FREE! No 782 Friday 30th October INSIDE Heroic rowers save 5 Eye Spy visits the Careers Fair. rj 5th Column Engineering in the woman from Thames last century. Two members of the Imperial College Union Boat Club were acclaimed Pierson (Mech Eng 2) dived from as "heroes," after rescuing a drowning woman from the River Thames the boat and pulled the woman to 7 Libel on Wednesday afternoon. The woman, who was in her mid-sixties, the river bank, while another of the was found unconscious in the river near Fulham Football Ground. oarsmen, Vincent Roper, also dived This one's the best It is believed that she may have been trying to commit suicide as she in to try to help her. The boat was ever. was fully clothed. rowed to the shore by Rob Gee and Nick Leigh. 3 Science Once at the bank, Steve gave the Nobel prize special woman 'mouth to mouth' resuscitation. In the meantime, the crew's trainer Mr Bill Mason 1 1 Terminal brought blankets for the woman and her rescuers. Four police cars and addiction a police launch then arrived, having Things to do with been alerted by a member of the your computer. nearby Barn Elms Boat Club who had witnessed the incident. These were followed by an ambulance. 12 Spies in The woman, aged 65, was conscious when taken to hospital, the Skies although she was shaken and very A Dave Burns confused. special. Rob Gee, Captain of the Boat Club and Chairman of the Union 16 Reviews Athletics Clubs Committee, said that the woman would not have survived in the water if the incident had occured in Winter. The 20 Sports temperature of the water was about Steve Pierson—branded a hero on Wednesday Lots of them. 12°C on Wednesday, which was The incident occurred while the boathouse when they noticed a exceptionally warm for this time of 22 Letters members of the Club were person apparently swimming in the year. Contentious issues practising on the river near to the water. It was only after the boat had Rob told FELIX yesterday:' 'You debated at the back. Club Boathouse in Putney. The passed the body that they realised can classify Steve and Vince as real coxless fours team was approaching she was in fact drowning. Steve heroes—the genuine article!" THE NEWSPAPER OF ITV1 PliRIAL UNION F" EEI I and locked my door when it was publications may not serve as many switched off. This alarm fiasco has people as FELIX but they still been going on ever since I've been provide a valuable service. I think at College. Never fear, though, it's time to realise that publications you'll know when the fire's a real are different from other clubs at IC one: all wardens have been and that any person should be instructed to shout up the staircases allowed to contribute to these and from Princes Gardens 'It's a services without having to pay out real fire. Get out!'. Whoever of their own pockets. thought that one up has less brain power than Dave Tyler. With the Print Unit I alarms cutting out all other sounds, There is now a month's waiting list how are we meant to hear the odd for printing. If you are a warden shouting at us from the club/society and you need printing gardens? So until College finally for early December/Christmas you This week has been one of those yet another article about the soul. sort the whole system out, my ought to see me now. nightmare weeks where there's too This will be the last one as the advice is don't ignore the alarms little space with too much to put into subject is now getting a little and listen out for your frantic Sweatshirts it. Not only this but all the Print hackneyed (geddit?). I suggest that warden's voice! The sweatshirts have now arrived Unit machinery has gone the rest be left to Debating Society. in the FELIX Office. They're haywire—this may mean that I will Electronic Media extremely tasteful and make good have to be selective about what goes No Censorship The first meeting of Publication's Christmas presents into FELIX for the next few weeks. Last week I was asked why FELIX Board this year met last Monday. has stopped printing the President's I was saddened to hear that both IC Staff Special Rag Issue report on the Union page. It seems Radio and STOIC are suffering Anyone is welcome to attend our In two weeks time (13.11.87) that many of you believe that I am from their massive membership staff meeting today, 1pm in the FELIX will be devoting itself to refusing to include anything written fees. IC Radio has only 28 members Office. Rag Week. 25% of income raised by him. This could not be further so far, IC Radio is meant to through advertising in that issue will from the truth. Sad to say, Mr broadcast over 100 hours each be given to Rag. We will also be Howgate has not submitted a week. You don't need an '0' level charging at least 20p to Rag for Presidential Report to me since the in Mathematics to work out that each small ad or diary entry we Freshers' Issue. some people have to do an awful lot print. Please support our efforts by of broadcasting to maintain the putting as many small ads in as you Southside Fire Alarms output required. The electronic can possibly afford! Those damned fire alarms went off Next week's issue will preview again this week in the early hours Editor-in-chief Judith Hackney all the events lined up for Rag of Monday morning. I had just put Business Manager Chris Martin Week. my dressing gown and slippers on Reviews Editor Ashley Niblock Features Editor Dave Burns Sports Editor Dominic Strowbridge Soul Searching and 'Hector' Sullivan In this week's issue we have printed Science Editor Steve Black Typesetting Rose Atkins Printing Shane Latchman and David Jones Contributors: Pippa Salmon, Rupert Clayton, Martin Cole, Sue Browne, Al Birch, Al Roberts, Adrian Bourne, Steve Kilmurray, Chris Jones, Louise, Nigel Baker, Simon Bradshaw, Lisa Ingram, David Jones, Chris Martin, Andrew Waller, Kamala Sen, Aaron Kotcheff, Pete Higgs, Dave Burns, Dave Williams, Robert Gee, Neil Motteram, Rachael Black, Bill Goodwin, Alastair Stewart, Mark Beveridge, Abby Amushila, Dave Smedley, Simon Passey, Lloyd Ruddock, Keith Lowthian, Thomas Gregg, Gareth Fish, James Papa, Chas Jackson, P Baker. CUT THE KRAP Cut 'n' Blow Dry £5.00 Wednesday 10am onwards in the Ents Room (above the New FELIX Office) 2 Friday October 30th 1987 FELIX mm News Censors' The chips are dowICnR Peril A WILD story of death and happy destruction shocked College on Tuesday, when IC Radio's Southside Studio was engulfed in a small cloud of smoke. ending A minor fault in the studio THE QUESTION of censorship of IC headphone amplifier was the culprit. Union publications has been amicably A small potentiometer burnt out and settled at the meeting of Publications caused the early dimise of the Board last Monday. Members of the lunchtime show. Board, including heads of The dedicated team of IC Radio publications and the ICU Executive, technicians soon repaired the fault, unanimously approved a new motion closely watched by a group of stating that the Editor of the ICU worried, and grief-stricken DJs. Handbook should have final say on An IC Radio spokesman said later the contents of the Handbook, but that 'We only lost 15 minutes of an 'open committee' should be set up programming out of 100 hours per to advise the Editor and allow all TUESDAY'S Union General Meeting (UGM) is to be held in the Junior week, and if you blow this out of relevant points of view to be Common Room (JCR), and not in the traditional venue, the Great Hall. proportion I'll cut off your boll**ks! considered. This motion will now be The Union Executive took the decision in the hope of attracting a larger submitted to the next UGM as an audience, after only 100 students turned up at the recent Freshers' UGM. amendment to a previous motion The meeting will start at 1pm, with the added incentive that College which had suffered many will be providing free chips from the QT Burger Bar with every Imperial amendments put forward by Ian burger sold between midday and 2pm. This makes good a promise made Howgate at the last UGM. by ICU President Ian Howgate during his first election campaign last year. New loss IT IS LIKELY that the Government's new housing benefit scheme will result in losses of over £2 per week Merger for IC students. Students in other UlU travel parts of the country will be hit much less severely. The scheme comes into effect in April 1988. IC students with {Bill under £3000 savings will have to contribute 20% of their rates bill. THE SENATE will discuss the terms Those with £3000 to £6000 savings of the Imperial and St Mary's merger will have to pay £1 for every £250 or on November 4, and a petition of the part thereof held. The rate at which Bill will be presented to Parliament the rent section of the benefit will be on November 20. Copies of the Bill withdrawn with increasing savings will appear in the Times (20 and 27 will be increased to an even higher Nov) and the London Evening level than the Government first Gazette.