you Good for girls who want a treat but definitely some good stuff. still want it. The clothes, both and for boys who want to buy their Bluebird: Okay not strictly in the Cold Steel: This is one of the male and female, are fabulous but girls a treat, the staff are very help- budget, this is the Conran food piercing and tattoo places in ful with out being too forceful or emporium. The food shop itself Camden and if you're feeling brave overbearing. has lots of possible presents and enough to get your belly pierced Amazon: This is a group of shops imports that you can't get any- this is a good place to go. They hidden up Kensington Church where else including Oreo cookies, looked clean enough when I was Street, mainly full of crap but there yum! there anyway. are hidden treasure like discounted Space NK: Fabulous cosmetics There is another, bigger vintage French Connection stuff. store with brands like Stila and clothing store down in the Camden H&M: Extremely cheap shop, full Philosophy, expensive but the staff Lock market whose name I can't of fab bargains but it takes a bit of really know the range so good if remember. searching to find them. There are you want something special or a There are lots of other random actually two H&Ms within about gift for someone. stores, the shoe shops are usually 100 meters of each other, one Steinberg and Tolkein: A retro pretty odd and very pricey. large and one smaller next to the clothes fantasy, glamorous dresses expensive, good in the sales tube station. and costume jewellery. Not cheap though. It also has a home depart- A tip for this brand is to try but there is the odd bargain. ment with the funkiest cocktail everything on before you buy, Lush: Again, but it really is fantas- kits. many things that look fantastic on tic. Diesel: Worth a mention, but I the clothes hanger look terrible on R soles: Again completely out of think it is very over priced. Still I a real person! budget but the best place to buy wouldn't mind a pair of Diesel fantastic cowboy boots. I believe jeans. Kings road Madonna has a pair of these. Zara: Another undiscovered treas- The essential street for posing, a Reiss: A good men's clothing ure by most women, much cheap- good place for car spotting store, not cheap but good for clas- er than it looks and with a very because everyone brings their sic wardrobe staples. They have Zara - Surprisingly cheap good basics range. Ferrari's and Porches here. started doing a women's range as Miss Sixty: Expensive, but fantas- This street has a lot of small well, though I am not sure if this Oh and if you buy a cheap tic clothes for girls. Quite an intim- quirky little (expensive) shops, store is stocking it yet. watch from one of the millions of idating store though. with the extremely posh Sloane Peter Jones: Right on the edge of market stores selling them don't Lush: I love this shop it is just Square at one end. Sloane Square this is the ultimate expect it still to be working the heaven. department store - it's huge! The next day! store isn't actually as scary as it first looks and the prices are very Portobello Road reasonable. The haberdashery sec- Start off at Westbourne Park and COCfLTfllLG coiopoufflfi tion is amazing with lots of little walk down to Ladbroke Grove or sequins and feathers to customise Notting Hill. The tastiest cocktail ever! The crushed ice is very important, if you clothes with. This market has everything, haven't got a proper ice crusher, try putting the ice in a strong plas- mainly tack though. A lot of tic bag, wrapping it in a tea towel and bashing it on the floor or Knightsbridge designers have started off with something. My tip is don't bother! Unless you stalls at this market so it can For each drink you need the juice of one lime, 1 measure of Triple want to join the tourists to gawp at sometimes be worth a look. The Sec, 2 measures of Vodka and a top up of cranberry juice. Shake Harrods or Harvey Nichols. There antiques part of the market is usu- together with some ice cubes then serve over the crushed ice. are a few of the high street stores ally packed so is to be avoided Obviously any umbrellas or citrus slices increase the classiness of down here but I have no time for unless you are looking for some this drink. snobby shop assistants who disap- costume jewellery. Gail prove of trainers. Photos by Matt

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3 Lincoln's Inn Fields telephone email London +44(0)20 7400 8000 [email protected] WC2A 3AA r , u United Kin dom facsimile web site +44 (0)20 7400 8050 www.bristows.com Bristows FELIX LETTERS Your Letters To Merge Or Not To Merge... sities next year, and face a combined in opposing these outrageous top up Southside UCL/IC option, it would not feature fees. Yours expectingly, Hi Felix on my application form. R. Mahfouz I was meaning to write here a long So IC wants top-up fees, if the In that spirit, would anyone care time ago about Southside shop. I government lets them. Bad news, I to organize a protest? ICU, perhaps? am surprised no one else has! guess, but: Still not critical. We can Regards Dear Felix, When Basics Pizza was taken voice our disagreement and protest Is Syksey-boy's core proposal that over by the Southside shop, I had (but, please, not with GBP 31,000 those wanting a good education my doubts... Pizzas were good at adverts full of factual errors!!!!). We I was at the Rector's meeting last should have to pay for it, providing Basics (well, on a basic level any- can make sure the government week, where he harped on about that they are able, really such a bad way), and the little Shop had such know about the problems, and hope the economic benefits that would be one? The answer, methinks is yes... a bad reputation for having over- they will make the right decision reaped as a result of the proposed ish priced items... even more expen- (i.e. to block top-up fees). And it's a IC/UCL merger, and how we would Is it not fair that an individual sive than Harrods in some cases! medium term issue. We have time all come to realise the wisdom of his from a fairly affluent background (as However, I loved the French crois- to oppose it. plan, once we saw the evidence. the typical IC student is despite sants, so I knew I should give it a The merger is not medium-term. Does he not realise that the opposi- what they may say) and who is also chance. This is supposed to be decided by tion to this proposal might stem quite likely to get a well paid job, Then they decided to make piz- December, and it is the worst news from something other than concern should have to pay for it? Well, yes, zas., which was a good idea, as for us I've heard in a while. Big may about whether we were going to i think so. Is it not also true that the we all need a good nibble when be beautiful for finances and eco- turn a profit from this? I'm talking college will have to find some way to we are drinking ourselves to the nomics, but a university is a rather about patriotism to our university -1 make up the £2500 per student per ground. But the shop closes at different thing. Universities are there don't want to see IC lose its identity year that Sykes claims it loses 9pm and they stop serving food at to educate and to do research - both becoming just another faculty of through inadequate government 8.30pm.. who in their right mind things for the greater good, and, no some London super-university, funding? Again, of course it must. has thought about food by that matter what politicians may think, which it most certainly would, when But top-up fees aren't the answer. time on a night out?? 8.30pm is not (just) for profit. faced with the larger, and let's face Syke's proopsals aren't actually all right about when you start think- Put it like this: Before I came to it, more well-known UCL. Imperial that bad, providing that you start of ing about having a pizza! After a England, I tried to figure out which has only just gone through a merger, wealthy-ish and get a well-paid job couple of trials, I decided against universities (in Europe) would be incorporating the medical schools afterwards, but that is too often not them anyway. best for me (engineering degree). into the college - and we all know the case. We all know, that if you go Then there is the bread. A loaf Imperial and Cambridge came out that isn't now the happiest of mar- into research/academia, the salaries cost £1.15. That in itself is outra- on top, together with a Dutch uni- riages. The same sort of marginal- are rarely as good as those to be geous. Three times the price of a versity (TU Delft, I think, but I'm not ization experienced by medics gained elsewhere, and are barely supermarket loaf. However, one sure, I disregarded it because I don't would happen to the whole of IC, adequate to pay off the current lev- could think that you are not pay- speak Dutch). UCL was not even on only this time, there wouldn't be the els of £15k student debt let alone ing that price for the actual bread, the list. Imperial may be smaller chance for the same sort of insulari- the likely £25k with top up fees. but for the convenient location of than either Oxford or Cambridge, ty that the medics employ. IC, under This will only discourage IC students the shop, and the fact that it is but it is also more selective in the a merger, would just be swallowed, from taking up research positions, open "late"... I could cope with courses it offers. Our university overwhelmed by the larger UCL, and act as an itellectual drain for the that. But what a furious reaction I stands for a quality product - quality and the IC ethos and interests would college. had when I realised that only loafs be cast aside in the interests of the education and quality research. And Equally the Rector's assertions with best-by-dates for the next day new institution. it stands for science and technology that students will be accepted on were for sale! Obviously, I experi- Richard Hutchinson (Medicine 3) (and medicine) - subject areas at the quality only, and that money will be enced that first-hand a couple of core of progress, and more impor- taken care of later, are very short- times (by eating stale bread) tant to society than any humanity More Topping Up sighted. We all can cite examples of before I realised this was a shop could ever be. friends who chose not to come to policy! Of course, we could join up with Dear people, London on a cost basis. So although Finally, there is the mice. Have UCL but at what cost? UCL is not It seems to me that many IC stu- the system may not officially dis- you ever looked through the win- Imperial. It is not even LSE. dents think "top-up fees" are criminate against the less wealthy, dows into the shop after closure? Internationally, it is an unknown. inevitable, consequently thats why I in reality it is likely that some degree Last time I looked, there were half LSE don't want us, which is a pity, think a significant number of IC stu- of the financial elitism seen in the a dozen mice making a feast of but given that their brandname is as dents arn't interested in taking any Ivy League will occur. what was left over in the "freshly strong as ours, it's understandable. sort of action. I think it is safe to say So where should the money come prepared" food section. It isn't the But does that mean we have to pick that the majority of IC students are from? The fairest method would first time I see this, and I am not up any university with a campus in against the top up fees, therefore "us seem to be some sort of graduate the only who has noticed it either! London, just so we nominally have lot" are in our thousands. Whilst tax. That way, there is no disincen- So basically, I am wondering more students, and look more there is only one man at the top who tive to go into research (which sure why on earth the College has let important? Together, the new wants to push these top up fees the college wants and needs), and it the Southside Shop area to a University would not be bad. But through. So when you think about means that those seeking their bunch of lazy French, who have would the combined thing be as the potential mass oppostion, these degree purely to help them earn overpriced gone off items (if not good as Imperial, i.e. world class? changes are far from inevitable!!! more money, pay what they deserve run out of stock), are closed on No. We'd be above average. And And so, ladies and gents, girls and to. Sundays and most importantly that, I'm afraid, is not good enough boys, I think it's about time more of Yours, don't clean stuff out well enough for me. 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The Russian Emergencies A spokesman from Russian The UN has said that plans to cut people in the world, with women Ministry announced on mission control said of the inci- world hunger by half before and children the most at risk. Wednesday that a Soyuz-U dent: "Serious conclusions will 2015 will probably fail, and it This is more than a previous esti- space rocket has exploded. It have to be drawn, as a modified could take a century to reach the mate, with the main increase in was an unmanned rocket, sup- version of this same rocket is goal. The target was set in 1996 central Africa, but progress has

On the pathfinder mission, images were taken using rover robots Starvation affects people world-wide posed to conduct scientific due to take a group of cosmo- and would require the total num- been made in China and South- measurements with a Photon-M nauts to the International Space ber of hungry to reduce by 24 east Asia. satellite during a 15-day trip Station shortly." A spokesman for million a year. Considering that People described to be 'hungry' around the Earth. It exploded 29 the Russian space agency, Sergei 25,000 people die every day might not actually be starving or seconds after take-off despite Gorbunov, said: "There are no from poverty and starvation, to malnorished, but suffer the having a good safety record. plans as yet to postpone the meet the goal would require effects of a poor diet with low One man was killed in the inci- flight." It seems likely that an progress to increase tenfold. vitamin content. Possibly two bil- dent and eight others were engine failure was to blame for Current estimates show that lion people are affected in this injured. the explosion. there are 840 million hungry way.

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[email protected] The student newspaper of Imperial College 16 MUSIC REVIEWS FELIX Albums & Singles Various 2/5 Singles One Love Warchild Covers Album Coldplay - The Scientist from the past fifty years, and your The standouts are Badly Drawn dad will have heard of almost all Boy with Come On Eileen which Proving that they still know the artists. is genius in part because of how to pen a damn fine rock Ms Dynamite lays sweet, Jool's Holland's participation and ballad, Coldplay's new single is mature vocals over a straightfor- in part because of Damon a poignant tale of enduring ward cover of Soul 2 Soul's Gough's talent for sounding pes- love. The second to be taken However Do You Want Me. simistic and optimistic all at from the band's ace new Feeder and the Stereophonies once. Also, it is revealed that album, A Rush Of Blood To The come up with emotionally Gary Barlow could quite possibly Head, this starts with a simple wrought versions of The Power Of have been thinking of David piano refrain and Martin's ten- Love and Nothing Compares 2 U McAlmont when he was writing der vocals, before building respectively. Kelly Jones does his Back For Good, so perfectly do steadily with subtle orchestra- predictable 'I'm very emotional' Bernard Butler's partners soulful tion and haunting harmonies This is the second covers album thing and Grant Nicholas, less tones suit the track. (Maybe Gaz towards a rousing finale that'll to be released by the War Child predictably, pulls off the same. should make a comeback as have you waving your lighter in charity with NME. The first time My least favorite tracks are Bernie's co-writer.) the air. "Nobody said it was round the songs covered were not Prodigy being The Specials and On the covers front, I feel the easy", Martin claims, but with necessarily big hits and the acts Jimmy Eat World being Prodigy. way to go is faster and louder, songs these good, Coldplay on the record were more con- Both Ghost Town and Firestarter with more drums and shouting if make success seem effortless. sciously 'cool' than commercial. were relevant at the time of their possible. This record mostly goes As a result the profits were obvi- release in a political way and the other way, as it's for charity, 5/5 Tom Bell ously not that great, as this time, removing that context leaves the so suffers as a result. all the tracks are No.l singles covers as strings of lyrics. Sarah The Coral - Dreaming of You

If you are a fan, you will find 2 new tracks on the single: Jakatta 4/5 Answer Me which contrasts with the happiness of Visions Dreaming of You. The tempo is slow, the voice is grave. Follow lem, music like this is just too arrangement that sounds like the Sun belongs to another forgettable, too generic. The Tinky Winky trying to play the X- genre - it sounds like the AMERICAN I sleeve notes make a point of how Files hook on a Casio keyboard. garage rock of The White BEAUTY much Dave loves the cinema and The final track Strung Out is Stripes, full of guitar and heavy how much this album is just indeed very strung out and could drums. The Coral show an waiting to be commissioned for do with being about five minutes amazing diversity of style for a the new Sam Mendes film. Don't shorter, although with this being new band. If you haven't got be fooled by the singles, it does chill-out we don't want to rush the album yet, you can try the indeed sound like a film sound- things too much do we? single. Dreaming of You - one track. A film about beaches and Everything in between follows of the best songs of the album, clouds and gently swooping birds pretty much the same pattern of: to give you a good idea of The and palm trees swaying in the gentle piano intra followed by Coral sound: a joyful experi- cool sea breeze while the tide soft drum loop followed by float- ence without restraint! "At the third stroke, it will be softly laps up onto the golden ing in space noises (possibly with eleven fifty eight and ten sec- shore as a silhouetted man in a some wispy female vocal) fol- 4/5 Mike onds". So begins the new album trenchcoat walks slowly towards lowed by some more piano/wood- from "record collector/fanatic, a battered shack. It is essentially, wind and maybe even some ran- Luna - Lovedust master of disguise, disco a perfect ambient chill-out dom electronic noises, eventually mechanic and top notch produc- album, and while it may be tech- going to artistic fade into the next Pleasant and sentimental cho- er and remixer" (not my words) nically accomplished and very track. Despite all this, it does rus-verse guitar pop. Dave Lee AKA Jakatta. You well arranged it just sounds the what it does very well indeed. Competent musicianship yet know, the one who did that same as itself and the other half Stick it on after a hard day at the unimpressive lyrics. Lovedust American Beauty song. The one million chill out albums avail- office, collapse into an oversized is catchy but disposable. with the glockenspiel and the able. The aforementioned first armchair or a hot bubble bath, Unsophisticated but could stir breathy la-la-la-la-la-na-na-na. track It Will Be has the standard close your eyes and let the lush the heart in conjunction with Oh come on, its been on just issue, looping spaced out electro- production and atmosphere take mild intoxication about every dance compilation piano layered with some light you to a place infinitely more jazz drumming, but then over the relaxed and serene. from here to eternity for the last Indu top there's some bizarre bleeping year. And so herein lies the prob- Dominic

[email protected] "You're not interested unless it's less than five minutes old and completely manufactured!" FELIX MUSIC REVIEWS Albums & Live Review Ron Sexsmith 4/5 Singles Cobblestone Runway The Music - Getaway warm, full one. And he's just say- notions of friendship and love. ing something like "Even if it's Something like the two first com- More top-notch baggy psy- hard, keep going". And as he did- mandments plus "After all we're chedelia from the northern n't commit suicide after his best friends". The title of his rockers that starts with an divorce, he's kind of an anti-rock fourth song God Loves Everyone insistent guitar melody, then star and that's even better. could complete Ron's nice monk's piles on layers of electronic His songs always use the same suit. twinklings and warblings ingredients but in a different way, But don't misunderstand, God before launching into a blaz- song after song, that you can't be Loves Everyone is an answer to ing chorus of metal riffs. With bored if you liked the first one. the murder of a gay student in everyone quoting influences Here some strings and a piano Wisconsin and to the people from the Stone Roses to Led Gold In Them Hills, here with a standing outside with their signs Zeppelin (underlined by Lou Reed chorus These Days, a saying "God hates fags" or "Burn singer Robert Harvey's vocal Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian song- beachy funk a la Jamiroquai in Hell fags". Moreover, Ron similarity to Robert Plant), writer, who also got divorced just when he took his first 'l-love- makes us feel good, it makes us it's all too easy to dismiss before starting the creation of his everybody' acid, and even, even quiet and confident for he really them as purely derivative, album. Maybe it's the contrary - some gentle, discrete, useless but found the means to reach our hid- but the sheer breadth of the divorce led him to the album. charming electronic sounds. den and laughable desire for bet- experimentation that goes Anyway it's quite easy that I must admit that rapidly, Ron ter things to come and for happi- into their songs confirms The there is a strong synergy between can be compared to a Pritchard or er days. And if you haven't any of Music's status as one of the that sad event in Ron's life and win the title of Prince of this kind of longing, the release of most exciting bands in the that album. Basically, there is Saccharose because of the sim- Ron's album proves you're right. country right now. Both for- Ron's guitar and Ron's voice, a plicity, purity we could say, of his Nic mats of the single are due to be deleted on the day of release, so you'd better get a Vex Red & Biffy Clyro 5/5 move on.

Friday 18th October, London Astoria 5/5 Tom Bell

three chord melodies that you that The Cooper Temple Clause Earth Terranova - Running just have to jump to. The four would be proud of. Away Scots on stage must be loving it - Lead singer, Terry Abbott, the crowd are actually singing returns alone for the compulsory I must confess my ignorance along, they know the lyrics and encore. "We're just gonna have a in not having heard the Bob what's more, they believe in little break," he reveals, and then Marley original, so I was them with as much passion as quietly, ever so gently, he begins unaware as to what to Biffy Clyro sing them. to play. Fans previously busy expect. Thankfully, instead of The lads know what they're beating the shit out of each other, a like-for-like reggae cover doing when it comes to playing stop and stare, mesmerised by like The Fugees' No Women live. They're together, they're the sweet vocals of Abbott, No Cry, we get a trip-hop tight and they're firing out what somewhat reminiscent of remake with a female vocal. could be hit after hit. Their sound Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Sadly, that's where the inno- Judging by the crowd - huge builds on itself and rises in Corgan. Half-way through this vations end, as the track metal moshes, fans crushed relentlessly inspiring phases; a acoustic instant, three quarters of meanders along without pro- against the barrier, serious teasing silence before the vocals the Astoria are crouching on the viding anything that hasn't crowd-surfing - I almost thought kick in and carry the emotional floor, simply appreciating the sur- been heard a zillion times I'd missed out on the support wave back down. prisingly tender moment. In a before. Much better is the band as I stepped into the Vex Red seem determined not very un-vex red-like manner, a Naughty remix, which treats Astoria. But no, all this was down to be outdone by their support few lighters are swaying slowly the track to a funk-inspired to the latest craze among kid act as they greet their metal through the air. For a crowd that workout, slowly building to a rockers: Biffy Clyro. masses. For a band who have have spent the entire night trying crescendo of vibrancy. With the same talent for pro- come so far in such little time, to injure themselves by throwing Whilst the master probably ducing infectious riffs as emo-like they step into the shoes of rock themselves at anything or anyone won't entirely endorse this, Rivals Schools and Jimmy Eat stars with professionalism, confi- in sight, the atmosphere really is there have been far worse World, Biffy Clyro seem to have dence and pride. quite moving. crimes against his name. found the right formula for damn With no hesitation the band There's such power and pas- good rock-pop anthems. fires up their opening track - bril- sion in this band and some- 3/5 Deepesh Tonight they are on top form liant and exemplary riffs, rocking where, if you look a bit deeper, is with simple refrains and strong bass lines and electronica effects true talent. Keira

[email protected] Comments, emails and questions to the usual address MUSIC REVIEWS FELIX i Live Reviews Lostprophets 5/5 Albums Saturday 12th October, Brixton Academy The Gloria Record - Start Here reputation the hard way - on the dling since 1999. road. Gig after gig in small seedy As they tore through this Imagine a world where Vex venues, slowly winning the album, injecting it with new life Red were brought up in a nice youth of the country over. Times in the process, we were treated neighbourhood, had all the have changed however, and now to the odd new song, slipping in new toys and instead of being they're playing a large seedy between the present classics. the weirdoes at school were venue. These were impressive tasters the popular kids that every- The throng now assembled that did not disturb the pace, body liked. A world where Ross within the fake splendour of the sound or mood of the set - defi- Robinson preferred candy floss Brixton Academy welcome the nitely a good sign of things and fluffy bunnies to guns and band on stage with high expec- come. They proved once again, crows' heads, and the only Opening that evening were tations. there is nothing like pure road for a new band to go Douglas, who came and went, The hardcore tour schedule of unadulterated talent turned up down was the same road as followed quickly by Audiovent. the past few years shines to maximum volume. everybody else. Welcome, to Whether or not Jason Boyd was through. The vocals hit every Running through the album the world of The Gloria Record. purposefully trying to imperson- note, with Ian and Jamie reach- track list in my head I realised Not that any of this is neces- ate his elder brother's stage ing the pinnacle of their talent they were running out of stuff to sarily a bad thing, it's just that presence, it did shine through. during "and she told me to play. With only one song left the when you sound like Chris Unfortunately the band's out- leave" - even the onstage light Lostprophets finished on a win- Martin on bad drugs and sing standing pedigree wasn't show is flawless. ner, Shinobi Vs Dragon Ninja, about being made responsible enough, and you were left feel- You might think for all this And once again the venue for people swallowing treesO?) ing that something was missing. professionalism, the show might jumped together, with even more it becomes increasingly diffi- The Movie Life jumped on stage seem contrived, but no. The six energy than the first occasion. cult to take you seriously. To next and tried their best, but men on stage radiate a conta- All this and I still wanted then inhale helium and they couldn't make up for what gious energy, which infects the more, even if it was just the attempt an impression of Thorn must have been a very poor crowd, made visible when the same set played over again. Yorke with a cold for half an sound check. The audience car- entire venue starts jumping up Alas, the encore never came and album is a bit ridiculous. ried on unperturbed though, and and down in time to the chorus the crowd were left clinging to Ultimately, the semi-angst- a short time later our patience of Fake Sound Of Progress - the front man lan's promise of a new emo-lite leaves you with a dis- was rewarded. title track from the album the album. tinct feeling that you've been here before, you did all this The Lostprophets earned their Lostprophets have been ped- Alison years ago and you have several t-shirts to prove it. So while it may be fun to spot the influ- ences and come up with Mushroomhead 5/5 bizarre sound-a-likes, in the end tis an unrewarding and Wednesday 16th October, The Marquee boring experience. I was a little apprehensive about and strange noises began to pear in their more traditional this gig. Mushroomhead had come from behind the wall of outfits, apart from backing singer 2/5 Dominic received mixed reviews from brown paper. A couple of power Jeffrey Nothing who was sport- most of the media and the fact chords later the paper dropped ing some sort of Darth maul out- that they looked a little too much down to reveal all eight of the fit complete with full make up. COMPETITION TIME like Slipknot didn't fill me with band wearing pumpkin masks What can I say? I was very confidence. I feel I should point combined with grey army outfits impressed. Their sound was I If you would like to win a out that Mushroomhead have (not too conventional but still crisp, they worked the crowd copy of 'Further Beyond been around for longer than quite impressive looking). well and once you got a feel for Nashville', featuring Slipknot and should not be writ- Then began the music, a the songs they were actually artists such as Janis ten off as a mere spin off. Still it strange combination of heavy quite good. If you're still scepti- Joplin, Lampchop and was somebody's job to review riffs, piano melodies (yes that's cal, my advice would be to listen Alabama 3, all you have them so, armed with pen and right - piano), haunting backing to a couple of their tracks and, if I to do is email us the paper, I arrived at the newly re- vocals plus some shouting for you like what you hear, this is answer to this very simple opened Marquee. The first thing good measure. The sound is definitely a gig worth seeing. If I question. I noticed about the stage was probably influenced by the likes you're a bit of a teeny-mosher, that a group of roadies had of Fear Factory and other metal grab your korn hoodies and mosh I Which type of music is strung up a brown paper screen bands. There are also the the- your hearts off. In order to enjoy I Nashville most famous in front of stage that obscured all atrics. After their opening num- this band even more have plenty I for? of the preparations. Then, after a ber the lights cut out for a few to drink to get you in the mood. short wait, the lights dimmed seconds after which they reap- Sean [email protected] The student newspaper of Imperial College FELIX NIGHTLIFE NightLife

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Monday @ The End Thursday @ Camden Palace This is only a test.

Yet another quality night at The End, but as Paraiso is 100% pure unadulterated Brasilia. It has reached that time of year when golden always it will suit some more than others. As A 20-piece samba band, Latino DJs, live salsa leaves carpet the pavements, cheeks become the promoters say themselves, the music is music and exquisite carnival dancers are just rosy and little children throw fireworks at the eclectic - although they hate to admit it, it a few of the items on offer at the Camden elderly. Yes, this is autumn. ranges from Glam Rock to Indie and then in Palace each month. Before you go off grieving the loss of sum- some way to Punk. As bizarre as that sounds, There is no escape to the infectious beat as mer, let me remind you that autumn and win- it actually works. the dance floor fills with people from every ter are perhaps the most fruitful of seasons as The venue itself has two rooms, the main walk of life. The passion of the music and the far as clubbing is concerned. So, unless you dance floor and a smaller chill out area with artists soon take over and as part of the crowd are John Leslie, there is absolutely no reason comfy couches and the all-important bar. The you suddenly feel part of the show. Balloons why you should be inside. club itself is welcoming to students and easy to and confetti fall from above while shimmering So, keep a look out for the advertisements locate, but the atmosphere at Trash nights can dancers in remarkable feather headdresses for Christmas and New Year events, some of be a little pretentious with a typical clientele of show the star-struck masses how it's done. which have already started to sell tickets. This art students and young rich kids; although the The flavour of Paraiso hits you straight in the year Ministry of Sound will be returning to the dress code is non-specific you will get turned heart and goes right to the head. Millennium Dome and you can also expect the away if your sense of fashion doesn't fit. This And if you're worried about how your per- other major London clubs to be hosting some is where the aforementioned club kids get a bit sonal samba skills (or lack of) will size up on of the best parties, with the best line-ups that snobby. Alternative is the buzzword and you the dance floor, then have no fear. There are you are ever likely to attend. have to be a little different in your image to be free beginners dance classes courtesy of accepted. Basically avoid straight leg jeans Paraiso, and so you'll be up on the podium in Newsflash from Turnmills: and check shirts, dig out old Adidas pumps no time at all and the hideous tank top your granny knitted. Paraiso is a night to stimulate the senses; Turnmills is offering free Student Membership All that aside it is an interesting night and with enough feathers, colour, laughter and to all of our weekend club nights. This worth going if you get kicks out of laughing at music to satisfy every desire and leave you includes The Gallery on Fridays, City Loud, others. Marc L begging for more. Keira P Metrogroove, Roach, Soul Connection and Release Yourself on Saturdays. This amazing offer entitles students to cheaper admission, Monday 11th November Thursday 7th November full access to the Membership Bar, plus the luxury of walking straight to the front of the Erol Alkan 8pm - 3am queue. Simply let Turnmills know you are James FREE samba lessons before 9pm coming down to the club, go to the Rory Philips Membership desk with 2 passport photos and £5 IC students (£8 others) exchange your details for your Turnmills 10pm - 3am Student Membership card... then get a drink, £4 entry Camden Palace, la Camden High Street get on the dancefloor and get ready to have (opp. Mornington Crescent Tube Station) the best times of your life. The End, 16a West Central Street, WC1 www.paraisosamba.co.uk www.the-end.co.uk For more information call 0870 744 2654 Patrick [email protected] "There are actually farm animals that could do my job..." 20 FILM REVIEWS FELIX

And they say that miracles don't happen? it's all turned out nice again. In fact, with you'll have a review to savour next issue. TWO pages! HAR! I tell you, within a month luck and a following wind, next week may Till then, enjoy our humble offerings on this section will ROCK so pay attention... even see the addition of a co-editor and a the unforgiving celluloid altar... Si This issue sees the welcome introduction further gaggle of eager underlings for me to of the first two of my ever growing army of send forth and do my bidding. You see? This If you're interested in adding your talents to minions, so thanks to John and David for is what happens when you place power in this underground movement of movie- shouldering some of the film-reviewing bur- the wrong hands. hacks, have ideas for us to shamelessly rip- den (and doing a much better job of it than For those of you on the look out for some off, or simply want to bitch about how crap- me, I might add). fine post-halloween style action this week, py (or great) the reviews are, then apply to Somehow we all went out and watched you could do a lot worse than check out 28 the usual email (film.felix). A free reply totally different movies at the weekend, so Days Later... hand-on-heart promise that with every e-mail! Limited time only!

I broke all of my rules in watching this is just good-old honest action. Big bangs, movie. Well, I only really have one rule and great stunt work, with a touch of impressive that is not to read any reviews before I see cinematography thrown in. The greatest hon- the film. And I read them. I read them all. our someone like me can bestow a movie is Now, whilst some of you may be thinking to say that I will definitely be getting it on this is no bad thing (research, background DVD when it comes out. Is xXx deserving of knowledge and the like) I have, over the last this accolade? I think it is. I want to see few years, been thoroughly gutted on many those stunt sequences over again (maybe occasions by the overly-detailed reports of with a bit of behind-the-scenes action too) reviewers who clearly have no intention of and I'll be needing to keep my Vin Diesel allowing their readers to enjoy a film. Pet back-catalogue up-to-date. hate of mine this, I despise knowing too All in all, a good (but not great) popcorn much about a movie before I see it - it takes movie. Si all the fun out of the experience. Seeing xXx was released on 18th October 2002, these things cold is where it's at as far as I'm Cert. 12 A. concerned (of course this raises the whole paradoxical/hypocritical issue of me writing If you liked this, try : reviews myself - I choose to ignore that one True Lies (Arnie as the "new breed of Secret to save my meagre brainpower for more use- Agent") ful tasks). Pitch Black (Vin's best to date, a damn good Why this long monologue you ask? "Aliens" rip-off) Where's the juicy details about xXx? Well, xXx the relevance of all this is that I have to IC Cinema admit to being disappointed. My normally

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Just as every Scientist (or Palaeontologist) The action centres around a one-parent fam- SI M N E would shudder at the words "Jurassic Park ily who come close to being munched by could really happen," the Computer Science marauding aliens, but drive them away. Oh, Dept in Imperial College may be slightly dis- and in the process Mel Gibson reaffirms his gruntled by the somewhat dubious missing faith in God. Which he lost on talking to his links in this film. In fact, anyone would be dying wife, who happened to be pinned to a puzzled when trying to determine how Pacino tree. who, and I quote "does not know how to use I wouldn't like to call myself prejudiced, computers" can somehow use, and develop but the omens can't be good for a film star- the amazing code given to him by the afore- ring Macaulay Culkin's younger brother. You mentioned dying man, thus allowing him to would have thought they would have create a completely digital TV, Film, Music changed his name or something, but no, it's and Literary megastar, who also still finds like they think being associated with the time to go on goodwill missions to the Third Original Little Shit will actually help his World (I swear I am not kidding!) career or something. Actually ickle Rory is a In short, this film does not intend to be significant improvement on the older model, realistic (well, let's hope not!). Instead it tries but I digress... to ask questions in a slightly patronising, yet M Night Shyamalan has a reputation to live intelligent, thought provoking manner about up to. After his two previous oevres, one how the modern world is obsessed with expects unforeseen twists which at a stroke Starring: Al Pacino, Catherine fame, celebrity and in general the lives of show the plot's events in a different light. Keener, Rachel Roberts those other than us. What would happen if a There are many similarities to his earlier cre- Director: Andrew Niccol completely perfect person was created to ful- ations - the suspense, the use of child actors Running Time: 117 min fil our needs for someone to look up to/wor- - but this is not one of them. The plot is ship/obsess? (please delete as applicable) obviously intended merely as a backdrop to We live in a world where the appearance fee It's easy to watch, and will keep you enter- the characters themselves. Unfortunately of an A-List actor has rocketed into the tens tained for the duration of its 135 minutes, their personae are too underdeveloped (or of millions, and the price of developing com- even if it is just because you may well be see- perhaps too typical) to be sufficiently emo- puter animated digital actors has fallen dra- ing the first in a future string of Al Pacino tive. matically. Given this fact, if you were a direc- comedy-ish films, or even if you're trying to One of the main themes running through tor given the task to find a replacement for find comparisons with director Niccol's vision the film is about coincidences. Are they real- your leading star who has just walked out on of the future of Hollywood to the actual real- ly happenstance, or maybe, just maybe, you in your failing low budget movie only just ity of today. Alarmingly it would seem we're could they be part of some grand design? dropped by your studio where your ex-wife is not too far away... This is a masterstroke on old Nighty's part. the boss (please, bear with me here)... then Mark out of ten: 000111... (that's a 7 in Now it doesn't matter if the story is about as which type of actor would you choose to binary code). John believable as Britney's knee operation, replace her? (Just before you decide, may I because it was all obviously meant to be. So add the fact that a mad man, no sorry, a SlmOne was released on 25th October that's why the little girl thinks the water's dying mad man, has offered you the free use 2002, Cert. PG contaminated! It's so that she leaves hun- of his life-long developed computer code dreds of glasses of the stuff lying around, which will allow you to create the computer because it kills the aliens. Someone give this animated star for free...) man the Nobel Prize for Writing Logical Well, this is the dilemma faced by director signs Scripts... Viktor Taransky (Pacino) in SlmOne, a film Ah yes, the script. What can the man who by "Truman Show" director Andrew Niccol, The Culkin dynasty continues... gave the world the immortal 'I see dead peo- which develops the ideas surrounding the ple' serve up this time? The enlightening, concept of a creating a digitally animated, 'Either these things are a hoax... or they're stunningly-beautiful movie star (played by real', and my personal favourite; Macaulay newcomer Rachel Roberts) and how her junior telling his 5 year old sister, 'do it - do looks and details of her personal life can be it for your children'. As for the acting, the craved more than the actual content of her cliche machine is wheeled out with such films. abandon that poor old Mel et al really don't This is not like any Pacino film you will stand a chance. Joaquin Phoenix (who was have ever seen before, and for any die-hard obviously drafted in to lend some weight to Pacino fan, or perhaps a keen viewer of the cast and thus dupe stupid people like me Truman Show-style "this-is-what-could-hap- into going to see this film) makes the best of pen-if-we-get-too-carried-away-with-fame" a bad job, but his lines are too few and far films, this is a must-see. Many deep and between to make any real impact. meaningful issues are raised in this film To be fair, the suspense (truly Mr (almost too many) about the public's obses- Shyamalan's speciality) is managed well, but sion with fame and their curious need to Starring: Mel Gibson, Joaquin the shocks are too predictable and too few and know everything and anything about their lat- Phoenix, Cherry Jones far between to call this a true horror movie. In est in-favour movie star. SlmOne captures Director: M. Night Shyamalan conclusion, a contrived and tired slice of cine- the answer to the question; what if this newly Running Time: 107 min ma, and to be avoided unless you want to found sensation were never to appear in pub- have Mel Gibson's babies or something. David lic at the height of her fame? How would the Signs is the latest offering from Mr M Night public and the 'exclusive-story' starved Shyamalan, the man responsible for none Signs was released on 13th September media react? other than The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. 2002, Cert. 12A [email protected] The student newspaper of Imperial College Blood CS Jt intheUDMr 17 Discounted Jugs of ' ^VHKf Cocktails all night in UDH Tetley and Carlberg £l/pint Metz & Mixer £2/shot Friday Nigh t Out :imperia. l Smirnoff Red and Black £2/bottl0DE0e N ra colleg i^oHeSe k (in dbs while stocks last) | 0D|0N | yniounionn 9 From 8pm: £1.50 Union, £2.00 Guests, £1.00 P2P FELIX Felix Crossword 1246 By Boris the Inquisitive Goat

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Hey Kids! I'm back, to serve up an even more delicious dish of delights to tickle the tastebuds of your intellectual tongue (metaphorically speaking of course). Despite last week's 17 Down being an absolutely atrocious clue, for which I apologise profusely and a couple of queries about whether focussing can be spelt with only one's' (it can - I looked it up!) some of you still managed to complete the entire thing and hand it in to the Felix office, or e- mail [email protected]. This week's lucky winner is Neil Yorke- Smith, IC-PARC. I've decided to start a new feature to help out those of you who I've seen staring at cryptic crosswords in disbelief without any idea how to begin. The first cryptically devious technique I've decided to focus on is the included word. You can usually spot these by the use of words like 'contains' or 'holds' in the clue. As an example, the clue:

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lose. The fluidity and pace of the tantrum, but Sugi kept his nerve in the last minute of the game IC VI 4 - 4 IC V sixth's play was truly superb, as to coolly slot away the penalty. after a number of set pieces the Sugi and Rich combined magnif- The fifths then equalised fifths managed to equalise fol- It should first be noted that this icently to set Luis up, who cool- again through Dave Yates after lowing a goalmouth scramble. is by far and away the most ly rounded the keeper to give the sloppy defending - that was To this day no one knows important fixture of the season sixths a well deserved lead. The entirely my fault - following a quite how Gaetan managed to for both teams, and there was next twist in the tail came just Caruso toe-punt, I mean free score as he was trying to clear pride as well as points at stake. on the very stroke of half time, kick. We then withstood some the ball from his own area, but The sixths had won all their when in the absence of a lines- concerted pressure but Pete was one thing is for sure; neither previous games and had beaten man the fifths equalised. never really tested following a team will forget the match in a the fifths in their last encounter The game was already partic- succession of long range efforts. very, very long time. started the match as favourites. ularly heated, and this incident The pace of Sugi always gave us But this was a fierce local derby, really threatened to push it an outlet up front and eventually A Plea From the Editor and both teams knew that the towards a melt down of truly he latched onto a long pass only formbook could be thrown out epic proportions. to be body-checked by the fifth's Can all teams either drop their the window. The second half began at a keeper who still continues to results into the Felix office or The sixths took the lead frenetic pace, which suited each protest his innocence despite send them - even if you can't be through Richard Jones after a teams wide players, and gave sending Sugi six foot up into the bothered to write a report - to particularly scrappy opening both sets of full backs plenty of air. A penalty was, once again, [email protected] as soon period, even by our standards, work to do. duly awarded, and Sugi eventu- after the event as they can? I before John Scott levelled fol- This pressure finally told when ally picked himself up and dust- want to start a results service, to lowing a corner. Rich was violently pushed in the ed himself down to despatch his keep everyone posted on the The game became more back following a long throw and second goal of the game. results of our many teams, but stretched as both sides began to a penalty was rightly awarded. At 4-3 we believed the game won't be able to without your believe it would be much better Yusef, the fifths left back then was ours following a superb help. to win, rather than simply to not threw a spectacular diva-esque save by Pete to deny Gucci. But

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bit more seriously. We were ner. GKT I 2 - 3 Imperial I still not playing our best, In the second half things start- however, and around ed to look a bit better for us, Made our way to their 25 minutes into the although it was still not a very grounds in Cobham, on a half we got our good performance. sunny Saturday mornin first. A lovely Wez came on 5 minutes into only to find a mixture through ball the half, scoring his first IC goal, leaves and long grass brought Dave within 3 minutes, with a shot where the pitches were one on one from the edge of the box. Our meant to be. But we with the fourth came not long after that, went out to play our keeper, and another great delivery from football! he finally Mark's corner kick, Mathan tak- We kicked off well scored with ing advantage of his height (?) to and were playing1 his second win the header at the penalty some pretty attractive shot - after spot, placing it over the keeper... football, building the taking about 4-0. We thought the game was play nicely from the 10 years. That over after that, so we relaxed a back, keeping possession didn't really bit too much. This unfortunately off the ball. And then seem to wake us allowed them to score. A dread- about 20 minutes into the up either, but we ful mistake by the skipper (me) half, a through ball to were still in total con- and their man was through one striker and alas! the skipper of the game. Near the on one with Tim, beating him to (me) gave away a penalty! Well end of the half, we got our make it 4-1. second: a cleverly taken corner - to quote the words of legends in the Even though we were not kick by Mark, picking out Joss, of the past: "I... had to do some- second half. They couldn't cre- happy with our performance, we who, using his head, placed it thing!" (repeat 43230 times). It ate any real chances, finding a still give them the beating they beautifully at the top right cor- was all part of the greater plan solid defence in front of them. deserved. Which was nice. to make the game more interest- Our midfield gave it their all, ing, anyway. Penalty went in, taking control in the middle of down 1-0. That didn't seem to the park. And so, came the put us off though, so about 5 chances... Jeff wasted a couple minutes after that we came back - still part of the plan - but it to score. Clever throw in by was time for us to put our third Joss, flick on header in the box thirds slip away. Mathan was running by Wez, and Mark with a cool down the right, looked more like finish, 1-1. All square and all to he was dancing past players, Dallaglio coined - was our play for, and although we looked rather than dribbling, pulls a IC III 24 - 35 Kingston II forte, not only from the for- the better side, it was pretty great ball back to Jeff, who wards, notably from Sachin, even. And then, out of nowhere, made it 2-3 for us! A disappointing result to a hard but also from the backs, such Wez comes up with a brilliant After that it was Imperial all fought game - but at the end of as our fly half James 'Crash turn on a through pass, to leave over. It took 15 minutes of good the day it's the team who Ball' Walker who played really their defender standing and defending and organised play to scores the most points who well and provided a great try wondering where he was... one reach full-time! 2-3 it was to win. for Alex in his new position at on one with the keeper and 1-2 Imperial and a very well inside centre. to us. Kept the pressure on, Anis This game did prove beyond deserved win! Congratulations managing to miss - was it a any doubt that, if nothing else, Man of the match had to be gents - mission accomplished. clearance? - a header on the that the thirds are a team of Chris Gosden, who despite line! Then, from a corner the guile and flexibility. playing out of position at scrum ball falls to their man in the 6- Imperial 14-1 ICSM I Most of the team were play- half was confident and suc- yard box, a shot finding Ant's ing out of position throughout cessful. His kicking was excel- hand on the line. The ref First home game this season the game, and even with a lent and he provided the only blows... penalty and a red card! was against the medics. Can't mere fourteen men we domi- points that we scored from the Carlos almost saved it, but the really see the point in playing nated the first half, only losing boot all game. His excellent ball ended up in the net. It was them, as we always win, but as points to the overlap created by awareness also bore fruits in a all part of the greater plan! We it's always fun to give the being a man down. well earned try. managed to keep it 2-2 till half- medics a good beating - and it Mike's number eight pickup With ten minutes to go we time. was a nice sunny day as well - try was lifted straight from the were trailing 24-25, so we so why not go? Started off quite hallowed pages of the RFU brought on Neil, and the rest, We had to keep playing 3 at rusty, actually allowing them to coaching manual, and when as they say, is history... the back, as we wanted to win get the better of us for the first Dan came inside Alex (ahem - Most importantly, though we this. Despite being down to ten 10-15 minutes. It was around ed) it really was a joy to watch. won the drinking game. Next men we came out a lot stronger then we decided to take things a 'Hard Yards' - as Laurence Stop St. Mary's.

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deja vu when her opposite num- another try but I wasn't on the Other highlights include Becky's IC Virgins 5-17 Kingston ber seemed to be the bloke she pitch at the time, which obvious- flooring of their Steve shagged last Saturday. Each of ly made all the difference. Doppelganger number eight, Hey kids, to keep a promise I their forwards had about a twen- Seriously, after a series of penal- Dorkwell actually catching the made to the faithful massive, I ty stone weight advantage - big ties, we ended up camped on ball, Priyah's kicking and tackling, would like to point out that this biffas they were - so scrummag- their line and after Ling-a-ding and Filthy's quality swimming hat week, Steve is boy of the week. ing was certainly a challenge. and Danielle Spatchcock chicken - there to protect her hundred quid Two of our resident slappers are Their number one was so large tried to take it blind we lost the weave from the pounding rain on top form, and as I speak that she had to wear a different ball, and it was blasted into type evil weather. Dappy 'the bigger tits the better' shirt from the rest of them - eek. touch. Man of the match had to be Williams is being serenaded by The third try was from their fit - The second half of the match Snotty-Posh who managed to run the entire thirds team. Yeah baby, take that as you wish - full back, was definitely our favourite bit. diagonally - but not flat - all over you love it, you slag. who managed to sidestep the We played well, our tackling the pitch, and coped with the So, to dedicate more than our entire team and score - take that improved, along with our rucking, adverse conditions stunningly. Fair usual one sentence to the match too, as you wish - under the mauling and general handling play, she downed the pint eventu- this week, a poor start put us posts. skills. It did help that they were ally, but the gagging was just not behind in the opening minutes. Most important of all, we must yet another team of moaning attractive. Love you Snots! With tackling still a problem - come to our glorious try. ICU bitches who got so arsey and So to conclude, the match was strange considering we so used to baby, shaking that arse, shaking pissed of that they gave away a very encouraging sign of great going down - and was our main that arse. So Gemma, who numerous penalties that we, things to come from the team: we weakness. Two of their tries were shagged Steve, ran at high speed unfortunately, couldn't take are well on our way to winning a result of continued forward into their stunned scrum half advantage of. The comedy bitch- various cups, leagues and pressure, the first from a scrum who'd actually caught the ball off ing of their backs did provide men/women. and the second from a line out. It their line out, caught the loose some quality entertainment A joke to finish: what's green was at about this point that ball and put it down over the line. though, albeit from 20 yards and smells of pig? Kermit's fin- Gemma had a distinct feeling of Oh the glory. We did nearly score away. gers. Spend the Next Summer in sports shorts the USA Undergraduate All in all it was an excellent IC II 3 - 0 Kingston II match, and the seconds are on track for their best season on Research Imperial's seconds once again record. defeated their opposition to con- Opportunities tinue in their unbeaten season so IC I 5 - 2 Chichester I far. Despite only having 10 players on the pitch we managed an There really is nothing to say Programme impressive victory. After finding a about the game, except that a keen volunteer to be goalie in truly legendary victory was Katherine she was the rock of our recorded by the IC Mens hockey University of Delaware placements available already solid team. firsts against a bunch of jumped Anna, Alice and Clare made up, pompous little bastards from Presentation on Tuesday 5 November at 13:10 in Room impressive runs up the wings, and Chichester. 342, Mechanical Engineering set up excellent goals for calm and collected Marianne to drive in and IC III v St Mary's Information and application forms available at the take the glory. The midfield did presentation and thereafter from Room 324, Level 3 their job well, with Ysanne and St Marys were looking absent Daisy providing excellent shots up from the kickoff. Their back line Sherfield Building to the front. was turned to vapour under On our final short corner Anna's James Walker's fiery onslaught, Applications must be handed in at Room 324 Sherfield spectacular dive gave us a penalty and total annihilation and proof Building by 12:00 on Friday 15th November 2002 flick, which was neatly put away that St Mary's couldn't punch by Brenda. their way out of a paper bag soon More information about this opportunity and about The defenders Nat and Jenny followed, leaving us with a fifty UROP in general at www.urop.ic.ac.uk quietly put paid to all of the oppo- point walk over. Long live Silvia and about University of Delaware at www.udel.edu/UR sition's attempts at goal. and bring on the medics!

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