I I I Issu e Number 357 ÎBIDAY 15th JUHE I Hall Bar Extension Mr Jordan Hundreds of Students have Over the past few weeks been shocked to hear that a secret construction has been taking inquiri" was held this week into place at the enterance of the the sacking of the former security Hall Bar. This is to provide Chief, Mr John Jordan. extra storage space for beer. The hearing is understood to lt will also make entry to the have 1as ted about 10 hours on Hall Bar more accessible. Monday 11th June. Almost no-one was aware that it was taking place or i informed when it was over. The The existing metal frames ill be replaced by more attractive cloud of secrecy has come in for hardwood fittings. strong criticisin from large numbers The present Hall. Bar beer of students and many staff. ;ore will be made more secure by Some people have claimed that »le addition of a roof. the mystery of the whole affair has Further news about the Quiet made thexn think something underhand pntre has been received.At last is going on. lie pre-fabricated structures But still one major question bsential for the completion of is to be answered, that is Wky u?ai lie building have been manufactured Ma Jordan ¿ackid at ail? The only •»w. This should mean that work iand should be shipped any time official comment from the Universit; ly commence in early July. after the sacking was that 'Mr If all goes according to Jordan had left'. plan the exterior will be completed by October, for the beginning of The inquiry is thought to have Term. Unfortunately the interior will not be finished until a later , ji. r^ii. Kte - yet to be determined. When ready and complete the Quiet CentreS^^n Meyjes, |ll provide a peaceful atmosphere to siudy and'meditate in. ÍSÍ^Íl^^lí '".ith Prof. Elvidge, of the Chemistr- department, and an un-named member Catering Price Rise of the AUT on the appeal committee. No result is yet known Catering have just announced that yet again they have had to although evidence is believed to Iincreas e their prices. These increases will take effect from Monday have been given by the Secretary, 18th June, and are mainly due to price rises in dairy products and Mr Peter Timms, and the Union bread. Coffee and Tea will also be more expensive, both rising by President, Mr Charlie Kennaugh. a penny. The inquiry comes months after I Catering are at pains to point out that this is the first price Tir Jordan's dismissal although, as increase in these beverages for over two years. a result of one Student's Union GM, The Catering Officer also said that due to lack of demand the the student union demanded that he vol-au-vent luiichtime service in the Library restaurant will have be reinstated. However the to be withdrawn. However this will be replaced by a 'snack-service' University's decision was upheld. Isupplyin g such Cordon 8£eu delicacies as baked beans on toast- 28p, There is a great deal of Welsh Rarebit-28p and toast and tea cakes for 14p. This service mystery surrounding the sacking of will be available from 10.00 until 14.00 -fLmi,e.c.m,òkdc,^mk Mr Jordan, which took place during the Easter holidays. It is claimed I that this action was taken by the University Secretary, Mr Timms who Radioactive Alert Court Case is retiring early and leaving tne University in two weeks time. A routine check of the Lecture Two students appeared in Both the timing of the sacking Theatres has revealed that one of Guildford Magistrates Court Ithe self-luminous 'exit' signs and the secret nature of the on Tuesday morning accused inquiry has prompted a great deal has been removed from the wall. of theft. of criticism towards Mr Timms. These signs are self-luminous Javed Munuwar Hussain Thè result of the appeal is oecause they contain"the radio- aged 19, of 3A Cathedral expected to be known sometime today active isotope Tritiiam, and Court and Nicholas Revell or on Monday and it is understood their use is therefore regulated also aged 19 of Rawson 2 that if the result of the appeal by the Radioactive Substances were charged with is in Mr Jordan's favour, then the ct. trespass of Rawson 2 room University must offer him his job 14. They were also charged back or sufficient compensation. t with the theft of a Canon Unauthorised removal is there -Graham Jone.¿, Univ&Aòity Rzpon.te.fi 4.ore not a trivial matter and AEI camera worth £200. Sufifity VcUZy Kd\}z>itli,tfi + ¿hdc. the University Radiation The camera was the rotection Officer would be property of a final year ery grateful if anyone could student, Mr Slater. elp him locate the missing The case was adjourned for four weeks while further police tradioactive material. investigations are being carried out. If anyone does know of its So far five students have been arrested and it is understood ^hereabouts they are asked that a further 15 have been questioned. The arrests have been Ko contact Dr Harris on ext mad'» after Guildford police carried out investigations into the ^45 or inform Security on recent spate of thefts and vandalism on campus, gj,4hdc,uAi IExt . 301. -6kdc h IjUSMIOr^ OFFICIAÏ-S • ^.G.u.wÊBssÊBBmmm The "Gazette" of 7 June offlclally announeed The Executive Coomittee wishes to express grave concem the Student Dnion Membership Fee for 1979-80. over tfc« treatment of Uarzieh Karimnia. Silence has been I had already givea notice of this In ny co^unn aainta^.ned over ber case up to now because we did not wish a fortnight ago. It is, however, 8trang>9 that to jeopardise her position. A satisfactory conclusion bas the University should bave pubi iciy announeed not been reached within what ve believe to be an adequate the new fee before the Dnion bas been offlclally tine period, so we have tieclded to make known the facts. notified in writing. Marzleh's superviser in lET decided to terminate ber PhD In our submission we stated that we need course on ISth February 1979. This occurred ten months £125,000 from the Capitation Fee. The fee that after Uarzieh had been transferred from an MPhil to a PhD the F & GP Working Party decided (£33. for ail and TWENTY-EIGHT months after beglnning ber course. full-time and £S. for part-time and self~ financing Industriai Year Students) leaves a She appealed to Blgher Awards Committee, wbo considered ber shortfall of £8-9,000 to be made up by an case entlrely under Reserved Business. A meeting of Higher interest-free loan from the University and from Awards took place on 13th March 1979, in which her case was Club on a 50/50 basis. the only matter discussed. The Postgraduate representative on Higher Avards were informed neither of the meeting nor We were told that we c ould not derive all the of its outcome. income we want from th e Capitation Fee because of the UGO 9% guidelin e (the fee last year was On 14th March, 1979. Uarzieh received a Iettar frœn Higher £30.). It bas now bee n shown that this 9% Awards, requesting copies of existing reports on the guldeline was not mean t to be applied rigidly research she had done to date, so that the possibility of in ail cases (eg Sheff leid are getting a 17% alternative supervision could be explored. She complied increase to £61.). We , therefore, intend to with this request in good faith. renegotiate next year' s Capitation Fee with the F & GP Commlttee wlth a view to achieving a That was thirteen weeks ago. much more substantial increase in the nain rate At present we are like ly to have the lowest Now It appears that the University is going to terminate Membership Fee of any Uni ve rs i ty Uni on in th e Marzieh's course. country next year. We feel that the expulsion of Marzieh for no clearly stated General Meetings having apparently lapsed into permanent academic reason would represent a nadir in even this sleep, there's little to report on the Union side of things. University' s often peremptory treatment of foreign students. Howôver, there's mlxed news on the Club front. The Postgraduate représentatives have been excluded from Bar Prices. Following the Budget, most alcoholic beverages meetings where Marzieh's case was discusïîed. The University will be going up 2p. We stili believe our prices will authorities cannot expect us to believe that such an compare well with locai prices. unsatisfactory conclusion (which amounts to the sanctioning of Professor Elton's décision) was not Influenced by the Reminder. A few items to remind you of from my column a possible implications of a reversai, when they dogmatically fortnight ago. There are stili some Lower Bar bookings exclude Student représentatives from all discussion. left for next term; please hurry and see Karl Sutherland. Also, if you want University ties (or anythlng else) from The Executive Committee do not intend to let this shabby the Trading desk, don't delay because PRICES HAVE TO BE little episode end here. We intend to explore all possible RAISBD BY from Monday (VAT rate increase). Also hurry avenues of further action. to the Travel Bureau if you are travelling abroad this summer. THE POSTGRADUATE UNION EXECUTIVE Locker Keys. These must be returned to Hari by the end of the term.