ISSUE 1618 FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2015 The Student Newspaper of Imperial College London Steve Jobs, the second What’s going to happen time around. now? PAGE 14 FILM PAGE 7 COMMENT Imperial mourns Crowds gather at Queen’s Tower to hold minute’s silence for Paris victims everal hundred people gathered at the foot of Queen’s Tower on Monday for a minute’s silence to remember the 129 people killed Sin the Paris attacks. The crowd included students and staff, who joined a Europe-wide moment of reflection three days after the tragedy. Students paused at 11am, and after a minute of reflection returned to their daily activities. In Paris, crowds converged at the Louvre, Eiffel Tower as well as beneath the make-shift memorial at the Place de la République. The French President, Francois Hollande, observed the minute’s silence amongst students at Paris-Sorbonne university, where three victims of the attack were studying. Imperial had an intake of around 370 French students last year, making them the second biggest group from abroad, after the community of Chinese students. continued on page 5 Junior doctors vote to strike in December Matt Johnston take place on Tuesday 8th December two-thirds of junior doctors in schedule, causing the chance of I finish medical school if these Writer and Wednesday 16th December, and the UK, and 76% of these decided mistakes occurring to increase. contract changes are forced upon would be full junior doctor walkouts. to voice their opinion on the Med Harris, the ICSMSU us,” she added. Medical students have been warned government’s proposed plans to President told FELIX, “As medical n Thursday it was by ICSM that due to strike action alter which times in the working students we cannot strike with the The first strike announced that junior laws it would be illegal for them to week classify as “unsociable” and doctors but we will be showing our doctors had voted join the picket lines. hence qualify for increased pay. support for the junior doctors on overwhelmingly to take The BMA have stated that the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, the day!” would see action against proposed contract strike dates are only provisional has attempted to counteract this by Imperial College Union’s Deputy Ochanges, with 98% voting to take and that they are “keen to avert giving an 11% increase in basic pay President for Welfare, Jennie junior doctors strike action and 99.4% in favour of the need for industrial action” and but this still means that the doctors Watson, who is also a medic, said she industrial action short of striking. to this end have approached the working extra hours will actually be was “thrilled to see such a large turn only staff The first proposed strike is arbritration service ACAS to act as paid less due to the reclassification. out” and that the union “extends its scheduled for Tuesday 1st December an intermediate between them and Doctors also argue the measures full solidarity with junior doctors and would see junior doctors only Hunt. will increase risk to patients as they and we will do everything possible emergency staff emergency care. The two The BMA balloted almost 38,000 will be obligated to work longer to support our medic membership”. subsequent strikes proposed would of its members, representative of hours atop an already demanding “Personally, I plan to leave after care th PAGE 2 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2015 felixonline.co.uk [email protected] Contents A word from the Editor Editor-in-Chief News 3 Grace Rahman hat a fucking barren and rain-swept, I feel a little Comment 7 News Editor horrible week. At better. If you find it therapeutic to Cecily Johnson the time of writing, write, we can certainly help you do Science 10 129 people have that here at FELIX. Comment Editors died at the hands of terrorists in Our comment section is full to the Tessa Davey and Vivien Hadlow Film 12 Paris. brim this week of students expressing W Science Editors When things like this happen, their thoughts and reactions to Music 23 a lot of us can get caught up in the attacks themselves, France’s Jane Courtnell and Lef the tweets and the rolling news, response and the new phenomenon Apostolakis Arts 28 obsessing about how close this all of social media ‘reactions’ at times Arts Editors was to us, and becoming fearful of like this. Facebook can bring out Indira Malik, Jingjie Cheng and Welfare 33 carrying on as normal. If you already a new feature almost instantly, so Max Falkenberg had some form of anxiety, a feeling the way we publicly deal with these Puzzles 34 of superstition you’re vaguely aware events, or show our support from Music Editor of can turn into full blown panic at afar has changed. Not only can we Cale Tilford Hangman 36 the thought of venturing outside. attend vigils, but we can change our Writing down feelings can work profile pictures. We can ‘check in’. Film Editor Sport 39 for some. If you flick through to But does any of this help? Fred Fyles our welfare section, despite our We’ve seen some insightful illustrators and the general dregs Welfare Editor reputation here, you’ll see Imperial’s reactions from within our own of the internet, I found this week Noor Mulheron FELIX, Beit Quad, resources if you are feeling down. Imperial community this week, that these damaging opinions aren’t Prince Consort Road, One writer talks about the which can help re-assure us that as distant as I’d thought. While I Sports Editor London SW7 2BB therapeutic nature of writing, which there is a bit of sense left. However, welcome anonymity for writers, Josh O’Donnell Tel: 020 7594 8072 I couldn’t agree more with. I’d be perhaps more suprisingly, I’ve seen I do need to know who you are Printed by Iliffee Print Cambridge, pretty screwed if I didn’t with this some vitriolic droll, racism and to publish you. But there’ll be no Puzzles Editors Winship Road, Cambridge job. Even after writing this wearily imagery to rival Nazi propaganda in Islamophobia in this paper, thanks. Hamish Beck and Roxana Radu Registered Newspaper on a Thursday morning, looking its abhorrence. Don’t blame Muslims. Don’t blame ISSN 1040-0711 Copy Editors out over Beit quad, once filled with While most of this stemmed refugees. Don’t preface ‘extremists’ Copyright © FELIX 2015 Mattin Mir-Tahmasebi, Henry beautiful old cherry trees, now from American governors, tabloid with Islamic. Because they’re not. Lloyd Bates, Alexandra Lim, Cassandra Stephenson and Rachel Ettlinger What’s On FRIDAY MONDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY WEDNESDAY Shadow chancellor, A celebration of the Student Assembly Imperial College Science Museum John McDonnell to centenary of general Against Climate Lates – CalcuLates make a speech relativity ft Stephen Austerity Convention Symposium SATURDAY at Imperial Hawking Who knows? 5pm 10am 10am 6.45pm Imperial, somewhere. Great Hall, Sherfield Building SOAS SAF Building Science Museum, Exhibition Road Are you a Corbyn-maniac? Well The man himself, Stephen For the looney lefties amongst you, The Green Party’s deputy leader, Museum lates are always a giggle, good news, his dream chancellor Hawking, will be in the Sherfield I bring good tidings: the Student Amelia Womack, will be at Imperial and there’s no excuse not to have a will be wondering around Imperial building, talking about theoretical Assembly Against Austerity is this week, delivering the keynote look-in, since it’s literally on your today. physics (obvs). having its convention at SOAS in speech on a day full of workshops, way to the tube station. After George Osborne was here Presented by Imperial’s Russell Square this weekend. speeches and discussions on the Otherwise, get a little academic last week, is Imperial becoming a Theoretical Physics Group, the talks Expect the usual NUS faces to policy and economics of climate before sport’s night. There’s always playground of the politerati? Are will celebrate Einstein’s best loved be in attendance. The leader of the change. a bar, and the silent disco that takes we students the bystanders in a theory. Green Party, Natalie Bennet, and With lectures from the place beneath the space exhibit is fight over who can produce more Speakers include Fay Dowker, chair of the Campaign for Nuclear former Chief Scientist from the sure to cause one of those ‘gee-I’m- soundbites from Imperial College a current professor who did her Disarmament, Kate Hudson, will Department of Transport, Friends so-glad-I-came-to-university-in- London’s extensive grounds? Is PhD under Hawking’s supervision, also be making speeches. Expect of the Earth and Climate Outreach, London’ moments. Dalby Court becoming as rife and Jerome Gauntlett who was the informed discussion and workshops it’s a must for any self-respecting Several Imperial lecturers will with political debate as the Palace physics consultant for the oscar- on PREVENT, Trident, racism and climate activist. making an appearance, so pop your of Westminster’s famous central winning film of Hawking’s life, The inequality. Not to be confused with the head in to see your best-loved Maths lobby? No. Theory of Everything. Essential for the socially ‘woke’ Imperial Hub’s London Climate professors do what they do best for Yo, John, if you’re reading this, can Tickets have obviously been sold Imperial student, wherever you may Forum. sozzled professionals instead of we interview you? Please? out since the beginning of time.