you like them, and checking and/or pin ball machines! out to see if they are practical. Over the past two years I've There are more loosely de- been Social Year Rep, on RCS fined roles the D.P. can play.\ Ents committee, Assistant Secre- ELECTION TIME There is mixed thought whether tary of ICU Academic Affairs and or not he should involve him- I've sat on Council as Maths nual supply of 800 well-balanced have been the academic affairs self in the policy forming, policy Department Rep., so I have con- individuals. That is the only sort officer of the RCS Union for implementing of the Union. I siderable expeirence in Union of student that IC really caters nearly two years. It is not a believe he should be involved. Administration. for. It must be shown otherwise. glamorous post, so you may To cut himself off from NUS, Any individual has the right to never have heard of it or me. Community Action, Academic Basically I see the position of AGAIN Hon. Sec. as being an apolitical an education that caters for his However it is not a trivial job, Affairs, etc. is just like burying needs as a person, and not just and in fact it puts me automati- his head in the sand. It's ironical one (politics are best left to Today you have the op- order for this to happen, he must the needs of external industry cally on thirteen committees that the Union is always cajoling Presidents) and as being con- have a good understanding of and governmental interests. from the college Board of Stud- people to get involved, and cerned with the internal struc- portunity to question the how to run a Union meeting, and ies to the RCSU General Com- when they do, to shut them up ture and running of the Union. proposed candidates for the relevant standing orders. And so how does the Union mittee. One of these committees and send them away to be a Further, he must have the I.C. fit into this iniquitous picture? is ICU Council, the body that good boy. Although communication has the three main Union students at heart before any How can it play a valuable role effectively runs your Union. Over started to improve a little there social or political commitments. when in the eyes of many a the last two years I have taken So there it is, I don't know is a tremendous amount still to Posts, i.e. President, Dep- cynic it is regarded merely as plenty of opportunities, both on all the answers, but I am recep- be done. How many people came away from the last Union uty President and the Sec- Although the above may seem a playground for extreme politi- these committees and outside tive to ideas. So between us, I difficult to carry out, I hope to cal activists and a handful of them, to see what goes on and think we can go places, I hope meeting feeling helpless in the retary. Felix gives you the fulfil the role of president with others who like the sound of participate in it. so. face of steam-rollering by those that basis. As R.C.S. President their own voices (sic). The first who knew the suitable proced- chance to read what they for the past year, I have learnt step is to remove that image I think I have the experience ural motions? have to say. a lot about running a Union, and and then by a process of re- and ability to do the job of Dep- And now we come to also a great deal of information structuring and clearly defining what many people con- Improvement should start at uty President. At the time of the bottom with the year reps, As far as can be ascer- about the various committees of its role, develop an entirely new writing my nomination is not sider the most difficult job I.C. Union. approach to its relationship both becoming much more involved. contested. If it is, I hope you of all, that of Honorary tained, three are standing to the college and to its mem- will vote tor me—// you're not Each department should have a Several items I foresee as im- bers. The Union should be seen Secretary. To date, only publicity officer (one of the year for President, these being convinced, come to the hustings portant in the coming year are: to be primarily concerned with today to ask questions. Whether two people are seriously reps, perhaps?) to keep every- Chris Sheppard, Bill Ger- the interests of its members (in I'm opposed or not, if I get in I considering the post; Mairi one informed about what's going 1) Information—too few stud-every sense of the word), with on. ents understand fully what Aca- hope I can justify your vote. Waddington and Martin C. rard and ... going some way towards offer- Will you give me the chance? demic affairs, Welfare etc., ing that which the college does Black (Secretary of RCS However hard work and a real Chris Sheppard is a really do—hence no one cares. not. It must take the initiative and Floor Rep). interest are needed and I am I would encourage all commit- to work for a better community prepared to put that hard work relative newcomer to the tees to issue information, not than that which exists at pres- into the job if you will vote for lengthy, but containing informa- ent. Or in one sentence, the Paul Jowitt Both have produced me next Thursday. (After all, game of high-power poli- tion in such a form that a Fresh- think how safe your Union Fin- creation of a real educational Deputy President:— ... documents. tics. Although he has been er could understand it. COMMUNITY. ance would be with a Scot!) on Council as Civil Engin- 2) Continue our struggle for Q1. What does he do? better accommodation—starting Q2: What ought he to do? M. C. Black This ought to be the eering Departmental Rep., on the long overdue new halls As late as last Sunday Q3: What did he do? closest of all the elections he has avoided any con- of residence; a university-finan- there was no opposition to / am standing for the position ced local lodgings bureau, etc. Q4: What should he do? of Hon. Secretary of Imperial Mike Griffiths as Deputy since both candidates troversial issues until re- 05; What will he do? College Union because I know 3) Co-ordination between President. It is as well that that I am capable of doing the have much to recommend cently. I.C.U. and the C.C.U's. to pro- such an important post A1: Debatable. job and doing it well. them. vide not only an effective 'poli- A2: Debatable. Bill Gerrard is probably tical side", but also a better will be contested and not I am not going to publish long Anyone who has been go the way of many minor A3: Questionable. better known since he is social side. manifestos full of promises be- to a Union meeting cannot places in the Union. Too A4: Arguable. cause, rather than having poli- have missed seeing Martin President of RCS but this I hope that this will encour- cies of his own, it is the duty often, people get elected A5: You tell me, that's the Black. A women secretary by no means makes him age everyone to take an interest general idea. of the Hon. Secretary to be the in I.C.U. elections, and especi- unopposed. This can bene- servant of the Union and he on the other hand will ap- the obvious choice. Quite ally in fit no-one, the students feel You see, the job has never exists to carry out the wishes peal to a lot of people, often it is the people in Yours truly, left-out (even though it's been defined. The D.P. usually of the Union Meeting as well as especially one who wants their fault!) and the candi- has to deal with Union disci- organising the efficient adminis- the background who wield tration of the Union. to get things done. W. GERRARD date is never forced to pline, the refectory committee, most influence. As far as the bar committee, security and think out his policies in maintenance of the Union Build- I see my role as an adminis- Felix intends to remain we know ... is also think- any great detail. ings, etc. trator of Union Affairs. Through completely impartial in this ing of standing and we Chris Sheppard my experience of various Col- whole election. Owing to Admittedly, the post of I know enough about the job lege Committees and therefore apologise for not includ- The many inadequacies of to know that I can do it, I know my knowledge of procedure and the fact that nominations pre-university education provide Deputy President lacks the ing his manifesto. enough about it, to want to do College Administrative staff, I did not have to be in till us with a predictable stereo- glamour of the other two see myself as a strong link be- type Imperial College Fresher. it. I don't know too much about yesterday, it is possible However, the first two and all credit goes to Mike it to be straitjacketed complete- tween the Union and the Col- that some people have not None of us is him, but all of ly by it and resistant to change. lege. have produced manifestos us know him. He has had no Griffiths for standing first. had anything printed in for publication. It must be i reason to question the nature However, Paul Jowitt is To most people the Union / have some ideas for sorting this article. said, though, that a 400 of direction of his education, planning on standing as must improve its facilities, its and one who has been subject- out the bureaucratic tangle word limit was imposed well and so:— ideals and its involvement. It which exists in and almost en- In order to prevent any ed to an academically biased constantly needs new ideas. Its which resulted in Chris and intellectually very narrow gulfs I.C.U., but rather than allegations of bias we fairly easy to just keep the bore readers of Felix, I hope have decided to give Sheppard's article being course of education since the Union with its head above water,that anybody who is interested cut — from an original age of fifteen. Yet within the Mike Griffiths but that would leave it as a in these will come and chat to space in Felicity for any- called confines of the college and its stereotyped soft-boiled egg, de- me. one not included before already narrow influence the in- The Deputy President has an void of any activity of new and so I refer you to the "AN INDIVIDUAL dividual is still further isolated uncertain position in I.C. Union. concepts. Thus, MARTIN C. BLACK "you from any diversity of stimuli, in- Officially he is number 2 in the know it makes sense". last ever Felicity! PERSPECTIVE" tellectual or otherwise. Union; in fact the Hon. Secre- As far as I am concerned, tary and President are the two the Unions' own discipline pro- The college fails to either rec- sabbatical officers, so he tends cedures are totally inadequate W. Gerrard ognise or accept its responsibi- to be number 3 for most practi- and archaic. Compared to the Mairi Waddington VAC JOB INDEX In choosing the president ties to its students as individ- cal purposes. Besides being in Union/College discipline proce- With all the present publicity A directory listing thousands for the coming year, I believe uals. The college insists that this general position of respon- dures, they tend to resemble theabout women in the Union Bar and thousands of temporary one should not pick someone placing the burden on the indi- sibility he has certain specific Spanish Inquisition. vacation Job opportunities etc., may I first assure you that throughout UK and abroad. with too fixed a point of view, vidual is all part of the 'chal- commitments: he is in charge of this is not another women's lib. GET YOUR COPY NOW and who will, therefore, bend to lenge' of university life, vital in the Union building and discipline Looking at other Universities/ assault on the Union. FROM YOUR STUDENTS' the will of the Union (not as has a process of character building in the bars. By tradition he is re- Colleges of comparable size and UNION OR YOUR LOCAL and essential in producing the BOOK STALL, happened in the past). He must sponsible for almost anything Union Fee incomes, the Union Yes—women in the Union Bar or write directly to R. Watson, have a large knowledge of the sort of good moral fibre that in- domestic, such as the Union's Building and its facilities are but the best suggestion I've Dominion Press Ltd., Grand relevant facts so that each mem-dustry demands. It assumes that dealings with the refectories. abysmal. I have some ideas in heard is a reciprocal arrange- Buildings, Trafalgar Square, secondary education has been LONDON WC2N 5JH, enclos- ber of the Union may make up mind for the Lower Lounge; they ment of a take-over of the ICWA ing 30p in cheque/PO. his own mind on a subject. In successful in producing an an- By the end of this year I will need some feedback to see if lounge for a new snooker table Page 2 FELIX Thursday, 9th March, 1972 BRISTLY PHOTOQRaPHy 24 HOURS 3 a.m. changeover. FELIX STYLE "Who's out on 6, Denise?' ' "John." "O.K. He's coming round." After the success of the Felix 'Hi Fi' review (Felix No. 306) Taking the three features of the camera in reverse order, the Here he comes, going well, that light's bright, five yards, and rumours of literary I.C. students due to reading the Theatre viewfinder system may be simply two apertures in the camera here we go, move, RUN, grab the bar, John's out, jump in, quick, Review (Felix No. 307), we now bring you the next instalment of body such that when the eye is close to one, the light passing grab the steering, feet on pedals, he's pushing, now PEDAL. And "How to spend your grant in a few hours"—the Felix review of through both shows the picture size; or, on more expensive away we go for another quarter-of-a-mile lap at the Bristol 24 Photography. cameras, lenses are substituted for plain glass, and more accurate Hours Pedal Car Race. I will deal with the first part of the process for still photography indication of picture size. These methods are rather crude, in that This year there were three I.C. entries for the Seventh National —the Camera. Cameras vary from the simplest cartridge loading Pedal Car Race at Whitchurch airfield. There was 'Big Bo', the instamatic type camera to the Hasselblad system cameras—prices City and Guilds big (Class II) car with 21 in. wheels as well as ranging from around E2 to around £600 for just the camera. The the well-tried 'Little Bo', a Class I car with 14 in. wheels. Mines camera consists basically of a light-tight box with a lens to focus were using an old Guilds frame for their 'Strikalite', a gallant light onto film inside the light-tight box; a shutter between lens first attempt at the Class I event. and film to allow the light to strike the film for a measured time Although Pedal Car design is tending to settle down along and a viewfinder to see how much will be obtained in the picture. fairly standard lines, there were a few beautiful exceptions— those that spring to mind were 'Snow White', a sort of bleached By noon the main prizes were as good as won. The Hele's cars mobile rowing machine, 'Battle Wagon', which probably heavily 'Claudette' and 'Cleo' looked unbeatable and had been running outweighed all three I.C. cars together, 'Adge' a diminutive product almost continuously since the start. In Class I, Little Bo had a of the University of Bristol Scrumpy Appreciation Society, and very big lead, with Strikalite a very probable second. By this 'Oomeegooiie", a Class I dragster design which subsided to time the course was well dried out, and the dust (or whatever it Mother Earth after a couple of laps. Somebody was even propelling was) was just beginning to affect people. It was also becoming a mobile bath. increasingly clear that the Handicap (judged on a computation There were probably as many competitive cars as ever this year. of Laps and Wheel sizes) would be very close between No. 1 Southampton had a good couple of cars, and there were several (Claudette) and Little Bo. Hele's team manager was working his other fast entries. Hele's School were back again with a fearfully team harder and harder, and Little Bo was lapping well. The -last well-drilled pair of teams and cleverly designed stumpy cars. hour of the race was fought desperately, with the handicap at The race started at 3 p.m. on Friday with the usual 'Le Mans' stake, and in Little Bo we were slaying ourselves. Big Bo was type start, with the course damp but no rain falling. By the time even used to trail Little Bo and ram it from behind to get it up that crash helmets were removed at 3.30 p.m., 'Big Bo' was going the hill faster. |i.Bfl i Thankfully the race finished promptly at 3 p.m. with all our cars well at about 1£ minutes a lap, 'Little Bo' at just under 2 minutes, mm and Mines had started. Lights, front and rear, were fitted by six o'clock, by which time it was fairly clear how the race was going. The Hele's School people were opening up a sizeable overall lead in Class II, and their performance was a joy (if exasperating) to watch. Their positon in the cars was really crouched over the steering wheel, and their change-overs were done at a sprint. 'Little Bo' was the viewfinder only shows picture size, nothing else. One refine- leading Class I, and Mines were beginning to become evident in ment is the Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) cameras. In this the view- this class. 'Big Bo' was being pushed hard, Rob Matthews lap- finder lens is linked to the main lens, and by a ground glass screen, the focusing of the object, as well as picture size, is m indicated. No matter where the camera is used, there will be a parallax between what the film sees and what the eye sees. This is resolved by the single Lens Reflex (SLR). The SLR has a mirror which is placed between lens and film when not exposing film, which is at an angle such that it reflects light onto a screen. This means that the eye sees, through the viewfinder, exactly what the picture sees—focused or unfocused, light or dark. Obviously, this costs a lot more. Shutters are mostly of good quality—a range from 1/30th to 1/500th and B (time exposure) is adequate for most conditions providing there is flash synchronization. The lens is the most important part of the camera and also one of the most complex—and, of course, a large part of the total cost. The data about lenses can be baffling—apertures, focal lengths, etc. The aperture is a measure of how wide the lens is compared in full flow. There was a great deal of pain being caused by the to its focal length—consequently how much light will be let abnormal conditions ('Mystery Rays Hit 120' said The Sunday through. Instamatic type cameras may have an aperture of about People, '200 Burnt at Car Race' said The Times), and after Phil f8 (lens area 1 /8th of focal length of lens), while a Nikon or m*mmmm Smyth collected the Class I prize and the Minesmen their Runners- Pentax may have an f 1.4 lens. Up prize, orft went most of us to Bristol Eye Hospital. Apparently With SLR cameras, the lenses are interchangeable, with a stand- i there is going to be a Public Inquiry into the causes of the eye dard lens fitted and telephoto or wide angle lenses available—at and face troubles. And that was that. If there is a moral to be some cost, of course! drawn designwise, it is that simplicity and reliability count for more than speed. Little Bo stopped only once in 24 Hours for To buy a camera, one of the vital things is to decide just how more than one minute, and the Mines car also kept going con- much can be afforded, then what type of camera is wanted—SLR, ping as fast as Heles, but as the night continued their lead opened- tinuously. TLR, rangefinder or simple type with no adjustments. After deciding up. the camera type, the lens is the next decision—what focal length Sleep, or rather resting, was started at 12.30 a.m., with one Teams and aperture. Another important feature is film size. 35 mm is member of each Guild team dozing for an hour while the other Guilds—HQ:—Phil Smyth, Hugh Hatton, John Baird, John Doerr, undoubtedly the most popular format—24 x 36 mm, but for high five kept pedalling. I do not think that anyone slept properly with Denise, Judy, Caroline. Pedallers:—Rob Matthews, Alan Ponsford, quality enlargements 6 x 6 cm (120) is much better, although the continuous rattle of Phil Smyth and Pedal Cars in the back- Malcolm Seeley, Parry Davis, Chris Marshall, Dave John, Keith costing more for film yet less for the camera. If colour trans- ground. It was about this time that Big Bo's crankshaft came adrift Reynish, Pete Wilkins, Stewart Moult, John Coxon, Bob Carter, parencies are wanted, then 35 mm is the best format—both for and had to be re-welded (for the first time). All this time Little Malcolm Newman. fitting most projectors—and also costwise! Bo and Strikalite (rather far down the pits so we didn't see Mines—HQ:—Joe Sheeply, Dave Easterbrook (+ Mandy), Jack Useful accessories depend upon the camera—although a flash much of the Minesmen) kept pushing on in their class. Minerevski, Paul Gee. Pedallers:—Alan Swannell, Richard Wilson, unit is the most useful and universal accessary. The best sort— Dawn found us blinking hard, though neither hungry nor com- Malcolm Fowler, Rupert and Rod. to my mind—are electronic flash guns powered by rechargeable pletely exhausted. By this time, after 15 hours of pedalling, it Class I—1st Little Bo, 2nd Strikalite. cells; these have a higher initial cost but almost zero operating was virtually impossible to remember any existence other than cost. Otherwise, penlight cell operated electronic flash guns are pedalling. There was not as much "bumpin' and borin'" as there Hele's School, Exeter won the overall event with 938 laps, good (see Felix flash photos!) but the cells need changing fairly had been earlier in the race, and although we were fairly tired (approx. 1,010 on H'Cap), Little Bo did approx. 1,048 on H'Cap, often and tend to corrode slowly. by this time Denise and Judy were keeping us very well nour- so Little Bo won overall on the Handicap. And each member of ished with Butties, Sausages and Eggs. We could not have con- Little Bo's team completed roughly 42,000 actual pedal movements. A light meter, for cameras with variable apertures without a tinued without them and Phil Smyth. And we all got very, very tired. built-in meter, is almost vital—the best being Weston Master lightmeters—the current one is model V but III and IV are just as good, and I and II are good, old looking and rather cheaper! T*>Mf ^ jL«t» In general Japanese equipment is of high quality, yet rather expensive. German equipment is good but as expensive as, or sometimes more expensive than, the Japanese equivalent. One of - - lT*e*e , v the cheapest makes—although good quality makes—are the Rus- sian Zenith range. These are not flashy cameras, but they take good photographs and can take knocks well—they are built like tanks! The reason why they are so cheap is that they are state subsidised. If anyone has enough money, the best camera, to my mind, is a Hasselblad, the basic cost being about £386.57. The whole Hasselblad system is top quality—this being the make used by NASA on the moon. /I - - - >< As a good second best, brand new, 35 mm format, but from just as good a make is the Nikon F2 Photomic—a cool £297.25— but good enough for a lifetime's photographs. For Photographic materials—films, papers, etc., the cheapest source is through the Photsoc. Shop c/o R. Jenner, Selkirk 472. Thursday, 9th March, 1972 FELIX Page 3

The occupants themselves. I challenge anyone to give a better definition of sel- Small Ads Editorial Letter fishness within IC. RILEY KESTREL. 1966. Excellent condition, taxed and tested for Mention of CEFE brings me to your As you may have noticed on reading the front page of Dear Sir, i six months. £360 o.n.o. Apply (or should I say our?) publication. Whilst D. Sugden, Maths 2, 632 Lin- this issue election time is here again and very soon if Please allow me to expand upon, and 'Phoenix' should obviously be the most carefully produced book or paper in IC, STELLA (Philips) ST458 tape not already you will be faced with 1001 bumph sheets perhaps reply to part of, Dave Hobman's recorder. 2 speed. 4 track, just Felix has lost its second place in the asking you to vote for their respective authors. Unfor- overhauled and in excellent letter (Felix of February 10th). The signs literary stakes to the hideously titled nick. £12 o.n.o. Also preamp for tunately most of you will simply turn another page in are all too apparent. The mass of stu- 'Snapping Jaws'. I realise that typogra- above for stereo and multi- phical errors are inevitable as our Presi- recording £2. Apply Dave your text books and not bother to vote at all. To a cer- dents at Imperial College do not care for Rossell, Linstead, or Int. 3360/ dent's inimitable style or lack of it, which anything but themselves. 2612. tain extent one cannot blame you for this when one is consistent to the point of boredom. GARRARD SP25 deck with considers the very poor turnout of candidates there has The Union Bar is a symptom, not a However, do policemen relieve them- plinth, cover and Audio Techica cause. Take as another example the selves shoulder-to-shoulder in the gutters AT33 mag. cart. Exc. cond. £15. been for the various posts. The number of candidates John Margon, 344 Falmouth Socialist Society. Sounds impressive? of Sloane Square (last Felix)? Delete (Aero 2). for the posts recently offered of Departmental Repre- Yes, they sincerely want to help lose the 'gutters' insert 'gents'. Easy, isn't it? VAUXHALL VICTOR 101, 1965, There must be a dictionary in the Press Bucket seats, floor change, 4 sentatives for the various departments was so pathetic iniquitous burden on the working classes. They really care. Look at CEFE. Room, somewhere. Please use it. Show new radials, taxed and tested, that Mr. Hobman resorted to the unconstitutional prac- £180. Mark Davis, CCD, Int. They cannot be bothered to correct you care. 3125. spelling mistakes. Then we are asked to tice of accepting candidates who were not fully And now of course, the time comes POSTERS, CARTOONS, draw- believe they care. Well, maybe they do, ings and birthday cards home- seconded without so much as a by-your-leave from the for that annual farce known as Hustings. but can't they at least spell, at least show made by unknown artist. Now The candidates will proffer interest in from Raimer Hillebrand, 617 union he serves. This is, of course, quite unforgivable. they care? 'I' before 'E' except after 'C your welfare, your rights and so on. They Tizard, who also translates any- is clearly not a part of the bourgeoisie thing English-German, German- The fact that no students stand as candidates or bother may even think of other people's rights. which needs replacement. English. Mon., Wed., Thur. to vote, is not. Each student should endeavour to the Do they really care? Will you help them after 8. Take, for example, the arguments for if they try to help others, will you give a COPIES of all photographs in limit of his ability to ensure that each post is filled with preserving the Union Bar as a haunt for Saturday afternoon to Community this and all previous editions of FELIX may be ordered at nom- a person who will represent fairly and forcefully the men only. (I hasten to add that I do go Action, a Thursday evening to Rag? I inal cost. Apply Photo Editor, doubt it. And when will people stop using views of the people he represents. If you do not feel there, because I enjoy using its facilities c/o Felix. —a good pint and a dartsboard). It would pointless pseudonyms? AERO I proudly announce the that the candidate for any post fulfills this role then you break tradition to open it to women, so engagement of Mr. Stuart Mor- Yours is cynicism, rison (Aero II) to Miss Anne Ail- should not just forget that the election exists at all, but its occupants would have us believe. wood of Digby Stuart, Roehamp- Who benefits most from this tradition? GET A BAR OR I'M . .. (anag.) ton. oppose him yourself or if this is not possible at least register your vote as an abstention, as this may bring about a second election which would hopefully inspire new interest. Remember each representative you elect will handle a major part of your life either your money, your education or even the roof over your head. So please don't be apathetic about it The Landsnappor Sneeze

This is the last issue of Felix that I will be editing (cheers, from the floor). Ignoring the Summer Issue which must be a headache for the Publications Board at the moment (as Editors of Felix are elected for only the first two terms) I look forward with hope in my heart to passing on my post to a sabbatical officer of the Union. Editing Felix, as I suspect few people realise, is made infinitely more difficult by the prevalent apathy at IC. Under the present system I feel that no matter how hard an Editor may try he will never overcome this (God knows I've tried). The only solution as I see it is to give the Editor a chance to devote his full-time atten- tions to making Felix a medium in Imperial College. If I have done nothing else I hope I will have succeeded in giving someone this chance as I believe Felix is well worth it. May I now close by thanking everyone who has helped or contributed to the production of Felix over the past year and I hope that they will do so again next year.

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about what is said. It's probably even more serious than a war between Uncle Sam and the Ugly Bear with SYMPATHY WITH THE the Dragon as the referee, and my dear lecturer, 'that's —or how not to be what it is all about, isn't it?'... DEVIL "And a little strawberry of blood was making haste to a physicist live, with a sort of guileless urgency, a besotted little that is ... Free. Distinct lack of aggression in anybody's atti- strawberry, not even yet an animal, soon to be scraped Newton and his ruddy apple, 'The apple and the tudes. We're all sitting in Nora's bedroom discussing the out of existence by ... " Wow, doesn't that sound Spectroscope' by T. R. Henn (a series of lectures on evolution of three dimensional matrices in Chinese neo- good... poetry for scientific minds delivered at Cambridge Uni- culture. Dana and Nadia hypothesise a new chance May be a good idea to warn my colleagues to versity—you know, sometimes I wish I was at university game involving the use of same. I don't quite follow. [ ] tutor's [ ] if they are aca- There's a strange spread of spectral effluence in the and not a Technical College) and now would you be- demically inclined. How else are the poor souls sup- lounge, but somehow doesn't seem unexpected. Dana lieve 'The Nuclear Apple' by Prof. Mathews. I always posed to get a chance to read further unless they work wearing a lovely long brown dress, snuggled in my arms, thought the nucleus looked like a wrinkled old dehy- themselves insane (is that what it's all about?) and get happy just being aware of each other's presence. I drated spud... a first... don't seem to be able to hang on. Random . .. It's great reading Sensory Physiology, just think, one In the background Nico slowly mouths the words, DAMN THAT ALARM. can quote people like Hodgkin, Huxley and Katz. All that is my own Where are my cigarettes? The light beams are mak- Hooray, just think, to be able to say Habeus Corpus and, Where land and water meet ing strange shadows on my wardrobe. Somebody last you know, get away with it. Pathetique ... Where run my soul night trying to convince me that mixed marriage was a That English rose is coming round to-night. Wish she I sit bad thing. He's right, dammit. I wish he would choose wasn't a fresher, typical egotistical attitude, 'Am in the upon better company to discuss such things. I wonder if he top 2% of the country's intelligentsia so I have a right my bed took me seriously when I said the probability of getting to make my own decisions on ethics, morals, etc. So Your ways have led a healthy child was greater and that it would have two what if the ancients had more time to think about such Me to be . . . (meet me on the Desert shore?) . . . cultural roots rather than one? I'm sure that was a good problems? How can I decide whether to stay a virgin That idiot girl is sitting on my bed writing poetry. I pseudo-intellectual answer, anyway I didn't want to or not unless I know what ecstasy is?' Wonder what I wonder what she's got to say for herself? upset her, she's reasonably rational, for a pink woman have for lunch? I wish the grape-pips in this cheese Make love is dive in oblivion foam, weren't so hard ... forget and rise up far from hope, Must get some Classical Electrodynamics done to- far from home, day. Fourier Transforms again dammit. Transforms from Except in some lover who, energy sapped AH POi one language to another with infinite discontinuities at Holds your fate and joy, concepts of love and duty. If I made a mistake, would 'happy Christmas' spell 'Mary laid another egg'? "In their wisdom some undergraduates did not attend lectures on the day sacrificed for Margaret Thatcher. In their wisdom some undergrads attended the lectures. The authorities in their wisdom considered the ones who attended the wiser and on that judgement didn't give out printed notes for those who didn't turn up." Who do you think the wiser Rify? Don't answer that /M one, let it be, you're safer that way. You won't use an odd combination of words then. Don't forget, people have a savage affection for words, especially in their Hy lovt t% like, a red* own language. Do be careful, the 'progressive element' in the department (that gallery of glorious eccentrics with disgustingly naked faces) is usually very sensitive

i 'IN PLAGE OF FELIX' in his whims and you trapped The emotional turmoil which follows has the tendance Part 3 of a 4 part series selling something like 60,000 find a copy. man. To pull at the roots of a soul's independence. "The bride and bridegroom, copies every week. It's another Most of the glossies are orien- I'd better not leave the men Lady Rose McLaren, smart in social affair, like the Tatler tated towards the ladies, but let out, though. And what better ???????? HaHaHaHaHa . . . Oy, that hurt . . . a white dress with scarlet (which actually means purveyor not that worry you gentlemen. named magazine for them than Hmmmm, might as well get to sleep ... accessories and the bride- of trivial twaddle, how right can You'll find interesting reading in 'Men Only'. Almost without groom's parents, Mrs. Geddes the Oxford dictionary be) but many of these magazines, the doubt the glossiest of the glos- in a lovely red dress, received more country orientated, as you most highly thought of which is sies, soon to be printed by the five hundred guests which might gather from its title. The Harper's Bazaar and Queen. photogravure, which, if you know included the bride's uncle the Field is similar, and the Scottish This merger of two magazines what that means, will be even an Marquess of Anglesey . . . Field is the same with a Welsh has, I'm glad to say, preserved improvement on the already flaw- Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Taylor's influence. All twaddle, unless most of the former excellence less reproduction of every por- absolutely adorable two year old you're the type they're really of Queen feature-wise, and add- tion of the female form. Nothing daughter, who wore ..." aimed at, in which case you'll ed the fashion-wise stuff of is left to the imagination. W. H. My, how I wish that I could already be an avid reader, i.e. Harper's. The features are really Smith and John Menzies won't write like that! Such is the style if you don't read it now, it's not good, and this month included handle it. What better recom- of the Tatler, and it goes on like for you. articles on psychiatry and the mendation could I give. 100 . . . Fiery shades of grey and brown. A river, velvety that for page after page after Now the Illustrated London head-shrinkers of Harley Street, pages every month of the most brown with trees near it, not green, it isn't autumn. I sit page. Seldom, if ever, have I had News is altogether another ket- Dreams, paintings, et al. pathetic articles and features the displeasure of perusing such tle of dignitaries. Recently alter- But it's got competition from and most photogenic nudes that on a cliff near this river and peer down to see a row of can be obtained legally for 40p. an appalling magazine. And ed from weekly to monthly, its own company, National Maga- fellow students lined up on one side of the river and on they have the cheek to ask the mainly because of a lack of zines, which this month have They should really get life for princely sum of 30p for it. No, readership, the latter has sprung launched the British version of some of the rubbishy copy that the other a lecturer teaching them how to shit. Some- really, I have never thrown up up as if from nowhere. This Cosmopolitan. Priced at only they print. And some day they at the sight of anything before, might lead one to believe that it 20p, against Harper's 35p, with probably will, if Lord Longford how that seems acceptable, but I'm laughing, too hard has his way. but this time I was really close has drastically altered. But no, the same number of pages, it's for comfort; 200 blank intelligent eyes turn round and to it. But I couldn't bring myself it hasn't. It's the same old mix- bound to be a winner. Or so Well, have a glossy time. I to defile its fine glossy pages. ture as before, only dished up the FELIX typist says. The fea- hope that this series has stimu- stare at me. Good grief I forgot all about gravity — they monthly instead of weekly at an tures are interesting and 'pro- And, as you probably haven't lated your passions for magazine smile slow and vicious — am falling, can't hold on to gathered by now, this week's ex- increased price and diminished gressive', sexually anyhow, as reading, and that you'll go on to ploration of the cultural back- page size. Nevertheless, as ever, far as women's magazines go. It discover for yourselves the rest the edge for very much longer. The cliff wall seems to water of magazine publishing in its picture coverage is good, and has an impressive list of of the umpteen thousands of Britain concerns itself with the so are the few articles contained columnists, drawn from all sec- periodicals published in this be filled with faces, some raised eyebrows, some in it, and it's altogether a good 'Glossies', with a view to finding tions of the world of writing for demented, pseudo-cultured world frowns, some amusement, some worry — wait there is out what, if anything, is worth its mag to have lying around. Its women, and an adventurous set of ours. But you'll need to wait high price in this field. U.S. competitor, Life, while less of features. Sandwiched between to see another of the finest pub- one glow, a faceless hope . . . The river has made me glossy, also has good picture reviews, stories, and fashion lications known to man. I'm The most famous glossies are, rather muddy, look like a bag of shit. Just think you of course, Country Lite and the coverage. However, they've articles are features on 'I was a sorry that it's so far away, but Illustrated London News. Start- found that they make more sleep-around girl', 'How to turn that's life. Oh, by the way, it's wouldn't be allowed to pass me on the street. . . ing with the former, which has money by printing less copies, a man on' and The Other ero- name is 'Felix'. So long. the amazing quality of actually so you might find it difficult to genous zones'. Like groovy, In the background that hyena laughter. Thursday, 9th March, 1972 FELIX Page 5 TRAVELLING IN TIME

One Tuesday in February, it was my intention to visit the Travel Bureau. By By this time, two more travel men had arrived and were dealing with the cus- Thursday I had found the evasive Room 216, College Block. Strange really as it tomers who were coming in. One undergrad wanted to know more about working is right next to the J.C.R., although at the end opposite to the bar. holidays in Israel on Kibbutzim and, by chance, the travel man was able to relate first hand information. The student wandered off looking contented saying he would Perhaps I was unfair to have preconceived ideas about what I hoped to find on be back with his cheque book. arrival but I had them just the same. They were, almost exclusively, wrong. The rest of business consisted of travel on the continent and people applying For instance, the word 'Bureau' must conjure up images of bespectacled and for International Student Travel Cards. respectable, if austere, ladies waiting to process every customer in an exactly simi- 'I want to go to Athens two days after term ends and return from Rome to lar fashion. That, to them would be efficiency. Instead, on arrival, I was unable Paris in the first week of April — can you book it for me?' to discover who was customer and who was 'Travel Bureaucrat',without asking 'Yes, I'll fill in the forms and if you pay 25% of the fare you can collect the all present. tickets this time next week'. There are no paid staff running the bureau and it is manned by students. Somehow it didn't seem possible that this trio, only one of whom had arrived When I said I was only there to watch a look of relief spread over an otherwise on time, could be responsible for getting people from almost anywhere in Europe bewildered face of the only student of the Travel Bureau to have arrived thus far. and beyond, to anywhere else. He immediately averted his attention to the first of the eight people waiting for 'We got 5% commission and return this to the students who travel'. Amazing. assistance. Perhaps they would be better advised to retain it and equip the room with a desk The first two customers required NUS cards which were duly unearthed from the counter and even a part-time employee. filing cabinet (which only looked tidy when closed), stamped and had the photos But somehow the atmosphere would be lost. If any atmosphere can be created attached. in a room as soulless as Room 216, College Block it is worth retaining. The third customer wanted more information concerning the buses to Leeds For European, Russian, North African, Western Asian travel, the Travel Bureau which had been advertised in a recent Felicity. So did the fourth customer. As did is ideal. the fifth. And the sixth. And the seventh. For American travel and all other countries of the world, the Bureau has the Politely, but with fatigue in his voice, the travel man explained that although buses name of an organization known to be respectable and who, next year or the leave Leeds every weekend for London, at £1.50 return, the London to Leeds run following year, will hopefully endow the bureau with booking facilities. As yet, direct is not due to start till October. October. October. booking with the organization by the student is the form. 'Really, we are not geared to deal with travel within the UK' said the travel man While in Room 216, it is also possible to fix up travel insurance with Endsleigh hoping, by informing me to stem the flow, 'British Rail will not give us booking (which is run by a part-time employee). facilities so we advise everyone to go to their main line station in London for At 2.15 my visit to Room 216, College Block was at an end. The 'treasurer' came more information'. in and took away the cheques of the day, the booking forms, NUS cards and 'Come October, though,' (he cheered visibly), 'there should be coaches book- photos were put in an envelope to be sent to the bureau's agent, the bumph was able here to Leeds, Bath, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, Exeter, Nottingham, Bir- all tipped into the filing cabinet to be disinterred the following Tuesday and USK mingham, York and more, come October. October. October. Travel Bureau had ended another day of business.

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REVIEWS

THE STRAWBS "GRAVE NEW WORLD" (A & M) Old Tyme Dance Orches- been to church for a while The concepts of "Folk-Rock" and "Electric Folk" tra) or with just acoustic I couldn't say which one. have been bandied about so much in the last couple guitar accompaniment — "Ah Me Ah My" features Tony Hooper on vocals, of years (every time a reviewer got his hands on an songs on which the backed by Tony Visconti's album by Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span or the Strawbs built their reputa- O.T.D.O. and I can imagine "JUMPERS" — Michael Hordern and Diana Rigg in an Strawbs) that this sort of music has come to be accept- tion. Maurice Chevalier doing arrowing tale. ed as a form of music in itself, like folk or rock. But That's the music then, this one. "I'd like to live on a farm again like I did for electronic folk? Very freaky. A bit like kippers and and now for the words. part of the war/I've got a This is yet another concept Even now I cannot really make up my mind about custard, quite acceptable separately (if you've got few happy memories Tony Richardson's new production of 'The Three- nothing else) but not together, etc., etc. album and the title track is though we were rather a rather despairing protest penny Opera' (Prince of Wales). Bertholt Brecht used poor". Mon Dieu! On this album Dave song, very depressing, the main story of John Gay's eighteenth century 'The Cousins and co. prove Some people may dis- with Dave Cousins grunt- miss this album, with its Beggar's Opera' as the basis for this politically orien- otherwise. Their electron- MUSIC ing "May you rot in your heavy religious overtones, tated Ballad Opera, and despite the length of time ics don't have the brute """^"""^ grave New World' (clever as the most pretentious since writing (1928 or so) much of the flavour of force of the Soft Machine down to the ground, es- pun, what) as if with his rubbish since " Jesus or the spacey quality of the pecially as his replacement Christ Superstar" (see Brecht's convictions still comes through strongly. dying breath. Not all the Pink Floyd but they will Blue Weaver is playing the songs are so morbid but I JERUSALEM) but I don't. Blind Capitalism is much the same in Seventies Brit- doubtless surprise you all same instruments Wake- think the general idea is My only regrets are that I missed the Strawbs' recent ain as in Twenties Berlin. that things now aren't what the same. Apart from being man now uses with Yes. tour—these numbers must the best album the Strawbs Although his roots are in they used to be and God sound great when per- knows what they'll be like There is a great deal that is have made, "Grave New folk Dave Cousins can formed live — and also very effective in this production, World" shows that "nice" blow a mean electric gui- in the Future. It also seems that I am only borrowing Kurt Weill wrote the original to represent a journey, as Olde Worlde lyrics sound tar (on "Tomorrow") and this record because I music that consists largely of PLAYS the first line of the first couldn't get it off the sleazily dreamy melodies in the good when played over a at other times they can Jazz style of the Twenties (the song, "Benedictus" is "The record company. The al- have said, good, but in such a reverse tape backing or play in an Indianesque play is set in Soho in about variety of ways that it makes traveller has far to go" and bum, by the way, comes in 1925), and the tunes are finely the whole business very 'bitty'. any other musical backing (what a ghastly word — I the last track is called a nifty thrice-folding pack- evocative. The set consists The 'ensemble' feeling is not age and the booklet with largely of a macabre Merry-Go- for that matter. I wonder just thought it up) style there. "The Journey's End". the lyrics is illustrated with Round in a loosely defined junk- But given the original mater- why it was that Rick Wake- with sitar and tablas, or yard environment—corrugated "Benedictus" could be a a medieval art form which ial I do not really see how this man left the group. He with a string arrangement iron proliferates. And the whole production could have been im- song for progressive I can't name but which I tone is downbeat as we are led proved upon, and the standard hated folk, he said, but so provided by the mellotron churches to adopt to at- rather like. through the Brechtian Under- social points come across well. many styles are incorpor- or even with a brass band tract the younger genera- world. Joe Melia is very good Most impressive of all was Lon Will there be room in the as the gangster Macheath ("All Satton's sinister Narrator snarl- ated here I think the music (The Robert Kirby Silver tion; the tune reminds me New World for The Macheath has/Is his flick-knife/ ing his way through "The Ballad would have suited him Band and Tony Visconti's of a hymn but as I haven't And he keeps it/out of sight") of Mack the Knife" with the clos- Strawbs? I hope so. and Vanessa Redgrave is enter- ing, poignant words "You can taining as his Polly Peachum. spot those/In the limelight/ The best singing comes from an Those in darkness/You don't extraordinary menacing Annie see". Ross as the Whore Jenny—in I could not get to "The Bal- In the beginning there was the 'Jazz Singer', films fact all the acting is first class. cony" (Royal Shakespeare Com- But, I am sorry to say, there pany, Aldwych), so I sent An- had found a voice and the first thing they did was to is, inherently, a certain coher- other. From what I have gather- sing. Singing and music has been featured in many ence lacking in the show. We ed from him, the play (by Jean hundreds of films since then. are rather used to Musicals in Genet) is very bizarre (some- which the songs-arise out of the thing about illusions being Then came rock 'n' roll and action as smoothly as possible, worked out in a brothel!), and we saw the gyrations of 'Elvis' but here the ballads are kept the excellent acting creates a in 'Love Me Tender' (1956) a distinctly separate as the actors powerful atmosphere. My sister very old story with songs, this FILMS come downstage, sing their did not like it—so it sounds was the first in a long string of song, and the broken action is very much a matter of taste. very, very trite films (the not- tification in the film—there was resumed. The production is, as I Have fun folks. able exception being the in- no one person or group of per- telligent 'Change of Habit', sons with whom I could identify never released over here but —but 'Gimme Shelter', this was shown on television last sum- the best of the bunch. I hope mer). There were other so- that some enterprising cinema called 'pop' films featuring many owner runs 'Gimme Shelter' artists and groups which were and 'Woodstock' in one pro- just show cases to promote their gramme. In 'Gimme Shelter' we latest LP (the only exception see the reaction of one group being the Beatles' films which (i.e. the Hell's Angels) to a were much more different from 'Woodstock' type situation (i.e. the standard pop film). The free concert, large gathering, mid-sixties saw the vogue for aggressive music) and the re- cinema-verite. The first films sult is very, very terrifying. were 'A Hard Day's Night' (al- The next film is the latest in though there was a large the genre and to me perhaps amount of fiction involved in one of the worst of the films, the film) and Pennebaker's I've been looking at. 'JIMi 'Don't Look Back'—a factual PLAYS BERKELEY' is shoddy. documentary of Dylan's tour of It neither makes any point nor Britain in 1965 which was very says anything, other than Hen- good and very perceptive. Pen- drix was a great musician and nebaker was also responsible I doubt whether many people for the first 'Pop Festival' film would disagree with that. The with 'Monterey Pop' which, I film is a rip-off, a deliberate at- understand, is the best of the tempt to cash in on Hendrix's Festival films—more than that I death. The film lacks any artistic can't say, but Michael Wad- merits, being a very average leigh's 'Woodstock' is the festi- film of one of his concerts with val film that everyone has heard some stock footage of riots in of—an easily likeable film; the Berkeley. The music played was sheer grandeur of seeing the good and this version of 'The 200, 300, 400 or 500 thousand Star-Spangled Banner' was bet- in the audience is certainly awe- ter than that in 'Woodstock', inspiring—I tend to get the mainly because it had a very same feeling when seeing any good close-up of him playing it film with 'a cast of thousands', (in fact the camerawork was but I also tend to get the feeling very static). But overall it lacked of isolation—I want to know taste and I doubt whether Hen- what the people in the middle drix himself would have allowed of it all think about the situa- the film to be released if he woivshow/ng PARAMOUNT tion, there was no point of iden- were alive. LOWER REGENT STREET 839.6494 VTuirsday, 9th March, 1972 FELIX Page 7 SPORTS F Rugby EDITORIAL For those not in the Union bar on Wednesday, On Wednesday, 23rd February 23rd, the Rugby 1st XV won their semi-final February, I.C. 1st XV play- against Kings 20—4 and the Football 1st XI hammered ed King's College in the Ist XI Reach Final semi-final of the Gutter- Goldsmiths 5—1 also to reach the final. idge Cup and emerged vic- This is a great chance for I.C. to go down to Motspur The I.C. team must have the just rewards as they from M. Whitham they torious by 20 points to 4. Park and support these two teams on their respective been considered to be the began to pressurise the might have pulled a goal I.C. won the toss and elec- under-dogs of this U.LU. Goldsmiths defence and back. P. Bartlett substitu- Saturdays. The Rugby played LSE, a side they had ted to play into a stiff (?) previously beaten, last Saturday, 4th March so the Cup semi-final, with Gold- after three very near mis- ted J. Kelly in midfield and breeze in the first half. The smiths fielding five U.L.U. ses in scrambles around this seemed to steady the referee was of "I know result should be known — see Felicity. The teams were players, but their thought- the Goldsmith's goal- I.C. team, who had lost C. you Powell" fame and rumoured to be training hard before the match at their ful preparation which had mouth Ian Rodgers even- Willcock, their captain, af- was soon awarding num- seaside hideaway near Balham, but they should be in taken place off the field tually put the ball into the ter an incident in the Gold- erous penalties to I.C. as a relaxed state of mind after visiting the movies on was well rewarded. net to make the half time smiths penalty area. How- King's did not know about score 1—1. ever, to clinch what must the Friday evening. The opening minutes of his eccentricities. This en- If you missed last Saturday, then you have another In the second half I.C. be regarded as a great vic- the game were true to cup abled I.C. to take the lead chance this week, Saturday 11th March when both the began to play with much tory, I.C. scored twice tie tradition with both from a James penalty. 1st XI and 2nd XI play at Motspur against Q.E.C. and more confidence, the ball more before the final teams trying to establish King's however came back Goldsmiths 2nd's. The 2nd's play in the morning and was played swiftly and pla- whistle. N. Fryer made no their superiority. Play was into the game when from must be favourites but the 1st's have lost and won yers were beginning to mistake from the penalty fast and possession was a loose ruck near the I.C. games with Q.E.C. Q.E.C. are a small College but I find space up front whilst spot and B. Smith steered keenly contested with the posts, the ball was sent expect them to be supporting their team in force so we at the back P. Worthing- a great through ball, which sides evenly matched. out to the winger who can show up our neighbours by filling the FREE ton, S. Wells, M. Pearson had caught the Goldsmiths However, it was Gold- scored in the corner — coaches which will be leaving the Union. smiths who eventually took and P. Maslin seemed to defence flat-footed, past the conversion failed. This The Football Club, living on a shoestring budget, the lead, when the ball have the Goldsmiths attack the groping goalkeeper. score seemed to spur on have been unable to go pre-match training to Lilleshall was hammered across the well under control. The This victory now puts I.C. to greater heights and but are nevertheless confident. I.C. goalmouth. P. Worth- sheer determination of B. the King's full back was I.C. into the final at Mot- Next term, I.C. has a few unimportant academic tests ington stopped it but as he Smith, B. Milne and I. caught in possession un- spur Park on March 11th but there are excellent facilities for cricket and tennis stretched to clear he sli- Rodgers up front was re- der his own posts. He when they meet Q.E.C. to be used. The new captain of tennis is Pete Dunning, ced the ball into his own warded when B. Milne put failed to release the ball On the same date the Falmouth 141 and he would welcome anyone interested net. This seemed to kindle I.C. ahead and soon after- and so James kicked an I.C. 2nd XI meet Gold- in playing, to contact him. the extra determination wards the same player smiths II and will be keen easy penalty to put I.C. which was required from made the score 3—1. How- to retain the Reserve Cup back in the lead 6—4. I.C. the I.C. team and from ever, Goldsmiths had by and complete the double managed to hold out and ill this point onward they no means conceded defeat of cup and league once turned round confident didn't look back. Their de- and but for some very again. with the wind now behind Hi lit termination began to bring courageous goalkeeping them. King's task was m i«HhfiHIHMP made more difficult as they had lost a centre in the first half with a finger injury. HYDE PARK JP RELAY Saturday, 19th Febru- never to lose, through their slowest runner did a A long kick-off pushed llWll ary saw a multitude of run- Andy Holden. He finished time of 14.19. King's back into their own ners from various parts of this lap in a remarkable After the race, a tea of 25 and here they were to : f§f§jj the globe converge on the time of 13 mins. 53 sees. sandwiches and cakes was remain, except for brief Union building. The rea- At the change-over Bir- ravenously consumed by breakaway attacks, for the son was the cross country mingham had a lead of 6 all while awaiting the game. Whenever they clubs big event of the seconds over P. Varney of results. At 5.30, dead on managed to get into the A scene from the Gutteridge Cup Final which I.C. won year: the Annual Invita- York University. I.C.'s first time, they were ready and I.C. half they were driven (see FELICITY). tion Hyde Park Road Re- leg runner Rob Parker Mrs. H. Jones, the Pro-Rec- back with long wind-assis- from a ruck won by Ken lay. came in 31st with a time tor's wife presented the ted kicks by the I.C. de- tell the ref that the ball of 14.56, the best time in cups and medals. Medals fence. Being pinned in (get the beer in) Horse- had gone into touch — Entries this year were the race by an I.C. run- went to the 1st 3 teams and their own 25 it is under- man who fed Bill Baines and so the score stood at well over the 90 team mark ner. to the runner of the fastest standable that all the pen- in the centre. Baines gave 20 points to 4 until the and with six runners in lap. The Lady Roderic Hill alties awarded to I.C. were Jim Hunt room in which final whistle. each team (each running Throughout the race Bir- Cup went, for the second from kickable positions. to move and he in turn Many thanks to our one lap of the 2 mile 1740 mingham built up their year running to Birming- However, true to form, drew the full back before numerous supporters — yard course) that meant lead and finished in a re- ham University although it Tebbett only got one but feeding inside to Roy Mat- your vocal help was much there were over six hun- cord time of 84 mins. 19 was not actually presen- made amends by getting a thews who flopped over. appreciated. dred people present, when sees., 1 min. 20 sees, ted to them, as they had dropped goal as well. 12— Kings' were now demor- Team — J. Hughes, J. the markers, officials, hel- ahead of the second team the cheek to leave it at 3 up, I.C. now began to alised and I.C. scored an- McDonough, P. Pilkington, pers and supporters had and breaking the record home (perhaps in anticipa- throw the ball about. other try through Jim Hunt. B. Baines, J. Hunt, A. been included. that they set up last year tion). The Imperial College Kings' supporters began to Neither of these tries were James (capt), C. Flana- With 10 minutes to go by 35 seconds. Leeds Union Cup went, for the point out that I.C. had not converted, needless to gan, M. Sugrue, H. Mich- to the start, at 3.00 p.m., University finished second nth year running to Bor- yet scored a try and so to say. I.C. might have had ael, K. Horseman, R. Mat- the 80 runners for the first with a time of 85.39 and ough Road College, the prove how "easy" it was to another try but the I.C. thews, C. Humphries, T. leg were ready waiting at Sheffield University fin- first team in with under 500 score we let Roy Matthews linesman Kitty Marriott de- Morris, I. Partridge, A. Teb- the start, pushing and ished third with 86.17. I.C. men in their college. They trundle over. This try came cided to be honest and bett. shoving to get a good posi- finished first among the came 4th in the overall tion. With 4 minutes to go, London Colleges, one field. the race was started as place ahead of University I would like to express the pushing at the start College, but 34th in the my thanks to Mrs. H. Jones Boat Club regain Dixon Bowl was getting violent. whole field with a time of 94.22. for presenting the prizes, On the command of get the officials who kindly Imperial College 1st VIM they passed Guys Hospital overall and win the Senior set go 80 athletes shot off Despite Birmingham's gave up their time to help won the open division of and on the final timing C medal. down Rotten Row at break record breaking run they and to numerous members the University of London won by a comfortable mar- The most encouraging neck pace; the organisers did not run the fastest lap. of the Cross Country Club Head of the River to re- gin of \ minute, over St. results of the afternoon bore no responsibility for This went to John King and Imperial College, gain the Dixon Bowl. The Thomas Hospital. Tyrian were in the Novice division prams, horses, dogs, old from Alsager Training Col- whose help was greatly ap- race held on the Tideway (U.L II) had the fastest in which the 5th and 6th ladies etc. in the way. lege with a time of 13 preciated and without over the 'reversed boat time but were not eligible VIM's came 1st and 2nd With a mile gone Bir- mins. 39 sees. However, 4 which the whole thing race' course was a gruel- for the open division. I.C. respectively with just 5 mingham University took of their runners came with- would not have been pos- ling affair, due to a gusty II in spite of some jostling seconds between them. the lead which they were in the fastest 10 laps and sible. wind and an ebbing tide. by their cox, had a disap- The crews put up a really The water was very choppy pointing row, and dropped good show and complet- down to Hammersmith, a couple of positions. ely outclassed the rest of is almost upon us, and I holding trials on the first and the wash from a tug the Novice entry. These trust that you are going to Wednesday of next term coming upstream caused In the Senior C (Junior) crews which will form the Cricket play for the College at cric- (26th April), and if you consternation to a few division I.C. Ill were bea- basis of the club in fu- ket. The College runs at wish to come, sign on the coxes. ten into second place by ture seasons have shown least 3 teams and so caters Cricket notice board in U.C. & H. who came up keenness and rivalry, the The season that you for all types of ability the Union. I hope to see The start was staggered from the back of the field result of the dedication of have all been waiting for (even yours!). We are you during the season. with I.C. going off second, to finish in 5th position their respective coaches. Page 8 FELIX Thursday, 9th March, 1972 Mrs. Mary Whitehouse "Time up, Sir Gilbert" WHITEWASH: Gilbert Longden's (he is idea of a Registrar as all a Conservative back-bench that. Secondly, MP's can at Touchstone be very usefully lobbied — Following the publication of her books, "Clean Up TV", and "Who MP) private member's bill Does She Think She is?" and recent viists to "Disgusting Den- the NUS Exec, had briefed mark". Mrs. Mary Whitehouse, Hon. General Secretary of the National calling for a Student Union five Labour MP's to speak Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA), attended a Touch- Registrar ran out of time for 26 minutes each if nec- stone gathering at Silwood Park last weekend. She addressed the essary and the many tele- meeting on the dangers of declining moral standards emphasising when it was being dis- the immense effects of the broadcasting media, and was later grams sent to the Labour available for an exclusive FELIX interview on some of the wider cussed in the House of Front Bench (including issues on which she has expressed views. Commons the Friday be- one from ICU) might have The address that Mrs. White- rarely comes into it. Two years helped them to make up fore last. house gave consisted mainly of ago 24 Hours covered the shoot- their mind to speak at 4.00 an explanation of the work in ing of a blue film in Denmark, which she is currently engaged naturally we were concerned It was second on the p.m. and the fields in which she has about this. Basically my concern campaigned for the past eight is with TV but I do feel the. media Order Paper that afternoon Two interesting and years. It was a great pity that are indivisable. I am not on Lord but its debate didn't start alarming points that were there was very little said with Longford's committee, but i do which any but the most extreme work closely with him. With re- until about 3.45. The Par- slipped into Longden's could disagree — this being gard to news broadcasts I do idea of a Registrar were largely due to Mrs. Whitehouse feel that our first requirement liamentary rules state that firstly a clause with regard avoiding most issue of contro- should be fair representation. a vote can't be taken if a to registration saying that versial interest. She felt that a FELIX: You quoted in your talk stand for censorship ("no, I pre- the claim that "Civilisation and member still wishes to an application could be fer the word control") was unbounded sex are incompat- made on behalf of a Stu- essential on all areas of life for ible". Have you any experience speak at 4.00 p.m. Sure dents' Union, i.e. meaning a free society. of this in modern society? enough this happened — a a Governing Body could Religion is undoubtedly the MW: Evidence at present is diffi- cult to find. If we look back Labour front bencher so register a Union with a basis of all Mrs. Whitehouse's Constitution none of the arguments. Against a back- through history, even modern I'm told. ground of comments such as history, we can see the use made Union agreed with and sec- of pornography by the Nazis and ern Civilisation compared with think magazines such as Pent- ondly a clause saying all "Man is more than man — man This means that on the is a spiritual animal," spirtual Communists. Even in terms of other social pressures? house and Cosmopolitan should monies must be spent to simple mathematics they are in- feel? and religious points were con- MW: Why have drugs had such following Friday the bill directly benefit the indivi- sistently used for justification. compatible and I must say that power? It is certainly not sep- MW: You may know that I was this is self-evident to me. Natur- arable from Broadcasting al- used in a Cosmopolitan adver- went to the bottom of the dual members — a warn- The following morning two ally affairs between a man and FELIX staff conducted this inter- though again I do feel that an tisement as an obvious non- ing light for such things as wife are nothing to do with me increasingly more responsible reader. I am. I am disgusted by order paper, giving it al- view : but it is something to be aware Community Action, Rag FELIX: Do you feel that occa- attitude is being taken by the suggestions portrayed in these most no chance of reach- of. I think that couples should BBC. Lord Hill has recently put magazines, especially the wo- equipment, etc. sions such as this (Touchstone) not give only unto themselves give you a feedback of peoples' out a directive saying, "Drugs men's ones. ing discussion and with but also to others. Out". opinions and do you modify your FELIX: Do you consider the work FELIX: Could we ever return to future bills coming in for Anyway we won the views accordingly? FELIX: Do you know why the day again. of Martin Cole and Richard Nev- Status Quo? their second reading as a MW: I think meetings such as ille to be sincere? ITA is composed in such a dif- MW: I see three definite courses this are a good idea and I have MW: These are two different ferent form to the BBC. open to us: higher priority, Mr. Long- The NUS has now called been impressed by the serious people. Dr. Martin Cole is inter- MW: I suppose that the structure attitudes of the people here. is to reflect regional feelings. 1. Unbounded sex sowing its den has had his day. for another day of action ested in Dr Martin Cole full stop. own seeds of disaster. Three years ago when I first Publicity to Martin Cole is al- TWW lost their licence because on Monday, 1st May — so spoke at Cambridge Union I was of bad policy in Wales. I don't 2. Dictatorship. any god ideas for action most sexual satisfaction. He has 3. Making Democracy work. Thus another short term regarded as an outsider, a Phil- said publicy, "I do what I do to agree with the ITA policy to- victory and one from which on that day to the Union istine, but now, with defences purge myself". wards London (i.e. LWT). I would very much like to see down I think we are all sur- FELIX: You have spoken a lot the latter. a few points can be gained. Office please, where we prised just how much we have Richard Neville is politically about a Broadcasting Council. On this note Mrs. Whitehouse Firstly the Government still have plenty of 'HANDS in common. motivated. He is committed to Could you say something about ended She will be returning for front bench took a non- OFF STUDENT UNIONS FELIX: Would you say your work his political beliefs. its proposed constitution. an Associated Studies lecture committal line, which BADGES' left at 1p each — could be summarised into being FELIX: How great an extent do MW: We hope to produce a next year. After the chance of means it couldn't have take them home at Easter, a fight again pornography? you think broadcasting has in- paper on this later in the year. seeing "Growing Up" I think she MW: Heavens no! Pornography fluenced the standards of Mod- FELIX: What responsibility to you should be worth seeing. been so far away from their sell them to your friends. March 24th—last "Sweet words make music WOMEN IN UNION BAR day of term LIB AND B(R)AR 7.30p.m. for 8.0p.m. Unfortunately for the preserva- when in VERSE":— tionists, Women's Lib seem to College Block have gained the upper hand in the continuing fight for the domination of the Union Bar. EASTER BALL A short while ago, Betty Gar- Mclooge Speaks butt and Co., Dave Hobman DINNER, BANDS, (still smarting from his recent Lack of light, lack of love, Hack sidential Ballot, 21st, Elections expose in Felix) discovered that CABARET, DISCO of luck, UGM. there was no rule in the ICU Cunning tricks on plastic floors, Constitution banning women 5gns. Double Start reading the bumph — like the masses treading. see the Candidates, ask ques- specifically from the Union Bar. Poster Poster . . . who are you? This news was quickly conveyed Tickets from: tions — don't throw your money Paper forest, where's the wood? away like this year (did you?). to a clique led by an aggressive Brenda Dilley 98 new beit A light glows once a year and youn gal named Betty who de- Chris Culshaw 99 new beit dies. Read the next issue of Snap- cided to exploit the situation. or the union office. A burnt out light, or maybe un- ping Jaws. Be prepared for im- A newcomer to the IC political touched — portant constitutional changes scene, Betty is believed to be How can you tell. Hell, I some- on the 21st — Felix (sabbatical engaged in 1st year Zoology Master's Degree Course in times can't. Editor? Weekly?), Community and resides in Beit. Action, p.g. Affairs Officer, Gov- MICROWAVE and A barrier, a fuckin' brick wall, Betty's plan was to invade the This poem and the office door erning Body approval to consti- Union Bar every day for a week COMMUNICATIONS Estranged, ornamental or a paid tutional changes (should there with a group of 'Women's Lib' ENGINEERING failure? be any? — keep fighting the people. This plan was inaugur- Full-time or Unity Gravity Movement—all are Green Paper) and many more. ated last Thursday and Betty by components missing. QUORUM — and What should we say at NUS? — with such strange, but not un- This Master's Degree course come and see me, let's have organised jointly by the who really reads this your opinions. expected fellow or the cause as Universities of Leeds and paper. We all care, but Piers Corbyn and Dave Hobman, Sheffield, recommencing in none bother. along with several women and a October, 1972, can be under- Help Rag — they've got to taken full-time (1 year) or Foghorn, swirling, lifting, a number of 'Heavies' presented smooth way. Betty, however, not Woods (RSMU President), who smile! break even point on Rag Mag themselves at the Union Bar. aware of this, was doused with was standing close. part-time in components (up sales — everything is clear to 3 years). Leafless trees all spent, a warm profit. Go out with your mates The IC lads, sensing trouble, lit a pint of beer for not moving, Finally, at this point, our atten- AMONG THE TOPICS ARE: winter, the fire in the Bar and retired although she had not yet been tion moves to one of Betty's male Microwave circuit theory. one night — Any pre-selected Microwave semiconductor Acorns poised, no flying moss. group can win a beer prize for gracefully. After a successful subjected to Brendan's smooth associates, who claims that dur- Meaning, attempt to extinguish the fire by action, and has been so ob- ing the above festivities ad- devices. the most sold per capita — the the Heavies they were ignored Waveguide theory. Truth—a moving desert, nature cinema queues are asy. Take sessed with the darts playing vances were made to Betty. He Information and random has purpose. and normal activities were re- that she couldn't have been ex- was disgusted with the, and we signal theory. some home for Easter. sumed in the form of a drinking Uses of computer-aided Man can move rivers, man can pected to have noticed anyway. quote, 'horny old perverts pre- kill people. Should council spend £100 on match between Pete Earl and Betty continued playing darts sent in the Bar.' (Thinks, maybe design. themselves and their girl-friends Hilary. The Science Research Council I'll think a bit more, my shape is unperturbed until the treatment this is why we keep women out has designated the course as appearing — ask questions at today's UGM The next night, Friday, proved was repeated. Whereupon the of the Bar). suitable for tenure of its Ad- —? perhaps they deserve it — a familiar Union Bar chant was ini- vanced Course Studentships. The spark has gone, but the fire to be more interesting. The girls Dave Amos, the duty officer in For further details write to is burning .... lot of them work their bollocks returned again, this time in a tiated and Betty was placed on the Uinon on Friday night was either Professor J. O. Scanlan, off. But do they do anything. random fashion, to the bar, but a table with a yard of beer and unfortunately unable to save Department of Electrical and The lights are on . . . Start making yourselves heard— given the choice of getting it or Electronic Engineering, The this time met heavier opposition Betty from the clutches of the University, Leeds, LS2 9JT, or don't accept the Union trash, the in the form of a Chap's Club them down. Union Bar since he was just Professor P. N. Robson, De- Watch out for the elections. Constituent College Crap or the Dinner. Brendan, sensing trou- Betty, not to be beaten, took about to move into action as she partment of Electronic and The March dates to watch are— CEFE Shit. Come and tell me to Electrical Engineering, The ble, gradually persuaded the two sips and poured the remain- was evicted after the incident University, Sheffield, SI 3JD. 9th, Hustings UGM, 10th, Depart- F - - k Off — at least I'll know women to leave in his normal der over a certain Mr. Mark with Mr. Woods. mental Rep. Ballot, 16/17th, Pre- you care. W feel that in order to endure that the forthcoming elections are conducted in a fair, unbiased manner, we must point out to the members of the Union that during part of the time that the nomin- ation papers were posted, twoog us, Darling and Black, encouraged the third, Miss Waddington, to stand for the sabbatical post of honorary Secretary of Imperial College Union and to withdraw 1efore the nomination papers were taken down, feeling that this could possibly help the campaign.

The ways in which we considered it would help are: I) to encourage others to put up their names so that we would know how to plan the campaign and II) to discourage some people from standing.

As we realise, in retrospect, that this manoeuvre could be misconstrued as an attempt at election rigging, we must point out that this is not the case, nor was ever intended.

We apologise to those people who proposed and seconded Mairi in good faith, and to any candidates who may haze been misled. We remain,

M.C. Black B.W.E. Darling A.M. Waddington

Dear Mr Sugden, As you are now well aware, I attempted to place an ICU presidential manifesto in FELIX, whereas I had no intention of standing. As always in an elaborate hoax something went wrong, and you found out. Basically this was an advertising stunt, whereby I hoped to get more people interested in the elections. As a result of the confusion that my denial of standing for president would cause, I hoped that many students might take an active part in the elections. My hoax was totally unrelated to amgr other persons manifesto which you are- printing, but I hoped that it would be beneficial to ICU as a whole. I realise that this has caiased the staff of FELIX some problems as the articae. was actually typeset before the hoax was discovered. I hope that you will accept my sincere apology for the extra work I have caused, and my offer to ppy for the costs involved in changing the page. (Eds note - this has not been done). Yours sincerely, W.A. Gerrard.

Note?- Chris Sheppard has asked us to make it clear that his article in FELIX was not submitted as a manifesto and is not intended as such. It is, he says, purelyapersonalopinion of one aspect of the College. His manifesto will be published at a later date. ?ELIGITY/8th I arch 1972 '

I.C. WIN TEE GUTTERIDGE CUP************11********************** Felicitysport

I.C, regained the Gutteridge cup at MotSpur Park with a display of well thought out playrugby on a pitch which was good but had a stiff breeze blowing along its length. Before a lively crowd, daily from IC, James won the toss and played against the wind. LSE won pftenty of ball fron the lineouts and uade nop progress owing to excellent tackling and -revering by the TC backs, Froia the ru resulting rucks, tie tore mobile, disciplined TC pack constantly wbh the ball

only to show that T3E could cover equeily well0 ISE were unable to take advant- age of tie wind until after TC took the lead with a difficult penalty kicked by Janes against the wind. Eventually the astute touch kicking had rewards for LSE five rimrtes before half—time when they won a loose ball on the ft eft and rsoved the ball swiftly and decisively to the centre who scored wide and on the right. The conversion failed. Tie wind , still a major factor, was used nore effectively by IC, with Janes in good forr: with his touch kicking. He did, however, diss fck« two kickable penal-' es before TC went ahead. ISE carelessly tapped back fron a lineout, a yard * re the line, and were stunned by the right of Michael dropping in the ball, no conversion, A straight penalty kick wad it 10-4. ISE were now a beaten side down to 14 men and could offer only resistance which still failed to stop Tebbet scoring a converted try after a tricky run from Scrura half .Flanagan, Finally, Janes kicked a penalty from the touch line to ca corplete a triumphant day for IC, The IC back row of "'-hys, Tebbet and Partridge were fast and destructive, never far fron the fo&ll wit b the rest of the packs far too quick for ISE. Thgs good, clean ball fron the loose was used effectively by Jar es who wasgiven bong and accurate service for Flanagan. This was a fine tean performance by a side which had played progressively bettor over the season and had acheived its peak at the right moment. TEAK: J. Hughes| J.Euntf D. Harriot} ".¥. Baines; J. DcEonougb; A. Janes (Capt) C. BIanagan} K. Horseman} II. I ichael; L'. Sugrue; C. Humphries} R. Hatthews; A, Tebbett; I. Bhys} I. Partridge.

MORE MANIFESTOS.

Gordon R. Varley I am standing as your alternative candidate. All policies are basically the same. No one seriously wants a college dictatorship, massive unemployment under the present system, net fio they want the country covered with motorways and heavy chemical plants. Thus to the ordinary student the xmk±±£ only dilference among the candidates is what they are thought to represent. If there is no candidate with whom the student can identify then all that registers is apathy, the bane of IC. However, I believe everyone in ICU can understnad me and what I stand for - a per- sonal union. To this end I wish to introduce a new concept into the election arena - a restimetured union. So far, little discussion has taken place in the general student body, although

two reports have been submitted to council, nain policy £s to attempt to bring ICU into the present in which it is living....with two sabbatical afficers it is ludicrous to run it on odl ideas. However, this would not be a policy imi>osed from above but one evelving from the student body under my gudiance. I might add that I do not intend to meddle in academic affairs, external affairs or the number of other activities which should be the domain of their respective off- icers- I do intend to control the channels into which these activities are directed so that they may be relevant to you"* YOU are the Imperial College Union YOU set the direction for the coming year. = Y0U will get what you wnat. YOU! I MORE MMIFESTOS

.Apr?i"p south'

In the coming 12 months the far most important issues for students at IC will be union autonomy, graduate employment, the environment nd representation. Thesese are all important to students in IC and are issues through which students can involve thsmselvesin the world outside college, because of the folowing links. The result of the present attacks on our union would to break up the body in which we can work wuthin society. The unemployment will directly affect all of us in a short time. The environment affects all people whax alike but scoonce stuents have special res- ponsibility. Representation at decision-making level nould mena that students and society together shape the future of universities. At the present SU's only have vauge rights, these must be stated clearly and no these there can be no compromise. The 1st is financila autonomy, money given to students is students' money and subject to no external control, although accounts should be publicly audited there can be no acc*-. ountabllity. Teh second is constitutional autonomy- students deciding their own con- stitutions. The third id political autonomy. Students have the right to be political and no "inancila strings would be tolerated. To clarify these and achieve full

poll .i.c.al.""indepaenlances s _ studentsr'-'iiust work with other student unions \^workers an&..„ groups wuch as charities whos political voice is stopped by financial strings. Many graduates last year did not get jobs because of the governments policy of mass unemployment. This is due to weak British profits and the overseas competiion. Stu- dents now must affirm the right of all to a decent living and work with these trying to acheive this. This means working with trade unions in their fight to control redundancy, to help build claimants unions (unions organising the unemployed) and through HUB fighting at a national level. The many people who do realise the problems that man is creating for himself in the environment have two main obstacles - a lack of knowledge and an attitude of profits before people-. To remove these, thes system of profits must be replaced and and education work done, to ive scientists a greater say in the direction of research. To provide true representation, a long rem perspective of decision taken by students, academics, college authorities and society is needed. To work towards this and xbesk remove dissil&usionment the system can be made more effective. The importance of rep' resentstiori at department level must be increased, union meetings should make demands to the board of governers, representatives should be elected at union meetings and then report back to them.

"17IJ.Y I 17ANT TO BE HON. SEC." by Brenda Dilley.

I want to do the job because during the three years I have been at college I have "been involved in a viai range of college affairs and union activities and have con- stantly been made aware of the faults and failing of the collge ana the union. I feel I have a good appreciation of the difficulties facing IC students and I have a true desire to find solutions. Over the past two or three years the union has made great progress in a few areas *~e now have some representation on college committees and some influence in academic af affairs, and we must continue pressing for more. Three are however many facets of the college and the life of a student at IC that are still VERY bad. It is there things that I am particularly concerned about. We must develop a positive approach to the problems of involvement and communication and try to find a means by which the union has something to fiffer to all students and is not just run by the "few". The job of Hon. Sec. MUST "involve consideration of all these points. I am truly interested in them and I believe I am capable of contributing to their solution. Please come to the hasting and/or read my manifesto to find out how I intend to tackle these problems.

"PHY DOES SAVE THOMPSON MMTP TO BE DEP. ?RES OF I.C.U.? ~ Answer:'- 1) He likes pots in the Union Bar;' (2) he's a megalomaniac* (3) He wants to (if elected) (here fellows a manifesto) (a) Primarily be concerned with day-to-day running of union facilities and clubs, etc., but, also, be involved in the union and external politics. (b) Bring back the traditional Union Bar, but make provision for women to drink at the Union, etc. (c) Try for a "better relationship between CCU's and ICU, ensuring their preservation, (a) Prevent IGU from going to political extremes either right (joke) or left. And lots morel!II SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY - A IEW COURSE Chris Sheppard

For the past six months the Industrial Sociology Unit has been working in close conjunction with I.C.U. Academic Affairs Committee to prepare a completely new course in 'Science, Technology and Society'. The course has been devised in response to expressions of an increasing awareness among students, academics and practitioners in the various fields of scinee and technology of the need to emphasise in courses of study the social and personal consequences of the activities of scientists and technologists. The over-riding objective of the course, therefore, is to help students to become more aware of, and personally concerned with the nature and wider implications of science and technology, through an educational experience related to their felt needs.

From its inception students have been involved in the preparation of the course, and it is the needs of students that have been of prime consideration, throughout.

The course has gained 'academic approval' from the Board of Studies. The College, hew , remains as non-committal as ever, the Rector saying that times are hard and refusing to give it any real support. The College seems totally unmoved by the fact that a number of academics, both within the college and outside, have shown tremendous interest in the course (both Physics and Elec.Eng. are already wanting it for next year) and it has unqualified support from the Union. For the course to get off the ground a minimum amount of around £2,000 is required (with a maximum of around £10,000). In terms of the number of students who could benefit, and the educational value of the course, this seems a relatively small price to pay (the College's electricity bill is £i+00,000 p.a.). The only way that the College can be persuaded to give any real support to its vague approval of diversification is by generating interest among staff and students for courses of tikis type. This must come through departments.

If you want to have a chance of taking this course, if you are at all interested in the broader relevance of the narrow discipline that you are studying, then find out more about the course from your department rep. or from the Union Office. Make sure that your voice is heard in your department and in the College. Let them give substance to their support of the 'spirit of diversification'.

FIND OUT ABOUT IT - THINK - ACT

THE ABOVE IS NOT | MANIFESTO

This is;- C0L FLETCHER

I feel that the best way that this union can work for its members is to give more power to the constituent college unions. Each constituent college union represents one-third of the membership oflC. The vice-presidents of IC (Presidents of the CCU's) are far more representative of students than most members of council, therefore it is studpid to try take them off council when they can in fact be mandated to bring and represent before council the majority wich of one-thisd of ICU's members. Can most members of council honestly say that they represent the members of union, club, committee or department that elected them? ICU can work much better in this way as it can act as a better focal point for student opinion by mailing sure that IC council IS representative of all students, undergraduate and postgraduate, and not just to act as a loudspeaker for ineffectural, petty politicians, who like the sound of their own voices. Let's keep polities out of the union, and let the union floor tell its elected representatives what the students want. *-»»***#**« »*#*«"****#'#*'# *********** ************

Best wishes for a speedy. recovery go to Dave Sugden, editor of FELIX, who is 'at pre- sent in the Health Centre. FELltlTY/8th ikarch 1972 ' v,f

I.C. TIN TEE GUTTE71IDGS CUP******-******11********************** Felicitysport

I.C, regained the Gutteridge cup at Motspur Park with a display of well thought out playrugby on a pitch which was good but had a stiff breeze blowing along its length. Before a lively crowd, nsaily froe IC, Jarses won the toss and played against the wind„ ISE won plenty of ball fron the lineouts and made nop progress owing to excellent tackling and covering by the IC backs. From the ru resulting rucks, the tore mobile, disciplined TC pack constantly was the ball only to show that ISE could cover equeily well, ISE were unable to take advant- age of tie wind until after TC took the lead with a difficult penalty kicked by Janes against the wind. Eventually the astute touch kicking had rewards for LSE five i inutes before half-time when they won a loose ball on the ief t and moved the ball swiftly and decisively to the centre who scored wide and on the right. The conversion failed. The wind , still a major factor, was used more effectively by IC, with James in good form with his touch kicking. Ee did, however, oiss fcks two kickable penal'' es before TC went ahead. ISE carelessly tapped back from a lineout, a ytxrd x ror the line, and were stunned by the right of Michael dropping in the ball, no conversion. A straight penalty kick road it 10-4. ISE were now a beaten side down to 14 men and could offer only resistance wl ich still failed to stop Tebbet scoring a converted try after a tricky run from Scrum half.Flanagan. Finally, James kicked a penalty from the touch line to era complete a triumphant day for IC, The TC back row of Hbys, Tebbet and Partridge were fast and destructive, never far from the fe&ll wit h the rest of the packs far too quick for ISE. Thgs good, clean ball fron the loose was used effectively by James who wasgiven bong and accurate service for Flanagan. This was a fine team performance by a side which had played progressively better over the season and had acheived its peak at the right moment. TEA ; J. Hughes) J.Hunt) D. Harriot) W. Baines) J. LicHonougb; A. James (Capt) C. Elapagan; K. Horseman; II. Michael; M. Sugrue; C. Humphries; R» Matthews; A, Tebbett; I. Shys; I. Partridge.

MORE MANIFESTOS....

Gordon R. Varley I am standing as your alternative candidate. All policies are basically the same. No one seriously wants a college dictatorship, massive unemployment under the present system, net: fio they want the country covered with motorways and heavy chemical plants. Thus to the ordinary student the xbss±±$ only diiference among the candidates is what they are thought to represent. If there is no candidate with whom the student can identify then all that registers is apathy, the bane of IC. However, I believe everyone in ICU can understnad me and what I stand for - a per- sonal union. To this end I wish to introduce a new concept into the election arena - a restructured union. So far, little discussion has taken place in the general student body, although

two reports have been submitted to council, jgjty main policy is to attempt to bring ICU into the present in which it is living....with two sabbatical afficers it is ludicrous to run it on odl ideas. However, this would not be a policy imposed from above but one evelving from the student body under my gudiance. I might add that I do not intend to meddle in academic affairs, external affairs or the number of other activities which should be the domain of their respective off- icers- I do intend to control the channels into which these activities are directed so that they say be relevant to you',. YOU are the Imperial College Union YOU set the direction for the coming year. =Y0U will get what you wnat. YOU 2! Next Tuesday at 1.30, as one of the General Studies Lectures, Derek Curia Lags, an insurance broker with a difference, will deliver a lecture on mortgages. I say with a difference, because Mr Ciunmiags is by now famous for his- outright condemn at Lcm« of the Insurance business. As you will see from some questions put to his by FELICITY and his answers, he doss a

4„ Because they mislead them into buying endowm«at insurancesf which are the most profitable for the companies, but the least so for the policy- holder. The best of them takes 18 years to double your money - yet the economy has halved its value in only 15 years. Obviously you're losing out. p, Okay, so what sort of investment should one look to for the future? 1 Put your m-mey io a bui.Iiing society;, 3 .you ' re going to need a mortgage sooner or later, and this is where you gain,, You borrow someone else's mo-ley to buy % ho use, which increases in value rapidly. Then you repay what you've borrowed with devaluing money - and the increase iu value of the house is more than enough to offset the interest on the house., V, Is property really increasing that much, and can it continue to do so? A , Bead the facts and then ask yourself that,, Up to 1968, property doub- led in value every 10 years,. Then, in 1970, property values weat beserk - that's the only word for it,, Property doubled in value bet— ween 1908 and 1972. The reason for this is simple. A3 you know, there was a dramatic increase in the birth rate from 1946 to 1958 - and even then the trend just levelled off. In 1970, the first of those "boom years" children were 24 - and just onto the house market, already short of property, So we're only jist beginning the boom in house prices, and it should continue certainly for the next 13 years. Q, So you say that we should put our money in property., Do you practice what you preach? A- Yes, though I've only just begun - I*m not.rich! Q, As I haven't any more space left for th.&sa questions and answers, what do suggest our reader should io next?

A Come along to the lecture next Tuesday, and hear more.00«or thro* eggs, if you're so inclined, But I. think you'll be keener to learn how to make yourself some bread without getting conned.

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S^LVLL_A1) (well, he asked nicely) * I #antany photos taken'of Claire Kami 11 at the recent IC concert - I'll even pay for them51 Hun and/or scream for Pete White, 222 Falmouth.

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