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t THE NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION Friday, November 30th, 1979 Issue No. 536 UGM REPORT The news was announced at the UGM last Tuesday that the students at IC halls of residence face an increase of £1.00a week on their rent to make up for the £70,000 shortfall incurred by the halls due to a lack of conference bookings during the summer vacation, the student houses and Hamlet Gardens, which made a profit, were exempted from this increase but they will be hit by the decrease in the furnishing allowance which is used on occasions to replace old or buy new essential equipment such as cookers, washing machines and fridges. The Union Haldane Library Committee has still not reached any agreement with the College HLC as to the three records and the cassette that the CHLC are witholding from Photo by Colin Palmer the library because they feel they are Next Week is the Special 30th 'unsuitable'. The UHLC believe they should Anniversary Issue of FELIX. be responsible for any censorship of the FIGHT records that they buy and that the records in Thank-you to everyone who donated question are acceptable. £120 to rag for last weeks Rag FELIX. After a successful challenge to the order of Extra Ads the agenda, the motion on the Public Image IK PAR IV TONIGHT IN H K Of IC was debated and the proposed FOLK l.I.l'B XMAS CEII.DH DEC 10 ammendment that the reference to "beer- t,l II OS NIGHT Ol T IC) LIFE OK BRIAN swilling louts with latent homosexual DEC ,nh . IICKKI'S (230. tendencies" was offensive to gays and should BLOOD HONING inn DEC: t>th be replaced was passed A majority also passed the motion. The Anti-Corrie Bill motion was moved RAG WEEK straight to a vote, and passed by a large Personally, I was very pleased at the majority. The main debate was propounded overall success of the week, the events at the last UGM when a challenge to the being generally well attended and quorum was made and upheld before the vote certainly much enjoyed by those who was taken took part. It was also quite a The motion On The Underground was also WASTE considerable financial success, as passed with the ammendment to ICU although the accounts haven't quite Environmental Week got oil lo a good star! instructs that IC should atend the education been sorted out yet, we've certainly yesterday. The photograph, above, is of a rubbish cuts protest march organised by theTUCfor made over £1,000 over the week, not collection being pushed into a hired van. The Wednesday 28 November. The ammendment counting the procession. rubbish was collected lor the Friends of tin- Earth proposed that the campaign should focus on and will be used as part of a major campaign to I was especially pleased that some of. the overseas students fees increase rather bring home to the world the serious wastage ol the new events such as Ragarama and than the cuts in general was defeated. natural resourses by our modern society. the CCU Boat Race came off well and I Late News: Hall rents will probably not now Details ol' Environmental Week are in Roger hope they will continue in future years. be increased (see above). Stotesbury's supplement between the centre pages (continued on page 15) I don't see ICU busting a gut to Sir Dear Sir solve any of these primary Yet again the RCS Boredom Having been at Imperial College problems of IC student life. Frank Committee is on the rampage in since the beginning of October, James himself even managed to FELIX correspondence. and having listened to the 'Frank help lose University Challenge (if Frank James' latest strange James on CCUs' debate ever this guy is so smart etc.) hypothesis would seem to be that since, it appears the problem is Now for an illogical change of CCUs cause people to behave one of maturity, or the lack of it, of topic. Why shouldn't Steve strangely, hence people seek students and their respective Hutching's letter to Colin Palmer refuge from strange behaviour by CCUs. I would suggest this is not be published? We have been socialising with CCU types, the fault of the student or the inundated with news about John whereupon they are immediately CCUs, but the fault lies in the Shuttleworth suing ICU, so we leapt on (by homosexuals?) and system that allows direct entry to should be forewarned about the Dear Colin degraded so that they feel (any) university from the 6th form. next incredible waste of time, The External Affairs Committee inclined to leave College. The choice of going directly to money and energy to come our held on Monday 26 November On several occasions, I have felt university from one's 6th form way. decided the following: inclined to leave IC forever. This (which is the majority case for Sure it's the principle that EAC Notes seems to be a common feeling in most prospective students) is, I matters. The principle here is 1. That the advertising of the past Mech Eng 2 - perhaps going some feel, a soft option which allows the whether it is worth standing on the two UGMs has been sadly lacking way to explaining the high 2nd student to avoid the real world for letter of law for every mistake that and inadequate. year failure rates. As a primaeval an extra three or so years. anybody makes. If you drove 2. On Monday 26 November, the being - that is a mere mortal - my The solution, as I see it, is to through London without failure of the Exec News to basic needs are: stop direct entry and replace it exceeding any speed limits, you with compulsory deferment for appear. i. Food (preferably good food) would be a rolling road block. one, or preferably two, years. 3. That these duties come under ii. Accomodation (preferably Just why does Hutchings need During this time away from the the brief of the Hon Sec and/or comfortable, affordable and with his back scratched by Watmough education system, the potential Publicity Officer. a reasonable degree of privacy, ie anyway? Surely the quality or student would have a greater 4. That Union policy states that not sharing a triple room). otherwise of his photographs opportunity to broaden his/her UGMs must be given ten College iii. A soft, warm female. should speak for themselves. I mind and come into contact with a days (fourteen oridinary days) If a freshman arrives at College seem to remember them as fairly wide range of people from all notice. and decides that Mooneys are unspectacular. As for Hutchings walks of life (there is life beyond 5. That the quoracy of the UGM on awful, he doesn't like sharing a letter, I'd like to make him look mining, engineering and science, 6 November was successfully room in a seedy hotel with a total silly, but I think he's done well actually). Also, working during challenged. stranger and that he'd better tie a enough for himself. this one or two year's 'off is good 6. That the absence of Exec News knot in it, we don't stand much Yours faithfully experience as it destroys any restricted the activities of EAC (26 chance of keeping the poor guy. Ken Strachan illusions that one may have about November). the world outside of education EAC Believes Dear Sir being a nice, easy place to have to 1. That the lack of publicity I have studied the problem of case; The Decleration on the exist and consequently makes divorces the Union from its those students at IC who want Rights of the Child adopted by the you appreciate university more. membership. abortion on demand in great United Nations. Before I'm shot down by anyone 2. That the absence of Exec News depth and have decided that they Yours helpfully who thinks I am old before my inhibits the efficiency and may need to seek counselling J Stanley time, boring etc, bear this in mind: democratic running and debating advice. Their problem isn't uncommon most, if not all, of my ex- of Union Affairs. Dear Ed amongst abortionists. It begins workmates (yes, I was at work for EAC dislikes the attitude of the In a strange way Disgusted of with their arithmetic inaccuracy. over two years before joining Hon Sec in these matters. Tunbridge Wells is right. For In many of their publications they Imperial) show a maturity that few EAC Instructs myself, as the Corrie Bill is close claim that in Portugal 2,000 students I have seen attain, and 1. The Hon Sec to pull his socks to my heart, I would like to see women die each year from yet are still able to enjoy up. something done. The proper way backstreet abortions. The actual themselves down the pub, have 2. The Hon Sec to ensure that is not through slanging matches figure for deaths from all causes fun and lead as full a life as such publicity is produced at UGMs, but at Christmas tea of women aged 15-44 in Portugal possible without being B-O-R-l- according to Union policy. parties, so I hereby invite Miss in the most recent year for which N-G. They are also of the opinion Clark and crew to a discussion This motion was passed nem con figures are available is 2,062 that some (not all) of the activities over mince pies.

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