ONE PER PERSON! No. 786 Friday 27th November 1987 INSIDE 3 Housing Benefit What have we got Catnapping to expect after April FELIXs when she returned to the 1988. Students who paid 20p for a copy of FELIX when they were sold for Rag at the Smoking Concert must have felt very pleased with themselves on Huxley building to deliver some Friday morning. By that time the paper was in very short supply. Members additional copies. She was told by the of Guilds Union had stolen three thousand copies from the distribution Huxley messenger that the FELIXs 4 Union points. After tense discussions between FELIX Editor Judith Hackney, had been removed by two students. Guilds President David Tyler and Guilds Vice President Tanya Maule, Suspecting a Guilds Rag stunt, Miss all the FELIXs were returned to the usual sites. Hackney and FELIX staff member 5 Libel Adrian Bourne surreptitiously took Plus an extra special photographs of two Guilds students edition of The Baron. as they removed copies of the paper which had been left in the Department (This is, of course, of Electrical Engineering. When based on complete challenged over the disappearance of fiction and the FELIX, Mr Tyler admitted that characters areynot Guilds Union was responsible, but remotely connected said that the raid could not be with people alive or considered to be theft. He stressed dead.) that it was intended chiefly to avoid any detrimental publicity for Carnival. After stating his grievances, 6 Science Mr Tyler agreed to replace the missing copies of FELlX, on the condition that FELIX donated £20 to 9 Africa Rag. This request was refused, but all the missing copies of FELIX were comes to later returned on the instruction of Miss Maule. FELIX was in full Imperial , l_j i circulation by 11.00am. The removal of nearly an entire As the 'Real Sound Caught in the act Putting them back print run of FELIX has caused bad of Africa' play in the The 'raid' was organised by Mr attacked the organisation of Guilds feeling in the FELIX Office. Many Union Building. Tyler as a protest against material Carnival and carried advertising staff members had spent the whole of- published in last week's FELIX and which he thought would discourage Wednesday night working to get the in other recent editions. Mr Tyler felt students from attending. Mr Tyler felt edition ready for press. When FELIX 10 Previews & that some news stories concerning that this was in contravention of a is not distributed until after Friday Guilds Union had not been reported ICU Council ruling, which states that morning's lectures have begun, it has Reviews fairly. In his opinion, the story about Rag events should receive priority. generally been found that not all Cry Freedom. the theft of Dramsoc's ladder had The FELIX Editor is, however, students are able to collect copies. incorrectly implied that the ladder had entirely independent of Council. The situation appears to have been been stolen by Guilds. He was also Miss Hackney first noticed the upset that last Friday's FELIX had disappearance of most of last week's continued on back page, column 1 THE NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION printing difficulties throughout this Howgate yet—Bill Goodwin's term. It has been necessary to cut opinion article gave completely the down the number of pages to 20 from wrong impression—I have always 24. We had more than enough been talking to Ian. The 'Cold War' material to fill double that! If your has been created by certain Union article, letter or small ad has been Offficers who do not talk to FELIX. missed out or edited, I have to Why did I print the article? apologise, but some things just had Because I see no need to stifle to go to make room for the articles criticism, however misguided it is. we had to include. No doubt you will find articles in this issue which are far Survey less interesting that the one you I attribute the bad response to our submitted. I have to make decisions survey to three things: on number of pages, articles to I am saddened that Guilds Union of a page advert. I wanted people to • The fact that it was not made clear include, where to put them, etc, on should have to get such bad press go to the Guilds Carnival so I wanted that A is to be answered by everyone, Monday afteroon. This is why there because of the actions of its President the publicity to be good. I am sorry B by males only and C by females is a deadline for any contribution on and other officers. To take FELIX that I included the snide comment at only. Congratulations if you filled in Monday lunchtime. If I don't know away from the distribution points is the bottom of the advert, but is that all sections. about your article before then, it unforgiveable, especially after so any reason to steal all the copies of • That nobody know how to use the won't go in. Occasionally we may many people put so much effort into FELIX on Friday morning? internal mail system—just put your have a small space left by Tuesday getting the thing out on time in the Let's hope that the matter can now answers on a piece of paper, place the night or even Wednesday morning but first place. No matter how many be forgotten. I have apologised and paper in an envelope, put FELIX, this is a rare occurence. As a rule, if problems the Print Unit has gone Dave Tyler has apologised. I only Beit Quad on the envelope and give you don't want your article to be through, we have always got FELIX wish to add that if everything in it to the messenger (the guy who sits edited down it is best to edit it out to students on Friday morning, FELIX, not only the news, contained in the cubicle by the entrance to your yourself before you send it in. Try even if we have to go without sleep no opinion it would be very boring department). Voila. and keep reports down to 200 words to do it. The action by those people indeed. My editorial policy still • Apathy, again. if possible. If you cannot hand in an was purely a crude act of censorship. remains: an entertaining newspaper article, eg Union Officer's report, by that contains an independent view on Thieves Having said this, I must apologise Monday lunchtime then please tell me events around College, independent We distribute FELIX free to all to Dave Osbourne and Murray and we can arrange a different but tongue-in-cheek news items and members of Imperial College Union Williamson for the advert I included deadline. I do not appreciate people informative articles. I'll let nobody on the understanding that each person last week. I genuinely thought that who ring on Wednesday afternoon change that policy. takes one copy only. We have very that advert was 100 times better than asking if they can have a report in little money so we can't produce the one which would have originally Friday's FELIX. gone in. They just submitted a few Deadlines enough copies for every member of words on a bit of paper for an eighth You have probably read of our College to have a copy. I frown on Next Week's FELIX departments who take copies of This is going to be mega! I've had to FELIX to give to sixth formers who tell so many people to bring their come for interviews—I know that this articles back next week that I'm going is happening as I've seen members of to have to start production today. staff taking 30 or 40 away at a time. Even if you've told me you intend to Some have the decency to come to the Dine in the write something, please tell me again Office and ask for copies. It's very so I can plan the issue this evening. flattering that College should want Monday's deadline is the last possible FELIX to use as a promotion for time to submit anything as we start College and the Union but it's just not Baron's Castle printing Tuesday morning. on. Each extra copy costs us 15p to produce, so please let the limited copies available go to those for whom Misunderstanding they are intended. So many people have come up to me and asked if I'm talking to Ian Editor-in-chief Judith Hackney Business Manager Chris Martin News Editor Dave Burns Reviews Editor Ashley Niblock Features Editor Dave Burns Friday 4th December Clubs Editor Kamala Sen News Features Editor Bill Goodwin 7pm for 7.30pm Sports Editors Dominic Strowbridge 170 Queensgate and 'Hector' Sullivan Science Editor Steve Black ALL WELCOME Typesetting Rose Atkins Tickets £14.50 Printing Dean Vaughan Contributors: Ian Howgate, Andrew Waller, Dave Burns, from FELIX Linda Simmons, Chris Jones, Steve Black, lain More, Andy Bannister, Thomas Greig, Noel Curry, Chris Martin, Pippa Salmon, Kamala Sen, Martin Cole, John Denham, Al Birch, Dave Williams, Adrian Bourne, Rob Gee, Chas Jackson, Margaret Berry, Tanya Maule, Dave Jones, Dave Osbourne, FELIX DINNER John Noble, SLAGS, Bill Goodwin. Friday November 27th 1987 FELIX News allowed will be 80% of the eligible with the present rules on rates. There will be some adjustment Supplementary Benefit, any capital Housing Benefit after to allow for this in the amount of less than £3000 will be disregarded.