Felix Issue 0921, 1992
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News Felix 931 18 March 1992 Ball Aid CCU Executive Petition 'The London Ball' will take'place Next year's executives of the Royal Lee. A petition is circulating Evelyn at Wembley on the 4th April. College of Science Union (RCSU) In the RSMU, Paul Holmes has Gardens addressed to Gordon Organised in benefit of the and Royal School Mines Union been elected President, Rebecca Marshall and all the Heads of 'Terrence Higgins Trust' by the (RSMU) have been elected. They Fraser Vice President, Boris Departments. It complains about the West London Institute of Higher are as follows: Plukofski Honorary Secretary. poor state of the College halls, the Education, it will cost £30. Tickets RCSU President: Paul Thomas, Duncan Walker is Sports Officer, time taken to make repairs, and the are available from the Wembley Vice President: Flemming Heino, Marianne Davies and Gina Mortley fact that a number of students had Box office (081 900 1234) or the Honorary Secretary: Adrian are Ball Officers and the Newsletter been threatened with legal action for London Ball Hotline (081 579 Treverton, Honarary Junior Editors will be Andrew Pennington non-payment of rent when it 8887). Treasurer: Emma Holmes, and Richard Rowe. actually had been paid. Academic Affairs Officer: Sarah This follows a similar petition in Southside Halls which gathered 150 Malaise Warwick Palatable signatures. Sir Eric Ash, the Rector of Imperial College, has been The Student Union elections rerun The Deputy President Services of Outrage suffering from Malaria since at Warwick University, reported in Durham University's Student returning from a trip to India three Felix last week, have produced Union, Mat Wrigley, has been Students at Lillian Penson Hall weeks ago. He has received hospital exactly the same results as three elected as next year's editor of their (LPH), a London University treatment but has been seen in weeks ago. The elections for sixteen student newspaper 'Palatinate.' intercollegiate hall of residence, are College this week and is believed posts were annulled after the Surprise has been expressed that 'an in 'outrage' about the proposed to be recovering. Labour club overspent by £31.40 on employee of the union who is no 11 % increase in rent. This is a its campaign, (see Felix 929) and longer a student' could be allowed higher increase than any other such speculation was rife that the post of to stand, and there are reservations residence and follows cutbacks in President might change hands. A that Mr Wrigley could be all its services. Claims of The Bill student at Warwick summed up the compromised in holding both 'mismanagement' amongst LPH whole affair as 'a complete waste positions. The situation has arisen administrators have led to demands Queen Mary and Westfield College of time and money.' because nobody else has stood for that an outside body should study Student Union may be charged In a separate development, the the post, which is non-sabbatical. its accounts. (London Student, £14,000 by its College as payment Editor of the Warwick student This might mean that the 44 year University of London) for the occupation of the College newspaper, The Warwick Boar, old paper would have to cease buildings it organised in January. faced a motion of censure over publication for the first time since The occupation was in protest claims that the coverage of the its inception.(Palatinate, Durham Oxford against a number of College election was biased. University) management policies and was Oxford University Students Union considered to be a success. have elected their new sabbaticals. Although Cub, the newspaper of the The sabbs were elected on a party college, reported that this was a low New Elections political basis, as are most National fine in comparison with other Union of Students (NUS) affiliated unions who organised occupations, Nominations reopened on Monday (Biochem 3), a member of the ICU Student Union elections. After the members of the Union said that they 16th March for the post of Ents team. count had been announced, Vicki would be 'disgusted' if the fine went Honorary Secretary (Events) after Dominic Wilkinson is being Howe decided to take the ahead. New Election won the post in the proposed by Graham Lawton, Ents Presidency, Nigel Huddleston took sabbatical elections last week. Chair, and Toby Jones is proposed Welfare and Elliot Wallace took The papers will stay up across the by Chris Stapleton (Aero 3). Adrian Vice President (Finance). (Oxford Mascotry Easter Holidays until Friday 27th Edwards (Maths 2) has no proposer Student, Oxford University) March. Hustings will be held in the as yet. In addition, Richard A report in the latest issue of Casey Union Bar at 6.00pm on Thursday Harrison, the present DramSoc L. of King's College London, 30th April with voting on 5th and President, is standing for the post details the raids on the City and 6th May. At the time of writing of SCAB Chair (Social, Cultural IC 1st Guilds Union and Mines Union three candidates have put their and Amusements Board), Peter (RSMU) offices in which Spanner, names up. They are Adrian Collins is standing for SCAB TEAM P W D L F A Pts Chem Eng 3 3 0 33 10 9 Bolt and Davy were kidnapped. The Edwards (Maths 2), Toby Jones Honorary Secretary, and Darren Italian 3 2 0 1 16 1 1 6 Pakistan 1 2 0 0 8 21 0 report states that Davy will be (Elec Eng 3), who was a candidate Holmes and Peter Stanley are Computing 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 returned when Tim Cotton, RSMU for Felix Editor in the previous standing for SCAB treasurer GROUP 2 TEAM P w D L F A Pts president, learns to lose elections and Dominic Wilkinson ICFC 2 3 3 0 46 12 9 gracefully.' Mr Cotton told Felix Malaysian 1 3 2 0 1 25 25 6 Snooker 2 3 1 0 22 28 3 that he was fed up with the whole Bridge Club 3 0 0 17 4b 0 affair, which was, in his view, a GROUP 3 Obituary TEAM P W D L F A Pts breach of a mascotry moriatorium Cvpriots 3 3 0 24 13 9 Islamic Soc 1 3 2 0 1 25 14 3 and which also resulted in the Andrew Fanshawe, a one time climbing whilst a student at IC, and Sinqapore 3 1 0 1 7 20 3 demolition of the RSMU office student in the Royal School of in 1984 he led an expedition with Sri Lankan 3 0 0 12 31 0 GROUP 4 door. Mines, died this week in a climbing a team from Imperial to Ecuador, TEAM P W D L F A Pts Snooker 1 3 3 0 27 18 9 accident on the Eagle Ridge of making the first ascent of the West Sikh 1 3 2 0 1 16 16 6 Lochnager in the Cairngorms. He Ridge of Altar Caldera. He will also Indian 3 1 0 27 20 3 Malavslan 2 3 0 0 2 1 7 0 was 28. Error be remembered for his 1986 GROUP 5 expedition to traverse the twin TEAM P W D L F A Pts Andrew, who attended IC from Lebanese 1 3 3 0 15 8 9 The Frank and Walters gig for April 1981-84 studying mining geology, summits of Chogolisa in the Sikh 2 3 2 0 1 37 17 6 Islamic 2 3 1 0 15 18 3 3rd billed on page 24 has been has been described as 'arguably the Karakoram. He leaves behind his IC SEDS 2 0 0 8 2 9 0 'relocated' from the advertised most outstanding young British wife, Caroline, who is also a GROUP 6 TEAM P w D L F A Pts venue. The new venue has not been climber to have emerged' since the climber. ICFC 1 2 2 0 37 7 6 Lepanese 2 2 1 0 1 9 12 3 made known. mid-Eighties. He began mountain Pakistani 2 2 0 0 2 5 32 0 18 March 1992 Felix 931 News Badly Tackled Up,up and Away After a case of alleged indecent accusations of sexual assault were Changes in the rents in Imperial consider inflation to be around 5%. exposure during the Imperial false. College Halls will be announced on Jonathan Griffiths, IC Union College Rugby Football Club Mr Montgomery claimed that April 30th. in the first week of the Deputy President, is at present (ICRFC) dinner last Wednesday. many inaccurate accusations had summer term. conducting negotiations with the Ian Richards, the Snack Bar been levelled at the Rugby Club this It is believed that the rent Estates Division of college. He told Manager has lodged an official year. He continued by saying that increases will be kept to the rate of iCNN that no increase in rent would complaint to the Union Disciplinary Zoe Hellinger, ICU President, had inflation. Mr Angus Fraser, IC be acceptable this year. Committee. told him she wished to make an Managing Director, is reported to The complaint concerns the example of the Rugby Club and alleged verbal and sexual abuse of stamp out sexism once and for all temporary staff hired by the Union at Imperial. by members of the ICRFC. As a Ms Hellinger later confirmed that result of the behaviour, the kitchens she would take proceedings 'all the in the Union were closed early and way' at the disciplinary committee staff left with out clearing up after to be held next term. She added that the dinner in protest. it was 'unacceptable' that Andrew Montgomery, ICRFC supposedly intelligent men treated Captain, admitted there had been a the Union as a 'spit and sawdust case of indecent exposure but said joint.' that it took place during speeches As no one has been identified in when serving staff should not have connection with the incidents, the been in the room.