LAYHOUSE-------- -- -- ----- - t:N'l't:J:UAlNMENT FOR EVERYONE THE PLAYHOUSE TH EATRE , 18-ll GREE NSIDE Pt.ACE, EDINBU RGH EH1 ]AA - COMING SOON TO THE PLAVHOUSE FRIDAY at 7.30 pm SATURDAY ay 8 p.m. RALPH McTELL LINX IN CONCERT IN CONCERT £3 in adv; £3.50 on day £4, £3 & £2 ON SALE NOW . ON SALE NOW . ON SALE NOW Monday The Return ot STEVE HARLEY Dec. 7th and COCKNEY REBEL at 7.30 p.m. Tickets £3 in adv; £3.50 on day THURSDAY DEC. 3 at 8 p.m. FRIDAY DEC. 4 at 7.30 p.m . THIN LIZZY in concert OZZY OSBOURNE DI ARY OF A MADMAN TOUR £4.50, £4 & £3.50 £4.50, £3.75 & £3 ON SALE NOW . ON SALE NOW . ON SALE NO STIFF LITTLE FINGERS in concert Friday January 22 at 7.30 p.m . Tickets £3.50 & £3 SUNDAY DEC. 6 at 9 p.m. TUESDAY DEC. 15 at 7. 30 p. m . JOHN HOLT JAPAN in concert £3.50 in adv; £4 on day £4 .50 & £4 Late-Night Film this Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 11 p.m. 0 \>- URGH! 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DURAN DURAN in concert U.F.O. in concert £3.50 & £3 £4, £3.50 & £3 LIVE AT THE NITE CLUB AT THE ITAL CLUB Friday - T.V. 21 Reggae Disco every Friday Saturday - DURITTI COLUMN Saturday & Sunday at 9. 30 p.m. 2 The Student 26 November 1981 Old College Crimes By Kay Goodall for any other LSC members. having asked for full details of After allegations had However, (and this was never previous management when he been made that certain mentioned by .Di Rollo, who had took over the Old College Times; members' of the Law the fi les in his possession for four and MacKinnon and McKenzie for weeks) he dtd enter on the 29th of not having informed him of the Faculty had absconded June, after the cheques had been existence of the account on his with £158 worth of the received, an acknowledgement of return from Italy. Law Students' Council's tne,r receipt in the LSC flies. which There seems to be some animosity between the two parties, money secretly, over the must surely question any allegation of deliberate secrecy Di which no doubt accounts for the summer vacation, we Rollo also al leged that £115 had lack of communication, but this decided to investigate. been removed from the account does not j ustify the allegations of malpractice made against The original story, according to during the summer vacation, for Mac Kinnon and McKenzie, who as Simon DI Rollo, President of the unspecified purposes. This 1s potential lawyers, have their LSC, and recorded in the Council completely untrue. MacKinnon reputations at stake over this. Di Minutes was that Colin withdrew £42.92 to pay bills, and Rollo blamed the incident on the MacKinnon (who stood for Hon. the balance was left untouched Secretary last year) and Allan until the inquiry 1n October. fact that "the Students' Association Offices are open over McKenzie (who stood fur Seninr In october, Di Rollo took over the summer" and threatened President, both as SOP the Old College Times and asked action i f the r e was any candidates) had taken two , MacK,nnon and McKenzie if the cheques totalling £ 158 payable to cheques had been received. They "irresponsible reporting of the matter by Student" (although his the Old College Times (which is replied " I think so". and Di Rollo, own reporting seems to have been the Law Faculty newspaper), from costing £363. Colin MacKinnon authority to do this", a remark that instead of pursuing it further, less than accurately resea rched) th<1 LSC pigeonhole, opened a was then brought in as sub-editor seems dubious in the extreme, wrote to the firms demanding "secret" bank account with the for the second edition; and partly since as Rory McDonald was in payment. The firms sent curt The final word lies with a prominent member of the SRC Clydesdale Bank and then through his efforts to attra ct Canada at the time it appears fairly replies to the effect the accounts withdrew £115 "without taking any advertisers it made a profit of £100. logical that MacKinnon, as sub­ had been settled in June, and who said that "all three are really steps to inform anyone" Simon Di Then the LSC, having previously editor should be in charge of ~ further investigation revealed the just a bunch of clowns." Rollo sent letters to Charles declared its responsibility for the accounts during t,is absence. At existence of the bank account. Fishburne, Mark Kennedy, Old College Times debt "ultra no point had an account been McKenzie then withdrew the Next week: how to get Andrew Horberry and Mark vires", decided to take it over. They opened for the Old College remaining £116.08 and placed ,tin free lunches and five Reeves (ie the "relevant" decided unanimously "that the Times and If MacKinnon had paid the hands of the Treasurer of the cases of wine paid for by authorities) laying out these editorial staff was to consist of the cheques received from the Students' Association. Di Rollo accusations. Interviews with the LSC members" (of which Colin Halifax Building Society and the then demanded an explanation the Students' Association two defendants & Simon Di Rollo, McKinnon was not one). Scottish Life for advertising into which for various reasons, has not (but not if Finance and examination of the LSC files Nothing was done over the the LSC account he would have yet been forthcoming. Committee gets to hear revealed a very different tale. summer vacation and Colin been unable to authorise the Both parties can be accused of The history of Old College MacKinnon and Allan McKenzie payment of the bills. So he opened incompetence: Di Rollo for not about it.) TimB.S i.s basically one of _gross went into the Students ' an account in the name of Old mismanagement. The first copy, Association offices to clear up College r,mes w,tr. Alfan last autumn term, had a budget of urgent unpaid bills. Di Rollo MacKenzie, but was unable to £40 for the first three issues, under asserted during a phone call from inform 01 Rollo since he was in Rory McDonald, and ended up us "that he (MacKinnon) had no Italy, nor could he find contacts Auld Reekie News You Have Been Warned Ton~ht at 7 p.m. m the McEwan Full detai l s appear in the. Hall will be held the Annual Perspective pages. General Meeting of the Students' Decisions [llade by quorate Association. All matriculated General Meetings. are binding on students are entitled to attend. the. Students' Association, Which . Apart from the Annual Report · means that your attendance at the a~d Off_i_ce-bea.rers' Question meeting could make a sig'nificani Compiled by David Harvey Time , six motions will be difference to life at the Univers.ity disc.u.ssed. The subject of these an_d beyond . .Q.u ite apart from this, matrons are: education. cuts: these gatherings are usually quite nuclear disarmament; the Film entertaining. A full repoit will An Edinbur:gh District Council­ A man escaped with £3,500 from Society; Gay Soc; St~dent appear in next week's Student. lor has called the city's community the Bank of Scotland at 69 George newspaper; the Presrdents· Ball. councils a waste of money. At British Leyland's Bathgate Street after passing a note to a Councillor Elizabeth Robertson factory, 1,365 jobs are to be lost teller claiming that he had a gun­ said that no further community Production of tractors at Bathgate the raid was over so quickly that council elections were planned in will end early next year. the customers and other staff did the near future. She cited the not realise what was happening. example of recent elections in the After taking the money, the New Town which cost £1 ,300 robber, who made no attempt to although only 347 people voted disguise himself, calmly strolled "That works out at something like out and walked away. He was £4 a vote. " said Councillor Employees at• burton 's biscuit followed by a member of staff who factory, Sighthill, Edinburgh, have Grindlay Street Robertson. eventually lost him in the crowds donated £1,000 to a fund to provide a swimming pool for Edinburgh University's annual handicapped children at Sackings Mountbatten Public• Lecture will Pinewood School. Blackburn. be delivered on Tuesday by Sir Cheap cosmetics containing Hugh Beach, the army's recently dangerously high• levels of lead are Well. it ain't no sinecure holding retired Master General of the ballot papers for the Executive Edinburgh Samaritans are being sold in the Lothians, the a sabbatical post at Heriot-Watt Ordinance. elections after the count had taken taking the unprecedented• step of public were warned on Saturday. SA as the events of this past week place. Mr Puddy has not denied running a stand in a city shopping The alert came from the Region's show. this. Mr Puddy was also alleged to centre m a bid to reduce the Department or Consumer Sabbaticals Bob Puddy and Ian have made severa l l1belous EU Musical Society are looking soaring numbers of attempted Protection who appealed for help Matchett have both tendered their statements concerning other for about 1,300 singers to take part suicides in the city In the first six • in tracing the make-up imported resignations.