FOUNDED IN 1949 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

No. 432 Friday, 29 October, 1976 FREE! Sennet future uncertain after Wednesday's non-appearance Money problems at Sennet

The long-terrr. future of Sennet. London's Student Paper, a decision by the Sennet Guilds smash seems uncertain following its non-publication on Wednesday. editorial board is expected by Christmas. Two ideas The paper is self-financing and has to meet its printing bills seriously being considered up Harrods with advertising revenue to ensure publication. On this are a reducation in circulation week's issue there was insufficient advertising to cover and a fortnightly Sennet, even a four page issue. It was Mr Silver's decision, of which has to be repaid as Chairman of ULU's General each week. Sennet still gets RCS election Purposes Committee (GPC), its offices within the ULU Kathy Taylor, a third year to cancel this week's Sennet. Building free of charge, but Life Scientist, was this week The GPC acts as a financial Sennet executives have to elected as RCS Union Honorary watchdog over the paper in report each week to Mr Silver Junior Treasurer. In Monday's view of losses incurred by on the paper's financial department ballot she beat the paper in the last few health. Vivienne Benson and Costas years. Any loss by Sennet has In the short-term neither Takas, After the reallocation to be made up from funds Richard Silver nor Anne of Ms Benson's votes, under otherwise destined for ULU Tudor see the paper's non- the STU voting schedule, Ms sports and social clubs. appearance affecting its Taylor won by margin of affecting business confidence However Sennet's Advert- 133 to 107 votes from Mr Takas. in it. ising Manager, Anne Tudor, Her election was ratified at a assured FELIX that the paper However, Anne Tudor does badly attended RCS Union already had enough advertising see problems in the future, meeting on Tuesday lunchtime. to produce issues for the 'After Christmas London next two weeks. This was could be without its own confirmed by Richard Silver, student paper.' She feels that Keogh death University of London Union 'certain other student pub- (ULU) President. lications that have come on It is with deep regret that the advertising scene' causing the Union has to announce Guilds VP Dave Lord Up till this year Sennet had Sennet's revenue to drop. On the death of Mr Mohammed outside Harrods received a grant from GPC, the other hand Richard Silver Haliar Rahman. equivalent to a Science Guilds Union did an estimated sees problems ahead should Mr Rahman was a Post- Research Council Post £200\s worth of damage to National Student come out graduate . in the Chemistry Graduate grant. This was to Harrods, last Saturday, when more regularly. department and intending to sustain a sabbatical editor. one of their competitors in return home to Bangladesh at Arrangements are now Actionto counter decreasing the annual 'Silly Sports' com- the beginning of next year. different and the paper gets revenue is already being petition accidently fell into a He was found dead in his room a loan from GPC, a proportion drawn up by Sennet staff and small plate glass window. in Keogh last weekend by a The girl concerned was not friend, a post mortem has seriously hurt, although she since shown that he died was cut around her posterior. peacefully of natural causes. The reason for the high cost Mascot wrangles We would like to take this of damage lies in the fact that Allegations are flying opportunity to pass on con- all Harrods windows are fitted between the RCS and C&G were involved in this fight, dolences to his friends and with 'trembler' sensing devises Union offices following an but admit that Guildsheet relatives. to thwart thieves and bomb abortive attempt by Guilds to editor John Elkin thought that outrages. It is romoured that steal RCS's mascot, Theta, at his buddies were- in trouble. the Guilds action started the the Mathematics Fresher's Mr Elkin drove his car at s-inside evacuation of two floors of dinner on Tuesday. the store. the gathering mob at the The mascot raid came just entrance to the Sherfield C&G Union will not have to before the start of the dinner, Building. Here he was surround- STOP PRESS pay for the damage, although as Theta was being driven to ed by the mob and his ignition URGENT AD. a store representative warned level one Sherfield Building in keys removed. Although the Application forms are Guilds not to ask Harrods for a JR van. As the van approached fracas continued, say RCS, now available for the a Rag donation. post of Warden of Hamlet the building two Guildsmen Theta was successfully passed The Silly Sports proved and Cambridge Gardens. blocked the entrance into the over the bonnet of Mr Elkins very successful and £341.40 dinner. Guilds then claim that Perks include free car into the dinner. was collected for charity. RCS when the ,14 doors were opened residence and an Union, collecting outside the they were more people in the No-one was seriously hurt, entertainment allowance. Motor Show at Earls Court van than expected, so the raid although two RCS freshers Application forms from received cuts to their legs' netted £188 in ninety minutes. was called off. IC Union and Residence during the incident. One office. Applications RCS tell a different tale. Pictures of Silly Sports — page 3 Theta bearer was pinned close 12th November. They say that the Guildsmen to the wall of the Sherfield were caught between two Building by the car, thus COPY DEADLINE FOR factions of scientists and a sustaining bruises to his legs. fracas developed. C&GU Mr Elkin drove off using a NEXT ISSUE 2PM MONDAY refute that their members spare set of keys. 2 - FELIX, OCTOBER 29th 1976 PG affairs corner ICWA Flower arranging & all that Treasure hunts, Also on the social side, we hope to finished with this article, the first PG encourage social intercourse between committee of the term will be over. frivolity PGs at department level. We can offer Hopefully, this austere body will have small subsidies and large amounts of deliberated on the course and content of discos & general advice to anybody interested in organising the group's activities for the next few them. ' months. Now that the novelty of lecture going Our Work during the summer with the As far as the social side of the has worn off, ICWA has decided to run associated studies department to sue if groups activities go, I hope soon to be a Treasure Hunt Competition. Next week the Associated and General studies able to announce the first PG extravaganza the first clue will appear in FELIX and could be better advertised for PGs is now of the term. In the meanwhile, bright (for the benefit of those who only read bearing fruit. Many PGs have already ideas for future events are always FELIX fortnightly) the first clue will be signed up to broaden the frontiers of welcome, providing they are reasonably repeated the week after. Thereafter a their conscious minds and many more decent and legal. further three clues will appear, one each are attending the lunch hour programmes. week for three weeks. There are several courses which do not Back to Politics The cost of entering will be 20p (all start until the spring, and the general Meanwhile, in the big bad outside entry fees to Rag) and each answer studies are open to anybody, any must be sent to Room 98 Beit Hall, to Tuesday or Thursday lunchtime. For more world, the fee situation for 1977—78 is still simmering. As new proposals come arrive not later than the following Thurs- details, contact your department office day lunchtime. The final winner will be or else the Associated Studies office. in, it begins to sound more like an auction than a debate. The ULU Post- presented with £10 at the ICWA disco Subsidies graduate Committee is at the moment on Sat 11th December. Hopefully every- trying to collect its views on this matter. thing will be made clearer next week The beginning of term rush is finally In the meantime, it will help us to with the appearance of the first clue. dying down, and most of the people who assess the effect on IC PGs if those who Please take part — its all in a good came here to take flower arranging have contemplate hardship or financial cause. finally found the error of their ways — difficulties in the event of a large rise although the first few weeks of a physics Elections in fees, could get in touch with me. degree can be misleading. I should have more to tell you in my As I said nomination papers went up The Postgraduate group is beginning next article, after the committee meeting, today. There are vacancies for the to awaken to the new blood in our Don't forget to look out for the greatest posts of Hon Sec, Treasurer, Mines membership. A very promising number of social event since the sinking of the Rep, Life Sciences Rep, Ents Officer, PGs contacted the group at the freshers Titanic. Well—back to my flower arranging. Publicity Officer, Freshers Rep and fair and showed an active interest in the vlr ICWA. group's activities. By the time Clive's. Rick Parker cosmic word shuffling equipment has PG Affairs Officer Freshers' Voice The poor freshers get inundated with committees offering the post of Freshers Rep. However in this case it is a very 1 Btfepiinfog important post as it will be our only contact with Freshers opinion and The centre is not offering to take their only chance to comment, as all WELFARE over the IC Nursery's role, but if you decisions are taken at committee. would like to earn some money baby- by IC Union Welfare sitting or require a sitter please inform A Wealthy Mr ICWA? the Welfare Centre and we will operate In line with last year's decision Mr Officer John Morgan as a referal agencv. ICWA will not be the man with the 'nobbliest knees' but the man most Welcome to the Welfare Column; as Canrfttess willing to help ICWA. If he happens to you might have gathered from the Freshers As Welfare Officer i automatically have nobbly knees as well that's fine — edition of FELIX the elected Welfare serve on a variety of College committees maybe his father is a millionaire and Officer managed to fail his exams, along and am hence in a position to put forward willing to make some generous donations, with other illustrious individuals, hence your views in places where they will perhaps he can print posters, type (the leaving the position vacant. Sue Kalicinski, be heard. So if you have any queries or candidate not his father). Whatever your last year's Welfare Officer, nobly held complaints please feel able to put motive is) please stand for one of the the fort in a temporary nature but now I them to me. above posts we need all the enthusiastic have taken over and the Union has a helpers we can find. fully fledged Welfare Officer, elected Defective Goods and actually in situ. If you buy goods from a consumer Discos. Enough of the internal problems. It is outlet, no exclusion clauses, however the actual activities of the Welfare worded, are binding in Law. So whatever Finally I would like to mention the Centre that are of most concern to you. the guarantee says, you are still protected ICWA disco tomorrow night. Entry is free The Welfare Centre is on the third floor under consumer Laws. If you have any and it should brighten up what could be of the Union Building and is open queries please contact us. another boring Saturday evening. Don't daily between 12.30 and 13.30. You're forget it's in the Union from 8pm till always welcome to drop in or phone Family Planning midnight. (Internal 2898). A subject we all know about. Or do The centre is manned by Don Adington, we? If you would like any information or the Student Counsellor, on Tuesdays addresses of local clinics please drop FELIX and Thursdays, and by myself or some into the centre. Confidentiality is assured, other student during the rest of the week. as always in these matters. FELIX Office, Imperial College Union, It is hoped that there will be a legal Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BB advice service on Wednesdays later on in Law Tel CT-589 5111 ext 1043/1042/1043 the term.This will be provided by students If you have a legal problem I can Internal 2881 from the London School of economics. contact the college solicitor on your Well, what does the Centre provide? behalf and obtain the requisite information. Editor - Clive Dewey What follows is a brief resume of some The above guide is nowhere near an I of the sectors in which welfare is exhaustive list of our activities. If you Published by the Editor ton behalf of the involved. have any queries or want a free cup of Imperial College Union Publications coffee just call in at the Centre. If we Board. Printed offset-litho on the Union Accommodation don't know the answer we will try our ! premises. We have some info on flat agencies upmost to find someone who does. Many thanks to Gill McConway, Ian that are hopefully still in existence and I hope you will follow this Welfare Morse, Jen Hardy-Smith, Ex-ed Pingpong, not too crooked. The centre can also weekly in future. I intend to write an Dave Hopkins, Mark Kuse, Chris Palmer, help if you run into difficulties with flat article (difficult for a Miner!) about various | Duncam Suss, Andrew Evans, Terry West- agencies. For instance when you go to subjects of importance. Next week the Ins i oby, Dave Foxall, Howard Cheetham and an agency they have no right to charge and Outs of the Rent Act. ! anyone else I've forgotten. you for providing addresses. John Morgan FELIX, OCTOBER 29th 1976 -3 Sterling Silver meets Pirate Brown

Left to right: Leo Martini-Brown, Mike Williams, Richard Silver.

Veteran Felixman Mike issue was whether the short- views of the student majority, raised about the possible Williams was called out of comings of NUS finances and accused it of supporting effects of a genuinely demo- retirement to referee the justified the formation of an the IRA and of being more cratic election of NUS officers. battle of the giants on Tuesday, alternative union that would radical than the TUC in its "Professional student and the giants on this occasion break student solidarity in the opposition to wage-restraint politicians" would be the were Leo Martini-Brown, face of government cut-backs. policy. "Students should have result, according to Mr Silver, general secretary of the new "The student movement needs a perfect right of choice of and this to him was undesirable. their national union," he said, British Students Association to be united," said Mr Silver, When asked about the city and emphasised that BSA aims and Richard Silver, President whilst Mr Martini-Brown des- business subsidisers of the at individual response before of ULU. cribed NUS as an "inefficient pirate. union, Mr Martini- corporate affiliation. "The In a half-hour STOIC business machine." Brown assured that there were discussion broadcast to IC BSA has no political position Mr Martini-Brown claimed at all," he said. no strings attacked, and that students, live (at 1pm) and that the NUS executive was BSA would be internally recorded (at 6pm), the main quite unrepresentative of the A practical issue was funded within three years. Guilds Silly Sports

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(VP Services, NUS Executive) saying, week (which works out at a rental for the .that the office will be open from 11.00 to room of £8.88 per hour of opening time), 2.00 on Thursdays only and the rest of the they also want me to do their apologising time we will have to go to Victoria, which for

Having just crawled out from under a Residents *S' Zone, Southside haze of sweat developed during the LIFT REQUIRED initiation of the Parking Permit Scheme, JPS BLOOMFIELD Mech Eng 1 ONF 107F the preparations and 'execution' of G MARSHALL Phys 3 GMC 760J PhD student with two small B REYNOLDS Geology PG Commem Ball and five hours worth of a GGW 363N children requires a lift to and L URRUTIA Man. Sci. PG GYO 934N Union Council Meeting on Monday from College from Edgware, White Lies will now tell you .a couple Commuters 'H' Zone, Imperial Institute Road Middlesex. Will contribute to more tales about: NR BOND Met H Mai Sci PG WTF 37N petrol expenses. Contact E CHANDRA Chem Eng 2 RVX 37K Barbara Moont, Biomechanics PG GROHMANN Rag Committee Chem PG TBH 506J Unit, Level 6 Mech Eng (Int. AN JENKINS Last Wednesday week the Rag Phys 3 NPM 801F H LIM Civ Eng PG 3580 (3624). Committee met and arranged the pro- ELD 380C N NOURSHARGH Elec Eng PG HFC 707N visional timetable of events for Rag JP CUMMIN Mech Eng 2 YER 92M FOR SALE week - Fri 19th to Sat 27th Nov. For KR HARPER Mech Eng 3 XPM 570 your information here's a run down: Commuters "V Zone, Imperial Institute Road L,es Paul electric guitar. Fri 19th Rag and Drag Competiens- Good copy of famous Gibson D POON Maths 2 and Disco VLE 904M model. Two pick-ups. Excellent M SAMS Mech Eng 2 Sat 20th Rag Procession and Rag XVU 550M condition, £35 ono. Contact C STURT Phys 3 895 EXW Concert Chris Coyer Zoology 3 in Bot/ A- VIERA CCD PG GO-19-iO Sun 21st SCABEvening D WEBSTER Phys 2 Zoo common room 10.30 -» 1 lam. GVD 274K weekdays. Mon 22nd Drink-a-Pub-dry P WOOD Civ Eng PG KAA 904M Tue 23rd Bar-b-que and Disco Wed 24th Morphy Day Thur 25th RCS Smoking Concert Fri 26th Guilds Carnival The social event of the year Sat 27th Chariot Race and Rag Concert WHITE LIES the mike by John White IC Union Hon.Sec.

If you would like to help organise Rag dinner week or any of these events then drop me a line and we'll let yon know when the next Rag Meeting is. PS Bring a bottle! NOT TO BE MISSED RESULTS OF PARKING PERMIT APPEALS WEDNESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER Both the IC Union Parking Committee and the Appeals Committee have met and at 7.00pm for 7.30pm all the spaces available have been allocated. The results of the Appeals Committee decision is available in the IN THE UNION DINING HALL Union Office but for completeness I shall list them below too. Finally on the subject of permits. Tickets from IC Union Office Any permits not collected before Friday 12th November will be reallocated. (includes sherry, portwine, birthday cake) Gestetner demo Another Gestetner demonstration will be Mike, the IC Union mascot is 10 years old on Tuesday held at 13.00 hours in the FELDC Outer Office on Friday, November 5th.

That's all for now. See you around and take care. Cost (ahem!) : £5 FELIX, OCTOBER 29th 1976 -5

Firstly confirmation that the well-known Comedian Ralph include Boz Burell and Simon Kirke of Bad Company, ex-Hendrix McTell is definitely booked for November 20th; Split Enz for tne drummer Mitch Mitchell, Henry McCullough, and Kohomo's Mel following Saturday (27th) and Flamin' Groovies will be giging here Collins. £1.20 at the door. For me though, all roads lead to the on December 11th. These, together with the Horslips concert on Nashville, where Stranglers take the stage. Surely the best band 13th November look like the full list of Great Hall concerts set around who have yet to sign a recording contract. The place will for this term. As soon as I'm given details of support acts, prices be packed, so those of you interested should get ther well before etc I'll let youknow. the doors open at £1 at the door. There are plenty of interesting gigs happening this weekend. On Sunday, Eric Bur don plays his first London date for a few On Friday, the best is likely to be at the Old Town Hall, Fulham years at the Roundhouse Chalk Farm. Burlesque provide great where Roogalator are headlining with a couple of punks, the entertainment at the Nashville for 50p. Clash and Vibrators. Price is £1. FELIX Steeleye Span Record Competition Results Gardens las yet to succeed After the tremendous response to our Steeleye Span competition If you can afford to drink until 2am, then the Suprise Sisters (joke) we've decided never to hold another one. Anyway, here are play the Rock Garden Friday and Saturday, So far, this Club, the names of the lucky winner who will receive two tickets for which was intended to be an alternative to the expensive Dingwalls their gig at Hammersmith Odeon plus a copy of Rocket Cottage, and Speakeasy, hasn't really got off the ground. The trouble is and also the three runners-up who get an album each. its too small and has little or no atmosphere to make prospective Winner - Sue Walker Bio Chem II clientel flock to the place in great numbers. Prices though, Runners-up - T.T Griffiths Chem PG compared to Dingwalls and the other late night gig at the Speak- John Eustace Mech Eng I easy are much cheaper. Lager is 40p as opposed to the 52p at J.P. Herbet Matallurgy I Dingwalls or the (gulp!) 60p at the Speakeasy. Shorts are about (My apologies to the other two entrants who somehow managed lOp cheaper at the Garden than the other two haunts. Admission to elude my grasp when I picked the winners out of the Editors too, is generally lower. If you've any of your grant left, you might Hat). want to check it out. Ian Morse The Four Tops make a rare London appearence at Hammersmith Odeon on Saturady, so too do those ex-patriots Climax Chicago, P.S. Would the competition winners get in touch with me at FELIX, who play a hastily arranged concert at the Victoria Palace. LSE since Steeleye's management are sending the prizes directly toyoa, put on Hinkley's Heroes, featuring a host of name musicians that We therefore need your addresses.

Gig Jazz Club Sunday Session (Salamander): 8.30pm (until 10.30pm). Union Lower Lounge. Racing Cars: Torrington, Lodge Lane, North Finchley. Burlesque: Nashville, North End Rd, (01 603 6071). Miscellaneous FRIDAY 29th OCTOBER Dramsoc Auditions, Lunchtime Show of New Plays by Howard Disco Brenton. 2.00pm. SCR. For further details contact Peter Muller, in IC Ents Disco Storeroom or telephone 01 720 5733. IC Ents Disco: 8pm. Union Lower Refectory MONDAY lst NOVEMBER Film Dinner IC Filmsoc Present: Roman Polanski's 'Dance Of The Vampires. Guilds Civil Engineering: Fresher's Dinner. 7pm for 7.30pm. Sher- 7.30pm. Great Hall. Admission by membership card or 25p at door. field Building. £3.40. Tickets from C&G Union Office & Social Reps| Gig Gig Gonzalezwith Gloria Jones: Nashville, North End Rd, (01 603 6071) Gong: Woolwich Polytechnic. Flying Aces: Rock Garden, Covent Garden. (01 240 3961). Roogalator/Clash/Vibrators: 7pm until midnight. Oldtown Hall, Miscellaneous Fulham SW6. (opp Fulham Broadway Tube) £1. WELLSOC: 'Technology In An Amateur Sport' Prof. A. Cameron of Jabula/Harry Millers Isitingo: At the 100, Club, Oxford St. Mech Eng Dept. 7.30pm. Mech Eng 220. 'Socialist Democracy According To Marx, Engels and Lenin' SATURDAY 30th Speaker: George Bridges. 7.30pm. ICWA Lounge (Union Building). Disco TUESDAY 2nd ICWA Disco: 8pm Union Lower Refec. Free! Hall Dinner Gig Hall Dinner: 7.00 for 7.30pm. Sherfield Building. £2.55p. All Climax Blues Band: Victoria Palace (01—834 1317). applications to PAT by Noon Today. Stranglers: Nashville, North End Road (01 603 6071). Hinkley's Heroes/Rael: London School of Economics (01 405 4872). Club Activity Mike Berry and The Original Outlaws: Dingwalls, Camden Lock, Mountaineering Club: Free Slide Show (Alps, England etc). 8.00pm. (01 267 4967). RSM G20 (In main entrance on right) Rag Collection RSM Geophysical Society: 5.30pm. Mining Lecture Theatre: Talk by Dr D Morgan — 'The Role of the Professional Economic RCS Rag Collection (Special Halloween Collection) in Oxford Street Geologist'. Meet RCSU Office. 10am. IC Transcendental Meditation Society: Intro Talk. 1pm Elec Eng SUNDAY 31st 4036. Science-Fiction Club: 6.30pm. Mech Eng 220. Talk by Thomas Disco Sheridan (alias Walter Gillings) entitled: "The Three Worlds of SF' Queen Elizabeth College: Sunday Night Disco. 8.00p,. Bar, Campden Rill, Wl. 20p. SU Cards required. Nearest Tube:- High St. Kensington Continued on page 8 6 - FELIX, OCTOBER 29th 1976

CHANGE OF STYLE WORKS WONDERS FOR RORY styles could have come out a lot worse. Rory Gallagher - 'Calling Card* - this. 'Edged' is probably the album's best I find the LP difficult to review in song. It's a beautiful number that has a Chrysalis detail it's just so good, but so unexpect- vast amount of cheerful melodies in it, edly varied. From the start the music has which is unusual for a blues player. Many reviewers have in the past put a greater feel to it than on previous One thing I ought to mention is that Rory's music down as 'predictable and Gallagher LPs. The guitar/keyboard Rory's gone in for a fair amount of 'holding few surprises' — yet the crowds interplay between Rory and Lou Martin overdubbing on this LP, something that flock to see him tell a different tale has been greatly enchanced so that there which he's refrained from trying before. of this down-to-earth rythm "iC guitarist. is more texture to the songs without the Like the album, his efforts here are They can't say the same about this usual accompanying loss of feel. successful. LP 'cause although the Irishman has On the heavier 'adrenalin builder' To conclude, 'Calling Card' is a put his distinct stamp on al I the cuts, the numbers, such as 'Secret Agent' and progressive LP in the truest sense. album is so unlike Gallagher's previous 'Country Mile', Roger Glover has preserved Rory devotees may scorn the jumps he's efforts. Rory has come out of the confines an awful lot of clinty, bringing out the made but I think they'll grow to love his of down-the-line rock 'n' roll and produced 'new' background intricacies. On the more new direction. All in all a great album, a diverse LP that is versatile and peaceful numbers both Rory and Roger but one that's bedeviled me as a reviewer. unconsciously commercial. 'Produced' is have excercised expert control, which I dare say it has done the same to a few strictly speaking the wrong word since may well be why the LP appears so other self-appointed music 'officianadoes'. ex-Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover is uncharacteristic of Gallagher. 'Calling the accredited producer; he's done an Card', 'Edged in Blue' and '/'// Admit Clive Dewey excellent job and without him the new You've Gone' are all prime examples of Lost over Hammersmith fly-over course, the truck drivin' songs. No one Commander Cody and hjs Lost Planet all I want to do is just sit back, tap my feet and get blind drunk. could play this stuff quite like the Airmen. Airmen 'We've Got A Live One Here' - Recorded at Hammersmith, Aylsbury Be it tongue in cheek weepies Jike Warner Bros and Oxford on their last British tour, the 'Mama Hated Deisels, to the drivin' To many a would be truck driver, album contains all the songs that made 18 Wheels' or Lookin' Through the World Commander C and the LPA were just the LPA a band that were a bit special; Through a Windscreen'. about the best thing to come out of the ranging from the late forties jazz tinged Everything that those stoned Texas Southern States since Comfort. Sadly, country of 'Smoke, Smoke, Smoke,' with croonies stood for is recorded for they're no longer with us, but have left the sort of close smooth harmonies prosperity on this album. The last thing the world with the best kind of epitaph that accompanied most of Roy Rodgers' the Commander and his men would want any band could wish for. great songs, the traditional country of anybody to do is write paragraphs The Airmen were perhaps the arche- 'San Antonio Rose', 'Milkcow Blues' and anylysing their music. They were all typal good-time band, that's why listening 'My Window Faces the South', the rock- about having a good time, which is to this live double set, its difficult abilly feel of 'Hot Rod Lincoln', Too exactly what this album gives you. actually trying to write about it, instead Much Fun' and 'Lost in the Ozone', and of Ian Morse LACK OF COHESION DOGS REVAMPED STRAWBS The rest of the album is generally The Strawbs - 'Deep Cuts' - Polydor of great things, but don't pull together disappointing except for two numbers most of the time. The group seem to be Super 'Simple Visions', which opens side two, pecveying too many musical styles. I used to be a great Strawbs fan back and 'Turn Me Round'. The other numbers Despite this the harmonies are generally in 1972 when they were on A&M Records are either unispired acoustic copies of very good and some of the Dave Lambert's and turning out delights such as 'Grave old 'Strawb-type' music or rather cluttered guitar breaks deserve better material. New World'. That was before the heavier tracks. He's particularly good on 'SimpleVisions', Hudson-Ford split and just before Dave Take 'Charmer', for instance; it opens where Dave Cousins manages, at long Lambert joined the band. with a headstrong a'nd heavy passage last, to get some Duckhams to his The pernennial Dave Cousins and Mr ffiat goes into a rather bland bubblegum croaky vocals. The track pounds along Lambert are the only two remnants of ditty that won't endear them to many quite well, and with a bit of editing could that .era on 'Cuts'. The album features a customer. Half the album is likewise make a good single. A general thumbs their* lovely bouncy hit single '/ Only second-rate. down although some of the lyrics are want My Love To Grow In You', and to The main trouble seems to be an really quite good. my knowledge is their first effort for absence of cohesion between the band Clive Dewey Oyster Records (distributed by Polydor). members, who individually are capable "Mollie" Duncan, while ex-kokomoid Jim Mul lenapplies his axework on 'Sunny Days' Thumbs down here too etc, etc, etc. It's around the second half of side Two The Average White Band - Soul Search- album that broke them into the big boys that the proceedings start to sound a league. That was an inspired piece af little lame. 'Everybody's darling' just ing (Atlantic) music-making on Atlantic-plastic and it's stands around filling in space and on ...And speaking of the AWB, their not fair to constantly compare their 'Would you stay' the band out-do the latest offering does leave a few doubts, product with it's excellence. 'Soul countless US soul combos who churn out in it's wake. It starts off just dandy, with searching' _y normal standards is a good this boring old dirge in their sleep. It's a nifty little intorduction by the name of album. As with the 'Moon' LP no effort bluesy soul arriving about ten years too 'overture', and then in are led the Average or expense has been spared in it's late for the interview, and asking for the White patented wailing brass backbeat production and recocding, Hamish job. They can do much better. disco-musics of 'Love you- life' and Stuart's voice is back in form, the brass- When the AWB write a good song or 'I'm the one'. All very good tried and work is tight with the rhythm-section riff they normally extend it into a long tested mannerisms- (they must have apparently recovered from the loss of rhythmic or vocal spree. Now, although shares in the patentit office). James Robbie Mcintosh, and .again Arif Mardin they're currently only writing ordinary Brown has trodden the path of repetition produces. So it's all really down to the songs, they still try the same gambit, and even he, the minister of new super- strength of the songs. They're not bad, resulting in a long, ordinary song with heavy funi, has suffered for it. How simply not as good as those that have vocal or rhythmic excesses ad nausea. can deese me rely-mortal honkies hope gone before. Result: boredom. to survive?- A multitude of sessioners have joined What the three-pound-plus paying This album has received a fairly the Scottish sextet (apologies to Steve punter is left with then is one good widespread thumbs-down from the music Ferrone) for the venture. The BrecKers side, well up to scratch, and a couple of papers but, in all fairness, it's not as and Marvin Stamm add their metronomic so-so tracks on side two. The rest does bad as-they make out. Anything the AWB sax/trumpet muscle to the already the average White's hard-earned reputation release will be compared with the White formidable powers of Roger Ball and no good at all. Shame, that. FELIX, OCTOBER 29th 1976 - 7

Lesser characters shine through the best production outside the West End Thomas Stevenson takes a look at the Seyrig, admittedly with a fine command of with his version of The Browning English, who has some difficulty with the Version by Sir Terrence Rattigan. This Young Vic Theatre. verse, and an Antony in Michael Graham production suffers from a spectacular The Young Vic, in The Cut near Cox, who does not have sufficient range piece of mis-casting with Alfred Lynch Waterloo Station, was founded in 1970 as to reach the anger of the battlefield. as More, looking like nothing so much a branch of the National Theatre, then That said, the production concentrates as one of Norfolk's water spaniels. It occupying the nearby Old Vic. Since then admirably on the lesser characters. is surely a mistake in this intimate theatre the National has moved into its beautiful Geoffrey Hutchings delights as the tipsy to rely so heavily on make-up for an new home and the Young Vic has become Lepidus in the famous drunken scene, actor to appear what he is not. independent under its original director whilst Alfred Lynch's Enobarbus has all Michael Graham Cox's Comman Man, Frank Dun lop. The theatre is designed the heroics that Antony lacks. There is on the other hand, is perfect. He takes to serve a young audience; the seats an excellent clarity and haste which in the assortment of bit parts; steward, are cheap and hard and the dec/or is must appeal to the primarily adolescent boatman, publican, jury foreman and strictly functional. The audience sits on audience. Carl Toms' ski-slope set story-teller, with consummate ease and red-stained benches around three sides of proves sometimes trecherous to the cast builds up an engaging relationship with the stage giving an intimate actor- and gives more the impression of an the audience, taking no side in the audience relationship. Egyptian desert than of the private argument but leading us through the The autumn season opened recently palaces of Rome and Egypt in which so complexities of the sixteenth century. with Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, much of the play is set. Finally, be warned that both these directed by Frank Dunlop. Although the In repertoire with Antony and Cleo- plays may be 'O' level texts and the programme notes have no hesitation in patra is Robert Bolt's A Man For All audience might consist of four hundred telling us that this is one of the greatest Seasons. This-is the famous account of schoolgirls who find the speech of poems ever written, this production Sir Thomas More's stubborn conscience Cleopatra's eunuch, Mardian, irrestistably concentrates on the actions rather than resisting the birth of the established funny. I look forward to their November the words. This is hardly surprising when Church of England. Its director, Stewart production of a Stoppard double-bill with you have a French Cleopatra, Delphine Trotter, won the HM -Tennent Award for interest. No placelessness nor timelessness

At the National Thomas Stevenson Peggy Ashcroft, looking remarkably Tumburlaine returns victorious once Aleksei Arbuzov is one of Russia's young for all her years, performs with a again. most popular current playwrights; his gay abandon which would do credit to a Albert Finney is Tamburlaine, a part play Tanya, written in 1938,has apparently woman half her age. At the restaurnat which suits him perfectly; at first the always been in performance somewhere in where they have been to show off. her sinewy shepherd dealing brusquely with the Soviet Union. Old World, which joined daring Moscow fashion they perform a his enemies and then the ageing widower the Royal Shakespeare Company's reper- slightly drunken dance with great care cruel in his tyranny. His wife, Zenocrate, toire at the Aldwych last week is and, in a cracked voice she sings one played by Susan Fleetwood, is the only presently playing fifty theatres in of her old circus songs. Anthony Quayle influence he will accept, and it is duly Russia. is no less endearing as he sucks the her pleading that will save her father, And yet, apart from names and obvious sweets which for the past twenty years the only victim to be spared. references there is nothing particularly have helped him to give up smoking/ Chief amongst Tamburlaine's adver- Russian about this play. Both characters Ralph Koltai's settings admirably set saries is Bajazeth, Emperor of Turkey, have been strongly affected by the war of the performance. Patients, passers-by who arrives in great magnificence, but despite their heavy losses this is and restaurant patrons are represented accompanied by his queen. In art amusing not a timelessness and placelessness by grey sculpted figures which give an scene Bajezeth, played by Dennis Qui I ley, even though the author tries hard to unobtrusive impression life going on and Tamburlaine try to out do each other fix us in Riga in August 1968. Perhaps around them. in the dreadfulness of their treatment of in the Soviet Union the play's production pageant of kings passes across the vanguished. Bajazeth finally kills can be slanted to present two individuals stage, each to be defeated by deceit or himself by beating his brains out on th* in a brief escape from a -collective life, by force of numbers. bars of the tiny cafe in which Tamburlaine but not in London WC2. Yet we never see a single battle. has secured him. Anthony Quayle and Peggy Ashcroft By convention the conbatants meet before- The verse speaking is excellent and play the two characters — a doctor and hand, then thundering drums and very the fast pace is kept up throughout the his patient at a Sanatorium. She has come ieffective lighting depict the battle and four hours which the play lasts. from Moscow, where she works in a Meanwhile, on the other side of The new theatre is superb. Although circus. He, a widower of twenty years Waterloo Bridge, the National Theatre's the audience is arranged in a 180° arc standing, is a slightly bitter misogynist main auditorium — the Olivier Theatre — around the stage, the two side blocks awaiting a visit from his daughter who has opened with a long overdue production are raised so thdt there is no feeling of lives in Japan. In his beautifully con- of Christopher Marlowe's epic Tamburlalne being in a vast sea of heads.The auditorium structed play their pasts are gradually The Great. And what a production to is so steeply raked that you are almost unfolded and a tenderness develops open this magnificent theatre! With a unconscious of anyone sitting in front which culminates in a scene at the cast of fifty the play shows the conquest of you. We have yet to see, however, doctor's wife's grave in a military of the world from Europe to Persia by a what the much vaunted versatile cemetery. Persian shepherd who never loses. A machinery will do. on an eerie_ facade for 'Ocean Gypdfy'. The more conventional 'Running Hard' was next up, and this, together with Renaissance at the New Victoria Theatre Scheherazade'. 'Gypsy' really goes to show why John Tout is one of the two lynchpins of (17th October) Barring that the group were in good Renaissance, Annie being the other. He form from the start, as were the know- Renaissance music is rather unique; dominates the band's music with a ledgeable audience. Their reportoire (the they produce graceful neo-classical tunes varied set of keyboard and synthesizer group's spanned three studio LPs, 'Ashes that often embody a great depth of feeling. noises that are oft gradually built into Are Burning', 'Turn of the Cards' and They're very much akin to Peter Frampton a dear cacophony of engrossing sounds. in that they're a British group who've Scheherazade And Other Stones'. 'Can You Understand', from the first of these, Except for the two aforementioned made it big in the US and who are only tracks the evening went extremely well; opened the 90-minute set. Like so many just reapping some success over here. the group were called back for the now of their songs the melodic tones of Last Sunday was indeed entertaining, obligatory encore of 'Ashes Are Burning', Annie Haslem kept well above the errie marred only slightly at the end by a lack ending as usual with a spectacular of concentration or sincerity during bits and scintillating instrumental background mirror-ball lighting effect. Annie's voice of 'Mother Russia', the group's tribute to A frivolous number 'Carpet of The bounced around the theatre and then Alexander Solzenitsyn, and 'The Song Of Sun' followed and then Annie too took they were gone. 8 - FELIX, OCTOBER 29th 1976

THURSDAY 4th WHAT'S OH coat Dinner Guilds Electrical.: Engineering Fresher's Dinner. 7pm for 7.30pm. Sherfield Building. £3.40. Tickets from C&G Union Office and Gig Social Reps. Ultravox: Nashville North End Rd. (01 603 6071). Film Rockets: Red Cow, Hammersmith Rd. IC Ents Film: 'Gold', starring Roger Moore. 6.30pm. Mech Eng 220. The Damned: Hope and Anchor, Upper St., (01 359 4510). 15p. Roogalator: Dingwalls, Camden Lock (01 267 4967). Miscellaneous Club Activity IC T.M. Society: (Meeting will start with group meditation). 6.30pm. RCS Nite Out To Visit 'Rockey Horror Show' 7.30pm Stan's Bar. Elec Ena 606 Cost £1. STOIC Transmission: 1pm. TV sets in JCR, Union, Southside. Film Miscellaneous Talk - Mel Frank, Director of 'The Duchess & The Dirtwater Fox'. STOIC Transmission: 1pm & 6pm. TV sets in JCR, Union and WEDNESDAY M Southside. Lunchbreak — News/Magazine Programme. Folk FRIDAY 5th IC Folk Club: Rosy Hardman. 8pm. IC Union Lower Refectory. Party Guilds/IF Party. 8pm. Concert Hall. Tickets £1 from C&G/IF Union Dinner (This includes Disco, Food and Bar Ticket.). , Mike Dinner: 7.00 for 7.30pm. Union Dining Room. £5. Tickets from Union Office. Miscellaneous Rag Stunt: RCA iDept of General Studies) Lecture by John Carswell on Turkish and Syrian Pottery'. 2.00pm. RCA Lecture Theatre. RCS Stunt: RCS Penny for the Guy collection at Harrods. Meet RCSU Office 1pm. " . SUM DAY 7th Club Activity Miscellaneous Guilds Motor Club Visits. Vauxhall Car Factory. (In afternoon). BO Goes To Brighton: Meet in Hyde Park in night clothes. Coach Further details on Motor Club Notice Board outside Guilds Union to see Bo arrive in Brighton £3 (includes lunch). Tickets-from Paul Office. All IC WELCOME Bent ley.

2. Futureworld. Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner in Sci-Fi tale about perfect world of entertainment. Has good moments. Felix local film guide 3. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES. Clint Eastwood in his own film When using the entries for films in this supplement about fanner out for revenge. Very watchable, good performance from'Eastwood as the hero. please remember to check with the daily and evening press 4. THE SHOOTIST. Don't be taken in by the sentimental bilge for times and any possible, changes in programmes. To be pouring from the national press. This is a good film from the Duke really sure, ring the cinema concerned. and he is far from being on the way out. Star cast includes James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, John Cardine, etc. Tickets: £1.50. IC Film Society: Pasolini's THE PASSENGER. Jack Nicholson ODEON KENSINGTON High St (602 664415): and Maria Schneider. 6.15pm ME 220 /. THE OMEN. Gregory Peck, Lee Remick in better than average THE MINEMA: L'EMMERDEUR (Plain in the A***). Student con- horror film. Not for the squennish, especially in the spering and cessions: Mon — Fri. Two students get in on single ticket. Student closing sequences. Good Technical effects. card reg'd. (NB There must be two of you to get this reduction). 2. TAXI DRIVER. Rober de Niro. Excellent film. Tickets: £1.50. 3. MURDER BY DEATH: Pter Sellers, David Niven, Richard GATE CINEMA (727 5750): SEBASTINANE. Student concession: Attenborougfa et al in mystery comedy. If not quite a laugh a First afternoon show £1.00. minute then at least a grin a second. Tickets: £1.00, £1.30. ODEON KING'S RD (352 5858* CARRY ON ENGLAND. Unless PARIS PULLMAN (373 5898): CELINE & JULIE GO BOATING. you want severe celluloid indigestion avoid this rubbish. After French film, English subtitles. Student concession: Mon and Tues over 40 Carry.on's I think the joke's about wrn thin. Really should nights. 90p (normally £1.20). be reserved for the telly when everyone's asleep. Tickets: 80p, ABC FULHAM RD (370 2636): £1.00, £1.50. 1. Picnic at Hanging Rock. Critically acclaimed Aussie offering. Good photography. Paul Ekpenyong

group meditation, on Thursday ATHLETICS 4th November at 6.30pm in If you are interested in Elec Eng 606 to which all athletics contact A Daicy Phy- meditators are invited. small ads sics III via internal mail or ACC letter racks. TM Soc Intro FELIX On Tuesday 2nd November second lecture, by George FOR SALE at 1pm there will be an intro- Buidges will be on 'Socialist Young Americans album by ductory talk in Elec Eng 402b Democracy as it exists?' on David Bowie for sale as new, on transcendental meditation. November 15th and the final STAFF £1. Also sports steering one, 'The Modern Communist wheel, suitable for Imp or GUILDS IF PARTY Parties' approach ID socialist Avenger, £2. Apply to M The Guilds, II- pany will be Democracy, on December 6th Want to help shape Osborn, RSMU Office. held on Friday 5th November will be addressed by Jon your newspaper? Then come* at 8.00pm in Concert Hall. Bloomfield, National Student round to the FELIX office MOUNTAINEERING CLUB Tickets are available from Organiser of British Com- On Tuesday 2nd November Guilds/IF Unions for £1 which munist Partv. and give us a hand. What- there will be a free slide includes a disco, food and a ever your forte and no matter show featuring Alps, England bar ticket. ROOM WANTED how little time you hav» etc. Everybody welcome at Room wanted immediately just there's always a place for 8.00pm RSM G20 (opp. SOCIALIST DEMOCRACT for a couple of months preferably you on the F ELIX. main entrance on right). There will be a series of in nearby area contact Joelle 3 lectures on Socialist Demo- French Int 2139 or 589 5111 Particularly useful at SWEEPSTAKE cracy, all held on Monday Ext 2384. present are additional This week's winner is John evenings at 7.30pm in the photographers, cartoonists, Margreaves, Civ Eng III with a ICWA lounge starting on FOLK ARTISTS WANTED writing staff and news total of 118 points. November 1st when the subject Anyone who wants to play reporters. Drop in anytime will be 'Socialist Democracy with the Folk Band who grace during the day or evening . IC TMSOC according to Marx, Engels & Stan's Bar every Saturday is and have a chat to the There will be a meeting of Kenin; the speaker will be advised to see Stan himself. the IC Transcendental Medita- Jack Cohen from the editorial Liquid refreshment in lieu of editor, Clive Dewey. tion Society, starting with board of Marxism Today. The payment will be provided. FELIX, OCTOBER 29th 1976 -9

that this letter gives the free for so long? Another NSDS card a harsh treatment, example of infinite inflation? this is because I have borne Yours sincerely in mind that the card is Tom Stevenson Ittfan to supposed to help stretch the grant further. In fact the card will oniy make living cheaper for students who Soc. Soc. can afford to buy more expen- sive articles than those students on a grant. Finally, if NUS really reply want to make student life Name a Discount financially easier, then they Dear Sir, — Last week Mr ought to campaign harder for Williams attacked Soc Soc and higher grants. Or is it because raised some points that I lane fallacies Charles Clarke and Co want would like to go over, namely to get into Parliament that (i) are we competant to, and Dear Sir, — With the increasing Dear sir, - Monday's FELIX they kept last year's grants should we, debate political complexity of one-way systems carried a much needed campaign on a very low key? issues? in London, it is now not only analysis of the places around Yours sincerely (ii) Individual action versus difficult to get where one South Ken that give discounts Cliff Miller individuals acting collectively, wants,but it is also increasingly to holders of the new NUS Physics 2. and difficult to be directed over a discount card. Unfortunately (iii) What is the function of an new route by someone who the article did not include a UGM and the union? Dear Sir, — How kind of the knows the way. To overcome critical appraisal of the true Firstly, the argument that NUS to arrange the discounts this, a new technique has been worth of the scheme. the government knows best listed in today's FpLIX. The devised It consists of naming For example you might may be easily shown to be implication of your article is the lane required by an have to spend £20 to recoup false. If the people are not that you -need- a National appropriate politican. E.g. A your initial £2 outlay. Did competant to think about Student Discount Card to four lane one way street may you know that all the theatres political issues, by what obtain all the goods or be divided into the Michael give student discount to argument can they meaningfully services .described; but this Foot, Shirly Williams, Edward holders of any valid student elect people to do this for is far frQm the truth. Heath« and Enoch Powell ID card? As for the hotels them? I have been a Times reader lanes. " Similarly, turnings and restaurants, I have to for the past nine years at the Nevertheless, we do have might be referred to as 'A laugh at discounts there. On cheap rate and even my most politicians; but are they really quick Looney Benn'. a grant it is difficult enough recent cheque from them didn't more informed than the rest of There is obviously room for to afford a clean weekend, let mention an NUS Card. us? After all, they have a lot expansion of terminolgy. An alone a dirty one! Furthermore student discounts to deal with. The fact that olf lady who drives down the Moreover most of the are available, certainly at people want to think about middle of a two way street publications listed give the The National, at The Royal world issues is made clear by might be a Cyril Smith. 1 leave same discounts to all bonefide Shakespeare Company the quantities of news and the developements to your students. (Aldwych)' to members of a comment put out daily. readers, pausing only to note, Secondly, it is doubtful That covers 75% of the recognised student body and that in IC a U-turn might be that the democracy that Mr local places listed. The only there is no need to offer refered to as a Sonia Hochfelder. Williams holds so dear would shops where the card would NUS card. Yours, etc exist but for the collective be useful are ' W.H. Smith, By the way, why does NUS HILAX action of people over the Clothes shops, hairdressers suddenly feel it has to charge (Felix Crossword compiler) and record shops. I realise for a service it has provided Continued on back page PRIZE X-WORD No. 1 by HILAX

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Leave out Scots lake from 31 Relent (cruel) the Editor's hat Thursday lunchtime 10 - FELIX, OCTOBER 29th 1976 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Debating Society The University of London Union has the University and this year's budget Following the large amount of interest two main aims. The first is to bring is of the order of £120,000. shown at the Freshers Fair, the Debating together students from all colleges within Society is organising a varied series of the University via Sporting Clubs and Orange Mole on SRC Exec meetings for this year. We have two awards Societies, catering for a wide range of The SRC is the only student body to be won — an inter-CCU trophy and a activities not found in the smaller recognised by London University as a freshers pot. colleges. Many of the sports clubs negotiating body and consequently compete at a very high level and represent represents students on matters of There are also plans for a debate the University in British University University wide Interest such as Inter- between two prominent outside speakers, Sports Federation competitions. The collegiate Halls. It also sends elected possibly Members of Parliament. Later on other aim is to represent student views representatives to the Joint Committee of this year, the College may enter a team to the University authorities on matters Senate/Students Representative Council. for a national students debating competition which are not confined to a single IC usually sends three or four delegates organised by the 'Observer' newspaper. college. ULU therefore has three main to SRC meetings usually the President, However, the first debate to be held this areas of activity - Sports, Societies and External Affairs Officer and ULU Rep, year will be a part of the series of the the Students Representative Council who this year is -D Harrisson. We also inter-CCU debates. Full details will be (SRC). have Derrick Everett who last year was advertised throughout College and in How it's all run e Iected as a member of the SRC Exec — qu i ie the near future. a surprise since the SRC is dominated bv The CCU trophy is to be contested on Each function is run by a seperate the Broad Left, and they usually carve up body. In the case of the clubs and a league basis; each union entering one the elections between themselves. In fact or more teams of three people. The societies it is a committee comprising both this year's President and Deputy freshers pot may be awarded to the first representatives from each individual President, Richard Silver and Lyn year student who performs the best in club/society; In the case of the SRC Millington-Wallace are Broad Left members it is a committee of delegates from all these debates, or, if there is sufficient the colleges within the University, the Structure report expected interest, by a 'balloon debate' later on in number of delegates being roughly the year. All those interested in taking At present a working party is invest- proportional to the number of students at part in these debates should contact igating the structure of ULU and is that college. These three bodies, the their CCU office. supposed to report back soon with Sports Council, Societies Council and proposals to change the basis of member- MJ Cotton SRC are co-ordinated by the General ship from individual members to a Purposes Committee, consisting of structure more akin to NUS that is a ICDS Publicity Officer representatives from each committee, confederation of college Unions. ULU together with the President and Deputy membership cards are necessary when President. The latter two are sabbatical IC LABOUR CLUB? you wish to use the facilities offered at officers elected annually by a joint Malet St, and are available from your Anybody interested in forming meeting of the Clubs and Societies Constituant College Union offices not a Labour Club or group at IC, committees and the SRC. The GPC also from the ICU office. please contact Steve Kimmins, has overall responsibility for Sennet and Elec Eng PG (Room 708 EE). overlooks the Union's financial expendi- Hugh Barrett You don't have to be a Labour ture. The Union is financed directly by External Affairs Officer Party member. . . . psssst.... want to travel to Europe and save up to 50% ^^^^^^ off normal rail fares ? TRANSALPINO EUROPA-RAIL EUROPA-RAIL

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IC were complacent and mayhem, joined with Brabbin, away. Grimwade had a shot skilful individuals. lethargic, Lindong showing as who was taking time off from scrambled off the line. A much enthusiasm as a eunuch his daisy picking, and both header from Lindong scraped The College had the better in a brothel, and Huntington spectated the departure of a the outside of the post from a of the first half, with Dougal playing in a mental fog after UC forward as he calmly well-struck Huntington free- dominant in midfield. This his rapid promotion to the stroked the ball past the kick. With minutes to go lead to a goal, just before dizzy heights of the first team, outstretched hands of the IC Frampton and Howley returned half time, by Fatania. However Steve Gee showed keeper Allen. to the game swathed from head The second half saw Cran- signs of life and on several to foot in elastroplast. well putting their game together occasions he actually raised a Injuries Seconds remaining, a. free- to pressure the IC defence. It was this- period that won the canter, proving what a night IC were then floored once kick struck by Grimwade into day for IC, who held out of abstinence can do for you. more as Chris Howley and the UC penalty area for extremely well, thus frustrating Pat Frampton made Bugner and Huntington to pivouette on a Tha first half wore on and the opposition. There were Dunn look like Bill and Ben. sixpence and strike the ball finished without serious some fine performances from incident. (Half tin® 0 —0). With a resounding crash the somehow into the net on his third attempt. Final score 1—1. Huckle, Cullum, Barrett and Early in the second half the two gladiators fell to the McRobie. crowd (one gardener) was ground with hideous head Cranwell did, however, manage to soore a hotly disputed 'offside' goal. . . . . while Seconds 'Superstars' demolish nets During the latter stages the calmer IC midfield took over it 4-0 to IC. IC's 'Wednesday 2nd team' player, Paul Heidn was given and good work by Sethi led to UC became more aggressive took to the field at Shenley last too much space in the UC the winning goal by Middleton. Wednesday in a confident frame penalty area; he turned quickly in the second half, but IC had of mi'nd, following the 3—1 to lob the ball over the the experienced cool of defeat of Kings College advancing keeper. Pickering at right back, and . . . and Jesus Hospital Seconds the previous A good back-heel from Finnis in goal to keep them Wednesday. Garnham saw John Demnite at bay. Playing down the slope in through to beat two men before As the half progressed IC crucified the first half, IC were soon snooting none decisively. again began to get on top as IC 4 Jesus College Oxford 3 1—0 up when Paul Garnham UC launched few attacks knightly and Johnson pressured nodded a precise free kick in this period and these all the UC defence. After sampling the local from the soon-to-be-injured were easily dealt with by Pete With ten minutes remaining, ale, the hatsman began the captain, Gordon Pickering, Rutty and John Hargreaves. Just up popped that man, Heidn, game in fine spirit, controlling over the keeper's head. Three before half time, Gareth again, to shoot nome from the game on a fine pitch. IC, more were to follow before Roberts, the Welsh wizard, 20 yards, and make the final however, proved unable to take half time. shot from wide on the right of score, 5-0 to IC. advantage of shrewd approach First, 'superstar' midfield the UC penalty area to make work by Parker and Creek. Jesus took the lead with the Rugby last hit of the first half, and only their second shot at goaL The second half began in Unbeaten run continues reverse (!) with Jesus dominat- ing the game Despite this IC Extras 34 - Harlequins (5ths) 16 IC's Miller and Middleton scored from breakaways. IC seconds, playing their each. The IC tries all came The third IC goal was the first club opposition of the from good, well-supported CRICKET NETS best, a well worked short season, gave a very impressive breaks and Parkinson, Siornak corner enabling Sethi to score. performance to add to their and Dunleary scored tries which Throughout the winter there Then the beer started to take run of victories. were converted by Gregory, to will be cricket nets . oh effect on the IC team and IC lost the toss and 'Quins make it 34 — 16 at the final Tuesday nights at Gover Hutson was blinded by two choose to play against the whistle. School Wandsworth. All incredible goals. Fortunately wind, giving IC the advantage In a fast, exciting and interested meet in Union Middleton had added another in the first half. skilful match IC showed the Lower Lounge at 6.30pm. with a sort of under-head hit(!!) The advantage quickly ability with which they to give us a justified victory. showed as the ball was have won their first four games, permanently in the 'Quins conceeding only 23 points while half. A series of quick passes scoring a massive total of MUD-FREE put Armstrong over for a try 206. The forwards did particul- in the corner. IC increased arly well against the heavier and On Saturday the 16th Oct, the very well, putting the team in their lead when 'Quins fumbled more experienced 'Quins X,-Country club paid its second 13th place with a run of 8 a high kick and Gibson picked pack and provided the driving visit to Party Hill Fields. mins 24secs. Unfortunately up the loose ball and dived force for this good win by On this occasion we were to after this leg the 3rd team were over the line to make it 8—0. giving good ball to the backs be spared the agonizing five ahead of the 2nd (oops). The third try was similar who used it well and made and a .half miles of a mud bath. In face of fierce competition to the first, Gregory scoring strong runs. In its place we were to part- IC's lst team held onto 13th place throughout the race, in the corner after good work Team:- Armstrong, Parkinson, icipate in a relay race consisting thanks to good runs from D by Dunleary. 12—0 at half time. Block, Gibson, Gregory, of 6 legs of \Ya miles — the Rosen and G Swell. The 2nd IC then turned to face the Dunleary, Howard, Zawarotko, UC relay. team pulled up 3 or 4 places wind and within 5 minutes had Fishburn, Foley, Grant, IC, with the help of a few to finish 33rd and the 3rd added another try from Block. Brunnen, Siomiak, Farr, welcome 'outsiders', managed team dropping to 37th. The From then on the play swung Atteck. to field 3 teams. Steve Webb winners, incidently, were from end to end with teams led off for the lst team and in Birmingham University. scoring alternately, 3 tries Mike Gibson (Capt) an extremely keen first leg did 12 - FELIX, OCTOBER 29th 1976 FEE FEARS As some of you will already know the government plans to raise the fees for home and overseas undergraduates from £182 and £416 pa respectively to £650, and to raise post- grad fees from £250 to £750. This staggering rise is unlikely to affect the home student, living on a lea grant, but will hit overseas students and the estimated 10,000 postgraduates (chiefly scientists) STUDENT WORLD dependent on industrial subsidies, and is likely to EDITED BY ANDREW EVANS result in a decline in their numbers. BATH DES Threat to OU .Research The plans have provoked Bath Univerisity has removed Plans to extend the research opposition from the Committee £100,000 in investments from work at the Open University to of Vice-Chancellors and companies with South African a similar level to other Principals, the Council of subsidiaries after a request universities in Britain may have Local Education Authorities from the students' union. The to. be put aside owing to the and the Association of Univer- news came in a tetter this lack.' of government subsides. sity Teachers. A proposed week from the Vice Chancellor, (THES). increase in hall fees for Professor Paul Mathews (head Lancaster AUT Attacks overseas students at the Mr Benn mingles with the of IC's Physics department Polytechnic of Central London audience after his talk al till September) telling student "Sit-in Convention" has been attacked in a strongly- More House. union president Stuart Appleton The Lancaster branch of .the worded article in "McGarel", that 'the equities to which the Association of University the Poly's student paper, on Energv Secretary, Tony student union objected have Teachers attacked the* AUT/ the grounds of its racial Wedgewood Benn, visited More been sold'. NUS's "sit-in convention" discrimination. House (Cromwell Road) last Sum Trouble (see last week's "Student Sunday to give a talk on 'Democracy'. He outlined the Maths students are less well World") as unrepresentative historic development of the prepared for university courses and collaborationist. Conservative and Labour than they used to be, concludes Letters Astronomical Cut-backs party ideas of ballot-box the vice-chancellors' committee Public expenditure cuts and (Continued from page 9) democracy in a mixed market (C.V.C.P.). The trouble is that the rise in subscriptions to economy. the wider range of the international scientific organ years. History has shown that His visit came at the cirriculum at school results in izat ions-threaten to reduce the individuals have only been invitation of the West London less specialised mathematical Science Research Council's effective when acting as groups. Catholic Chaplincy, of which knowledge. (Report from the budget to one sixth less in real I do not see this changing in IC Cathsoc is a part. Times Higher Education terms in 1980 than in 1973, the near future, and to suppose Mr Benn went on to describe Supplement). according to the council's that things are otherwise, runs his thoughts on Capitalism, annual report. Cut-backs by the the risk of putting all your eggs unfair to workers and, he Braille Calculator SRC will affect its nuclear in one basket. In order to reckoned, a failure — and A braille calculator has physics programmes (from £41 act as a group, the first thing Industrial Democracy, in been developed at West million to £29.5 million pa) and is to decide what needs to be which he believes workers must Virginia Univerisity.. It will its space research (from £26 done. This implies reasoned participate in management. perform most standard calculator million to £20 million) and debate. Most people, after all, His principle is that no one functions, including arithmetic, university education and are undecided over issues group or class should dominate logarithmic, exponential and research may ultimately be hit, until they have talked them over the people at large. Furthermore trigonometric operations, (report despite initial plans to increase with several other people with Jhe individual must be guided form THES) expenditure in these fields. A with different-view points. The by his conscience, says Mr saving of nearly £Vi million UGM is the place to do this. Benn, even if this leads him NUS Nursery Report could be made by a suggested The second thing we must do to flout the law.. All the same Only 59 out of 821 institutions closing of the two particle and the most important of all, the individual must be prepared of higher education provide accelerators, Nina (at the having decided on our position to pay for following their nursery facilities, according to Daresbury Laboratories) and is act in ways to forward our conscience. a new NUS report — in other Nimrod (at the Rutherford case. words there are only 2,000 Laboratories). Although Nina's Mr Williams has said that Tony Wedgewood Benn places for the children of closure had already been we (Soc, Soc) are cut off from voiced support for the Labour 5,000 parent students. Out of planned, the closure of Nimrod the majoritory of students at movement and parliamentry 84 universities only 31 provide would harm research on the new IC. So we are: they don't come democracy. The latter might not any form of day care, and particle for the discovery of to UGM's. For Gods sake, be a very good system, he said, fees are not standardised. Kent which Professors Burton everyone come. Say what you but it was the best available, and UEA have the best facilities, Richter and Samuel Ting were want perhaps then something and at least it allows workers and a new nursery is likely to this week awarded the Nobel can be done. to change the Government open at Cambridge next year. Prize. Socialist Society. without a revolution.