Imperial's Dodgy Dealings
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FR IDAY, 26 TH OCTOBER, 2018 – Keep the Cat Free – ISSUE 1702 Felix The Student Newspaper of Imperial College London NEWS Felix meets the new Provost! PAGE 4 MUSIC Looking at the White Album's legacy 50 years on PAGE 22 Imperial after dark // Imperial College London ARTS Imperial's Dodgy Dealings NEWS much-maligned Sackler Greenwich, which re- addiction and overdose over their activities in Trust, receiving £2.5m ceived £1.5m. A student at crisis that kills more than the UK. A spokesperson last year. Imperial College London, 100 people in the US. for Imperial College said The Sun: Living Andy Djaba The Sackler family who asked to remain Data has revealed that US it received charitable With Our Star Editor-in-Chief has come under recent anonymous, told Felix: drug overdose deaths rose donations from a range scrutiny amidst the US “Imperial being the to a record 72,000 last of sources that helped PAGE 27 opioid addiction and largest beneficiary of year. Purdue Pharma and strengthen its research overdose crisis. Last year, this dodgy money, who members of the Sackler and education through Imperial College the family donated £7m would’ve thought?”. family, including Theresa scholarships, academic London amongst UK through its philanthropic The Sackler family’s Sackler, a director of the positions, research centres SPORT beneficiaries of UStrust to British institu- influential philanthropic Sackler Trust and one of and capital projects. The tions, including the Old role has come under the the UK’s most prolific source added: trust embroiled in Vic, the National Theatre spotlight after allegations arts philanthropists, are “All donations are con- drug crisis and several other UK that the transatlantic dy- being sued by the US sidered carefully under cultural and educational nasty’s fortune has been state of Massachusetts. our relationship review institutions. As reported tainted by the US opioid The Massachusetts case is and gift acceptance mperial College by numerous national crisis. Much of the fami- being watched closely by policies, and we keep all London has been newspapers, including ly’s wealth has come from some UK institutions, as relationships with third Cross Country revealed to be the The Guardian, Imperial OxyContin, the prescrip- pressure from US activists parties under continuous runs for largest UK benefi- College London was the tion painkiller launched in on galleries and museums review”. Iciary of donations from largest beneficiary, fol- 1996 that has been a major funded by the Sacklers in- Parliament the controversial and lowed by Royal Museums aggravator in the opioid creases, casting a shadow (Hill) Cont. pg 3 PAGE 40 FR IDAY, 26 TH OCTOBER, 2018 FELIX FELIX ISSUE 1702 EDITORIAL NEWS [email protected] CONTENTS EDITORIAL 2 A rather uneventful week... NEWS 3-6 jaba – Felix don't even want to y D Ed change. Of course, that The Felix Team POLITICS 7-8 tell you what time it d ito means nothing because An r Editor-in-Chief is right now but just nobody is still reading Andy Djaba COMMENT 9-14 know that this is by my incessant rambling • Ifar the latest I've written anyway... Deputy Editor SCIENCE 15 my editorial. Every week I'd like to end my edito- Joanna Wormald I tell myself that it's the rial this week by thanking • News Editors TECH 16 week that I will get or- everybody that reached Joanna Wormald ganised and do things in out after reading my Frank Leggett FILM 17-19 advance and, every week, editroial last week. The • I flop the set... kind words, condolences Politics Editors MUSIC 22 With the excitement of and heartwarming offers Avirup Banerjee graduating last week, this of support have kept me Divyen Vanniasegaram ARTS 23-27 week feels like it's been going through what's been Juan Rubio Gorrochategui really dull and uneventful. a tough few weeks. I found • Comment Editors BOOKS 28-29 I'm genuinely wracking it incredibly difficult to Aida Manzano Kharman my brain trying to write my letter to Lauren Charlie Titmuss FOOD 32 remember if anything of but I felt slightly better af- • note happened this week. terwards and I really hope Science Editors GAMES 33 As you can probably tell, that it was able to be some Rosie Dutt I still don't know how to comfort to anyone that Eyad Abuelgasim HANGMAN 34-35 write an editorial. At this knew and loved her. The Henry Alman point, I don't think I ever College is organising a Sânziana Foia • INVESTMENT 36 will. Alas, we ramble on... motion to stop the stocking recorded by Felix... Book of Condolences for Tech Editor It's perhaps quite de- and display of racist In all seriousness, us to take up to her family Krithika Balaji PUZZLES 37 pressing and embarrass- tabloids, such as The Sun, although Council overran, in time for the funeral Haaris Asghar ing that the most eventful the Daily Mail and the was slightly tedious (so next week. Anybody who • SPORTS 38-40 thing that has happened Daily Express, sparked a much so that ended my would like to contribute Arts Editors to me this week is attend- particularly heated debate self-imposed football can send their thoughts Claire Chan ing my first ever Union which somehow spiralled boycott and was driven and messages via email to: Helen Money-Kyrle Council meeting. After into a wider discussion to watching Mourinho's engteaching@imperial. Vaishnavi Nathan Felix Office • Beit Quad, Prince Consort succesfully skipping the about censorship and free Manchester United team's ac.uk. Lauren also re- Books Editors Road first meeting of the year speech on our campus. attempts to play football quested that, instead of London, SW7 2BB JJ Cheng (I'm sure I had a good It made for enthralling for entertainment), the flowers, people should • Imperial's Dodgy Dealings Tel: 020 79548072 excuse), I could no longer viewing, with personal discussions had at Council donate to http://www. Music Editors Email: [email protected] dodge my responsibility attacks flying across the were very important and thealexandrasalestrust. Simran Kukran felixonline.co.uk as the resident fly-on- room left, right and centre. raise further interesting co.uk/ways-to-donate/ Adrian LaMoury @feliximperial the-wall. With no voting I was on the edge of my points about the sort of Henry Eshbaugh NEWS the hand of the museums of the brothers, Mortimer al’s investments in oil and holdings in pharmaceuti- Asad Raja Printed by Mortons Media rights, I sat there and seat and the only thing I community and envi- and other institutions to and Raymond Sackler, gas companies by Divest cals, tobacco, arms and oil Group, Boston Road, • (cont.) “Imperial Horncastle, Lincolnshire watched riveting discus- regret is not bringing my ronment we want to be a Film Editors refuse future funding.” who grew Purdue Pharma Imperial, an Imperial and gas companies. sions and spirited debate popcorn. There were even part of at Imperial. I urge being the Ryan Hampton, a US into a pharmaceutical College Union-affiliated Registered Newspaper Mikhail Demtchenko ISSN 1040-0711 about topics including some afters between two anybody reading to get Sung Soo Moon Accounts filed this campaigner who is in empire. Forbes mag- environmental campaign Union penalties for sexual Union Council members more involved in Council Aidan Chan month by the Sackler largest recovery from a dec- azine estimates that a group, intensify following Copyright (c) Felix 2017 misconduct and Ethos' which may or may not and to attempt to effect • Trust show 12 entities beneficiary ade-long opioid addiction, core group of 20 family the university’s involve- squash court pricing. A have been accidentally Markets Editor received grants last year said that the only accept- members in the Mortimer ment in GB Green Week, Tom Alston • of more than £150,000, of this dodgy able philanthropy for the and Raymond Sackler as reported by Felix. Food Editors along with 53 miscella- Sacklers to pursue was in branches of the family are Last year, Felix re- Eva Tadros neous donations of less money, who “supporting resources and collectively worth $13bn vealed that analysis of Julia Dąbrowska than that figure. Benefi- would've finances that will end the (£10bn). Imperial’s investments Felix is recruiting! • ciaries included the Royal opioid crisis that poured showed significant Puzzles Editor Court’s resident company, thought?” billions into Purdue Lisa Hey the English Stage Pharma”. He added: “The “The Sacklers Lorenzo Silvestri Company (£700,000), Sacklers are the direct • are the direct Sports Editor Alexandra Park and beneficiaries of the vast Imraj Singh Palace Charitable Trust Among the most active and profound suffering beneficiaries Fergus Johnson (£500,000), the Old Vic critics of the Sacklers and created by purposefully • (£300,000), the National Purdue Pharma has been misleading doctors about of... vast and Head Photographer Theatre (£250,000) and the artist Nan Goldin, who their company’s products. Joe O'Connell-Danes the Roundhouse arts and recently recovered from Co-opting our cultural profound • concert venue (£225,000). a near-fatal addiction to institutions is reputa- Copy Editors While it is unclear if neg- OxyContin and has staged tion-laundering and it’s a suffering” Rhidian Thomas Shervin Sabeghi ative publicity had been a direct actions inside US distraction.” We want you – yes, you! We’re looking for writers, photographers, editors, illustrators, report- Artur Donaldson factor, the Sackler Trust’s arts institutions funded by The Sackler family ers, computer experts and grammar nerds to join our team. No experience needed – we’ll teach Calum Drysdale grants last year have the family.