Felix Issue 373, 1975
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Abortion special - see centre pages. Treble overseas students' fees says MP - back page. FOUNDED IN 1949 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION No. 399 Tuesday 28th October, 1975. FREE! Health Centre Less cash but more certainty- unhelpful over abortion cases It has come to light recently that two women students who became pregnant unsympathet- Government ically dealt with at the Health Centre. In the first case the stndent had become pregnant only two weeks before her examinations. Having decided to have an abortion, she approached the Health Centre and had a pregnancy test which proved positive. policy She consulted one of the doctors at the Health Centre regarding obtaining an abortion. A sympathetic doctor was unable to help because of the time factor involved, but suggested she try a private clinic. This, the student didi and finally had her operation perverse-Rector five days before her examin- ations were due to start — despite this setback she THE RECTOR, in his Commemoration Day address, attacked critics of the higher successfully completed them. education system and government policy on higher education. Although it was important In the second case the to raise the educational standards of the mass of people, there would always be a need student, who is still at IC, was given an appointment with for highly selective education for those of exceptional merit. |t was for this purpose that a doctor who was working at universities had been created. The quality of students entering Imperial College remained the Health Centre temporarily. consistently high and there was no reason for any immediate change in our admission The doctor was most unco- policy. operative and reprimanded her One point of concern at IC Crowther-Hunt's belief that for being irresponsible and if in doing so we have to lose however, was the proportion of manpower planning would promiscuous. The student left some money," he continued. women students which stood at result in economies. Manpower in tears. "Less cash but more certainty; less than 11% of the student this might be a good bargain planning was a notoriously She subsequently had an body. "This is far fewer for the Government and for the inexact science and in abortion arranged for her by women students than we — universities", he declared. anycase it was more Important the Pregnancy Advisory Service. and no doubt the men students! Referring to the self- to train people so that ..they Both cases were brought to — would like, and we are balancing rules for student could exercise the intellectual the attention of the Health making strenuous efforts to residences and refectories he powers to the full. "Criticism Centre who admit that in both remedy it" . The attempts to described government policy can be helpful to the criticised, occasions these events did in attract more women to the as "deliberately calculated to but if thought to be vindictive fact take place. However, it is College would be a slow and be perverse". The College had can do more harm than good; pointed that abortions take a laborious task. To help this endeavoured to make improve- and we must take comfort to long time and it was not and the College as a whole, ments and economise where recall with George Moore that possible to arrange the Sir David Huddie had been possible, but were inevitably 'the lot of critics is to be operations for the student, as asked to consider what bound by strict government remembered by what they qnickly as they desired. subjects should be developed regulations insisting that halls failed to understand'. On that It seems also that the policy at the College in order to and refectories must pay their score alone Lord Crowther- pursued by the Health Centre broaden and enrich its way without subsidy. Hunt was already formed intellectual spectrum. immortality". on abortions will not be altered "That would be perfectly in the light of these two cases. However, this planning for acceptable if the student The Rector also expressed the future suffered due to a maintenance grant was adequate grave concern over the steady lack of certainty over the erosion, in recent years, in the FELIX to meet the proper costs; but financial out lookof universities. it is not adequate... These two capacity of universities to FELIX would like to "In common with everyone elements of Government policy undertake research. Basic apologise to its readers and else the College has experienced are mutually inconsistent; they research was vitally important advertisers for the late severe financial difficulties are also socially divisive and belonged especially in the publication of this issue due during the course of the year, because they penalise the universities and this should be to technical problems. For this with inflation almost making poorer student; and they maintained and not be reason also, the next issue havoc of our budgetory provide a constant source of arbitrarily sacrificed in order of FELIX will not be published planning. What has been potential antagonism between to maintain a pre-ordained until Friday, 7th November. particularly dispiriting is the the student body and its level of student numbers. FELIX would also like to uncertainty in which univer- institution". The universities Inflation and Government apologise for the errors sities have lived". were "close to breaking financial policies had weakened the ' dual support' system on contained in i the "Council "There Is a desparate need point" and urgent action by which university research was report" carried in its last to return to some element of the Government was necessary. based. issue, FELICITY. certainty in our planning, even He poured scorn oh Lord Monday 27th Saturday 1st November CCD Freshers Dinner: 7.00pm for 7.30pm. IC Ents present "Andy Fairweather-Low" plus 'Unicorn' in the Tuesday 28th Great Hall at 8.00pm. Adm IC adv 70p; Adv 80p; Door £1.00. Roneo demo starting 1.00pm in the outer FELIX office. Sunday 2nd IC Jewish Soc: talky by Maurice Singer in Mech Eng 340 at 1.30pm QEC: Disco 20p. Latin American Soc: "What After Vietnam, a talk by Chris Mullin, Chelsea: Disco 10p, Film "Ned Kelly" at 7.00pm. Adm: 150. journalist; at 6.30pm in Lecture theatre A, Sherfield Building. Associated Studies: Wartime Reputations; Who Survives? Talk by Monday 3rd Basil Collier, Military historian. Theatre B, Sherfleld Building at 1.30pm. Tuesday 4th Musicians and their Instruments; Talk by Dr Bernard Robinson. Career Opportunites Talk: The Graduate in the Coal Industry. Theatre A, Sherfield Building at 1,30pm. Mr T Palmer (NCB). Elec Eng 408. 1.30pm. Career Opportunities Talk: Mr WHF Brooks, (CEGB); Career Associated Studies: Innovation by Design Brian Locke, Head of opportunities with the CEGB. ElecEng 408. 1.30pm. Special Projects, National Research Development Corportion. Hall Dinner: Sherfield Building. 7.30pm. Theatre A, Sherfield Building 1.30pm. IC Film Society present 'Romeo and Juliet' ME220. 7.15pm, The Industrial Archaeologist at Work: 1 .'The Need for Action'. 'Adm: Members only. Dennis Smith. Theatre B, Sherfield Building at 1.30pm. Wednesday 29th Wednesday 5th IC Folk Club present 'Blackhurst' in the Union Lower Refectory IC Folk Club present 'Miriam Backhouse'. Union Lower Refectory. at 8.00pm. Adm: members 25p; non-members 45p. Membership 60p. 8.00pm Adm: Membership 25p; non-members 45p. IC South East Asia Society's Commonwealth Institute Tour. Meet Membership 60p. at Mech Eng Dept Entrance - Concourse at 1.45pm. Hall Dinner — Wine Night. 7.00 - 7.30 pm. Sherry 7.30pm dinner. Thursday 30th Sherfield Building. IC Ents present 'Blazing Saddles" in ME 220 at 6.30pm. Adm:150 Chelsea: Bar Night. 'Sean Cannon' at 8.30pm. Adm: free. Lunch hour concert: Library in 53 Princes Gate at 1.30pm. Thursday 6th Socialist Society open meeting on Spain in the Committee Room Associated Studies: Lunch-hour Concert. The Library, 53 (top floor of Union Building) at 1.00pm. Prince's Gate. 1.30pm. Film: 'Airport'. Theatre A, Sherfield Roneo Demostration in the outer FELIX office at 1.00pm. Building. 1.30pm. Associated Studies: Practical Engineering for the Third World. Laboratory — Acquired Infection: Prevention and Cure. Surgeon- Speakers: Mr D Payne and Mr P. Steyner. Theatre B, Sherfield Commander HM Darlow, RN (Retd) Mech Eng 220. 1.30pm. Building at 1,30pm. Career Opportunities Talk: A Career in Marketing. Mr MA Billeston, Career Opportunities Talk: "Management" by Mr HJ Tait, British Institute of Marketing. Elec Eng 408. 1.30pm. Institute of Management. Elec Eng 408 at 1.30pm. Friday 31st IMPERIAL COLLEGE RAG WEEK 1975 - 1976 IC Ents disco in Union Lower Refectory. Adm 10p. IC Ents present 'Good Habit' in the Union Concert Hall, Adm: 50p. Wednesday 5th November1 "1920's" Evening: 8.00pm IC Film Soc present "Virgin and the Gipsy" in Mech Eng 220 at 7.15pm. Adm by membership card — £1.50. Thursday 6th November - Films. "SPYS" John Coffin Memorial Concert in the Great Hall at 7.30 pm. Friday 7th November - Rag & Drag Queen Competition Adm free (See next weeks Felix for further Rag Week events). Tfia Rlsiiclcgicsal LccMig glass Reflections until the end of October. exceptionally harmonious on the 19th, 22nd and 28th but could go against you around the 26th. ARIES (22Mar-21Apr): Material gains are under good aspect SCORPIO (240ct-22Nov): Your work and health are both and you may find yourself in a financially better position than you protected by Jupiter and they thrive on the 19th and 28th Romance probably expected. Affairs of the heart may cause some strain on the from social gatherings and group activities is highly probable 20th and 26th but you'll really feel like a ram around the 29th! particularly on the 21st.