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The Student Newspaper of Imperial College 1 JJ JJ 1 ilIssu e 962 12 March 1993 Elections Knocked Queen's T Splat Apathy is as prominent as ever at many seemed to agree on the vast Imperial College according to a majority of issues. mini survey carried out by Felix There was a little confusion with during this week's sabbatical the voting system with a significant elections, with the elections as a number being marked with a cross whole coming in for a great deal of or tick, instead of the numbers as criticism. was clearly marked on the ballot Although 54% of voters were paper. aware of the elections taking place In reply to this comment Mr and what they were for only 30% Dominic Wilkinson, the current of those surveyed had bothered to Hon Sec (events), made a detailed vote. The final result of New reply: Election for the Hon Sec post, was "If the electorate could not spare echoed in the survey, with students a few minutes to vote then they have being unsure what the post actually little right to complain about the did. A large compliant from those quality of the incoming sabbaticals. surveyed was the feeling that the The opportunity to vote was given elections were irrelevant to the vast with New Election being the option majority of people. This was for those dissatisfied with the demonstrated in the low turn out suitability of the candidates. At the during the poll when 23 % of those end of the day the well worn phrase eligible voted. One particular voter 'You get what you deserve' rings based in Silwood Park, said that true. everyone there had voted for New I am concerned that some think Election, as no candidate had that the Union bears little relevance considered them. to their lives. Unbeknown to them, Many complained about the the work that the Union does will The large 'splat' put on the Queens Tower last week in support of today's candidates, saying that there was no touch every aspect of their time at comic relief day. The 'Splat' was paid for by charity donations by West clear choice. Although campaigns Imperial. This is an attitude that we London Chaplaincy, and will be lit up tonight. were better than last year, but were are acutely aware of and through obviously marred with dirty tricks. our increased communication with Posters appeared just to say vote for students, via, for example, the a candidate with manifestos and reaching out stalls and focus Resignation Call leaflets being very short on real groups, we can alter this perception by Andrew Tseng ICU. policy. Many voters had real to one that more accurately reflects Relations between Imperial College When interviewed by Felix, Mr difficulty working out actual the work that the Union does for Union (ICU) and St Mary's Wilkinson said that he would be differences between candidates as students.' Hospital Medical School Students replying to the letter privately and Union (SMHMS SU) have taken a would not make any further turn for the worse this week comment. Questioned by Jonty Door Damage following a letter published in this Beavan, the editor of Felix, Mr Wednesday saw severe damage to Stewards on the scene said it was issue. Wilkinson elicited a response of, the toilets in the Union Building possible that the damage had started The letter by Ex-SMHMS SU 'oh go away you tedious editor'. opposite Da Vinci's during the accidentally and individuals passing Presidents, Simon Stockill and When asked if the rest of ICU 'Libido' disco night. through the toilets had added to the Simon Smith, demands the Exec would condemn Mr A wall inside the Men's damage as the evening progressed. resignation of Dominic Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Chris Davidson, ICU lavatories was smashed leaving a Speaking to Felix yesterday, Honorary Secretary (Events). Mr President, said that it was 'not the large hole. Who actually was Chris Davidson, ICU President, Stockill and Mr Smith also demand usual thing that it seeks to do'. He responsible for the damage is said that the matter had been that the rest of the ICU Exec added, given that Mr Stockill and unclear, but it is believed that a reported to the Police. He added distance themselves from Mr Mr Smith were not present at he large number of students who had that if any of those responsible were Wilkinson. The alternative that the hustings, that 'it would probably be been drinking in the Da Vinci's bar identified, criminal charges would letter cites is the complete different if were there'. may have had a role. Union be brought. separation of SMHMS SU from

3/4/5/6 8 9 11 Letters Alternative ULU Malcolm Extravaganza Manifestos Hope X N ews 12 March 1993 Felix 962 Jobs Holocaust Food Fight! by Declan Curry the University was breaking the The University of London has been law, and said that the cleaners were accused of starting a 'jobs holocaust being offered severance terms across colleges and institutes' by 'twice as good as the statutory London trade unions. Tom Snow, requirement.' NUPE claims that London area officer for the National some staff are only being offered 12 Union of Public Employees weeks pay if they leave work (NUPE), says that plans by the immediately. The University says University to make 98 cleaners the redundancies will save 47% of redundant are a breach of the cleaning budget. The cleaners, University employment protection who work in 6 of the 8 regulations. Mr Snow says that the intercollegiate Halls of Residences, University plans to save money will are to be served with notices of 'exploit the poverty trap of the dismissal on 19th March. In past private cleaning market in London.' redundancy cases, redundancy Peter Howell, a principal of one orders were served with 90 days of the University colleges, denied notice. Deans Change by Andrew Tseng The new Dean of the Royal The two largest constituent colleges College of Science will be Professor will have new Deans come the next John Pendry, from the Department academic year. of Physics. He replaces Professor Professor Bruce Sayers will step Trevor Stuart and has been elected Mary's students join in their annual food fight at Charing Cross Hospital. down as the Dean of the City and to hold the position from 1 Some years the fire brigade have been called to clear up the mess. Guilds College at the end of September to 31 August 1996. September. He makes way for The Deans of St Mary's and the Professor Julia Higgins, currently Royal School of Mines, the College's Senior Tutor, who respectively Professor Peter C&G Hustings will hold the position from October Richards and Professor Tim Shaw, by Andrew Tseng member of this year's C&GCU 1 to 31 August 1994. continue in their current post. The first ever City and Guilds Exec standing. College Union (C&GCU) hustings The most closely contested post occurred on Tuesday. looks set to be that of Ents Chair. IC Virtuoso Very few new policies or ideas Tim Atkinson, who last year was were brought forward. Standing for defeated in the election for the post by Declan Curry 'Nocturnes', and Stravinsky's 'Rite the post of President, Paul Griffith of Honorary Junior Treasurer, A 17 year old violinist will take of Spring'. Miss Jeal, a pupil at proposed a City and Guilds Sports stands against Subhashis centre stage tonight for the spring local Westminster School, has Day. And in a year that has seen the Chowdhury. Mr Chowdhury has conceit from Imperial College played in several major venues in Constituent College Unions lose promised an increase in the number Orchestra. Lucy Jeal, studying in London, including the Royal their student appeal, Joe Baguley, of joint events with other the Royal College of Music, will Festival Hall and the Queen standing for Vice President, called Universities. play solo violin in Tchaikovsky's Elizabeth Hall. The concert will be for C&GCU to increase its profile. New Election will be standing for 'Violin Concerto'. The concert, conducted by Imperial's Richard Of those posts available only the all posts. Voting will take place in which begins in the Great Hall at Dickens. post of the City and Guilds College C&G Department Foyers on 15th 8pm, will also include Debussy's Association Representative sees a and 16th March from 12-2pm. Counselling Call by Declan Curry almost certainly true that students Silwood Outreach Schools and colleges have been stay in the university system due to ordered to pay more attention to counselling support through by Declan Curry that students at Silwood were student counselling. Tim Bos well, difficult periods,' he said. Legal, Imperial College Union (ICU) held disappointed that they did not the Higher Education Minister, said debt, financial and immigration another 'outreach' stall on qualify for the 'London weighting' that high drop out rates in further advice is provided by Stef Ruis, Wednesday of this week. Members for local authority maintenance education were due to insufficient Imperial College Union Advisor. of ICU staff travelled to Silwood grants, and also had problems with attention being paid to students and Mr Ruis can be contacted on Park at Ascot to meet students and catering and accommodation. Mr their progress. Mr Bos well added internal extension 3507, and is raise awareness of the Union. Chris Davidson added that he would be that counselling may be one of the available between Monday and Davidson, ICU President, said that looking at grant levels and the levels new performance indicators for Thursday, except for Wednesday the event was a 'very successful of food pricing at Silwood. Rick future further education funding. morning. Mr Adlington has an day', adding that Silwood students Bilby, ICU Deputy President, More student counselling is office on the first floor of 15 were 'pleased with the effort made would look at accommodation provided in higher education than Prince's gardens, and can be in bringing the Union to them'. matters. The Silwood stall follows in further education. Don contacted on internal extension After a tour of research labs and on from a similar stall set up Adlington, Student Counsellor at 3041. He can see students during facilities, Mr Davidson, along with recently in the Junior Common Imperial College, said that there normal office hours, and says that Michelle Began, Union Room (JCR) at South Kensington. were arguments to show that he is 'always anxious to see people Receptionist, and Stef Ruis, Union Imperial College Union is said to be counselling had an effect on drop- quickly.' Advisor, held a meeting with pleased with response to this first out rates in higher education. 'It is Silwood students. Mr Davidson said stall.

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then they developed hands and now pairi, anguish, torment blah, blah, Credits it has metamorphosised into a blah, that the white community has News: Gareth, Jacob, Declan, Cat's Eyes tomato. What will they do for Red and is inflicting on the black Andrew. Feature: Ben, Zaeem, Nose Day V in 1995? community. I go to the cinema, Sarmad, Chris, Rick, Dom, IC mainly to be entertained, but also Choir, TAMSIN, Reviews: Sara, Red Nose Day IV Rachel Basset to learn a few things. I don't go to Mario, Richard, Phil, Kristine, I'm not going to start moaning I think I owe her one whopping experience a guilt trip, as many of Patrick. What's On: David. about charity in general and how it great apology for last weeks my white friends have, and then Collating: Greg, Kev, Poddy, would be unnecessary if all wealth repetition of what I see now was a leave with a feeling that all the Steve, Dec. was distributed evenly, since this particularly cruel joke that was hatred among the black community Thanks: Rose, Andy, Mike matter is often brought up by possibly out of order. This action is my fault. I remember seeing or Chamberlain, Josh, Joe, Simon, somebody else and it is boring to is not instigated by that letter from reading an interview with Spike Lee James. read or listen to anyway. It seems Sarah Lee (RCSU A AO BITCH), in which he said this was not the that perpetrators of this argument but by reports from people at the aim of this film. Things don't are banging their heads against a hustings that she defended me. It always turn out the way we want brick wall because the situation has seems then that I owe her a thank- them to. Being a member of the film got worse; more charity events such you as well. (I can't believe I'm industry, I am surprised he hasn't as Comic Relief and benefit writing this!) learn this lesson yet. concerts are occurring. These are DAVID to the general delight of the public, Malcolm X Sabbatical Elections since the concerts are often How much publicity has been given After denying that I would not SPOONER excellent and Comic Relief has to this film!!? I think everyone mention the election to several never caused me to do anything but would agree: too bloody much. I students in Felix, I find myself laugh. But I feel that ideas are very have not seen it yet because despite going back on my word. All I want thin on the ground though, as far as Denzil Washington's alleged to say is congratualations to all Adieu Red Nose Day is concerned. The sparkling performance, the identity winners and I hope they do a damn Red Nose-type object has become of the director has put me off. Spike good job next year. the symbol of Comic Relief since Lee's previous efforts, although P. J. Dodd it started in 1987; first the noses entertaining and possibly very close were small, then they were bigger, to real life, always focus on the

Cleaning up on Islam International Thanks Dear Jonty, it and call your witnesses or helpers Dear Jonty, disco, Tooba for the posters and First let me make one thing very besides God, if you are tmthful. But International Night '93 took place tickets, Shehzad for the sponsorship clear about Islam. Islam—as we if you cannot, and of surety will last Friday and I write this letter to and Aarzoo, Zahra and Nee for stressed a number of times not, then fear the fire whose fuel is thank all those who participated in coordinating the show and before—is not a mere religion— men and stones which prepared for or contributed to the event. rehearsals. I should also like to which is commonly known to tackle those who reject faith' Quran In particular, I would like to mention Duniya, Sunil, Giha, the spiritual aspect of Man only— 2:22-23. thank Harpreet for running a superb Stanley and Boon. but indeed a full and complete way As for the slaughtering of non- Cultural Show, Nina for weaving International Night '93 was of life, since it would not be right muslims you must be either joking her way around the impossible organised to celebrate the many or wise for God to create Man or lying. Who is slaughtering obstacles of environmental and cultures and nationalities without providing him with the whom. It was and still is that the health regulations in order to get the represented at College. I am sure rules and guidance necessary for Muslims are the ones who are being Food Fair organised and Nainish that most people who came learnt him to run his own affairs in a just oppressed, persecuted and for his immense support in all areas something new and enjoyed the and fair way. butchered and this is being done esepcailly the finances and the live event. And history bears witness to this throughout history up until today as band. Sincerely, fact when it was implemented in Bosnia and Palestine—so do not Thank you Marcus for the Yen Yang Lim, Chairman OSC. wholly and fully. then come and clubtly blame famous logo design, Jan for the It is obvious from last week's Beit Muslims for defending their lives Back article, that its author found and security. a book on Islam written by a good 'God forbids you not with regards old orientalist repeating the same to those who fight you not for your good old false, biased, faith nor drive you out of your misinterpreted allegations. homes from dealing kindly and who are coming back to their 'The Life and Teachings of Islam is the last religion sent justly with them, for God loves natural way of life—Islam—which Muhammad': down from God to the whole of those who are just. God only proves otherwise. It is impossible for anyone who Mankind and not a certain nation or forbids you with regard to those My sincere advice to the author studies the life and character of the tribe and is similar to all the who fight for your faith and drive of that article and to people like him great Prophet of Arabia, who messages that came before it. It was you out of your homes and support is to acquire the decency, when knows how he taught and how he brought down through Angel others in driving you out if such as disagreeing with others—to put lived, to feel anything but reverence Gabriel (peace be upon him), and turn to them in their circumstances forward their argument in a manner for that mightly Prophet, one of the I consider it foolish to assert a that do wrong' that would rise above comments of great messengers of the Supreme. nationality to any of God's Angels Quran 60:8-9 mockery and insult, so if we were And although in what I put to you (peace be upon them). And I challenge those who not fortunate enough to agree with I shall say many things which may As for the claims made on the ignorantly accuses Muslims of each other, we would at least be be familiar to many, yet I myself Quran, indeed they are not but forcing osiers on becoming successful in achieving mutual feel whenever I re-read them, a new claims short of any substantial proof Muslims, to produce for us an respect and understanding. way of admiration, a new sense of or evidence 'And if you are in doubt authentic sound historical record of Finally, I feel it would be reverence for that mighty Arabian as to what we have revealed to our such claim. In fact the large number appropriate to end my letter with an teacher. servant then produce a chapter like of people today all over the world extract from Annie Besant's book Yours Fahad El-Adawi.

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the Mary's Union generally runs its if he does not get his own way, he St Mary's Vote own financial, social and is presumably not averse to walking representative affairs within the out on his responsibilities, so this Dear Jonty, also made them successful Medical School. Therefore, what should not present a problem. How terribly sad it is that once presidents. Secondly, they chose to we look for in the candidates is the Alternatively, the Mary's Union again the record needs to be set get to know students at St Mary's ability to cope in difficult situations, should demand its own straight between St Mary's and IC and understand their concerns- willingness to listen, learn and representation at all levels— Union, however the front page most notably Wilson House and understand, capacity to talk one self including Governing Body- article in Felix 960 leaves us little Teddington—and consequently out of almost anything, and most effectively declaring UDI from IC alternative. were then able to offer useful back- importantly to ensure they do not Union, something it is perfectly In the four years that we have up to the St Mary's Union. This we have a serious lack of the qualities capable of doing. The second been involved in the Union believe they all did admirably. necessary for leadership i.e. alternative however, would simply activities—including design and Allow us then to stress four charisma and sense of destroy five years of diplomatic implementation of the Union serious concerns arising from the humour...which leads nicely on to hard graft, which, until Mr merger—we have noticed a article in question. Dominic Wilkinson! Wilkinson's injudicious, lessening of the anti-IC feeling in 1. ICU knows that the St Mary's 4. Mr Wilkinson and his belief patronising and offensive Paddington, but a corresponding Rag Week is planned to coincide that 'Mary's students weren 't fit to comments, has been successfully strengthening of the anit-Mary's each year with the United Hospitals lick the shit off our shoes' really achieving a good working lobby in South Kensington. We are, Rugby Cup Final—the dates of goes beyond the bounds of common partnership between our two student bodies. on the whole, satisfied with the which are set years in advance. decency. Rarely have we known a manner in which IC Union officers Why then does ICU not choose to Union officer anywhere in London We sincerely hope that Chris have treated and assisted the Mary's try and avoid holding its hustings who has had such a blatent and Davidson and his Exec do not allow Union, whenever it was able to do during this period of high spirits and absolute disdain for his electors— this sad situation to do lasting so. Much of this has been made mischievous merriment, when it and with ignorant Union officers damage to Mary's—IC relations, possible by the good working could so easily do so? hardly being thin on the ground in and that the successful candidates in relationships between the last three 2. What sort of democratic London colleges, you, Mr today's elections do not perpetuate presidents of IC and St Mary's system allows its leaders to be Wilkinson, have managed to beat Mr Wilkinson's totally unsuitable Unions. Paul Shanley, Zoe elected with 'an easy ride' as off tough competition! attitude. Hellinger and Chris Davidson were Dominic Wilkinson believes It is, therefore, obvious to us that Yours sincerely, all well supported by St Mary's 'hustings should be run"} Mr Wilkinson neither desires to nor Simon P Stockill, Ex President students in their respective 3. Past experience has shown that is capable of representing over 650 SMHMS SU (91/92) elections; this illustrates two points. the knowledge and understanding of members of his electorate. This Simon G T Smith, Ex President Firstly, that these three could win the concerns of Medical Students leaves us two alternatives. Firstly, SMHMS SU (90/91) the confidence and support of St that ICU candidates have at first is the ICU Exec must all publicly Mary's students was a comment on understandably negligible. Also dissociate themselves from Mr their personalities, their negligible is the relevance to Wilkinson's comments, leaving Mr capabilities, their performance in medical students of much of what Wilkinson no alternative but to Easter difficult situations, and yes, their the candidates have to say relating resign. With his past record of Dear Jonty, charisma; the very qualities which to issues at South Kensington, since storming out of meetings in a sulk Without wanting to make a big deal out of it, I would like to point out that the 'Easter decorations' responsible for all things from cartoon in last week's Felix (5th Mediterranean Conflict keeping the chocolate machine March) was offensive. You surely Dear Jonty, to massacre Turkish communities; stocked with Twixes, to calling staff must have known this before putting We, the members of the Turkish and as a result Turkey had no choice student committees at a time it in. Not only does it offend Society, felt that we have to write but to intervene according to the convenient to everybody involved. Christians but also the other to you regarding the articles article IV of the 1960 Treaty of I'd like to thank Alison, Andy, religions who have Jesus as a 'Greece' and 'Cyprus' in the Felix Guarantee (They claim it was Duncan, Matt and Rhian—you've prophet. International Night Special issue. occupation!). kept me sane and always been there Easter means many things to me. If we had told the international We sincerely believe that those when I've need to rely, and depend, Jesus endured a very painful death community at Imperial College that fanatics do not represent real Greek upon you, and only you. on a cross in order that He may take there are some Greek fanatics who people and we want to stress that we Secondly, 'Rachel 'fred' Bassett. away everything that everyone has dream to annex Cyrpus, where both want to live in peace with our Greek Does Mr Doddery (sic) realise how done wrong. For three days he Turkish and Greek communities neighbours as well as with all other petty, maddening, irritating, fought with death, which is worse live, very few people would have nations. We also urge those fanatics annoying, boring, old, sad, sick, than anyone can imagine. He came believed us. If we had told to wake up and see the realities, the poinfless, useless waste-of-space etc back to life on the third day, international community that they sooner the better. and infantile it is to repeat a very, showing that he had won over all claim territory from Turkey as well, Yours faithfully, very old joke thinking you're the sin. It is through these three days not many people would have Ersin Akartuna on behalf of the only person intelligent enough to that Christians believe we can have believed us either. However, if you Turkish Society. think of it (every time guaranteed). eternal life. read the article 'Greece' in Felix You can't blame the parents for a Christians often wear crosses, International Night Special Issue name they give, or indeed are which remind us that Jesus went written by the Hellenic Society, you given, in all innocence, but you can through all that for everyone, but will see that they themselves openly Dep Reps blame the insensitive brutes who often those crosses are empty- say so. I'd like to take this Dear Jonty, think anybody will smile; and I for Jesus is no longer on the cross, He opportunity to thank them for Just a quick note about last one intend to until the end of my is alive! showing their true faces. The fact week's Felix. days if needs-be. To ridicule a painful death as this is that they don't just dream, they Firstly, can I point out that being Lots of love, cartoon did is insensitive—please try to do it in real life. For example, a Dep Rep may, admittedly, not be Sarah Lee, RCSU AAO. bear in mind that Jesus suffered they came to invade Turkey in the a major responsibility in terms of Any comment about worth these things for YOU as much as 1920's and caused loss of hundreds the overall organisation of the waiting for and I might turn green for me. of thousands of human lives universe; but within IC the Dep and either explode messily all over Laura Burgess, Geology I. including their own. They also tried Reps are most decidedly the unsung you or bite your head off. Slowly. P.S. When did anyone put up to annex Cyprus in 1974 and started heros of my department, being I haven't decided yet. Easter decorations anyway?

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Catering Department Dear Jonty, The Advisory Group on Catering I would like to correct the and Bars did not complain to ICU inaccuracies in the article by Gareth about anything—its membership Light on the Catering Department, comprises four representatives from Felix 959. ICU. The chairman asked for The Catering Department has not information from the students about lost £450,000 or £VS million last happy hours. How could a year. The catering department's committee, 50% of whose members figures were not released last week, are from ICU, complain about but to the Advisory Group on itself. Catering and Bars on 16 October The financial errors and 1992. There was a trading deficit misunderstandings that you refer to of £319,000, and interest payments in the context of Linstead Bar are on capital loans totalled a further in no way connected with me, the £90,750. Catering Department, or my future There is no relation whatsoever as a license holder. Could you between the Catering department's please make clear that you did not trading position and Linstead Hall intend to call in to question my Bar. financial probity and integrity. The catering service to students Gordon Marshall is not in overall has not remained under constant control of Catering. The criticism. department, through me, reports to Southside Bar had not lost in the the Deputy Managing Director, Dr region of £25,000 so far this year. Rodney Eastwood. Although noT As 6ft5V A^> It has made a trading surplus of Felix should take care not to £21,973, which after central publish inaccurate, misleading or administration costs nets down to a distorted material. surplus of £8,358. Yours sincerely, | CoLUeCfMi?- UA5 ITS oW WCrK SPotS J The bar is not 7% down on Simon Westerman, projected income. It is 18% down. Catering Manager.

staring into the audience and 'Bullies Star Prize'. The whole A Slice of Life screaming. First? First! I fully world is waiting at the other end of appreciate that most of the listeners that microphone. It's a faintiy Owam Benna/IacJc to this show are probably in this ridiculous interview. very room but at that moment I feel 'So Owain, what's it like in the It's 6:10 pm and I'm at IC Radio exist in their little world, absorbing like someone's said 'Owain, her darkroom?' 'Err, dark Paul.' 'So to be interviewed on the new the atmosphere like Komodo Majesty can't make it, would you Owain, the exhibition consists 'Thirty Minutes' programme dragons bathing in the sun. At hack mind stepping in for her at the mainly of photographs?' 'Some concerning the Photographic school (ie Southside first year) they Queen's speech? Ta awfully'. A would say entirely Paul.' I forget Society. The show will commence are taught to be the three fs. hack trumps another and then the name of the room in which at 6:30 pm. Paul, the host, has Friendly, funny and functionless. playfully thumps him. The station we're exhibiting and stumble. cunningly tricked me into arriving Standing there I feel like I've manager explains how if they'd Paul's going 'Well, isn't it the early on the pretence that we'd be intruded on some rumbustious only followed his instructions they C.Con..Consort Gallery?' like a able to go through the interview family gathering, listening to a close would have had fourteen tricks and muppet on Sesame street. But I beforehand and maybe discuss the knit banter reminiscent of the a holiday in Jamaica. And I panic. survive. It's a weird experience, the simulation coursework we both penultimate scene in The Godfather 'Get him in here' yells editor in pressure of having to be somewhere have to submit by Friday. In fact the II. chief and I'm bundled into the tiny for several minutes, and having to real reason I'm here is that Paul 6:22pm and so far only the 'Gun studio. 'Talk into that' says Paul, produce responses there and then. doesn't smoke, and wingeing at me and Pistol' person and myself have sweating. I look at the microphone, I feel a more educated man as the is his only alternative to the dreaded arrived. A door opens and the which promptly falls over. Whilst news ed screams 'Okay, thank you, cancer stick. famous Celtic news editor summons I'm trying to repair it (6:29:30 pm) get him out!' And I smirk superiorly 'Oh Owain it's six fifteen and no- Paul with businesslike Irish the Japanese Soc member appears at those yet to go, although they one's here' he pleads, in a voice I precision. Through the window of at the door. 'Sorry, I was in the don't seem particularly worried. I had thought the exclusive domain of the office I see Paul explaining his toilet.' 'Get him out of here' yells must have inspired confidence. my spoilt little sisters. He goes schedule, whilst the news ed pulls the news ed, and I'd dumped back The show proceeds fairly well, through the running order again. Do at his hair and answers telephones. outside the soundproof door. Fiery except for a small disaster when seven two's make fourteen? Yes An assistant creeps in, the business this live radio. Paul commences an interview by Paul. What shall I talk to the momentarily open door revealing a Outside we listen to the shows asking the 'Rifle and Pistol' Orchestra about? Err, music Paul? tantalising 'What the bloody hell do birthing. Jingle, sting then 'Hello, member why he likes to jump out What if nobody turns up? Then you mean -' Two minutes later your listening to Thirty Minutes and of aeroplanes. And the surreal you're fucked Paul. they're out again and moving into this is your host Paul Dias...' The choice of music, a selection of 1987 the studio. I receive bad news. At a big table five hacks are Japanese interview seems to go 'classics'. But Paul gets through playing trumps. They are 'All right Owain' says Paul, okay, he implores the audience to without requiring hospitalisation, completely unconcerned by Paul's 'Neither The Japanese society nor come and watch a cartoon about a the news ed smiles and swears he Cleese-like hysteria, joking amiably the Orchestra have arrived yet so rabbit with an exploding head. All won't be able to do that every week and throwing empty anythings at you've been moved to first place.' too soon it's my turn. and every one is happy. Except a each other. Hacks at home. They Camera pulls back to reveal Owain I stand there like a contestant in hack with a punctured bicycle tyre. never seem to do anything, just Culkin's hands clapped over ears Bullseye deciding whether to go for We grin at him as we leave.

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shareholders so it could get on with Britain has always exercised Banned leaflet the job of helping businesses to hegemony in the region: the RAF prosper, thus creating a successful gassing of Kurds, the Sykes-Picot economy. But what about the agreement, the Balfour Declaration, In last week's issue of Felix, the hundreds that didn't make it massive fluctuations in interest the destruction of the Caliphate, the Mark Richards of ICU onto Crime Watch? In Britain, rates? State ownership of the creation of artificial countries such Conservative Society wrote a crime is now reaching endemic banking system cannot remedy that, as Iraq, Jordan or Syria, the disparaging letter which derided the proportions: surely? Actually, that is the really precipitation of the Suez Crisis, the Islamic Society's sincere attempts There is now a burglary ever 24 good bit; There are currently a lot massive arms deals with Saddam to open a dialogue concerning the seconds. A car crime every 21 of people calling for a cut in interest Hussein; these are but a few problems of the Middle East, and seconds. A rape every 2.5 hours. rates to improve the examples of the British Islam as the ideological solution to We live in a sick society where competitiveness of British industry. establishment's arrogant and evil these problems and all problems men, women and children cannot Under the Islamic economic system involvement in the wanton world-wide. Mr Richards sneered walk the streets without fear of rates are always low: 0% destruction of people's lives. I at the concept of Islam being a being robbed or assaulted. Even the permanently, to be precise. So strongly urge Mr Richards to complete ideology. I find it strange horses in the Home Counties cannot businesses will save billions in participate in an open debate about that someone, who seems to have graze freely without some interest repayments, and this cash these matters or to make a public no real knowledge of Islam, can disgusting pervert carving up their can be invested in the creation of apology for his slander against cheerfully dismiss it without even private parts? Yet smug critics have jobs and prosperity. Islam and Muslims and withdraw examining it. This does not strike the audacity to ridicule Islamic Conclusion his ill-informed and puerile me as being a terribly open-minded solutions when their own I have so far only briefly mentioned comments. If he really does believe or enlightened attitude. institutions have addressed these the judicial and economic systems in market forces, democracy, problems with monumental of Islam since economics and law British foreign policy and the caring Islam, the Ideology incompetence and empty rhetoric. and order are .both pretty topical Conservative philosophy, let him An ideology is an intellectual Islam belives that the belief of a issues. Regarding the issue of defend it intellectually and publicly. doctrine from which a system person in the after-life, and a British foreign policy in the Middle This leaflet was written by Najeeb emanates. This system should consequent accountability for East, it is well documented that Khan and was banned by Security. provide comprehensive solutions actions in this life, will motivate a for people's problems and a method person to refrain from committing for satisfying their needs. An crime. Islam also recognises that ideology, therefore, should not only human beings are inherently weak have an intellectual basis, it should and therefore open to temptation; so also provide mechanisms for Islam provides a deterrent. The practical implementation of the deterrent principle is after all aforementioned doctrine. Islam, applied by the West to justify its like Capitalism and Communism, nuclear arms and there is no reason has these mechanisms. Islam has why the analogy cannot be extended very detailed political, economic, to a societal level. judicial, educational and social Economic System systems. These systems are all Britain is currendy in the grip of the nd embodied in the Islamic State which worst recession since the 1930s. As — Monday 22 of March — is responsible for their a result of this litde downturn, 1200 implementation. businesses have been going under The Islamic State every week. The high street banks The current Muslim states do not have not exactly helped matters DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: represent Islam in the ideological with their overcharging, untimely sense. They are secular states repossessions and seizure of COME AND STATE YOUR VIEWS whose populations happen to be business assets. These actions have Muslims and whose laws sometimes been well documented in all have a vague cultural affinity with sections of the press. The banks Islam. So Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq point out that other large etc, are definitely NOT Islamic corporations have also made a THE NEXT VICE CHANCELLOR States and any criticism of Islam substantial profit during the using such countries as examples is recession; and anyway they are not OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON totally invalid. To being with, these a charity but a business whose duty countries do not even adopt the is towards the shareholders. Other Islamic political system; this is the large companies, however, are not YOUR PART IN HER OR HIS CHOICE Caliphate (Khilafah) which was in the position of controlling the destroyed with British complicity in medium of exchange in this 1924. There are many groups of country. Neither do these same dedicated Muslims across the world companies make their profits from involved in re-establishing the displacing 75,000 people from their proper Islamic State. What would homes or making their businesses By an Islamic State be like though? collapse. When faced with the Judicial System choice of commitment to their Professor Geoffrey ALDERMAN customers or submission to their The Islamic judicial system is often shareholders, the banks always Chairman of the Academic Council criticised on the basis that some of choose their shareholders. So there its punishments, such as the will always be a conflict of interests Who will answer your questions amputation of the hand of the thief, as long as banks are in private are barbaric. But is not the mindless hands. murder of two year old Jamie Bulger barbaric? This may be a The Islamic State would have OPEN MEETING: STAFF AND STUDENTS WELCOME farely rare incident at the moment, only one bank; the Government In the Read Lecture Theatre Sherfield Building at 1.00 pm but for how long? Remember Bank. This bank would be free from Rachel Nicole, Julie Dart or any of any obligations to greedy

Page 6 R ag Felix 962 12 March 1993 Keogh Kick Ass

Was Saturday cold? I don't recall which raised over £1400! catching frostbite when I ventured Admittedly, this was with a little out to Sainsbury's... or slipping on help fom other Raggies, but it all ice, or even having to dig my way goes towards making Falmouth out through snowdrifts up to my Keogh the out-and-out champions earlobes. So what happened to all when it comes to persuading the you people? One of the best public to part with its money. opportunities this term to get out of Congratulations are in order for London and collect a bit of money, all those that bothered to turn up, have a bit of fun and win a luvverly in what must obviously have been prize and only a few wonderful and extremely adverse conditions. For dedicated collectors turn up! Disgraceful. their efforts, the Falmouth Keogh team win certain alcoholic Fisher managed to muster two substances, the details of which Dozeners - pretty poor by most have yet to be released. Whatever people's standards, but a brave the prize is, though, it will doubtiess effort all the same. Willis Jackson be appreciated! did rather better, and sent out eight Also to be applauded are all those collectors to Reading, raising a who have helped Rag beat the staggering £700 and almost making £50,000 mark. Yes, the total is up for the apathy radiating from currently standing at a massive some of the other halls. Falmouth £55,193.98 with over a term left to Keogh, on the other hand, not only go! A huge thanx to everybody who sent eight enthusiastic Dozeners to has collected, organised, been Guildford, to collect £750 for the hassled for sponsorship money, Leonard Cheshire Foundation, but jumped off a crane and generally also put in an appearance at the taken part - you are all brilliant and QPR v Norwich football match, we love you! Give Away Uns(t)ung

If you had been at last week's Rag refuse, was he?!), and Louise Apologies to anyone who signed up into the Rag Orifice and see Lorna meeting, you would have witnessed Massert received £1506.75 on for the Sting concerts on Monday, or Womble. a very rare event - the giving away behalf of Turning Point. Tuesday or Wednesday this week - of money by Rag! Our very own The overall total raised last year Sting has laryngitis and has had to Rag Chair, Rachel, steeled herself was an amazing £39,796.83 some postpone these until April. We to do what doesn't come naturally of which has still to be presented to expect to obtain permission to Bristol to a Raggie, and presented two the relevant charities, so watch out collect at these as well, on the cheques, totalling over £3000, to for more large cheques at future 19-21st, but as this is during the representatives from charities Rag meetings. This year's dosh will Easter break (I won't call it a nominated to receive a share of last be given out at Rag Fete in May - holiday as so many people have Rag Raid year's money. Martin Poole from an event I am not going to start exams when they return!) this might the World Wildlife Fund for Nature plugging yet, but which you will cause problems! If you still want to accepted a cheque for £1506.79 hear plenty about nearer the time! collect on one of these dates, call Just a quick reminder - tomorrow (well, he wasn't very likely to sees the departure of a courageous band of collectors, heading towards the wilds of Bristol on a mission from Rag. Raising money by raising hell (have I used that phrase Hall League Table (8.3.93) before? Tough - I like it!) these Hall Total Residents Total thirteen raggies will be rewarded for their efforts by the chance to Collected per Head relax, socialise and generally piss Willis Jackson £3064.87 78 £39.29 about with other raggies from Falmouth Keogh £7095.26 184 £38.56 places as far afield as Exeter and - Fisher £3477.70 185 £18.80 er- Bristol! It should be a fun day anyhow, so make sure you reserve Garden £1538.44 89 £17.29 YOUR seat at today's Rag meeting. Tizard £1947.46 120 £16.23 Oh, Tim Atkinson has generously Southwell £2301.90 174 £13.23 offered his services as driver so at Weeks £777.13 66 £11.77 least you are guaranteed safe Linstead £2124.01 188 £11.20 transport to and from Bristol...! Selkirk £383.65 72 £5.32 Bernard Sunley £171.92 101 £1.70

Page 7 Feature 12 March 1993 Felix 962 Pipe Dreams What would they do if they had their time again? Four sabbaticals voice their wishes.

PRESIDENT Chris Davidson

The Presidents job cannot be bo a better job of them. require delegation, although if I just department but when I do look for summed up in 300 words or I have to be all things to all did that I would be a poor President. a job I would like one that is similar probably even in print. In many (wo)men. I have to deal with every I identify and solve problems. This to my job now, if perhaps better ways it is what you make of it and customer in an individual, be they may mean setting up a major project payed. In short I love the job but most of my work is self inflicted. a student, member of my staff, or simply having a few words with it is not good for the health, mental The few administrative jobs which member of college staff and so on. the appropriate people. At the end or physical. I do have are delegated to the The type of queries I get are the of the day it all takes time and that All the best, permanent staff, because they will ones that nobody else knows the is one thing I seem to have none of. Chris. answer to and, on the whole, I have a year left to do in my DEPUTY PRESIDENT Rick Bilby

If I were here next year I would like and arranged by Ents. If they were by a sabbatical. Responsibilities for the day-to-day to see a change in areas of all done by the same person, life When you consider that between running of the Union should be responsibility of the various would be a lot simpler. a third and half the DP's time is devolved to other Union officers or officers. In many cases there is Union sabbaticals are a wasted taken up with external work i.e. permanent staff. confusion as to who is supposed to resource. There is an awful lot of representation on College I have instigated changes to make be doing what. I am responsible for work currently undertaken by committees, the time he/she is able fairer the distribution of Union clubs & societies and the HonSec sabbaticals that need not be. The to devote to internal affairs seems funds, but I believe that we could is responsible for overseas students, one thing that I think I have spent all the more precious. get rid of a lot of the red tape and so who takes care of overseas most time on this year is security. I would like to see the Deputy make the system run more student societies? Further, it always It has been satisfying to shake the President in more of a management efficiently. I know which areas need strikes me as absurd that the Deputy Union security operation into some role, making sure the financial side the most attention, and I hope my President has to arrange security for semblance of order, but it only of the Union runs smoothly, and successor will carry on where I events coordinated by the HonSec needs to be overseen, and not run keeps changing with the times. leave off at the end of July HON SEC Dom Wilkinson

This may appear to be something of absense doesn't seem to have of my year was to promote the promises. I am always angered by a tired old cliche" but it's painfully affected them because they've Union as a social centre. The candidates whose pledges are as true. There are only 24 hours in a raised incredible amounts of money refurbishment of the bar was a great solid as the foundations of castles day. Whether you like it or not you this year. They ain't broke and they help and I'd now like to think that in Spain. If you talk bullshit then inevitably end up prioritising your don't need fixing. I'd like Rag to students, particularly first years, you eventually end up with some of time. Things that at the start of the think that if they wanted any help always think of the Union as the it on your face. I knew what I could year you'd had the best of intentions then I was around to give it. I hope first place to go on a night out. If achieve in the time I had and so I'm to put right, to devote endless hours that the OSC Commitee feel the I had another year then I'd push the fairly content. of effort to, become, same way. Union even harder. There's still too A Sabattical year will always be unintentionally, rusty heaps on the If I had my time again then I'd many people who don't know frustrating because it'stoo short. By road side. try to spend more time with the what's going on. You can never the time you've learnt the ropes it's I've always tried to work by the student societies. This is though spend enough on advertising; I hope the twelfth round and you're out. ethic 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'. something of a false promise but I my successor doesn't let this slide. Perhaps it's time for a new member Rag has seen very little of me. I feel obliged to make it. When I set out my manifesto I of staff? don't think they've needed me. My What I set out to do from the start purposely didn't fill it with false FELIX EDITOR Jonty Beavan

Most of the job of Felix Editor and Firstly organising the structure of spend a great deal of time and Co-operation over all the Print Unit Manager is running fast the Print Unit and Felix so the energy putting together sections of Universities of the UK is immensely to just keep standing still. With the people who work here understand our magazine at the moment. powerful. A network of student need to produce and organise a the organisation better. Secondly, Another section of the Felix job media could exist without the weekly magazine, a job that in the to spend much more time at the is DOBSON, very few at Imperial endemic problems of the NUS and media industry is usually broken up beginning of the year, dragging will even know what this stands for. would mean we are taken a great between a team of people, precious people into Felix so it is much more DOBSON is a directory listing all deal more seriously than at present. little time is left for planning and representative of Imperial College. the student newspapers in the I hope my successor realises this improving Felix. The unfortunate fact is that while country, and is organised through and continues the work of the On top of this, working and being the Union has bucked up its ideas the Felix Office. It has enormous previous Felix Editor who set up responsible for the machinery of the and joined the 1990's, Felix has potential, maybe expanding to DOBSON. Print Unit makes the job even more not. Felix needs to get more cover other countries, other student difficult. If I had my time again, I students writing for the magazine media, and possibly sending student would concentrate on two things: so, pressure is taken off those who newspapers over electronic mail.

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Flying the flag Showing we are not scared to get involved with ULU, Jonty Beavan interviews Ben Hancock about his chances in the upcoming Sabbatical elections

After all the fuss has died down at General Union Council (GUC) of from Imperial's Sabbatical ULU, in this body are the 'elected elections, the walkway has been representatives' from each college cleared of ego-seeking publicity and of London University. After a brief the losers have sniffled their way speech, and a series of questions the back to anonymity, one IC student meeting votes on which candidate will still be trying to fight for his should be allowed the post. Unlike right for a sabbatical year. the clamour of the elections just past Ben Hancock is a third year in Imperial, Joe student doesn't Maths student and is trying to worm even get a look in. his way through the mass of This obvious lack of student beaucracy that is the University of expression in ULU is clearly a sore London students' Union (ULU) point, because when I mentioned elections. On Tuesday 16th March the idea of campus wide ballots to he will face the assembled 'elected Ben, a stream of stock excuses representatives' of London emerged. Expense, time for each University and attempt to convince candidate to canvass 60,000 them that he can do the job of Vice students and the fact that people are President (Finance and Societies). not usually known outside their own The last ULU officer who came college were all wheeled out as from Imperial is so shrouded in the reasons for continuing the old mists of time that Marc Samuels, system. Fine, think I, but it's still current ULU President could not students' money that sabbaticals are find an Imperial crest on the display paid with. wall in his office. Trevor Phillips Even with this original definition one time IC, ULU and NUS of democracy, winning is not a President, now part time presenter foregone conclusion. Of his for LWT and after dinner speaker, competitors for the post Ben is is a more memorable figure from dismissive, 'I can never remember IC to have been part of the larger their names' he says describing a body of the University. An list of accommodation officers from individual who Ben Hancock ULU, Kings and Goldsmiths who dismissed as a 'professional student' feel that they could fill the post when I spoke to him. much better than he could. Is he As with all ULU posts the going to win? 'I'm quite confident.. process for getting elected is a little I have better financial experience obscure. Every election takes place than the rest' he replies. Describing the actual job, Ben UGM goes into more detail: The 'normal Friday 12th March, 1pm in treasury things' and supporting PIC BY JOE BAGULEY the Concert Hall (Union Societies in ULU as well as liaising Imperial's Rector announced in his of London Union? Again the stock with the full time Entertainments Building, 2nd Floorl the Commeration day speech last year? answer is reeled out; ULU Manager, ULU employ to run the Although he has not spoken to Sir following posts are up for represents all the small colleges in bands and performances there. His Eric yet, Ben does not regard it as grabs: London, places that would lose a previous experience appears rather an immediate problem, but if strong voice if ULU were not there Academic Affairs Officer narrow, having been heavily Imperial were to show signs of to defend them. Whether this will ICCAG involved in the Sailing Club and moving out of the federation, 'I plan be enough to keep ULU out of the Ents Chair little else. Ben does not see this as to fight him' is the clear signal to fate that is being prepared for the UGM Chair a problem, as, he feels, the Sir Eric's successor. NUS in the upcoming white paper Rag Chair impressive array of sailing Ben is convinced that Imperial on Higher Education is not certain. External Affairs Officer championships that he has College students' Union and ULU And what can he do for London Welfare Officer organised has given him a wide can coexist, saying that ULU students if he gets the job? 'Provide Housing Officer range of experience in finance and provides a different centre to a well run facility at Ma let street Post Grad Affairs Officer event management. Although about students in London and the chance showing the things they want to see 2 Ordinary Members of the minutiae of the post, he is a little for Imperial students to mix with a at a price that they can afford.' Council uncertain, the same, no doubt, as different group of people. 'It is Sounds like the promise of a well every person trying to enter a new important that Imperial students meaning politician? Well, we can't job. GET INVOLVED* have a choice' he comments, and tell until we see him in action, and BRING UNION CARDS* What about the 'reexamination' plans to increase the profile of ULU thanks to the ULU voting scheme of Imperial's role in the University in Imperial if elected. few of us will get a say in that. of London that Sir Eric Ash, Is there a future in the University

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Keith McNully Bass voice representative at IC Choir examines the 130th performance of that august body.

In the Great Hall on 19th March, college? Firstly, and perhaps most Imperial College Choir will importantly, the choir considers perform its 130th concert. Ever talent secondary to dedication. since its foundation in January 1950 Dedication is something you need the tradition of giving a to be a member. Talent is developed performance every term has been while you are a member. For this unbroken. The present conductor, reason, the choir does not audition. Eric Brown, has conducted 115 of It simply requires that you attend a these concerts and is now in his 40th minimum number of rehearsals in year as conductor of IC Choir. order to sing in the concert. Numerous times has Queen Furthermore, members of the Alexandra's House, the RCM and, choir find a good balance in their after 1969, the Great Hall been activities. For every hour of filled to hear yet another rendition rehearsal there is an hour of fun. from a choir whose reputation has This is particularly evident in the grown tremendously since its choir's weekends away. The first of formation. the year comes in mid-February to Among the choir's many Bedgebury, an all-girls hording performances has been the London school in Kent. Here, an intensive Premiere of Benjamin Britten's rehearsal schedule is well Hymn to St Peter, in 1955, under complemented with opportunities to Imogen Hoist, and the World enjoy the surrounding countryside, Premiere of Christopher Shaw's No a quiz and games night on Saturday, Room at the Inn. Also memorable followed by the highlight of the for a different reason is the choir's weekend—the infamous Bedgebury performance of Britten's Bonfire. unaccompanied Hymn to St Cecilia, The second weekend away comes in which under-ventilation and on the last weekend of the Easter fatigue resulted in the choir vacation, to Pigotts, a farm/music dropping pitch by a full tone and a camp in Buckinghamshire. Pigotts half. The situation was saved by a has been an annual date on the the Pigott's Barn Dance is possibly Then back to business, when soloist who, in sheer panic, sang a choir's calendar for almost 30 the most popular social event of the preparation starts at Pigotts for the solo that was completely different years, and its reputation has made year. 131st termly concert. Perhaps this from what was written in the score, members all too pleased to give up All this madness, however, must is the secret of IC Choir's success, but somehow managed to restore the last weekend of their holiday. have an organising force behind it, its unhalting continuity in moving the pitch, thus saving the piece from As well as fitting nine rehearsals and that is the job of the Choir from one concert to the next. There total collapse. into three days, there is plenty of Committee. Annual committees is no time to relax, it's heads down Today, IC Choir is just as strong, time to enjoy the spring sunshine have unfailingly managed to make straight away in preparation for the if not stronger than ever. How has (providing it doesn't snow like it did the choir's year run smoothly. They next performance. In this way the the choir managed to survive the in 1981). The team of cooks have had to deal with numerous choir gathers momentum through environment of a purely scientific produce food to suit all tastes, while crises over the years. For example, experience and is constantly just before the 100th concert in approaching the excellence it strives March 1983, the Mezzo-Soprano for. soloist, Mary Lloyd Davies, was IC Choir's Easter concert takes taken ill. At the last minute, a place in the Great Hall on Friday, replacement was drafted in in the 19th March at 8pm. Tickets can be form of Miss Anne Mason, and the purchased from Choir members or concert became yet another success the Central Library, price £2 for for IC Choir. students and £5 for non-students. Ultimately, though, it is in the Student price is £3 on the door. terrnly concerts that the choir shows The Choir also welcomes new the true dedication and talent of its members. They rehearse on members. Next week's concert Thursday evenings at 6.15pm in should be no exception. Mozart's Mech Eng 342. If you are interested Solemn Vespers, Mendelssohn's in singing in the Summer Concert Lobgesang Choral Symphony and you must attend the rehearsal on the strange but rhythmically Thursday 25th March in order to exciting Brazilian Psalm by Jean find out how to get to Pigotts. Berger should provide yet another Ladies from other University of enjoyable evening courtesy of IC London colleges are welcome to IC Choir in 1954 Choir. join.

Page 10 'eature Felix 962 12 March 1993 Too X-treme? Zaeem Sivardeen shows the side of Malcolm X not revealed in Spike Lee's film, that of a true muslim.

More than twenty-eight years after religion that erases the race his death, Malcolm-X—Alhajj problem. Throughout my travels in Malik El-Shabazz—still towers over the Muslim World, I have met, the Statue of Liberty. He refuses to talked to, and even eaten with die. And with the release of Spike people who in America would have Lee's film X this Friday the 5th of been considered 'white'—but the March, his memory continues to 'white' attitude was removed from live. their minds by the religion of Islam. With the film has come the hype. I have never before seen sincere and Everyone claims him to be of true brotherhood practised by all them—from civil rights activists to colours together, irrespective of black nationalists; from rappers to their colour. even socialists (!). And of course, You may be shocked by these there are the Muslims, who also words coming from me. But on claim him. Afterall, it was Islam this pilgrimage, what I have seen, that Malcolm X advocated as a and experienced, has forced me to solution to the Race Problem. At rearrange much of my thought first he was a member of the deviant patterns previously held, and to toss black nationalist group, so called aside some of my previous "The Nation of Islam' and then after conclusions. This was not too his Pilgrimage to Mecca he reverted difficult for me. Despite my firm to mainstream Islam. His period in convictions, I have been always a mainstream Islam was short—and man who tries to face facts, and to as a result the film X does not cover accept the reality of life as new it in great detail, but this short part experience and new knowledge of his life was the most important unfolds it. I have always kept an part. The ideas he had at this time open mind, which is necessary to were the ideas which he died the flexibility that must go hand in with—indeed, it was probably hand with every form of intelligent because of these new ideas he had, search for truth. called 'Christian' white American Who would believe the blessings based on mainstream Islam, that he During the past eleven days here heart should be more receptive to that have been heaped upon an was killed. in the Muslim World, I have eaten a proven solution to such a American Negro? A few nights Below is a letter he wrote to 'his from the same plate, drunk from the destructive problem. Perhaps it ago, a man who would be called in loyal assistants in Harlem....from same glass, and slept in the same could be in time to save America America a 'white' man, a United his heart.' bed (or on the same rug)—while from imminent disaster—the same Nations diplomat, an ambassador, praying to the same God—with destruction brought upon Germany a companion of kings, gave me his 'Never have I witnessed such fellow Muslims, whose eyes were by racism that eventually destroyed hotel suite, his bed. sincere hospitality and the the bluest of blue, whose hair was the Germans themselves. Never would I have even thought overwhelming spirit of true the blondest of blonde, and whose Each hour here in the Holyland of dreaming that I would ever be a brotherhood as is practised by skin was the whitest of white. And enables me to have greater spiritual recipient of such honours—honours people of all colours and races here in the words and in the deeds and insights into what is happening in that in America would be bestowed in this ancient Holyland, the home in the actions of the 'white' Muslim, America between black and white. upon a king—not a Negro. of Abraham and Muhammed... For I felt the same sincerity that I felt The American Negro never can be All praise is due to Allah, the the past week, I have been utterly among the black African Muslims blamed for his social animosities— Lord of All the Worlds. speechless and spellbound by the of Nigeria, Sudan, and Ghana. he is only reacting to four hundred Sincerely, graciousness I see displayed all We were truly all the same years of the conscious racism of the El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. around me by people of all (brothers)—because of their belief American whites. But as racism (Malcolm X). colours... in One God had removed the leads America up the suicide path, ...There were tens of thousands 'white' from their minds, the I do believe, frm the experiences It's quite clear that Malcolm X, of pilgrims, from all over the 'white' from their behaviour, and that I have had with them, that the after going through much world. They were of all colours, the 'white' from their attitude. whites of the younger generation, experience came to the conclusion from blue-eyed blondes to black- I could see from this, that perhaps in the colleges and universities, will that mainstream Islam—the love skinned Africans. But we were all if white Americans could accept the see the hand-writing onthe wall and and obedience of the One Creator participating in the same ritual, Oneness of God, then perhaps too, many of them will turn to the of the Worlds—and not black displaying a spirit of unity and they could accept in reality the spiritual path of truth—the. only way Nationalism nor the deviant 'Nation brotherhood that my experiences in Oneness of Man—and cease to left to American to ward off the of Islam', nor socialism (!), is the America had led me to believe measure, and hinder, and harm disaster that racism inevitably leads only thing that could bring the never could exist between the white others in terms of their 'differences' to. various races of humanity together and non-white. in colour. Never have I been so highly under one umbrella of peace, love America needs to understand With racism plaguing America honoured-. Never have I been made and harmony. Islam, because this is the one like an incurable cancer, the so- to feel more humble and unworthy.

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A Time to Fast preparation for life where invaluable lessons are learnt and practised. But Islam is not only about self-control of the individual. Muslims are encouraged to seek the Sarmad Qureshi takes a brief look at the Islamic month of Ramadan truth and to contribute to society by being righteous and fair in all dealings with people, and that is where the challenge lies.

Fasting was practised by many It is from this verse that the of the world, as muslims seek its lesson is to be learnt for all, as 'The Believers, men and women, prophets of the past including those muslims have been commanded to guidance and understanding. "This hunger does not prejudice between are protectors one of another: they mentioned in the Old Testament— fast. So in a continuation of the is a Book of Guidance in which the rich and poor. This is all very enjoin what is just and forbid what Moses and Elijah are said to have messages that come before it the there is no doubt. It is for the God- humbling as one then realises how is evil: they observe regular fasted continuously for 40 days, a Quran prescribes the month of conscious' Quran 2:2 reliant he is and gives perspective prayers, practice regular charity feat that was later repeated by Jesus, Ramadan for the muslims as the But the fast that is observed to one's mortality. But the lesson to and obey God and his Messenger. who also recommended fasting as period in which they fast from dawn during Ramadan is more than a be learnt from this is not only On them will God pour his mercy: an example and as a teaching. to dusk. 'Ramadan is the (month) mechanical abstention from food humility as restraint from that for God is exalted in power, wise. ' Indeed, fasting is strictly practiced in which was sent down the Quran, and drink. It also prohibits all which is permitted should also Quran 9:71. in Judaism and the Jews fast on the as a guide to mankind, also clear sexual relations between spouses, develop restraint from these actions day of Atonement and the (signs) for guidance and judgement during the period of fast, as well as that are discouraged. "Those who have faith and do Christians during the period of (between right and wrong). So a strict observance of one's actions The fast is also meant for one to righteous deeds, they are the best Lent. These practices are observed everyone of you who is present (at and words and also encouraging abstain from bad thoughts and of creatures. Their reward is with as a command from God, and in the his home) during that month should acts of charity and good deeds to speech and to avert his eyes from God: Gardens of Eternity, beneath Quran God says spend it in fasting...' Quran 2:185 others. that which does not concern him. which rivers flow; they will dwell It is for this reason that Ramadan What, however, is the wisdom So one has to devleop not only a therein forever.' Quran 98:7-8. 'O you who believe fasting has is considered as one of the holiest behind fasting? There are numerous physical control of one's action but been ordained for you as it was months in Islam, and the month is benefits that a person who fasts will of a mental control of one's ordained for those before you, so spent not only in fasting but also in enjoy, encouraging the person's impulses and thoughts. Only when good deeds. The Quran can be character to progress, and those that you may develop God- this control is developed does one TONIGHT consciousness' Quran 2:183 Jieard being recited from all corners who fast with intention and devotion realise how much he was led by his leave the month richer in spirit. tongue or eyes, how it insulted at 5.50pm The act of fasting itself can others or the pain it caused. Then The Imperial sometimes prove to be very do you realise how you can easily College Islamic demanding. The month of Ramadan become enslaved to your corrupt may fall during the summer where side. Society is holding the long daylight hours can mean But fasting is not seen as a bruden an Iftar dinner, to that the fast lasts from 3am to nor does it cause a radical change break fast, in the 9.30pm. This can prove to be very in lifestyles as muslims carry on JCR. intensive especially as the period of living their normal lives during Ramadan progresses towards its Ramadan but being more vigilant of final days. Elsewhere in the world their practices. The fasting is seen Ramadan may fall during the hot as a blessing, which makes people season, meaning having to bear enrich their lives and being more temperatures of 40 °C normally mindful of others. People are also signify the begirining and end of the Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated and unbearable, but made even more expected to practice the lessons of fast, drums, cannon shots and even muslims mankful for their blessings difficult when you cannot drink or self-restraint learnt after the month alarm sirens are used . People gained, come together in large TIMETABLE eat. It is for this reason that the has passed so that the benefit is usually come together to open their numbers for prayers and then go out person who fasts develops the permanent and the rewards attained fasts in mosques or at their homes. to meet friends and relatives, but patience and willpower being able for the rest of Ramadan immense. But overeating at the period of again moderation being the to bear out his circumstances, with (which began on 22nd Feb) The celebration of Ramadan in opening and closing the fast is underlying element in the the knowledge that his reward will muslim countries is a joyous discouraged as this would contradict festivities. Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Esha denote the timeMAGHRIs of prayeB ESHr A come at the time he breaks his fast, DAY MAR RAM Fast FAJR ZUHR ASR occasion and everyone contributes the principles of self-control learnt. and in the hereafter. "Those who As can be seen the period of Begins Fast Ends to give to the feeling. In order to At the end of the month the feast of patiently persevere will truly receive fasting during Ramadan is a FRI 12 19 4.37 4.52 12.12 3.17 6.02 8.02 a reward without measure.' Quran SAT 13 20 4.35 4.50 12.11 3.18 6.04 8.04 29:10. SUN 14 21 4.32 4.47 12.11 3.19 6.06 8.06 6.07 8.07 Without the need for a check it MON 15 22 4.30 4.45 12.11 3.20 can be very easy to take things for TUE 16 23 4.28 4.43 12.10 3.21 6.09 8.09 granted. It is all too easy to WED 17 24 4.25 4.40 12.10 3.22 6.11 8.11 succumb oneself to the desires of THU 18 25 4.23 4.38 12.10 3.23 6.12 8.12 this world, eating to and beyond FRI 19 26 4.21 4.36 12.10 3.25 6.14 8.14 contentment with little care, or even SAT 20 27 4.19 4.34 12.09 3.26 6.16 8.16 satisfying ones sexual desires. But SUN 21 28 4.16 4.31 12.09 3.27 6.17 8.17 it is only when these avenues are MON 22 29 4.14 4.29 12.09 3.28 6.19 8.19 closed and you have to refrain from The Holy Prophet has said: 'Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave'. 4.27 12.08 3.29 6.21 8.21 these channels does one realise how TUE 23 30 4.12 much one relies on them. This

Page 12 Page 13 Clubs & Societies 12 March 1993 Felix 962 Travelling dm Exploding Heads The Mind! Tomorrow, Saturday 13th March, from 'The Prisoner' and Michael ICSF is pleased to be holding its Ironside from 'V and 'Total CTS TRAVEL...Reduces the Cost! 11th small one day convention Recall') and some terrific exploding (hence called Picocon 11) in the heads too. Union building. Entry is just £1 to At 8pm, we have 'Videodrome' NORTH AMERICA EUROPE LONG HAUL members (membership £3) and gets featuring James Woods and Debbie 071-323 5130 071-323 5180 071-637 5601 you into all manner of events, Harry. Woods plays a cable TV quizzes, video showing, book and programmer who gets involved comic trading, panels and talks. with a chat show host (Harry) and OUr main guest this year is the who stumbles across a snuff/SM MEXICO 205 360 AMSTERDAM 44 79 AUKLAND 359 657 renowned SF author Colin TV channel. The more he watches BOSTON 97 192 CAIRO 108 219 BANGKOK 199 399 Greenland, who will be reading it, the more unable he is to stop CHICAGO 93 186 MUNICH 60 115 KATHMANDU 239 439 from his latest, unpublished novel watching it and the more and prizes for competitions through hallucinations (or are they?) he 35 71 CARACAS 202 398 DALLAS 122 241 BRUSSELS the day include a complete set of his suffers from. Eventually he LOS ANGELES 124 240 PRAGUE 75 129 DELHI 205 329 published novels. descends into, a state of existence where he cannot define the MIAMI 112 224 GENEVA 57 107 HONGKONG 267 469 The theme of ICSF's next double- boundary between reality and his bill is Canadian horror director NEW YORK 93 186 MADRID 60 83 JO-BURG 264 473 drug-crazed imagination and where David Cronenberg. On Monday at he may or may not be a pawn in the ORLANDO 118 23S MILAN 57 99 NAIROBI 206 379 6pm, we'll start with a showing of hands of a political megalomaniac. SAN FRANCISCO 124 247 PARIS 38 69 RIO 284 547 his famous 'Scanners'. Cameron This movie features some strikingly Vale, a wandering tramp, is a TORONTO 122 226 ROME 62 120 SINGAPORE 231 435 unusual sex (!), violence and scanner, possessing the ability to gruesomeness (if you're likely to be VANCOUVER 171 318 TEL AVIV 99 169 SYDNEY 334 661 tune into and control other people's offended, don't turn up). It also acts 265 489 nervous systems, as a result of WASHINGTON 93 186 VIENNA 63 125 TOKYO as a suitable precursor to the which he is hunted by a mysterious director's later film 'Naked Lunch' organisation of scanners who are whith its drug-induced illusions and ROUND THE WORLD responsible for a number of also relates to the novels of Philip assassinations. As the net tightens £799 K Dick (source of 'Bladerunner' around him, Vale learns that the and 'Total Recall') with its themes other scanners' aims are far more of defining absolute reality. 44 Goodge Street 220 Kensington High St. sinister than at first they appear and London W1P 2AD London W8 7RA that he must destroy the leader of The films start at 6pm on Monday e GOODGE STREET ©HIGH STREET KENSINGTON the organisation in a sanner duel to IATA Licensed the 15th in Chem Eng LT1. Entry stop his heinous plot. The film has is free to members and membership a great cast (Patrick McGoohan is just £3. IC Dance Last Sunday, IC hosted the Inter- has even resorted to the desperate Foxtrot and Samba, with a demo and the Offbeat Competition. Varsity Dancing Championships, measure of rearranging their entire Quickstep for the Beginners, saw The latter is a Team event which is the biggest inter-University dance A Team, in a final bid for victory. some fine individual performances. marked on both dancing ability and event of the year. No grubby sports In the past 29 years, only the 4 Several IC couples made the finals, entertainment value. Tracks ranged centre or church hall for us; the couples comprising each A Team and Satin and Shelagh won the BCD from 'It's Raining Men' to some venue was the Great Room of the had competed at the IV. This year, Samba. This was the warm-up for Manchester 'Madness'. Grosvenor House, Park Lane, a a B Team competition was also the main event, the Team Finally the results. Both A and B magnificent ballroom and amazing arranged. IC must have been Competitions, starting dead on time competitions were decided by the backdrop to the 30th annual event. favourites for this, too: at the (rather than the more usual hour late last dance, the Jive. But we did it: The big guns of Oxford and Southern Ball, we beat all other B's, at such events). retained the A trophy, put our Cambridge were well represented, only narrowly missing Cambridge All of the IC couples made their names on the new B trophy, and together with 19 other universities A. However, a different marking respective finals—but Oxford, carried off the Offbeat with a 20's at IC. The pressure was on us; not system and 3 weeks frenzied Cambridge, Bristol and Liverpool Lindy-Hop/Charleston. After the only had IC won the IV for the past practice by the other universities (to name but 4) were well Last Waltz, we retired to the JCR, two years, but had also swept the suggested 2 very close represented here, too. While nails for a celebratory party (and of board at the Sheffield and Southern competitions. were bitten, we were entertained by course, more dancing!). Balls earlier this term. Cambridge The afternoon programme, of a professional Latin American Thanks are due to the IV organisers, and our trainers. OpSoc

Can't Pay? playwrights, Dario Fo. So if you feel like spending an Opsoc would like to announce a Dario Fo, probably best known evening of laughter, come to see workshop on the musical 'Guys & in this country as the author of this comedy full of 'anarchy, theft, Dolls'. Rehearsals will be on Won't Pay! 'Accidental Death of an Anarchist' class war and bopping the fuzz' Tuesday 16th March, 7.30pm, is not only a play writer but also a which is bound to 'extract Huxley 308 and Sunday 21st After presenting the 'Twelfth political activist. whooping laughter from social March, all afternoon inthe UDH for Night' last December, DramSoc The production we are staging is injustice' a performance on Sunday evening. gives a jump both in time and in an extremely funny political farce 'Can't Pay? Won't Pay! Anybody is welcome, we hope to space to present this term 'Can't about a strike by London Wednesday 17th to Saturday 20th see you there. For more Pay? Won't Pay!' by one of Italy's housewives against price rises, March, 7.30pm, Union Concert information contact Laura Hudson most important twentieth century although the original is set in Italy. Hall, £2 (£1 cones). (Chem Eng 2).

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Tapping the Source

Save the Rainforests! support the rubber-tappers?

Rubber-tappers have been in the Amazon since the end of the 19th century when the world market for rubber was expanding, and migrant male workers were recruited by managers of rubber estates. Rubber is collected between May and December, then during the rainy season Brazil nuts are collected. Rubber-tapper communities are small (settlements typically consist of 4 or 5 houses), economically viable, and largely self-sufficient. A rubber tree can yield latex for over 50 years. Though rubber tappers work individually, the formation of cooperatives is an integral part of a new range of survival skills that they have had to learn. Only together can they be strong enough to resist the threat to their way of life, and to the very existence of the forst—the opening up of the Amazon region to the cattle Tapping in progress companies. rubber tree. From the last century Mendes described the technique: from the headquarters of The ownership of the forest is until 1970, schools were forbidden 'When a community is threatened transnational corporations. Hence legally unclear. The rubber-tappers on any rubber estate in the Amazon. by deforestation, it gets in touch they have built up an impressive assert their rights to the land as The rubber estate owners with other communities in the area. range of alliances with Third World being at least as good as anyone wouldn't allow it. Firstly, because They all get together in a mass and Green movements in North else's. However, they are often if a rubber-trapper's children went meeting inthe middle of the forest America and Europe. They have unaware that pieces of paper have to school, they would learn to read, and organise teams of people to take testified to the UN's Bruntland been exchanged in the cities, until to write, and to add up, and would the lead in confronting the workers Commission on the environment, the logging crews move in. discover to what extent they were cutting down the trees—all this in and have lobbied the World Bank. With each tiny community of being exploited. That wasn't in the a peaceful but organised way. These Chico Mendes was assassinated tappers often many days' journey bosses' interests. Also, it was better teams try to convince the workers in December 1988. from each other, it was difficult for for production to have the children employed by the landowners to The rubber-tappers' struggle goes them to meet and plan a response available for work rather than at leave the area. The rubber-tappers on. Central to their efforts is theii to the land grabs. A lack of school. also dismantle the camps used by own strength, and their alliances education compounded the So for many years, the great those workers to force them out... within Brazil. In 1989, togethei problem. majority of us could neither read At the same time as 180 or 200 with groups representing indiginous Then in the late 1970s a local nor write. The rubber-tapper colleagues are involved in the peoples, they created the Alliance voluntary group began Project worked all year hoping he would empate, standing in the way of the of Forest Peoples. Serigueiro (Project Rubber-Tapper) finally make a profit, but always chain-saw and the scythes, we aim 'To defend the Amazon you have with funding initially from Oxfam. remained in debt. As he couldn't to have a team whose job it is to get to support the unions, the women's Project workers opened up the count, he couldn't tell whether or information about what is organisations, the residents' possibility of forming cooperatives not he was being cheated. happening to Xapuri, where another associations. Since Chico's death so that the tappers could market Project Seringueito brought the group will make sure it travels all the press have started calling him their own rubber. They also rubber-trappers together, and along over Brazil and the rest of the an ecologist. But he always called estbalished schools where initially with education came organisation. world. himself a trade unionist. We don't adults, then later children, could The first rubber-tappers unions For us the important thing is to see any distinction between become literate and numerate. were formed in 1975 and many continue to make a political impact. environmentalism, and trade Chico Mendes, for many years the others followed. In 1985, the We feel our resistance can produce unionism.' leader of the rubber-tappers, National Council of Rubber- results through pressure by the (Atanagildo Matos, National described the importance of Tappers was formed to coordinate press and lobbying organisations, at Council of Rubber-Tappers). schooling: their activities. This level of both national and international On Tuesday 23th March, Third 'My life began just like that of all organisation has given them the level.' World First and EnviroSoc are to rubber-tappers, as a virtual slave power to defend their way of life, The rubber-tappers have learnt hold 'A Night of Brazilia' in the bound to do the bidding of his and with it the rainforest. Their that the real threats come from far Union starting at 8.30pm. All the master. I started work at nine years standard response to the arrival of beyond the forest—from the inter- proceeds from ticket sales (£2 each) old, and, like my father before me, a logging crew within one of their governmental lending agencies like will be going to the Brazilian instead of learning my ABC, 1 areas has become the empate—a the World Bank, and the Inter- Rubber-Tappers' Union. Come learnt how to extract latex from a peaceful organisation. Chico American Development flank, and along and show your support.

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Ash—Union Lounge If you don't relish the thought of as I know a couple of the members, attending the Union on a Thursday but arbitrating myself, they showed night to see a group of College definite promise. They can all play bands pissing about on stage before their instruments—strangely it they've learned to play their helps, and the girl up front can sing, instruments, I wouldn't blame you. which really does make a change. However I did go on Thursday and All in all, for a first time live was pleasantly surprised. The performance it was remarkably second band Ash, Ask or some such right and if they play again, go and name, were dead good. I'm not see them. Even if it is on a alone in thinking this as it was the Thursday night. only one which attracted (and kept) Ian. an audience. (For that is a good name for I have to admit to a little prejudice music reviewers.)

Thousand Yard Stare. Because the Airhead (they 're crap) photo has gone Suede—Cambridge Junction astray (Voice of the Beehive, Thousand Yard Stare, Airhead, ULU, 16th March). Cambridge is like a big Turkey rough - are selected, and ten Shoot, one huge, lazy, sleepy minutes, stupid bouncers, and open essentially dead-end town in the lavatory windows later, Felix has fens. Apart from the university, it's bluffed its way into the most un- Albums bluff your way intoable gig in the Dodge, and Butch and Sundance have just rolled in off the 1415 from land. - Cheers Jane. 808 State—Gorgeous Kings Cross. Bang! gomorrah. Heat, sweat, Once I was infatuated. I had a Long, black coated, and armed, teenies jumping around to Sharkboy Pulp—Razzamataz passionate belief that somehow the tooth high with 35mm, we strode and spilling Snakebite down my One of my few exstatic moments in future would be better. It would disdainfully northwards, staring jeans. 10pm explodes with an recent months has to be listening to have to be, how could things get down the witless undergraduates energy and sexual vitriola, the like this. worse. But that dream is fading. All with their swanking scarves and neither of us had before witnessed. A moment of pure exhultation— too much I see the future unfolding Oxbridge haircuts, northwards, 'Animal Nitrate' opens. Several Cocker lifts an average ditty to in the same way as the past—can northwards, into the belly of Sidney songs later, 'Metal Mickey', and I produce something that we all things ever change? I mean, sure, Sussex College, an old friend, and begin to register my situation. need—fun. The virtues of 'pure superficially things change—but there to await the coming of Godot Loose, very much so, but this adds pop' may be, being forced down somehow despite an intitial glint of in his now notorious alter-ego, Brett to the spectacle. And it is a peoples' throats at the moment, and originality things become dulled by Anderson. spectacle, a sideshow, a quirky most of what is being promoted is time. The most radical of changes Pencils sharpened, pints sunk, timeless adventure into the land of utter crap, but here are some people soon falls into the same rut, stories told and scores settled, the shrunken denim, and flailing beads. who know what they're doing. following the same course until hour is nigh. We brave flatland gale The Two Ronnies with three some new favourites arrive. straight men. I should hate this, and Heavenly. and intermittent flurries in pursuit Peb. I wish I did, but it's just so Peb. of the Junction, and nirvana. Car parks, railway bridges, nothing attractive, you can't help yourself. sways us, we are steeled in purpose. 'Sleeping Pills', 'Painted People', Motivated and determined. and the ultimate, 'My Insatiable One'. Raw, naked and writhing, the Spindoctors—A Pocketful of then alas, the other 8 tracks are Ah...the Grail! We approach. masses jump and fawn, but as Kryptonite lightweights. Certainly simmering ' They would have rung and told quickly as they came they went. A Right from the opening chords of away nicely yet not fulfilling their us if they'd taken us off the Guest stunned mob is left, heated and 'Jimmy Olsen Blues' the early promise. I guess the problem List, I sorted it all out weeks expectant. Not quite to point B the Spindoctors reach out, take your is that The Spindoctors' ago.' (here, Jane is house lights rise, and one can hand and lead you into their strange concentration on live work means defamed). almost here the strains of 'You'll and wonderous world; where all is that they never quite spark in the One of the musketeers is broken never walk alone' and a massive not what it seems and everyone has confines of a studio. The live bonus and prepares to flee shamed and Boo ! Heard it before ? a good time. Tipping their hats to tracks are proof of the pudding. 'To refuted, but the one known as Ralph Southern boogie and the alternative Mamas a Pajama' lashes out, easily is steadfast and resolute. He surveys As one of the teenies commented jammin' blues scene, they play a ellipsing most of the earlier stuff, all before him for our salvation. before Mum came. ' We all missed heady mix of funk roots with a dash and 'Sweet Widow' isn't far (Brain ticks over, odds are weighed. The Smiths.' Anderson obviously of fusion jazz leanings. behind. Twat bouncers no. Tunnel didn't, his Bowiephilic claims fall The first single 'Little Miss Can't Despite which all is not lost. As in no. Find women with tickets horribly short here, and their Be Wrong' is the most accessible if by magic, Spindoctors play ULUan d use inherent charm, dash and unfortunate change of tack into style track; but the most satisfying is the on 18th March. The choice is intrepidity to win their plagiarism is a step backwards. stompin' '2 Princes'. Full of yours, and I'm off for a couple of hearts and their stubs. Left 50 minutes and no encore? Pass swirling delights and the odd flies. eyebrow migrates deftly skywardsthe daffs Steven. crunchy guitar bit, it made me feel Tintin. and evil grin ensues.) Glyph & Ralph. like a toad on a hot tin roof. (A 'A Pocketful of Kryptonite' Following a short briefing, two 'Animal Nitrate' Out now on frying brain say all asundry.) But released now on Epic. teenies - simultaneously spotty and Nude/Sony.

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The Indigo Girls—T&C Hyperhead, Sloan— The Tragically Hip, The 4 of 'What are you doing over here, The Indigo Girls played a stunning Powerhaus Us, Ghost of an American dude?' 'Hey, I work for IBM two hour set to a packed Town and Sloan for the uninitiated are a US Airman—T&C (garth)' 'Yer dude, my dad was Country Club last Friday night. guitar band recendy signed to MCA It was a night for the vocalist to strut president of IBM, Canada.' 'No Emily and Amy were accompanied via Geffen. Simply sound choons or their wares in front of faceless and Way.' 'Way.' Party on Wayne, by a nearly all female band as a friend of mine would put it pretty dour bands. First into the here's a stick of dynamite! including, I am pleased to say, a 'tude. Smart, smart melodic indie limelight was Ghosts. Dodge Thankfully The Hip weren't too cellist and a violinist. Their new that leaps and jumps around out of McKay; high on the Spinal Trap long before corning on. Swiftly they material is so good that they had the banal indie guitar fashion, but rating. Looking something like broke into their new album 'Fully little need to resort to old favourites. so loosely like floppy hair. Morrissey and acting like a squirrel Completely'. The liveness breathed The new album 'Rites of Passage' Hyperhead are loud and chunky, on acid, the stage was his world. colour into an album which had (Epic 471 363 4) is a true pleasure. but I've seen more activity in a Jumping up and down, into the been rather 2D on first hearing. crowd and most memorably Their sound is a little changed packed tin of sardines than this Tracks like 'At the 100th Meridian' performing a handstand, motionless live. A powerful blend of acoustic, place. Live exuberance surpassed and 'Pigeon Camera' were more for a minute, he mirrored the ringing guitars and close vocal only by Nitzer Ebb, bass is so accessible, dragging you into a wall intensive nature of their music. harmony. With just enough folk overwhelming it seeps under your of rhythmic motion. Even weaker Energetically loud. Unfortunately influence to keep your spine tingling feet, grabs your ankles and pulls, songs like 'Lionized' and '50 that was about it, loud. The golden and enough country to keep your leaving your teeth chattering Mission Cap' started to crack a egg in their basket was 'Freakshow' toes a tappin'. On top of this are two uncontrollably. Percussionist and whip like they wanted to go from their EP '4'. Roll up and see of the most powerful and pure singer in a wild, unrestrained frenzy someplace. Dodge the hyperactive squirrel— female voices around today with scorching traces on the psyche; only it's got a ring to it. Frontman Gord Downie was an tunes and lyrics to lift you up to gripe is 3 guitar wanker types doing interesting mix of Henry Rollins higher places. nothing but pose. Still, it was The 4 Of Us inititally appeared and Robin Williams. Facially it was If this wasn't enough—it was— Smashing. to be a illframed bunch. There were Williams; pulling faces and the concert closed with a guest Sloan were overpowered tonight, five of them and their lighting screwing up his eyes but under it all appearance of the legendary Joan but the subtleties made their looked like a reject from the Gary a concentrated energy all dressed up Baez. If you haven't heard of her statement. Hyperhead were in Glitter farewell tour. Nevertheless and ready to play. your parents will have all her overdrive and only a fool would've they managed to rise above it for at Throughout, all the initiated albums! Their three voices together walked out. least half the time. The psychedelic continued to jump merrily around, were matched in ability—a MC4 were there, Huggy Bear swirling tracks had a bite to them, and then start a feud with the T&C complement to the musical skill of supposedly were there, but where whilst the more conventional stuff security. By the end about 20 the Indigo Girls. Simply superb. were you? like 'Sensual Thing' was going embryonic stage-divers had nowhere; rather like the two This is a band for the spiritually Lucas attempted to plunge. Most being guitarists who didn't move except impoverished. A seriously spiritual Sloan's 'Underwhelmed' out treated to the 40 second trip marked to breathe and then none too often. experience. Life force recharge now on Geffen. Sloan play Camden 'EXIT'. Still the show went on and City. Underworld on Tuesday. Again it was the lead singer, one finally ended with a trimphant Mich. Brendan Murphy who carried the 'Eldorado'. day. Drooping black fringe and For a band renowned for their evidence of an acne ridden past live performances, they had gave note of a man ready for rock impressed and I hadn't understood 'n' roll stardom. a word God had said; especially the Then it was time for the 'Hip' as bit about his Grandmother and a the initiated call them. (To be nuclear submarine. Tragic. initiated you had to be Canadian and Tintin. talk lie something out of Wayne's 'Fully Completely' released no World.) on MCA. 'Hi, Winnipeg.' 'Hi Vancouver.'

Huggy Bear, Bikini Kill, Itchy Poo, Avocado Baby— audacity kicks you in the face. They Conway Hall don't want to be lumped in with Perpetually changing instruments punk, but they are. The original and anger tie these 'riot grrrl' bands punk was partly a backlash against together. Arguably Jack of all 60's flowerpower that had been trades and master of none, but what dragged into the early 70's (escapist is undeniably important is the vs confrontational attitude). underlying attitude. Similarly Huggy Bear are repressed Avocado Baby were a little shy all right, all the bands were, but for their own good, but top marks what differentiates this lot is that the for the bloke who was dress-ed up. repression has fermented anger, As a band they really weren't which rips chunks out of conformity together, and were in fact shite. in magnanimous proportions. Just Itchy Poo potted their president, feel the voice of society muted by and despite only two numbers the anger of youth and never forget showed a lot of potential. insanity breeds genius. I must admit Enraged and incensed were I was a cynic before, but am now Bikini Kill, stomping through but definitely converted; I must also be somehow didn't have the some sort of warped pervert, angry spontaneity despite the tons of women turn me on! aggression. Better than the previous Bikini Kill and Huggy Bear were acts by a long way, but not as good the only two bands worth going to as was about to come. see, they could both definitely incite At last, Huggy Bear got up on a riot, but a revolution? Time will stage; technical prowess not their tell. A Riot Grrrl yesterday. forte, but their confrontational Lucas.

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formalities are out of the way, the The Shee by Joe Donnelly Born in Blood travel nitty-gritty are covered, This is a book which in a way seems Blood, guts, religous hypocrisy - starting with the capital then based upon Tutankhamun and his ah, now this is a book which makes covering the country region by curse which fell upon the history interesting, nay, exciting; it region. archaeologists that discovered his had me riveted. Its basically But just how practical is this tomb. The plot is as simple as that. hypothesising a link between the information being a new and Archaeologists digging in Kilgallan, ancient order of the Knights of the independent traveller in town? Ireland, discover what they initially Temple and modern day There are a few things to do before believe to be a tomb for one of the Freemasonry, all very dry you may seeing the sights and sounds. The ancient Celtic Kings. However as think but it tells the sordid history Travellers World Guides first order of the day is a ticket to they continue their studies, they find of the medieval hierarchy so Christopher Riley takes an your next destination and a place to that things are not as they originally graphically you'll be held to each imaginary trip to Southeast Asia to lay your hat. seemed. The tomb turns out to be page. It contains many short, almost test the new travel guide boos from Hotels are divided into categories the prison of the Shee, the epitome pythonesque, anecdotes like the 'Travellers World Guide'. A to E, A being the most expensive. of evil which feasts on fear, horror, Catholic execution of cutting open So you've just arrived at the railway Accommodation is crammed into violence and ultimately (as with any your stomach while still conscious station at Saigon, and you want a one or two chunky paragraphs, other horror story) death - and slowly pulling out you cheap but safe hotel for the night. hotel names highlighted in bold. preferably as horrific as possible. intestines. If it wasn't for the fact You're new to Vietnam, the The locations of most are shown on The archaeologists inadvertently that this was actually practised on currency, the people, the politics. comprehensive street maps, all with help it to escape, before they realise 'heretics' it would be hilarious. This is what your travel guides are a north arrow and scale bar - vital what they have done. WARNING: if you're of a Catholic for - to guide you through the when on foot. The problem is that The book is well written, the disposition you may find some of nightmare of travel tribulations laid they are in Roman script - not very various characters being carefully the book offensive. Why? Because to waylay you and wear you down helpful when you thrust the book at and cleverly woven into the plot, it exposes the outright hypocrisy along the way. a local in despair and beg to be giving the book life. The unwitting and evil that was the church. How The sweat is running down your taken to the Sky Guesthouse in hero is a journalistic photographer it condemned the Templars to forehead, as you strain to stand up Sukhothai New Town, central which seemed a very unlikely destruction just because of its greed in the sauna conditions, your Thailand. Two maps, one being in choice until you got deeper into the and desire for their extensive rucksack keeping you buoyant in the local language, would story. The only problem with the property holdings and consequentiy the platform crush. There are five occasionally be useful. book, was the amount of gore - it forced them to go underground only little men tugging you this way and, So you've got somewhere to stay wasn't that it was too gruesome but to emerge centuries later as masons that, as you fumble with your guide - next task a ticket away from it wasn't anything new and it - its all chronicled with breathtaking book to check the hotel as they are Saigon, from a rundown bus depot became slightly repetitive, 'though plausability. You'll also be trying to entice you in to. somewhere across town you've one wonders what kind of mind it surprised at how many famous As with all guide books, space is never been to and in a language you takes to think of these acts of figures of history were Masons: at a premium, and consequently the can't speak. On this account, the violence. Joe Donnelly does from Christopher Wren to the writing is small and closely spaced. little white books offer a section on introduce some of Ireland's history present Prince Philip. A jolly good Despite this the 'Thailand, 'Transport to and from... by air, to the reader along the way, which read. Indochina & Burma' handbook train, bus, ferry, and ship' which is interesting and quietens it down Phil H. a bit. Not brilliant, but not bad! (£13.95) runs to 816 pages, and the includes the main routes, times to Published by Arrow, £5.99 hardback although only 11x19 cm, destinations, some costs and brief GBH weighs over 400 grams. Both are visa information. This section is Published by Arrow, £4.99 important when you only have one even included for the smaller places small bag to cram everything into where it is most needed. The for maybe 12 months. concise 1 page vocabulary section So how do these little white at the end of each country is just enough to buy a ticket, but it could guides stand up to seeking quick HAIRDRESSERS information about obscure back be expanded to help with buying street markets, changing money food. 15A HARRINGTON ROAD, during the national holidays, or So at last we have which comes SOUTH KENSINGTON buying a ticket for the weekly bus close to the legendary Australia 071-823 8968 to Can To on the Mekong Delta. based Lonely Planet series of guides We have a fantastic offer for all you Too many guides on the market are which assume you can get your students, a cut wash and blowdry great on the history and the culture luggage off the carousal, and covers of obscure, 'off the beaten track everything from those that speak by our top stylist places', but they don't give you English in Kumning bus station, to (which normally costs around £21) enough information to get there. bribing your way across the For only £11 Men £12 Women Burmese border. The problem with In contrast to many tame tour Check us out ! guides, the travellers World Guides LPs is the time it takes for them to are marketed as the definitive come out, being updated every 2-3 handbook for the independent years. TWGs aim to update their traveller. The book begins with a books every year. But for my short practical introduction, money, the larger, clearer print of including a detailed section on the LPs still takes the edge. In health care, followed by an hardback, the TWGs will probably overview of the region. The book last the milage better; but the is then divided into countries, each question remains - do you want of which begins with its geography, your trusty guide to look like it's history, culture, religion, politics been to the ends of the world with and economics, with even enough you or not? detail to cover the local radio frequencies for the BBC World Service and the Voice of America., .etc. After these

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Orlando.

: 1600 - Death, 1612 - reminds one of Peter Greenaway's costumes and period sets where Love, 1700 - Poetry, 1750 - films, but Sally Potter has added delightful and almost a distraction Politics, 1800 - Sex, etc. such personal features as the from the central theme, a great deal culminating in a return to the character occasionally addressing of effort has obviously gone into Orlando original location but in the present the camera and an outrageous this production from actors and Orlando is a 'person' who lives for day. flying, singing Jimmy Somerville crew alike. Whether this is an 400 years, initially as a man then Though Orlando is about appearing at the end. Her intention accurate adaptation of Virginia as a woman. The story begins in the ambiguous sexuality, the direction seems to be to empathise the Woolfe's novel I cannot say but it 17th century, when he is charged is distinctly feminine, with each audience with Orlando, with stands as an intelligent and original with entertaining Queen Elizabeth shot a delicate framing of the central numerous silent close-up's work in it's own right. This is I. We are then taken through the character (Tilda Swinton) in thorughout the film, which became where British cinema should be chapters of his (and then her) life, extrovert colour. This combined occasionally tedious, though I think heading. each a different period and theme with the simply constructed music the desired effect was achieved. The Aralia Elegantissima.

the spelling, including veggie and Moqueca?). The Turkish stall gave cake with coconut and fruit. non-veggie food. And we would us some stewed lamb curry, cooked Summing up the food at the Fair like to say now that if we do not the Turkish way and to sweeten our was more authentic than most Food mention some food it does not mean palates there was a plateful of restaurants that either of us have that it was not good, it just means Turkish Delight. Nainish found the been to, because it was all prepared that we could only try a limited Nigerian food to be a completely in a rush and in bulk like is done International Night amount of food! Also all the food new experience with a huge choice with a big family in a crowded OK, here is the second instalment we tried we liked, and by asking of dishes, from which he chose the kitchen, with no time for the chefs of the Good Food Column. This others it seems that all the food was black bean stew, fried plantains and to do their nouvelle cuisine stuff. week we review the biggest and best SUPERB, so don't get offended if some bread fruit, and now strongly The atmosphere in the MDH was event IC stages - International Nite. your food has not been mentioned. recommends the MDH to cook truly brilliant, with all the cultures But us being food types will review Vic first tried some Italian, more African food! and foods mixing so well together, the Food Fair only, leaving the served by three very unlikely Going on, the Spanish stall had and giving many people the chance cultural thing to those cultural kinda Italians! It was a spinach pancake some crispy chicken which we to try taste sensations they would people! thing, and was wonderful even wanted to try, but by now both of never have otherwise. There were dishes originating more so as Vic had never tried it us were too full to try any more! Congratulations must go to the from 11 different countries, giving before. Nainish went and accosted The Indian stall ran out of food OSC for the time and effort gone International Nite the uniqueness the Iranian people and was before we even had a chance to get into organising this, especially Nina not achieved at any other time in IC. subsequently served a huge helping there, which speaks volumes for the Bhanap who managed to cajole and This year professional chefs were of sweetened rice (no idea of what attracting power of the food and comfort 10 touchy chefs throughout called in to cook, and by all went into it) with peas and chicken. people serving it! The Malaysian the day well enough for them to accounts their efforts were well The Latin American food was a and Singaporean (joint) stall was produce some amazing food. appreciated. must to try and Vic got a plateful attracting great attention at the end (No marks awarded as the We cannot list the actual dishes of Brazilian rice (notice how the where the deserts were creating a experience only happens once a that were to be tried, as there were staple food is rice for so many huge commotion - this coloured year!) just too many and if we do forgive cultures?) and some crab dish (Crab jelly (Ayam Golek?), some sponge Vic & Nainish

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are gambling and a beautiful young Russian women, Polina (Sian Jenkins). Polina is also adored by an English aristocrat, and French Marquis and that is what makes the The Gambler story complicated, but interesting at The Power Station brings the same time. Dostoyevky's famous novel back on Andy McKay as Alexei gave a stage, adapted by Stephen Sharkey very good performance. and directed by Thomas Baker. The Furthermore, the dramatic Gambler is a story of Russians appearance of Grandmother (Eve abroad, especially those who Shickle) was very notable. A gathered in the European spas and presumably fatally ill old woman gambling resorts with which the showed up unexpectedly and author himself was all too familiar. instantly disrupted all plans the Luckily, the Gambler is not group had built upon expectations devoted to philosophising or to of her death. recollection of the distant past The idea of presenting roulette as which is so common for a pattern on a floor with each player Dostoyevsky's world. There are, it standing on their choices, supported is true, moments of reflection on with appropriate lights and sounds, gambling: 'Round and round the was very impressive. But at the end wheel she goes, and where she it was one of those mild stops—nobody knows', or on the performances which are either not attitude of Russian women to too good, or not too bad, just Frenchmen. But play is based upon enough that at the end of the night a tale of passion, intrigue and public you won't feel anything (apart from scandal. cold feet). Alexie Ivanovich, the gambler Elena. himself (Andy MacKay) is The Courtyard Theatre Club, obsessive and emotionally disturbed 10-14 York Way, Kings Cross tube. in his relations with other people. Box Office 071-833 0870. Tickets The main objects of his obsessions £4-£6.50 to March 14th.

The Gambler

Julius Caesar shirts, togas sum up the show, and This production gives a new twist Play with Cocaine Students should like this theatre due during the scene where Mark to the original, but I somehow Play with Cocaine is set at the turn to its address—basement of the Antony mourns Caesars death and wonder if it would have been better of the century against a background Barons Ale House. The noises of kneels, my eyes were drawn to the to stick to the text rigidly as the of imminent revolution, decadence the pub above, however, are not too legend printed on the soles of his mixing of old (daggers and togas) and dispair. The play is not noticeable and the play is espadrilles 'Made in Bangladesh'. and the new (TV cameras and primarily concerned with an enthralling enough not to plan a The battle at Phillipi was well radio) at times seemed a bit adolescent's addiction to cocaine quick dash upstairs for a pint. staged and made a strong incongruous. but with the current lack of social This is not a play for Shakespeare impression on my mind. Complete Laura. and political cohesion. traditionalists. The title itself is with flak jackets and the sound of The story follows Vadine's misleading and should read 'Julia machine gun fire, Brutus more- Barons Court Theatre, Baron's increasing inability to relate to the Caesar'. Many slight changes in the than-makes-up for his slightly weak Ale House, 28 Comeragh Road, people in the world around him: his script are necessary to incorporate performance in the first act and is W14, Barons Court tube. Box poverty stricken mother, his this. Now in the play is a reporter, very convincing as a man tormented Office 071-602 0235. Tickets revolutionary schoolmate and his complete with tape recorder. T- by his past. £4-£6.50. married lover, all of whom offer him glimpses of love and fulfilment. However the escape provided by cocaine with its instant happiness, achieved with little effort, time and energy is by far his preferred option. Despite being somewhat disjointed we follow Vadine as he turned away from those who cared and immersed himself in a world of hallucination. The second half was highly emotive and one watched with increasing horror as the story unfolded. Adapted by Deidra Morris from a Russian novel by M Agayav, this play was well produced and deserves to be seen. Sophie. The New Grove, Drummonds, 73-77 Euston Road, Euston tube. Box Office 071-383 0925. Tickets Julius Caesar £3-£6 to March 27th.

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Divine Words of the play is its music. It is almost This extraordinary production by insulting to compare the music the Loose Change Company is the present in Running Dream to that British Premiere of Divine Words. of a musical which seems plagued It is the story of a group of with the eternal question, how do somewhat repulsive villagers in we start singing and yet appear to rural Galicia (in the north west of be normal humans going about our Spain) in the twenties. A mentally everyday life? Rather, the music and physically disabled young man, here seems to beat out the who is pulled around in a primitive subconscious, it is the heart and soul cart, is orphaned, and despite the of the play—something larger than inconvenience of having to care for the play. In Running Dream we such an invalid, his aunt and uncle have the perfect blend of bitter- fight to look after him. Their sweet humour, music and real life. motives, however, are not altruistic. S-J. It can easily be assumed, whilst Theatre Royal Stratford East, watching it, that the play is an attack Gerry Raffles Square, E15, on the hypocrisy of a society who Stratford East tube/BR. Box Office proclaim to be strict Catholics, but 081-534 0310. Tickets £3-£12. To in fact, are rather selfish. However, March 27th. the author (Valle-Inclan) is simply telling a story, and if anything, is The Merchant Of Venice showing how human codes of This was a joy to watch, not only behaviour contradict our natural because I think that this is one of instinct. Shakespeare's finest, but the cast The acting is brilliant, and the were right for the role. The part of props, despite being simple, Antonio was played extremely well enhance the atmosphere and make - full marks to Paul Hatton. Others the play a little more light-hearted. worth mentioning are Andrew The dialogue is carried out in an McDonald (Shylock) and Sarah Ball Irish accent whose 'colouring and (Jessica). Somewhat shabby sets let lyricism seem to be the nearest the atmosphere down a bit but this approximation to Galician.' This, I is a fringe theatre after all. Do see think, is rather apt, although a this play, it will be money well couple of characters are more spent. difficult to understand. The music, Harry & Hels too, is very well suited to the story. New End Theatre, 27 New Don't go and see it if you are End, NW3, Hampstead tube. Box looking for a laugh or two. The Office 071-794 0022. Tickets characters are, as I have said, rather £5.25-£8.75 to April 11th. Running Dream grotesque and the story could be described as a little disturbing. totally English. Ah, but this is a sung by Anne Collins, was quite Otherwise, it has my wholehearted revival of the Jonathan Miller superb, and won the audience's recommendation. Opera production, and a delight to watch. hearts, with her ferocious stalking Bill Richard Stuart has replaced Eric about the stage and vicious delivery. BAC, Lavender Hill, Bus 45a Idle as Ko-Ko, and plays the part A marvellous production and pure from South Kensington. Box Office The Mikado with enormous enthusiasm: his joy to watch, 071-223 2223. Tickets £6-£7.50 to Purists might feel surprised when rendition of the (revised) Lord High Scarlet. March 21st. the curtain rises upon this Executioner's song, 'I've got a litde production of The Mikado; it is set list', had the audience in stitches. The London Coliseum, St in an English country club, in the Nanki-Poo, sung by Barry Banks, Martin's Lane, Charing Cross or 1920s, and all the characters was a touch indistinct at times but Leicester Square tubes. Box Office Running Dream (despite claims to be Japanese) are generally quite reasonable; Katisha, 071-836 3161. Tickets £9-£42.50. The action of Running Dream takes place simultaneously in Dominica and England. Essentially, it is concerned with the lives of three sisters, Grace (Sherlina Chamberlain), Clementine (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and Bianca (Cathy Tyson), but to say that it is their story is misleading for that implies a kind of linear progression from beginning to middle to end. Trish Cooke's play is a more truthful portrayal of life and she resists the temptation to impose any authorial, all-knowing interpretation. However because of the humour (uninhibited laughter abounds) one leaves the theatre with the sense of satisfaction that even if life is not explicable it is funny. Coupled with its wit, the strength The Mikado

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FRIDAY 9.40, Late Fri/Sat 12.15 Cinema Damage 1.05, 3.55, 6.45, 9.35, IC Radio Schedule Camden Plaza Late Fri/Sat 12.25 What s Day 211 Camden High St, NW1 Reservoir Dogs Late show 12.15 FRM2 SAT 13 SUN 14 MON 15 WED 17 THU18 10 York Way, Nl. 071 833 0870. 2.00-3.00pm in Southside Lounge. Time TUE 16 (071-485 2443) Camden Town Prince Charles The Gambler 8pm 77ie Adding Intermediate. tube. Seats £5; 1st show daily Leicester Place, WC2 (071-437 Machine from Tue 8pm. 1.15 Stoic News The Soup Run 8-9 Manor Vic & Ni £3.80; cones £2.30 1st perf only. 8181) Piccadilly/Leicester Sq tubes. ICollege MONDAY Canoe Club deliever Soup to homeless people This week: Seats £1.20. Today: Rag Meeting Cinema Meet 6.15 pm in Beit Quad, or meet at Weeks Hall 9.00 pm 9-10 Morning Orlando 2.20 4.30 6.40 8.55 Late Into the West 1.10pm in the Ents Lounge oppsite Electric Cinema Southside Bar at 9.00 Spanish Society Fri/Sat 11.15 Scala Da Vinci's. La Belle et la Bete3.\0 7.00 Meeting in Southside Lounge at 1 Hebdomadal MORNING Chelsea Cinema 10-11 Music 257-277 Pentonville Rd, Nl Third World First weekly meeting The Beast5.00 8.50 WEDNESDAY pm. 206 King's Rd , SW3 (071-351 (071-278 0051) King's Cross tube. 12.45 Southside Upper Lounge Prince Charles Cinema Stoic Hits MUSIC JAM 3742) Sloane Sq tube. Seats £5.50; Seats £4.50; cones £3 Mon-Fri 11-12 Jam Fitness Class Bitter Moon 1.30 Electric Cinema 1.15 Stoic News. 7.00 onwards 1st show daily £3.80; cones £2.80 before 4.30pm for students. This 5.30pm in Southside Gym step Glengarry Glen Ross 4.00 The Unbearable lightness of STOIC present Films, Features, 1st perf only. This week: week: 12-1 Chris Robin Class take your student card. My Own Private Idaho 6.30 Being!.00 7.40 Competitions and (of course) news Penguin Dan the Damage 1.15 3.40 6.10 8.40 Slacker 5.20 9.00 Atmosphere The Zebra Man 9.00 Henry and June5A0 Electric Cinema Decline of Western Civilisation Part Disco in the Ents Lounge till 2 am UCI Whiteleys Prince Charles WANTED: Subwarden, Fisher 1-2 Ismail Griffiths & Phil Man 191 Portobello Rd, Wll (071-792 I 3.30 7.10 £1 on the door Scala Patriot Games 1.30 Hall. Application forms from the 2020) Notting Hill/ Ladbroke accommodation office, to Dr Kev& Sedgwick UCI Whiteleys Thundercrack 4.20 8.40 Man Bites Dog 4.00 The 2-3 Cath Jitr Richard Grove tubes. Seats £4.50. Today : Lofty Whiteleys Shopping Centre, (071 SATURDAY House of the Holy!30 6.40 Commitments 6.30 Murphy, Dept Biology by 5pm on Doa Cook My Own Private Idaho 2.50 6.45 792 3324/3332). This week: Cinema ICollege The Cutter 9.00 Friday 19th March. Dogs in Space 4.45 8.40 3-4 Globe Lofty Saw RSaw Malcolm X 12.00, 4.05, 8.10 Prince Charles Dance Club Scala STOLEN: Light Brown leather Gate Cinema Under Siege (not Sat/Sun) 1.30, Into the West .1.30 Beginners Rock and Roll 6-7pm in The Beast 4.50 8.50 rucksack with a pair of spectacles, 4-5 Trotter Album Top 40 Cath 87 Notting Hill Gate, Wll 3.55, 7.05, 9.30 Alien 3 4.00 Sneakers 6.30 JCR. Latin Medals 7-8.30pm AiNoCorida!.50 6.50 passport and all my personal RSaw Greg (071-727 4043) Notting Hill Gate Consenting Adults 4.55, 7.20, 9.45 Unusual ground floor conversion Fitness Club College documents in it. It was stolen in the tube. Seats £5.50, Sun mat £4; Scent of a Woman! AS, 5.40, 8.55 9.00 5.30-6.30pm in Southside Lounge. Tenpin Bowling Club Elec Eng library, level 6.1 am very 5-6 Bryan Chart Charts Bryan cones (card required) £3 Mon-Fri Toys 12.25, 3.10, 6.00, 8.45 Electric Cinema Beginner eager to get it back and will give a meet 2.15pm in Aero Foyer or Oli& Happy before 6pm, Sun mat £3. This Stay Tuned 1.50 Home Alone 2 12.00 IC Cricket Club contact Pete Sharpe Bio PGx 7488 small reward on its return. Contact 6-7 Jaymz Show Bruce 30 Mins Rea Hour week: Honeymoon in Vegas 4.25, 9.35 Unforgiverii.00 8.20 Meet Mech Eng foyer at 7.15 pm for Fitness Club Dominic Walker Elec Eng 3. Richard Mission Orlando 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, Bram Stoker's Dracula 6.45 Once Upon a time in the WestS.25 training at MCC Cricket School. 1.15-2.15pm Southside Lounge. OPSOC would like to announce 7-8 Chris Donna Donna 9.00'(Late Fri/Sat 11.15) A River Runs Through It 12.50, Scala Whites are Essential. Intemediate/Beginner a workshop on the musical 'Guys & Justin Impossible MGM Chelsea and Dolls'. Rehearsals will be on News Monday B o'clock 3.40, 6.30, 9.20 Nekromantic 2 and Lonely Football Can't Pay Won't Pay 8-9 Abi & Neil PaulE 279 King's Rd, SW3 (071-352 Lorenzo's Oil 3.20, 6.15, 9.10 Hearts4.50 8.40 In Da Vinci's Dram Soc Production 7.30 pm in Tuesday 16th March at 7.30pm in Desk Pfoaram Edition Marcus 5096) Sloane Sq tube then bus. Theatre White of the Eye 2.50 6.40 Room 308 Huxley Building, and on Adam & Damon's Union Concert Hall 9-10 Adam & Amran Steve D Alan Seats £6; cones £3.50 Mon-Fri BAC UCI Whiteleys TUESDAY Club Libido Sunday 21st March all afternoon in Co the UDH for a performance on before 5pm. This week: 176 Lavender Hill, SW11 071 223 Under Siegell.15 , 2.00, 4.40, Cinema Dance around with the Happy Ents Rock Ian Sunday evening. Anybody is Toys 1.40(not Sat/Sun), 4.15,6.50, 2223, Membership £1. 7.05, 9.30 Electric Cinema Kiddies untill the hour of One in the 10-11 Colin Chris welcome, we hope to see you there. Show Parish 9.25 Divine Words 8 pm Not Mon, Sun Consenting AdultsA.55, 7.20, 9.45 Comfort of Strangersl.55 6.25 Morning and bring your own drugs Thanks in advance, Lucy Hobbs. Orlando 2.40, 5.00, 7.20, 9.40 at 6 pm. MGM Chelsea Bitter Moon 3.50 8.20 Honeymoon in Vegas 2.00, 4.45, The Tailor-Made Man 7.30pm Not Honey, I Blew Up the Kidl.lO Prince Charles THURSDAY 7.00 Mon, Sun at 5.30pm. Notting Hill Cornet Annabelle Pantagee 2.00 Cinema A Few Good Men 9.10 Why is John Lennon wearing a Malcolm XI.20, 5.20, 9.20 Midnight Express 4.00 Electric Cinema Careers Info Strictly Ballroom 2.25 skirt? 8.30pm Not Mon, Sun at Odeon Kensington My Little Eye 6.30 Mystery Trainl.50 6.20 MILK ROUND-don't worry if Consenting Adults 4.30, 7.10, 9.40 6.30pm. OSC Honey, I Blew Up the Kidl.20 Scala Night on EartM.OO 8.30 you were too late to apply for the MGM Fulham Rd The Bush Shepherds Bush Green Reservoir DogsLate Show 12.15 The Crying Game 4.40 8.50 Prince Charles Milk Round, we shall be writing to Fulham Rd, SW10 (071 370 2636) W12, 081 743 3388, |College The Krays!A0 6.40 Night and the City 1.30 800 employers in April/May and S. Ken tube then bus. Seats £6; Not Fade Away 9pm Mon-Sat Dance Club [College Full Metal Jacket 4.00 you should apply for their elections £3.50 weekdays before 6pm. This Drill Hall Social Dance in the JCR. 7.00 pm French Soc Glengarry Glen Ross 6.30 remaining vacancies in May or June Week: 16 Chenies Street WC1, 071 637 to 11.00pm Club meeting, 12 noon Clubs Romper Stomper 9.00 at the latest. Scent of a Womanl.OO, 5.35, 8.55 8270. Comittee Room Scala SUMMER Vacation Training 17th March Malcolm X 2.25, 7.45 77ie? Marriage of Figaro 7.30pm SUNDAY Free Juke Box and Jazz Swoon 2.20 5.40 9.00 Edward opportunities are now available in Under Siegel.10, 3.40, 7.00, 9.30 Not Mon. Cinema in Da Vinci's 24.00 7.20 the Careers Service. Over 100 2.00pm ARiverRuns Throughlt 1.10, 3.50, Etcetra Theatre Odeon Kensington Riding Club College employers have supplied details. 6.35, 9.25 Oxford Arms, 265 Camden High St Honey I Blew Up The Kidl.20 Meeting 12.30-1.30, Southside Music Details of the UROP scheme are Mech Eng 220 Lorenzo's Oil 1.00, 3.45, 6.35, NW1. 071 482 4857. M'ship £1. Electric Cinema Upper Lounge Live in Da Vinci's with 12 string available in Departments and in the 9.20 Krapp's Last Tape 8pm 'til Sun. Solaris 12.30 Radio Modellers Club steve Careers Service. Notting Hill Cornet Obsessions 9.30pm Tue-Sun. Stalker3.!5 meet in Southside Upper Lounge Can't Pay Won't Pay PENULTIMATE Years-start Notting Hill Gate, Wll (071-727 Hedda Gabler 7.15pm Tue-Sun. The Red Shoes6.35 more information contact David Dram Soc Production 7.30 pm in thinking about your future now. If 6705) Notting Hill tube. Seats £5. The Gate Strictly Ballroom9.00 Walker in Chem Eng 3. Union Concert Hall you don't know what you want to Vote in This week: Prince Albert, 11 Pembridge Road Prince Charles ICSF Bible Study do, come to the Careers Service and Malcolm X (not Sat) 3.20, 8.00 Wll, 071 229 0706. Midnight Express 1.45 open their Library every lunchtime in the following departments, try PROSPECT—our computer Odeon Kensington Snow Orchid Mon-Sat 7.30pm. The Hairdresser's Husband 4.30 to members who join for £3 physics lecture theatre 1 12-lpm. aided careers guidance system. International Nite 263 Kensington High St, W8 Greenwich Theatre The Universe ofDermotFinn 6.30 SPLOTSOC Maths/Chem/Computing Huxley CAREERS Seminars are held (071-371 3166) Ken High St tube. Crooms Hill SE10, 081 858 7755 Man Bites Dog 9.00 Every Tuesday 12.15pm-1.30pm in 413 12-lpm. Mech Eng 709 l-2pm. each Wednesday afternoon from '94 organisers Seats £5.80 and £6.30 This week: Entertaining Mr Sloane Mon-Sat Scala Southside Upper lounge Civ Eng/Mines Civ Eng 444. Elec 2.00-4.00pm. The final seminar this Toys 12.55, 3.45, 6.35, 9.30, Late 7.45pm. Pepi, Luci, Bom, and the other girls Fitness Club Eng/Life Sciences Elec Eng 407a term is on 17th March on the Job Fri/Sat 12.20 Lyric Theatre on the heap 4.30 5.30-6.30pm in Southside Lounge. 12-2pm. Market for International Students, Bad Lieutenant 2.35, 5.00, 7.25, Kings St, W6. 081 741 8701. Law of Desire! .45 Advanced Fitness Club5.30-6.30pm in sign up inthe Careers Service. 9.50 Late Fri/Sat 12.15 77it? Magic Fundoshi Mon-Sat 8pm Night on Earth 8.30 Dance Club Southside Gym Intermediate level For further information come to Bring your OSC Bram Stoker's Dracula 3.40, 6.35, Tricycle Theatre Mystery Train6.!0 Beginners Ballroom/Latin 6-7pm. Dance Club the Careers Service, Room 310 9.30 Late Fri/Sat 12.25 269 Kilburn High street, 071 328 MGM Chelsea Intermediate Ballroom/Latin Beginners Ballroom 6-7pm. Sherfield—open from 10am to membership card Leon the Pig Farmer 2.15, 4.45, 1000 Honey,I Blew Up the Kid!A0 8-9pm. Advanced Ballroom/Latin Improvers Ballroom/Latin 7-8pm in 5.15pm Monday to Friday. A Duty 7.15, 9.45 Anna Karenina Mon-Sat 8pm ICollege 8-9pm. the JCR. Intermediate Careers Adviser is available for Consenting Adults 1.55, 4.30, 7.05, Courtyard Theatre Club Fitness Club Stoic Ballroom/Latin(Social) 8-9pm. quick queries from 1.00 and 4.00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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Imperial College vs Royal Vinci's, but no! It was real. We IC-44 wing, and from Montgomery who Holloway and Bedford New Coll were swinging like Big Bill Bronzy Thames Valley University—0 crashed over from two yards out, and his big swing band. A slappin' taking the whole opposition pack Not even free Jazz every Tuesday bass solo from the aforementioned Despite the dry, warm conditions with him. By the time Paynter at Da Vinci's Cafe Bar was Stephen Lam was rewarded by a which were ideal for open running slotted the conversion, the cheer- sufficient to deflect our focus from trip to the floor. John Furlong rugby, IC started in rather nervous leaders had been forced to retire due the looming prospect of Oscar completed our treble clef of goals fashion with several passes not to exhaustion. Peterson's 'Hymn of Freedom' (see from the penalty spot. going to hand and some good ball Sustained pressure after half time Juke Box). We had our own So, at half time, the score rang wasted. This was no doubt due to led eventually to a pushover try for freedom in mind, conquest over the like the Mardi Gras through the a combination of lack of match Telling which Paynter strode up 'peinture vendeures' XI (Painting smokey New Orleans atmosphere practice and the team's excitement manfully to convert. As the second Sellers). The £11 million exchanged which had strangely intoxicated us. at seeing a number of spectators half drew to a close, IC scored for Turner's masterpiece was not 3-0 to IC (yipee). watching the action. However, the twice more. The penultimate try instrumental enough to mute our In the true sense of sporting crowd was sent into rapture at the came after a poor Thames Valley trumpeting tunes. cliches, the second half was as sick award of an early penalty and the clearance kick was fielded by The game opened with a Charlie as a parrot's hospital. We sat back sight of fly-half Stuart 'Jean-Ba' Stubbs who sent Roger Gilchrist Parker tumulteous saxophone solo, and let Holloway's wind sway Paynter opening his legs to slot the over. However the final try was the as Holloway blew hard towards an through our defensive quack grass. ball between the uprights. A few piece de resitance of the whole early lead. However, Charlie Basically we were all played out, a mintues later, Paynter broke blind season. A great drive down the left Parker's dead, so with a flourish of team waiting for the whistle. It was and deftly stroked a kick through by the IC pack led to fast ball which brass we took control of the game. not a surprise when they got one the Thames Valley defence for left enables Paynter to utilise the pace Our midfield came up trumps as the back. A bit of suet dumpling wing Dave Bolton to catch the ball outside him. Quick, sharp passing virtuoso channel of Lain-Fairhurst carefully dropped on our plate. It for the first time since Christmas from centres Anton Fields and Nick gainfully opened our account. The woke us up and heavy limbs started and touch down in the corner. Finn and full back Gilchrist fed sun was shining. (1-0.) to get back on the road. Holloway The score remained at 8-0 until Stubbs who managed to shrug off More beams of golden light wasted their remaining good work by Andrew the covering defence (but not his dance'd over Holloway's cloudy opportunities and our one-legged Montgomery and Chris Telling sent 'Fat Boy' reputation) to score in the defence. They parted again letting long jumpers sprung into the sand Richard Stubbs over for the first of corner and make the final score Steve Ian cross from the left pit of victory. Chariots swung, his two tries, which Paynter 44-0. allowing E Spencer Penfold to horns played and Imperial Hockey converted to the screams of his fans IC: Gilchrist (c), Stubbs, Finn, display his spangly-collared Team had finally fulfilled their early on the touch-line. Two more tries Fields, Bolton, Paynter, goalmouth panache\ no one could seasonal promise. (Many thanks to followed before half time from Montgomery, Corbett, Carr, believe it. We couldn't believe it, our galant supporters who shouted Steve Townsend, a second row who Baker, Townsend, Drage, they couldn't believe it. Perhaps we at us when we needed it.) seemed more at home on the right Dennison, Orr, Telling. were under the influence still in Da PakSoc —IC Champions!! Snooker The conclusion of the indoor soccer frustration of the Anti-Apartheid tournament has proved to be a great tournament took place last Friday. team. The final was a thrilling game success. I would like to take this The Pakistan Society and Anti- with the Pakistani team taking the opportunity to thank all the people Two IC teams set out for Glasgow Apartheid Society teams had early initiative in the first half. They who have contributed and and the annual university snooker reached the final after beating tough built up a three goal lead and it participated in the tournament. A championships. Both teams got off opposition i.e. the Sikh Society and seemed as if they were sailing special mention to the referees Alan to bad starts against tough Cypriot Society teams respectively towards victory. However, the Bailey, Khurrum Sair, Harpreet opposition the 'A' team winning in the semi-finals the day before. second half saw the Anti-Apartheid Cohan and Gunwant Dhadayalla for only one of three group matches and Both semi-finals were closely Society make a spirited effort to get their help. the 'B' team losing all three. contested with special mention for back into the game. With a flowing Kuldip Sandhu (OSC Sports There were better things to come the spirited performance put up by game, played in a good spirit and Officer). on the second day as the 'A' team the Sikh Society who played attractive to watch there were IC 1st Results: found their touch with an inspiring undoubtedly their best game of the numerous chances, and many Semi-Finals performance from Paul Kellet who tournament and were unlucky to chances went begging or were well Pakistan Soc 10—Sikh Soc 5 lose. The Cypriot Society team also saved by the respective didn't lose a frame all day and solid Anti-Apartheid 6—Cypriot 3 play by the rest of the team. A were unfortunate to lose to the Anti- goalkeepers. As the game drew on Apartheid Society who gave a the Anti-Apartheid team drew series of stunning victories saw the Final professional performance. Dinos within two goals of the Pakistani 'A' team through to the final of the Pakistan Soc 8—Anti Apartheid 5 second stream tournament with the (Cypriot Society goalkeeper) was team, the goal scoring attribution of 'B's losing in the first round. The again at his best and had a terrific Peter D'Mello saw the Pakistani final was a close match against match, and deserves the award as team home, winning by three clear Queens (Belfast) 'B' team but the goalkeeper of the tournament. goals. The final score was 8-5 to the Pakistan Society. St Mary's despite a comeback from 45 points The player of the tournament behind by Paul Kellet in one frame, award goes to Peter D'Mello who The game was a great advert for a string of black ball defeats put the having scored 40 odd goals helped the footballing potential available St Mary's Hospital Medical School pressure on and the IC 'A' team had the Pakistani team reach the final. within Imperial College and the Rugby team lost the final of the UH to settle for second place. Queens In the final he yet again scored vital Overseas societies. However, there cup 16-9 on Wednesday after then completed a clean sweep of the goals at vital times. He has the is still a need for this footballing holding the cup for 5 years. The prizes winning the first stream and uncanny ability of being at the right talent to be nurtured and given a victors were Charing Cross and singles competitions. IC will be place at the right time. He did this chance to be used at a higher level. Westminster Hospital. Bad luck back next year. a few times in the final, at the Overall the indoor football boys!

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