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-· THE- ROMANIAN relief own initiative to deliver goods, Sally Wood herself has like typical obnoxious Hrtts would be refunded mo t of thetr convoy reached its · the whole operation is a · expressed her disappointment at abroad." personal expenses, around £200 _d . . S d shambles." the lack of organisation. She did He mentioned that they had each, estmauon 1ast atur ay He continued "There has been however praise the initiative if been successful in establishing The university has been after a disorganised and lots of space w~ted. with lots of the Student news service team, links with Romanian students, impressed at the way the team "in leading part of the convoy". one of the chief objectives of the has been "carrying the banner " for chaotic journey across -space taken up by toys, instead Edinburgh" Europe of medical supplies. There is She added that "they have SNS trip. . · . . only one doctor on the convoy, shown their worth and standing" He told Student i!l his There is much resentment Smce departmg from Edinburgh but yet there is a whole pipe and the crest on their van would telephone call from CluJ that, within the conv?y toward the last ~onday the convo:( has band and a rock band, nobody be "a great advertisement for. "Romanian students have been organiser Kevin Earn haw. He expenenced delays and mtshaps knows what is going on." Edinburgh University". · v~ry keen to strike up contact had failed to telephone Ms Wood to such an extent ~hat Sal.ly "Lots of the drivers are very wtth the SNS". with promised progress reports W?oks made It on their and Sally Wood beforehand, the volunteers, "The people in the conta~ted the Univer ity to try and and uffering children f Roman ." own O.K. m a group of three or books were expected and there coaches have acted more as if get more money for the tuden~ The motion wa put down by four other vehicles. There has .. on the convoy and had be n orman Hogg, bour tP f, r been no distribution network, were people .wait!ng for them they were on a package sight seeing tour. They have behaved promise.d that the SNS team Cumbcmauld. individuals have been left to t~eir when they arnved. news · 1 In talks of New Europe - "Th f · • h. ·· economic system which rejecting their economic system . e uture" ISO t w. at. It facillitated their rejection of their . as well as. their political system. used to be, accordmg to political system," said Rifkind. These changes in the~oviet M a 1 c o 1m R i fk in d. "The profundity of this fact Union and Germany "enormously Scotland's Tory Secretary cannot be exagerated. !'-farxism al~r.Euro~ as we kn~w it," said · has been found wanting." He Rifkind. We are seemg the re- of State spoke to the later added that when Mikhail emergence of a central Europe. Politics Society on Friday Gorbachev visited Britain the S~n~e 1?39 Europe has been February 23. Rifkind's ~oviet leader was _most divided mto East ad ~est. But . " tmpressed not by Westmmster now the central countries such as lecture entitled .f\ New but by Marx and Spencer. "He Hungary ad Czechoslovakia are :Europe" focused on the was astounded by this •beginning to reassert changes in the Soviet department store which offers a themselves. The dualism which Union and Germany. com~copia of goods thatthewide ~sed to~ the identity of Europe " . . public can use." IS gone. ThiS time of fundamental Rifkind further speculated on te The countries of central Europe changes has profound future of te Soviet Union. "The may someday be eligible for implications for · the Soviet Union is the world's last membership in the EEC, Rifkind . empire," said Rifkind. "That believes. "After all, The EEC is Europe~n Economic empire will either survive or committed to pluralist democracy Commumty, NATO, and disintegrate into an amalgam of and free enterpri~e: If you have the world," said Rifkind. states. 1 "This is the first time we th?s.e two qu~hties you are have seen te disintegration of a eligible to JOID. Poland and nuclear power. This is extremely Hungary may soon be joining Rifkind asserted that the world dangerous because something us." is seeing not only the failure of: will inevitably emerge to replace ''I'm not going to try to forecast the Soviet Union's political that power." Europe's future. But regardless system but of their economic Rifkind stressed that it is of ·what happens to Gorbachev, system as well. "It was the important to remember that the .the changes of the last few Soviet people's rejection of their East Germans are similar! months are irreversible." YALE: On an international a ~rag week bitch-hike, note, the USA 's premier students were arrested near CAMPUS university has a new soci­ Yeovil where, on inspec­ ety, "Yale Atheists". tion of their boots, the TO Although the organiser, boys in blue concluded that Sam Pratt, has .stated, "I the students' boots matched by Sarah Holloway hospital in Fort William suffering don't want this to be a re­ the prints of those found from hypothermia and a broken CAMPUS ligion-bashing group," on a piece of 'foam covered wrist. (pratt by name, pratt by na­ tiling' near the scene of a In a speLondon NUS march was ing tom who has plagued at Glasgow and Strathclyde in pro- . country. There were also criteria prevail. Last Sunday, a given front page treatment women's toilets for the last test at the loans. on the desirability of minimum first-year student, some- in The Guardian, is being two months has at last central party control and the equal Edinburgh student Steven representation of men and women. 1 what under the influence of refused Student Union help been caught, although he Beard was stranded for 24 hours in One of the standard pitfalls of PR alcohol, contrived to fall­ in his forthcoming court remains free for the mo­ a blizzard on Ben Nevis along with out of a third floor safety ment, having been released was guarded against in the claim case for obstruction of the three other members of the Edin­ that the new system would ensure window at lam. Although on bail. Not unconnected highway and breach of the burgh University. Climbing Club. that no small and unrepresentative several bones were broken, peace. The Union shares with this, was the almost Members of the Lochaber Moun­ groups would gain an undue the gentleman concerned EUSA 's belief that arrests unanimous decision last tain Rescue Team reached the amount of influence. The Scottish lived to see and feel do little to increase public week to promote to full boys after struggling for hours Labour Party Conference in Monday morning in true support of the anti-loans sabbatical status, the through blizzards and hurricane­ Dunoon on March 9th will take up student style. cause. Secondly, as part of Union's Women's Officer. force winds. Steven was taken to the issue.

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, , I I • • ..f '-' I student news abbaticals Survive &ecall Motion EUSA sabbaticals and student loans demonstration on because the two sides • EUSA elected representatives Thursday. Many speakers and the left, appeared to be on pointed out that it would cost first name terms , even sharing were roundly critisized for only £140 to send a coach to the jokes off-microphone, and partly their handling of the demonstration , a cost EUSA because Jirnmy Quinn handed the student's loans iss·ue on were unprepared to pay, but they chairing of the debate to • recently sent JimmY. Quinn , Societies Convener Will Forrest Thursday night, as the EUSA President, to the Houses Forrest is the man left-wing General Meeting at Pollock o~ Parliament, at a cost of £350 students love to hate , and they voted 78 to 50 in favour of The SRC suffered a further enjoyed his lighthearted chairing of the debate much more than sacking the sabbaticals. setback when its own motion on making Nelson Mandela EUSA's Quinn's cool approach - they· This simple majority was even asked at the end for Forrest insufficient to pass the motion as Honorary President failed once again to gain . quorate to stay in the chair for the rest of a two-thirds majority is endorsement. There was not the meeting, because they were ·university's line. During the Westminster , the 3 marches necessary for such a radical even any debate on the subject enjoying him much mire than course of the debate , this EUSA had already taken part in , move. The meeting also failed Quinn. This demand was over­ position was modified as and the positive benefits of dismally to even approach with both the SRC and the opposer of the motion , Martin ruled , although the whole event · EUSA 's supporters successfully lobbying the House of Lords in quorate size (300) which is Burns (of Capitalist Worker and carried echoes of the !llanaged to turn the argument his defence . necessary to make policy "humourless prig" accusation · mto one over what constitutes decisions made binding. In fact Burnsball fame ) waiving their speaking rights. while Quinn was.... in London. effective opposition. Jimmy In the end , the mo t the building being used at Pollock The proposers of the recall Quinn , in a powerful speech decisive speaker in the debate by EUSA only has a 284-person By contrast, the debate on .motion began by stating that defending his record , said that ·was inarticulate - the failure to fire-limit, which tends to suggest the recall of the sabbaticals was EUSA were defeatist over the he had been eleci.Cd by the whole get a quorate meeting , with less a certain lack of confidence on the vigorous . It was ,however, far student loans issue, and that student body - an election that a than half the required 300 poke part of EUSA that the meeting less acrimonious than last term's sending Quinn to London was small General Meeting had little more eloquently of a lack of would ever be quorate. • 2 AGM's , despite the personal another example of the way that justifiable right. in overturning - interest in sacking the EUSA's 4-man sabbatical nature of some of the attacks EUSA was a self-serving to fight student loans. he listed sabbaticals than any of the team faced widespread criticism from the left-wing speakers on bureaucracy which inevitably the lobbying of banks • the EUSA executive themselves of their failure to send a bus to a the sabbaticals. This was partly towed the government's and the postcard campaign to could. Students Join Aborigine Protest

by Neil Rafferty . the return of all Aboriginal public" and adds the they would Inquiries to the University spearheading the campaign . . remains to the Aboriginal people "appreciate the University's . information officer were met with worldwide, has brought his protest STUDENTS AT Edinburgh of Australia, without further justification" for their decision to a similar response to that of the to the U.K. Last week Mr Mansell staged .University have joined the delay." retain the collection.. M~c~ faculty. They said that the a demonstration outside the campaign to have the skulls The University is refusin.g to When Studen~ tned to contact . umvers1ty had no further comment Medical Faculty in Teviot Place. of Aborigine tribesman, held . release the artefacts as it does not: the the .person m charge of the to make and n:ffered back to the He hung the Aboriginal flag as a in the Department of want to break up a valued collectiOn, Professor Matt statement they 1ssued last month. symbolic act of protest. Anatom released for colle~tion, . but ~ay. t.he Kauffman of the department of The reluctance to. co~me~t b "al Y' camp~ugners, the collecuon 1s lymg Anatomy, we were told that he suggests that the Umvers1ty 1s He believes that the un · unused within the medical faculty was unavailable for comment and very sensitive about the affair and collections are now lying unused The campaigners have sent a and if the ~niversity does. not · would be busy all week. their refusal to justify their within institutions throughout the letter of protest and started up a ret~ the obJ.ects then they w1~l be Professor Kauffman is position will have the likely effect country and that the time has petition, which already has over denymg the f!P.:~t to sacred bunal: . alledged to hold the largest of fuelling resentment within the come for the remains to be five hundred signatures. They The letter, whose signatories collection of remains in the protesters, both in Edinburgh and surrendered. He also claims that intend to present it to the princi- include members of Survival United Kingdom. Some estimate Australia. the bodies were obtained by pal when the figure reaches one 'International, requests that the that there may be several hundred murder and grave robbing and the thousand . The petition states University "disclose the 'nature and skeletons held in the Medical Meanwhile, Michael Mansell, offence to the Aboriginal that, "We the undersigned demand extent of the collection to the the Aboriginal lawyer who comm McKinnon tells of Bus Cuts new Loans Plan news of which he had not by Craig Williams received. She continued to outline the Government's plan to scrap "STUDENTS and Lords Housing Benefit for students may seen an unlikely combi­ altogether, and the fact that there will be no support at all for stu­ nation, but we hope that it dents unable to find work over the will be a winning one." This sumnmer. After producing a was the message given by Ms. number of statistics concerning Donna MacKinnon - Presi­ the effects of such cuts on an aver­ ------.'vice for, on average. 360 people dent of NUS Scotland --,­ age student per week, she warned by Andrew Heavens ~ per week and it worth mu t be while addressing an anti-stu­ "One thing is for sure, your land­ j measured in service, not in dent loans rally in Glasgow lord will still demand the full rent, THE EUSA Late Night Bus 1 finance'. He spoke of future plan no matter your circumstances." on Tuesday. Service is having to cut down to speed up the timetable with one In concluding, ·Ms. MacKinnon its timetable to running only bus every twenty minute ·" The demonstration coincided At the moment, the b use· run spoke of the effects the scheme with the Student Loans Bill on Thursday, Friday and every half hour from 9.30 pm to will have on the state of the received its Second Reading in the Saturday nights. 1.30 am, 2.30 am on Friday , with nation . "Many people will have House of Lords, and Ms. MacKin­ The Bus Service has been facing a charge of 30p for tudent and Donna MacKinnon already decided that they couldn't non felt sure that "there is likely, to financial problems with it origi- 40p for the public. afford to go to College or Univer­ · be a more positive response fromn nal Tue day to Saturday schedule The Bu leave from applcton sity. It will be people from low the Lords." However, she warned Ms. MacKinnon was anxious to needing twice the £2000 sub id. it Tower and follow a cir ular route p9int out the effects the new Bill income backgrounds, it will be receives at pre ent from the RC. through 'ciennc , Pollod: Hall. . against relying wholly on the women, it will be the disabled, it Upper House, stating that "We will have on benefits for students, EUSA president. Jimmy Quinn, Marchmont, Warrend r Park, will be the black population who need to continue to win public stating that "not enough attention commented that the cutback was Tollcro ·. Bristo quare and then has been paid to this so far." She will be hardest hit. But we will unavoidable "without the neces- back to Appleton Tower. The cr- suppport and ensure that those allbe the poorer, and our educa­ who were guilty of proposing this described how an unnamed news­ ary external funding". , vice has now pa. ·ed it. 'even paper reporter had only recently tion system will be the poorer, and Quinn went onto describe the week te t period and "'ill run inde­ crazy scheme and those who were our country will be the poorer, not prepared to stop it, will pay called the NUS offices to gain ?~s service t? date a an ."ungual- I finitely. limited. ut prc. cnt. l nl) because of this ridiculous idea ." tfted uccess '. "We prov1de a er- by its budget. the price in future elections.'' information on benefit changes, 4 thursday, march 1, 1990 focus student Confessions of an Editor POWER is an aphrodisiac, so they 'How to make friends and influ­ · offices, the editor's meant to be an I ate, slept, lived Student, whilst in my odd spare moments, study­ say, invigorating and enlivening ence people', 'How to make mill­ extreme Thatcherite.' ing for a degree. In fact, I must the holder. As this particular ions ~ithout really trying' and editor bites the dust and a succes­ 'How to pass exams without ope­ STUDENT All worries, aspirations, have won, hands down the record sor passes centre stage to take up nin a book' etc. thoughts were blacked out on for having an essay 'on hold' for the mantle, I cannot help but feel Thus, donning my shoulder Wednesday mornings in tlie rush the longest period of time: one that the aphrodisiac properties of pads I strode purposefully into of meeting the deadline. I could see managed to span the length of my wielding power have somehow that meeting. For my pains, I shuf­ Established in 1887 it all • there in Student's annals, editorsh!p, over eight weeks, after passed me by and there remains fled out twenty minutes later, under a portrait photo, (some- I granted myself a much needed extension, my tutor was unimpre­ only the shrivelled skin of the newly baptised as Gengis Khan(g). 48 f'leo: •. nce, &tinburgh ~f/89TJ. Tel. 558lll7!88 thing akin to a prisoner's mug­ women I once was. (Excuse then, Life's tough in the fast lane. shot), would be the accusing camp­ ssed. the ramblings of a shrivelled old As the term progressed I was unthinking, blindly ideological tion: 'The only Editor to have ever I think wistfully back to those editor while she indulges in a bit of blessed with the mat·ginally more undergrad, I was determined that missed an issue since Robert Louis days when I was just another naval contemplating). flattering description of the 'Iron my editorials would be the Stevenson's day'. geeky, square-eyed, studious oriental, hitting those straight A's. Only some nine ~eeks ago, Maiden'- and rest happy in the paradigm of reasoned, balanced The computers, oh the comput­ fairly electric with' energy and knowledge that at least my rightful thought. . ers! While my contemporaries Incidentally, I lost 20~/o for that ambition I headed towards my gender has been recognised. I were irretrievably dashed when might be drifting into sweet essay, for it being overdue; from a first editorial meeting determined guess this is how M. Thatcher overheard two students: slumber with images of their 'good' to a 'marginal pass' mark. to put into practice all those tips I might feel. Student a: 'Student's looking good beloved safting across their minds, But, for the sheer experience of had picked up from 'The Hand­ Politics, another bugbear. this term'. mine was boggling with blinking this term, it was worth every book of Assertive Behaviour' - Determined to escape the Student b: 'Aye, but I'm surprised cursors, crashing machines and point. Sung Khang which is of the same series as: stereotypical image of yet another they haven't firebombed the zapped programmes. nothing better than to give the final PILGRIM I had that dream words on the subject to Edith Piaf, again last night, the one who, despite what others may say, STAFFLfST where I'm driving along the I still consider to be the world's motorway late, late at night foremost authority on English MANAGER: "'"'""''"'MichaelCampbell and as I drive under a pedest­ Football, espescially those once Pilgrim great teams now playing admira­ ADVERTISING: Simon Horrocks rian bridge with no other Fiona Calder traffic about someone drops a bly well in the upper reaches of the GiiiHalliday baby, a live, naked, human second division. I refer of course, StephenBax to the ever mighty Blackburn Rov­ Deborah Macleay baby off the bridge and it ers, the only team in the entire his­ STUDENT NEWS smashes· through the windsc­ SERVICE: Michael Barron tory of the English F.A. to win the Sophy Higgins reen and bits of baby fly F .A. Cup three times in succes. PROMOTIONS: Gale Taylor everywhere . but most of it sion. Haha! I say to Ipswich Town Hilary Lytton ends up on me and when I and Pah! to Real Madrid I do not IslaDavie wake up I am curiously calm see your names mentioned too DISTRIBUTION: RobertLambden many times on that hallowed TimChen because I am reassured that it trophy and as for Preston North illlllll;JQI was only a warning from my End NEVER! subconscious to get my stereo Incidentally, if "drinking cof· EDITOR: SungKhang insured. I hate that dream. fee" has now replaced DEPUTY EDITOR: Alison Brown I do, however, enjoy dreams in winding the clock" or "viewing NEWS: Neil Ra!Terty general and I feel that most of the Andrew Heavens etchings" as the nations favourite Louise Wilson world's problems could be solved euphemism for sexual activity of Craig Williams if only people would pay more one form or another (and I ·know FOCUS: Peter Baily attention to their dream states. In what I like) then are those of us Hester Marriott order for them to do this, however, who don't like coffee (as a drink, INTERNATIONAL: lan Younger they have to know what their not a euphemism) forever bereaf· Dirk Singer dreams mean and at this point we Paola Buonadonna ter condemned to a life of celibacy SPORT: Chris Stephenson start to get into the grey areas (and and how can I blame Hamish Lorrain- I talk not here about under-arm Mrs. Thatcher for this one? It seem Smith · deodorant). With all due respect to me that if people would start MUSIC: James Haliburton , and deference to the Psychology goes ga-ga coming out and saying what they DessieFahy Department (and even to the mean for a change (Dear Eleanor, ARTS: Eleanor Wood Psychoanalysis Dept. but not any­ - Fiona Gordon lute worst. I hate to get into a dig­ page but then again, Dear Jeriny, I yearn for you passionately etc) FEATURES: AvriiMair one else in the Social Science ression at what was other wise, I who can say what she wili do), but, then there would be fewer prob· TimDams Faculty as they are a bunch of am sure a gripping part of this to return to the thorny question of !ems in this world which leaves us JamesNiven pointless pseudo-scientific wasters week's column (provided that Res­ politics students and indeed the just time for another horoscope or FILM: TobyScott who ought to be shot, especially ter lays it out in cohtmnular fash­ whole study of Politics a~ an two since we had a few complaint! Andrew Mitchell politics students who are the abso- WHAT'S ON: ion instead of straight across the academic subject I can think of last time that I only did three so Jill Franklin Susan Gillanders some sort of 'souvenir' - beer tion will take place if the Library MoyaWilkie vital step forwards could be a FASHION: AvrilMair EUSA office at Kings Buildings. goasses, ashtrays, bar towels, should formally propose such a SCIENCE: Maxton Walker LETTERS. Given the way things are going, posters, road signs etc. There is development. We would also PHOTOGRAPHY: High Pinney Germany will be unified before nothing unusual about students expect to take into account any GRAPHICS: Eduardo Welsh Dear Editor, the University of Edinburgh! like this, but in this case, the joke relevant views that emerge from a COMPUTER This evening I listened to the Yours, went wrong, we regret this inci­ recent survey of Library use when CONSULTANT Ivan Reid Radio 4 Debate from the Univer­ David Harris dent and would like to apologise the results are available. ijlljllijft§ sity. I was dismayed to hear one of to anyone whom we embarrassed The Library does not yet know the participants, whose name I do Dear 'Student', or angered. where it will have the resources to EDITORIAL: All Welcome not know but who was, I think a After reading the article in 'Stu­ Yours faithfully, reorganise much of the Main Lib· Friday,! pm, student, make some misguided dent' (15/2/90) about the Holland Holland House JCR rary this summer. Student Offices and trivial remar~s. He implied" NEWS: Thursday, I pm, House Ski Trip we are very sorry The plans have already Student that nuclear weapons must be that a bad impression has been Dear Sir, been approved in principle, but, INTERNATIONAL: Friday, 1.25pm, easy to build if even the science created by Holland House of Pol­ I would be grateful if you would because of the resource imphca· 'Student students at Kings Buildings could lock Halls and the University in allow me to clarify one or two tions for additional wiring and S.N.S Wednesday, LIS pm understand them. This may well generaL The events appear to points which emerge from Zoe office modification , can only be Student be true. have been greatly exaggerated, as Pagnamenta's article 'Library set implemented as resources are SPORT: Monday, 1.45pm, The childish George Square Student out of the 46 students on the ski for shake-up' which appeared in available. - versus KB squabbling is, of MUSIC: Wednesday, I. IS pm trip, only 1 actually broke the law, Student on 22 February. One of the objectives of ~he Student course, a worthy game which so there is no reason for the whole There is no plan to lend open­ moves is to continue to prov1de ARTS: Wednesday, I pm, amuses and entertains us all-but house to be incriminated. shelf Reading Room books on a 7- adequate seating for LibrarY Student surely there are better ways to There is obviously a limit to the users but in more user-friendly FEATURES: Wednesday, I pm, day loan system. There have been pursue it than abuse of the air­ amount of authority which th~ suggestions that this is one option environments' on all floors than. at Student waves,. especially when doing so FASHION: Wednesday,! pm, JCR, who organised the event, for the future; but the Library had present. Few University Libranes Student acquamts several hundred can have, and once in Aviemore not discussed any such proposal in the UK, if any. are as gener· ARTS: Wednesday·, I pm, thousand listeners, not necessar­ every individual took responsibil~ with Faculties or with the Library ously provided with seating or Student ily local, with such burning issues ity for their own actions. When Committee, and would not think shelving as our Main Library, or FILM: Wednesday,1.30pm of our time? the student was arrested, he was of introducing so important a as flexibly constructed. The plan­ Student With universities in mortal alone, so it is wrong to imply that change without consulting Facul­ ned reorganisation is intended to SCIENCE: Friday, 1.30 pm danger from the Government's Student 46 students were running riot in ties including their student mem­ make the best use of this resource, ~reckers and hooli·gans, is it not Aviemore at the time. bers; and after such consultation especially for students. t1me such ancestral feuds were out Published by EUSPB, printed by Student pranks inevitably take any final decision would have to aside and the two 'sides' united to Yours faithfully, Johnstone's of Falkirk. place, and almost every sdtudent be taken by the University Lib­ defend academic freedom? The Peter freshwater resident in Edinburgh contains rary Committee. Such consulta- Deputy Librarian. student sport h l' 1 Fairly • Short Bacl{ to IS e t • Carl Lewis, lan Botharn, John A year ago Student spoke to the ionmght after hi return from A McEnroe, Marviri Hagler, two Edinburgh University stu­ I nd - and I much prefer ing or at Chris Waddle, Ellory dents who represented Scotland le t having even to l forward Hanley ...surely an epic list of in the recent Commonwealth ' Sporting 'greats'? Games. Since then their careers But what have they all got in com­ have taken distinctly different mon? Talent, success, arrogance; courses. Where judo fighter Win­ He aclcnowledge th t if he 1 not in all the hallmarks of sporting leg­ the '•top h n u1 in th world" by the ends, true. But more importantly, ston Sweatman only narrowly timeoftheO!ympic h cannotenv· - all these people have, at one time or failed to live up to his "Sweat­ age rrying on any longer after th t. another, sported silly haircuts. mangoes for gold" billing; Jamie The next year or two will be cru ial, The role of hair in sport has become Henderson did not even reach the mor and more athl te around th of the utmost importance in the last final of the 100 metres - and this world, and in Britain in parti ular e decade, although the reasons why after winning a bronze in the 100 setting incre singly h1gh t 1dards. are perhaps slightly baffling. Those metre relay four years ago in Hendersonalways used to beat M rcu Adam, the latest Briti. h sprint revel a· competing at the highest levels these Edinburgh and becoming the days are doubtless very image con­ tion, but while "I'v been tanding scious, and the way that they wear fastest teenager in the world by still these other. have overtaken m . " their hair is central to that image. the end of 1987. Expressed in the haircuts of our heroes Is everything that they want Hcnderson. till believe. he can catch us to see. This third year history and politics up with most of his riv ls. Perh p it Each sport creates its own image. student's results during 1989 do little will help him that mu h of the pres· The athletics track can boast some to contradict the assumption that his . ure that aro e from hi. early st gger­ fairly outrageous sights. Forgetting career is taking a distinct downward ing perfonnance h snow be n lifted; Ben Johnson, whose lack of hair is turn at the moment.He only ran 10.80 he is no long r the great whit hope of merely a side-effect, the likes of seconds in the AAA Championships , Briti. h printing. H till h hi. Linford Christle and Carl Lewis a long, long way outside his personal sponsored car but much of the ndms are real 'meanies'. Gone are the best, he failed to make the final in the mcnts and pre. s interest h s died down. days of average length haircuts, World Student Games, and he even As he continues to revamp hi. tech· Steve Cram's golden locks (and lost out at the British Student and nique, this may help him. · medals, oohps) are long forgotten, British University events losing to and have been replaced by the flat people "I should have beaten, no top and the short, very short, back problem." Winning the William The key que tion r volvcs around and sides to match the go faster Darling Award for outstanding con­ whether he can maintain his motiva­ tion; whether or not being a student or suits. Peter Elliot could almost be a tributions to university life hardly com­ not helps him in this is questionable. footballer (notice the resemblance pensated for the disappointing year. to Maurice Johnston?) as his ra­ · Marcus Allan may not be the "bright­ zored head and earring race around est thing on two legs", but at least that Jamie Henderson shot to fame as helps him concentrate on his running. the track. Henderson, on the other hand, has a "It was a shambles ... they the European Junior 100 metres But why? It is hard to believe that degree to do. Indeed he shows a ·CarI Lewis seriously thinks that a couldn't even organise champion in 1987. Mike Sewell frighteningly responsible attitude to flat-top makes him more stream­ tracksuits . . and were expect­ his studies, claiming to have been to ing us to borrow spare ones catches up with the Scottish lined, even if he is American. Is it a the Canberra Library,"three or four statement? Sort of the harder the from the weightlifters." sprinter after a disappointing times while I was out there." faster? With the Jack of hair In the 100 metres world at this moment, 1989 and a trip to Auckland. Mike Tyson would feel distinctly management skills within the Sports out of place on the starting grid. At Henderson was, he admits, tempted the corner. "Already I am starting Union? "I am captain of the Athletics the other end of the scale is the to "jack it all in. I just thought this isn't .much better off the blocks, and was He sees the 1992 Olympics in club, and have thought very seriosly mighty Flo Jo, but then as far as worth it. And that would have been the .pleased with my form in Auckland. I Barcelona as his major target about whether I might try to stand for she's concerned the norms never easy thing to do." But Jarnie is now felt that I was getting better with and "can see no reason why Sports Union President one day. But did apply! glad that he did not take that option. every race. I'm running 10.40 sec­ he shouldn't be achieving not this year; anyway it might be diffi­ The psychology behind the haircut The Commonwealth Games, and par­ onds regularly which is far better times of 10.20 sec." cult because I'm not from the Rugby is fascinating. Imagine Seve Bal­ ticularly the three week period of full than most of my times during last club", he points out referring to the fact lesteros standing victorious on the time training he spent in Australia year." that that particular club seems to have eigtheenth at Lytham St Annes with before the event, represent what he a bit of a monopoly in the Presidential a half shaven head and lycra plus hopes will be something of a water­ As much as this may impress his stakes these days. fours! It seems that the character of shed in his career. lfHenderson was relatively happy tutors, one senses that be does not do each individual sport is reflected in with his own form in Auckland, he things just to impress others. "My • the hair styles of its' participants; was, like so many of the other Scot­ main motivation in life is to see if I can Boxing, for example, prides itself in tish competitors, very disappointed But Henderson realises that he must succeed in whatever I am doing. I "I had a chance to concentrate the total lack of hair of the fighters. with ·the management of his team. foe~ on the future, not that he hasn't always like to see how good I can get." A permed Gerry Cooney would fullyonmyrunning, whichlhaven't got 1t pretty thoroughly mapped out He has not been afraid to make sacri- ·probably not have .instilled terror been able to do for ages, and to spend already. He sees the 1992 Olympics in fices as a result, as was shown by hi into the hearts of his opponents (did a decent amount of time with my "It was a shambles. It just keeps on Barc.elo~a as ~s major target with this giving up rugby and possible Scottish he ever?!). Marvellous Marvin coach." getting worse. The whole set-up is Y~ s .aun bemg the European cham- Schoolboy caps at the age of sixteen. Hagler has gone to extremes, but will terrible; I mean, they couldn't even p!Onships at the end of Au~ust and f~ "I'd love to have played more rugby ... if it be long before they all look like organise enough track suits for the next ~ear the World Athletics champ!- I hadn't been picked for Auckland I that? athletes. Untiltheyeventuallygotsome ~nship~andtheWorldStudent. Games. would definitely have played this Indeed, he attributes much of his 1 Facial and bodily hair are yet more optimism to the influence of John more sent out, they were expecting us believe th~t I can be rwmmg well Winter." interesting facets to the whole ques- Anderson, who among many others to borrow spare ones from the weight- enough to be picked for the Europeans, lifters or the bowlers... well, how many and. no .reason why I shouichl't be tion. Greame Souness has led the also coaches the 10,000 metres gold s~ · h lif ks . achievmg times of at least 10.20 sec- revival of the moustache, his bristles medal winner Liz McColghan. "He of uh e we1g t - ters trac wts were ds b th Ol . .. s U · Pre · likely to fit the athletes!" And morale on , y e ympics . Perhaps with ports ruon I- leading Rangers along the road to knows so much. He has started to dency in mind he should think abow immortality! And when on the sub- iron out alot of the faults in my was hardly helped by such facts as the taking up Rugby again, and there must ject of hair not on the head, Fatima running technique. I'd had the same Team manager. going parachut~ng, This is a much more confident be many who realize that be i one of Whitbread can not go without a coach since 1 was sixteen; in retro­ ra~er than turrung up at the stadium Henderson than the dispirited and dis- the few Scots capable of catching Rory mentlon. Her armpits are much re- spect we failed to work hard enough dunng the fmal day and the manage- . . Underwood! spected in France, and she surely at adapting to the fact that 1 was ment travelling in club class while the Illus10ned figure of the end of last could lay claim to the managership going through considerable physical team bad to make do with seats half the summer. .. Being picked for the Com- monwealth Team back in the Autumn of a top Football club. . changes in those years." In fact price, "That could have paid for an- was a vital fillip. I don't quite know But if Henderson can turn hi po i­ And so, the role of Hair In sport over Henderson lays much of the blame other athlete to go out there in theory." how I would have made it through the tive frame of mind into recording re­ the last decade has been vital. It has for last year's disappointments on winter otherwise. I don't enjoy train­ ally fast tim on th track, · could given a chance for individual ex- the doubts which arose from his ing - he admits to having done "liter­ have a Scottish white Olympic fmalist pression, and who can argue against disillusionment with his coaching. So perhaps Jarnie should test out his ally nothing" training-wise during th~ on our hands. that? But now he feels that he has turned 6 thursday, march 1, 1990 ·international student A leap in the Dark? quote the one trillion figure, "Thomas Mann said in others which give a far lower . 1952, that the only The rapid dissolution ofEast Germany has made unification sum. I think it is doubtful, . Germany acceptable in whether an accurate figure can be no longer merely probable, but almost inevitable. Dirk given at this time." future, was a European Is there any way of stopping Germany. German unity Singer talked to Eberhard Boenke, the West German Con­ the East-West exodus of 3000 will only be the first stage per day, short of pumping sul-General in Edinburgh, about the problems ofunification. masses o f cash into East of a closer European unity." Germany ? According to Mr Eberhard Boenke, the Boenke, "only after the people in West German Consul­ the east are presented with a General in Scotland, does convincing future", would the exod us stop. The German not feel that Europeans Consul-General declined to have anything to fear from speculate whether the exodus a united Germany. would stop on March 19, the day As Europe only now emerges after the East German elections, from the post-world war two era, or whether it would continue many Europeans, especially in even after reunification. ' Germany's eastern neighbour, It was admitted that the influx Poland, express severe was causing problems in the misgivings about the future of West, but Mr Boenke could not Europe with a reunited Germany. see it reaching the proportions "Foreign Minister HaflS Dietrich where the West German Genscher said quite clearly in population would react towards "No sensibly thinking Reports suggest the bill person is seriously con­ for unification could be sidering the reclamation one trillion marks over of lost areas" ten years,

front of the United nations, that the newcomers with hostility. He the Polish people were the first also thought the problem was a victims of the war started by generation problem, "I was Hitler's Germany", and thus they brought up in what is now East could be sure that there would be Germany, but most younger East no territorial ambitions against Germans know nothing of the them, now or in the future. Mr East. My own children only very Boenke also mentioned that recently visited the East for the there had been a joint declaration first time." by the ruling Christian Democrat, and Free Democrat parties. The flood of people into the west is forcing the issue Despite the potential economic Why then, has Chancellor Kohl . . . that .the modernisation of East and political pr'>blems of sixties and seventies '! Mr hedged his bets, declaring as Mr d . ~larauon. ~e .suspicion am~ng Germany's economy could cost unification, it is desired by 74% of Boenke puts it "that he cannot :>ome, both ms1de and outside Boenke dismisses this, "In Bono, one trillion marks over the next the We_s t German population, speak for ~n all-German .Germany, is that Kohl is in fact no sensibly thinking person is ten years. While Mr Boenke and 76% of East Germans. Will government of the future" ? trying to play both sid~s of ~e seriously considering the accepted the need for overhauling the planned West German Surely as all the major parties in ~ence,. pandenng to the nght wmg reclamation of these areas." the foundations of East elections in December be the East Germany, and the West 10 h1s <;>wn party. Are. some In West Germany itself, Germany's economy, out of first all-German elections since German parties, with the people 10 Germany senously opposition to reunification is enviromental as well as out of 1933 ? "If we had been sitting exception of the far-right considering. retaking for~er based largely on economic concerns of efficiency, he doubted here one year ago, would we "Republicans" supported the G~~an tcrntory, and r~placmg grounds. A report in last weeks the validity of the one trillion have been able to predict inviolability of the Polish borders milhons of Poles, with the Independent on Sunday, figure. "You know, I have seen everything that has happened in the Chancellor could make a cl~ refugees of 1945, people in their suggested that quoted estimates many figures, some· of" which the last few mouths ?"

will not repeat itself, as far as an hands of the right. More seri­ road to unity is not as clear as it economy, its policy of standing _ COI\11\JIEN]~ aggressive German "Reich" is ously, you are in danger of being seems. The rash approach_of the by and waiting for the March elec­ concerned. Yes Germany does totally discredited once a united government in Boon will result in tions in the East becomes even have a nationalist fringe element Germany emerges, having had a serious belly-ache, soon after the more incomprehensible. This which must be stamped out at all . nothing constructive to offer. swallowing of our brothers and "strategy" leads to devastating and costs, but a look at the "Front Your opposition, based as it is sisters in the "Soviet Zone". potentially explosive social situa­ National" in France, shows that on the desire for peace does you tions in both states: in the West Two German students there is nothing uniquely German credit, and should show the world Kohl's slip-shod approach to the mood is quickly getting claus­ about this. that there are plenty in Germany unity will result in a certain de­ trophobic, as social services and at Edinburgh Univer- Yes, there are also murmurings who will ensure that a "fourth gree of indignation and anger the housing situation heads to- sity, argue for and by some in the mainstream right, Reich" will not occur. However, among European neighbours. . wards a breakdown ,if they have for a reclamation of territories lost the fact is that you also share the Especially his double-strategy in not reached it already. against reunification, to Poland after the war. However same bed as Margaret Thatcher and the Polish -German border question respectively opinion polls show a consistent Soviet communist hardliner, has already put off many, even On the other side, the East is _.....,:, ___....:,.. ______two-thirds majority of West Yigor Ligachev. benevolent politicians abroad. He . quickly bleeding dry. Desperately -Germans against changing present The ongoing exodus of East is certainly willing to give a bor­ TIIE divisiOn of Ge1.nany needed skilled personnel is headin~ was not the punishment for borders. Germans, is a daily vote of no- der-guarantee in Moscow, but he westwards, and blocking the corn­ he vast majority of Germans confidence in the idea of a separate cannot openly admit this conces­ six years of unspeakable suf­ dors of Western Job Centres, and realise that it would be morally East German state. The time has sion in West Germany itself, for Social Security offices. The fering inflicted upon the rest impossible to expel millions of come for the opponents of unifica­ fear of alienating his right-wing of Europe. The occupation movement will in future have to Poles from these areas, and replace tion, both inside and outside supporters or f9rmer refugees be reversed, at a considerable cost, of Germany was. The divi­ them with - Germany to work constructively from the lost territories, who sion of Germany came about ofcourse.. _ he refugees of forty-five years with us in building a new and bet­ make up a considerable part of his True, these criticisms could ago, people now in their fifties ter Germany, the first step to a constituency. because the former Allies easily be conceiv~ as bearing the could no longer agree on and sixties. new and better Europe. mark of social c~nvin is m. But what to do. I could speak of the fact, that This ambiguity will sooner or they are widespread,,even among the right of self-determination ap- The Cold War is over. In every later result in serious ill-feeling. supporters of reunification. Even other former Soviet satellite, the plies to Germans as well. ·how- WRITING about the critical char­ The quite understandable dis- the cheering crowds in the touch· will of the people has resulted in ever, having dedicated most of the acter of unification, has assumed a gruntlement abroad, -could be con- ing days 'of October- and . the overthrow of a system of op­ above for the foreign opponents of more and more futile character. ceived by parts of the German November, and who wasn't unification, let me address few The popular pressure from the pression created by the number public as a malicious attempt of touched, are getting disillusiqned two criminal of the century, words to · East, the speedy policies of foreign powers to interfere with , with the nasty bits of the pro«SS· The many West German stu- Chancellor Kohl, and the results German internal affairs. This is certainly only the start Qf Stalin: Why should the division dents who are kicking and scream- of some western opinion polls, . I . - · of Germany be the only relic of a ing every inch of the way to uni- suggest a quick resurrection of a - much greater troubles. The self- bygone age to remain in place ? fication: German unity will occur German state. Even the history of If ~e. W ~st. Ge~an .gove~n- a inted new Bismarck could Forty years of democratic gov­ whether you are for it or not. By the Federal Republic of Germany ment 1s Jusufymg Its umficauon p: . th all of policy with the alleged dissolution w e up m a m~s sooner an ernment in the Western half of your opposition, you risk leaving is now conceived as a waiting pe­ of the East German state and us would want It Germany has shown that history the issue of unity totally in the riod for the inevitable. But the . ' student international 7 Cry Freedom !

EVEN in a country like or the fallibility of human Britain that prides itself on Despite the dramatic improvements in the International judgement is aboli hed and its historic evolution into a iud~es becomr. suoer-htJman • democratic s'tate, and that situation over the past few months, Amnesty International's In a recent study 1t has ~~~ . • claims to respect basic suggested that 139 people were letter writing campaign to free political prisoners is still as wrongfully convicted for capital human rights, such as free crimes in the IUSA between 1900 speech, trial by jury and and 1986; of these, 23 people necessary ~sever. Tim Dams and Becca Swingler report. were executed before the political freedoms, mistake was discovered. violations of those rights Work for the aaboliti6n of the . such as free speech, trial death penalty still continues, but by jury, and political with the new year. Amne. tv International has turned its freedoms, violations of attention to other topical.issues, these right·s exist. · and bringing them to the public eye. In April 1989, the South The current investigations intd Korean government denied its the questionable practices of the people the right to engage in any West Midlands serious crimes . labour activities with which it squad, the censorship of Sinn disagreed. Within month the Fein political leaders and the number of prisoner of M ethods ofexecution are Amnesty has constantly diverse: electrocution in opposed the death pen­ the USA, stoning in Iran, alty, torture, and degrad­ and beheading in Saudi ing treatment for prison­ Arabia. ers. conscience increased from 200 to allegations by Peter Wright that 700, and even people were MI5 attempted to destabilise executed. Harold Wilson's government in the 1970s are just a few Hand in hand with arrest and examples of violations present in imprisonment, comes torture in British society. Put into a global context though, these examples the form of police beatings and electric shock treatment. By pale in comparison: the recent exerting continual pre sure on massacres in Tiannamen Square, the South Korean government, in and Romania, mass executions in the form of petitions, letters and Iran, the detention of political media exposure, Amnesty aims activists in South Africa, and the to pressurise for urgent reform. suspicious disappearances of Attention continued to be thousands of opponents to focused on Iran, where between military regimes in South July 1988 and February 1989, at America are all testament to the least 1000 executions had taken horrific scale of abuse to human place in a purge of political rights in the world today. opponents.

- The apolitical organisation, Both mass hangin~s and Amnesty International, is very shootings were being earned out, much at the forefront of the often after. torture, detention struggle to prevent the ocurrence without trial, or unfair trial. It is of such attrocities. It also against such gross violations of • focuses much of its attention on human rights that Amnestyy priso.ners of conscience- that is seeks to work, they have now men or women detained for their Photo.: International Aid and Development Fund (South Africa) established themselves as a beliefs, colour, sex, ethnic origin, world agent to check abuse, and language, or religion who do not from the United States to the electrode on his leg burned However, it does not believe that to promote fair play in countries advocate violence as a means to Soviet Union, and from Japan to through, and fell off. During the the penalty serves as a :Jeterrent where the state overlooks the an end. This policy has Jamaica; actively endorse the second, smoke and flame erupted to violent crime- there is individual in pursuit of wider obviously prevented Amnesty death penalty. Methods ol from his left temple and leg. The certainly no evidence to support goals. from campaigning for the release execution. are equally diverse: third charge ws given after this. · Moreover, the recent of prisoners such as Nelson electrocution, hanging, gassing doctors had put a stethescope to acquittal of the Guilford four is a Mandela, or members of the IRA. and injection are all practiced in his chest and said they were still clear pointer to the dangers of The Edinburgh University AI group Founded in 1961, by a British the USA. not certain he was dead. relying on human judgement. In meets at 7 p.m. on wednesday in lhe lawyer, Peter Benneson, Arthur Koestler's words, Amnesty has been continually Whilst stoning is still common ir. ChaplaincyCentre.SupportAmn ty Iran and Pakistan, and beheading . . "innocent men have been hanged pressurising for fair trials for by going along to the fund raising gig continues to be employed in Amnesty Internallonal beheves in the past and will be hanged in political prisoners, and has this coming saiUrday by That Swing Saudi Arabia, the crimes the death penalty tQ be a cruel the future, unless the death staunchly opposed the death punishable with such inhumane ands inhumane method of torture. ~~alty is abolished worldwide, Thang in Teviot. penalty, torture and any other and degrading methods are not degrading treatment or those of murder alone. Execution punishment. is applied for various offences: in tional has received a number of security force , or ci' ilian work­ Iran for prostitution and adultery, reports of human rights violations ing under the1r command. Through an international in Ghana for embezzlement, in • Detention , including '" disappearances'". ln a recent cas', Juan Fernando network of members and Malaysia and Thailand for drug Local human rights groups esti- Porras Martinez. a medical tu­ mate that over 1500 people have dent at the niver..it} supporters, Amnesty takes up .trafficking, in Ghana for running ~ • File Indu~trial brothel, or showing pornographic "disappeared" and remain unac- of Santander. ha di-.appeared both individual cases, and helps counted for in the last few years. without trace. lnquirie. at local mobilize public opinion to bring films, and in the USSR for taking an end to the injustices of states bribes. Principal targets have been hospitals, police tati n . militar} against opponents and criminals. people associated with trade bases and even the local morgue The Edinburgh Uni v:ersity unions. civic and community have proved fruitle . prisoner of conscience, Georgios Before his death in 1986, movement and left wing partic . A Porras-Martincz ha\ been a Papoutsakis- a Greek who had Ransford Taylor, a death-rov. WITH the Colombian gov- as well as alleged member or political pri oner m the pa. t. it i been imprison for his refusal to inmate from Jamaica, said of the ernment, spurned on by Pres- sympathiser of armed oppo ition feared that the ecurity en ice perform compulsory military death penalty: "an extremely ident Bush at the Cartagena groups and former political pri - have taken him to finalh ·· cttle service, is just one of the cruel mental torture and anguish oners. accounts. 1 summit last week, intensify- . hundreds of such people whos that renders death a merc1·c u - Am ne ty International i not !though the. e d1 app arance plight has been brought to the blessing ... still my last minute ing its war on the Medellin alway · in the posit1on to establish arc condemned b\ the l'h iha • attention of the world by stay of execution gets shakier Drugs Cartel, there have rcspon ibility for each indiVIdual government in olumWa. inci Amnesty. with each passing day and the been fears that the Colum- d1 appearance as perpetrator are dent such a thi. c 11 into que~ anticipation that kills me slowly". bian Security Forces arc often not fully identified. H w- tion how firmly beddc.:d th~ princi Last year, Amnesty It took fourteen minutes, and using their powers to round ever, on the basis of available evi- pie of ci ilian government i i concentrated its efforts on a three charges of electricity for ar, dence the organization concludes Columbia, a the go .. crnmen campaign for the abolition of the A mencan,· John Lu1·s Evans ' to up and mistreat opponent . that many such abuse are carried eem unable to c crcl. , muc h death penalty. One hundred die by electrocution in 1983. 1 out by members of the Colombian control o er the arm) or poli e. countries world-wide, ranging After the first charge, the· L.:R~e~ce~n~t:!ly~._:_A~m~ne:_:s:tY:._:.:_n:,::te:::r.:..:n:a-_ _:::.:::.;_..:::.:::.::.:=:..::..:::.:.::~::.:.:.:..:.:.=:..:_..:...:.. ______:~...;_--...t 8 thursday, march 1,1990 science student e ew DJ

In the second and final part of our feature on green agriculture in the 90's, Maxton Walker talks to Profes- sor Whittemore in the Department ofAgriculture about the likely causes and effects of the green revolution in Britain and the world.

Battery hens: s~on a thing of the past? Photo courtesy of Poultry World. . . . agriculture to satisfy that." o you know which is the fastest But to return to the UK scene, it is interesting to "D see how green awareness is altering the farming industry How then is the attitude towards animal welfare expanding meat market in the world?" on a national basis. Professi.>r Whittemore is anxious to actually changing things for the animals themselves Actually I haven't got a clue, but loath as I am to point out that in fact farming is ultimately a thing ' right now? reveal my ignorance of such a fact, I am tempted to which is pushed into the direction in which it heads by "We don't improve animal welfare by letting the venture a wild guess. Eventually however, I decide to the wishes of the government of the time, and hence the birds out of the battery cage or letting the pigs out of the play safe and admit my ignorance. people that brought that government to power. crates, and letting the sheep and cattle roam the hills. It "Japan. They're eating more meat quicker than "In Britain now, we're interested in quality. And in a is actually a very complicated science which is at the anybody else, starting off from a low base. They lot of purchasers minds, quality refers to the question of frontiers of research right at the moment. We're having associate meat eating with success and they are eating whether the people producing the food are concerned to use some complicated tech_niques. We're studying the more and more and are likely to be looking for even about the environment. Obviously if you're going to behaviour of animals in their natural circumstances and more yet." farm in a way which considers these matters, research then working out how to farm optimally from the point We are sitting in the office of Professor Whittemore has got to come up with answers about how to do it. We of view of producing food whilst looking after the of the University of Edinburgh Department of already know how to farm by pouring in fertilisers and welfare of the animals at the same time." Agriculture, and my crash course in international cuisine fungicides. Now we need to learn how to farm without Most scientists in this country seem to feel that the statistics is taking place over a cup of coffee as we necessarily doing all of that" current political direction of this country is not very discuss how the basic science of agriculture is reacting to A very fundamental aspect of the farming ethic is conducive to research programmes. More and more, the monumental times in which we are living. that it cannot naturally be considered as an exploitative industry is being asked to take over the funding of new Such concepts as the Japanese predile<;tion with exercise. If these resources are expended, then there is scientific endevours. Is this having a detrimental effect importing meat is based primarily on cultural reasons, nothing left to farm with. The maxim in farming is that on agriculture? and as a result, they eat all tyNS of meat. Some other we must farm for our grandchildren. One idealistic way "No research worker worth his or her salt would ever countries, especially in the developing world have a in which methods are changing for the farming say they had enough money because every good similar attitude to meat, quantity rather than quality population is the concept of organic farming, whereby researcher always has more ideas than ever there is being the watchword, but this is not a universal no chemicals are put into the ground. money to satisfy him. But the money has been reduced phenomenon, as it was for example just after the last "It was once considered merely a trendy way to farm, considerably; particularly in our neck of the woods. The war. but not any more. The use for it now is that if you want No research worker worth their salt The ethics of getting an egg out of a to study something scientifically, the best way to do the experiment is to look at the extremes. If we're interested ever says that they had enough battery hen are difficult to handle. in optimum production with a minimum of input, then money, because every good ·These practices are driven by one way is to look at it; to go down to an organic farm from which we can learn a lot, and then perhaps produce researcher always has more ideas 'society. What is the ethic of a child a middle way. We now have an organic farming project than ever there is money. needing an egg and not having one? under EEC, supermarket and University auspices. There is a whole farm about 100 miles from here called consequence of that is that some of the 'let's do it "What happened post-war is that the people of this Jamesfield which has gone over entirely to organic because it's interesting' experiments have been stopped. country said 'we want more food and we want cheap farming. It's a major aspect of our research programme You can say that's a good thing or a bad thing depending food.' And they said it very clearly. The farming looking at organic farming in all it's ramifications. Not on your views. Some people are of the opinion that all community was instructed to produce more cheap food, because we want to put a seal of approval on organic of the interesting new findings have come out of people and they did it; there were few provisos. There has been farming but from it, we may learn the middle way which saying just that. The other view is that science should quite a change since about 5 or 10 years ago when we is probably less than 100% organic; but at the moment always be targeted. What happens when the funds are cut became interested in optimisation rather than we don't know." is that you get a higher level of targeted research and a maximisation. Now there is a substantial research Thankfully, the public seem to have caught hold of lower level of the other types. I think that is dangerous programme on low input production. In the UK, this i~ the new ideal of caring about the method of production in a university context. On the other hand, the discipline an aspect of people's perception of it. In many countries, of their daily fare, and the ethics of battery hens, for of identifying your priorities has been helpful in some people can't afford to give priority to quality." . example is an issue that has created so much controversy aspects of science. In the Department of Agriculture, This sound suspiciously as if a new and greener that it seems possible that the practice will fade out. substitution of government money by industry money • world might not be as high on the agenda of world How have farmers up to now acted in such an unethical but industry money is always targeted, and they have agricultural policy as it might be. IS agriculture fashion if they really believe that farming is not an deadlines that they want met. One has to be very careful interested in going green? exploitative industry? when doing industrial research." · "It de.pends on how you define 'greeness'. If you "The ethics of getting an egg out of a battery hen It has to be said that agriculture turns out to be far want to define it as feeding starving people, then we're are difficult to handle. These practices are driven by more complicated that I had ever imagined. I had green. If you define it as saying "We won't produce food society, and the needs of society change. What is the envisaged that it involved, perhaps throwing a coup!~ of if there's any danger that we're going to use too much ethic of a child need ing an egg for his optimum different kinds of seed onto a patch of soil and watchmg nitrogenous fertiliser, then we ask the country concerned nutrition and mot having one? But if kids have got so them grow. The reality is that the entire industrY and it may say 'We have hungry people. Give us the many eggs that they can afford to throw them out, then a remains both at the frontiers of research and in the full nitrogenous fertilisers.', and we are research-wise very new ethic takes hold - namely 'how was this egg glare of the public eye; and uncomfortable bur keen to try to help these countries to produce more meat produced?'. When the public decide that there should be a challenging one to hold, providing unlimited food for to eat." new ethic which cares about the hen, then it is up to thought. . ' • \ t ' ' . , . thur day, march 1, 1 9

'Born on the Fourth of July ST ...... deNt Cruise comes of age Jamie Henderson • - EU Student and revtew British Olympic hopeful Beer, Mushrooms and a violin.

NIGEL KENNEDY is a wanted man. relating to yourself. Going back two hundred years into ~ackstage at the Usher hall the SCO are enjoy­ Nigel Kennedy certainly what mentality was writing the music in a mental kind mg the show - not just the music, but the show doesn't fit the stereotype of a of way - mental - it's tough to do that when you're which begins once Kennedy puts his pissed. It takes intense concentration to get into the old Stradivarius down and goes to meet the horde violinist with a 'loadsagel' boy's stuff." Not that this respect is slavish. Asked about the of mostly young, over-excited fans. haircut and cheeky patter. "wacky" passage in his recent recording of The Four · "Do you play fiddle? ... Yeh, cool, let's see your Harriet Wilson met up with Seasons he mumbles something about Autumn and the neck... Dracula got you too then ... " he says, recognising mushroom season. Inspiration sometimes overwhelms the tell-tale violin scar on the aspiring musicians' necks him, after his concert last the discipline, perhaps? like the password to a secret society. He flirts with the girls (who flirt back outragiously then giggle, shocked at week, to see if Nigel lived up The antidote to such classical discipline (apart from themselves) and gently ribs the shy and the serious ad­ beer or mushrooms) is an encore of free improvisation, mirers. And if he's done the same last night and the to his image. Kennedy by Kennedy. night before and the night before he still remains utterly "I like to play a bit of my own music 'cos then I'm convincing. back on the planet again, two feet on the ground." . Corea and John Patitucci in the summer, working on Writing, or rather, playing and recording his own music It is this kind of scene, so unusual at a classical mu­ music pictures from War of the Worlds. His easy facil­ adds the essential freedom missing in written music. sic concert which has pushed Nigel Kennedy into the ity on the violin (kept in shape by five hours practise a "With classical you're not really working with anyone spotlight of the media and earned him a place in the al­ day) gives the freedom to play literally anything from except people who are trying to recreate. With rock mu­ bum charts, rivalling Kylie et al. classical showpieces to free improvisation. sic you're creating something." his, and an enormous talent for the violin which on The immediacy of creating is reflected in his prefer­ its own would have won him a career as an international The word 'freedom' crops up all the time as he talks. ence for live performing. "There's people responding to soloist. Freedom to play what he wants, to dodge long-term you and that's what it's for. I know there are great artists The mixture of enormous talent and a rare charisma is plans, freedom to wear what he likes. He dismisses my who record only - like Bush baby, Peter Gabriel, Kate dynamite. suggestion that the record companies "took him shop­ Bush - the work they do is the most innovative music­ The stuffed shirts in the grand circle at the Usher Hall ping" to create a more marketable image with disdain. making going on. But there's something about live per­ watch him perform with an almost horrid fascination, "Maybe with Kylie and Jason they do that - With formances I really like. Which is part of bemg an enter­ knowing that his will be a dangerously entertaining per­ Klayderman obviously no-one took him shopping ever!" tainer as well as being a musician." formance, not just another faceless dose of culture. His outfit (Camden Market) and hairstyle (loadsagel) at­ Meanwhile they wince at the upper circle where a crowd tract plenty of criticism, a tiresome irritation to him. "I He is interrupted by· an autograph- hunter. "Do you half their age break into spontaneous applause after the don't wear half as much make-up as Bon Jovi for in­ play? Viola? Aaargh!" He giggles maniacally and cracks stance, but no-one criticizes them for wearing shit. the latest viola-player joke. Being an entertainer, first movement of the Beethoven. Kennedy plays up to Straight away a classical musician puts on something whether he is playing the fiddle or playing the lad in the the audience feedback. they say "Euh, he's put on some cleuthes ... " pub is something which he cannot resist, and some­ "You can't get rid of us yet" he shouts. But behind Displaying the only hint of impatience in the whole in­ thing at which he excels. When he claims "I do what I the repartee he is serious, saying later, "at a lot of other terview he winds up that line of questioning succinctly. like" you believe him utterly. Who could refuse him kinds of music people applaud when they feel something "Injustice. Paranoia of prejudice. anything when he is so good at what he does? Shit, good happens so I'm into it - it also means if they're not That's what we have to live with." Subject closed. fuck, ... like yeh, monster, man. used to the protocol in a classical concert there were quite a lot of new people there... so, thanks all you guys After ail, this image "shit" is all fairly irrelevant, 1t The only note of dissent comes from a typical out there who clapped!" seems. Although his spivvy white shoes are painfully Kennedy comment on the alternative love of hi life­ · Kennedy is not keen on protocol, it seems, regarding luminous on the Usher Hall platform his appearance football. His tip for the World Cup - Italy and West his right to independence as sacrosanct. "I do what I like does not get in the way of a serious desire to communi­ Germany in the final, England in the semi and - he and if someone can make something which makes cate which rushes unselfconsciously through the savours the words wickedly - "Scotland in the bath!" money for the record company out of it then that's fine, wickedly charming layer of flippant repartee. He talks of Only a megastar or a fool could get away with such words in a crowded pub on Lothian Road. And Nigel as long as they don't mess me up." What he likes to do Beethoven and Bush Baby with equal respect (or lack of Kennedy is no fool. . is make music, all music, which could be a Mozart al­ it) ... "I never get pissed before a gig because you bum this rin followed by a collaboration with Chick wouldn't be able to relate to Beethoven, and you'd start Harriet Wil on student 10 thursday, march 1, 1990 features -

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Mark E. Smith is a total wanker; pop music's "Yeah, I could well believe it. The 9ther week, I met these guys who'd travelled to the Hacienda from Wales ~ ·original miserable bastard who mixes complete in five cars. They didn't get in, so they kipped outside Last week saw the relere o lack of enthusiasm for creativity with a highly a all night, so that they could get in the next night. Didn't cidic tongue, cutting to shreds all those who get in that night either." album, 'Extricate', and~xt cross his path or dare to suggest he can't sing. So what about the tendency for the media to ignore band take to the road Manchester's wn rent-a-rant has time for a few Manchester bands like The Fall and J ames in favour of and a good word for even less, with journalists the latest thing in the Roses/Mondays/Carpets mould? Smith, pops "original "It suits me really. I'm glad we're not bracketed along . no exception. Ask him for the time of day and with them. We're not a part of it, so its best if we're not happy man. Donald he'll probably kick you in the teeth, such is his mentioned in the same breath. I don't like to be conempt for a reasonable request. considered as coming from Manchester anymore, from a-rant about Coldcut, now on I'm from Salford" The above is crap, a myth created by the likes of You deny being the inspiration behind the "Manchester" ballet dancers. precocious NME writers who do all in their power to single by The Times then Mark? . antagonise The Fall's lead singer and lifeblood, in order "Ha ha!! God have you heard that? It's fucking to extract some juicy and offensive quotes to spice up an terrible! Fortunately it makes me laugh instead of otherwise average interview. Such techniques have the cry. The video's even worse, you should see it Best overall effect 9f painting a "Mr. Nasty from the North" thing about the song is that I don't get a namecheck." picttire of Mark E. Smith, portraying him as either an Mark may have retained his street credibility by arch villain or the scum of the earth, depending on how avoiding the humiliation of inclusion in The Times' image much exception Mark has taken to personal remarks of Manchester, but he remains cynical of the praise made by his interviewer. Following a year when he lost heaped upon his hometown by others. his father, split up with his wife Brix, and was involved "What's going on isn't the same as what's being in a serious road accident, he has been an easy target reported about Manchester. It's all gone haywire. for those intent on stirring up a potential hornet's nest of That's why I'm moving to Edinburgh!" trouble. That he has not yet sought direct retribution by Why aren't you playing in Edinburgh in the forthcoming way of physical assault is mildly surprising and to his tour then Mark? credit, but it is hardly amazing that various journalists "Oh, I'm bloody annoyed about that It's another of the often come off worse in an encounter that is usually problems of everything being controlled by London. Just destined from the outset to result in an unpleasant like the media that's created the Manchester hype, the verbal assault. So what does Mark think of the current agency that organised our tour is London-based. I had mentality of the national press and music press, which nothing to do with it, but I'm pretty pissed off that we're of late have bent over backwards to kiss the ass of not playing in Edinburgh or Dundee. We sell something anything "musical" rumoured to have originated in like a quarter of our records in Scotland, yet we're only Manchester? playing two nights there. Instead we're playing in "Well, as you can imagine I'm sick of the lot of it. The places like Portsmouth. We sell one record in whole thing's got so way out of control that I prefer to Portsmouth every six weeks, yet we're lined up to play ignore it all now. I'm not trying to say "I told you so" there. It's completely ridiculous, but we're at the mercy but to be honest I saw it coming a year ago. Last of a London-based agency. It's fucking stupid. That's autumn kids started turning up at the Hacienda in why we're doing a Scottish tour next!" Manchester wearing flares and trainers, and I just Mark's obvious discontent with how the music thought people were gullible enough to get involved in a business is run and who holds the greatest influence huge sham. Since then as you know the whole scene's over what happens gave way to light relief when exploded. It's got so bad that the last time I went down quizzed about narrowly missing out on a coveted BPI to the Hacienda there was a queue for A&R men, a award again this year. queue for normal people and a queue for dicks in flares. "Ha, them! Forgot they were on actually, I only found The worst thing about it is that the majority of people out about them when I read about it all in the there aren't even Mancunians, they've come from all newspapers. I tell you what though, there are some over the country to be 'where it's at."' amount of tarts in the pop world. They're all a fucking Mentioning that I knew of Manchester worshippers waste of space" who travel down to the Hacienda from Edinburgh at You can commiserate with Jason and Kylie then, in not weekends in a minibus, Mark gave the impression that even being nominated? t"is was an all too familiar and sad story. "Yeah, I suppose that's about my level. SLOCk, Aitken student features thursday. march I fl 90 11

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and Waterman." When Mark's wife subscribing to the view that the fTl:tjority of people who Brix left him last year, she left huge gaps in both his buy his records don't have a clue what he's on about private and public lives. The loss of the band's lead most of the time. of The Fall's umpteenth guitarist placed doubts over the continued existence of "I'd hope that's not the case. It doesn't strike me as a t month sees the new-look The Fall, as Brix had for so long been a powerful problem, but I suppose it might be true. I find it all a lot influence on the band's musical direction. The new look of fun in fact For me, writing lyrics that aren't totally British tour. Yet Mark E. Fall have joined forces with Coldcut to produce a new straightforward makes it all more worthwhile, for me album, "Extricate", which introduces a type of dance­ and for whoever listens to it. I don't think it's too ble bastard" is still not a . oriented music Mark would probably never have touched obscure though. People should be able to relate to the five years ago. A bold move indeed, Coldcut's influence lyrics." ca utiously asked the rent­ has so far been so strong as to encourage Mark to hand At the 1988 Edinburgh Festival, The Fall provided the over "Telephone Thing", a song he'd written originally live music for Michael Clark's "I Am Curious Orange" and poncing around with for Lisa Stansfield, to them to record as a single before ballet, selling out every night at the King's Theatre. The Fall recorded and released it. The distinct With the band now involved with Coldcut, Mark's media possibility of alienating The Fall's entire following, image has taken a hammering, so I asked him what a which nears cult status, showed that this man has guts. Northern hard-man like himself was doing poncing Either that, or he's past caring if anyone buys the around with dance music and ballet. The hysterical records. What was the driving force that kept him going laughter which followed was hardly the response of a when his life was collapsing all around him? bitter, twisted, stubborn jerk that my preconceptions, "Really I was just so pissed off with what's going on shaped by the music press, had made me envisage. in the music business that I couldn'tlet it defeat me. "It slows us down a lot, the rap tuff that is. We tend That drive's got stronger recently as you can imagine - to go too fast on our own when we're playing, so Coldcut disgust motivates me. The personal problems I had slow us down to something that suits us more. The didn't have much effect on me as a band member, they drop in pace is a lot better for us I think. It also were all entirely coincidental with the change in musical encourages us to look in other directions instead of direction I'd decided to take." carrying on doing the same thing year after year." Reaction to this latest chapter in the development of Twelve years on after their creation, and various band The Fall was critical, with Mark fully aware of how members later, The Fall have entered the 1990 looking important the opinion of the music press ~a s despite his significantly di fferent from the sct·up introduced to the earlier misgivings about Manchester-mllJ!ta. When world in the late seventies. A band whose lifetim ha. questioned about a recent review that likened the new spanned three decades could easi ly be acc u ed of material to early Pretenders, himself to Lou Reed, and · running out of ideas; perhaps no insul t, as twelve years then described him as "the pastry-skinned rapper from is an extraordinarily long period of existence for a band Salford," Mark had few complaints. that has rarely experienced true commercial ucccs . "Yeah, I read that one. I must admit I wasn't annoyed That, of course, is how Mark E. Smith would only ever with it because it gave the music a good review (10/10 want it to be. actually). I don't agree with the Lou Reed stuff but I can There i · the likelihood however that he will be found put up with it if the actual review is favourable. It was guilty of collaborating with the reaping of commercial very important that the new stuff was well received rewards from the current Manche. ter hype. By working because it is so far removed from everything we've done with Coldcut, Mark has left him elf open to atta"k for before." attempting to get in on the Stone Roses etc. dance/rock Just why did you decide to get involved with Coldcut market, just the . cene he is o scomf ul of. Alth ugh he then, when you felt you were doing them a favour? You trcsse that he doe n't object to mo t of the musi , and claim their version of "Telephone Thing" was a flop, but indeed praises the Happy Monday . he ha no ume for yours didn't exactly set the heather on fire. the fashion and the myth whi h a company it. If anyon "Ha, ha, yeah you could say that. Got to number 57 or something. Coldcut have helped me out and I've helped is an authority on the uppo ed "place to be," it i 1ark them out. I'm on their album, it's a two way thing really, E. Smith. I do feel that they help us out a lot. To be completely "The Fall have been on the go for twelve - f1 honest, I didn't expect "Telephone Thing" to go any will be luck}' if they make 1t to June." htgher than 57, so it was no disappointment when it The countdown to the return of convenuon 1 trou stuck there." Glad to hear that I hadn't struts now - get wearing those bell-bott m fo becau they ain't got long 1f Mark E. Sm•th h listened to "Extricate" enough to bore him to death with questions about the lyrics, Merk wa n't keen on anything to do with it. 12 thursday, march 1, 1990 musiC~ - student' • ram In it u

stage and observes the gradual cor­ THE CRAMPS ruption of new-comer and bass' player, Candy Del Mar. Glasgow Barrowlands Their sleazy Rockabilly music blasts out of confinement, in- THE CRAMPS live are spired by Russ Me~er and_ the pretty distinctive. Their ghost of Bel~ Lugost. The band singer is called Lux Interior. · stand bath~ 10 lewd red - or seedy · h green - hght as they lead us 0 n stage L ux. wears a ug t through classic~ like Goo Goo black PVC suit and a touch Muck and What's Inside A Girl? of black eyeshadow for that and into the successful new num- . coveted . teenage Herman bers like the wild Journey To The Munster look. He is pure Centre Of A Girl. showbiz: like Elvis resur­ rected by a b-movie They are the personification of American .trash culture, and are Frankenstein. perfect in their roles. Watching their long, rock ' n" roll show it's As he writhes on the floor reassuring to know that as rock Poison Ivy, dressed in Hollywood music gets more serious (and strip-show chic, looks on and dull), The Cramps will always be picks out the tunes on her around, and will continue to 'Stay Telecaster guitar. Drummer, Nick Sick'. Knox beats out the jungle rhythms steadily at the back of the Andrew Scatcbard

surprise even. A psychedelic key­ necessary comparisons to the INSPIRAL CARPETS board sound and an impressive THE ICICLE WORKS THE CREATURES Banshees) this is the most re­ Network space cadet slide show confirm the Glasgow, Queen Marga­ laxed Siouxsie has looked on hippy rumours but this is blended The Venue stage for a long while. They HEARD all the hype read with a strong individualistic dance rets Union opened with But Not Them, the all the press would t'here be sound ..Slow son~s are a bit bl~nd, THE ICICLE Works song that as part of the J u J u set ' . as the smger begms to sound hke used to be untouchable. IF THE cliches are to be be­ began the whole Creatures busi­ more to the Insprral Carpets Holly Johnson but the majority of Whilst others grew up to the lieved, The Creatures are ness, and throughout she smiled than their T-shirts? their music is irresistably likeable strains of the Bunnymen, or Siouxsie and Budgie's and chatted with the audience, ap­ The hype machine is functioing -pop ~or the discerning listener. parently enjoying the. intimacy of a well in Edinburgh; lots of flared lnsprral Carpets are a b~d U2, or Grab Grab The means of escape from the 1,000 capacity venue. jeans, Stone Roses haircuts and a catchmg th~? moment, defmltely, Haddock, as far as I was stagnancy of the Banshees. The set, comprising almost en­ mobbed merchandise stall. wor:lh don~mg a hood for, but Itll concerned they could do no In reality, what they are tirely of material from last years Everyone is asoiring to their 'Cool be I~terestmg to see whether they wrong. Every record they escaping from are the highly praised but criminally un­ As Fuck' slogan. ~urv~ve whe_n the Manchester rave der-bought album, Boomerang, InspiraJ Carpets are however mevitably dies. released, every interview expectations everyone has was remarkable for the number of unexpectadly good. Apleasant' Claire Brennan they gave, every tour they mistakes it contained - Budgie undertook: all were lapped about the Banshees; The desperately trying to get into Mad up with true devotion. Creatures have, in nine Eyed Screamer's groove was one Then, a couple of years ago years of existence, released particularly brilliant moment. Then The Sparks; two sets, a they split, following the critical only two albums and have Quite a contrast to the Banshees' THE SPOOKS costume change., silly smiles, co­ and commercial disaster whi"ch - never toured, so there are no highly rehearsed and polished sets of late and all the better for it The Moray House Union median patter and everyone went was their last album, the restrictions on what they wild. After one song the steam of Creatures were just as wonderful hideously schmaltzy Blind. There can do. as expected - tribal rhythms, jun­ TilE SPOOKS run their very sweat replaced ~ ice, ~ case of followed a period of}Ilence, but - Rejecting the musicians they gle noises and Siouxsie's elegant . . Cl b d The Cavern reviSited with a mas- own Bikim u an sive dose of irony. now. lan McNab, guitarist, assembled for the TV appearances arrogance. promised a good time. We singer, songwrj{er and ego of the in favour of machines (to avoid on­ James Haliburton band, is b~cI But who is that on got it. You can hardly say the Spooks stage with im? The drummer is to Kerrang. Packing out Moray House, it music is original. They act mind­ wearing Brian May wig. The less, want crowd participation Predictably opening with seems that not only are the bass is sporting a hideous pair of KEVIN McDERMOTT Spooks the ultimate result of a (see fanzine) and are a totally re­ "Diamond," the KMO's set 60's concept, but that here in their freshing departure from the pre­ sun glaSses that were quite trendy ORCHESTRA comprised all the tracks from the in 1984. As for the guitarist ... home town of Edinburgh they tensions bands around. They've ' Network "Mother Nature's Kitchen" al­ could easily rise to cult status. packaged and produced them­ well, you wouldn't want to take bum, with the odd new(ish) effort The object of the evening was selves very well. Anyone who him home to meet your mother; FIRST time I ever saw stuck in guinea-pig style to gauge fun. A totally sixties disco, slides plays on stage while videos of assuming, that is, that your Kev McDermott he was sup- its appeal. of Hendrix, Doors and Beatles Hammy the Manster driving mother is none too keen ont poTting the Icicle Works at "King OfNothing" and graced the wall, swirly patterns around in a jeep are broadcast si­ sweaty little men in need of a Coasters, had closely "Mother Nature's Kitchen" it- projected all around, and two TV s multaneosly deserves to do well in good bath. What makes the flickered sixties bands and pro­ . the serious world of music egos. cropped hair and played a self were outstanding, appreciated whole affair truly awful is the fact grammes. Alison Brown even by the scallies who'd that this loathsome bunch choose largely acoustic set. Three t~ed ears later he's headr · t _up a day. early for the Insprral to trample barefoot over a sort-of Y . . . mmg a Carpets gig. greatest hits package from the a thm~y disgmsed Coasters, "Suffocation Blues" lost a cer­ deserved a ripple of applause tor Icicle Works' past. th~ lctcle Works are stru~- tain amount of its intimacy when PALE SAINTS being mildly florid, fey and groovy, ------. but their live set underlines the "Let the real Icicle Works back ghng to fill the .Venue, he s subjected to massed clapping and The Venue fact that there is only so much on stage" shouts a disgruntled on- put on a pound or two here sing-along-a-Kev antics, but it at mileage in this absent-minded pop looker, and the man has my total and there, and his flowing least allowed Kevin to display his ' "Well time to . get lark. sympathy. McNab's original locks are assuming I an wares without fear of being decap­ orgasmically excited again. The romantic notion of our na- partners provided a tight setting in Gillan proportions. itated mid-song by mad axeman Look kids, we all know that tion's youth ensconsed in their which the jewel of his talent could Unfortunately, so is the Rossi. Covering The Who's music is in a hell of a state, bedrooms for years, welded to an be set. Tonight, with the new playing of the KMO's lead "I .can See For ~les" allowed I amplifier and submerged in some band, we are instead given a guitarist Marco Rossi, who Ros~I to p~r~ect his. Townsend b ut swear to you this is the long-lost underground vision is an sloppy ~mess. Ridiculous postur­ appears to be taking the mu- maximum R_n B techmque, bef~re week that it ·all changes. endearing one, and there are ing, Status Quo style, just adds to . . normal service was resumed with These guys are the future of moments tonight when some of the impressiongiven by the fact SIC on a one. way tnp to the ban d' s fima 1 o ffiermg, · a fra nttc,· pop," writes a young NME that completeness is caught, and that all but three of the songs C ast1 e Donrungton. hurtling full-pelt rendition of reporter. Pale Saints are good. There's just played were at least four years old, Gone are. last year's statutory · "Heallng At The Harbour." He lied. The music press not enough to them to stretch into that the band has mutated into fifteen crashmg crescendos at the Kev McDermott is by no championing of Pale Saints gives next week's NME. They are, in a something of a musical joke. Like end of every .song, but eac? time means a poor man's Bob Dylan _ me the same sense of foreboding misty-eyed sense, just pale saints an old faithful dog, crippled and K~v sets off mto an acousttc ~ar- for a start he can sing. The next as Crossroads' heralding the and that is their perfection. sick, the band should be put to adise, along comes ~enor R?SSI to big thing for the 90s? Inevitable. arrival of Gabrielle Drake as the Anyone for a slightly-soiled sleep, and we can remember their smash the .tune to ~Ieces with the Lend this man your ear before he saviour of the motel. The recent mock-cardboard Midlands motel? former glories. sort of gmtar playmg that could steals it anyway. EP and album have certainly Stuart Walker John Tuson win him a year's free subscription Donald Wallter student

SUMMERHILL Don't Let It Die Polydor Single ~R the-failure of the la~t smgle- the gloriously uplifting Here I ~ - this may just be the o!le to ~o It for Summerhill. The smgle ts another earnest plea from the heart of Glasgow's Seori Bll;ffiett, all strummed acoustic gut~ and the subtlest of string sect.J.ons. Summerhill will never break ~ew ground but simply, and more 1!llportantly, re-establish the delicate art of writing effective and economical guitar-based songs. The country flavour held in check on the a-side is unleashed on the b-sides - acoustic versions o~ I'll Keep You In Mind and Do Rtght Woman-Do Right Man. Well sexy. James Haliburton

RUBELLA BALLET At The End Of The Rainbow Brave/One Little Indian LP BAH! Foiled again! Coming to Rubella Ballet in complete ignorance (because I'm too young and cool to remember them of course; honestly officer, I can explain everything), I was encouraged to read that their drummer used to be in Flux Of Pink Indians, whose album The F-----g C---s Treat Us Like P­ ---s once caused quite a stir in Thurso Record Shop, I can tell you. However, any hopes I had Summerhill that Rubella Ballet would be a cosy troop of stoned vegans living in a commune up trees with LUSH THESHAMEN goats were soon to be dashed. Mad Love Pro-Gen At The End Of The Rainbow is 16 TAMBOURINES partly a retrospective of their ten 4ADEP One Little Indian Single year history, partly a showcase CALLING yourselves Lush and WE COULDNT really expect The How Green Is Your Valley? for new material, and mostly signing to 4AD, now that's what I Shamen to call their single Move Arista Single rubbish. It's very simple, very call asking for trouble. Even Any Mountain; that would have EASILY Liverpool's worst mannered, very dated new wave worse when the the songs live up been too straightforward - so Pro­ band since the last one with yet v~ring into new romanticism, to the name. Comparisons with Gen it is. The exiled Scots are another hackneyed environmental wtth funny, mannered new wave other, noisy, guitar bands featuring back on track with this single after bore of a record, hopelessly over­ girl vocals. The lyrics are female voices are obsolete - Lush the detour that was Omega Amigo produced with an infuriatingly vaguely political in a play school have real songs and are never - a critically lauded but ultimately insincere airplay-fondling sort of way. Tommorrow rhymes willfully obtuse. dull single. Pro-Gen is the worthy arrangement and an attempt at with sorrow, love potion with De-Luxe, Leaves Me Cold and successor to You, Me And folky keyboards for added complete devotion and, wait for Downer are new songs, while Everything and Transcendental - a hypocrisy. Rampant gauchene · it, nuclear gain with acid rain! Thoughtforms is a re-recording song of Shamen 'positivism', the abounds in the lyric - those busy The last two tracks, the prettily, from their debut mini-LP, Scar. best in dance sounds and the rap old folky Rainbow Love and the Produced by the Cocteau Twins' voice of Mr C. " tars in the sky" are out a­ Banshees/Penetration orientated Robin Guthrie, Mad Love is The kind of dance music they have shining and a-rhyming again. The Emotional Blackmail actually impossible to categorise, thrilling been hinting at since the albums In group have supported Hue and Cry sound rather good, but all things to listen to and already one of the Gorbachev We Trust and recently, which is like being are relative. After all, if The year's highpoints. Lay aside all Phorward, remaining just the right trapped in a sewage works with Stone Roses were to enter The your 4AD preconceptions, side of commerciality, so that chart your only ambition being to swim Eurovision Song Contest, you'd immerse yourself in the sound of placings are a definite possibility. out with the bigge t hits. suddenly realise what a seminal Lush and prepare yourself for their The Shamen E-ed out on TOTP Stuart Walker bunch of agit-rocking beat gurus first Scottish dates in a weeks preaching synergy and mind Bucks Fizz actually were. time. expansion, it may just be a reality. Stepben Bar'naby James Haliburton James Haliburton Competition &results

Another week, another competition. Hot on the heels of last week competition for tickets to ee Public Enemy in Glasgow at the end of March, we, at the music pages, now bring you the chance to win e elu­ sive copies of the new Shamen single, Pro-Gen weeks before it's official release date. ot only that, the kind people at Active Promotions have donated two free Shamen T- hirts a well ·o that when the band bring their Synergy roadshow (it's a concept innit?) to Wilkie Hou e on March 8th the winner· can go along and feel not even in the slightest out of place. In keeping with all music page competitions, the question i ridiculou ly ea y. The Shamen recorded a single that suggested they were not altogether enamoured with America's TV evangelists. What was the single called? When you know the answer telephone the mu ic section on 0 1 558 1117/8 before I pm on Tu sday. Meanwhile last weeks winners were Chri topher Lang (Craighou. e arden. ) and Ali on (Teviot Reception) who both knew that Public Enemy record Fight The Po.,. 'r ~ r p ·e The Right Thing. They can collect their tickets from the Student Office· on Friday lnd at I. 14 thursday, march 1, 1990 music/ arts student on 00 d ~ • ~ d) f ~ f ~ ~ • ~ ~ • ~ 00

Ugly As Sin are about to release THE GOOD, The Bad me when things are wrong." be their de hut album and are cur­ The band began around 18 months ago, initially as a And The Ugly may well one of Clint solo venture for Walker who had become increasingly Eastwood's most famous movies but it is rently touring in the esteemed disillusioned with the negative aspects of group unlikely that the album of that name, released company of The Stranglers. democracy. Now they tour as a five-piece, but, on April 4th, will have much to do with Ennio because, at the moment, he is the songwriter the band Jmnes Haliburton caught up with is very much Walker's. Songs like Pain, First Love and Morricone. The record, on China Records lead singer, Walker and disco­ City Lights, while being wonderfully poppy, contain (home to Green On Red), is the debut from some fairly depressing lyrics. Ugly As Sin who are currently touring with vered the problems of not being Walker again: "When they were written it was a real ageing punks and cover version specialists, Goths. strange point in my life but at the same time they're not real cut-throat jot.~>. !here is a positive side to them. The Stranglers does Walker make of such allegatiOns? They are personal lyrics, but not exclusively so." The band's second single, Pain, Has just been released "I don't really understand or agree with them. We're The prospect of touring with The Stranglers holds no and has been garnering comparisons to a whole host of just a rock band but we don't want to enter into the fears for Walker or the band - the idea of playing to long-gone bands of a Gothic nature. One listen to the cliches that go with that - jamming on stage and all the another band's audience in huge halls is taken in pairing of lead singer, Walker's, brooding voice and rest." Walker's stride: . Fiona Lawrence's anthemic harmonies along with the Easy to say, but how are you going to make sure it · "You get used to it. It's really the saine thing whether resonating bass and crashing guitars and it's easy to doesn't happen to you? it's 50 people at The Marquee or 5,000 with The see why. Sounding like any old bunch of Goths is "Hopefully, there'II be enough people around me to Stranglers". definitely not to be recommended but sounding like all start hitting me on the head when that happens. You can judge for yourself when Ugly As-Sin support The the best Goth bands (from The Sisters Of Mercy to The ' "I've still got loads of friends I've had for 15 years and Stranglers at the Cats-free Playhouse on Monday 5th March Violets) rolled into one certainly is. So what they're not really into my sort of music, so they can tell Feb~ary_.

nents of their respective fields of Katha and Buto. One of the highlights of the Structured festival will undoubtedly be "Giant", the first new piece for beautiful to watch. There was a two years from the Glasgow-based ROSEMARY BUTCHER continual flow of movement and Gregory Nash Group. An eigh­ COMPANY the dancers related to each other in a seemingly effortless, teen-monitor video installation Richard Demarco Gallery instinctual manner. The nature of provides a kinetic environment for the venue ensured that the Nash's choreography which ex­ 21 February dancers were never isolated from plores the relationship between the audience but rather, were dance and the camera and promises IN THE forced to acknowledge and to be an innovative visual cxperi· atmospheric surroundings challenge them with eye contact ence. . of the Demarco Gallery one and sheer proximity which was Intended as an annual event of Britain's leading 'new at points somewhat Feet First will hopefully fill the; disconcerting. abyss left by the major dance: dance' choreographers, The use of lighting and Rosemary ·Butcher, projections was strikingly companies who so rarely make it effective. Images projected onto North of the border and also by presented her company in a the back wall of the gallery were promoting contemporary and new. performance entitled *"dl ". reflected on the simple white dance, bring it to the attention of outfits of the dancers and the a wider and more appreciative au­ The first part of a triptych of per­ lighting trapped them partly in dience. formances to be released in three shadow so that only specific seperate stages, "d 1", explored the areas of their bodies were PREVIEW relationship between people and highlighted. their created enviroment, the city. There was no. point during the EXCLUSIVE ISSUES Butcher has maintained her reputa­ performance when my attention tion as an innovator in her collabo­ wandered. Butcher, unlike some Edinburgh College of Art ration with Iraqui architect Zaha choreographers does not drag out 3 March Haclid and American composer Jim her pieces and consequently the appreciative audience was left A symposium on gender in art has Fulkerson. applauding for more as opposed been organised by two -Edinburgh To be honest, if it had not been to praying for an end. More College of Art students in for the enlightening (and importantly though, attention response to lack of female tuition unusually . presented) was held by the technique and in the arts. Exclusive issues, is a programme, I would have expressiveness of the dancers 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil;ers;;e"i.kijcl·ck off a 10 day festival of day long symposium, of lectures interpreted the subject of the and the originality of the FEET FIRST DANCE contemporary dance at the end of- and ·seminars by artists, lecturers piece as something completely choreography. It was a relief to FESTIVAL this month featuring a diverse and and critics both male and female. different. I am reconciled by the see a dance performance which Lorna Waite who writes for the impressive collection of British and fact that when it comes to dance, did not depend upon cheap gimics Traverse Theatre/ Glasgow magazine 'Variant' will the majority of people are and risque costumes in order to Assembly Rooms International artists be talking on the subject of 'Self­ attract publi~ity. In keeping with The programme includes the probably in the same boat. 28 February-10 March determination and feminism Taken on purely face value the the green age, it was pure dance highly acclaimed Cholmondeleys Tickets are £4 (£3 conces­ choreography and the with no artificial additives or In a and the very 'different' dance styles sions) and available in advance colourings. performances of the five dancers Season virtually devoid of dance of of Nahid Siddiqui and Masaki from ECA SRC or Karen 447 were both stimulating and Eleanor Wood almost any description, the Trav- Iwana: two of the leading expo- 0920 and inclusive of meal. student art Electrifying Wo performer in turn tried to achieve SUSPENDED SENTENCES its possession. From then on ------the audience was treated to ; Traverse Theatre tense and violent dance form 20-25 February which conveyed the shifting power relationship between the dancers. ORIGINALITY and With such a subjective art form powerful production are not the central message is perhaps qualities which one usually best left to the individual. The associates with the dance, however, did seem to hint at the underlying violence in our Traverse. It was all the culture and in ourselves. The more surprising, therefore, helplessness expressed by the · to come across something for~or~ ~ances and the vaguely optimistic end suggested a need as powerful as "Suspended for the regeneration of life Sentences". through violent purgatory. This was no ordinary Music was used to great effect performance but an unusual and throughout the play. It varied violent sub-ballet which centred from a muted choral work to the around the sensuous and sadistic exciting rhythms of Afro­ interaction of the Nicholas Carribean drum music. Setting off Treadwell dancers. At the the violent interactions of the outset, the haunting, synthesised dance, the music helped to keep music and a set consisting of two the audience's focus and added electric chairs bathed in green tension to the performance. lights conveyed an atmosphere of foreboding. This blended well Sadly, the performance stumbled into needless with a highly original opening pretension now and again. The scene, in which the dancers emerged in tortured fashion, from worst example of which, was a beneath a straw covered floor. 'symbolic' sheep slowly crossing The tempo of the opening scene the stage accompanied by a grew as the dancers launched sheep-like baaing sound. into an erotic dance which Happily this did not detract from degenerated into a crude power what was an otherwise struggle to dominate each other. interesting and unusual Using the chairs as a symbol for performance. a position of power each Jeremy Richmond f hl· ra'l uf \li'IK'IHkll ~l·lfll'IKl'' tactful but confidently where the direction was Fantasia IV, which is very auno- independent foil to Nigel sco EDINBURGH penny-plain with routine spheric, yet cogently argued and Kennedy's playing. The carefully tructurcd. The orchestra Usher Hall UNIVERSITY tantalizingly dry and woody phrasing and slightly gave a commiued p rformance, 22 February discord in the opening provided a CHAMBER square rhythms. but occasionally th phrasing wa tense contrast to the expansive clipped and perfunctory. Soloist and beautifully sustained theme. ORCHESTRA IN AN all-Beethoven I yearned for the extra pungency Christopher Field was too tenta­ Kennedy played fluently and 24 February period instruments would have concert to a packed Usher pounced on the virtuoso tive in the rhap odic violin inter· given, not because I automatically Hall it was obviously the passages, bit between the teeth. jections. prefer "authentic" line-ups, but soloist who had pulled in The cadenza in the first EUCO OPENED their movement was challenging . There was a premiere of the crowds. However, the And if it was a little concert on Saturday night Darkness and Colour, by Richard SCO played up to the quirky, for me it was well­ with a bursting, buoyant the work lacked Harris, which is a elf-reflexive excited buzz of the young integrated with Beethovetl's account of Haydn's substance and the colour work. Simon Rennard's bassoon playing was excellent, but the audience to convince us ·music, picking up the silly Symphony no 103. The and atmo phere wa5 too that Beethoven was tendencies of the lighthearted work lacked substance and the . . last movement. The slow first movement was played contrived. too colour and atmo phere was too thnlhng even when the star m~vement was intensely moving boldly with a sense of hackneyed. contrived, too hackneyed. It would left the stage. with orchestra and soloist gravitas and an imaginative have been at home in any pulp One might think of Beethoven collaborating in a mutually use of light and shade. film. as a serious dose of Germanic respectful surrender to decibels, but the SCO, a select BeP-thoven's music. Edward Harper brought the be cause the Interpretative Falla's El Amor Brujo i an and uncluttered band, gave a The audience score vivaciously to life and distinction of Harper and the life evocative work with an earthy subtle and varied performance. came away thrilled and convinced the playing was expert and and poise of the true stylistic gipsy mood. The spontaneou Ivan Fischer, guest conductor, that they had not only seen one of stylish, with rhythmic bite. confidence of the orchestra would control of Falta's colouri tic ef· set off the Prometheus the most entertaining soloists but have captured the eighteenth fects was good with an injection Overt~re's allegro mol to. a~ a also one of the best orchestras per- Indeed, this was a . better century idiom in an exhilarating of sparkle into the poetry of the dauntmg speed but the v10hns . . performance of Haydn than way. mUSIC. h~d no trouble in keeping up. formmg great music. . . that of the SNO recently, Harper. conducted hi own Likewise the SCO remained a Hamet WIIson AJan Campbcll

Applications are invited· for EDINBURGH HAND MADE the post of UNIVERSITY C()mpetition • MUSICAL SOCIETY PICTURE BANK OF SCOTLAND Boris Godunov -Mussorgsky For all you culture-vultures out t~ere. who feel in need of some fight Polovetsian Dance - Borodin FRAMES relief during exam week, the solutiOn IS here. SCHOOLS DEBATING Swan Lake Suite- The Royal Exchange Theatre <;,ompany are offering two ?,airs ~ftickets Tchaikowsky for the Edinburgh opening of She Stoops To Conq~er starnng Una CHAMPIONSHIP AT Cantus in Memorian Benjamin Stubbs on Tuesday 13th March in return for answenng the extremely CONVENER FOR STUDENT PRICES taxing question below. Britten - Part . . - 1990/91 USHER HALL PICTURES, Una Stubbs appeared in the film Summer Holiday with ... • Sunday 4th March PRINTS, at 7.30pm. a. Lionel Blair Application forms are PHOTOGRAPHS b. Cliff Richard available from the EUSA c. Worzel Gummidge . ETC. Offices, and should be Tickets from Usher Hall, returned there by midday, Queen's Hall and TEL:SANDRINE Monday, 5th March Department of Music, ON 556 1815 Answers to~ Student offi~es by lp.m. on.Monday, 5th March 1990. 12 Nicolson Square. (DAY AND EVENING) I 16 thu~sday, march 1, 1990 arts student

who hates him~ Things are PREVIEW not going too weli: · . l:s.ut then he sees an advertise­ ment in the newspaper. ON STAGE Bitter Taste "Theatre-peutics, guaranteed MR. SMITH to cure depression". Could Bedlam Lunchtime this be just what he needs? 7 March This is On Stage Mr. Smith, a . . . . black comedy by David Henry Wilham Snnt~ IS ?e~ressed. Wilson that comes to the Bedlam He's bored with h1s JOb and. this Wednesday lunchtime. The sick of his family. He's got a show starts at 1.30, and it's guar­ nagging 1i1istress and a hoss anteed to cure depression ...

better understanding of Islam. IRANIAN NIGHTS The latter is shown when the King moves to modern-day' Bedlam Theatre Bradford where his son is one of 21 February the fundamentalists advocating Rushdie's death. "WHEN OPPRESSION EXISTS even the bird dies in its nest," was the message a spontaneous outcry at of this funny, moving, short the d_eplorable play based on the Arabian predicament of author Nights and written as a Salmon Rushdie. spontaneous outcry at the deplorable predicament of author Salman Rushdie. The point is made that Galileo, caption presents a clear, hard- photographs, filled with feelings ·The ~ast of three executed their Spinoza, and Darwin have all been BITTER HARVEST hitting account of the wretched of hopelessness and bitter roles w!th a sen~ of hu~our and condemned by religions for ques­ lives these farm-workers lead. resentmentment, of the hostal professt~nal pohsh. Chris _Hob~ tioning their fundamental princi­ Stills Gallery The photographs have a compound bars where male and Davtd Hunter excelled m t~err · ples, and the play ends with the documentary realism that workers, separated from their until17 March roles~ Omar the ~t and Cahph characters facing the audience perhaps detracts from their families, have nothing better to· th_e Kmg respect1ve~y ~ whtle chanting alternately the names of THE PHOTOGRAPHER aesthetic quality, one of the first do than to drink, spending half Ymka Shelley gave a brilliant per- writers who have faced censorship exhibitions I have seen where their weekly income on liquor. formance as Scheherezade, the : 0 s car w i 1de David Lurie spent the 1989 subject matter is powerful Many of the photographs are King's cunning wife who _tells D.H.Lawrence,James Joyce: harvest season amongst enough to make artistic similar in subject matter and h1111 stone~ v. hu.:h n.:ver tlmsh Bertolt Brecht, Gabriel Garcia' the black workers of the considerations secondary. treatment and are occasionally The play has two preoccupa- Marques. Finally, in unison, they Western Cape, and in this Sequences of similar photos spoilt by irritatingly repetitive have a newsreel effect but their captions, but these are powerful tions; the right to freedom of ex- chant, Salman Rushdie · exhibition he presents his impact is intentionally powerful; images, stressing with pression, and th~ promotion of_ a Fiona Caldcr view of their vulnerability a social o~ political comment is uncompromising clarity the to exploitation in a black clearly bemg made. complete dominance, inside and the play, Clytcmn.estra ( Christine . Many clepict farm-labouring outside of the work sphere, of the and w hi te portraya1 o f t h err life· hots where one gets white master who has no legal ELECTRA Mdimei fwliom our allegiance Jives. the' feelin~ that Lurie might be binding concern for his workers. Bedlam Theatre lay with. trying to suggest that animal They will of course seem You won't be wrong in accommodation is more particularly poignant in the light 20-24 February Christine Mclnnes played both expecting an overtly political sumptuous than human. of recent events in South Africa. Clytemnestra and Chrysothemis ( statement; even the introductory Especially moving are the H.:srer Marriott Electra's sister ). Her transition ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------~~~wasa~~~bbe~~~~o~m~ ~~ 1 couldn't be said of Eberhard were created. the Bedlam's production of tcrpretation of them were excel- EBERHARO WEBER Weber. It was equally important for . , lent. She offered us the submis- Everyone was wondering how Weber to point out to the Soph1cles "Electra", some- sivc, huddling figure of Electra's Queen's Hall audience when he was about to any musician could possibly give play a piece which used no clever thing which was no reflection sistc.r, dominated by the tyranny 23 Februar)' a solo concert on do~le bass bags of electronics whatsoever. on the performance. o~ !1er mother and a _strikin?ly without the concert bemg Had he not done this, it would . VIVld contrast. A passiOn whtch timetabled to coincide with a should have dominated the whole · AT LAST, the frrst musical bass players' convention. The have been easy to miss his The promise of a new transla- concert without a human answer lay in a combination of phenomenal technique. Most tion by Christopher Marshall was play. · h · d interesting of all was his use of performer. Technology has v~rtuosoJ~· ~ 1}ue an s~me modem classical techniques such ruined by a disappointing opening It was a disappointing show by reached such tremendous a vane tgtta e 1 ectromcs. as slapping the strings with the scene. The actors' speech was any- . the usually innovative and forceful heights that artists are no

of her face - infuriatingly- fortu­ So now Frank is torn between SEA OF LOVE nately, she does not smile too enjoying his newfound love and often in this film). In it, she plays the ever-constant suspicion that Dir: Harold Becker Helen , a Lonely Heart, her copy-book is not clear. To . SATURDAY afternoon, divorced with one child, who complicate things. every time it feeling the effects of Friday replies to the Personals in a ew appears that she really b inno­ York magazine. But all of her cent. something else turns up to night. what better thing to do dates seem to end up stark naked, point the finger. The film takes than go for a two hour nap in face down in their beds with a bul­ you through the never-ending some darkened, warm and let through the back of the head. questions of 'did she. didn't she' comfortable cinema. But I Enter Frank Kellar (AI but without becoming tiring. lt lit­ made the mistake of going to Pacino). the long-time, slightly erally keeps you on the edge of see 'Sea of Love', just newly ruffled cop who resents his wife your scat (or in my case either in opened at the Cannon, and for leaving him, his colleague for my next door neighbour's or taking his wife. his life for slipping peeping over the top of the one in found myself unable to shut away. and whose job it is to inves­ front). my eyes for any but the scary tigate the murders. Hl; teams up bits. with Shcrman (of 'Roscanne· Suffice it to sa\', the film is All I knew about the film fame) and after JOimng the Lonely definitely worth sc'dng - if good beforehand was that it starred AI Hearts Club themselves they thrillers arc to vour taste. it is ~er­ Pacino (and that it has so far been finally come across Hck1· . But tainlv wot th the e.xtnrtionate £3 more successful than · Rei'Oiu­ before they have time to find out the 'cannon is chargin' thesl; tion ', if that can be a claim to any­ who the murderer is, Frank totally days. thing) and Ellen Barkin. (the one overstep. the line of his job by fal­ Louise \\'ihon that smiles with only the right side ling well and truly in love with her Barkin and l'adn11. OI:>EON available CLERK STREET 031-667 7331/2 I * * * MAKE YOUR CHOICE FROM OUR TOP MOVIES * * * There's nothtng like a good robbery to bnng a famtly logelher. now FAMILY BUSINESS (15) SEAN CONNERY DUSTIN HOFFMAN MAITHEW BRODERICK 12.45. 315, 6.00,8.40.

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before the Fresher's Week rush. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ONLY Wait D1sney's T• ey're bac I Available for just £12 OLIVER & COMPANY (U) 1 30.3 30. GHOSTBUSTERS 11 (PG) 105. 3 35 at any film society show LATE NIGHT SHOWS FRIDAY AND SA TUROA Y 9 1kWEEKS(18) THENAMEOFTHEROSE(18) YOUNG GUNS ( 18) 11.20 1120 11 20 18 thursday, march 1, 1990 what's on student 2.HEATHERS 5.BLAZE 2. SEA OF LOVE Mon and Tu 5 pm, 7 pm. 9 pm 12.30. 3.05. 5.35. 8.25 2.05 pm, 5.05 pm, 8.05 pm Sat and Sun 5.35 and 8.25 only FILM I. HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA OLIVER AND COMPANY 3. PARENTHOOD Tue 2.30 pm, 8.30 pm Sat and Sun 12.30 and 3.05 pm 1.55 pm. 4.55 pm. 7.55~pm MISSISSIPPI BURNING FILMHOUSE Tue6.30 pm 1. NINE AND A HALF WEEKS Student discount on Mondays. LOTHIAN ROAD 2282688 flri and Sat 11.20 pm I. HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA DOMINION Wed 2.30 pm, 6.30 pm, 8.30 pm 2. NAME OF THE ROSE I. KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN NEWBATTLE TER 447 266() Fri and Sat 11.20 pm Thur. 2.3(Jpm 2. LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD DRUGSTORE COWBOY Wed 3 pm and 8.45 pm 3. YOUNG GUNS I. PARENTHOOD 6.30pm, 8.45 pm HEATHERS Fri and Sat 11.20 pm 2.10 pm, 5.10 pm, 8.10 pm Wed 5 pm and 6.45 pm 2. FELLOW TRAYELLER if. 75 student concessions unti/6 pm. 2. SHIRLEY VALENTINE Set in 1954. a blacklisted Hollywood I. TAXI DRIVER Normal price £2.60. 2.15. 5.15 pm and 8.15 pm screenwriter is shattered by the suicide of Thur2.30pm OLIVER AND COMPANY an old friend. HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA FILMSOC Sat only 2.30 pm Thur 3 pm, 6.45 pm, 8.45 pm 6.30 pm, 8.30 pm 60 PLEASANCE 557 0436 3. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY ~~~~~------I. KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN 2. HEATHERS 2, 5 and 8.30 pm Fri,2.30 pm Thur. 3. 5. 7 and 9 pm WEST SIDE STORY DRUGSTORE COWBOY Thur March 1st. 6.45 pm, GST Matinee concessions £/.00 Mon-Fri with £/.75 student concessions all performances 5 pm. 7 pm, 9 pm except Cinema 3 at 8 pm. matric card. Early evening concessions £2.00. Main evening £2.80. No DO THE RIGHT THING 2. FELLOW TRA YELLER 9.30pm, GST 3 pm. 6.45 pm. 8.45 pm concessions on Saturdays. CAMEO 38 HOME STREET 2284141 ODEON I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS ... I. THUNDERBIRDS 6 Sun March 4th, 6.45 pm. GST Sat. 2 pm 7 CLERK STREET 667 7331 . A DRY WHITE SEASON DRUGSTORE COWBOY WINGS OF DESIRE 2.30 pm, 4.40 pm. 6.40 pm and 9 pm. 5 pm. 7 pm. 9 pm 1. FAMILY BUSINESS 8.20pm, GST Sean Connery et al play at being bad boys. BETIY BLUFJ ~- 2. FELLOW TRA YELLER 12.45 pm. 3.15 pm. fi pm, 8.40 pm TOP HAT BLUE VELVET } Sat 3 pm, 6c45 pm, 8.45 pm Tue March 6th, 6.45 pm. Pleasance Friday late double billll.l5 pm and 1.25 2. HONEY I SMUNK THE KIDS am. I. HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA 1.15 pm. 3.45 pm, fi.15 pm. 8.45 pm PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Sun 8.30pm 8.45 pm; Pleasance HIGHLANDER 3. TURNER AND HOOCH . THE HITCHER 2. FELLOW TRA YELLER 1.00 pm, 3.20 pm. 5.55, 8.30 pm Saturday late double bill 11.15 pm and Sun 6.45 pm, 8.45 pm CANNON­ 1.20am. 4. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY LOTHIAN ROAD 2293030 ' I. MISSISSIPPI BURNING 2 pm. 4.15 pm. 6.30 pm . 9 pm All prices vary between £1 .20 and £2.70 Mon3.30 pm Sat and Sun 6.30 and 9 pm only. according to performance. Student HOUSE BERNARDA ALBA GHOSTBUSTERS 11 1. BORN ON THE 4th OF JULY concessions on double bills. On Sun £2.00 Mon fi.30 pm. 8.30 pm Sat and Sun 1.05 and 3.35 pm. 1.20, 4.25 and 7.30 pm all day.

GILDED BALLOON PERICLF!<; ROYAL LYCEUM 233COWGATE 2256364 _EUTC perform Shakespeare's political GRlNDlAY ST 2299697 romance. .:;.;.;~------Sat 3-Sun 11 March THEATRE WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS JliNO AND THE PA YCOCK 7.30pm. British premiere of this 1986 American Sean O'Casey's Dublin tenement ·drama by Robert Clyman. £3/£2.501£2. domestic tragedy. Until Sat 3 March PLAYHOUSE 7.30pm ­ ON STAGE MR SMITH Until Sat 3 March GREENSIDE PL 557 2590 £3.501£3 EUTC"s lunchtime offering. 7.45 pm (Sat Mats 17 & 24 Feb, 3.15 pm) Wed 7-Sat 10 March £3.50/£6.50 CATS NETHER80W 1.30pm £I.50/£1 TRAVERSE THEATRE Just when you thought you'd heard the 43 HIGH -STREET 5569579 last of this, they go and extend the run for GRASS MARKET 2262633 three weeks. WANT KING'S IMPLANT Until24 Feb Play abouf the lives of three Polish 7.30 pm (Wed & at Mat 2.30 pm) 2 LEVEN STREET 2291201 Spiritual consciousness is discovered women. performed by Strip Search £6.50-£12.50 during a DHSS hostel strike. Theatre Company. Thur I March Mon 5-Wed 7 Mar THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD 7pm 7.30pm Performed by the Gilbert and Sullivan £1!50p BRUNTON THEATRE £31£2 Society of Edinburgh. MUSSELBURGH 6652240 Until Sat 3 March BEDLAM £5.50-£6.50 GEORGE SO THEATRE BUCCLEUCH STREET THE FISHER BOY AND THE HONEST 2 FORREST ROAD 2259873 LASS (A MUSSELBURGH REEL) OF THEE I SING KELVIN Donald Campbell's play to celebrate the ANTIGONE European premiere of this show by the Edinburgh University Footlights present Brunton·s tenth anniversary. Sophocles' classic tragedy. Southern Light Opera Company. "the first musical of the nineties"'. Until Sat 17 March Mon 5-Sat 10 March Until Sat 3 March Fri 2-3 March 7.30pm 1.30 pm 7.30 pm; Sat Mat 2.30 pm £4.251£3 (£3) 7.30 pm £1.50/£1 £2-£6 £31£2.25

NEGOCIANTS 225 6313 MUSIC PRESERVATION HALL2263816 PLAYHOUSE 557 2590 MONDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY THE STRANGLERS RUTH ELLIS BAND ST JAMES'S OYSTER BAR BLUE PRINT Yeeah! Lots of hand-clapping and Catch them before they go to Romania. SUNDAY 9.30 Free general excitement etc. The Free; 9.45 pm SAL PARADISE Playhouse is back! I forgot to tell you p 9m; Free FRIDAY about Barry Manilow last week, but maybe that's not such a bad thing. FRIDAY THE BLOCK BROTHERS RUTH ELLIS BAND I bet none of them are called Block. and And now The Stranglers are back! This could be a mistake. methinks. 'Golden Brown' was the second none of them are brothers. 9.45 pm; Free Freewheelin' £1 after 9 pm. record I ever bought (I'm not telling you what the first was cos it's 87 SLATEFORD ROAD embarrassing). SATURDAY 031337 2351 SATURDAY JCFLINTBAND BOWEEVIL l still don't know what the JC is! ~ If you ever go to see a rock and blues TUESDAY 9.45 pm; Free WINTER SALE cover band go to see this lot. You'll feel It's 'True', they're back! {Neat play Up to 30% off RAP with better for it! on words there, don't you think? No, SUNDAY £1 after 9 pm. oh well.) Oh, the memories, oh, the copy of this ad. LONG FINN KILL Y kilts they used to wear, oh, the bloody Where do people get these names? awful record they made last time! 9.45 pm; Free DIAMOND BACK, MBK, SUNDAY SWING EMMELLE, RIDGEBACK, Have supported The Indian. Givers and THE VENUE 557 3073 MONDAY DAWES, TOWNSEND The River Detectives in the past. FJAERE MILSSON AND THE £I after 9 pm. THORSDAY REFUGEES GREAT JUNCTION STREET BAND Swedish American folk singer. & lRAH HA YES 9.45 pm; Free TUESDAY The first band are rock covers; don't ROOTSIE TOOTSIE BLUES BAND -know much about Irah Ha yes. 9.30 pm Free TUESDAY FRIDAY SA V ANA LAMAR THE BLUE AEROPLANES Spanish pop group. WEDNESDAY Back in Edinburgh after last year's sup­ 9.45; Free THE FAT LADY SINGS port to REM, it 's worth it for the com­ Same day, Another Irish band (from Dublin) who pletely manic dancer they have on stage WEDNESDAY or next day repairs. are gomg to be. big, but I wouldn't know with them. Their new album 'Swagger' is SPIT THE PIPS 'cos I only heard their single 'drowning in the shops now! Where? Maud Land' once on the DLTshow. 9 pm-Midnight 9.45; Free student on EU SCOTTISH NATION LIST GREF. ASSOCIATION Indie and alternative 111 our favourite Colin Moodie from the Scotti h Council nightspot. UNIVENTS for Civil Liberties Evening, PoUerrow. ?.30pm, Sinclair Room, Pleasance SOp with maui d THURSDAY MONDAY DEBATES WORKSHOP TEVI T ROW '1 swss ~e aloog and improve your spealung Happy Hour 8.30·9.30pm "The Originsof the Family" skills Uruon open till 2am lpm, Chaplaincy Centre 7pm, Chambers Street A vanety of entertainm nt, from th dt oo upstairs, to the disoo down tairs, wtth KING'S BUILDING MTV somewhere in between. FRIDAY LUNCHTIME TALK TUESDAY "Scandanavian Studies" FRi':. 'CH OC LU.. H With Miss I Scrobie, Dept of LUNCHTIME CONCERT All welcome for brie, bagoeaes, and Scandanavian Studies SATURDAY Modey Whitehead, playing Rheinberger, beaucoop de vin . l.lOpm, 6th floor common room JCMB. Franck and Whitlock 1pm, French Oepl Basement, 60 George ALL EU CLUBS C ADVERTISE EU MUSICAL SOCIETY 1.1 !¥n. Reid Hall Square THROUGH WHAIS Q, ' .. JUST ORCHESTRA & CHOIR EU ANTI-APARTHEID LET US HAVE THE DEl'AILS OF EU CHRISTIAN UNION Jonathan Tilbrook conducts a programme SOCIETY THE EDINBURGH Q ARTET THE MEETING OR EV BY "The Tongue" of Russian Music, including Mussorgsky Wilson and Haydn String Freedom Now in South Africa Playing lpmONMONDAY, AT THE Worship with Ted Collington 7 .30pm, Usher Hall, Lothian Road Quartets 7pm, Chaplaincy Centre STUDEm' OFFICES. 7.30pm, Chaplaincy Centre £2.50-£5 1.10pm, Reid Concert Hall

STILLS GALLERY GALLERY OF MODERN ART PORTRAIT GALLERY NATIONAL GALLERY 105 HIGH STREET 557'1140 BELFORD ROAD 5568921 OUEENST 5568921 OFSCOnAND THE MOUND 5568921 BITTER HARVEST GWENHARDIE JOHN S~\ANNELL I_!)IU:JiU•l~~~ Exh_ibition of photographs by David Artb.t tramed in glasgow and Berlin t>est ~ortraits hy tht f.hhiOn ph to r phcr - I Lune recording the lives of farm known for her paintings of females. mcludmg one' of nd' \\ arhol, Boh labourers in South Africa, taken in 14 Feb-18 March Geldof. Gra 'e Joncs and Btll\ onnolh . CHESSEL GALLERY January and Fcbntary of 1989. Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun ~-5 pm . Unti12 pril • • Untill7 March Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 2·S pm MORAY HOUSE 5568455 Tuc-Sat 11 am-5.30 pm THEATRE WORKSHOP 34 HAMILTON Pl 225 7942 ROBERT MOTHERWELL: FRENCH INSTITUTE QUEEN'S HALL RECENT GRAPHIC WORK BOURNE FINE ART GAllERY 13 RANDOLPH CRES 2253366 CLERKST 6682019 Abstract impressionist prints. 4 DUNDAS ST 557 4050 LOOK BACK IN TW Until 15 March Stills and colour material from three I E ('JRQl E tn recent 1W productions: 'The Ice FFRI>IN \M) I.F<:t·.R If J ~{,llli b\ SCOTTISH WATERCOLOURS AND Dragon', ·It's No ccret' and 'I.;;:i,, nt thL' OPEN EYE GALLERY '7 ltthngr;tph' aC(lltllpam •d h\ "'"ne ut OILS Spidcrwoman'. Photograph' by Jon th~ uriginrt snKc the - New work. l nttl I' 1.udt 3-31 March MYSEU'? turn of the century. DAVID HARVEY: STRIKING POSES 1

from the ever-looming class exams Vitenam vet who tt's aU about, seem to (what? week nine already?). U you're be happy with the mterpretauon (or at SATURDAY lacking a cause right now, just pop up to least that's what he told Wogan) so it MAMBO CLUB the Cameo for "A Dry White Season." should be worth a dekko. Becoming steadily busier, this club REVIEW Mandela may be released (although an CLUBS I would have to start cheaung and provides lll1 African beat to the weekend. inquorate GM • what a surprise • means So. What have you all been up to preview next week's fun (Friday ees Gil Networlc: 3, Tollcross he's not our official honourary president), this week? Having a good time so far? Scou Heron at Queen's Hall, Thursday THURSDAY 10.30pm-3am but you'll be weepmg all over the joint at Things can only get beuer, as the EU the 'Synenergy' tour hits Wilkie House, SHAG £2.50/£2 this one anyway. Believable Footlights are putting on their "first new with Shamen playmg at Freedom), if tt Two floors-worth for your money performances all round. Other ftlms to weren't for the wonderful things The Mission, Victoria Street, & Shady musical of the 'nineties". Catch this catch this week are "fve Heard the WEDNESDAY splendiforous show at George Square happen in& at Teviot on Saturday. Ladl's, Cowgate BREATHLESS Mermaids Singing .. ." at the Filmsoc on Amnesty International are holding their Theatre on the 2nd & 3rd (£2.25/£3), and SlDlday, and "Born on the Fourth of July", llpm- 3am The place to be on a Wednesday night annual benefit (£213) this week, and £2/£1.50 (take matric cards) start March with a spring (as in hare). starting a run at the Cannon. By all Music from those lovely people at With AIDS Awareness Week headlining they have CNtl ~4e~ftnotle, no, Potterrw. And still a chance to go for the reports, it seems Tom Cruise can act make that Solldy A/1•11 in That wmg over, and LAGS Awareness Week a after all • a vicious rumour put round FRIDAY ear-piercing offer. Thang • to be said with an American mere speck on the horizon (watch out for several years ago by his teenage Top BARRIO NEGRO 8pm-1am twang for full effect. Bound to be a good it next term), there doesn't seem to be Gun fans(a group to which I belong no The promised mix of Latin, jazz and soul Pouerrow Union, Mandela Centre night's entertainment cc you there. much to be aware of these days. Apart more) And Ron Kovi~ . rl>e n•ralysed is proving increasingly popular . 50p/£1 Bring Matric Card Network 2, Tollcross 10.30pm-4am WHAT'S ON SPONSORED BY . . £2 THE DEEP Why not have an early start to the SPANISH HARLEM weekend? Lots of House. The Mission, Victoria St Wilkie House, Cowgate 10.30pm-3am 10.30pm-3am £2 . • . • r .~: ••• .,. £3 COil'ilEST~OMJE:~ ,;,... ~::--.-~-::-

The Shakers were certainly energetic. The conviction that ---- NOW IN STOCK dancing brought you closer to the Lord ; {)ff J/1/.==~; ; I J TV GUIDE led to some reasonably frantic services, "PELLE THE hence the name. The chairs were carved VIDEO FILM HI RE so beautifully in order that angels might 136 Marchmont Road 'The Shakers' (Wed. 2.30 • sit at them during the 'sessions', but ~6 West Preston Street 20 Roset>um Terrace CONQUEROR" 3.30pm, C4) follows the rise and rather Miss Lee quickly saw the commercial I 9 Henderson Row amusing decline of the Christian sect that possibilities of 'sharing' the joys of nice did a bit more than dance and make furniture with the American public. A mod rn r manti · c m "d. • chairs,. but not much else. Started by an Bamber Gascoigne reaches the that gets it abs lut l 'right. illiterate factory-worlc:er from Manchester penultimate programme in his superb (as in Lancashire) it grew from the said series on 'The Great Moghuls' and shows Ann Lee and her liule emigrating posse that Islamic sects preferred killing in 1774, to a full-blown, chair-making brothers to dancing and found !he building sisterhood of 6000 by 1840. Also of palaces to bored wives infinitely more 0 known as 'The United Society of rewarding than that of chairs for angels. Believers in Christ's Second Appearance' Whicker, meanwhile, speaks to Jackie Pullinger, a British Christian, who helps .\~. they were extremely celibate; the ladies Gett\n. being scornful of anything less than drug-addicts in those parts of Hong Kong messianic conception. It didn't take no self-respecting Visacard holder would Thomas Malthus to guess at the tread. She explains that its easy to tell demographic disadvantages of such an which ones are converts because 'they're attitude but Ann was hearing none of it are the fat ones'. i.e. Jesus=giving up and couldn't understand why the numbers heroin=spending money on food=chubby, started to dwindle after 1840. This, of cheerful faces everywhere; and all along RIGHT® course, is in immediate antithesis with thinking that its thanks to a Jev.'l h the Monnans, who might have been set carpenter who died two thousand y r: up by an equally illiterate immigrant, but ago. The United States are trymg t who at least had the guile (and libido) to find somewhere to dump 77,000 ton< of realise the wonders of energetic nuclear waste (Honzon, Mon. BBC2). Give me a religion that can solve that. polygamy. 20 thursday, march i, 1990 film -student The sad death of Michael Powell, a major figure .in th~ 'golden age' of British cinema, prompted Toby Scottto dellver hls annual lament on the deterior-ation of movie-making in this country.

IT HAS become some­ lost the last of the great British di­ · in a way that American TV never thing of a tradition for film rectors of the previous generation, has. critics to write articles about but also that there is no-one work­ Indeed, it may be said that the slow but seemingly ing in this country today who has one of the strengths of American yet shown that they could possi­ inevitable decline of the once film has been 1ts ability to attract bly replace him. It would be writers such as F Scott Fitzgerald great British film industry tempting: to say that English-lan­ and Raymond Chandler, whislt and, it would seem, equally · guage cinemas in general is in de- their counterparts in Britain have traditional for their reader­ . cline, but I do not believe that to gone to the small screen. This in ;hip to respond by either ig­ be true (The reason there are fewer itself is no bad thing, but whilst noring them or labelling great movies being made these it may have made British televi­ them as doom merchants, days is that there are fewer movies sion into the "least worst" in the but, at the start of yet another being made altogether: the ratio of ! world, it has made British film such article, I have to say good to bad has, in general, not amongst the least good. that I genuinely believe this changed). to be the case. It is also too easy to say that . All this is, I suppose, some- This feeling is prompted by the American cinema is just as bad, ·thing that we just have to live death last week of Michael but that is not my point. I will Maybe soon a British direc- Powell, who is little known to readily agree that for every bad, Death Wish 3: A Great British Picture. tor, working in Britain with :he general public as a name these boring or just ordinary British British money will produ~e an- lays but who, in his time, has di­ film there been ten from America and Scorcese still does. All of you work of Ridley Scott and Alan other film as good as A Matter Of rected some of the _best films ever that are just as mediocre: my at the back jumping up and down Parker (who both now work in Life And Death or A Canterbur1 to come out of this country. claim is that in America there at yelling "What about Greenaway?" America anyway) represents any- Tale, or a film as daring as Indeed, given the frequency with least a handful of (relatively) may have a point (although I re- thing truly wonderful. (When Peeping Tom, but maybe this is which his films occur in All-Time young directors still working who main to be convinced that The · Coppola gave us the Godfather, just symptomatic of Britain's gen­ Top Tens, his work is known and can and should be classified as Cook etc was a film of any great Parker brought us Bugsy Mallone: eral decline (we used to have a respected around the world: Martin greats, whereas in Britain we have worth) but I reply that no only is I rest my case). ship-building industry,_ too) or Scorcese cites him as a prime in­ none. Where they have Scorcese, Greenaway not all that good So, one might ask, firstly maybe the future lies in interna­ fluence (and, a point I shall return we have Michael Winner. I think (much as enjoy his films) but he where has all the once consider- tional collaboration. to, Powell was a big fan of it is also only fair to point out is also hardly to be termed a able talent of British cinema gone, I could well Scorcese's) and in his later years that I am principally talking about mainstream director in the way and secondly what is to be done to believe that the problem lies not _ Francis Ford Coppola employed directors and writers here, for that these other greats were. I _ bring it back. The answer to the so much in a paucity of British him as an advisor at his Zoeotrope Britain still produces more than would dearly like to be proved • second I am not sure of, but that talent, but rather in an unwilling­ studios. our fair share of actors and, more wrong, but I simply cannot see to the first is television. Thanks ness for British money (in this It is not my intention to write importantly, technical personnell. that people are going to be talk- initially to the BBC (especially supposedly roaring economy) to an obituary of Powell, for that has My gripe is that no British direc- ing about Kenneth Branagh and BBC2) and subseouentlv to the back it. Whatever else, we should already been done by people who tor today is as willing to take the · Stephen Frears with quite same larger ITV companies such as be proud for h~v in g produced pea­ knew both him and his work far chances and risks necesarry for ·respect as we do about Hitchcock Granada, British TV has always: ple of the stature of Powell, enjoy better than me, but my contention great cinema in the way that or Read, and it has been well said managed to attract and writers di- ·his work and be hopeful for a bet­ is rather that not only have we Powell (and Pressburge~) once did that, occassional films apart, the rectors of not inconsiderable talent ter future.

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