J~i '7~.. .-1"' SSDF Preview p. 7 ~t Stanley Baxter p.13 I Gandhi Review p. 8 ~ "11 ",'li~ Every Thursday Price 15p February 17th Moskies Live On p. 14 z >\r ~3 0 Z ~Im ,,0, ~ JI!-- .. :to "'JIQ ~ ::\ 't" '1' I GM YAWN AGAIN :r: _,} ~ m . THE SECOND GM of the term..,..-------------­ started off on what seems to have become a predictable beginning - no quorate. ~ (" l) ;;... ~~r- :,;;, ~ Those who attended were in a ' -C. :::v n couldn't care less mood. There did ::c not seem to be any deep commit­ ...... ment to the motions or any t"IJ enthusiasm hiding among the iii. echoes of the McEwan Hall. (f) Office-bearers question time dragged up from X the sewers the subject of Andrew Bell, non­ matriculated student extraordinaire, on which the Executive was not prepared to comment due to the whole affair being of a personal nature. td When Julian Cunninghame brought the subject (') up for a second time an irate Miss Foulkes ;:i. stated quite categorically "I'm not going to r,;· comment and that's that. " Question time also brought up the subject of rumours that the 12th and 13th floors of DHT are to be used as the venue for next weeks 24-hour occupation. The Executive, somewhat reluctantly, confirmed that this was true and dismissed Mr Cunninghame's assertion that it was a silly idea. ~\3 ~ \JS:, - -<o z m-1 GUEST SPEAKERS ~ -\ ;;- D z c:,,- C. 7§' c--, Two guest speakers talked on the subject of ~ f;;,~~D Education Cuts. Mr Adrian Gray, a member of . 2'. I :,<) C);J .? c­ AUT (Association of University Teachers) : o'..c. ~':''; o looked at how the cuts have affected Edinburgh 2~~2' g o' George Hack, 22 stylish hard-drinking assista nt Student editor -1~-"-~Q:)..c. University. He made the reassuring point that the .I>"' :c 2 pictured In confident mood before he and his team-mates went into "':I> lecturers are as concerned about the cuts as the action in the NUS Society's self-styled "Quizbandisco" on Saturday Z ~ ~ students are. He bitterly attacked Mrs Thatcher's 2!: .­ night. But the smile was soom wiped from George's face as the Student ... [11 ()< Government over its think-tank policies on egg-heads were knocked out in round 2 of the contest. Full story and .. ,,c. --,e, ~:'~ · Cont. on page 2. picture page 2. pie. Nick Foxe/I 2 THE STUDENT THURSDAY, 17th FEBRUARY 1983 Cont from page 1. by Tony Wallis education, especially her proposals to abolish the tenure NIIS HIV Ill system and replace the grant system with a loan system. He pointed out that the AUT will fight the introduction of a loans system and believes that the implementation of Thatcherite St ee l welcomes Government Nuclear-free Pacific campaigner policies will be a disaster for education. Mr Gray ended by concession to overseas students visits Britain st ressing the necessity for students to organise themselves against the cuts. Rector and liberal leader David Roman Bedor, who addressed Mr Jack McConnell spoke forcibly on th e need to support the Steel has welcomed government an Edinburgh public meeting cuts campaign. In a good clear voice he emphasised the fact that plans to increase its support for convened by SCRAM last whereas 10 years ago the education system was ex panding today overseas students by £46 million Wednesday , continues the ,t was being cut back massively. He asserted that we have only TROUBLE UP'T MILL over the next three years. Nuclear-free Pacific campaign four weeks in which to influence the government before it After declaring on Friday that he Speaking in the House of with a lobby of this week 's announces its budget and launches itself into election would "never join Labour", ex Commons last week, Mr Steel assembly of the London Dumping campaigns. He asked for support for the DHT occupation, to SWSO boss, Alistair "'Tenko" called for a constructive approach Convention the SO-nation demonstrate a show of strength to the pol itical parties. Walker, promptly joined the "towards undoing the severe strong team which controls ocean There were no constitutional amendments due to not enough Labour Club on Saturday. political and economic damage disposal of radioactive wastes. people attending the meeting. Despite his ethical (ha! ha!) caused by the Treasury and the The campaign - on behalf of the The School of Scottish Studies motion was proposed by Mairi qualms about the Labour Club's Department of Education and people in Honolulu, Tahiti, the Ann Cullen, and it was not opposed. She said the purpose of the commitment to bloody revolution Science in the past three years" Marshall and other island com­ motion was to draw publicity to the school's £1 ,000,000 world­ in the way he advocates, "Tenko" Foreign Secretary Francis Pym munities - recently gained a post­ wide appeal. Due to Government cuts staff who had retired were should geel at home. conceded that the number of ponement of Japanese proposals not to be replaced so the work of those who remained was being The Labour Club at the moment overseas students coming to to dump between 10,000 and restricted. She stressed that the school is important because it is about as popular among the left Britain had fallen by 35,000 during 60,000 barrels of radioactive waste houses a unique collection of archives and information on as the old group of SWSO nutters the present term of government. in the Pacific Ocean. Roman Scottish culture which is now threatened by lack of money. The used to be . I myself haven't been "An increase in the number on a Bedor is also initiator of an inter­ appeal is aimed at everyone, not just students, which raises the along to their boring meeting for very selective bas is" will now be national petition to oppose question - why the hell is it being proposed at the GM - but no months because I have lost the encouraged. 55 ,000 overseas controversial French weapons one vo iced any opposition opinions. regu lati on uniform: blue parka and students came to Britain last year. testing on Mururoa Atoll. The· The Devolution motion provided the only piece of action(?) of Adidas bagI This compares with 39,000 in petition will be presented to the evening. Tom Potter proposed the motion and claimed that President Mitlerand next month. the majority of seats are in favour of Devolution. He argued in 1971-72. favour of a de-centralisation of the state and the establishment of a Scottish Parliament, being in the best interests of the scottish BOOKWORM SHOJI Public Seminar on 'The MIiitary people. In opposing the motion, Ken Murray, pointed out that de­ Penguin and Granta form new Whatever Kenda Shoji's faults publishing collaboration Scene Today' centralisation was "a dicey political ball to play with" which may be, we can rest assured that would result in less democracy not more democracy since the the Vic e-President Senate is an Granta , the paperback Run by the University's Extra­ whole idea behind de-centralsiat,on was that local people would avid book reader. After all, you Mural Studies Department, the run local affairs, which certainly would not be the case ,t a magazine of international affairs have to be a bit of a bookworm to and culture, will be published in seminar will provide a general Scottish Parliament were set up. lose thirty pounds worth of books background to defence problems. Seconding the motion, David Thomson argued that Home Rule conjunction with Penguin Books in one day! from March 1st . The new As well as the strategic environ­ was vital to the development of Scotland as the Scottish This is a bit strange sir,ce one of magazine, Granta 7, will fill a ment and implicatio ns of current education system, economy and civil service had different needs Kend o's main election planks was conspicuous gap in British weapons devel0pment and from those in England. He quoted a Scotsman poll of November to save money in the library: publishing by combining whatever deployment, the Trident and 1982 as concluding that 72% of people in Scotland were in favour maybe, one of his suggestions was 1s new and exciting in contem­ Cruise issue will be covered. of an lndependant Scotland. In opposition Zack Moore made a to be hard on people who porary fiction with a topical survey Edinburgh speakers will include "small point" - that there was safety in numbers. He argued that carelessly lose expensive and of cultural journalism - along the Director of Defence Studies Prof. if the country was divided into little bits without a main irreplacable fine art books. lines of New Yorker and Atlantic John Erickson . and David government no one would get anywhere, and that Scotland could However Kenda can rest Monthly Published quarterly, Holloway of the Politics not exist by herself. He ended by saying "Devolution is a total assured this fate won't affect him Granta 7 will collect the fiction of Department The all-day seminar waste of time." as he is a member of the Library Britain's best young writers, now will be held ,n Lecture Hall A, Someone called " Frank", in favour of the motion attacked Mrs Co mmit tee the academic featured ,n the Book Marketing David Hume Tower, on Saturday, Thatcher for failing to transform natural resources from authorities are hardly likely to Cotlncil"s campaign. Early review March 5th at a fee of £1 . R. Peter Scotland. He argued that the Exchequer was funding press Senior Presidential hopeful copies can be obtained from Wassell of the Extra-Mural Studies unemployment from Scottish oil resources (whatever next).