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NEWS IN BRIEF Better-Informed SRC? The long and the New Appointments AFTER THE SUCCESS of the · THE SRC, WHICH was founded Publicity Committee on Union 100 years ago laal week by Robert affairs the SAC Executive has set Fitzroy Bell, has two new up an Information Committee for short of it and "getting' students treated like In the interest of members. Juliette Lowe was itself. Mike Conway, Honorary adults, ye ken". (Bob has an ele-cled External Affairs Convener Secretary, supported the idea for objectivity (and you have endearing, unaffected charm). He last Thursday, January 19 and the purposes of gathering said that the referendum was a test to admit we are nothing if Mark Burgess Academic Affairs information rather than for not objective!) Student for both EUSA and NUS itself. Convener last Monday, January publicisi ng the SAC. The Jim then went on to say that the t6. Honorary Treasurer, Teresa Bray, hopes to give equal pro- NUS faction needs to amounts of space to both on the other hand, thought the convince about 3,000 students to Football 1; whole idea was a bureaucratic factions in the NUS' vote for NUS in order to win the waste of time. day. This would be done, he said, Church 0 referendum campaign. by " mor e leaflet i ng and However, we ran into A Sunday afternoon com­ canvassing". He.alluded to himself munion at a church next to Wave Goodbye? difficulties at our first and Bob as being a "little and large Tynecastle has been called off attempt. The meetings to team". Maybe that's who it was . because it clashes with Hearts RUMOURS THAT THE grant to or was it longer ago? select the directors of third round cup-tie with Partick the Department of Me-chanlcsl Campaign Information facts Thistle. The communion service Engineering Wave Power Project each campaign took were then distributed (I wasn't and the match wfJre due to start at was lo become a viclim of the allowed to take one - "wrong place on Wednesday Susan Deacon the same time next Sunday. About lalest round of cuts have proved lo 18th. One lasted for two As Ken scurried away having hands" and all that). The subject of 100 worshippers were expected, be unfounded. Although several performed his job with the skill and money was discussed and various while the football is likely to attract other projects In British minutes and th€ other precision we have come to expect proposals were put forward as to 10,000. Universities have been whoHy or took over two hours to from him; Susan took the floor, how people could be convinced . partially axed, the Edinburgh looking equally formidable. She that they will be getting value for · Liverpool CND proje-ct remains unscathed and conclude. We can only their £37,861 . It would be unfair to report what we saw and . immediately stressed the need for work at lhe department's famous maintaining a " high profile" list the proposals here since they si-t-in ·wave tank will continue tor al leas! heard. throughout the campaigA, were not designed to be heard by . 'Members of Liverpool Univer­ the next two years. The anli-NUS faction met in asserting that Edir>burgh is not a those who were once on the other sity CNE> held a sit-In at the Room 17 of the William Robertson lost cause and that if everyone .side of.the wall, but had long since unlvenity recently to prevent Building while the pro-NUS here-is prepared to give up the next gone home. anyway, I'm sure they recruitment Interviews for the Festival bonus supporters were getting their act few weeks of their time the vote know: I thought I smelt a rat- or at .A1o·m1c Weapo-ns R,esearch Edinburgh Council are to pay together in the next room at the will be to re-affiliate to the NUS. least a mole. ·E.tabllshment, Aldermaaton. It the Festival Society an additional On campaigning, the advice , same time. It was probably as well Growing increasingly uncom­ worked well. T-nty demonstra­ £70,000 grant to offset last year's that there was a · wall between for-table and lonely, Susan from the chair was to be careful to.rs managed to stop the £150,000 deficit. It was claimed the them. As well, that is, for two .eventually asked for B9b and Jim not to put stickers on University Interviewer, a ciYII servant from the loss had been administrative, not minutes. Only 17 people arrived in •to be sent for. Now Bob and Jim property since this is illegal. On AWRE, trom meeting any ot lhe artistic. But Labour councillors room 17 (cute, eh?). The absence were hiding in DHT basement cafe other issues, both sides of each potential applicants. He left lhe criticised the Festival Society for of females prompted Mike awaiting nervously to see whether argument were put and unlverslly alter an exchange of ignoring the Edinburgh com­ Conway to comment "eh ... there or not we wanted to hear them compromises were generally views - not inlervlewsl munity in favour of prestigious, reached. The campaign should be are so few women here . .. eh ... it speak. We all clamoured " Oh, yes elitist productions. looks like the Masons ... eh . please" except for Anna Burnside interesting - I have a sneaky Bacon,eggs The meeting was chaired by (professional hack et al) who feeling that you will all be hearing Heather Lamont. She asked for a asked " Is the urn boiling yet?" It from this group somehow, and NUS Israeli Students nomination , M i ke Conway wasn't - it was still tepid. somewhere. Oh! Morecambe and Wise! No, ON 19TH JANUARY Neil nominated Tim Farley, some other Tepid, that is, until Bob and Jim Stewart appeared on "Breakfast THE ARREST OF two students In rusk - sorry hack - seconded, made their appearance. I can't that's not right either. the West Bank's Blrzelt University Michael Devlin Time" TV when, as spokesman for and that was it: two minutes of think which comedy duo they NUS, he brought the plight of has prompted Senior President, sheer democracy. reminded me of. Anyway, one of NB: The antl-NUS faction did hold students to the attention of the Ken Shoji, to send a telegram to Meanwhile, on the other side of them slipped under the crack in an earlier meeting which meant public. Being interviewed by Frank the Israeli Detence Minister Moshe Nissim. The telegram read '"We the wall, Ken Shoji hadn't even the door while the other quietly that the one mentioned above Bough, he claimed that there were requesl immedlat release ol finished clearing his throat. He opened the wall and came in that need only have lasted two 350 , 000 further education gave a speech about rules and way. Introductions made it clear minutes. However, since this student's receiving no grant at all, Mohamad Sarraj and Naef Seel!at." regulations, urged the large crowd that they were Bob Mclean and meeting was In no way and that thousands more were Juliette Lowe, the new External. to keep it clean, rang the bell,. Jim Doran, the President and publicised, 'Sludent' could do receiving less than the £25 per Affairs Convener, who knows the shouted "seconds away" ... well,· Vice-President of Scottish NUS nothing about It. The campaign week paid to youth trainees. Mr ·students personally said that one he didn't really. He asked for respective ly. organiser, Tim Farley, was Invited Bough suggested that maybe had been arrested simply for nominations, someone recom­ Bob was the first to speak, as he lo write a report of what happened there shouldn't be so many having a book about Palestlne, a· mended Susan Deacon, someone outlined the general objectives of at the earlier meting. Al time of students. Neil wanted to say "piss­ word which Is virtually Illegal In, else seconded, no one opposed NUS - better students grants, going to press, no such report has off!" but didn't. Israel. Both cases are belog and that it was it - nearly! defence of travel award system arrived In the 'Student' office. supported by Amnesty lnter­ King of Energy ·nallonal. Edinburgh Is expected to be Ken kept busy as chosen soon as one ot lhe "leading Self-Defence cities" In a Department of Energy experiment. Local MPs believe Boom that the city's excess eleclrlclty capacity at Cockenzle power THE TREND TOWARDS muscle­ demands for station makes II particularly bound women in the University suitable for the experiment Into a seems set to continue. Over 40 combined heat and power 'students have registered for network. Earlier In lhe week !hey Women's Self-Defence Classes letters increase had a 'lrlendly' meeting with Lord which last term successfully Avon, a Junior Minister In the DOE. attracted even greater numbers. The present SRC seems ------to have been weaned on the milk of international solidarity and brother­ hood if the events of Edinburgh makes chart recent months are anything to go by, writes Edinburgh University is received the Times Higher It is nol surprising that some Graham Chalmers. one of the top five Education Supplement's ques­ prejudice should show through institutions of higher tionnaire. Edinburgh comes out given that three of the survey's six The rate at which it has sent best in Biology and English questions asked tor the personal letters to parties involved in education in Britain winning 4th position in both in opinion of the heads of political controversies outside the according to a Times terms of the quality of Its researcH. departments on other Universities. University has been truly Higher Education Sup­ In terms ot teaching It Is 4th top in One, for example, read, "in which staggering. Cuts in the NHS, the plement survey. Although Biology but only 14th In English. department outside your own, arrest of two Israeli students, Jo Predictably the top three are made would you most like to hold an Richardson's Sexual Equality Bill the survey reflects well on up of Oxford, Cambridge and academic post in Britain . . .? " and even the Manchester Gay the_. University's English London. The whole value ot the survey Centre, have all been the subject and Biology deparJments In Business/ Management has also been undermined by the of letters from the SAC. Studies its performance was poor response to the question­ The likelihood of it passing up in particular its con­ somewhat weaker. Dominant in naire. In no department was the the chance to comment on Dr clusions should be taken terms of research are the London response rate higher than 50 0/o. In Ham ish Henderson's recent with an academic pinch of and Manchester Business Schools the case of English only 37 0/o rejection of an O BE was, with Edinburgh lagging behind In responded. An intended survey of therefore, as great as the chances salt because they reflect 14th place. Medicine had lo be abandoned of finding someone who can the views of no more than However, some disquiet after a pitifully low response. understand TV's 'The Prisoner'. towards the vatue of the survey has Some may feel, however, that the Ken, snowed under by the a half of Britain's higher On Tuesday, January 17, Ken been caused by the visible survey was never meant to provide demands being made on his letter­ education institutions. Shoji, Senior President, was absence of any colleges or a definitive guide in the first place writing skills, has hardly had any predictably authorised to send a The heads of three departments, polytechnics lrom the top 15 and still gives a good rough time for the more important things letter of support to Dr Henderson Biology, English and Business/ · places. In ·only one de.partment, comparison between places of in life like ea ting, sleeping, and who has made his opposition to Management Studies , in Biology, did a college or higher education in Britain. the government's defence and listening for those little sounds universities, colleges and poty­ polytechnic, in this case Hatfield, education policies crystal clear. that go plip, plop, plish in the bath. te ch n I cs throughout Britain manage to get in the top five. Graham Chalmers THE STUDENT Thursday, 26th January 1984 3

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Signs of hope for graduates The Mole

A new report on graduate employees. in commun i cating, or in account. job prospects suggests Other fields where demand may computing. The optimism expressed tn the increase are in civil engineering, report despite these numbers is that there are signs at last The increasing use of the armed forces, food. drink and not of course reflected in the computers in al l aspects of public of an increase in em­ textile manufacture, and certain overall rates of UK unemploy­ and private sector business means areas of accountancy. ment. This points a move towards ployers ' requirements. that many employers are prepared The report also notes changes in a "higher proportion of highly Th e report, produced annually to tak e on and train non-computer the timing and pattern of skil led people in a smaller total by th ree national careers organ­ literate graduates in lieu of employers' recruitment ; they are workforce", as the report puts it. isation s, sounds a note of specifically computer-orientated becoming less rigid in their In other words. the favoured "cautious optimism" about the recruitment schemes, more ready ones. Ms Saxton was keen to future. stress that many employers still position of graduates in the jobs to recruit as vacancies arise. They market might yet become still But it also makes clear how vita l are also tending increasingly to genuinely sought graduates in any it remains for graduates to be discipline: the key was to be more comfortable, at lhe expense look for those graduates who have of others. Ms Saxton spoke of thorough and determined in their spent time gaining relevant work flexible. career search. situations in which fi rms had laid experience afta.r leaving univer­ The report estimates the grand oft less skilled employees and at Industries concerned with new sity before moving into a long­ total ot 1984 graduates as 112,000. tech nology lead the field with their the same time increased their term career. This includes polytechni c graduate intake. nee d for more and more Jane Saxton. of Edinburgh graduates and those who have But Ms Saxton was anxious to graduates: electronic engineers University Careers Service, completed higher degrees. Of emphasise the "cautious" aspect are sti ll in short supply. In more agreed with the report's state­ these, approximately 66.000 of the report, warning against traditional industries too - oil and ments regarding the importance of would be available for immediate complacency: thorough prepara- chemicals, and engineering - gaining experience in areas not UK employment, 5,500 more than tion for every application made .,.,..__.__..,__ ._ ___ • there is a slight upturn in demand. necessarily connected with in 1983 Approximately 10,000 remained essential. Sic Transit Gloria And retail organisations are academic study - experience in graduates, still unemployed after begi_nrn ng to seek more graduate numeracy, in working with people, last year, must also be taken into James Meek Mundi . .. Andy Warhol once said every­ body was famous for five minutes. This applied to Peter 'Scooby' Dow who stood for every post Thick thieves raid SAS Financial possible in the Students' Associa­ tion elections winning three The Student Accommo­ Thieves broke in vi a the base­ they might have come away with a convenerships. ment window. Mr Stewart, the dation Service was potentially rich haul. They found Exposing himself quite Director of SAS, believes that they advice their way into one of the key broken into over the Decreasing real value of grants shamelessly at hustings, he were looking for cash . They cupboards, in which each key was collected disciples that followed weekend, raising fears ignored calculators, adding labelled with the relevant address. m e ans increasing financ i al p ro bl e m s. Students now him everywhere. In his red cape that keys for student flats machines, a computer console Mr Stewart has spoken to the and Superman Y-fronts with Jesus and even some loose change that Ma ster of Works about improving increasingly rely on other sources had been stolen. t o supplement their grants. hair he became a cult figure and was lying about. security, but there is little that can the talk of all social circles. But despite an advisory letter Knowing where to go and how to They ransacked the office, be done. Bars could be installed in Last Friday at the Potterrow, sent by the SAS to all student get this help can, however, be a breaking door fra m es and the base ment windows, but this however, this blast from the past tenants, warning them to check buckling filing cabinets. But in the problem. would degrade the worki n g had lost al/ that he used to have. their insurance and the security of In response to this, the Students' end all that was stolen was a kettle environment and become a sa fety Prancing around the dance floor their flats, it is believed that no and a packet of Polo mints. hazard in the event of fire. Association, in conjunction with the Stud e nt Adv i sory and like an idiot, this correspondent keys were taken. Had the thieves been brighter James Mee k Counselling Service are se tting up felt only pity for this "New a Money Advice Centre. Messiah" who had ended up a MAC will be open each robot giving a long practised Wednesday from 12 till 2 pm to performance. Deep, hidden wellsprings offer advice and information on He managed, at least, to upstage g r ants, supplementary and a failed transvestite with unshaven housing benefit, banks and over­ mug, black dress and lipstick' generate hot air drafts and various other areas Action in the Factions which may cause students' fi nancial problems. Those wanting to help one The centre will be staffed by faction or other of the NUS trained student volunteers - a Campaign were entreated by member of the Student Advisory posters to go to obscure rooms in and Counselling Service will also the William Robertson Building be present should additional help This correspondent went to Room or information be required. 17 (as the astrologer advised). MAC requires volunteers, who There were all of six ruthless will be trained, to set-up and work Antis were licking their lips in glorious anticipation of victory. An in the centre. If you would like to get involved, please leave your election was required and Tim name and address in the Students' 'Rusk' Fa rley was "democratically Association Offices as soon as selected Anli-Mob Captain. The possible. meeting halted after all of two For further details see Susan minutes and they all pissed off to Deacon (Vice-President - Court) the secrecy of scheming in the in the Association Offices. nearest hostelry. Next door the situation was entirely different. The Pabloites of the Labour Club were vying with the Euro-Communists, Liberals, Slander Seditionaries, Fourth Inter­ nationalists, Andropov sipping a Lemsip and a stuffed Monkey in a charges Pear-tree for the job of chairperson. Pablo's Dog Susan "Mae West" Hey - whick prick lett the door open? Three Tory students at Nottingham Univers ity Deacon was elected and the meeting dragged on a further two The University Annual Report infamous City Days are referred to tor themselves. These include are facing disciplinary hours. Then they trooped oft to the for 1982-83 has just been released. by Dr Burnett as being "so Sally Magnusson - TV presenter charges over their all eged usual "Bop Against Fascism "/ This is one of those self­ and author, and Alyson Burnett - successful that there can be no "Macro-biotics Against Reagan'' congratulatory documents which doubt that ... they must in future an inspector in the Bank of slandering of staff. sponsored jog/"Lesbian Arma­ Edinburgh University is wont to Scotland (that's what Is says!). T he To ry studenls' magazine become part of the normal life of dillos for Equal Pay" meeting etc. produce from time to time. This The actual report on the year Climax-the Blue Magazine Town and Gown" . The pro-faction was certainly one is especially so since it deals deals mainly with a financial recently l isted 20 university As you can see, the report Is larger and more vocal but the mai n mainly with the "success" ot the difficulties faced by the University teachi ng staff as "The Top 20 totally objective and impassive. difference is this - while the Antis quatercentenary celebrations. and how well we have coped with commie subversive homosexual This mood is sustained by held their meeting as a formality lecturers". These celebrations tend to reference to the University being them. In fact, the point which the Pros had all their voters turned comes across most forcibly is that But two of the three students I dominate the Princlpal's introduc­ seen as "the great and inter­ out! from the magazine's editorial tion to the report. Dr Burnett national seat of learning which it 0/1 the whole we have been very I lucky as far as financial aid is board deny the charges against claims that 1982-83 " has been a is". But I suppose Or Burnett has a ! Fair and Square concerned. Luck eventually runs them, claiming that they were not good and rewarding year despite good point. If we don't pat our own The publicity and design expert out, but the report lists some even on campus when the difficult circumstances" in which backs, who else will? The BBC? of the Students' Association, excellent self-help projects being magazine was put together. '1he deep, hidden wellsprings The next section of the report David ' Hack' Petherick, was undertaken by the University, e.g. The list, which included a senior 1 Which generate and sustain deals with the graduates of the severely scolded by 'Mother' seven new squash courts being professor, described one member affection and idealism in a University - the guys and gals Teresa Bray for using six letters of erected and financed by a of staff as a " black, lesbian cow". university have been revealed to who raised £400,000 for us and Letraset in an NUS-NO badge. Tsk commercial loan to be serviced A n other was dubbed "ex­ public scrutiny" . Oh yea , I'm sure now we cannot decide what to do tsk. from charges made. Cambridge and a real bender" we're all feeling it too, Doc! with it. Graduates really are Later that day what did this Although not perhaps the most The students involved face scattered all over the globe. For correspondent see in the offices - The reference is, of course, to objective document in the world, possible suspension for a year, as instance, three in five in Susan Deacon frantically photo­ lhe part played by Edinburgh city Fiji, this annual report is worth a read. well as possible fines. " It was only copying some secret paper with in our celebrations such as their Papua, New Guinea, and 93 in This is your University which is meant as a joke, for internal Teresa Bray in the dark of the decision to fly the quater­ Ireland. being assessed and directed. Find consumption," said Richard office, and flinging it quickly in a centenary flags "proudly along the Several students are singled out Russell , one of the three. out about it. briefcase. The mind boggles. length of Princes Street". The as having done particularly well Michael Devlin James Meek 4 THE STUDENT Thursday, 26th )anuary 1984 -:,i Hews. -~ . . ·News.~• • News~ .... ····.· Challlbers St. Pressure Fred Price's Letter from redevelopment for arts America change Horizontal communica­ Peace at Last ••• tion is an activity soon to be enjoyed by Staff/ Student Liaison Com­ Cape Cod mittee Representatives At most other times ol year I from the Arts Faculty, CAPE COD, Massachusettes - We all need our <,ape Cods. The would have been swallowed up in according to Colin Cape- I mistakenly called it _the motor boats, sun tan oil. exhaust Hancock, Convener of Cod for my first 24 hours - 1s a fumes and an immgratory mass of spur ol land jutting out into the Americans seeking fun and games the SRC Arts Facu lty on the sandy beaches and Committee. Atlantic south east of Boston. On a map 1t looks like a weight lifter's welcoming night clubs. But one Mr Hancock was addressing a arm poised for a muscle test; to radio station thought I was quaint meeting of nearly 50 representa­ visit, it oilers (in Winter at least) a enough to merit 45 seconds one tives from th e Faculty last protecti ve cloak of wilderness for morning between Pau l McCartney Thursday to introduce the the isolationist. Chilly, damp andd and the 8 o'clock news, so I braced establishment ol the new Arts often misty, i t still manages to myself to talk meaningfully about Students' Council, for which the sooth away such evils as the Cape, the weather and other first elections will take place on 9th screeching cars and crowds. ?f light topics. I said something February, to coincide with the restaurant goers. In summer, 1t 1s about the waves lapping up on the NUS referendum. After numerous reborn as Bullins, but if you want sand one of the nearby beaches; delays since the original idea was quiet the winter is fine. _ the chat show host then asked me conceived by Main Ann Cullen The little towns and villages are -about England ("Tell me, they say and Ann McCreath more than a mostly deserted, and row after row there's a town near you called year ago, the SRC finally approved of fine mansions stand gloomily Suffix-upon-Prefix") and then it plans to set up th'e Council last empty while the owners stay at was cheerio and back to the local Thursday. home or seek the sun. That leaves scandal and a fire on Hyannis The aim of this body, Mr the real residents to potter in and crossroads. Hancock explained, is to provide out ol the post office, to enter the But you needn't listen to the an efficient means of communica­ chemist's without being pushed radio. You need not bother about tion between Reps lrom different about by sandy footed teenagers other places and their traffic jams, This Is the happy house. departments faced with similar and to drive their cars down the police commissioners . strikes, situations or problems, perhaps main streets in three minutes tower blocks and crushed social for a lift. The lift will be used to take At a cost of over £100,000 with a view to form standard instead of th irty. It is for them a co-existence. The Cape, is not beer barrels upstairs to the bar practices for such matters as pleasant time, a holiday before the much to the tramper from New Chambers Street Union is recently opened there. Replace­ selection procedures for Class summer slog when they have to Zealand, the surfer from Australia, to be given a much­ ment for the lost loos will b~ found Reps. The Council will rece_ive smilingly accommodate the the hill walker from Wales and the needed facelift. but cutting the female toilets in financial and administrati ve sun-bather from France. It is, half. tourists. Aliens who turn up on the The main features of the re ­ support from the SRC, but will not Cape in January, as I did, come to however, uncomplicated, which is Work on the scheme begins at development are a new set of stairs be primarily an associate body of sit or walk or stare at the sea. I met more than you can say for most the end of second term, and the leading directly down from the it. However, such an organisation a young man who had travelled up built-up and tourist orientated contractors will take over the entrance of the building to the should reduce the distance from New York fot just one day - places. Nothing really happens. building during Easter. The basement, and a transfer of video between "ordinary Arts students" round trip of nearly 400 miles. He The whole beach opens up and no ground floor will be shut off once game machines en masse from the and the SRC, Mr Hancock lelt was gazing at the waves, dangling one is on it, and all that can be third term starts, but eating, basement to what is now the Asked what sort of problems the his feet from a rock, shrouded in heard is the occasional drinking and making merry will television room on the ground new Arts Students' Council would tog and en1oy1ng a view ol at least hammering of a resident makmg still be possible. August 1st is the floor. deal with, Mr Hancock replied that thirty yards. I know he loved 11. the most of the good weather and target for project completion - in There is also to be a new the greatest difficulty resulting It's pleasant to walk. I was repairinQ the roof of his summer time for the start of the Festival. laundry, with two washing from the distance of the SRC was stayng at Hyannis, very near the pride. And away from the beaches, The Students' Association can machines and two driers, which that they are riot aware of the Kennedy family hide-out, and the the little communities seem to find the finance for this kind of will provide the first student nature of the particular problems area pays its respects through have frozen into inactivity. The large-scale capital spending once laundry service in the George which are recurrent in the Arts memorials and buildings. By most movements comes from every few years - the lait similar Square area. Faculty, because students do not lollowing the beach towards the feeders of ducks and a few people effort was the improvement to The move of video games to a bring problems to the attention of Kennedy estate you come across who fill bottles with fresh water Teviot Row In 1980. II was agreed new, specially adapted arcade people who are in a position to the JF Kennedy memorial, a smart springs under the lee of impressi_ve that Chambers Street was looking room will mean more space In the help. For example, many students little park with his face engraved in looking mill houses and frigid, excessively tatty and tacky, and basement eating area which Is to feel that curricula or teaching bronze on a stone pillar. His elder spartan trees. . the scheme got the Finance be made more open by the methods in the Arts Faculty are brother is honoured by an ice rink. I lelt the Cape briefly to v1st Comm ittee's go-ahead. removal of various low walls which outdated, o r that there should be As I tripped past the JFK Marth's Vineyard, one of the two The Union President, Heather currently ornament it. provision in the Faculty to acquire memorial, heading beachward on islands standing a small way off Lamont, expressed a hope that the A bargain has been struck with greater computer or numeracy a rare cloudless day with a bitter the coast. Similar to the Cape in changes would lead to a more the adjacent University Staff Club, skills. With the support of the Arts wind turning my nose blue, a wild that it is deserted in winter months, attractive, and hence more which will be given the Union's Students' Council it would be figure on a bright red bicycle Martha's Vineyard has beaches popular, building. present gent's to ilets In exchange possible to exert pressure for such overtook me, lookec hard and often inaccessible to the humble James Meek changes, in the view of both Mr dismounted to walk alongside me. visitor because they all seem to be Hancock and Ken Shoji, the He took long agitated strikes, the owned by the houses set back Senior President. strides of someonw ealking away against the island's coast road. But The date of the first election rather than going to. ''You're a the inhabitants were absent, GM: no motions, deliberately coincides with the missing the serenity ol the silent foreigner, aren't you? l like talking NUS referendum in the hope of to foreigners. I took the day off, sunny day - there were two stimulating a high turn out. Every that's why I'm here. Well, actually, during my six day stay - and student in the Arts Faculty will be I've been sacked. But I've taken the ignorant of the pleasantly calming no meeting qualities the brisk air offered. ~o I able to vote for a Chairperson, day olf as well. The Lord will save Next Monday's General one more GM this term, on Secretary and Treasurer. The rest us. As soon as people realise that trespassed withou! !ear, hopping February 27, to get its con­ ana skipping over the sand of Meeting has been of the Council will comprise SSLC God is God, and stop thinking of stitutional amendments through. Reps from each department and him as a corrupt and evil deity, perhaps 50 properties. I _met no­ cancelled because of The Senior President thinks that the old SAC Arts Faculty then it'll be OK. There are lots of us one, and enjoyed the 1solal1on student apathy. No a SRC working party should be set Committee members, totalling around you see - Veterans (I'm a lauded by Melville. It was Melville, motions were presented up to reassess the entire role of the approximately 35. After February. veteran) and everything·s in fact, who said that islanders GM. In the light of the current the elections for Executive posts wrong. But believe in rel igion, not such as those from the Vineyard to the SRC before the trend of student apathy it may be on the Council will occur during God. No corruption, no more evil turned to whaling because they closing date of January that GMs should become con­ May, in line with the Students' We'll be saved. Useless deities." had previous little else to do 1n t_he 16. As a result, there sultative bodies with no formally Association Annual General He Jumped on his bike. and frosty winter. But then, Melville binding powers over the SRC. Elections, starting this year. But wasn't really concerned abo_ut could be a major change disappeared round the corner, a Ironically, if the SRC was to plump the first elect,on will be held so nervous and confused mass of tangible things like islands. Like in the role of future GMs. for this choice it would have to put soon because 11 is considered definitions in a world that was the veteran, he wasn't at peace The SRC Executive made the it first to a GM in its existing form essential to launch the Council offerong, at last, a bit of peace. with the readily apparant. decision to cancel even though ii before it could enact it. with a " big bang" so that another has important constitutional Ken Shoji has not said whether year does not drag by belore 11 1s amendments, i ncluding the he would favour such a move but fully operational. restructuring of the SRC itself, that he did point out that Edinburgh The Council will depend on the need to be put to students. The was one of the few Scottish commitment of the constituent Senior President, Ken Shoji, Universities whose GM did give Reps, said Mr Hancock but it is believed, however, that they would students real power. II would be a also up to the ordinary student to not have been "great crowd­ tragedy if student participation in stop wh1ngeing and try airing pullers" and that the meeting the University had to suffer to complaints to a body that will have would not have reached the magic enable the SRC to function the ability to instigate improve­ quorate figure of 300. This ~eans smoothly. ments. that the present SRC have only Graham Chalmers Tanya Woolf Comment THE STUDENT Thursday, 26th January 1984 5

Breaking the rules

Dear Editor, With reference to last week's article entitled "NUS Society jumps the gun with publicity" could I take this opportunity to point out the inaccuracy of this item. Edinburgh University Student Newspape STUDENT The General Meeting motion, Fact or Fiction? passed quorately last November, which called on a referendum to Dear Student, G.M. s in the balance Affiliation to NUS will not involve be held, contained th e following In last weeks 'Student' the statement: The Students' Association's decision to cancel the question was posed " Fact or any cut in service or price rises in Fiction? .. . It NUS is voted in will the Union. The finances of the next General Meeting is not unexpected. Too few Students ' Association are "The Students' Association there be money to finance Executive is to organise the students are strongly interested in motions for the 'Student'." There is no need to structured so that £70,000 is set aside each year for projects and referendum details. The final supposedly min_ority issues; to keep pret!3nding that worry on this score. Affiliation to details are to be approved by developments. Furthermore1 with this 1s not true 1s mere stupidity. It is only common NUS and the production of the SAC. " 'Student' are complementary. the phasing-in agreement for the sense to consider a change in the planning of GMs. NUS affiliation lee the planned The future financing o f The important point is that a// However, it is obvious that General Meetings are a vital Publications Board and hence projects for Union development will not be affected. referendum regulations had to be part of student democracy and their importance 'Student' was assured at the approved by the SAC before they Students' Association General Rather than waJting. lime on the should never be degraded; it would be much more internal finances of the Students' could be binding. Prior to this Meeting In November 1982. An taking place, no guidelines were in popular, worthwhile and logical to hold future General Association we should be annual grant of .between 21 / 2% operation. (See also SAC National Meetings only when 'X' number of motions have been and 4% of the total grant received considering the real issues of the NUS referendum which are of Affairs Committee minutes submitted. by the Students' Association from 11 / 1/84). the University is allocated to Pubs importance to all students. The need for national representation to The article stated that " Publicity Board. This was passed by a was not supposed to appear until Campus II quorate General Meeting and so protect student grants, welfare !'i ghts, travel awards and many after the pro and anti factions met can only be overturned by another on Wednesday 18th". This quorate General Meeting. other matters are decided The BBC 'Campus' series shown last summer did nationally'. It is only through NUS statement is quite untrue and can In a similar vein the motion be refuted by the evidence quoted nothing to enhance the image of Edinburgh students, calling for a referendum on that we can obtain representation and it is on these matters that the above. being so badly balanced and so poorly organised. It affiliation to NUS was also passed Furthermore, the meeting of the i~ a great relief to hear that the Students' Association by a quorate General Meeting. The campaign should be fought. Yours, SAC which approved the 11 ' result of the referendum is binding referendum regulations took place are sponsoring Student TV to produce a 'Campus to on the Students' Ass ociation. Teresa Bray be shown both at the University and around the on Tuesday, 17th January. The leaflet in question was distributed schools. Let us hope that Student TV can present a the previous weekend and could, more honest portrayal of poth the advantages and therefore, in no way be considered difficulties of student life. to be in contravention of the regulations as none existed at that time. We are quite prepared to argue our case for re-affiliation to NUS through all the recogn ised channels but feel that we must Staff point out that, contrary to the claim of your reporter, we have not Editor Ian MacGregor Features lain Cameron "broken the rules". Eric Carlin Yours, A.. t. Ed. James Meek Susan Deacon Sport Rob Kitson Pro-NUS Campaign Chairperson News Michael Devlin Alun Grassick Graham Ch~lmers Jenny Dunn !.lack Page David Pethcrick The plight of the A greater outlet for Musical disgust Arts Bill Williamson Photography Neil Dalgleish isolated scientists Student TV Donna Campbell Donald Pollock Eleanor Zeal Dear Sir, Sir, Graphics Toby Porter Dear Ec:1i:cr, In your ·comment' entitled 'TV I would like to register my It is with great p/e~sure that all Assault' you stated that Student disgust at some of the inane What's On Sarah Hemming Publicity Tanya Woolf us scientists (etc) up a! KB Television has been showing its opinions expressed by Lesley Laura Dickerman earnestly read begging invitations prog.ammes 'to small select Stephen and Russell Brady in Jocelyn Campbell Advertising Nevtlle Moir imploring us to get involved in all audiences·. 'Student's' Music pages last week. the lunchtime events in the centre I should like to explain why, Though their lightning tour of the Music Wendy Barrett Front photo courtesy of the of the universe (George Sq.). prior to the installation of the new music press was naive enough in Neil Dalgleish Scottish National Gallery of Being the hyper-fit lot that we are, monitors , Student TV has itself, what was really objection­ Alastair Dalton Modern Art. we thoroughly enjoy running been unable to let more people see able was their bigoted attitude that down the Mayfield Road at twice All letters, articles, ideas etc. to be su bmitted by next Monday please, c/o the Society's output. George Square is the centre of the the speed of light to cover the four Student TV has to survive on universe. I am a George Square EUSPB, 1 Buccleuch Place. mile return journey in the whatever EUSA decides lV pey out student myself but I would not •••------.1 generous time allowed of 0.01 in the annual disbursement to ha,~ !he gall to characterise KB seconds after lectures (yes we societies. Student Television owns students as ini~:l:!::!~al dullards in actually have to go to ours). Fred's ridiculous generalisations only one portable video recorder. the fashion followed by Stepii;;;; I am happy to report that the new It is this machine which has to be and Brady. parachute connection with British Dear Sir, used with the camera for filming, I have numerous friends who Airways supershuttle from the and which is required for I am writing in response to Fred place and highly diversified. There study science, and on the botany building roof, should cut evidence of this diabolical piece I Price's letters in general and is as much difference between assembling progri;lmmes with the down this time, so any DHT do not hesitate to say that they npecially last week's tirade about people from the east coast and static editing machine in the basement coffee being drunk exhibit considera bly more Mummers Day. I don't think ii people from th" west coast as Pleasance Studio. since getting up at eleven thirty, Hitherto, the only means of intelligence and vitality than the would be "paranoid over-reaction" there is between a Scot and an won't get too cold while everybody showing programmes was to plug perpetrators of this article. to object to Fred's classification of Italian. Try not to judge us on our patiently waits. Furthermore, as a member of the America's youth as " Drugged, president (does Thatcher this recorder into one of the few Yours sincerely, televisions in the Unions (usually 'Student' stall myself I am appalled starved, breathless and wildeyed". represent all of you?), our tourists the KB Runner the one in Teviot Sandwich Bar, by such an offensive piece of non­ It Is evident from the content of his or our television programmes. It's where the weekly 'Lookaround' journalism. People in glass houses letters that Fred Price is too bad that FrE!d Price is having PS: Any Smart Alec s calculating has been shown at 1.15 on should not throw stones, and for approaching his year abroad with such a negative experience, but try that you don't need to travel at Thursdays) Thus it was Stephen and Brady to include a biased and narrow mind. He and keep an open mind when you twice the speed of light to achieve impossible both to make such comments in an article which makes ridiculous generalisations read t,(s pompous and bitter the stated timings have neglected programmes, and have regular simultaneously accuses the musiC Incorporating the whole of comments. the effect of the traffic lights in showings in different places. paper ' Sound s ' of being America. It's about time that Yours faithfully, Buccleuch Place. When all the new monitors prejudiced is the height of people realised America Is a huge L. J. Krupskaya (no relation) become operational, Student TV hypocrisy, will be relieved of the burden of Yours etc, having to use its own limited lain Cameron resources of showings. '3u+ .:r. ~\/.,. A jhor< ••• Whilst I'd rather not make any ~rsffiuD:1~ :~:r r;J comments on the nature of what is ~, "'6" ., ~~· written in 'Student', I would like to -1.,o make the point that 'Student' .)E<'IIRO'" journalists can rely on their fril':I'""'.,.,e. material being reproduced in what Wanted WoT r 1s, technically, as professional a ..,_,o ...,..t-.,e newspaper as they could wish for. People interested in photography, w,,J'fOO ~~ k_r,. o,.., Contrast this situation with that of writing articles, news stories, t oo ~K the Student TV cu rrent affairs reviews. Even if you don't know ,,,erl

between "just the fa c ts" and opinion. When covering the arts includes criticism, some writers Rat race theatre dive into the latter category, splashing superlatives across their copy. Faculty of Rats is a wel l- written, The critic is a unique kind of though slightly disjointed, play. journalistic animal, consciously Duncan Mclean and James Meek flouting the holy ru le of objectivity. collaborate as authors and Critics strut their eccentricities narrators of this ambitious and boldly, proudly displaying their creative work. Separate parts of prejudices Some become the play are outstanding, both Writing for the arts performers themselves, cavorting disturbing and amusing, but as a and parading before their readers, whole, the final impact is a bit entertaining themselves with disappointing. In the pursuit of In Praise of acrobatics on paper at the commentary on the human expense of thtu1rtwor~. condition, politics, education and Fluff Artists theatre, the play is trying to say too much at once, instead of concen­ The critic is a unique kind trating more powerfully on one of journalistic animal, issue. The different levels, though consciously flouting the all pertinent, never come Meat and potatoes journalists look completely together in a cohesive down long noses of objectivity or holy rule of objectivity. conclusion. sniff disdainfully at the "fluff The visual and verbal climax of artists" covering drama, music, the play comes when James Meek visual arts and jance. Poor souls, The critic wears a variety of head recites his poetry to Saint-Saen's they murmur patronizingly , dresses. With the rising cost of Danse Macabre. The dramatic doomed to a life of Sunday tickets for arts events, the critic lighting combined with the poem's editions and fillers. becomes an economic reporter, chilling content make a lasting Fluff artists are a mild-mannered , telling which events are good impression of anger and futility. group and rarely retalliate buys. Like the investigative Until this point, the play has been violently. Instead they meekly go reporter the critic's revelations funny and fast-paced, and about their business, reaping affect who's tops and who topples. apolitical. The dialogue bounces satisfaction and fringe benefits. Lest critics and other 'fluff back and forth between the S0mewhere between the late artists" get too cocky and place narrators, and the action is mimed Neolithic period and EEC, the arts their freedom above accuracy and by Max Alexander as the hero, were quarantined to a insight, the arts world was Tim. As Tim scuttles through the mysterious Never-never land . of constructed in maze-like fashion, maze-like Faculty of Rats, certain soft news and fluttery - ignorinQ requiring the powers of themes become obvious. The rat­ that power, money, sex, prestige observation and research that all Kick-off with Berkoff object of that obsession. The qualities of scavenging for scraps and all elements of he,,dline news areas of coverage do . The best Bucket Rider is the story of a man and abandoning a sinking ship are work and play in the arts world. stories on economics come from who is obsessed with getting coal seen as qualities of human nature. The people and events germinat­ journalists well-versed in Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre since he Is freezing to death. It is Stefan Gleisner and Clare Agnew in the dressing rooms. the studios economic principles. The best welcomes back Steven Berkoff to an allegory by Franz Kafka are actors who snap into character and the practice halls influence articles and reviews on the arts open their new programme. From describing man's callousness and during select scores and develop and are influenced by big come from writers expert in January 31 till February 5 he will indifference to suffering. the more subtle aspects of the play business, politics, economics and drama, music, dance and visual be performing his one-man show: The Bike is about a young man in their different conversations. In other traditional front page arts. Super reporter s are The Tell-Tale Heart and Others. obsessed with his machine which a particularly interesting material. mythological creatures in any The Tell-tale Heart is a horror for him represents his life and his sequence , the omnipotent field, but a journalist's story by Poe about a man who is force. The Actor is a story narrators work the actors like effectiveness is a direct ratio of ~is obsessed with an idea and the only expressing the degradation of puppets. This is another example background knowledge. way to gain peace is to rid himself unemployment and competition in of an excellent part that doesn·t Fluff artists - doomed to of the obsession - to murder the a life of Sunday editions In every theatre. art gallery and the acting profession. quite fit into the whole. concert hall are voices, official or The end of the play has two and fillers. not, eaoer to tell vou what " thP. strong messages: the power of artist is trying to say. " Some are eager to talk about opportunities to wallow in their theatre and the ambiguous role of their pet project; others in the best cultural offerings of each season. Christianity. In the staging of As a field of news coverage, the Garbo manner, "vant to be alone", Quietly we enjoy the luxuries of Tim's "crucifixion", the use of arts present unique advantages music and lighting are extremely jealously guarding their privacy creativity and opinion. The reason and disadvantages. Stacks of Performers and creators effective. Christianity seems to be hold dual citizenship in and methods of work. for our humility and silence is a statistics and official opinions do Performers and creators hold small fear that the rest of the the lifebelt thrown to the drowning not appear miraculously in who have abandoned ship. The the real world. dual citizenship in the " rear· world. journalistic world will uncover our Monday's mail. Nor do the arts second message is direct: "You The artistic crowd is as varied as secret and insist on sharing our provide an overabundance for any news demography with artistic Shahgri-la. live in the minutes of a play/ As you events-orientated coverage. The Not so surprisingly, on the quest live in the minutes of your life". enough newsworthy members Donna Campbell lack of prepackaged material can to uncover " what the artist is trying to keep fluff artists in ink The potency of Duncan McLean's provide more flexibility for the to say" the artist is an interesting ~nd Earl Grey. wit and the intensity of Meek's initiative journalists, but it means and often reliable source. A variety Th e· arts attract writers poetry are deftly reconciled with leaving the sa fety and security of of individualists, conformists, in terested in the arts, just as the action by director Melissa facts and figures and quotable adventurers and conservatives politics, science and sports urge James. Although the different quotes. inhabit the artistic world. Rarely disciples of those fields. We who elements of the play do not The subjectivity of arts coverage do they fit neatly into our stereo­ consider the arts beat the creme contribute to a clear and definite offers another study in contradic­ typical images. Like the wide de la creme, patiently endure the conclusions, independently they tions or mixed blessings. Writers worlds of sports and politics, some pitying glances and proudly file are fascinating and thought­ find more freedom in the arts for of the inhabitants are incredibly our fluttery. We humbly partake of provoking. individuality, but the lack of hard fascinating and some credibly the fringe benefits - free tickets, Laura Dickerman fast rules requies them to balance dull. opening night performances and Jocelyn Campbell

some sort of socio-political ,'; 1!-6" Ji,'/; J:• ./1 ;( statement; that McKay is the University's sole vanguard against - ;·,;·"°'it>,,;- . I ,,:.:~~~=,,;,"""',...... =a==------...,. apathy. Members of the SAC, :g~·, ,- ,,i, 1 ; /.J0,(05 yotA ,/;/1VI.Ai.-D ;(NOW: - books Children's Holiday Venture and , / even SWSO may like to disagree. - ''7'~\. • 8 ~vll1AvlS And even if they wouldn't, it must ' ', · rJOl'IE.,./ A,(£ $E:'T1.U be obvious to most of us that the i:;,::_;t;,t;I ;;,' I f.L S,\LV,'\l)oi( _, mere mention of El Salvador is not per se searing political comment. Similarly, an informative parade of Bodger says feminist ideals may make one socially OK among the radicals but doth not undo the male ego; "Burn it!" whoever else you may be fooling , Mr McKay, it is not us. When McKay's cartoons first Of course, to those of you in The appeared in Student they were Gang (and I believe there are quite undoubtedly marked out for a cult a few) :his will be jealous sniping. following because they were so And, after all, I haven't got the different. At least they were haircut to be a Guardian reader. different from the average Student But am I mistaken or isn't this illustration, but not, perhaps, from trendy lefty nilhilism all a bit the general trend in Youth Culture passe? Less Burn! than "Burned (Yoof Culcha?). Unfortunately, as Out'"- No, it must be me. I'm just with most cults, the cartoons don't not hep enough to be concerned stand up to anything other than a about nuclear arms, the new fleeting glance. In some cases, not Thatcherite fascism, 1984 and all even that. This would not be a that. Aren't we lucky to have problem if Burn! attempted no people like McKay around to keep more than the modest role of "The us alert and cynical about all the Best of McKay". But now, we are right things. led to believe that the little book is Bodger 8 THE STUDENT Thursday, 26th January 1984 WHAT&, ON Film Nosferatu Film Fri 27th 23 .15 (Odeon) This 1922 German film reva the story of Dracula.

2001: A Space Odyssey (Odeon) Odeon Fri 27th 00.30 Filmhouse In Stanley Kubrick's classic, lhe (667 3805) (228 2688) repercussions of the computer "' Jungle Book age are brilliantly portrayed. '" Mon 30-Sat 4 14,00, 17,00, 20.00 The Moon In The Gutter (1) You don't have to be King of the Thur 26-Sat 28 20.20 Sunset Boulevard Swingers to love this Disney Gerard Depardieu becomes Sun 29th 18.45 classic, only appreciate the bear obsessed with Nastassia Kinski necessities of life' while searching for the man who Veronika Voss It raped his sister. Subtitles. 2 9 Gorky Park ~~~ f~/~; ~~~ut has-beens and : Mon 30-Sat 4 13,25, 16.25, 19.35 Fanny and Alexander (2) their effect on those who come Murder and espionage in the Thur 26-Sat 28 19.00 into contact with them. In Sunset Ru ssian snow, starring Lee Marvin A beautiful Bergman fi lm that Boulevard, Billy Wilder and and Joanne Pacula. explores the power of good and William Holden star in the story of evil, light and dark and the super­ a scriptwriter and an actor's Krull natural. Subtitles. attempted comeback, while in Mon 30-Sat 4 13,50, 16.50, 19.50 Ve ronika Voss , a r eporter c A space-age adventure film that is The Leopard ( 1) becomes obsessed with an aqeinQ k nothing more than a poor imitation Sun 29-Tues 31 19.00 beauty. A< of Star Wars. When it was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963, ABC Dominion Viscont,·s II Gattopardo won best film of tne year award, despite (229 3030) (447 2660) gl b e ing 205 minutes long. Sudden Impact Subsequently dubbed and Lords of Discipline starts Sat 4th 14.00, 17.00, 20 .000 shortened for popular release to 14.30, 17.15, 20.00 Clint Eastwood is back as Dirty the English-speaking market, the A secret cult spreads terror in a Harry, the cop who takes the law film lost its appeal and Visconti's military academy. into his own hands, resulting m approval. After 20 yea rs we have Burt Lancaster in Visconti 's masterpiece, The Leopard. hard core violence and satisfying Educating Rita the chance to see the original revenge. version. It ,s based on the novel by Stalker (2) 14.15, 17.00, 19.45 All-night Horror Event Never Say Never Again " Lampedusa showing how the Mon 30-Tue 31 19.15 Still here, and it's about time you 13.25, 16.40, 19.55 p Prince of Salina (Burt Lancaster) Made in the USSR in 1979, the plot Sat 4th 23.15 (Odeon) go see it. There is no spark in this film lhat m steers his family through social surrounds the Stalker, who guides two guest tickets needed illegal visitors lhrough the Zone makes it a special as early Bon d, Local Hero upheaval during the time of Night of the Living Dead where a Room promises potential and Sean Connery is looking a bil 14.00, 17.00, 19.45 Garibaldi. 23.15 wish-fulfilment. Subtitles may too paunchy. u• A magical film that takes place in Diary for Timothy (2) help those who fear that the plot Witch Finder General Scotland - hurry up, because it Jaws 3-0 is• Sun 29th 18.20. 20.20 suggests befuddlement in the 1.10 won't be here forever. 13.40 , 15.55 , 18.10, 20.25 e original. The Winged Serpent a - Just when you thought it was safe 2.50 to go back to the cinema The Hills Have Eyes 4.40 Caley Alligator (229 7670) 6.20 Saying Alive It's Alive Mon 23 rd-Mon 30th please check 8 .00 times John Travolta is revolting as a Stutzen Der Gesellschaft (Pillars well-oiled brainless dancer in a of Society) predictable and contrived Sun 5th 18.45 situation. Detlef Sierck's adaptation of Tootsie lbsen's dark and moody play. n Mon 30th-Mon 6th please check lk The Blue Light times ~ Wed Feb 1st 17.45 Dustin H offman in drag becomes a ~ Leni Riefenstahl both stars in and sensitive and amusing woman directs this early German drama. Stir Crazy Queimada! Mon 30th-Mon 6th please check " Wed Feb 1st 20.25 times i Marlon Brando romps through the The considerable talents of Gene Caribbean in this action-packed Wilder and Richard Pryor are fi lm about the Portuguese sugar teamed in thiscomedyofcopsano monopoly. robbers. South Pacific - Sun 5th 20.15 Rodgers and Hammerstein's incredible musical score accompanies this story of love during wartime. FfLM ~ 88 LOTHIAN ROAD ED IN Hitler's Madman Wed 8th 18.45 Ga ribaldi's Italy in The Leopard Triumph of the Will Cinema 1 Thur 26-Sat 28 Wed 8th 20.20 Nastasia Kinski, Gerrard De Cartoon Dreams (2) Hitler's Madness ,s Douglas Sirk's director of DIVA Wed 1st 18.15, 20 .30 film about anti-Nazi resistance in A bonanza of very rare cartoons Czechoslovakia, and at the other THE MOON IN THE G from the golden era of Hollywood end of the spectrum, Triumph of animation. the Will documents the Nazi Cinema 1 S un 29 7.30, M a! Congress at Nuremberg . Burt Lancaster, Alain Del on Luchino Visconti's masterp, I! WE LCOME BACK TO THE TRAVERSE-REOPENS JAN. 31 THE LEOPARD ,f'G BOX OFFICE OPEN NOW! STEPHEN BER KOFF tN HIS ONE~MAN SHOW Cinema 2 Thur 26-Sat 28 TH E TELL -T ALE HEART (& OTHERS) Sport A rare chance to see this master of his art perform pieces by Poe and Kalka and his own Back by public demand, Inge n, work Jan 31-Feb 4 at 8 pm Feb 5 al 3 pm FANNY AND ALEXANDER NEW ~CONOMY £3 MEMBERSHIP- To celebrate our21st anniversary we areoflering a NEW ECONOMY £3 MEMBERSHIP First mtroduced to students last year now avatlable to atl' nigh impossible to forecast a Cinema 2 Sun 29 6.20/8.20 '' Soccer runner never mind a winner The films of poet/f1lmmaker H J• Fo,thcommg Season Includes 1 THE EEMIS STANE • Hearts v. Partick Thistle However. it was noted last week DIARY FOR TIMOTHY, USTE a cetebratron of Hugh Mac01armid compiled by Owen Dudley Edwards Sun 29th , 3.00 Tynecastle that Castle/arm Black, running CUMBERLAND STORY DARIO FO/ FRANCA RAME SEASON featuring new translations • Hlbs v. East Fife from the unfavourable position of SONGS FROM THE FRONT Elaine Loudon 1n her new musical show Cinema 2 Mon 30-Tues 31 7 I MACHINEHEAD Writers & Machines rn performance with Tom McGrath, Alan Spence Sat 28 th 3.00 Easter Road trap 3, was challenging coming off the third bend and would almost Andrei Tarkovsky's epic and Liz Lochhead POWDERHALL GREYHOUNDS TOM McGRATH SEASON and much more more! certainly have finished in the THE STALKER tpGl Two down and eight to go' But LIVE BANDS in the Bar every Friday, Sa1urday and Sunday Night frame had it not run into the hind­ Special Promotion Bar Evenings Saturday Lunchtime Traverse Talks there was some consolation last quarters of District Runner. This All Sunday Performance still 'Pay As You Please' suggested minimum £1 week with the three-star selection Full details In free me" 1 See new Brochure for details or contact the BOK Ofl1ce, 112 West Bow. Grassmarket. dog is definitely racing at the obliging at 5-1 (6- 1 at the track). At Edinburgh (tel. 226 2633) for Bookings, Programme Details and Membership moment and a favourable draw, Student Concession ' the time of going to press Student trap 5 and particularly tra p 6, could (remember to br was not in receipt of tonight's race see another win on the form line. card, obviously making it ... CASTLEFARM BLACK -- THE STUDENT Thursday, 26th January 1984 9 WHAT'S ON Wednesday 1st Green Banana Club Exhibitions Potterrow. 20.00-01 .00. Free.

Lesbian and Gay Society Sinclair Room, Pleasance, 19.30. National Gallery of Netherbow Arts Centre Scotland Wiaterscape Tuesday 31 st Until Feb 18th. Turner Watercolours This House Appropriate for the present Plus Until 31st. 10.00-12.30. 14.00- inclement climate perhaps - an would abolish Private Children's Holiday Venture 16.30 Education. ·evocation and celebration of the Wine and Cheese Lunch. Vaughan bequest of Turner's IEU Debates. Teviot Row, 19.30. l. winter landscape'. Thurs Feb 2nd, 13.00, watercolours. Soon to be back in Guest speakers include ·colin WRB, Room 11. hiding for another year. Williams, education correspond­ Printmakers Workshop IIOUr ent of the Morning Star, and Mr City Art Centre Gallery ,,.,..street House. Ashmall, headmaster f Morrison's Out of the Body Experiences David Donaldson Retrospective Prints J JollltL&te Licence. Academy, Perthshire. Dr Susan Blackmore will talk on Until 28th. Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00 Until 28th. Mon-Sat 10.00-17.30. · ~Pints 45p, Spirits 35p. Anti-Apartheid Society Faculty 2nd Feb, 19.30, Cheviot Room, Organised by Glasgow Arts An exhibition of prints by Robert Room South, DHT, 1 pm. First of a Pleasance. Psychical Research Centre. Paul. •••the Earth series of talks by a variety of Society. , 51nctaiT Room, Pleasance. speaker s on all aspec t s of Stills Gallery Shadow Boxes : N9WCommers welcome. aparthei d . Photographs By David Swift. Organised by Marriage and the Family Until 31st. Tues-Sat 12.30-18.00. Ecstatic Hour Ta lk by Archie and C laudine Darlington Arts Centre. C Photographs by Marc Paygnard. rk Atnerica orientation in the Plus folk music with Tom McEwan. McLullicj , 20.30, Catholic Rooms, Pleasance. All inter­ Late Licence, Chambers Street. Chaplaincy, 23 George Square. Gallery of Modern Art French Institute British Art 1900-1939 in working in America this 20.00-21.00. Still Life Until 31st. Mon-Sat 10.00 until er welcome. Until 31st. Mon-Fri 09.30-13.00. dusk. Sun 14.00 until dusk. 14.00-17.30. Last exhibition before Gallery of ugh Justice, Peace Works by Jean-Pierre Suare. Baker giving a talk on the Modern Art moves from the ts el the arms trade of the Botanies. New College Hall WOlld. DHT Faculty Room Royal Scottish Museum Martin Luther h.~- Until 31st. Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00 Indian Women from Vilfage and Celebrating his 400th birthday last City 1850-1960 year. day 27th Until 31st. Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00. sun 14.00-17 .00. Theatre Workshop rellaSt Show On Legs 110 years of Indian Culture. n Palais , Teviot Row. Oil Paintings -02.00. Entry £1 . Until 30th. Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00 George Square Library Allan Beveridge paintings. Bl ack and White Print Exhibition Thur 26th-Sat 4th Feb. I/O W, 20.00-01.00. 60p. The Scottish Gallery A selection of photographs Exhibition of Works entered for the Photographic Until 31st. Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00. isco S0c1ety's black and white print ,ers Street, 20.00-12.00. Sat 09.00-13.00 competition (judged by Mr Peter Work by Joan Renton. Tuffy). turday 28th oom Blitz bers Street, 20.00-01.00. • 80p. MUSIC

tall Happy Hour o and Late Licence, Park , Teviot. 1930-20.30. Queen's Ha 11 Usher Hall (668 2117) (228 1155/ 6) nday 29th Platform Jazz Scottish National Orchestra tic Hour Fri 27th 22 .00 Fri 27th 19.30 folk music. Also late licence. The alto saxophonist Pete King Berlioz's Overture, Le Corsaire; bers Street, 20.00-21.00. returns to Edinburgh after having Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4; received rave reviews for his two Hindemith's Mathis der Mahler, and and -Punishment most recent albums. Strauss·s Tiff Eulenspiegel. James for Methsoc given by a Loughran is the conductor and er from the prison services . Scottish Chamber Orchestra Peter Frankl is the pianist. . Nicolson Square Methodist Sat 28th 19.45 eh. The famed cellist Yo Yo Ma is the soloist in Schumann's Cello McEwan Hall Concerto in A minor. The pro­ gramme also includes Stravin­ Lunchtime Concert Mike Travis appearing with Peter King at sky's Ballet: Apo/Ion Musagete Fri 27th 13.10 with Hip Operation at Pfeasance on Thursday. and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4. John Langdon performs his own Wilfried Boettch e r is the Chorale Prelude as well as works conductor. by Bairstow, Bossi and Alcock. Theatre

Theatre in the new fi!m by the King's Theatre TH~ 18/22 Greenslde Place, Workshop LA YHOUSIE Edinburgh EH1 3AA (229 1201) (8d . Sleeping Beauty (225 7942) Until Feb 18th 19.00. 28th 14.15 The Best of All Possible Worlds February 12th SAXON £5.00. £4 .50, £4 .00 • at 4 Feb 3.00/7.00 You might have thought the fe stive Tues 31st-Sat 4th 20.00 February 16th SCOTTISH OPERA-LA BOHEME , laudia Cardinale in season Jo ng gone and forgotten Voltaire's Candide forms the basis Student Standby tickets available on night. win full length version but the panto spirit lingers on of this community pro j e ct February 18th SCOTTISH OPERA-LA BOHEME production - members of th e February 19th MARILLION £4 .50. £4.00 local community 101n C o m ­ February 20th TINA TURNER £6 00, £5.50. £5 00 Traverse Theatre m unicado Theatre Compan y OOSat) February 23rd HAWKWJND £4 .50. £4 .00. £3.50 under tl1e direction of G erry February 29th WHITESNAKE £5. 00. £4 50 £4.00 an's delightful swan-song (226 2633) Mulgrew. The Tell Tale Heart and Others March 8th MAN o· WAR £3.50 March 11th THOMPSON TWINS £4.50. £4 00 Tues 31st-Sun 5th Feb Bedlam Theatre March 13th DR HOOK £7 .00, £6.00. £5.00 resentation The Traverse reopens to begin its (225 9893) Apri l 16th BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST £6.00, £5.00, £4.00 Jeanings 21st birthday celebrations with Where Shadows Stand Alone May 2nd CANNON AND BALL £6.50, £5 .50 , £4 .50 ITiUN, this Steven Berkoff play. Wed 1 st Feb 13.00 A new play by Patrick Evans CINEMA Royal Lyceum The Day After the Day After? January 27th-February 2nd WAR GAMES 7.30 pm (229 9697) Churchill The King and I (447 7597) Late night Saturday 11 th Mon 30th-Sat 4th 19.30 BLADE RUNNER ,. rne brochure The Edinburgh Music Theatre's The Miser Until Sat 28th. '.\II Performances production of the musical _wh ich Yul Brynner almost made his own. BOX OFFICE 557 2590 C)f}ntcard!) Onstage 66·s production of Moliere's enduring comedy 10 THE STUDENT Thursday, 26th January 1984

U2 ' s most recent seemed like the only which there wasn't album, "Under a Blood Red Sky", which in itself is There are some similarities a bit of a nonentity (and between yourselves and som which they describe as a other Irish performers in the roe: area. . . Do you see yourselves m "pressie for the fans"), any sense as being part of an Irish provoked them into some HOW LONG rock trad1t1on, which includes promotional conversa­ Thin Lizzy or Rory Gallagher or Van Mom son or anyone like tha t? tion which you may find If there's an Irish perforrnerthaU slightly interesting. Or to sing this song personally would feel any oneness ? at all with it would probably be Van you may realise that it means just as much as all Morrison, because Van Morrison 's a soul singer, and I would aspire to the white flags and be a soul singer. Soul music is not Bono's well-rehearsed about being black or white, soul rhetoric which after a few music is when you bring what's on the inside to the outside and you thousand gigs has reveal rather than conceal. That's become nothing but what we try to do in our music. insulting to the audience Also, I've becomeawareoverthe last six months of another tradition­ and is now reduced to of lrishness in the poets that I feeble showmanship for listened to when I went to primary the Americans. Read on school - when I was a child - and fans . .. they read us W. B. Yeats or whatever. It just went in one ear and out the other, but it didn't in LARRY fact. Somewhere it's got caught. There's a fun in the ryhthrn al words as opposed to just the It's got eight tracks on it, some of meaning of words. In a song like Electric Co. for instance, I've tried them are standards from your live 1 ·, irst time ever we got individual bash at a song which I'd been The rapoort w,t e au , act like Sunday Bloody Sunday, to bounce words off each other. separate rooms withour own trying to finish for a while and I probably starts because of a others are not quite so familiar, There's a rhythm. We never wrote showers and baths which was just think everyone just got totally rapport within the group. You how did you go about picking the lyrics to that down, because absolutely revolutionary then. pissed off waiting for me to finish know I began a career as a singer· which tracks you'd feature? the wouldn't make sense taken out it, and Bono just said " Look, I have Well, we wanted to pick two from Obviously it) changed, but I don't in this group U2 as a singer in a of the rhythm. Now, I look back think it's changed for the worse. this idea ... " so he picked up the each album. and then two that punk rock group, that's what we and realise "Oh, I've seen that I don't think we're excetionally guitar and started playing it and it were unreleased on an album, like were and we spent a lot of the time done somewhere before", and I'm was just these two notes - you've 11 o'clock Tick Tock and also nice fellows by any means. We 're standing on stage throwing not trying to say I'm a poet , but heard of the three chord trick - Party Girl and that's basically how all the same, every man's the same, ourselves right into the audience within the group there's a sub· if you know what I mean ... we can well this is the two note trick, and we went about it ... also things like often you know, physically. And conscious lrishness. basically that's all there is to the Electric Co. which are not very maybe cope with it a bit better ·cos there was a time when we realised nobody in the band takes any sort song, and I then took that initial well recorded and they're very that the music must communicate, of crap from anyone else. inspiration and just made it into a messy and sloppy, bad notes and and we're still learning that lesson. guitar part. It's very simple - that's ADAM falling drumsticks all that sort of One suprising thing for a lot of And when you observe yourself the beauty of that song and it's stuff, basically we picked those people is that you are still all very work I think that brings a joy to you another reason why we like because of the vibe, because of the good friends. on sfage and to the audience. playing it is 'cos it's so easy. live atmosphere, not because they Yeah , it hasn't been difficult, we One thing that intrigues me were musically faculous by any haven't had to work at it. I think Despite your modesty, you are When you play Sunday Bloody about individual musicians in means. we're all reasonable human beings hailed as the first guitar hero of the Sunday life you always say " This is bands is what you listen to when that understand each other. New Wave and you're talked of in not a rebel song", why do you you hear the record back. Are you You 've got producer credit to the always say that? legendary Jimmy Lovine now what musician 's magazines along with listening to your own part? Eric Clapton and such like. How If you li ved in Ireland, as I do I tend to listen for sounds more did he do? you'd apreciate that there's a real He basically just looked over it. do you react to all that? than actual playing . I like EDGE I find it incredibly funny actually ambivalent attitude towards The sound that we originally got . roughness on records. I don 't like because when the band first violence in the people on the one that sort of crisp , precise . that was on the casettes that we hand we condemn the men of received, when we put in onto Famous rock stars are supposed started. I couldn't play the guitar at production. I do like a little bit of all, in fact none of us could play at violence the IRA. the UDA, maybe roughness because I think that multi-track we lost a lot of the to look back on days in the back of the RUG maybe the British Army, ambience, an·d basically we a van with great nostalgia and all. I think. rock and roll is ... essentially it's Adam was the most accom­ whatever. On the other hand we not really about perfection. Rock needed somebody to try and give it fondness. Do you miss that at all? we sometimes applaud their acts, that live feel again, and we'd been I sometimes miss, like, the plished musician. not because he and roll conveys sexuality and could play, but because he knew sometimes. And the song ·sunday aggression and I think sounds go a talking to Jimmy - we're big fans contact with some of the audience Bloody Sunday· is a song of of his Easter album, well, Patti at that time, the things like people some of the lingo that went with long way to doing that, and when playing and he actually owned an disgust it's a statement from this you go back to live performances Smith's Easter album which he coming out and helping you push group saying we're sick to our recorded, and he just basically the amplifier up the ramp and instr_ument which was great. Son the dynamics of a performer are since the band really_ started teeth of the bloodshed in our often far more important than the reproduced the cassettes which is then having to get out and push country. This song is militant a very, very difficult process and the van. Those are the things . working together, it's been the quality of his voice. So I'm. not source of endless amazement that about one thing, it's militant about really listening consciously to the actually three of the guys, then you do actually look back and say peace. Edge, Bono and Adam went to "Well those were great days" and people have considered me some parts. I mean , as far as I'm New York - they were out there all that. Obviously it's a bit of a sort of guitar hero. I've always tried concerned, it's been done . . we to do things my own way, and I When you're up there on stage, accepted what was on tape a long for nearly two weeks trying to get it cliche, I know but when you've singing the lyrics of a song like right, and it would have been very worked as hard as we have. suppose that's something quite time ago. So now when I go back rare, but apart from that I don't that to the thousands of people, be to it I'm really listening for the easy to go in and overdub it and especially as a live band, you start it in the US or in Great Britain or put new guitars on it, put a whole to say "Thank God those days are really see myself as being a sounds and how it's corning particularly special player. whereever, are you proud to be through. lot of new vocals and put the over". We don't have to push the Irish? ambience on it then. We didn't van anymore, somebody else can I mean, I am an Irishman, and yet want to do that because, do that. in being an Irishman I'm not so obviously, it's a bit of a cheat you I Will Follow is another of the U2 BOND terrotirial as to have three tri­ know.3 Anthems, how did your guitar part colours at the back of the stage. At Larry, how much have things for this develop - it's one which the back of our stage, on the War changed for you as individuals uses chords and individual picking You seem to have developed an tours, we had three white flags since you've as it were, ·made it? as well. extraordinary rapport with because flags have got this _Well, we actually get separate The story with I Will Follow is audiences across the world, how country into a lot of trouble, and rooms in hotels ... this is is a new that we were all down at rehearsal much fun do you actually have I'm sick of flags and felt we had the thing. On the War tour, it was the one day and I was busilly trying to playing live? right just to fly a white flag

The Persian Rugs are a being the most innovative new name to the Potter­ contributors. stutted half way through the set . The gave us a stirring rendition . "Ha, Ha!" replied the audience as row, but they are no doubt of their new single, "She Said", one. After this outburst the set well known amongst which is the kind of song which· went downhill, perhaps the rest of listeners to that venerable John Peel will play, and probably the band were suffering from a lack of confidence playing behind institution; "Night Time "storm up the lndie Charts". In fact I wouldn't be surprised if it made a such a wally as Mr Elliss. the Radio One". dent on the national charts as well. balding gentleman on the guitar The Persian ones have also As Peter Powell would say, "It's however, continued to hold the recently undergone a change in one to watch, mate." attention, as he employed various the vocalist department, and However, in order to be really effects, and also put an accoustic judging by the attributes of new successful I think the Persian guitar to good use. boy Marc Elllss the band must Rugs should sack their singer. On Anyway, look out for the band's have been very anxious to get rid the whole they have an interesting, single "She Said", and write to the of their previous singer. exciting live sound, but it is quite Rugs encouraging them to get rid After a few bevvies and a bit of a often ruined by Mr Elllss and his of Mr Elliss. Their success boogie it was time for the Rugs to vocal ineptitude. His stagecraft depends on it. do their bit, and an interesting set also lacked that extra "Je ne sais it was too. quoi.", and his sense of humour The band play upbeat dance was quite painful. "This is the first music with a punky edge to it, and time we've played at the Potterrow, at times they sounded excellent, and it's good to be back!" he with the drummer, and guitarist CARPETS! THE STUDENT Thursday, 26th January 1984 11

CLASSICAL I I I

SNO/Eros, couldn't be anything but dull after recital by players who need no a previous hour on the same level. excuses or reservations on my part Kasprzyck The death-blow to the whole to stand in such company. It only embarrassment fell when the horn needs to be sa id that the two SCO/Shumsky solo note, that 'most magical note pianists Virg inia Strawson and Virginia Strawson, in all music' in context, came not Andrew Killick are students from directly after the slow movement the music faculty. What we saw at Andrew Killick but over a minute later, after a the Reid Hall on Tuesday was no tension-releasing ob li gatory La bequian show of hiss and fizz, The SNO is fa st becoming so coughing bout , of which but an apparent detachment and dexterous a body these days that audiences are so fond. somethin9 ~vident control; what we heard even when a conductor seems to was very wrong that Friday. was quite different-since the four- be foundering hopelessly the It was not for rage that the SCO handed version of Stravinsky's players are quite happy to be left to sent most people hopping away Rite of Spring· was the main their own virtuosity. And if you like the next evening, after one question. Technical mastery was to hear Mahler brashly show- dancing Bach concerto had never for a moment in doubt cased , with every ounce of followed another - both violin (although one expects it if such a emotion deftly pared away, you concertos, violin and oboe, two work is the choice anyway) but a might have enjoyed the perform- violins. Only perhaps a genius like distinct personality emerged too: ance of the Fifth Symphony Oscar Shumsky could have made Killick providing the tremendous several weeks ago. It was un- such abundance so logical and at power of reiterated bass chords. fortunate when the orchestra was the same time successively more Miss Strawson registering in the clearly on best form, that Neeme joyful with the E major concerto introductions to both parts more Jarvi was indisposed - what he the culminating glory. His intuitive subtlety, though vitally might have achieved is useless to technique is the bitingly rhythmic- each player could emulate the suppose, but he has never failed ally, bright, pure style of the SCO other when necessary . It's yet - and his place taken by the itself elevated (I blush not to say extraordinary how much the four- young conductor Peter Eros. With so) to the sublime. Of the many, hander score preserves of the the tumpet-call of the first many times the players have given orchestral detail (or rather fore- movement piercingly resounding us these concertos, they have shadows, since it appeared first), from John Gracie, and the brass never sounded quite so inspired, indeed, it often reveals more than responding viciously, hopes rose or the works themselves so fresh instrumental balance often D espite the traumatic The tedium of much of their set, for what Eros might achieve, but it rnd even modern (i n the neo- permits one to hear - I'm thinking events of the I as t even such songs as The Adu/tress, was downhill from then on. Even if ;lassical Stravinkyan vein) but still especially of the Games of the eightee n m n t h S f r and Talk of the Town as well as the th e lamest manereed dynamic paradoxically old-style as Rival Tribes. The Spring Rounds O O formless Tame The Avenger make extremes of Abbado and others Hog wood and the Ancients would sound here li~e pure Ravel , the them, in which two of the Martin Chambers' bizarre antics, annoy some, you would scarcely have them , vibrato- and Dance of the Earth provides original four members of such as putting water on his drums have found such an absurdly portamento-free. Standing in the excitement without mere muffled the band died, the re- (to cool himself) and catapulting 'straight' reading refreshing. From gallery, you felt that H licence for thump. The performance itself in considerable numbers of the first string entry in the funeral spontanem1s dance were allowed fact if it needed only slightly wider em er 9 en C e Of The drunsticks into the audience, march the playing-never softened in \he, Queen's Hall at 'classical' dynamic variety was an. ideal Pretenders has prompted seem like highlights. to anything below ml so that. e·:2n ,:damn the term) events, it would artistic balance of excitement and a s mew hat mixed To give due credit, however, the O Pretenders have had a string of hit if the Adagietto CGuld sound be appropriate here. control, thought and feeling. r eaction , as evidenced by refreshine t: eated 'straight'. it A similar objectivity informed a David Nice singles, which were presented in a somewhat more inspired and l!!!:o------iltheir patchy and rather coherent manner, such as the uninspired show at the propulsive Mesaqe of Love, the Playhouse last Wed­ nesday. JAZZ-1 ~ ~~~~~~~QUEEN ·s HALL Much is apparently the same in zzz insinuating Brass In Pocket and the band of course: Chrissie their recent Christmas hit, 2000 Hynde still fronts the quartet in the Miles. Even Back On The Chain The new season of late-night Jazz appropriate. Instantly recog­ drifting across the hall to the way she did before Jim Honeyman Gang, much as I hate it, came at the Queen's Hall began last nisable are the iucld patterns of shape of such tunes as 'All The Scott and Pe te Farndon died of across well. Friday with Platform presenting Goodman and Woody Herman, his Things You Are' predominated drug overdoses, with her unkept But the band are very much held the American corneltisl Warren strongest influences, but by his much of the evening and the hair, sparse make-up, and leather together by the voice and Vache. Vache accompanied by the insight into modern jazz Vache audience were visibly relieved clothes. And yet, at 32, she's the presence of Chrissie Hynde, Alec Shaw Trio (Shaw - piano, extends these beyond bounds when Vache finally 'let rip' on the mother of a 12 month old daughter however much she pretends to be tony Macclellan - drums and contemplated by their originators. penultimate Irving Berlin number. rather than a teenage rebel. only one of the four. The bassist Ronnie Ray) , had toured Pulling this off; finding new meat The Alec Shaw Trio excelled Musically, too, the band sound melancholic romanticism which is scottand for the past week and the in old cans does of course require themselves, coping well with the very much the same as they did, so well able to express is best sympathetic balance built tremendous technique. Vache is hall's accoustics that can prove and yet this is perhaps their heard in those fine compositions between them was enough to cast not lacking, as he constantly dicy for percussion and their biggest fault - with only a few written by her lover (and Kinks a spell over the evening. reminded us in the exposure of the immediate dynamic and rhythmic exceptions, their new material leader) Ray Davies: Stop Your II is unusual to find such a range full range and dynamic breadth of responses gave the impression of makes no progress from the heavy Sobbing and I Go to Sleep, the of influences in a young player of his instrument. Yet not satisfied being part of a first-class quartet. guitar riffs and ponderous beat of latter unfortunately omitted from Vache's calibre, particularly iii his with mere mastery he often I came out drooling over the the fi rst two albums. the title of the the Playhouse set. repertoire which extends back to demands the impossible from his programme of events for the Pretenders' new album Learning Of the new material, Chrissie is the barely swinging pre-Parker horn and ii is this risk taking that is coming term which includes some To Crawl, is an obvious reference perhaps justified in being self­ days with numbers such as the most exciting aspect of his big names Like Jimmy Wither­ to Chrissie's baby daughter, but it depreciating about her work with 'Skylark' and songs of Joe Venuti performance. A quality too farely spoon and Benny Waters. So my tracks like Middle of the Road (the that hailed the move from Chicago found these days. advice is get your jazz ears on and zzz new single) which is exactly that, to New York, the 30's and Benny As well as the cornelle Vache keep Friday nights free after ten and a song about doing the Goodman as the King of Swing. also used the flugal horn to good pm. can also oe seen as an allusion to washing, called Washing the The impeccable tone and texture effect. It's warm honey-Like tone Richard Tipper the rebuilding of the band. Clothes. of Vache's sound are alwavs However, from their live show, it There is one track, however, that could be asked whether the two belies the Pretenders· drift into new members, Robbie McIntosh mediocrity. Their sensitive cover (guitar), and Malcolm Fraser of Thin Line Between Love and (bass), have added anything Hate (a 1972 Persuaders hit), also [> [> [> themselves creatively, or are on the new album and deserving to r> JAZSOC merely session musicians to JAZZ-2[> be a single too, was the highlight SINGLES Chrissie Hynde's own con­ of their live set. the vocal harmony siderable vocal and song writing and perfect complementary The Jazz Society had another very band who played in a more talent. At present, it is only when backing arrangement marks new successful evening Last Thursday modern idiom that the first band. the emphasis shifts to Chrissie ground for the band, which bodes in the Pleasance with sound of The trombonist played what would herself that the pretenders well for some much needed Blueswing and the Kenny Ellis have been the vocalist's melody become more than a bland, run-of­ musical innovation in the future. Quartet. ·and this blended very well with the CHART the-mill rock ou tfit. Blueswing who play regularly in semi~acoustic guitar, double bass the Sorbonne have a style that is and drums each of which layed half way between traditional and some good solos. What perhaps modern jazz. The band centres on marred their style of jazz was their 1. Simpl~ Mlods­ four man line up, w.hich meant the vocalist Sue Robertson and Sper,d Your Love To 6. CMnaCrlsls­ Dave Thomson on guitar. On base they did not have such scope for WishffJf Thinking was George Dobbs, tenor sax Bill variety, as well as the similarity of Me 7. Redf:iox-Chenko Simpson, alto sa• Jim Wood and tempo that meant they struck the 2. Smiths--What drums Oenness Morton. As well as same atmosphere with each song. DiffrJrence Does It B. Pr~f~b Sprout­ some e•cellenl numbers from On drums was Mike Traverse, Make·'' Oo q'.t~[{lg. BIiiie Holiday they played some of trombone Brian Reddy, double 9. SpE@r ()f ~estiny- their own compositions which bass Kenny Ellis and guitar 3. Frankie-R~/ax were very creditable. Their Lachan McCall. 4. Fad Gadget­ Prisofi~r of Love repertorie included some faster The evening went very well and songs although she prefers a more the next meeting of the Jazz Coll~p$ing New 10. ~~qif~~~ty- bluey line. Johnny Smith who Society will be on Thursday 26th normally plays trumpet was January in the Pleasance Bar 1 Compil {pping 5. 1!h: Bunny- absent being at a pantomime. when the Graham Munro Trio and :::it: Record · The Kenny Ellis Quartet were a The Hip Operation will be playing. men,-;~i/llrJ9 Moon ve corn etenl and rofessional John M. Mackenzie 12 THE STUDENT Thursday, 26th January 1984 feature a My night with Lady Olga .... distinction and, quite frankly, it Eric Carlin talks to Lady was rather like meeting a frighten­ Olga Maitland in the back ing headmistress' When I see Mrs of a car speeding through Thatcher nowadays, however, 1 the night, about her meet a confident person with a charming, attractive personality. family, her work with the Moreover, she is very, very Sunday Express, her feminine and people do appreciate political views , her her being careful about her appearance, which is . extremely leadership of Women and important. Intell ec tually, she's in Families for Defence, and command and she has never, not much much more ... even for a minute, given up her femininity' At lunch with her the other day, I noticed that she has "Do you have any barley sugar? lovely jewellery. She does have a think that barley sugar is very good healthy appetite and she helpful on a long trip like this'" said doesn't mind having a gooa glass 'Lady Olga Maitland, daughter of of wine' She is a perfect example the 17t h Earl of Lauderdale, of how to be yourself and get on "diarist" for the Sunday Express, with what you believe in. and more recently a fea rless " Actually, I do take rather a lot of virago of the pro-nuclear cause. It was in the latter context that Lady tips from her, pa rticularly about Olga visited the University last public speaking. Very often, you week to engage in debate. with, see, it can be awfully difficult for us among others, Bruce Kent, the women to speak in public . Our voices in particular can be a leader of CND. I travelled with Lady Olga to Heathrow Airport drawback. Mine certainly needs a lot more training! I've never had a during the night following the debate, before she departed for chance to ask Mrs Thatcher how she copes, but I know that she'd France to meet leaders of the 1 Gaullists and to state her case in say. 'I just do it ' which is exactly favour of nuclear weapons once the same as I'd say myself' more. Our conversation on the journey was most enlightening. 'Actually, opportunities for young women today 'Emotionally, I feel very are marvellous, close to Scotland.' absolutely smashing!'

" I love Scotland very much. My " I do believe that today's women family are all Scottish. My sister, have a much better chance of Lady Militsa, lives in Edinburgh iu!filling their ambitions than ever and I have a brother in Glasgow. before and doing th is moreover I've gone to the trouble of coming without hating men 01 !LJrning in to to this meeting as I do want to angry people. Actually, op~cr­ maintain close contacts with tunities for young women today Scotland. I've also been twice to are marvellous. absolutely Glasgow and once to Aberdeen. smashing! I've been very, very My family own Thirlestane Castle impressed by the calibre of women at Lauder - actually, last week we in Women for Defence; we were in the news as we handed it certainly don't segregate the men over to Scottish Hi storic Buildings in our outfit' Actually, I must say I Society in what was rather a crafty was awfully impressed by the girls deal, actually. Emotionally I feel I met tonight at the University; they very close to Scotland. I love it were bright, intelligent, charming here in Edinburgh. You Scots Lady Olga: The hill s are alive, with the sound of music ... and lovely and yet extremely though, when I speak to you, you feminine!" all agree with me, but when it Photo by Donald Pollock What did Lady Olga think of the comes to acting, you're less University debate about dis­ dependable! assume that British signposting appearances can be deceptive. It's can't do it, shouldn't attempt it. It armament? would be kinder to them and to the will be terrible, but it's been not all 'debs' and tia ras, you know' " It was lovely, very, very good. It 'Actually, I've never absolutely magnificent, super, Despite my title, I've always nation. I do think that they should was all terribly friendly, light­ get rid of their mystique. I'm for tonight' Well, jolly good for the ea rn ed my o'wn living. The reality hearted and lc/ts of fun 1" stopped working, even British!. " is different from what most people respect, but not beyond reason­ She continued in this 'light­ when I was having While Lady Olga was thus expect. able lengths' What I feel is that hearted' vein . babies . . . . Fat Fergus enthusing madly about British "Of course, my people don't people are passionately inter­ traffic signs, I was nodding understand why I work so hard. ested in the Royals. In my job, if gives me countless enthusiastically in agreement, and But if one has been brought up you need a story, get one on the 'What I really hope to sleepless nights, which our driver was getting lost' I asked without having to work it can be Royals and you'll be alright'" achieve , actually, is to can be tedious.' Lady Olga about her gossip difficult to understand why some As for Princess Diana . remove the fears and column in the Sunday Express: people actually choose to work. "Princess Diana is a beautiful , lovely girl' She has enhanced misapprehensions of the "I now live in London and I have Some wo men have to work . I work because I feel that there's a job to Britain's standing tremendously. three children; Alisdair, Camilla 'When I looked at my public about nuclear be done and I have to do it' As for At the moment, she is too young to and 'fat' Fergus, who's 2½ years of weapons.' own 'A Life in the Day my people who don't understand, I have developed beyond becoming age. At :east ! don't have to attend just talk to them about babies and very beautiful and bright. She's to him this evening! He's my secret of' article in the Sunday "Actually. people are befuddled things like that 1" utterly without conceit, which weapon, actually - an absolute Times, I wondered by defence matters because of Whether or not one agrees with peop!s appreciate. She does have dear' Actually, I've never stopped imprecise language and techni­ 'Gosh, can I really sound Lady Olga Maitland's views, one is an uneducated iTiind, wh,ch is working, even when l was having caiiiies. Because of my under­ so terribly awful and constantly aware of her conviction tragic! " babies. When Fergus was born I standing of language, I can put that what she believes is correct. However. Lady Olga does not had this absolutely wondrous shallow as that?' across what we want to say much Thus. she argues as passionately confine herself to the upper system whereby the nanny would for a limited monarchy as she does reaches of society. She has mixed more clearly! What I really hope to telephone me at the Express. I'd "On the Sunday Express I am when opposing unilateral dis­ with people from all social classes. achieve, actually, is to remove the have a note passed up to me, employed to write a bright, fears and misapprehensions of the armament! .. On th e political level, I meet 'Fergus is bawling!' and I'd dash cheerful, informative society public about nuclear weapons, people from all classes of society. home and feed him! The children column, not a gossip column. A which is difficult to do with all In Women and Families for are a great joy. It 's lovely to go gossip column implies that one Limited monarchy CND's propaganda, with its slick Defence there is a great social mix. home and find them being awful. writes about people's private lives and simplistic solutions. Bruce We also get people from the Fat Fergus gives me countless and marriage infidelities. I prefer Kent did not mention tonight that "I'm a monarchist, but I do working classes right up to the sleepless nights, which can be to concentrate on what I call 'Cate believe there are good ones and upper classes in Fleet Street." we defend ourselves in order to tedious. But I should be jolly lucky Society', which consists basically ones not so good. The Duke of Lady Olga Maitland is a fervent preserve freedom and democracy. to have the babies. Many other of ri ch, useless people (there are agree as much as anyone else Edinburgh is a good one. His out­ admirer of Mrs Thatcher, admiring I professional women don't. I'm far too many of them actually!). spokenness is a joy to hear. I met her retention of her femininity that we should reduce nuclear much, much luckier than they Sometimes I feel frustrated that him when he had just been despite her position of respon­ weapons, but it must be balanced are!" what appears in my column is of prevented from going to the sibilitv. and it must be veri fiable. There is a One of the facets of Lady Olga such a liqhthearted nature. When I Moscow Olympics. He was most potential threat, you know. The Maitland which I was rapidly looked at my own 'A Life in the Day annoyed as he felt that sport Soviets have a superiority in coming to acknowledge was her of' article in the Sunday Times, I should be above politics. Mrs Thatcher - 'She chemical, conven t io na l and loquacity. When Lady Olga wondered, 'Gosh, can I really Relations with Downing Street does have a healthy nuclear weapons. CND wants to Maitland enthuses, she really does sound so terribly awful and were very strained at that time. Mrs appetite and she doesn't break up the alliance with enthuse. For example, when we shallow as that?' Al right, I admit it, Thatcher was still settling into her mind having a good America. What has America ever were following signs to Heathrow . I did do a debutante season once, new job One thing that can never done to us? CND have a lot of ties row. in 1962, but it was a lovely year' be said about the Queen or any of glass of wine!' with international peace "I can't believe that the route to Besides, I think that everyone the Royals ,s that they are movements. which are in turn Heathrow is so well signposted! should at some time in their lives, cowards. I mean, they could be "When I first met her in 1977. I financed by Soviet organisations1 The signposts are absolutely have fun without responsibility. shot. People have actually tried could feel her power and her magnificent' I mean I thought that Once responsibility comes along. already I admire them all awfully presence was very, very strong. Al only the continentals signposted you know, it can be very difficult to What one would say about the that time, actually. I was a Continued on next page routes well' One does always throw off' Regarding my own life, Royals today ,s that those who journalist of no particular THE STUDENT Thursday, i6th .January 1984 13 .. ..• . Feature

11 believe-we ·need ideals, even it. we-don't live up to them. I believe passionately in freedom and ady Olga contd democracy, for everyone to live as they choose.' t>rutes is the oldest game in the ·very, very serious l y. Joan memory, and the one that will "Thank you so much for that Continued from book! Patriots are genuinely Ruddock I know less aoout, 1 nave remain, of Lady Olga Maitland is superhuman effort! Absolutely affected by this and they want encountered her in debates. She's her emotional farewell as she su perhuman' Aren't British traffic previous page guidance. I give th em the answers. a very different st yle and clutc hed her bags and rushed off signs magnificent! Absolutely "Also, as regards the environ­ personality from myself." to catch her plane, vivacity and magnificent' Thank you so much' "The protest movements aren't mental issue ... 'Greenpace' and How does Lady Olga cope with enthusiasm undimmed by the Superhuman! Thank you, thank just a fringe movement, they're other groups give misinformation personal attacks on her? sleepless night. you.. " more political th an ever before' about nuclear energy. They just " Actually, in debates and public We 're working on a campaign to turn to CND-style propaganda. meetings, I have had sheer ban peace studies in schools as it's Nuclear energy is safer than coal personal abuse (none of which, all a CND propaganda affair and mines. Th ere is no proof that I'm happy to say. happened poli tics shouldn't be brought into anyone died because of leakages tonight, it was all very f(iendly ... ). the classroom. The son of my at Windscale. The authorities say People often don't see me as Olga Liverpool organiser ran away from that the contamination of Maitland, a person, they attack me home because of CND. He was Cumbrian beaches is negligible. because of me, Olga Maitland, designing a CND poster for an art Certainly we haven't seen any doing what I'm doing. I get used to clas s and his mother sa id, 'But dead fish there and we get them the idea that the Press will make darling, I know you don't support from oil spillages! fun of me, but I do get irritated CND . I certainly don't.' However, about having to fight bias on the media!" he thought he'd get better marks if 'At first we were he picked CND as his teacher was a CND supporter. In the end he ran condemned as upper­ 'I get used to the idea away from home and that crust ladies and stooges that the Press will make particular boy hasn't been see·n fo r of the Conservative six months, you know! I do believe, fun of me but I do get actu ally, that the protest Party.' irritated about having to movem ents cause great divisions fight bias on the media!' and moral disarray in our society. " It's very important for us not to get pol iti cal financing. At first , we were condemned as upper-crust 'I do believe, actually, ladies and stooges of t h e that the protest Conservative Party, bu t now it's movements cause great perfectly apparent that we support a national point of view. I do admit divisions and moral that I have been a member of the disarray in our society.' Conservative Party since I was 16. My father also was a Conservative They even cause disruption In MPAnd I rln hope that I can get into Parliament! trade unions and the medical ·women for Families tor Defence·, profession, with doctors refusing I admit, does tend to attract people to co-operate with our civil of a Conservative point of view but defences. We also want to stop I believe that we do also have churchmen from giving their supporters of the SDP and even political beliefs from the pulpit and of the Labour Party among our Wom en and Families for Defence ran ks!" are going on a pilgrimage to the I wondered what Lady Olga Shrine of Our Lad y at Walsingham thought of the leaders of CND. later this year. Our problem is not "As an individual , Bruce Kent is simpl y 'Ban the Bomb', it's the a charming, courteous man, but shapi ng of our whole society and what he says is extremely scaremongering by insidious danqerous and should be treated

Prisoners of the peace {1]{]](!1 peace becomes a totally different disappointment almost as soon as kettle of fish from summer camps. he arrived, on seeing a mere It is only after standing in sub­ handlul o f people. He had Come and take pa rt in the BBC World Service Opinion zero temperatures without moving understood it was to be a 'major radio programme that one is made fu ll y aware o f the demonstration'. Surely on such sheer commitment of the women occasions it is not the size but the at Greenham Common and the aim of the issue in hand that A MATTER FOR DEBATE va rious ot he r camps which counts. to be recorded in the Vigil in the snow continue despite the weather. I Perhaps a similar attitude could met people on this vigil who be noticed at last Tuesday's 'No NEW SENATE HALL, OLD COLLEGE, Last Wednesday afternoon I was devote their lives to such attempts Nukes is Nonsense· debate in UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, among ten members of Edin­ to ·stop the Arms Race; people who Teviot. The support fo r the burgh University CND to travel'to travel the length and breadth of the opposition , namely Bruce Kent SOUTH BRIDGE, the only women's prison in country, forsaking all chance of a and Gordon Wilson , was over­ on FRIDAY, 27th JANUARY Scotland, situated at Carton Vale, career, and who could count up whelming. Yet the previous week's approximately three miles outside th e various court cases awaiting meeting of Edinburgh University at 8.00 p.m. Stirling. Our mission was take part them. I realised then that I have no CND compri sed ,r mere fifteen in a five day vigil, consisting of grounds for feelings of people. Meetings are held every The motion is: both men and women, in support complacency. Tuesday at 7 pm in the Chaplaincy of a woman prisoner, jailed for Stirling members had contacted Centre. 11 you agreed with Bruce 'Modern Diplomacy is Ineffective' activities that took place at the all the major national and local Kent's views last week, why not permanent peace camp at Fas­ papers to inform them of the vigi l, come along to th e meetings and Lane, Strathclyde. The woman, and th e response was quite show that it is not merely big Proposing Rachel, was arrested in May of last promising, although one reporter names that draw you all out? GEORGE FOULKES, ty,P, and year, and sentenced to nine days for the 'Da ily Record' left th e site in Catherine Sillence imprisonme nt charged with ..------•iiii111111 ____ ,.lll\l____ ,._"!"•~!!!ll'~--t Professor JOHN ERICKSON, breaking into the base, which' Director of Defence Studies at Edinburgh University ho uses American nuclear submarines, refusing to leave wh en asked, and being there in the Opposing first place. She pleaded guilty to all Sir NICHOLAS HENDERSON, charges. The roadside vigil, organised by former British Ambassador to Washington, and Stirling University CND, lasted Sir ANDREW GILCHRIST from Monday to Friday, and took the form of a rota, with some brave former British Ambassador to Reykjavik, supporters actually camping at the Djakarta and Dublin side of the road amidst the snow an d ice. A similar vigil was being Chairman held simultaneously at a men's priso n in support of someone CHRIS KELLY arrested on the same occasion. (T /\lL B~CjAl'J 1->lf/i FOU>i.. FftCtJx~, The aim of such vigils is to create a To/l.'f tl.tQ1;L [lo!> lt;.S 11'( ni€. s NO..i .... · Tickets aval/able from the University Information Services, presence whenever someone is Old College, or the Students' Association, jailed for peace campaigning. In the opinion of such campaigners, at the Student Centre. it is the government itself that is guilty of a breach of the peace. The group from Edinburgh stayed at the roadside for several l='~ANu~ P'iM· TEt> t1£1'Ttt h ours . In such appalling wU~ ·• AU. TH Ar Bwoc uAS '-!V"-'/A)l,'MX/tAl?:HEe conditions demonstratin for 14 THE STU DENT Thursday, 26th January 1984 Sport ~ ature Student takes you on a lightning tour of Stockbridge. Edinburgh, like many come to the Antiquary. If you want to go upmarket then this is another city, has its own probably the right pub, and its has 'communities within the Life is where prices to match. It seems to be the community', those close­ local for the worst element of the FOOTBALL knit groupings of people Stockbridge student populace judging by my excursions there - There'snow game who belie what has all too you know the sort, ra-ra trendies frequently become the you live it who wear kilts and think they're again nightmare of urban life. being 'ethnic'. Try it out though, and if your experience is the same Once again the weather prevented This week lain Cameron you can safely strike it off the list. turns the spotlight on the Uni from fulfilling their regular The Entertainment East of Scotland League fixture, Stockbridge, an area Outside the pubs sources of this time with the mighty Gala. which combines that entertainment in Stockbridge are with the length of the League happy quality with a fairly few and far between, but there are separating the two sides it is one or two examples worthy of extremely doubtful that if the high student population. note. The best of the small cluster pools panel had to deliberate the is the Theatre Workshop, a result the Uni would sneak an ast year I lived in a flat in the dynamic venture wh i ch is away win. but, not matter how very heart of Stockbridge. For L definitely not just by the trendy professional and consciencious a student the area has attractions person·s theatre. Apart from they are there is not way the pools and detractions simply because of running a wide variety of panel pronouncements can its situation. It ls almost in the workshops the gaudily painted account for the uncertainties heart of the city, within easy reach premises in Hami l ton Place inherent in the game of football, ·of the shops, pubs and clubs of the contain at cheap and apparently Left with another free Saturday New Town. At the same time popular coffee shop. But the best the University's footballers had a however, flatmates of mine idea is simply to keep an eye out Hobson's choice of activities to. studying sciences had to get out of for the touring productions which occupy their readily distracted their beds at unearthly hours - for often arrive at the Workshop (best minds. They could nip down to students anyway - in order to done, of course, by reading the Easter Road to watch Hibs play a arrive at KB for the start of the Student's What's On pages). The game which bears very little working day. As in other student Theatre Workshop is an resemblance to that known · as enclaves such as Leith Walk, the established venue for small association football. Luckily bus timetable took on a professional touring companies, enough the game was off, but even significance never dreamt of in the and though the theatre itself is so, the professional perversion of sanctuary of Pollock Halts. But small there is no denying the what Pele described as the leaving aside the abuse so electric excitement of good live " beautiful game" does not inspire frequently hurled at alarm clocks performances. Last year, for much enthusiasm amongst the on cold winter mornings, there example, I was able to see Julie general public, The alternative to was ample compensation Covington topping a very strong this was to sit by a roaring fire and provided by the charms of the cast in a production of Howard stare blankly at the tube. The place. Barker's Victory. Here we have the reason? Well, 30 rather large and The Shops trendiness perhaps coming to the muscular chaps were thumping Photo by Penny Gibbins. fore, but where trendiness and hell out of each other on a big For a start there are the shops. If quality meet it is quality which green field; an activity euphis­ you live in Stockbridge the most Stockbridge, where the finer things in life do not cost wins, hands down. tically known as rugby. although famous of these will almost The d;chotomy between being describing ii as " football" really is certainty be Abdul's. Pakistani a packet and maybe freely obtained from the nearest trendy and just having fun really stretching the imagination a little grocers have undergone a rapid corner shop. comes to light if you visit the too far. Apart from putting up with growth in Britain over recent Botanical Gardens, which can be thevagaries of the legalised years, but Abdul's is a 'Paki shop' round his celebrated vanilla ice well to institute a pub crawl one the perfect means of wasting a few mayhem on the screen, the (a nd I intend no insult with that cream. night. But to give you some idea of hours if.you don't feel like working unfortunate viewer had to suffer phrase) with a difference. It comes For people who, like me, are what to expect here's a quick in the summer. The gardens the terrible nasal whine of Gareth as quite a culture shock the first addicted to buying records, Back synopsis. themselves provide the ideal Edwards for an hour and a half. time you visit the place and the Beat Records is an excelient The Rag Doll eventually became forum for sitting around and Enough to put anybody off. owners confront you with broad second-hand outlet ot which I my favourite local, oflering slightly doing nothing, and the several Some members of the football Scots accents, and that's Just the regret to say I never took full longer opening hours than some greenhouses full. of more exotic club did not even consider these first of its intriguing qualities. Here advantage. Anyone who has of its competitors and having the flora are more interesting than one options. For example, Capt. Wham in this innocuous. apparently ever investigated Ezy Rider will additional attraction of a pool might in itially expect. For those of spent his Saturday afternoon small grocers there seems to be an know what a frustrating table. It is a people's pub - not a an artistic disposition, however, swaning around Virgin Records Aladdin's Cave of wares hidden experience it can be rummaging sawdust-on-the-floor affair but the the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art " checking out the get down away somewhere or other - ask through a second-hand record wart 91 pub where a mob of is housed in an old mansion right sounds" for the football club's them for just about anything, shop, but this is not the case with annual hop at Annabel's on the 1st probably even a pink elephant, Back Beat. In their more limited The Antiquary: " It seems to be the local for the worst of February. He believes that this and after a bit of rummage they'll stock you don't find endless element of the Stockbridge student populace .. . you will be " hot baby, hot. Yeeeeesssss probably come up with the goods. copies of records by the Flying lay it on me sister!" and exhorts I recall a friend of mine once -Burrito Brothers or whatever, and know the sort, ra -ra trendies who wear kilts and think everybody " to smooth with the deciding that he was going to as the staff once pointed out to me, they're being 'ethnic'." groove and dig that crazy beat sample some Beaujolais Noveau. they don't stock records which baby!" He also warns all the " You'll get some down in Abdul's", have been treated like doormats regulars can come in after a in the heart of the Gardens. To my members of the female fraternity I observed to him, as he envisaged by their former owners. Back kickabout game of football on untutored eye this collection to " watch out when Wham's a trek to some posh wine shop. Beat 's owners also dub some local quagmire and have a looked like a motley rag-bag of the about!" " Don't be ridiculous!" he said , with themselves 'the blues specialists·, pint whilst still dripping with mud. sublime and the ridiculous, but as I Concern has been expressed by a hystrical laugh as he went out the and though it is perhaps a Not for the fain thearted perhaps, said, I'm untutored. On the other several members of the club for door. Two minutes later he somewhat extravagant claim they' but at least the clientele is genuine hand, I may know nothing about the safety of all those intending to returned with a bottle of the do have some remarkable and not full of posers intent on attend the dance. The worry is that desired tipple and an incredulous Art, but I do know that the lighting impressing everyone with a stream Scot "Pose" Fraser's outfit may look on his face. Never under­ evidence in their favour, in the in the Gallery is pretty poor for shape of an amazing collection of of setf-concsious effl uent (the fate prove so dazzling that it may estimate Abdul's . More import­ exhibition purposes. Not really my fifties and sixties records which of many a 'student' pub). They detrimentally affect people's antly perhaps, always keep your scene man, said Dave. adorns the watts. serve a good pint of Tennent's eyesight. With that in mind it has lugs pinned back for the constant Stockbridge is now ap proach­ Export too. been suggested that a pair of dark stream of wisecracks produced by On a lesser scale, it is probably ing its ful l glory. While I lived there also worth glancing into the area's Shambles is probably more to glasses should be issued with the geniuses beh i nd th i s_ the place was in the throes of two bookshops Read Books and' the taste of your ave rage student, a each ticket purchased. enterprise, because they make several new developments, and it The Stockbridge Bookshop, both curi ous rabbit warren of wooden Oswald Graham, peripherally Ronnie Barker's Open All Hours was all to easy to dism iss the place of which do their best to take on structures where it is often difficult involved in the organisation of this come to li fe before your very eyes. as something of an eyesore. Now, to get a seat and it often seems howeve r , m os t o f these wonderful event, has expressed ludicrously dark. In its favour deve lo p m en t s have been his disgust at this method of fund Abdul's: " . . . ask them for just about anything, h6wever it sells Bel haven Ates and completed, and buildings such as raising. Young Oswald would probably even a pink elephant, and after a rummage Fosters Lager and is blessed with the new block o f pensioners' flats , much prefer to raise the money in they'll probably come up with the goods." friendly bar staff, and it's not a bad built around an old chu rc t,and the the bierkeller. He has been hiding place for a quiet nig ht out. The vast new Breadwinner bakery, his disappointment by burying his overspill from Shambles often have brought a new gloss to the head in Mein Kampf, which he is But Abdul's is just the c ream of the ro te of mini-Thins by stocki ng seems to cross the road to the area. reading for the tenth time. the crop. You should also ta ke a much wider range of books than Raeburn Bar, which also stocks Allow me to indulge myself for a Last, but certaihty not least, note of Remo's, the tobacconists you r ave rage Winds of War and some res pectable real ales and is a moment. James Joyce, in his Doug hardie spent his Saturday in and confectioners which seems to Mills and Boon dumping ground. haven for those who recoil at the prototype novel Stephen Hero his local chemist buying a number be open around twenty-three But man cannot li ve by word s thought of a jukebox. So if you're wrote of epiphanies, those little of expensive skin preparations to hours a day. The shop takes its alone, and if you're an ex-Pollock into recapturing the lost art of moments when the most mundane protect his pin-up boy image. name from an elderly gent of (you internee who has had experience conversation this is the p lace for things in life suaaenr y become The strain of being deprived of guessed it) Ita lian extraction, who of certain rip-off butchers on the you. beautiful. Yes, I know it sounds their weekly fix of football is invariably gree ts his customers South Side th en Struth's is a Fu rther up the hill toward s the pretentious, but you were well proving too much for the weak with the remark that "it's a cold pleasant su rpri se, an excellent New Town there is the Baillie. warned. But I digress. The point is willed Uni footballing fraternity. night tonight" A Scots expatria te butchers who give equa ll y Serious dri nkers m igh t be tempted that living in Stockbridge you tend Therefore, if you are unfortunate to Australia, making his first visit excellen t val ue for money. by the sign above the door to enjoy the odd epiphany from enough to be approached by a home for around twenty year~ So much fo r the shops, and on to advertising 90/ - ale, but don't be time to time. " Sentimenta: quivering wreck of an amateur once commented that he footed as th is is a relic of bygone athlete, waving a fiver in your face The Pubs twaddle", you may say, and remembered Remo making the days, and in reali ty this basement probably with some justification. and demanding a ball, please do same observation on the weather those institutions which probably pub has nothing spectacular to not indulge him. Just reassure him play an even bigger part i,n student But this isn't meant to be an the last time he visited his shop in recommend it. It also seems to be a advertisement, just an example of that football is " the winter game" life - pubs. Stockbridge has quite the early sixties' Though Remo's is little short of room, with about six the finer (mundane) things in life. and it really is too hot to play in the primarily a haven for smokers who a few wateri ng holes to offer, and if feet between the large L-shaped So stop burying your head in summer. run out of fags at night, it's also you're not too sure what sort ol bar and wal l. Turn off the ma in Skahespeare or Quantum Physics The Boss worth wrapping your taste buds place you're after it's probably as road from the Bailie and ou wilt THE STUDENT Thursday, 26th January 1984 15 ARE YOU A GOOD SPORT? HOW TO DRINK This quick quiz is GUINNESS AND designed to discover (7) Are you; (15) Is your idea of the perfect a) good at games? sportsman; PLAY TABLE whether you are a good b) bad at games? a) Alan Wells? FOOTBALL sport. Answer each c) an all-round superstar? b) Alun Armstrong? question truthfully and c) Alun Grassick? SIMULTANEOUSLY (8) Do you view sport as; add up your score at the a) a tedious means of exercise? (16) Do you think this silly quiz end and final put into b) a good social activity? will show you to be; Sharpen up your reflexes which category you fit. c) both of these? a) a good sport? b) a dead loss? and wrist action for the Your chosen representative, (9) Do you; c) don't really give a shit? Guinness Table Football who will be responsi ble for seeing (1) When playing a competitive a) concentrate on one sport? Competition! fair play and keeping the sport do you; b) try your hand at many? RESULTS drawsheet in the preliminary a) want to win at all costs? c) read books and hate Open only to students, entry to round, has his or her own com­ b) get frustrated if playing {1) •J 0 b) 2 C) 10 sporting types? (2) a) 10 b) 0 C) 5 the competition automatically petition to enter too. Guinness are badly? (3) •J 0 b) 0 C) 10 entitles you to claim a free keg of donating an extra keg of Guinness c) play for enjoyment only? (4) a) 1 b) 5 C) 10 (10) Which clothes do you prefer (5) a) 2 b) 10 C) 0 Guinness for the Union Bar and, if and an FA Cup Final ticket to the to wear; (6) •J 0 b) 2 c) 10 you win, you and your partner will representative who dreams up the 12) When playing lor a team do a) a tracksuit? (7) a) 10 b) 10 C) 0 most imaginative photograph (8 ) •J 0 b) 10 C) 5 find yourselves with a unique you; b) a sports jacket? (9) a) 2 b) 10 C) 0 sweatshirt each and two free publicising their own round. The a) participate with the team? c) leopard skin trousers? (101 a)2 b 5 C) 10 photograph should show a display (111 9) 10 b)O C) - 10 tickets to the FA Cup Final at b) like to be a hero? (12) a)lO b) 10 c) O Wembley' which contains the Table Football c) don't understand the (11) Are your sexual activities; (13) o) 10 b) 0 c) 2 The Guinness Table Football posters and stickers in your Union question? ( 14) a) 10 b)2 c) O a) enhanced b)' sport? (15) a) 10 b) 0 C) 10 Competition , devised in Bar. b) decreased by sport? (16) •J2 b) 0 C) 10 conjunction with the BSSF, is The entry should then be sent to (3) If easily defeating an c) non-

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MOTOR CLUB EU Karate Last Saturday the gallant Edinburgh karate team set forth CARBERRY RALLY JAN 20th 1984 for St Andrews and even if one group did arrive via Perth having The recent arctic conditions have Lotus was forced to run off onto had slight navigational errors, caused joy for a few, misery for the banking and into deep snow in . everyone was on time save the many more and been the cause of order to avoid collision. In all six referee - who failed to turn up at much apprehension amongst the cars were involved but the Datsun all! Thus with improvised judging Motor Club members, faced with was lifted back onto the road and from very controversial brown the prospect of a Monte Carlo style remarkably all cars left the belts, the competition continued. rally. The idea at competing in a incident unscathed. Mr Captain Dave (Muscles) road rally on two inches of packed Principle EUMoC results were Wallace had the first bout and after snow and ice did little to enthuse as follows: Andy and Bob first in two easy scores relaxed a little too the competitors. However a the non- caun% .,.,,1h IS SUPPLANTED BY 1\ PROJECTED SORTIE ,,..;1!>.iv-aY M onda)·-Woke up. Smoke 1hous.1nd'- by ~econd~ I perhap~ \·r\da) _wakc up Sec unlt. Ge\ 1,p. Cat w,th 1tiOusand,. Lie 11 ' <. \\O\ ~o bad ailcr al\). Go 10 Mad !>c rambk JumP on bUS, TH£ STORY SO FAR: Thurlock, the Master of Graves. Thur1ock signed the leaves the place. Only carts carrying on t,cd. L,'>tcn with 1mlhol1S lecture on ~unr.1gc11es {cllcc\\enl smoke- \\a\•c \unch in great manufacturer, has acquired a plan, rolled it up, and turned to the supplies go in and out." Play ,quash Oecltnt \cc\\lre - ,,,,\\V don't the Grecllharn \·J1nburg\l \\'1nt Oar with (omrn~n women h:1\t ,uch strange passion for a beautiful widow, ladder which ran through a hole in !he " It could work to your advan tage," with hundfcds. Speak w,th fnends of \\'>1cr "God. )OU \oOk !,t\Cral Eat ,..,1h thOU!, 31Hh pan;1chc"') Retire to the noo\...- hkt auanlP··h)Pc rema1k!>from Madame Etallon, whose estate ,s the planks beside him. A battered hat said the Doctor. " The child will have Rock ·n· Roll with hundred, 1n-1he·h1ll .il'ld ··Bull Boot"•. '>clret,H)' and .,,crn glance from peo ple .. Down's Syndrome". rhc ch ild only piece of land left in the town of emerged, wet with dew, followed by a beeri cossetted, sheltered, innocent of Onn\.. :,c,,cral. spok \(\·era\. ··\ron ·1rou,cr';· l:.31 ,..,1h L~tal( /\gtnl ·· ' ...... nr\S ,,..,ng The road to 1984 was blocked by a Lirchbury which he has no, turned to drab assemblage of creased, curQ.Pl ed the lures of life's harsher aspects. His lhou~and" Go 10 ·· \ \. · snowdrift. J anet and John 's fa ther gave would be ugly, un ab le to pe rform al srnokc se,cra\. his own ends. Now, to gain both clothing which concealed a sma ll, eyes can thus be more easily opened: ·1·uesda)_ Wake up Smoke ll\\()1T .. not ·· r \'c f) \ lndcr· up on his children's future and healthy social fun ctions, and wo uld die woman and property, he has resolved dried-up individual whose main object and if he does not come out, then we Get up \;.at with 1\lou~:1\\<.h Go gr;1dua1c I \;1'- Wil\LTI~) Opted to " cckend 's skiing. There was a howling premature ly . must lind a way in." to \ccturc. Go 10 hb1:1r) co-operate·· but ·,omc1h1ni; to corrupt the focus of all her alfect,on in hfe appeared to lie in keeping the blizzard. Just as .J anet was beg inning to "Now, how did it come to pass that - her son. brim of his hat between the world and Thurlock stood motionless for a 1Gu1n11cs!> Boo" of Record:.. hl a\onl!- tho'>c 1tnc, 10 a \(1\ 11l people I h.1dn·1 ,n.i,cd. bulled cry, her fa ther found the lighted Diana, who had had th e best BUPA his face. moment, then lauQhed, a sound like F\oor, 1hird ,;helf. ng.ht-hand ,;1 de). Go 10 \cnure Go 10 lhC my 1)1.lOh ,1nd \I.id a holt 111 ,ny could offer in pre-natal ca re, who ate Thurlock thought at first to awe " Look up," said Thurlock when the gigantic creatures overturning rocks windows of a remote hunting-lodge . ·rorb1ddcn Fru11·' t1on Jrn\t ic r.,c y duC 111 a <,hot "' the heilt like a horse and neve r smoked , who1,e Madame Etallon and fascinate her son man stood before him. The Master of deep below the earth's surface. "Yes ", " I ' m sorry, but we' re full up," sa id the early. Rugby and Shcrborllt l \\ad cll,:e\lcnt c\erunl!, Jntl pregnancy, after all, was nea rl)' and by demonstrating the power he had Graves shuffled and touched his hat in he said, '"A way could be found to visit o·c\oc'i:. on dol. o\hcrs 10 ,11,1 ,1n"cd back 011 Thur~daY 1n I gamekeeper . T he he noticed the \'hursda)_w:,'i:.c up smo'i:.c GoLlt'- Immaculate Conception, brought a over Nature within his domain: and the a kind of uncert8in salute. A little ash the darkest personifications of fu:,I race ata p01nHO·?o1n1 Go bc1ni c am ,1t..:P c,11tcc. smo\..c w.:11ch with a dental mirror , and prodded " ith arn1an1cn1·· 1\hctnoi1n 1n 111\(rn:1\l\lna\. TcrnhcdSco\\and there was no food. ther e were millioris ears already, have they?·' said steady red glow of the furnace zones, do1ni; now). Ea! ,..,1h 1hou"1n(h wagon~ were to be seen trundlino on thousands of 1ra)' {c"<..:c\\cnt \lhti1r, wn11ni; ··The 1• 0\1111.:, ot \\ill ,..1n 1n 1wo v-cc\..!t 11111c Go of peo ple th er e. The children's father a picky thing for any signs of wear and through the streets of Litchbury, laden Thurlock sharply. " How does the new embedded in invisible folds of the ~\edge<.). Go 10 dcb.1tc on the ;'111cl..:ar D1~ :1rni.1mcn 1·· on oo\1d,1) 10 London. was surpri.9ed to meet an old n ame from tear? I-low, "hen the deed itse lf took with slag and waste from outlying regime please you?" starless night landscape. \·\Cf\111~ \.tll .,.,1\1 \hOll'-\f\d, Baharfl"'· !,,\ontc Carlo (lnJ ,mptnd1nl! dc<.uuc\lon of 1hc his college days. This th e children found place with th e grea test of care. so arc '" Hick and Yiddy", he said after a '\\ ;11d1 \ 1dco ol ··M1dn111,ht -..i orth Al ncJ .ind ~a',' 10 nw~c\l mines. On arnval at the g raveyard, TheMaster of Graves expressed world :,hared with b1\hon'>, V not to dislodge her per m? It ~ as not their consignments were shovelled out himself well satisfied. while. "They wilt do. Now would be a ,mprcs<.cd ,,,,,1h \ucid, clear <.1ylc { xpre~,·· .ind M1nk 1;.,n, tll ··Ne' er Sa) ;,Jc,er l\g,un·· rather boring. so they snea ked up to the fair. It was not cricket. It was bad and trampled firmly into the ground by " Seeing the scheme from here."' said good time to procure them." of ¼11.lthern. ,,,,c11-cduca1cd mo,tl' 11~1r,.,1udcn1 nat iur\u!>h '{oUI' 3)C· sizzling log fire. At its side sat a girl: \>n,un cu.,.u.11\ rollor\.. .,.11hout ,\n \n1p:,,rtia\ Obstr~cr. armies of needy mill-women, while Thurlock, seizing him by theelbowand Count) 01'>trC~ )Cd \ 0 ~cc badly dressed, spotty, " ith greasy hair public relations. 1h.: corndor~ onn\.. port and leather-gauntle tted artisans poured pointing him in the rigt\l direction, ·· is it Thatcher rcp\lc3 llhou~ht and big, sa d eyes which see med to dra" "So that M atron did wh at any good - TO BE CONTINUED - on\V Garv Nun1an wtfcrcd that suplus tubs of dilute acid over the grey, not striking? ls it not in it~ own way Briton would do. She ya nked away the ,0;1 of 1h1ng) Rctir,:d the children into mise ries beyond their gritty surface to render the soil beautiful?" yea rs. A toddler lay asleep in her lap. aft erbirth and swapped Diana's child ,11mula1cd infertile, and teams of urchins worked The man looked up for an instant, T he girl smiled sadly at Janel and with th at of the poor lone l} girl. from dawn till dusk sc r aping revealing a face sculpted by the John. That was enough. ''Tell us a Diana's eyes opened in de light upon a tombstones free of moss and lichen. erod1ngs of continual anxiety; he story!" they cried as one. '·J know onl) fine baby boy of eight pounds. ''I "ill Solid brick receptabtes were set in the peered out through the fresh morning ca ll him William - that is, if it's OK ground at precise, regular intervals for air. narrowed his eyes and twitched his - f'v\C....(tll-1 :JAN one,'· the girl said softly, .. and )'Ou .4- - \\ith the res t of \'Ou," she sa id, be fore the deposit of flowers by the bereaved. nose. blind to everything, the new­ wo n't un de rstand it." "Yes \\C will!" Mourners were encouraged to remain style cemetery, the ever-changing sa ng J anet and Johrr, boun cing up and droppi ng into a deep, refre3hing sl ee p. silend at burial ceremonies, or else to skeins of smoke from the foundries, down on the girl's r esting ar m. " Please! ,;The lonely girl opened her C)"es to chant the most solemn dirges, and the the far-off hills. PLEASE!"' see a perfect Mongol chi ld. lo, ing and whole area was stocked with ravens " You're not looking at all, you "Then J \\ ill," sa id th e girl. "Once dependen t, sl raddled on her 3tomac h. As dawn uncurled discreetly under a grotesque imbecile!'· roared Thurlock. upon a time, not so ve ry long ago, there "Call him Ishmae l." ~he murmured. thick. damp blanket of grey cloud on ··You're wondering if 1rs going to rain. was a girl, lying in a hospital bed in " for we wi ll be outcasts.' · the fourth day after his meeting with Very well, remain as an animal. Just tell ··co.'ih ,'. Madame Etallon, Mr Thurlock was to me this, before I dismiss you: have you Lond on. She was going to have a baby, John breathed, be found surveying his new alterations ever seen a young boy from the French which he had made \'til h a boy who th en "And that \\ as 1h a1. But nol quite. from a vast grid of scaffolding which woman's house passing through the decided he didn't love her any more. But Because the girl had neHr been asleep enmeshed an old, soot-blackened graveyard?" the gi r l "as glad, an d kne" she wo uld at all. She l,rne" exact!} " hat had bee n warehouse From this vantage point he The Master of Graves had not. love her baby very mu ch. going on. And she felt ... (; he felt .. ' ' could see over Madame Etallon·s ·· Go then," said Thurlock. ·· No, ·· ' l-l ere he comes!· ·· she shrieked. " Bui ho\, do you kn O\\ all this?" minute green province of vegetation. perhaps it would be quicker to throw T he nurses sa w the bloody hea d of a fine cried J anet. The spOlt)- girl smiled. and all the wasteland that now formed you over the edge . " haby boy pop out from beh,ee n her "Because," she said, "I "as that girl." a bleak, grey ribbon around it, dotted The Master of Graves dived head legs. T he labour o,•e r, !he girl sa nk back with the dark motes of gravestones first through the hole in the floor and, "So whal are )·Ou going IO do no" ?" and, here and there, tiny flecks of having regained consciousness, and appea red to pass out. ("Gads,,. gas ped John, bes ide himse lf. colour which were the forlorn boquets scurried away. Janel spat.) "M} so n and I are on l hc \,ay 10 an of the friends of the dea. That night Thurlock conferred w11h " In · another bed in the same anarchist colony in the H cbr idl'S. of the friends of the dead. his favoured doctor. Doctor Samson hos pital," the sad woman we nt on, When " e ge l there. "e are going 10 He was studying a plan for a represented one of Thurlock's lew "another girl was gi,·in g bir th . She too plot th e ,·iolent O\'erthro" or the chequered black-white pattern of luxuries: he had valued him, initially at ,, as ,·cry }'Oung, but her boy still lo,·ed Stale, th e Cro\\ n, and the total stone types. He found 11 hard to least, as one who could provide her, and se nt a ll his servants to obse r ve dest ru ction of Buckingha m Pa lace. concentrate, however, glancing up reassurance that hi$ body remained as her in labour. T here were sixteen Would you like t o come?" frequently to run his eyes across the strong and sound as his buildings and doctors, thirty nurses and a handful of landscapes below, as if he would like machines, for he was jealous of the ''Gosh, yes," the children sa id as more time just to stand and stare at it. durability of his artefacts diplomats. O utside, hundreds of peo ple one. T he snow was clearing. Janet and " More scaffolding", he muttered to " How may I alter this boy?··. asked with ca meras cla moured to get in. Joh n's fa the r lay as leep, face sunk 1 "Plop!" the baby ap peared. ''Aaah!" himself. "Like an arena, scaffolding all Thurlock, lumbering fretfully to and fro 5S SHH~ D• • 'r '/.,~ \.IN.-, deep in his old namc''i lap. lligh around " He was reaching for his through the gloom of his study, "How \ ( AN'1 S"'1ANO AN'loN€ th e IO\·ing subjects cried. ''But - above, a single star marked the " a}' lo telescope, imagining, not for the first may I entice him to sympathise with the INtiiA.1.-4.~ fV\E.. 'NHEN " ait!" the anarchi~t colon}. Mar~ (for that lime, that he saw movement among the nature of my town and its factones, if For the baby had a ,·er y big hea d, was indeed er name· took the trees which screened the Etal!ons· he does not ever venture beyond lhe l'M BE: INC. R.P. Dlt,AL! wi th a ridge above the eyes. It had the children's hand s. her infant sn uggled house, when a voice from below walls of the estate? No-one has ever handicap that Diana would ca ll announced th e imminent ascent of the seen him. The woman herself never to her breas t. "Mongoloid' ', and we ll-mannered And how do I kn o,, all th is?