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ELIX« The Student Newspaper of Imperial College NolOGV 140CT94 Imperial To Merge With NHLI BY MICHAEL LI l)L\M AND ANDREW TSENG The proposed merger with the National Heart, and Lung Institute with Imperial College is due, to go ahead within a year. What is described as an "affiliated rela- tionship" between the two estab- lishments is planned to start this autumn. The amalgamation is the first phase of a plan to make Imperial College a medical super- school. In the second phase, if is expected that, St. Mary's will merge with Charing Cross Westminster Medical School and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School to create one large medical school at Imperial College. This second phase is due to start, is Implant: Imperial acquires a new organ 1996. The Basic Medical School, to be built on the site, of the old There are seen to be four into the next, century. Imperial government policy that is threat- Chemistry building, will hopefully advantages widi a merger. Firstly College will also play a part in ening some London teaching hos- absorb some these facilities onto a larger school would be able to helping to prepare doctors for the pitals with closure. The medical one site. Joint admission by the attract, bigger grants and carry out expanding field of medical tech- school that these proposals would two undergraduate medical better research than the smaller nology. Thirdly administrative create would be of "world size and schools to the South Kensington institutions could themselves. costs will be reduced and lastly world quality, something to which campus is expected to start, in Secondly that the education of that patient care will be improved. none of the individual components 1997 or 1998. A merger with the Postgraduates, but, particularly Some rationalisation is could separately aspire." Institute for Cancer Research is Undergraduates will be improved. expected so that the most can be At, present it is unclear how also being discussed although this The current intake for St. Mary's gained from this merger. It, is seen exactly the plans will pan out, but will be more difficult, as the is small for future London medical as necessary to make the, new it is clear that Imperial College is Institute receives much of its schools, increasing the numbers medical school as attractive as extremely serious about expand- money from charity. wordd hopefully help it survive possible, in the light, of present ing its medical capabilities. H Contents news pages one&two&three editorial and credits page three news feature: confidential drift page four the Superleague s-files: net special page seven freshers' week photo extravaganza pages eight&nine BY JOE MCFADDEN competition for funds from 'new' page eleven universities. Ideas under consider- feature: computing at shell the Imperial College is one of an elite ation include breaking away from felix pull out and stick up on your wall group of universities who are national pay bargaining so they spectacular pages twelve&thirteen union planning to form a 'premier can offer higher salaries to attract league'. top staff, and opposing plans by news page fourteen incoming: your first About. 10 top universities - the, Government to share out lim- letters arrive page seventeen clued up page known collectively as the Russell ited research funding more evenly nineteen standby pages twenty&twentyone Group - have been discussing with former polytechnics. ways to protect, their research con- The core, members of the seven day guide pages twentytwo&twentythree H tracts in the face of increasing (Continues on page 2) News RCS Pot Lost and Found Smoked BY ANDY S1NHARAY Usually kept in the Union President located the missing bar, 3.H.P. has been in RCS pos- tankard in the Mines Office. It. Out! "3.H.P. Missing, feared snatched session since the mid-sixties. was the morning of Monday 10th by Guilds!" was the headline that Engraved with the names of RCS when he returned it. to the Union BY DAVID COHEN screamed out at readers of the executive, members past and pre- bar, safe and sound. Royal College of Science's (RCS) sent, it was originally believed to "I'm glad we got it back," Freshers' week has proved that newspaper, Broadsheet. The have been stolen by members of said the RCSU president, but. he the dope detecting fire alarms Three I landled Pot, known affec- the City & Guilds College Union stressed that that the Three work. A first, year student has tionately as 3.H.P. went, missing (C&GCU), despite there being Handled Pot is not. a mascot, and been heavily fined after being on Sunday 2nd, but was found what was described as "a strong therefore exempt from the usual caught taking illicit substances . eight days later. [Royal School of] Mines presence" rigours of mascotry. "Any future The incident, took place on Mr Charlie Bell, President, of on the evening of its disappear- theft will be regarded as such, the Wednesday. Fire alarms were the RCS Union, said that one ance. and will be dealt with according- set off in the Old Hostel of Beit attempt to remove the pot. had Charlie Bell said he had con- ly." He added, "it's worth a lot. in Hall. Security guards were alerted been thwarted by RCS members. sulted both Fiona Grandison and terms of sentimental value to the to the source of the alarm and However, later in the, evening it. Vinod Fernandez - Presidents of RCSU... to whoever borrowed it, promptly apprehended a student, disappeared, apparently without, the C&GCU and RSM Union thanks for the sleepless nights, smoking marijuana. The student, trace. (RSMU) respectively. The RSMU guys." whose name remains confidential, was cautioned and fined by the warden of Beit Hall, Jon Marangos. Dr Marangos would not. comment on the incident. Newsagent Nirvana Posters around Beit. Hall c^ have been put. up to reiterate the BY REBECCA MILE HAM computing PhD student. shop to get cigarettes and drinks". fact, that the College smoke The Financial Times sold As yet, few clubs and societies alarms, though relatively insensi- Sales of canned drinks from over 70 copies a day under a new have taken advantage of the tive to tobacco smoke, are very Union outlets, doubled in a suc- scheme, which reduces its price to opportunity to order specialist, sensitive to most other forms of cessful first week's trading at. 15 pence, while all three issues of magazines from the newsagent. smoke. Imperial College's newsagent. Woman's Own sold on the first "I think people, may be com- day of opening. Of the tabloid ing into the newsagent rather newspapers, previously unavail- than going to the JCR" says man- able in the bookshop, only the Superleague continues ager Jill Gibbons, a view con- Sun clocked up significant sales. firmed by students emerging from "It looks great," says Miguel (Continues from page 1) aged...we are an informal group the newsagent with their purchas- Santos, a second year computing Russell Group (named after the with similar interests, set up for es. student who claimed to live on London Hotel they meet in) are the protection of the research "I used to go to the JCR, but chocolate. "You used to have to Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial col- strengths of leading universities.' it shuts at 4.30", says Nat Price, a go all the way round the book- lege, the London School of Members of the Russell Group also Economics, University College point out. that funding for centres London, Manchester, Warwick, of technological excellence must be Edinburgh and Birmingham. kept high if the UK is to compete Other universities are fearful internationally. RAGged that, if the, Russell group decided to Vice-chancellors from new 'break away' and form a super- universities have reacted by form- league they would attract the best, ing their own pressure group, to Tiddlywinks students and all die most lucrative guard against what they see as the research contracts from both the beginnings of a two-tier system. public and private sectors. They are concerned that, members BY ANDY S1N11ARAY Clem) he said he would have pre- Sir David Williams, Vice- of the Russell Group super league ferred a better turnout, but was Chanccllor of Cambridge Univer- will be the only universities able to The Annual RAG Tiddlywinks optimistic that RAG's next event. sity, insisted in an interview with afford the rising costs of research, Down Oxford Street took place on — Monopoly around London FELIX there was 'nothing sinis- while the rest are forced to Saturday, raising nearly £400 for would be better attended. Anyone ter' about the plans: 'there is no become teaching-only institutions. ActionAid. The amount raised was wishing to take part should attend super-league and none envis- £200 down on last, year's figure, the RAG meeting on Friday, RAG chair Ian Robertson said immediately after the UGM Clarifcation that those, attending "collected (which starts at 12) or they FELIX would like to make clear that the damage caused to Da excellently...and had a great should sign up at the event on Vinci's at, the beginning of term was not, the responsibility of Imperial time." Having four minibuses full Saturday at 10am, at. the ICU College staff. Imperial College staff were not involved at, any stage. The, of participants (as well as using building. plumbing carried out in the Union building was undertaken by an RCS and BSM mascots Jez and external contractor. lilM FELIX I40CT94 News and Editorial Elsie Widdowson (President of the unlike some major high street 18 years, from 1976-1994. News In British Nutrition Foundation since banks there is no charge for 1986).

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