October 16th, 1973 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION FREE ISSUE No. 342 UNION MEETING TO T)AV 1 p ' m ' lUU/il GREAT HALL N O T T I N G H A M U N I V E R S I T Y O C C U P A T I O N 300 students fined for backin the NUS Grants Campaign Art amendment to a motion at last Wednesday's UGM in Not- tingham gives the College Authorities until 3 p.m. on Thursday to drop all fines imposed or an immediate occupation of Trent building will start. which included a £15 fine for ignoring a warn- ing from the Bursar. These fines were im- posed in July when the Authorities tightened up their ordinances (regulations) to allow a fine of £1 per week for every week that hall fees are not paid begin- ning three weeks after receipt of the bill. Although a partial amnesty was granted allowing the students up to five weeks to pay, at the beginning of this term 300 students owed fines of between £2-£4. There are now only 60 left who have not paid the fines and the Authorities have threat- ened to suspend any students who do not pay by the end of this term. The students have been further enraged by further fining which took place over the summer recess follow- ing events at a sit-in in support of the grants campaign which occurred before exams last term. Three people were fined £5, five people £7.50 and one £25 The lower sums have been paid but the stu- dent owing the £25 is appealing. The President of the Union Doug Knott said that he suspected a frame-up, as he too, had ignored the warn- ing from the Bursar, and done so with a cor- ridor full of witnesses and yet nothing had happened. The student who was fined was convicted on the basis of evidence submitted by three members of the Univer- sity Authorities, one of which was the Bursar. The amendment at last Wednesday's UGM was passed overwhelm- ingly but the motion as a whole will not be voted on until today (Tuesday). Incorporated in the amendment which was passed w a s a call for the fines resulting from the sit-in to be paid back or dropped if not already paid. Students all round the country are facing increases in hall of resi- dence fees, refectories, clothes, rent and food which show the £20 ex- tra from the govern- ment to be the insult it is. Many students must be considering having to leave college and find a job rather than continue to try and sub- sist on £520 p.a. as prices shoot out of the ceiling. A survey is being undertaken at the mo- ment of the increases in hall fees and refectory prices around the coun- try and will be pub- lished next week. Increases of between 9% and 16% have oc- curred almost every- where which make the necessity for an im- mediate increase in grants the most urgent question for many stu- dents. Attention will be focused on the NUS conference to be held in November to see the amount of support which will be forthcom- ing for the rent strikes, sit-ins, and occupations at present occurring and (like IC) on the cards for next term. UC "THIEVES" University College have re- moved the boards in the Union building with the lists Of past Presidents of the Union and other Union officials, it was revealed t o m e on Sunday toy Norman Sayles, ICU President. This is traditionally a case for Che nefarious night activi- ties of W.H.O. (Wooden Horse Organisation) but Norm regards it as more seri- ous 'than mascot pinching and is thinking of taking the mat- ter to a solicitor. It is unclear when the boards disappeared but Deputy President Dave Sin- clair as W.H.O. co-ordinator will b e h o t o n t h e trail i f t h e boards are not immediately returned. UCL w h o a t periods in their murky history of at- tempted mascot pinching have been almost successful have a most peculiar if inviolate mas- cot of their own. It is the pre- served body of Jeremy Ben- tham who resides close t o t h e front entrance. If they were to direct their frustration at not having re- trieved any of their own mas- cots — which has obviously produced this rash and mean- ingless action — to 'E' floor of the Ches'ham in King's College they would find two of their long lost oars in the committee room. Fire Engine in Committee Room 'A' Committee Room A is un- usable alt t h e present d u e t o a large proportion of the en- trails of J E Z scattered over the floor. They have been lying there since the vacation along with a large amount of scraped-off red paint, tarpauling and paint pots. And Now Another Episode in the Continuing Saga of PARKING PLACES Successful Appeals and alterations to original list Residents' Places AXE 106B 0. Szpiro LBF 443 D M . G . Tutcher LVR 171 A. J. Stevens Commuter Places Imperial Institute Road (Red lines) 846 JHO S. C Spyrou 565 A V O N . Hicking BEV 291 N. R. Usborg JLH 696K H. E. Ong FPA 294B P. K. 5. Ong 429 GLR R. S. Harvey 9329 HN S. Milton WCD 665K S. K. Sadek RMO 526F T. J. Crooks TRK 232M A. A. Ghandi COG 356C P. J. Webber OYU 962F [ A. El-Ruwayih SLM 924L f L. D. Wesley MMH 507L L. Tso. JJK 543J B. P. K. J. Frost Alterations to shared Places (To be parked in Imperial Institute Road) OJT 220 K. G. Wingfield- Digby 7222 KV KPM 461E D. Callen D. Adams MHM 3 0 L J . Towler SPC 814F M . W . Spencer GLM 185C M. Orton RtC 258E M. M. Moloney HHX 367K J. Laws In the case of split pairs, only one of the pair is in the above list. Could the following people who were origin- ally sharing with the above please see me and return the original sticker if already allo- cated. 2707 TD T. Spiro JMV 450K J. Blanch YMK 18H P. J. Phelps LEP 775K J. Ashton 855 BIWA A. P. Porter DNK '188F D. Tear'le NOW 6Q4M N. G. Williams I shall try to be in my office at the following times: Tuesday 2.30-3.30; Wednesday 12.30-1.00; Thursday, 11.30-2.30; Friday, 2.30-3.30.
Transcript
October 16th, 1973
NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION
FREE ISSUE No. 342
U N I O N
M E E T I N G
TO T)AV 1 p'm' lUU/il GREAT HALL
N O T T I N G H A M
U N I V E R S I T Y
O C C U P A T I O N
300 students fined for backin
the NUS Grants Campaign Art amendment to a motion at last Wednesday's UGM in Not
tingham gives the College Authorities until 3 p.m. on Thursday to
drop all fines imposed or an immediate occupation of Trent
building will start.
w h i c h i n c l u d e d a £15
fine for i g n o r i n g a w a r n
ing f r om the B u r s a r .
These fines were im
posed in July when the
Authorities tightened
up their ordinances
(regulations) to allow a
fine of £1 per week for
every week that hall
fees are not paid begin
ning three weeks after
receipt of the bill.
Although a partial
amnesty was granted
allowing the students
up to five weeks to pay,
at the beginning of this
term 300 students owed
fines of between £2-£4.
T h e r e a re n o w on l y
60 left w h o have not
p a i d the f ines a n d the
A u t h o r i t i e s have threat
e n e d to s u s p e n d any
s t u d e n t s w h o d o not
pay by the e n d of th i s
t e rm.
T h e s t u d e n t s have
b e e n further e n r a g e d
by further f in ing w h i c h
t ook p l a c e ove r the
s u m m e r r e c e s s fo l low
ing e ven t s at a si t - in in
suppo r t of the g ran t s
c a m p a i g n w h i c h
o c c u r r e d be fore e x a m s
last t e rm.
T h r e e p e o p l e we r e
f ined £5, five p e o p l e
£7.50 a n d o n e £25
T h e l owe r s u m s have
b e e n p a i d but the s tu
den t o w i n g the £25 is
a p p e a l i n g .
T h e P r e s i d e n t of the
U n i o n D o u g Kno t t s a i d
that h e s u s p e c t e d a
f rame-up, a s he too,
h a d i g n o r e d the w a r n
ing f r om the B u r s a r ,
a n d d o n e s o wi th a co r
r i do r ful l of w i t n e s s e s
a n d yet n o t h i n g h a d
h a p p e n e d .
T h e s tuden t w h o w a s
f ined w a s c o n v i c t e d o n
the b a s i s of e v i d e n c e
s u b m i t t e d by three
m e m b e r s of the Un i ve r
s i ty A u t h o r i t i e s , o n e of
w h i c h w a s the B u r s a r .
T h e a m e n d m e n t at
last W e d n e s d a y ' s U G M
w a s p a s s e d o v e r w h e l m
ing l y but the m o t i o n a s
a w h o l e w i l l not be
vo t ed on unt i l t oday
( T u e s d a y ) .
I n c o r p o r a t e d in the
a m e n d m e n t w h i c h w a s
p a s s e d w a s a c a l l for
the f ines r e su l t i ng f rom
the sit- in to be p a i d
b a c k o r d r o p p e d if not
a l r e a d y p a i d .
S t u d e n t s a l l r o u n d
the c oun t r y a r e f a c i n g
i n c r e a s e s in ha l l of res i
d e n c e fees, re f ec tor i es ,
c l o t h e s , rent a n d food
w h i c h s h o w the £20 ex
t ra f rom the gove rn
ment to b e the insul t it
is.
M a n y s t u d e n t s must
b e c o n s i d e r i n g h a v i n g
to l eave c o l l e g e a n d
f ind a j ob ra ther than
c o n t i n u e to try a n d s u b
s is t on £520 p.a . a s
p r i c e s shoo t out of the
c e i l i n g .
A survey is b e i n g
u n d e r t a k e n at the mo
ment of the i n c r e a s e s in
ha l l f ees a n d re fec tory
p r i c e s a r o u n d the c o u n
try a n d wi l l be pub
l i s h e d next week .
I n c r e a s e s of b e t w e e n
9 % a n d 1 6 % have o c
cur r ed a l m o s t every
w h e r e w h i c h m a k e the
n e c e s s i t y for an i m
med ia t e i n c r e a s e in
g r a n t s the mos t urgent
q u e s t i o n for m a n y s tu
den ts .
A t t en t i on wi l l be
f o c u s e d on the N U S
c o n f e r e n c e to be h e l d
in N o v e m b e r to see the
a m o u n t of s u p p o r t
w h i c h w i l l be f o r thcom
ing for the rent s t r i kes ,
s i t - ins, a n d o c c u p a t i o n s
at p r e s en t o c c u r r i n g
a n d ( l i ke IC) o n the
c a r d s for next t e rm .
UC
"THIEVES" U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e h a v e r e
m o v e d the b o a r d s i n the
U n i o n b u i l d i n g w i t h the l i s t s
Of pas t P r e s i d e n t s o f the
U n i o n a n d o t h e r U n i o n
o f f i c i a l s , i t w a s r e v e a l e d t o m e
o n S u n d a y toy N o r m a n S a y l e s ,
I C U P r e s i d e n t .
T h i s i s t r a d i t i o n a l l y a case
f o r Che n e f a r i o u s n i g h t a c t i v i
t ies o f W . H . O . ( W o o d e n
H o r s e O r g a n i s a t i o n ) b u t
N o r m r e g a r d s i t as m o r e s e r i
o u s ' t h a n m a s c o t p i n c h i n g a n d
is t h i n k i n g o f t a k i n g t h e m a t
t e r to a s o l i c i t o r .
I t i s u n c l e a r w h e n t h e
b o a r d s d i s a p p e a r e d b u t
D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t D a v e S i n
c l a i r as W . H . O . c o - o r d i n a t o r
w i l l b e h o t o n t h e t r a i l i f the
b o a r d s a r e n o t i m m e d i a t e l y
r e t u r n e d .
U C L w h o at p e r i o d s i n
t h e i r m u r k y h i s t o r y o f a t
t e m p t e d m a s c o t p i n c h i n g h a v e
b e e n a l m o s t s u c c e s s f u l h a v e a
m o s t p e c u l i a r i f i n v i o l a t e m a s
c o t o f t h e i r o w n . I t i s the p r e
s e r v e d b o d y o f J e r e m y B e n -
t h a m w h o r e s i d e s c l o s e t o t h e
f r o n t e n t r a n c e .
I f t h e y w e r e t o d i r e c t t h e i r
f r u s t r a t i o n a t n o t h a v i n g r e
t r i e v e d a n y o f t h e i r o w n m a s
c o t s — w h i c h has o b v i o u s l y
p r o d u c e d t h i s r a s h a n d m e a n
ing l e s s a c t i o n — t o ' E ' f l o o r
o f the C h e s ' h a m i n K i n g ' s
C o l l e g e t h e y w o u l d f i n d t w o
o f t h e i r l o n g l o s t o a r s i n the
c o m m i t t e e r o o m .
Fire Engine in
Committee
Room 'A' C o m m i t t e e R o o m A is u n
u s a b l e alt t h e p r e s e n t d u e t o
a l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n o f t h e e n
t ra i l s o f J E Z s c a t t e r e d o v e r
the f l o o r .
T h e y h a v e b e e n l y i n g the r e
s i n c e t h e v a c a t i o n a l o n g w i t h
a l a r g e a m o u n t o f s c r a p e d - o f f
r e d p a i n t , t a r p a u l i n g a n d
p a i n t po t s .
And Now Another Episode in
the Continuing Saga of
PARKING PLACES Successful Appeals
and alterations to
original list
Residents' Places
A X E 106B 0 . Szpiro
L B F 443 D M . G . Tutcher
LVR 171 A. J . Stevens
Commuter Places
Imper ia l Institute R o a d
( R e d l ines )
846 J H O S. C Spyrou
565 A V O N . H ick ing
B E V 291 N . R. Usbo rg
J L H 696K H. E. O n g
F P A 294B P. K. 5 . Ong
429 G L R R. S. Harvey
9329 H N S. Mi l ton
W C D 665K S. K. Sadek
R M O 5 2 6 F T . J . C rooks
T R K 2 3 2 M A . A . Ghand i
C O G 3 5 6 C P. J . Webber
O Y U 9 6 2 F [ A . El -Ruwayih
S L M 9 2 4 L f L. D. Wes ley
M M H 507L L. T s o .
JJK 5 4 3 J B. P. K. J . Frost
Alterations to shared
Places
(To b e p a r k e d in
Imper ia l Inst i tute R o a d )
O J T 2 2 0 K. G . Wing f ie ld -
Digby
7222 K V
K P M 4 6 1 E
D. Cal len
D. A d a m s
M H M 3 0 L J . Towle r
S P C 8 1 4 F M . W . Spencer
G L M 1 8 5 C M . Orton
R t C 2 5 8 E M . M . Mo loney
H H X 3 6 7 K J . Laws
In the c a s e of sp l i t
pa i r s , on l y o n e of the
pa i r is in the a b o v e l i s t .
C o u l d the f o l l o w i n g
p e o p l e w h o w e r e o r i g i n
a l l y s h a r i n g w i th the
a b o v e p l e a s e s e e m e
a n d re turn the o r i g i n a l
s t i c k e r if a l r e a d y a l l o
c a t e d .
2707 T D T . Spiro
J M V 4 5 0 K J . B lanch
Y M K 1 8 H P. J . Phelps
LEP 775K J . Ashton
855 BIWA A. P. Porter
D N K '188F D. Tear'le
N O W 6 Q 4 M N. G. Wi l l i ams
I s h a l l try to be in my
off ice at the f o l l o w i n g
t imes :
T u e s d a y 2.30-3.30;
W e d n e s d a y 12.30-1.00;
T h u r s d a y , 11.30-2.30;
F r i day , 2.30-3.30.
Page 2 F E L I X October l o th , 1973
Open letter to
Mooney D e a r M r . M o o n e y ,
I a m w r i t i n g o n b e h a l f of I .C. U n i o n e x e c u t i v e t o p r o
t e s t a b o u t t h e a t r o c i o u s R e f e c t o r y c o n d i t i o n s w h i c h h a v e
p r e v a i l e d s i n c e t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h i s t e r m .
F i r s t of a l l , w e w e r e p r o m i s e d a n A L L D A Y s n a c k
b a r i n t h e U n i o n b u i l d i n g f o r F r e s h e r s ' D a y . T h i s t y p e o f
c a t e r i n g f a c i l i t y I f e e l w a s e s s e n t i a l f r o m o u r p o i n t o f v i e w
a n d I w o u l d h a v e t h o u g h t p r o f i t a b l e f r o m y o u r s . I n s t e a d
of the s n a c k b a r , f o u r l a d i e s at l e a s t w e r e c o m m i s s i o n e d
at a b o u t 1 2 . 0 0 to b e g i n l a y i n g o u t b i s c u i t s o n p l a t e s f o r
F r e s h e r s ' T e a , w h i c h b e g a n a t 3 . 0 0 . T h i s s e e m s t o b e a
l u d i c r o u s s i t u a t i o n , a n d I w o u l d h a v e t h o u g h t it m o r e s e n
s i b l e to h a v e c a n c e l l e d t h e F r e s h e r s ' T e a a n d o r g a n i s e d
y o u r staf f i n t o a n a l l - d a y s n a c k b a r . M a y b e y o u r r e a s o n
f o r the d e c i s i o n w a s b e c a u s e C o l l e g e b l o c k h a d c o m m i s
s i o n e d t h e F r e s h e r s ' T e a a n d " o n l y t h e U n i o n " h a d a s k e d
f o r a n a l l - d a y s n a c k b a r . A s w e l l a s t h i s , I w o u l d s u g g e s t
t h a t it w a s p r o b a b l y e a s i e r f r o m y o u r p o i n t o f v i e w to
o r g a n i s e t h e t e a r a t h e r t h a n a n a l l - d a y a f fa i r .
O n t o p of t h i s , w e w e r e t o l d t h a t t h e U n i o n l o w e r r e f e c
t o r y w o u l d no t o p e n d u r i n g t h e f i r s t w e e k of t e r m , b u t t h a t
it w o u l d d e f i n i t e l y b e o p e n o n M o n d a y , 8 t h . T h u s , w h e n
p e o p l e c o m p l a i n e d t o u s l a s t w e e k a b o u t t h e o v e r c r o w d
i n g in t h e o t h e r c o l l e g e r e f e c t o r i e s , w e p a c i f i e d t h e m w i t h
t h e a s s u r a n c e t h a t t h i s i n c o n v e n i e n c e w a s o n l y f o r o n e
w e e k a n d w o u l d b e r e m o v e d b y o p e n i n g t h e U n i o n l o w e r
r e f e c t o r y . T h i s w e e k it i s i m p o s s i b l e t o p e r s u a d e p e o p l e
a n y l o n g e r , a n d I w o u l d n o t l i k e t o r e p e a t t h e m a n y n a m e s
w . t h w h i c h y o u h a v e b e e n b r a n d e d .
• I h a v e h e a r d r e p o r t s o f t h e s a l a d s e c t i o n i n S o u t h s i d e
r u n n i n g o u t of m e a l s b y 1 2 . 4 5 , i .e., g i v i n g p e o p l e 15
m i n u t e s c h o i c e , a n d t h e n a " t a k e it o r l e a v e i t " m e n u .
T h i s s i t u a t i o n c a n o b v i o u s l y N O T b e t o l e r a t e d , e i t h e r
f r o m t h e p o i n t o f v i e w of t h e r e f e c t o r y , o r f r o m t h e p o i n t
of v i e w of t h e s t u d e n t s of I .C.
I a p p r e c i a t e tha t y o u a r e h a v i n g d i f f i c u l t i e s w i t h re
f e c t o r y staff , b u t f i n d it v e r y h a r d t o b e l i e v e tha t A L L y o u r
s ta f f f r o m t h e L o w e r U n i o n r e f e c t o r y r e s i g n e d in t h e l a s t
w e e k of t h e s u m m e r v a c a t i o n . U n l e s s t h i s w a s t h e c a s e ,
I s u s p e c t t h e f a u l t t o b e w h o l l y y o u r s , in n o t s t r i v i n g t o
s o l v e t h e staf f p r o b l e m b e f o r e t h e b e g i n n i n g of t e r m .
O b v i o u s l y , t h i s p r o b l e m is a d i f f i cu l t o n e to s o l v e ,
bu t a f t e r t h e d i s c u s s i o n at t h e R e f e c t o r y c o m m i t t e e l a s t
w e e k , I w o u l d s t r o n g l y r e c o m m e n d t h a t i n t h e f u t u r e
y o u w o r k to k e e p t h e U n i o n l o w e r r e f e c t o r y o p e n o v e r t h e
s u m m e r v a c a t i o n . T h i s w i l l b o t h h e l p t h e o v e r c r o w d i n g
in r e f e c t o r i e s d u e to c o n f e r e n c e b o o k i n g s , a n d a l s o s a v e
t h e U n i o n staf f f r o m t h e i n c o n v e n i e n c e of b e i n g t r a n s f e r r e d
to a n a l i e n e n v i r o n m e n t o v e r t h e s u m m e r p e r i o d .
A n o t h e r s o l u t i o n w h i c h I f e e l m u s t b e c o n s i d e r e d i s t h e
o;,e of b e t t e r w a g e s f o r b e t t e r staf f . T h i s i s o b v i o u s l y
a d i f f i cu l t o n e to a s s e s s , bu t h a s t h e r e b e e n a s u r v e y d o n e
of w a g e s p a i d t o r e f e c t o r y staf f in o t h e r c o l l e g e s i n t h e
L o n d o n a r e a ?
I w o u l d a p p r e c i a t e a p r o m p t r e p l y in t h e f o r m o f a
l e t t e r b e f o r e o u r C o u n c i l m e e t i n g o n M o n d a y , 15 th O c t o -
I a m c e r t a i n t h a t t h e r e f e c t o r i e s t o p i c w i l l c o m e
w i l l b e r e q u i r e d t o a n s w e r f o r y o u .
Y o u r s s i n c e r e l y ,
\ N o r m a n S a y l e s ,
P r e s i d e n t .
b e r , a s
u p a n d
Mr. Mooney's reply D e a r N o r m a n ,
I a m ve r y s o r r y t h a t y o u h a v e h a d c a u s e t o c o m p l a i n
a b o u t t h e R e f e c t o r y s e r v i c e s , b u t I h o p e t h a t w h e n y o u t a k e
i n t o a c c o u n t t h e p r o b l e m s w i t h staf f w h i c h w e h a v e h a d ,
y o u w i l l u n d e r s t a n d .
T h e U n i o n R e f e c t o r y staf f l a s t t e r m c o n s i s t e d o f : —
M r . G o m e z ( C h e f ) , J o a n ( C a s h i e r a n d c h a r g e h a n d ) , K a t h
l e e n , N o r a a n d D o r o t h y , a u g m e n t e d b y c a s u a l s ta f f a s
a n d w h e n r e q u i r e d , a n d a s f a r a s w e w e r e a w a r e a l l w e r e
r e t u r n i n g f o r t h e f i r s t w e e k of t e r m o r e a r l i e r . In t h e e v e n t
w h a t t r a n s p i r e d w a s r a t h e r d i f f e r en t . J o a n , a s y o u k n o w ,
w a s t a k e n i l l l a s t t e r m , a n d a f t e r r e t u r n i n g f o r t h e w e e k
p r i o r t o t h e f i r s t w e e k of t e r m , f o u n d t h e w o r k t o o e x h a u s t
i n g a n d r e s i g n e d o n F r i d a y , 8 t h S e p t e m b e r . M r . G o m e z
r e t u r n e d f r o m S p a i n o n e w e e k l a t e r t h a n e x p e c t e d a n d
a n n o u n c e d tha t h e h a d n o i n t e n t i o n of w o r k i n g i n t h e
U n i o n . K a t h l e e n t e l e p h o n e d t o s a y t h a t s h e h a d f o u n d a
j o b at t h e s a m e ra te of p a y , b u t w i t h l e s s h o u r s . N o n e of
t h e s e f a c t s w e r e k n o w n b e f o r e F r i d a y , 2 8 t h S e p t e m b e r . In
f a c t , i n t h e c a s e o f M r . G o m e z , o n 1s t O c t o b e r . W e r e
t h e r e f o r e f o u n d it i m p o s s i b l e t o o p e n t h e U n i o n a s p r o
m i s e d , f o r t h e a l l - d a y S n a c k B a r . T h e f o u r l a d i e s y o u
s a w w e r e c a s u a l staf f h i r e d f r o m t h e E m p l o y m e n t e x c h a n g e
f o r tha t d a y to d o t h e F r e s h e r s ' T e a s . T h e f a c t "
Leadership Crisis
S i r ,
M a n y o f u s w h o d i d n o t
v o t e f o r t h e U n i o n P r e s i d e n t
l a s t t e r m , a t l e a s t h o p e d , d e
s p i t e h i s p o l i t i c a l l y i n a c t i v e
s t a n c e , t h a t h e w o u l d a t t e m p t
to b e r e a s o n a b l y d e m o c r a
t i c a n d t r y t o a c t i n t h e i n
t e r e s t s o f t h e s t u d e n t s t h a t
h e r e p r e s e n t e d . L a s t w e e k ' s
" P u r p l e P a t c h " s h o w e d u s
tha t w e w e r e m i s g u i d e d .
T h e c e n t r a l t h e m e of t h e
a r t i c l e w a s t h a t w e s h o u l d
" w o r k w i t h " a n d " b a c k u p "
t h e C o l l e g e b y p a y i n g h i g h e r
r e f e c t o r y p r i c e s . T h e P r e s i
d e n t b e l i e v e s t h a t " t h e c o l
l e g e a u t h o r i t i e s a r e . . . o n
o u r s i d e " a n d w e s h o u l d
n o t m a k e t h e m " o u r E N E
M I E S " . T h u s w e s h o u l d
" A C C E P T t h e i n c r e a s e s " .
( H i s c a p i t a l i s a t i o n , n o t m i n e ) .
I d o n ' t b e l i e v e tha t a n y o n e
a c c e p t s t h a t t h e p r i c e i n
c r e a s e s a r e j u s t i f i e d , n o t
e v e n t h e " m o d e r a t e s " o r t h e
a p a t h e t i c s , b y w h o m , t h e
P r e s i d e n t c l a i m s , h e w a s
e l e c t e d . T h e p r i c e r i s e s
s i m p l y d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t t h e
C o l l e g e i s N O T " o n o u r
s i d e " , a n d N O T w o r k i n g i n
s t u d e n t s ' i n t e r e s t s .
It i s c l e a r t h a t t h e e d u c a
t i o n a l s e c t o r of t h e e c o n o m y
is h a v i n g to p a y f o r t h e G o v
e r n m e n t ' s e c o n o m i c c r i s i s .
C h i l d r e n c a n n o t h a v e f r e e
m i l k ; I L E A h a s " p a r t - t i m e "
s c h o o l s , b e c a u s e it c a n n o t
p a y t e a c h e r s e n o u g h to l i v e
in L o n d o n ; t h e n u m b e r o f
s t u d e n t s in t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g
i s t o b e c u t b y h a l f i n t h e
n e x t f ew y e a r s , d e s p i t e t h e
s h o r t a g e of t e a c h e r s . T h e s e
a r e j u s t a f e w m a n i f e s t a t i o n s
of M r s . T h a t c h e r ' s p i n c h -
p e n n y p o l i c i e s .
W e k n o w t h a t t h e r e a l
v a l u e o f t h e g r a n t i s d e
c r e a s i n g c o n s t a n t l y . R e f e c
t o r y p r i c e s a r e g o i n g u p ,
a n d H a l l r e n t s w i l l a l s o r i s e
n e x t y e a r . T h e c u t - b a c k
in e x p e n d i t u r e b y t h e D E S is
c a u s i n g m u c h h a r d s h i p t o
s t u d e n t s , a n d d e n y i n g m a n y
y o u n g p e o p l e e n t r y t o
h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n , p a r t i c u l a r l y
g i r l s , w h o m a y h a v e t o
c h o o s e b e t w e e n m a r r i a g e
a n d a d e g r e e e d u c a t i o n .
W h o i m p l e m e n t s h i g h e r
p r i c e s a n d r e n t s ? C o l l e g e
a u t h o r i t i e s . C a n a n y o n e
c l a i m tha t t h e y a r e o n o u r
s i d e ?
If t h e y w e r e r e a l l y w o r k i n g
in o u r i n t e r e s t s t h e y w o u l d
c o n f r o n t t h e U G C , a n d p o i n t
o u t t h a t U G C g r a n t s a r e no t
l a r g e e n o u g h to r u n a u n i
v e r s i t y w i t h r e a s o n a b l e
p r i c e s a n d r e n t s , g i v e n t h e
l o w s t u d e n t g r a n t . T h e y
w o u l d r e f u s e t o a d h e r e t o
t h e U G C p o l i c y t h a t H a l l s
a r e r e f e c t o r i e s s h o u l d f i n a n c e
tha t
o m m i s s i o n e d t h e t e a h a d n o b e a r i n g o n
t h e
t h e
t h e v a c a t i o n
O u r rate
C o l l e g e ct
m a t t e r .
W e d i d o f fer t h e U n i o n R e f e c t o r y staf f c o n t i n u o u s e m
p l o y m e n t in a d i f f e r en t c a p a c i t y t h r o u g h o u t t h e l o n g v a c a
t i o n , t h e o f f e r w a s d e c l i n e d . K e e p i n g t h e U n i o n o p e n d u r i n g
is u n e c o n o m i c a l , a s y o u w e l l k n o w ,
of p a y is the , s e c o n d h i g h e s t i n U n i v e r s i t i e s
i n t h e U . K . M r . F i s h e r o f N . U . P . E . w i l l c o n f i r m t h i s , a L o n d o n
M e d i c a l C o l l e g e b e i n g t h e h i g h e s t .
It is i n t e n d e d tha t t h e U n i o n R e f e c t o r y r e - o p e n o n M o n
d a y 1 5 t h , u s i n g o f f i ce a n d c a s u a l staff , a n d w h i l e w e w i l l
no t b e a b l e to p r o v i d e a fu l l s e r v i c e , I h o p e it w i l l b e su f f i
c i e n t t o a l l e v i a t e t h e q u e u e s a n d p r o b l e m s e l s e w h e r e .
V. J . Mooney,
R e c t o r y M a n a g e r .
P . S . T h e R e f e c t o r y c o m m i t t e e w o u l d g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e
h e l p in t h e f o r m of s t u d e n t L a b o u r , w i t h t h e r u n n i n g o f t h e
c o l l e g e r e f e c t o r i e s . S t u d e n t e m p l o y e e s w i l l b e p a i d s i m i
l a r w a g e s to R e f e c t o r y staff , a n d w o r k e i t h e r at l u n c h t i m e s
o r at e v e n i n g f u n c t i o n s .
t h e m s e l v e s . T h e y w o u l d
k e e p p r i c e s a n d r e n t s d o w n ,
a n d r e a l l y s u p p o r t t h e G r a n t s
C a m p a i g n .
A c c e p t i n g i n c r e a s e s s i m p l y
o p e n s t h e w a y f o r m o r e i n
c r e a s e s . T h e P r e s i d e n t
k n o w s t h i s a s w e l l a s a n y
o n e , y e t h e is b a c k i n g d o w n
at t h e m e r e s t h in t of a c t i o n .
H e c l a i m s t h a t h e s u p p o r t s
t h e c a l l f o r r e n t s t r i k e . Is it
c o n s i s t e n t t o a c c e p t p r i c e
r i s e s b e c a u s e t h e C o l l e g e
a u t h o r i t i e s a r e o u r f r i e n d s ,
t h e n c a l l f o r a r e n t s t r i k e ?
S t u d e n t s a r e l o o k i n g t o t h e
U n i o n f o r s o m e l e a d e r s h i p .
W e n e e d s o m e a c t i o n i n
o u r i n t e r e s t , b y t h e P r e s i d e n t
a n d t h e E x e c u t i v e . N o n e of
u s w i l l a c c e p t a s e l l - o u t
— m o d e r a t e s i n c l u d e d ?
Trevor P h i l l i p s ,
E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s O f f i c e r .
COMMENT S i r ,
T h e E d i t o r i a l of F e l i x , O c
t o b e r 9 , m a n a g e s to r e f e r
t o a l a r g e n u m b e r of i s s u e s
in a s m a l l a m o u n t o f s p a c e
a n d t o s a y a b s o l u t e l y n o t h
i n g of a n y s e n s e o n a n y of
t h e m .
W h a t it in f a c t s e e m s to b e
s a y i n g i s o n t h e o n e h a n d
t h a t t h e T o r y G o v e r n m e n t
c a n n e v e r b e f o r c e d t o a c
c e d e to o u r d e m a n d s f o r a
g r a n t i n c r e a s e ; o n t h e
o t h e r h a n d if t h e p r e s e n t
l e a d e r s h i p of t h e T r a d e
U n i o n s a n d N U S is r e m o v e d
( a n d r e p l a c e d p e r h a p s w i t h
t h e w r i t e r o f t h e r e f e r r e d t o
n o n s e n s e ) t h e n N U S w i l l b e
a b l e t o ge t s o m e t h i n g o u t of
t h e T o r y G o v e r n m e n t .
Kathleen Co rco ran .
E d i t o r ' s R e p l y
The main question here is
whether anyone can get any
thing out of the Tory Gov
ernment in the present
period. The answer to that is
NO. Nothing that is, except
further attacks on one's
standard of living and demo
cratic rights.
According to a survey by
a City Stockbrokers food
prices rose on average 2 . 6 3
per cent last week alone —
unlike workers' claims to the
Pay Board and students'
claims to the DES, most of
these price increases pass
through the Tory Price Com
mission untouched.
This isn't just nasty Tories
being mean to the workers,
the reason why this present
government is making these
swingeing attacks is because
they are driven on by the
rapidly deepening economic
crisis. In order to protect
their profits, they have to
drive down the living stan
dards of the working class,
cut back on domestic expen
diture, and of course to do
this they have to emasculate
the trades unions and orga
nisations of the working class.
Hence the Industrial Rela
tions Act, Phase I, Phase III
and Gilbert Longden's anti-
autonomy green paper.
To protect our rights and
our living standards we
must remove these left-
talkers in the NUS and the
trade unions and replace
them with a leadership who
will mobilise students and
workers around a platform of
removing this government
and replacing it with a La
bour government pledged to
socialist policies, including
immediate cash supplemen
tary grants to beat inflation.
PARANOIC S i r ,
T h a n k y o u for i n t r o d u c i n g
u s a l l a t I .C. t o a n e w g a m e ,
g u e s s i n g h o w m a n y t i m e s t h e
w o r d " S t a l i n i s t " w i l l a p p e a r
in t h e n e x t i s s u e of F e l i x . A s
o n e o f t h e a l l e g e d " S t a l i n
i s t s " at I . C , I w o u l d l i k e t o
m a k e a f e w c o m m e n t s o n
y o u r e d i t o r i a l of O c t o b e r 9 .
N o b o d y c l a i m s that t h e £20
g r a n t i n c r e a s e c o n c e d e d b y
t h e G o v e r n m e n t w a s a g r e a t
v i c t o r y , b u t it w a s t h e f i rs t
t i m e e v e r tha t s u c h a n i n
c r e a s e h a s b e e n g i v e n ou t
s i d e t h e T r i e n n i a l R e v i e w ,
a n d s h o w s t h a t t h e G o v e r n
m e n t c a n b e m o v e d . T h e
e x t r a o r d i n a r y c o n f e r e n c e o n
g r a n t s h e l d at I . C , s e t o u t
a c o h e r e n t w o r k a b l e p l a n o f
c a m p a i g n f o r t h e n e x t y e a r ;
r a i s i n g t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d
s u p p o r t o f s t u d e n t s f o r t h e
a i m s of t h e c a m p a i g n
t h r o u g h p r o p a g a n d a a n d a c
t i v i ty , t h e a c t i v i t y t o r e a c h
p e a k s a t t i m e s o f t h e m e e t
i n g s of t h e T r i e n n i a l R e v i e w
w h e n t h e G o v e r n m e n t i s m o s t
v u l n e r a b l e t o p r e s s u r e , a n d
at t h e s a m e t i m e t h e a i d o f
t h e o r g a n i s e d w o r k i n g c l a s s
w i l l b e e n l i s t e d b y j o i n t c a m
p a i g n i n g a r o u n d t h e i s s u e o f
a c c e s s t o h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n ,
s o m e t h i n g w h i c h i s d e n i e d
w o r k i n g c l a s s c h i l d r e n b e
c a u s e o f t h e i n a d e q u a t e
g r a n t . T h e s o l e s p e e c h a t
tha t c o n f e r e n c e by a m e m
b e r o f Y S S S (of w h i c h y o u
a r e a p r o m i n e n t m e m b e r at
I . C ) , c o n s i s t e d i n t h e m a i n
in a p a r a n o i c a s s e r t i o n tha t
e v e r y b o d y e l s e in t h e h a l l
w a s e n g a g e d in a w i t c h - h u n t
a g a i n s t Y S S S , a l a u g h a b l e
a s s e r t i o n s i n c e w e h a d r a
t h e r m o r e i m p o r t a n t m a t t e r s
to d i s c u s s , w h i c h I g u e s s i s
w h y e v e r y b o d y l a u g h e d at
he r .
N U S a f ew y e a r s a g o
c l i q u e - r i d d e n s o c i a l
a n d t r a v e l a g e n c y ,
l e a d e r s h e l d b a c k a n y
a c t i v i t y b y s t u d e n t s
a n d w h i c h w a s p r o v e d t o
b e i n d i r e c t l y f i n a n c e d b y t h e
C I A . N o w N U S is a n a t i o n
a l l y i m p o r t a n t b o d y c a p a b l e
o f d e f e n d i n g a n d a d v a n c i n g
i t s m e m b e r s i n t e r e s t s t h r o u g h
m a s s a c t i v i t y . S o m e o f t h e
c r e d i t f o r t h a t c h a n g e m u s t
g o t o t h e s o - c a l l e d " p o l i t i c
a l l y b a n k r u p t " l e a d e r s h i p o f
t h e b r o a d - l e f t , a n d t h e C o m
m u n i s t P a r t y i n p a r t i c u l a r
s i n c e w e h a v e w o r k e d c o n
s i s t e n t l y f o r t h a t c h a n g e o v e r
t h e y e a r s .
T h e
w a s i
c l u b
w h o s e
m a s s
In t h e w i d e r f i e l d o f t h e
L a b o u r m o v e m e n t y o u a c c u s e
u s o f c o n s c i o u s l y w o r k i n g
a g a i n s t t h e i n t e r e s t s o f t h e
w o r k i n g c l a s s in o r d e r t o
r e t a i n o u r " p r i v i l e g e d " p o s i
t i o n s . T h i s i s a l i e a n d y e t
a n o t h e r e x a m p l e o f Y S S S
p a r a n o i a . O n e o n l y h a s t o
r e a d t h e " M o r n i n g S t a r " t o
s e e e v e r y d a y t h e c a l l f o r
a c t i o n b y t h e C o m m u n i s t
P a r t y a g a i n s t t h e T o r i e s a n d
c a p i t a l i s m in g e n e r a l ; b u t t h e
C P . n o t o n l y c a l l s f o r a c t i o n ,
i t s m e m b e r s l e a d s t r u g g l e s
a g a i n s t T o r y p o l i c i e s a n d
c a p i t a l i s m , u n l i k e t h e S L L
(of w h i c h Y S S S i s t h e s t u
d e n t b r a n c h ) w h i c h s h o u t s
f r o m t h e s i d e l i n e s a b o u t
b u i l d i n g a n a l t e r n a t i v e l e a
d e r s h i p bu t n e v e r a c t u a l l y
l e a d s . W h y is t h i s ? It i s
b e c a u s e t h e l a r g e m a j o r i t y o f
S L L m e m b e r s a r e n o t w o r k
i n g c l a s s , t h e i r i d e a s a r e r e
g a r d e d a s l u d i c r o u s b y w o r k
e r s , a n d t h e r e f o r e t h e y a r e
n o t t r u s t e d to l e a d . O n t h e
o t h e r h a n d , t h e m a j o r i t y o f
C P . m e m b e r s a r e w o r k e r s ,
a n d o t h e r w o r k e r s k n o w b y
e x p e r i e n c e t h a t C P . m e m
b e r s a r e to b e t r u s t e d t o a d
v a n c e t h e i n t e r e s t s o f t h e
w o r k i n g c l a s s a s a w h o l e ,
w h i c h i s w h y t h e r e a r e t h o u
s a n d s of C P . m e m b e r s u p
a n d d o w n t h e c o u n t r y h o l d
i n g p o s i t i o n s o f r e s p o n s i b i
l i ty ( s h o p s t e w a r d s , T r a d e
U n i o n l e a d e r s , e t c ) .
A s fo r C h i l e , t h i s i s a v e r y
c o m p l e x p r o b l e m a n d c a n
n o t b e p a s s e d off w i t h o n e
f a t u o u s l i n e . In a c o u n t r y
in w h i c h t h e w o r k i n g c l a s s
i s o n l y 3 0 p e r c e n t o f t h e
p o p u l a t i o n , a n d A l l e n d e r e
c e i v e d o n l y 3 6 p e r c e n t o f
t h e v o t e , o p e n l y a r m i n g t h e
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Specially for the overseas student Twenty-five years a g o
Fred Crittenden walked
into the student's com
mon room of the School
of Oriental and African
Studies and found an
overseas student sitting
alone, looking very mis
erable. Fred sat by him
and got talking. When
he made to go, the stu
dent thanked him say
ing, "You are the first
Englishman to speak to
me ever since I arrived.''
I h o p e tha t t h i s h a s n o t
b e e n y o u r e x p e r i e n c e if y o u
a r e a n e w s t u d e n t a t t h i s
c o l l e g e . I h a v e to w a r n y o u
h o w e v e r , t h a t a s c o l l e g e
g a i n s m o m e n t u m a n d e v e r y
o n e b u r i e s h i m s e l f i n h i s
b o o k s , l i f e c a n b e c o m e v e r y
i m p e r s o n a l . N o t e v e n t h e
p a g e s of F e l i x w i l l c a r r y c o m
f o r t i n g w o r d s fo r the o v e r
s e a s s t u d e n t .
T h e a i m of t h i s a r t i c l e i s
to l e a v e n o o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t
w i t h a n e x c u s e f o r k e e p i n g
to h i m s e l f a n d f e e l i n g l o n e
l y , l o s t a n d m i s e r a b l e . W e
a r e a g r o u p o f p e o p l e ( s t u
d e n t s a n d staf f ) w h o g e n u
i n e l y b e l i e v e t h a t o v e r s e a s
s t u d e n t s ' l i f e i n c o l l e g e a n d
in B r i t a i n c a n b e v e r y h a p p y
a n d e n j o y a b l e . W e a r e g o i n g
a l l t h e w a y to p r o v e t h i s .
A s P r o f e s s o r R o g e r s , o f
c r y t a l l o g r o p h y , s a i d a t t h e
i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e c e p t i o n , T . C .
e n j o y s a g r e a t e r s h a r e o f o / s
s t u d e n t s t h a n a n y o t h e r c o l
l e g e o f L o n d o n U n i v e r s i t y .
T h e f a c i l i t i e s i n c o l l e g e a r e
g e a r e d to e n a b l e u s t o d e
v e l o p in m i n d a n d b o d y , s o
t h a t w e c a n b e o f f u l l u s e
to o u r c o u n t r i e s . T h e p r o f e s
s o r s a y s t h a t h e d o e s n o t
a c c e p t a n y o / s s t u d e n t s i n t o
h i s d e p a r t m e n t u n l e s s h e is
a s s u r e d t h a t t h e y a r e g o i n g
t o u s e w h a t t h e y h a v e l e a r n t .
T h e f a c t t h a t IC is b u r s t i n g
w i t h o / s s t u d e n t s , i s a c h a l
l e n g e t o o u r g r o u p a s w e
s e e k w a y s a n d m e a n s o f
h e l p i n g t h e d i f f e r e n t r a c e s
a n d n a t i o n a l i t i e s t o c o m e t o
g e t h e r a n d j u s t h a v e a n i c e
t i m e . It i s n o t u s u a l l y , e a s y
i f y o u a l r e a d y h a v e t a k e n
p a r t i n s o m e o f o u r a c t i v i t i e s ,
w e t h a n k y o u f o r c o m i n g
a l o n g .
O n t h e o t h e r h a n d y o u
m a y h a v e r e c e i v e d a p r o
g r a m m e o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l a c
t i v i t i e s a n d w e h o p e y o u w i l l
c o m e a n d t a k e p a r t .
S o m e a c t i v i t i e s i n t h e
p i p e l i n e :
(1 ) A v i s i t t o H a m p t o n
C o u r t P a l a c e . T h i s r e a l l y i s
a l i t t l e i n t r o d u c t i o n t o w h a t
t h e r e i s t o b e s e e n i n B r i t a i n
a n d t h e B r i t i s h w a y o f l i f e .
A s s u c h t h e p a l a c e v i s i t i s to
b e f o l l o w e d b y a v i s i t t o
E n g l i s h f a m i l i e s w h o h a v e
k i n d l y o f f e r e d to e n t e r t a i n u s
at t h e i r e v e n i n g m e a l : — T e a ,
E n g l i s h s t y l e . O n l y 2 5 p l a c e s
a r e a v a i l a b l e . If y o u a r e i n
t e r e s t e d p l e a s e c o n t a c t m e
s o o n ( s e e b e l o w ) . T h e r e w i l l
b e n o c h a r g e s e x c e p t fo r
t r a n s p o r t a n d e n t r a n c e f e e t o
t h e P a l a c e , a p p r o x . £ 1 .
T h e t r i p is o n S a t u r d a y ,
2 0 t h O c t o b e r , l e a v e I .C.
U n i o n A r c h a t 1 2 . 3 0 p . m .
(2 ) T r i p to G r e e n w i c h to
s e e t h e O l d R o y a l O b s e r v
a t o r y , e t c . , 3 r d N o v e m b e r ,
l e a v e U n i o n A r c h 1 0 a . m .
Y o u m a y be s u s p i c i o u s o f
t h e m o t i v e s b e h i n d t h i s g e s
t u r e . It i s n ' t u s u a l f o r F e l i x
t o c a r r y a r t i c l e s l i k e t h i s .
T h e r e a s o n i s j u s t t h e s a m e
a s t h a t w h i c h m o t i v a t e d
F r e d C r i t t e n d e n to i n i t i a t e
i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t u d e n t s ' a c t i v i
t i e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e B r i t i s h
I s l e s . T h e r e a s o n is a f i ve
l e t t e r w o r d , A G A P E . It i s a
f i v e l e t t e r w o r d f i r s t i n t r o
d u c e d b y J e s u s . It m e a n s
l o v e .
A g a p e m e a n s t h a t w h a t
e v e r m a y b e t h e c i r c u m s t a n
c e s a n d e v e n t s a r o u n d u s
t h e r e i s s t i l l a p l a c e i n o u r
m i n d f o r t h e w e l f a r e o f
o t h e r s . W e d o b e l i e v e t h a t
t h e r e i s a l o t w e c a n l e a r n
f r o m e a c h o t h e r , a s w e
s h a r e o u r c u l t u r e s . I .C . i s
b l e s s e d w i t h s o m a n y c u l
t u r e s , a n d s u c h d i v e r s i t y o f
n a t i o n a l i t i e s t h a t o n l y a g a p e ,
t h e s e l f l e s s c o n c e r n f o r
o t h e r s , c a n t r u l y b r i n g u s to
g e t h e r . O n e t h i n g t h a t w e a r e
e x p e r i e n c i n g in the " C h r i s
t i a n U n i o n " is the o v e r f l o w
o f t h i s a g a p e — l o v e a m o n g s t
o u r s e l v e s . W e a r e n o t s u r
p r i s e d t h a t t h i s i s s o , b e
c a u s e o u r l e a d e r a n d L o r d
J e s u s , d i d n o t o n l y i n t r o d u c e
t h e w o r d b u t p r o m i s e s t h a t
h e w o u l d s e n d it a s a g i f t to
h i s p e o p l e . W e d o t h a n k h i m
f o r i t . T h e n a t u r e o f a g a p e —
l o v e is s u c h t h a t it c a n b e
s h a r e d , a n d t h i s i s t h e r e a
s o n w h y w i t h o u t a n y o t h e r
m o t i v e s w e a r e s a y i n g t h a t
a n y b o d y w h o w a n t s to t a k e
p a r t i n o u r i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t u
d e n t s ' a c t i v i t i e s i s v e r y w e l
c o m e .
T h e r e a r e m a n y o t h e r a c
t i v i t i e s t a k i n g p l a c e t h r o u g h
o u t t h i s t e r m f o r o v e r s e a s
s t u d e n t s . If y o u w o u l d l i k e
i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e m ,
p l e a s e c o n t a c t m e , a l s o if
y o u w o u l d l i k e a p r o g r a m m e
o f a c t i v i t i e s p l e a s e g e t i n
t o u c h .
D E R E K B . M U T U N G U
D e p t . o f M e t a l l u r g y .
P . S . T o a n y s t u d e n t r e a d i n g
t h i s a r t i c l e : T h e r e m a y be a n
o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t , j u s t a r
r i v e d , w h o w o u l d v a l u e the
i n f o r m a t i o n g i v e n h e r e , o r
w h o d o e s n o t k n o w y e t t h a t
F e l i x e x i s t s . S o p l e a s e p a s s
y o u r c o p y o n .
S i r ,
It h a s been suggested t h a t
I w r i t e to Fe l ix c o n c e r n i n g
t h e " rent s t r i k e " m o t i o n a t
t h e l a s t U G M . P e r s o n a l l y ,
t h o u g h 1 doubt I'm a l o n e i n
t h i s : I a m confused over t h e
p r e s e n t s i t u a t i o n . T h e P r e s i
d e n t i n the last issue o f
F e l i x i m - ) l i e s that to with
h o l d n e x t t e r m ' s hall r e n t s
f r o m t h e C o l l e g e wi l l b o t h
h e l p t h e C o l l e g e and b e a
u s e f u l l e v e r o n the govern
m e n t . C . E . F . B . speaks o f the
R e c t o r ' s s u p p o r t for a r e n t
s t r i k e . T h e d e c i s i o n ( i m
p l i e d ) t o h a v e a rent s t r i k e
w a s t a k e n at t h e first U G M
of t h e y e a r , w i t h about 3 0 0
p e o p l e p r e s e n t , where, I am
t o l d , a b o u t h a l f the m e m b e r s
were- f r e s h m s n , a n d w i t h n o
p u b l i c i t y ( o f w h i c h I k n o w )
o f t h e i n t e n d e d m o t i o n .
T h e r e w a s l i t t l e d i s c u s s i o n ,
e s p e c i a l l y o v e r t h e r e n t
s t r i k e a s p e c t , a n d n o c l e a r
r e a s o n s seem a p p a r e n t . D o
all t h e s e f r e s h e r s k n o w a l l
the a s p e c t s o f t h e a r g u m e n t
w i t h o u t a n y d i s c u s s i o n ? Is i t
tha t t h e d i s c u s s i o n l a s t y e a r
a b o u t it i s c o n s i d e r e d su f f i
c i e n t ? If s o w h y i s n ' t l a s t
y e a r V W<noi"<<wi a d e q u a t e
a l s o ? If i t ' s that the s i t u a t i o n
h a s c h a n g e d , t h e n why no
f u r t h e r d i s c u s s i o n ? And why
i s t h e U n i o n q i ' i t e u n c o n
c e r n e d at p a s s i n g m o t i o n s
w h i c h w i l l m e a n i t s m e m
b e r s a r e t o l d o r e n c o u r a g e d
to brea 'c t h e i r o w n w o r d a n d
a l s o t ho c i v i l l a w ? ( A l l h a l l
a n d h o u s e r e s i d e n t s p r o m i s e
to p a y t h e C o l l e g e e a c h
t e r m ' s r e n t bil ls w h e n r e
c e i v e d ) .
It s e e m s to m a t h a t a
n u m b e r o f points r e q u i r o
c l a r i f i c a t i o n a n d s e v e r a l
s h o u l d be f u l l y d i s c u s s e d i n
t h e U n i o n .
A L A N S Y R O P ,
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COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TENTH WORLD FESTIVAL OF DEMOCRATIC YOUTH REPORTS BACK
As a representative of ICU
(elected by council) I took part
in The 10th World Festival of
Youth and Students which was
held in East Berlin, the Capital
of the German Democratic Re
public. The festival did not
receive much coverage from
the press so I will start my re
port by explaining briefly the
historical background of the
Festival.
In 1 9 4 5 after the war , 4 3 7 repre
senta t i ves of 3 0 m i l l i o n y o u n g peop le
f r om 63 countr i es met in London at
the inaugura l congress of an inter
na t i ona l y ou th o rgan i sa t i on , w h i c h
was to be c a l l e d W o r l d F ede ra t i on
o f D e m o c r a t i c You th ( W F D Y ) .
Friendship
The a i m of th is Organ i sa t i on was
to uni te a l l d emoc ra t i c and progres
s i v e youth in the w o r l d in a c o m m o n
f ight aga inst war , f a s c i s m , imper i a l
i s m and oppress i on . A t the con fe rence
the de legates p l e d g e d to " e r a d i c a t e
a l l t races of f a s c i s m and create a
deep and las t ing f r i endsh ip be tween
a l l peop les on e a r t h " and to " K e e p
a just and last ing peace and f ight
a ga ins t pover ty , exp lo i ta t i on a n d u n
e m p l o y m e n t " . The de legates further
a g r e ed on a p rog ramme of ac t i on for
the W F D Y and i t s tar ted its work i m
m e d i a t e l y a f t e rwards . F r o m the start
the W F D Y took severa l in i t i a t i ves ,
but the mos t important w a s the organ
i sa t i on at the first f es t iva l in Prague
in 1 9 4 7 . S i n c e then the w o r l d fest i
va l s have been a recur r ing feature.
Unity
The first f e s t i va l , in w h i c h 1 7 , 0 0 0
people f r om 7 2 count r i es took part,
s h o w e d the de t e rmina t i on and unity
o f w i d e layers of young peop le to
f ight aga inst a l l fo rms of f a s c i s m
a n d to r ebu i l d a peace fu l w o r l d after
the des t ruc t i on of the war . In spi te of
dif ferent po l i t i c a l c o n v i c t i o n s , r e l i
g ious be l i e f s a n d dif ferent s y s t ems of
soc i e t y severa l f ru i t fu l d i s c u s s i o n s
a n d so l i da r i t y mee t ings w e r e h e l d .
F r o m these emerged the fee l ing of
uni ty w h i c h was to charac te r i se a l l
s u c c e s s i v e f es t i va ls .
Solidarity
The par t i c ipants at the f irst f es t i
va l a l so c o n d e m n e d the " T r u m a n
D o c t r i n e " of the Pres iden t of the
U S A w h o w a s respons ib l e for drop
p i n g a t o m i c bombs on H i r o s h i m a a n d
N a g a s a k i . S i n c e then ten W o r l d Fes
t i va l s have b e e n he ld and the m a i n
s l ogans of these have changed in
a c c o r d a n c e w i th the internat ional
s i tua t i on . A l t h o u g h the latter has
changed s ince that f i rst f es t i va l , the
need to ho ld them is as great as ever.
The U S imper i a l i s t agg ress i on in
V i e t n a m has been de feated , bu t the
v ic tory is not yet tota l , it Is s t i l l neces
sary to organ ise internat ional s o l i
dar i ty for the r ight of the V i e tnamese
peop l e to se l f -de t e rmina t i on , for the
imp l emen ta t i on of the Par i s Ag ree
ment and for the l ibera t ion of 2 0 0 , 0 0 0
po l i t i c a l p r i soners he ld in Th i eu ' s
j a i l s . In A f r i c a , Po r tuga l is m a s s a c r i n g
the A f r i c a n s w i t h weapons s u p p l i e d
b y N A T O , l iberat ion movements s u c h
as the P A I G C and F R E L I M O are
ac t i v e l y invo l v ed in war fa re aga ins t
Po r tuga l . In S o u t h A f r i c a and Rho
des ia the apar the id reg imes are sup
press ing the major i ty of the popu la
t i on w i t h the b a c k i n g of b ig B r i t i s h
and A m e r i c a n c o m p a n i e s .
Peace A l l th is s h o w s that the forces of
i m p e r i a l i s m are s t i l l very s t rong and
it is therefore v i ta l that a l l ant i -
imper ia l i s t f o r ces s h o u l d be un i t ed in
a w i d e of fensive aga ins t these re
ac t i onary f o rces . It is in the crea t i on
of th is uni ty that the fes t iva ls now
can p lay an impor tan t ro le . The ma in
s logan of the Tenth Fes t i va l w a s thus
" F o r ant i - Imper ia l i s t s o l i da r i t y , peace
and f r i e n d s h i p " .
Christian
The B r i t i s h de l ega t ion for the Fes
t iva l w a s o rgan i sed by a commi t t e e
d r a w n f rom w i d e sec t i ons of the
Y o u t h and S tudent movements , rang
ing f rom the Y o u n g L ibera ls to the
Y o u n g C o m m u n i s t League, f rom the
N U S to the S tudent Chr i s t i an M o v e
ment . The on ly c ond i t i ons for pa r t i c i
pat ing was agreement on the ma in
s l ogan of the f es t i va l .
t
Diplomatic
On the 27 th A u g u s t the de l ega t ion
depar ted for B e r l i n . The tr ip was not
unevent fu l . W e s t G e r m a n border
Po l i c e f o r ced , w i t h no apparent rea
son , s ome Iraqi s tudents on the de le
ga t i on to leave the t ra in w i th their
luggage. T h i s was q u i c k l y s topped by
the p loy of mak ing half the de lega
t ion leave the train and leav ing the
other hal f ins ide , mean ing that the
Wes t Ge rmans c o u l d not move the
tra in w i thout sp l i t t ing up the de lega
t ion and m a k i n g themse l ves s ome
d i p l o m a t i c t roub le w i t h the G D R . The
ac t i on p roved t o b e ef fect ive, and
ten m inu t e s later the Iraqis w e r e
r e l eased .
Co-operation
W e rece i v ed a t r e m e n d o u s w e l
c o m e in B e r l i n . T h e fes t i va l , w i t h
3 0 , 0 0 0 par t i c ipants f r om 1 0 4 c o u n
tr ies pa r t i c i pa t ing , w a s amaz ing l y
w e l l - o r g a n i s e d . There w a s a spec i a l
t op ic for each day, such as " S o l i d a r
ity w i th the peop les of I n d o - C h i n a "
or " T h e St rugg l e for peace , inter
nat iona l secur i ty and c o - o p e r a t i o n " ,
a r ound w h i c h the day ' s p rog ramme
cen t r ed . So l i da r i t y M e e t i n g s and C u l
tural p r og rammes were o r gan i s ed on
open a ir stages in severa l parts o f
the t own , and lec tures , s em ina r s , c o l -
loquia and other mee t ings , whe r e par
t i c ipants c o u l d freely exchange v i e w s ,
we re he ld at the un ive rs i t y , Apa r t
f r om that there we re separate pro
g r a m m e s for s tudents , y oung w o r k
ers , cu l tura l w o r k e r s a n d spo r t smen
and w o m e n . To g ive an examp l e ,
over 6 0 di f ferent events we r e o rgan
i sed for one day , not i n c l u d i n g the
d i s c o s , pop fes t i va ls and other f o rms
of free enter ta inment w h i c h wen t on ,
d a y a n d night . De l ega t i ons spent c o n
s i d e r a b l e t ime in d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h
other de l ega t i ons , and these f o rmed
some of the mos t re levant parts of the
fes t i va l .
Low Taxes
The de legates a las had a m p l e op
portuni ty to see for themse l v es 'how
a soc i a l i s t s y s t em w o r k s . The B r i t i s h
Press (w i th a f ew excep t i ons ) h a d
brought out reports about the d i s a s
trous s i tuat ion of the e c o n o m y of the
G D R , how the State had b r a i n w a s h e d
its young peop le in spe c i a l c a m p s
before the fes t iva l so that they w o u l d
be ab le to m i x w i t h representa t i ves of
the so -ca l l ed free w o r l d . Howeve r ,
w e s aw noth ing of that. W h a t w e s a w
was a r i ch country w i t h an ac t i v e ,
o p e n - m i n d e d popu la t i on , w h o s e e m e d
to take great interest in w h a t w a s
happen ing in . the w o r l d a n d w h o d i d
not s e em to suffer f r o m a n y h a r d s h i p
or lack of f r e edom as the B r i t i s h
e s t ab l i shment de f ines it. U s u a l l y
w h e n peop le f r o m the w e s t go to
soc i a l i s t count r i es they report on h o w
they c o u l d exchange money on the
b lack market , and h o w peop le c a m e
up to them and asked if they c o u l d
buy c l o thes , e tc . B u t the shops w e r e
f u l l , and no peop l e seeme'd to be lack
ing . The average wage in the G D R is
only s l i gh t l y h igher than here, bu t
this does not take a c coun t of the g ood
soc i a l s e r v i c es , very l o w taxes a n d
lower pr i ces than here.
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There were no a t t empts b y the
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c ipants ; in fact, qui te the contrary .
A group of C h r i s t i a n Democ ra t s tu
dents f rom Wes t 'Ber l in had come to
the fest ival w i th the a i m of d is t r ibut
i n g ant i -soc ia l i s t l ea f l e t s and d i s c u s s
ing such mat te rs w i t h people in the
street. Th is gave r ise to some v io lent
d i s c u s s i o n s , but there were no moves
to stop them. Un for tunate l y the B r i
t i s h de legat ion were h a n d i c a p p e d
s ince the arguments went on in Ger
m a n , and only very few spoke that
' language. But many of us made c on
t a c t w i th Eng l i sh - speak ing G e r m a n s ,
many of w h o m inv i ted us to their
homes .
Freedom The purpose of the Fes t i va l w a s
s u m m e d up in 'the m a i n s l o gan . It
m u s t have been a n eno rmous encour
agement for the representat ives of the
l iberat ion movements in A f r i c a and
Indo-China who are invo l v ed in a war
to gain their f r e e d o m to see y o u n g
people f rom a l l over the w o r l d ac
t i ve l y express ing their so l i da r i t y w i th
th em and s h o w that they we r e not
a l one . It was cer ta in ly a great encour
agement to us more fortunate people
to see and meet peop l e invo l v ed in
greater yet s im i l a r s t rugg les to our
o w n . It is now the duty of a l l the
organisat ions who suppor t ed the fes
t i va l to use the exper i ences ga ined
f r o m there to strengthen the ant i -
imper ia l i s t s o l i da r i t y movement in
their countr ies . The fact that many
different o rgan isa t i ons par t i c ipa ted
make it poss ib l e to broaden the
bas i s of that s t rugg le and invo lve yet
more people. The work of the Tenth
Fest iva l is not over, for the ' d i s cuss i on
a n d c o o p e r a t i o n must go o n a n d
w a y s of ca r ry ing out the ma in s l ogan
m u s t be found .
Stal in is t Last week an ar t i c l e under the
heading " S t a l i n i s t mean ing of free
d i s c u s s i o n " appeared in Fe l i x , the
art ic le dealt w i th wha t happened to
P. Tatdhe l l , a G I F representat ive on
the Br i t i sh de l ega t ion dur ing the fes
t i v a l . It turned out to be an a l l out
attack on the tenth f es t i va l . A s a par
t i c ipant at the fes t iva l w h o ac tua l l y
th inks that there w a s f r e e d o m of
speech in Ber l in and hence a " S t a l i n
i s t " , there are a f ew po in ts that I
w o u l d l ike to ra ise .
Harassment The edi tor of iFel ix Who I be l i eve
w ro t e the ar t ic le forgot to men t i on
that the F D R is one of the count r i e s
Wi th the most progress i ve l eg is
la t ion on homosexua l s as P. T a t c h e l l
in h is report r ecogn i ses . H o m o
sexua l s have fu l l c i v i l r ights . A l l
k i n d s of d i s c r i m i n a t i o n aga inst homo
sexua ls is f o rb i dden a c c o r d i n g to the
law and this is v i go rous l y en fo r ced .
It is true that equal i ty before the law
does not au tomat i ca l l y m e a n that a l l
deep ly rooted pre jud i ces aga inst
homosexua l s have d i sappea r ed . Th i s
might exp la in the harassment that
Ta t che l l was subject to on two or
three o c c a s i o n s . But one cannot deny
that homosexua l s in the G D R have a
m u c h better pos i t i on than here. P.
Ta tche l l a l s o r ecogn i ses th is in h is
report w h e n he says that on many
o c c a s i o n s h is leaf lets were very we l l
r ece i ved and openly d i s c u s s e d b y
young G e r m a n s .
Civil Rights The a r t i c l e goes on to say what
happened to P. Ta t che l l and his p l a
ca rd w h i c h read " H o m o s e x u a l L ibera
t ion — Revo lu t i onary H o m o s e x u a l s
Suppor t S o c i a l i s m " and on the other
s ide " G a y L ibe ra t i on Front , L o n d o n .
C i v i l R i gh ts For H o m o s e x u a l s " in
G e r m a n . W h a t happened was that a
major i ty of the de lega t ion d i d not
want this p l a ca rd to be seen w i t h the
B r i t i s h cont ingent .
Diversion Th is does not mean that the major
ity were aga ins t Gay R ights , bu t
rather that the major i ty thought that
the who l e i ssue of homosexua l s at an
an t i - impe r i a l i s t f es t iva l was a d iver
s i on f r o m the essent ia l ques t i on . Per
haps th is major i ty thought that homo
sexua l s do not fo rm a spec ia l g roup
in soc ie ty supp r e s s ed by i m p e r i a l i s m ,
so that nei ther do gays au tomat i ca l l y
f o rm a group w h i c h suppor ts s o c i a l
i s m nor does the f ight for Gay R ights
b ecome an ant i - imper ia l i s t f ight any
more than the f ight for a more open
and free r e la t i onsh ip be tween hetero
sexua l s is. The text of the p l a ca rd
a l so seems to recogn ise th is . It reads
" R e v o l u t i o n a r y H o m o s e x u a l s Suppor t
S o c i a l i s m " and not on ly " H o m o s e x
ua l s Suppor t , e t c . " So if th i s is the
case why br ing in the issue of homo
sexua l s , as it can on ly act as a d iver
s i on .
Punched A leaflet w h i c h P. Ta tche l l d i s t r i
buted read, " R a d i c a l h o m o s e x u a l s
are c o m m i t t e d to a soc i a l i s t r evo lu
t ion because it a lone g i ves the poten
t ia l to revo lu t i on ise in terpersona l re
la t i onsh ips ; to l iberate them f rom eco
n o m i c restraint , and exp lo i ta t i on by
c a p i t a l i s m " . Here aga in w e see the
w o r d rad i ca l in front of h o m o s e x u a l s .
I a m a l so sure that any rnarxist w o u l d
agree that th is w o u l d app ly to the
•relat ionship be tween he terosexua ls ,
in fact I th ink it w o u l d app ly to any
k i n d of interpersona l r e la t i onsh ip .
The ar t i c l e further quotes P. Tat
c h e l l . " P e o p l e w e r e p u n c h e d , k i c k e d ,
c lo thes we re r ipped etc. and threats
m a d e upon my l i f e . " W h a t ac tua l l y
happened was that P. Ta tche l l refus
ed to ab ide by the d e c i s i o n of the
de l ega t i on and that a group of peop le
therefore went i n t o ac t i on and r ip
ped the p laca rd to p i eces . The v io
lence he speaks about las ted about
3 0 sees, a n d f rom whe r e I s t ood
(about 15 yards f r om P . Tatche l l ) it
d i dn ' t look as if a n y b o d y ' s safety, or
for that matter , l i fe, was threatened.
The a r t i c l e a l so speaks about a
rumour w h i c h w e n t r ound be fore the
vote took p l a c e . It is s u p p o s e d to
have s a i d that the p l a ca rd read " G D R
persecutes h o m o s e x u a l s " . Howeve r ,
I d i d not hear that rumour .
I cannot c o m m e n t about what hap
pened after th is p o i n t as I had to take
a n ear l ier t ra in to go to Switzer land. .
Opportunist I have spent so m u c h space c o m -
• ment ing on what may seem a re la
t i ve ly m inor inc ident in the context
of the fest iva l for two reasons .
One is that s ome groups w i th in the
N U S are us ing these inc iden t s to
wage strugg le aga inst s ome m e m b e r s
of the N U S execut i ve w h o were pre
sent at the f es t i va l . These g roups are
•not so m u c h conce rned about gay
r ights to w h i c h the execut i ve is a l
ready f i rmly c o m m i t t e d as about
k i c k i n g s ome i nd i v i dua l s out of the
execut i ve . These k i n d s o f oppor tun
i s t i c t a c t i c s mus t be f i rm ly r es i s t ed
because they c o u l d do harm to the
N U S as a who l e , spec i a l l y now when
the N U S is invo l ved in the grants
c a m p a i g n and the m a x i m u m degree of
un i t y a n d invo l vement is essent ia l .
The other reason i s that the inc i
dent is a l so used by other groups to
attack the fest iva l as a who l e , and
thereby d iver t the at tent ion away
f rom the ant i - imper ia l i s t aspect of the
f es t i va l . The ar t ic le w h i c h appeared
in Fe l i x last week was such an exam-
pie of that tac t i c . A r t i c l e s a t tack ing
the f es t i va l have, not su rp r i s i ng i y ,
c o m e f r om the Express , the Da i l y
Te l eg raph and other F leet Street
papers w h o s e re lat ions to B i g B u s i
ness are too we l l k n o w n . But I must
a d m i t that I hadn ' t expec t ed Fe l i x to
join ranks w i t h these papers . I know
that the edi tor l ikes to ca l l h imse l f a
young soc i a l i s t , but his cons i s t en t
at tack on the ant i - imper ia l i s t move
ment makes me doubt wha t h is true
co l ours are. R E N A T O E Z B A N
JUBILANT GIRL CALLS FOR DEFEAT OF
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T H E A N C I E N T S U N K I N G D O M S
O F T H E A M E R I C A S by V . W .
It i s r a r e t h a t a m a n w h o
is a n e x p e r t i n h i s f i e l d c a n
a l s o l u c i d l y c o n v e y h i s k n o w
l e d g e i n a s i m p l e b u t a c c u
rate m a n n e r .
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p a i n t s a n e v o c a t i v e m e n t a l
i m a g e o f t h e A z t e c s , I n c a s
a n d t h e M a y a s b y h i s b e a u
t i f u l l y d e t a i l e d a c c o u n t s o f
the i r e v e r y d a y l i f e a n d t h e
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s h a p e d t h e s e g r e a t c i v i l i s a
t i o n s w h o s e o r i g i n s t r e t c h
b a c k t o a b o u t 2 0 0 0 B . C .
w h e n t h e G r e e k s w e r e a c t i v e
in T r o y .
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s u r v i v i n g A r t a n d A r c h i t e c
ture a l t h o u g h m u c h w a s s y s
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T H E A L E P H A N D
O T H E R S T O R I E S
toy Jorge L u i s Borges
(published by Pan)
Both book and author arc
recommended. H e is an
Argent in ian scholar writer
who may yet receive a Nobe l
prize.
These short stories are the
fruits born of lengthy study
by the author Bather than an
imaginative exercise. That is
not to say they are devoid
of imaginat ion, tout Borges
uses his inventive power to
weave his theme into a story.
His themes are often drawn
from the philosophies and
religions of the w o r l d both
ancient and modern. The
story is manipulated as a ve
hicle to realise his idea.
In pursuit of this Borges
disregards description and
character development not
central to his 'purpose. lit fo l
lows he does not feel bound
to represent society as it is
and h is characters are not
constrained to real i ty.
The product of all this is
never more than ia dozen
pages. Borges' attitude there
fore produces a concise math
ematical style requiring care
fu l reading to appreciate the
almost endless allusions.
F o r those famil iar with
Borge however wi l l find this
work easier reading than his
earlier publications as a result
of a new approach to the
translations which he has per
sonally dissected.
The book leaves the reader
wi th sympathy and under
standing for concepts from
foreign cultures he previously
felt, f rom .logical necessity,
alien to h im.
Greg Bur land .
G R E E N G R O W T H E
T R E S S E S - O
by Stanley H y l a n d
Published by Penguin
Books, 30p
This short novel by Stanley
Hy l and has a well thought
out plot which unfolds neatly,
almost too neatly. The local
police in a 'small Yorkshire
town are faced -with the mur
der of a young Italian mi l l
g ir l . The death is s imilar to
an unsolved murder of an
other g i r l two years previous-,
ly. C lues drop out from all
over the place and soon all
the suspects are rounded up.
The presence of a nearby
h igh secur i ty Amer i c an base
adds a hint of international
espionage which livens the
story up a hi t . The police are
portrayed as a band of burly,
clumsy policemen, continual ly
fal l ing over each other, some
th ing wh ich was a bit over
done, i think.
Surprises are popped in
regularly usually at the end
of a chapter to add to the
suspense. There's even quite
a big surprise in the last para
graph. Overal l i t 's an easily
readable, interesting and en
joyable book.
Stuart Castledine
Steeleyespan
Oct. 8, Royal Albert Hall M a g i c a s e v e r f r o m M a d d y
P r i o r , T i m H a r t a n d C o . f i l l e d
t h e o r n a t e d h a l l . T h e i r r e n
d e r i n g c o n t i n u e s to l i f t a u d i
e n c e s h e a r t s a n d f a c e s t o
e c s t a t i c s h o u t s a n d c r i e s , n o
w o n d e r t h e y h a v e p r o g r e s s e d
to B r i t a i n ' s m o s t p o p u l a r
f o l k - r o c k g r o u p a n d s e e m i n g
ly i m p r o v e a t e v e r y i d y l l i c l y
p e r f o r m e d c o n c e r t .
M a d d y ' s p u r e v o i c e r e
d u c e s t h e v a s t n e s s o f t h e
d o m e to a p i t i f u l s i z e . S h e
c r e a t e s , e x p a n d s a n d f u l f i l s
a l l in o n e c o m p l e t e p e r f o r m
a n c e .
A b e a u t i f u l , c o m p a c t p r o
g r a m m e o f t r a d i t i o n a l j i g s ,
y e t s t i l l r e t a i n i n g p e r f e c t i o n ,
t h a t e v e r p o p u l a r , p o w e r
f u l l y m o v i n g J a c o b e a n m e l
o d y w a s a j o y t o e x p e r i e n c e .
S t e e l e y e s p a n h a s t h e q u a l
i ty o f i m m e n s e v a r i a t i o n a n d
o n l y f e w g r o u p s c a n m o v e
t h r o u g h m o o d s c r e a t e d by
s u c h v a r i e t i e s a s G e o r g i a n
c h a r t s , a l i v e l y c o l o u r f u l
s t a t i s t i c a l e n c o r e o f 1 9 5 0 ' s
b ea t r o c k c o m p l e t e w i t h w e l l
g r e a s e d c o s t u m a r y , a n d t h e
h a p p y S h a N a N a c o - o r d i n a
t i o n s in s o n g w i t h s u c h p r e
c i s i o n a n d e f f ec t .
T h e g r o u p ' s l a t e s t a c q u i s i
t i o n o f m u s i c a l t a l e n t i s
d r u m m e r c o m e f l a u t i s t / o b o i s t
N i g e l P e g r u m , w h o a d d s a
l i t t l e m o r e s p a r k l e t o a n a l
r e a d y s t u n n i n g a c t .
T h e s u p p o r t i n g a c t , H o r s -
l i p s , s h o w e d t h e m s e l v e s a s
a g r o u p w i t h a m a z i n g i n s t r u
m e n t a l p o t e n t i a l . T h e y p r o
d u c e d a r o u n d e d p e r f o r m
a n c e , a n d the f i na l r e e l ,
J o h n n y ' s W e b w a s a n e x c e l
l en t e n d i n g t o a f ine a t t e m p t ,
a m o n g s u c h o v e r p o w e r i n g
a b i l i t y f r o m S p a n . O v e r a l l ,
t h e i r I r i s h i n f l u e n c e d m u s i c
w a s w a r m to the s p i r i t , a n d
I w a s v e r y i m p r e s s e d b y t h e i r
r e l a x i n g s o u n d s .
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