ISSUE 1623 FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY 2016 The Student Newspaper of Imperial College London Rewinding time in Where have all the Life Is Strange. maintenance grants gone? PAGE 10 GAMES PAGE 3 NEWS Medic boat club stopped on way to Belgium for being too drunk The annual trip to Leuven ended abruptly at Dover when students were sent home ast week’s ICSM Boat Grace Rahman the driver at 3:30am over the getting close to his legal driving arranged to fly or take the train to club’s annual trip to Editor-in-Chief students’ behaviour. The coach left limit time, this would be impossible. Leuven instead. These members got Belgium ended before it Hammersmith as scheduled at a The Dover port police were called, to their destination without a hitch. really even began – at the quarter past midnight on Saturday. to help the coach get out of the This news comes after last year’s ferry port in Dover. captain told members that “[P&O] The coach company alleges that one way system before the group shenanigans on the same club’s LCurrent medics and alumni were were willing for us to be allowed on some students caused damage at were driven back to Hammersmith. annual Leuven trip, when a coach prevented by P&O ferry staff from after a 2-3 hour wait. Unfortunately, Maidstone service station, which Upon returning, the group tried to window was smashed on the way boarding the boat which would have the coach drivers were unwilling P&O ferries confirmed. Thebook another coach in an attempt to Dover. Although the person taken them to mainland Europe, as to co-operate, hence are currently boat club denies that there were to save the short weekend trip, but responsible was an alumni student, they were too drunk. driving us back to London”. any complaints made during the could not. the whole club was suspended The students tried to board the The trip from Hammersmith planned stop in Maidstone. Drinking was heavy on the trip, during Imperial College Union’s 4:50am ferry from Dover to Calais to Dover had not been without The boat club was told by P&O with some rowers reportedly having investigation. but were “drunk and disorderly” issue. The coach company’s depot that they could take a slightly later port bottles strapped to their arms, The ICSM President and boat according to port staff. P&O ferries manager was first contacted by ferry, but as the coach driver was that they weren’t allowed to remove club declined to comment on this took the decision not to allow the until the bottles were finished. year’s incident. The tweet printed students to travel when they were The trip, which cost £80 per ticket, here suggests the club has not been scheduled to. involved two coaches and 100 issued with a ban. A representative In an email, sent as the students students, who each pay £70 per year of Imperial College Union told us were heading back to London for club membership. they “had been informed and are having been turned away, the club’s This tweet was sent after the party were turned away at Dover. Some students had previously investigating”. nd PAGE 2 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON FRIDAY 22 JANUARY 2016 felixonline.co.uk [email protected] Contents A word from the Editor News 3 Editor-in-Chief Grace Rahman Comment 6 News Editor Science 7 Matthew Johnston love the medics, in all of their the first Oxford Tube on a Sunday Comment Editors Games 10 forms. I like the artsy medics, morning? They were allowed to Tessa Davey and Vivien Hadlow the Muslim medics, the medic drink on the coach. P&O wouldn’t Music 11 Science Editors sabbs, the medics who try and let them on the ferry. The coach Jane Courtnell and Lef Apostolakis sell me doughnuts in SAF, and even wouldn’t let them wait for the next TV 12 the sporty ones. one. It was unfortunate. I hope they Arts Editors I Indira Mallik, Jingjie Cheng and Look, if we were all stuck on a get their dosh back. Max Falkenberg Arts 19 desert island, the boat club medics But it did happen so I’m going would survive a lot longer than to report on it. If I see a suspicious Music Editor Film 24 me. While I’d be writing out my looking tweet, I’m going to start Cale Tilford tweets in the sand and trying to making phonecalls. It doesn’t mean Games 27 Film Editor find a football to draw a face on for I don’t like boat club, or P&O, or Fred Fyles company, they could perform first port, or Belgium or medics because Clubs & Societies 28 aid, fashion slings from palm leaves I enjoy all of the above. One of my Welfare Editor and most likely build a basic boat best friends is a medic! I went to Noor Mulheron Hangman 39 and row to the nearest habitated Leuven! I went on a boat once! This Sports Editor land mass, all in a time that BUCS gal’s got no agenda, except to create Josh O’Donnell Puzzles 30 would be proud of. I have the utmost high quality content for millenials. respect for people that I know could What is FELIX for? Well, it’s a will report on it. That’s life, chums! Puzzles Editors Hamish Beck and Roxana Radu Sport 32 outlive me on a desert island. job for one thing, which brushes If this all sounds quite exciting you They got hammered on a coach, the tumbleweed from my CV and should probably write for us. And if Food Editor FELIX, Beit Quad, man. It happens. People get allows me to enjoy the finer things you hate us now, we’ll let you write Sanjay Bhattacharya Prince Consort Road, hammered on coaches all the time, in life, like food and accomodation. for us too. It’s nice to have a bit of TV Editor London SW7 2BB and worse. Have you ever been on But news happens, and the paper variation. Saad Ahmed Tel: 020 7594 8072 Printed by Iliffee Print Cambridge, Copy Editors Winship Road, Cambridge Henry Lloyd-Laney Registered Newspaper ISSN 1040-0711 Cover pictures by Creative Copyright © FELIX 2015 Commons, Cale Tilford and Ian Boyle Letters In response to ‘Imperial clear natural boundaries, one race, very successful, with the course on the students to take good lecture is certainly right that I cared about professor makes questionable one culture, one language, one which I was the sole teacher usually notes. Some staff members flashed my students and topic. I am still in comments on race in new book’, religion. I am not advocating those getting the highest or second many PowerPoint slides on and contact with many former students Issue 1622 things. Given the enormous amount highest average mark of any course off, not letting students take down even from many years ago. I had There have been many reports in of conflict caused within and in the department, with approval details in the lecture, condemning many delightful students and really the newspapers of ‘no-go’ areas in between countries by differences in of the second marker and external them to spend ages looking them enjoyed teaching them, whatever large cities in England. race, culture and religion, I do not examiners. It is complete rubbish up electronically later if they their ability level. There is absolutely no need to give see how any sensible person could that I wrote out all my lecture wanted the details. More than once Should FELIX wish too [sic] citations for my opinions in this object to that theoretical list. notes on the board - an impossible the students gave me 100% highly publish my reply, I am happy for book. I give a list of factors (page 18) As for the comments by ‘Stan’ task in the time. I did write major satisfied ratings in the end of course them to do so, providing they give which could help minimise internal about my teaching methods, I terms on the board and pit [sic] up official student questionnaires, so me a copy. and external conflicts, including have to say that my methods were diagrams on the board. This helped not all were of Stan’s opinion. Stan Dr Bernard Lamb (online) PAID ADVERT JANUARY SALES Visit our shops and venues to get great deals that are easy on the wallet this January! imperialcollegeunion.org/januarysales Union banner 14 Jan.indd 1 14/01/2016 16:33 felixonline.co.uk FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY 2016 PAGE 3 NEWS [email protected] Maintenance grants are no more From September there will be no more maintenance money from the government that doesn’t have to be paid back n Tuesday, Labour’s when the student loans are written attempt to reverse the off and not, as is the case now, when government’s decision the grants are first given out. to scrap maintenance Osborne’s use of this loophole grants was foiled. allows him on paper to make huge OFrom September 2016, students strides towards “balancing the will only be able to access means- books by the end of this parliament” tested loans, which they will have despite just prolonging the cost. to pay back once earning over the Strong criticism was also voiced over £21,000 salary threshold. the way the government enacted At the moment around 500,000 these changes, doing so without a students in England are given full commons debate via the process means-tested grants to cover living of a “Statutory Instrument”.