Don't forget to be
in the Beit Quad next
TUESDAY at 1 pm
T H E NEWSPAPER O F IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION Friday, February 15th, 1980 Issue No. 544
REFECTORY MINUTES COOKED? The internal mail last Wednesday brought
some surprises for the student representatives on
the College Refectory Committee. Along with a
copy of the minutes of the last meeting came a
notification that the next meeting, (scheduled
for Thursday 21 February) had been cancelled
"as there are no issues which require the
immediate attention of the Refectory Commit
tee". 1
The element of surprise was further increased
when on reading through the minutes of the last
meeting the student delegates were amazed to
find the phrase " . . . say in three months time"
croping up with reference to the scrutiny of
processed information from the new tills, and
presumably discussion on altering the service the
outlets offered.
What is more, they found no reference to the
"one month" all five of them thought they
r e m e m b e r e d being said by the Refectory
Committee Chairman, Dr R R Schroter.
At a meeting on Friday of all the student reps
plus the Complaints Committee reps, Chris Fox
reported that his conversation with D r Schroter
had yielded no real information except that the
turnover for the last few weeks had increased '
relative to last year, (even taking into account
price increases). O n e of the reasons he went on to
suggest might be responsible for this was the
"mature" attitude the Union had taken, (ie, not
being s troppy) . T h i s attitude had been a
deliberate policy from the beginning of the new
session which coincided with a new and more
reasonable Chairman. The feeling of the' student
reps was that their patience was being somewhat
tried.
The reps, along with the P W P , are therefore
attempting to prepare a full reply to the Refectory
Committee, in which they hope to put forward
some positive ideas, something so far missing
from the Refectory Committee.
Will you be one
of the lucky
1 in 10
to receive an
accomodation
questionnaire
next week?
check your pigeon hole
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STOIC T E N years old this week
Magnus'Pike being interviewed on S T O I C
PRESIDENT MEETS HEATH
C h r i s F o x took a 2 ,000 signature
petition to the R T . H o n E d w a r d H e a t h ,
M B E , M P . T h e theme of the petition
was, 'Overseas students are of cultural
and economic benefit to the U n i t e d
K i n g d o m an d we believe the current
government's proposals concerning
them are not only detrimental to the
possible economic recovery of this
country , but wrong. '
M r H e a t h was impressed by the large
number of signatures from college staff.
E G M S T A T E M E N T
A signed petition was received
on Tuesday night calling for an
Extraordinary General Meeting to
discuss business left over from the
last U G M and a motion proposing
a referendum on N U S affiliation.
Thus, as Union Secretary, I was
compelled to organise a meeting
within three College weeks. Due to
the conjested timetable of events,
the date chosen is Tuesday 26th
February at 1:00pm in the Great
Hall. The required fourteen days
notice of U G M s is not strictly
adhered to. This I have considered
not necessary, as the meeting is
really a continuation of the adjourned
previous meeting.
NOTICE
P a p e r s for the p o s t s of the
P r e s i d e n t , S e c r e t a r y , D e p u t y
President and F E L I X Editor will go up
on the Union Noticeboard, Lower
Lounge, Union Building at 10:00am
on Monday 18th February. They will
be removed at 5:30pm on Friday 29th
February.
PS
Don't forget to be in Beit Q u a d on
Tuesday lunchtime for the Pancake
Race.
Roger Stotesbury
Union Honorary Secretary
L E T T E R S D e a r C o l i n
T o n y C o x ' s l e t t e r m u s t
inevitably be a n s w e r e d , but it is
with a s igh that I d o so , as I
c a n d o little m o r e t h a n reiterate
my reasons for p ropos ing the
b y e - l a w c h a n g e w h i c h w i l l
d isso lve I C W A if passed o n the
s e c o n d hear ing .
In d irect rep ly to T o n y , I
w o u l d l ike to m a k e two things
c lear about the lounge. F irs t ly ,
the I C W A L o u n g e is reserved
for the use of w o m e n d u r i n g
every w e e k d a y lunchtfme a n d
i s n o t a v a i l a b l e f o r n o r m a l
u n i o n b o o k i n g despite the fact
that the S C R often has to be
double b o o k e d . S e c o n d l y , the
I C W A C o m m i t t e e w e r e t h e
first to a s k that the C r a s h P a d
be m o v e d out of the L o u n g e as
it was inconvenient a n d thus it
was m o v e d to the S C R .
A l s o , I a m well aware that to
reduce I C W A ' s grant does not
require a bye-law change a n d I
d i d s a y t h i s a t t h e U G M ,
m a k i n g no further c o m m e n t
about m o n e y . I a m sor ry that
T o n y has fallen into the trap of
m a n y o t h e r s a n d h a s b e e n
unable to separate me f rom the
C C U s a n d c o u l d not resist a n
unca l led for dig at the C C U
V P s .
A s T o n y says , representat ion
s h o u l d be the most important
f u n c t i o n of I C W A . B u t t h e
w o m e n i n C o l l e g e a r e n o t
r e a c h e d by I C W A a n d nor are
they contr ibut ing their v iews to
t h e I C W A P r e s i d e n t . It is
therefore unrealist ic to believe
that the I C W A Pres ident c a n
represent the w o m e n in Co l lege .
T h e m e r e e x i s t e n c e o f a
w o m e n ' s assoc iat ion does not
m e a n the prob lems are so lved
a n d yet I a m often to ld " w o m e n
are O K , they 've got I C W A , "
w h i c h is not the case .
T o n y is l ook ing at I C W A f rom
the outs ide , he is k indly saying ,
w h y not let the w o m e n have their
little r o o m a n d organise their
little funct ions (I might a d d here
that I C W A have cut their soc ia l
funct ions by half this year a n d
suppor t for those remaining is
h a r d to c o m e by) . It w o u l d help if
he knew what I C W A d id rather
than k n o w what he thought
I C W A d id . H e is talking about
I C W A in theory not I C W A in
prac i t ce a n d his c los ing para
graph puts this in a nutshel l : " t o
s w e e p a w a y a n e s t a b l i s h e d
tradit ional a n d dignified organ
i s a t i o n " is al l wel l a n d g o o d but I
w o u l d a d d " that c a n no longer
define its ro le , nor identify a n
a r e a of Co l l ege life in w h i c h
funct ion a n d , consequent ly , that
does noth ing" .
I believe that the d isso lut ion of
I C W A w i l l g i v e w o m e n t h e
c h a n c e t o r e - e s t a b l i s h t h e i r
status as individuals instead of
a p a t h e t i c a l l y a l l o w i n g t h e m
selves to be rep laced by a n
outdated inst i tut ion.
J o A r m i t a g e
D e a r S i r
In response to T o n y C o x ' s
letter last week , I w o u l d l ike to
p o i n t o u t t h a t i t i s h a r d l y
surpr i s ing that most of I C W A ' s
suppor te r s are m e n . It certainly
d e s e r v e s n o s u p p o r t f r o m
w o m e n , because every t ime one
of the six act ive m e m b e r s of
I C W A opens her m o u t h , she
insults most of the w o m e n in
Co l l ege . M o s t w o m e n are quite
able to get o n i n a n a tmosphere
w h e r e they are in a minor i ty
( indeed, a lot of w o m e n get o n
m u c h better then they w o u l d in a
m o r e even one) , a n d so they do
not l ike to hear I C W A telling
t h e m that they can't . T h o s e
w o m e n w h o have gone a long
w a y in C o l l e g e o r the U n i o n do
not l ike to hear I C W A ignoring
this fact a n d say ing s u c h things
are imposs ib le .
A s for the I C W A L o u n g e —
. such a large r o o m is entirely
unnecessary for s u c h a smal l
group . T h e y have never h a d
m o r e t h a n fifteen people at any of
their meet ings (and four of those
only went to hackle) except for
the meet ing to d i scuss c los ing
t h e m d o w n . T h e r o o m c o u l d be
put to m u c h better use by, say,
D e a r C o l i n
I w o u l d l ike to use F E L I X to
t e l l m e m b e r s o f t h e C & G
U n i o n that they are the most
apathet ic a n d ungrateful lot of
s tudents I've h a d the misfortune
to k n o w . N e x t t ime y o u go to a
H a l l o w e e n p a r t y , V a l e n t i n e ' s
par ty , o r just about anyth ing
that 's w o r t h go ing to , spare a
thought for the smal l g roup of
people w h o hve g iven up their
t ime to organise it!
W h a t a m I o n about? W e l l ,
9 9 % of y o u lazy lot wouldn ' t
k n o w , I refer to today 's U G M ,
w h i c h , in fact, wasn ' t . It was
cance l l ed because only 20 o r
so s tudents c o u l d be bo thered
to t u r n u p , what h a p p e n e d to
the overseas students , whose
c lubs are s u p p o r t e d by large
n u m b e r s of members . T o n y C o x
sa id that I C W A only use it w h e n
it is not be ing used for anything
else, but as they have first
refused o n it , it cannot be used
for anything else w h e n they are
us ing it. In fact, they are refusing
to let anyone else use it. T h e s e
s ix w o m e n frequently infest the
M a t h s C o m m o n R o o m a n d will
p robab ly cont inue to do so w h e n
the I C W A L o u n g e becomes the
U p p e r L o u n g e .
T o say that I C W A represents
anyone , either o n C o u n c i l or
o therwise , is totally r id iculous .
M e r c h e C l a r k e represents only
the six act ive m e m b e r s of I C W A
(she does not bother to f ind out
the v iews of the o ther 400 or so
w o m e n ) . B y c o n t r a s t , K a t y
Tatche l l represents 150 w o m e n
a n d K i r s t e n P r a t t represents 60.
A l s o , C o u n c i l certainly has more
than 10% w o m e n — try count ing
t h e m somet ime . T h e r e are more
w o m e n invo lved in just about
anything y o u c a n ment ion than
there are in I C W A . W h y s h o u l d
y o u assume that w o m e n need
spec ia l representat ion anyway
t h e c o u p l e o f h u n d r e d t h a t
w e n t t o t h e v a r i o u s t h i n g s
o r g a n i s e d b y the U n i o n , is
what I want to k n o w .
T h e meet ing was to have
d i s c u s s e d a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l
change w h i c h will effect the
w a y next year 's responsible few
will be e lected. A g a i n few qf
y o u will k n o w what I'm talking
about , as so few of y o u came
to the last U G M . In a vain
a t tempt , therefore, I will try to
e x p l a i n , in brief so as not to
t a k e u p t o m u c h o f y o u r
valuable t ime, the two major
changes invo lved were :
1. E x e c posts will be vo ted for
by secret ballot.
2. S t a n d d o w n s will be l imited
— that is as insult ing as to
assume that they are incapable
of open ing doors for themselves
or s tanding up o n buses. H o w
a b o u t h a v i n g s o m e o n e o n
C o u n c i l to represent men?
T h e y say they do not want to
break a 59 year o l d tradi t ion ,
but there are a lot of other
tradit ions w h i c h they w o u l d not
l ike to see back — for instance ,
the I C W A L o u n g e was founded
at a t ime w h e n w o m e n were not
a l lowed in the U n i o n B a r — do
I C W A really want to go b a c k to
those days?
E v e r y hypocr i t i ca l statement
that the s ix active m e m b e r s of
I C W A m a k e is a lmost totally
false. T o give a few examples :
1. T h e y say they wil l r u n
s e v e r a l t h i n g s , i n c l u d i n g
p laygroups yet I C W A refused
to have anything to do wi th
the c rSche for the C h i l e a n
W o m e n ' s C o n f e r e n c e w h i c h
I C C A G e n d e d up runn ing
instead. N o n e of t h e m have
ever been to H o l l y Street
e i t h e r o r G r e a t O r m o n d
Street H o s p i t a l (both I C C A G
projects with chi ldren) .
2. T h e y c la im to believe in a
" w o m a n ' s right to choose " ,
to the top three posts (president,
vice president a n d h o n o r a r y
secretary) .
I w i l l not pass c o m m e n t o n the
first part as this seems to be a
generally a c c e p t e d idea. A s for
the s e c ond part , I wil l firstly agree
with what J o has already sa id ,
that is , that it is a c o m p r o m i s e
between those w h o want to keep
s tand d o w n s , as they feel what
few interested people there are in
the U n i o n wil l be lost f rom the
E x e c if they are not a l l owed to
r u n for a s e c o n d post , a n d those
w h o feel that if y o u think that
you 're good e n o u g h for one post ,
then you ' re not the best person
for another .
T h e real r eason for t ry ing to
yet they deny any w o m a n the
right to choose whether to be
in I C W A or not.
3. A l t h o u g h they c la im to
s tand for the interests of all
w o m e n , they refused to have
a n y t h i n g t o d o w i t h t h e
G e r m a n measles publ ic i ty
campa ign , (presumably be
cause it c o n c e r n e d w o m e n
w h o d id not want abort ions) .
In short , I C W A is a gross insult
to all w o m e n , a n d detr imental to
their integration into the Co l lege .
A s m e n k n o w very little about
I C W A a n d it does not c o n c e r n
t h e m anyway , I appeal to t h e m to
abstain f rom vo tng — as M e r c h e
a n d C o . are so against male
suppor t , they s h o u l d not accept
y o u r votes anyway. T o para
phrase I C W A — a w o m a n needs
I C W A like a fish needs a bicycle .
Y o u r s in disgust
F i o n a S inc la i r
M a t h s 2
P S : If they really want to belong
to a c lub where w o m e n are in the
majority , I c o u l d suggest Lad ies
Rugby , or even O p s o c (65%
female, as anyone w h o saw The
Sorcerer this week will have
noticed) .
d r o p s tand d o w n s is a n a d m i n
i s t r a t i v e o n e . H o w e v e r , b y
al lowing l imited s tand d o w n s
these prob lems c a n be o v e r c o me
by spreading out the elect ions for
those posts . In m y op in ion the
best so lut ion is to decide w h i c h if
any , of the E x e c posts require a
p e r s o n of s imilar charac ter to do
t h e m wel l . S t a n d d o w n s c o u l d
then be l imited to these posts
only .
I do hope I've insul ted y o u all
e n o u g h to raise some sort of
reac t i on , even if it is a g roan , a n d
t h a t y o u w i l l t r y a n d d r a g
yourse lves a long to the next
U G M . B e there or I'll send the
boys r o u n d . S M C o x
Y o u r s very a n n o y e d C C D 3
2
R C S T h e most exc i t ing event last week was
u n d o u b t a b l y t h e R C S R u g b y S e v e n s
w h i c h t o o k p l a c e o n S u n d a y o u t at
Har l ing ton . W i t h only ten teams in all it
was Life Sc i ences t u r n to be indifferent
whilst P h y s i c s made up for their poor
showing (ie no showing) in the S o c c e r
S ixes by enter ing three teams, inc lud ing
two f rom Phys i c s 2 (alright, so one was a
very silly t eam, but it 's be ing there a n d
joining in that counts ) . #
W e l l , the afternoon fol lowed its natura l
course a n d M a t h s 3 s h o w e d a m a r k e d
t e n d e n c y to d e s t r o y m o s t t e a m s a n d
inevitably met the ser ious P h y s i c s 2 team
in the final. In a hardfought , gr ipping, nai l -
biting, knife-edge m a t c h M a t h s 3 almost
lost contro l in the first nano -second but
qu i ck ly recovered their c o m p o s u r e to w in
narrowly by lots to n i l . S t i l l , that 's the way
it c rumbles , cooky-wise a n d we certainly
enjoyed ourselves a n d want to thank R a g
for organis ing the a f ternoon a n d everyone
else for prov id ing oppos i t ion .
T o n i g h t i s t h e f a m o u s i n t e r - C C U
Valent ines P a r t y a n d there will a lmost
c e r t a i n l y be n o a d m i s s i o n w i t h o u t a
t icket . D r o p into the R C S U today a n d
buy one for only 50p w h i c h inc ludes free
admiss ion to the R C S Valent ines R a g
S t u n t t o m o r r o w . B e i n t h e R C S U
between 9:30 a n d 10:00 to col lect a rag
can to rob f rom the Knightsbr idge r ick
a n d g i v e t o d e a f k i d d i e s v i a y o u r
enthus iasm. Doubt l ess all the candidates
for the f o r thcoming R C S elect ions will be
there if they 're w o r t h their oats (or even
your vote) so w h y not c o m e along to find
out w h o will be runn ing your un ion a n d
spending your money next year.
T h e f i r s t of t w o R o y a l C o l l e g e of
Sc ience A s s o c i a t i o n S h e r r y Part ies is next
T u e s d a y 19th F e b r u a r y . If you are a th i rd
year physic ist or mathemat i c ian c o m e
along to the Sen ior C o m m o n R o o m a n d
h e l p t h e R C S A r e d u c e t h e i r o n g o i n g
sherry lake cr is is . Y o u may even find out
a l l the p e r k s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h R C S A
membersh ip .
T i c k e t s are n o w o n sale for a formal
four course dinner on the last day of
t e rm. T h i s is the J e z D i n n e r a n d is being
held to c o m m e m o r a t e the firing of J e z
last t e r m . W h y r u s h off home o n F r i d a y
w h e n y o u c a n enjoy a dinner wi th more
courses than the F r e s h e r s ' D i n n e r s a n d
more wine than the A n n u a l D i n n e r a n d
more fire engines than the S i l w o o d B a l l .
T h e r e is even a bar extens ion a n d disco
afterwards. A l l this for only £6, yes not
£10 , n o t £9 , n o t e v e n £7 b u t £ 6 to
anyone , a n d obvious ly the perfect way to
r o u n d off the s e c o n d t e r m .
F ina l ly , as everyone k n o w s , S u n d a y
evening is tradit ionally the R C S Night-In-
T h e - B a r , so I'll look f o rward to seeing you
all there this S u n d a y .
I C R u g b y C l u b are ho ld ing a 24hr
sponsored i r on . S tar t ing at 12:30pm
W e d n e s d a y 20th F e b r u a r y in the U n i o n
C o n c e r t H a l l . W e will i r o n anybody ' s
c lothes free of charge , just br ing t h e m
along to the C o n c e r t H a l l . T h e r e wil l
a lso be a co l lec t ion a n d del ivery service
f r o m the halls a n d houses .
\ C ¥ 4 I C W A B A R N I T E
o n S u n d a y 17th F e b r u a r y
f rom 8:00pm in the U n i o n B a r
Barre l s after 10:30pm.
M I N E S B y t h e t i m e y o u r e a d t h i s t w o
coach loads of miners will be on their way
d o w n to C o r n w a l l to d o b a t t l e w i t h
R e d r u t h Po ly techn i c M i n i n g D e p a r t m e n t (?)
L a s t F r i d a y saw the C h a p s C l u b Indoor
Fete in Stan ' s Rea l A l e B a r . E v e r y b o d y w h o
went a long en joyed themselves ; if y o u
didn't go then y o u missed a good night.
O n T u e s d a y the R S M A C u r r y S u p p e r
t ook place. It was b o t h a n informative
a n d entertaining evening for those who
went.
F u t u r e events are:
T h i s T u e s d a y , 19th F e b r u a r y :
G e n e r a l C o m m i t t e e Meet ing . If you are
o n this c ommit tee then turn up. A n y o n e
else will be we lcome.
Saturday 1st M a r c h : N o t t i n g h a m 6s
a n d 7s T o u r n a m e n t . W e are putt ing out
three s ixes a n d four sevens. S u p p o r t e r s ,
as a lways , will be very welcome. If y o u
want a place on the c o a c h please see
D a v e R h o d e s (rugby captain) or Steve
H i n d e ( s o c c e r c a p t a i n ) as s o o n a s
possible .
M o n d a y 3 r d M a r c h : I n t e r C C U
S w i m m i n g G a l a . If y o u c a n swim/dr i f t
then you will be needed. F u r t h e r details
will follow.
Wednesday 5th M a r c h : M o d s a n d
R o c k e r s Barnight . Say no more .
C h e e r s ,
B o b the Slob
CITY A N D GUILDS Guilds promotions proudly present:
T O N I G H T in the J C R . . . T h e joint C C U
Valent ine Par ty . Toge ther wi th IF , we
present this as tound ing event for y o u r
delight. R e m e m b e r that it is a t i cket on ly
party , so get your t i ckets f o r m G u i l d s
Office today .
T u e s d a y 19th F e b r u a r y . . . T h e F i e l d
C u p . T h i s event is one of the highlights of
the Co l l ege year a n d the idea is . . . Y o u
assemble in the U n i o n L o w e r L o u n g e at
6 : 3 0 p m i n t e a m s o f f i v e o r m o r e
( remember that the points co l lec ted are
d iv ided by the n u m b e r in the team) a n d
collect y o u r c lue to the identity of the first
pub a n d a list of the treasure to be
obtained. T h i s c lue is c rypt i c a n d if y o u
successful ly find this pub you will be g iven
a c lue for the next one. W h i l e in the p u b
po in t s c a n be c o l l e c t e d by p l e a s a n t l y
imbibing lots of d r i n k s of the a lcohol i c
variety. T h e treasure cons is ts of var ious
articles s u c h as split c r o t c h panties , 30ft
lengths of scaffolding a n d m a n y o ther
deviant things. Po ints will be given for the
treasure as wel l . (Br ib ing the marshal ls in
the pubs is f o rb idden , we l l , maybe a little
bit.)
S u n d a y 24th . . . T h e G u i l d s S o c c e r
S ixes . T h e s e matches will be p layed at
H a r l i n g t o n a n d l i q u i d p r i z e s w i l l b e
awarded . T e a m lists s h o u l d be given to
G i l e s B r e r e t o n , M E 3 o r U n i o n Off ice .
T h e r e wil l be free c o a c h e s to H a r l i n g t o n
for teams a n d suppor ters a n d bo th mens
a n d ladies teams are we l come .
R e m e m b e r t h a t t h i s is t h e t e r m of
elections for the G u i l d s E x e c u t i v e . T h e r e
a r e l o t s of j o b s t o be f i l l e d a n d j o b
descr ipt ions will be pr inted in next week ' s
Guildsheet. C o m e a n d see us in the office
or bar if y o u want to s tand for any of the
posts.
C h e e r s ,
B r y a n .
3
A N O P E N L E T T E R T O DR R C S C H R O T E R
(Chairman of the Refectory Committee)
In a letter to the President of the Union,
Chris Fo x , you wrote: "We are going to look
very seriously at the general catering policy in
the College" . Your good intentions are very
'welcome, but not enough. A n investigation into
the catering policy is needed so that substantial
changes and economies can be made. We
realise that such an investigation takes time,
and we have been willing to give you time. We
did not openly criticise the price increase of
7.5% which came into effect on 1st January and
the regulator increase of 1% per month. We
kept quiet because we knew that demand
would have fallen and so you would have had
less scope and time to implement changes.
However, now we find:
1. Still nothing has been done about producing
'comprehensive breakdowns on the nature of
our bus iness ' f rom the c o m p u t e r i s e d till
machines. These were introduced in the middle
of last term and instantly provided the means
to enable a breakdown of sales. Misinformation
has not been utilised. We conclude that no one
was sure what was wanted from the printouts
or what was involved in the collating of the
statistics. A golden oportunity to provide a
basis for better service is not being seized
upon.
2. Recent recommendations by the Refectory
Complaints and Suggestions Committee have
not been implemented (eg: there are still no
clear price lists or menus in Southside).
3. The time scale you proposed for implementing
changes which we understood as being one
month (from mid-January) has been extended to
three months.
4. Y o u are claiming, because the volume of sales
has gone up, that the service is adequate. Y o u do
not take into account our 'cooperative silence'.
At a recent meeting of Union Refectory
representatives, we undertook to carry out a day
long survey of the J C R outlet. This comple
mented the proposal made at a recent Refectory i
Committee meeting to "keep a finger on the
pulse of demand". The aim was to try to
p r o v i d e a f a c t u a l f o u n d a t i o n o n w h i c h
proposals for specific improvements could be
made. (This in turn would highlight any existing
inefficiency.)
We conducted the survey on Tuesday 12th
F e b r u a r y , when the following numbers of
customers used the buttery.
Period Hours No of customers
Morning 10:31 — 11:30 184
Lunchtime 12:06 — 14:00 546
Afternoon 15:00 - 16:30 160
There was no adequate price list or display
of opening times. The closing time at 11:30am
went against an agreement made with the
Refectory Manager at a previous meeting. The
c u s t o m e r flow i n c r e a s e s c o n s i d e r a b l y at
11:25am, so the closing is wrong on an
economic basis.
It has been sugested that the J C R buttery
might become a cold food outlet' only. One
h u n d r e d a n d n i n e t y - n i n e out of the 546
l u n c h t i m e c u s t o m e r s h a d hot f o o d — a
significant business is done in hot meals.
During the survey period eighteen centrally
prepared salads were sold. The low level of
s a l a d sales d o e s not justify the i n t e r n a l
accounting difficulties caused by making salads
available in the J C R . (While on the salad issue
we noted that salad is available in all refectory
outlets in a different form, is there not a best
way to sell salad?). Many of the above poir.ts
apply to the sale of fish (eight portions sold on
Tuesday). There is no clearing area in the J C R
as in all the other outlets. The range of drinks
is adequate.
However the major problem seemed to be
the use of the tills. We were astonished to see
only the one till operating at the busiest part of
the day (12:15pm — 12:30pm), the second till
was used between 12:30pm and 1:10pm and
again between 1:38pm and 2:00pm when the
money was counted. We want to see both tills
operating between noon and 1:00pm.
The J C R sells many confectionary items that
can be found in the Southside Shop. We have
asked if the confectionary for both outlets is
bought from the same place (ie the cheapest).
Unfortunately not, was the reply, but we
understand that changes are imminent.
This survey was conducted using limited
r e s o u r c e s a n d so gave a fairly n a r r o w
sampling. Yet four of us achieved in one day
more than has been achieved by your full-time
staff with the aid of computerised till machines
(sic) in four months.
It is up to you to instigate action to resolve
all the i m m e d i a t e p r o b l e m s a n d t h e i r
underlying causes.
We call for a meeting of the Refectory
Committee, at the earliest date.
Yours sincerely,
Chris Fox , Roger Stotesbury, Malcolm Brain,
Tansy Hepton, John Passmore, Liz Lindsay,
John Anderson (ICU representatives on the
refectory committees) Mark Clegg (Secretary
of the PWP).
D e a r C o l i n
If t h e b e s t G a r y N i c h o l l s
( F E L I X last week) c a n do in front
of his typewri ter is to m a k e snide
r e m a r k s a b o u t a m a n i n a
v i r t u a l l y i m p o s s i b l e p o s i t i o n
whilst offering no construct ive
suggest ion for the so lut ion of
L d r d A n n a n ' s d i l e m m a other
t h a n p u r e v a n d a l i s m of the
wholesale c l osure of the smal l
col leges w h i c h f o r m a n impor
t a n t p a r t o f t h e d e l i g h t f u l
d ivers i ty of o u r univers i ty , then
he s h o u l d re turn to the po i son
pen letters, w h i c h , one imagines
f o rm the major part of his s tock-
in-trade.
I a m sor ry if that sentence was
o v e r l o n g , b u t t h i s m i n d l e s s
fatutous c r i t i c i sm of honourab le
a n d intelligent m e n per forming
difficult jobs as wel l as they c a n
be done , annoys me.
T o m O w e n
P h y s i c s 1
Dear Colin
I wish to make a few com
ments o n J o h n P a s s m o r e ' s
article last week on the auto
nomy of student unions. A s I see
it autonomous student unions
would be an attempt to have the
advantages of being an ordinary
trade union and also those of
being a body whose members
had their subscriptions paid out
of public funds. It is therefore
necessary to examine whether
such a situation is possible and if
not which is preferable. The third
alternative of students paying
their own subscriptions seems to
me to be a non-starter since we
all know that the general apathy
in this college would preclude the
working of such an idea. It is
therefore apparent that student
union finance must originate in
some manner from public funds.
It must be r e m e m b e r e d ,
c o n t r a r y to some people 's
imagining, that a student's union
is different from a trade union, in
that the latter does not have to
finance and support the vast
range of cultural, athletic and
social activities which a student
union does. I would therefore
suggest that student unions are a
unique class of corporate body,
and need to be considered as
such. N o corporate body, in a
modern society, can be truly
autonomous, divorced from the
rest of society.
The question which should
then naturally arise is to which
institution should a student
union be a c c o u n t a b l e : the
col lege , local g o v e r n m e n t ,
central government, etc.
Finally, the college has a
student union which is auto
nomous from the college is
perfectly entitled to remove
student u n i o n representatives
f rom its college.
Y o u r s s incerely
F r a n k J a m e s
D e a r C o l i n
I w o u l d like to c lear up a
c o u p l e of p o i n t s a b o u t m y
mot ion o n megalomania in the
last U G M .
In the U G M report ( F E L I X 8th
Feb) it was stated: " T h i s was ,
a c c o r d i n g to M r M e r r y m a n ,
obvious ly a j oke m o t i o n " . T h e
r e l e v a n t s e n t e n c e f r o m m y
speech was: " O n the face of it
this is all a j oke , but there is a
serious point that we are trying
to m a k e " . A l t h o u g h the report
cont inues to state m y point that
certa in letters were futile, the
impl icat ion seems to be that the
whole th ing was a j oke , w h i c h is
not the case; the s e c o n d half of
my speech being quite ser ious . I
also said that I agreed wi th aid for
the C a m b o d i a n s , w h i c h was part
of the C a m b o d i a n M o t i o n , it was
just the inference that the P r i m e
M i n i s t e r was unaware of the
s i tuat ion a n d the sending of the
letter that I was cons ider ing to be
r id iculous .
I w o u l d also l ike to reply to
C h r i s F o x ' s c o m m e n t that I
inferred that he spent the whole
of his t ime wri t ing s u c h letters. I
a m , in fact, quite certa in that he
doesn't , but what I a m getting at
is that some of the letters w h i c h
are wr i t ten are rather pointless.
O n reco l lect ion , he may have got
this impress ion f rom the end of
my s u m m i n g up s p e e c h : " . . . . get
back to the job of l ook ing after
I C U , " a n d if that is the case then I
admit that it may have been a
small e rror o n m y part .
In a U G M there are typical ly
between 300 a n d 400 people,
a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 0 % o f t h e
s t u d e n t p o p u l a t i o n o f t h i s
c o l l e g e . A l o t d o n ' t c o m e
because they cons ider it to be a
waste of t ime. I however do not
necessari ly ho ld that v iew, but I
h a d s p o k e n to several people
w h o do a n d w h o also ho ld my
o p i n i o n o n t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l
issues. I was therefore putt ing an
op in ion w h i c h is held by what
may be a fair n u m b e r of people
— if not the "si lent major i ty" ,
certainly silent a n d w h i c h I felt
deserved a n airing. W e are, after
al l , encouraged to c o m e a n d / o r
put mot ions , to U G M s in order
to have our say o n things w h i c h
we do a n d don't l ike.
P h i l M e r r y m a n
P S : T h e Blue Peter C a m b o d i a n
A p p e a l has n o w e x c e e d e d £ 3 ' / 2
mil l ion.
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5
" T h e t i m e i s 1 : 1 5 , t i m e f o r I C
N e w s r e e l . " — s p o k e n by A n d y F i n n e y ,
these were the opening words of the first
S T O I C t r a n s m i s s i o n . It w a s 1 7 t h
F e b r u a r y 1970, a n d was a pilot for a
potential series of news programmes . In
fact there were only two more programmes
p r o d u c e d by S T O I C dur ing 1970, one
was a s e c o n d IC Newsreel, a n d the other
was a p r o g r a m m e cal led Pirates On The
Medium Waves. T h e l a t t e r w a s a n
interview w i t h M i k e R a v e n a former pirate
radio D J , a n d at the t ime a R a d i o O n e
p r e s e n t e r . Pirates On The Medium
Wanes was r e c o r d e d in M a r c h 1979 —
S T O I C were not to p r o d u c e another
p r o g r a m m e for nearly eighteen months ,
a n artic le in F E L I X on 13th M a r c h 1970
exp la ined the si lence by S T O I C :
" A p p a r e n t l y the reason for the sudden
terminat ion of the J C R news p r o g r a m m e
last year was that it was judged that
. c a r r y i n g a moni tor a n d recorder (video
tape) a r o u n d might not do t h e m any
good . It is h o p e d , however , that next
year this serv ice will be r e s u m e d wi th the
aid of a cable f rom the s tudio to the J C R ,
obviat ing the need to t ransport the
r e c o r d e r . "
D u r i n g the eighteen months s i lence,
S T O I C were persuading the U n i o n to spend
the m o n e y , requ ired to l ink a moni tor , to
be instal led in the J C R , to the T V Stud io .
In O c t o b e r t h e s a m e y e a r , t h e n e w
c h a i r m a n of S T O I C , T i m D y e , was able
to a n o u n c e the imminent installation of
the l ink. O n 4th N o v e m b e r 1971 Topic, a
fortnightly news magazine , took to the
air , w i th a live thirty minute edit ion. N o t a
b a d a t t e m p t , c o n s i d e r i n g S T O I C h a d
been "off the a i r " for eighteen months !
B e c a u s e of technica l d r a w b a c k s , a n d the
fact that the p r o g r a m m e was t ransmit ted
l i v e , t h e r e a r e n o v i d e o t a p e a r c h i v e
r e c o r d i n g s o f a n y Topic p r o g r a m m e s
f rom 1971 to 1975. A point that S T O I C
h a v e r e c e n t l y c o r r e c t e d by a r c h i v i n g
e v e r y n e w s p r o g r a m m e n o w m a d e ,
enabl ing the history of the college a n d
students invo lvement in the un ion to be
r e c o r d e d for posterity . F o r example , do
y o u k n o w w h o s tood for U n i o n elections
in 1975? D o y o u k n o w what they said?
S T O I C have the archive recordings of the
1975 hust ings a n d elect ion meetings in the
G r e a t H a l l . S u c h is the extent of the
S T O I C arch ives that it is current ly being
t rans ferred to a c o m p u t e r file system.
V e r y little h appen ed to S T O I C between
1970 a n d 1974 — the U n i o n Bu i l d i n g was
c o n n e c t e d to the T V sys tem, a long with
t h e S o u t h s i d e T V L o u n g e a n d h a l l s ,
J a m e s B u r k e appeared o n the p r o g r a m m e
— but there was noth ing outstanding —
unti l 1974. M a r k C a l d w e l l became c h a i r m a n
of S T O I C in 1974 a n d dur ing his 'stay '
p r o d u c e d p r o g r a m m e s wi th : M e l B r o o k e s ,
B a r r y H u m p h r i e s , C h r i s t o p h e r L e e , D i r k
B o g a r d e , T i m C u r r y a n d G l e n d a J a c k s o n ,
a n d m a n y , many more . T h e series Film Talk
w a s c r e a t e d , a n d i s s t i l l p r o d u c e d
o c c a s i o n a l l y . T h e s e r i e s h a s i n c l u d e d
interviews wi th m a n y top film stars , a long
with ex trac ts f rom their current releases.
A c c e p t a n c e of the series by the I L E A T V
service for broadcast over the L o n d o n
cable sys tem, gave S T O I C the biggest
coverage any student T V service has ever
had . It also enabled S T O I C to have use
of a broadcast quality T V studio a n d
b a c k u p facilities free of charge.
Letraset a hidden expense !
In c onnec t i on wi th the I L E A a unique
series of p r o g r a m m e s were p r o d u c e d . In
M a r c h 1978 S T O I C t ransmit ted a pilot news
p r o g r a m m e cal led London Lunchbreak,
which was based on ICs programme
Lunch Break. T h e p r o g r a m m e was s h o w n
o n the I L E A ' s channe l seven ne twork a n d
was broadcast live. N e v e r in the history
of the ne twork h a d a live p r o g a m m e been
broadcast . A l l of its output was either
t a p e o r f i l m . T h e t h o u g h t o f a l i v e
p r o g r a m m e f rom one of its studios t ook
the I L E A T V service slightly aback . A live
p r o g r a m m e p e r h a p s — b u t m a d e b y
students? T h e p r o g r a m m e was even able
t o b o a s t t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f B a r r y
N o r m a n , w h o arr ived only just in t ime. A
series of s ix p r o g r a m m e s were p r o d u c e d
by S T O I C for t ransmiss ion o n the I L E A
ne twork , w h i c h pr ior to its c losure last
year l inked over 1,000 schoo ls a n d 95
colleges of higher educat ion in L o n d o n . In
fac t t h e b i g g e s t c l o s e d c i r c u i t c a b l e
network in E u r o p e !
T h e current series of news programmes
in Imperial Co l l ege n o w go under the
banner of News Break a n d are broadcast
e v e r y T h u r s d a y at o n e o ' c l o c k a n d
repeated at s ix o ' c lock the same day.
Variety is the spice of.
T h e last ten years of S T O I C have been
c o n d e n s e d into a fifty minute p r o g r a m m e
c a l l e d Happy Birthday To Us!. T h e
p r o g r a m m e is presented by D a v i d G h a n i
a n d follows S T O I C from its first p r o g r a m m e
in 1970, t h r o u g h its ups a n d d o w n s to the
present day. Happy Birthday To Us will be
s h o w n on T u e s d a y 19th F e b r u a r y at one
o ' c l ock w i t h a repeat at s ix .
Involvement wi th S T O I C has enabled
m a n y s t u d e n t s t o e n t e r t h e f i e ld of
b roadcas t ing as a career . M a r k C a l d w e l l
recent ly w o r k e d o n B B C T V ' s Film '80 a n d
is now wi th B a r r y T o o k o n Points Of View.
E x - S T O I C m e m b e r s a r e w o r k i n g f o r :
T h a m e s , L o n d o n W e e k e n d , a n d A n g l i a T V ,
as wel l as several m o r e in B B C T V a n d
R a d i o .
If y o u have been interested by this article
o n S T O I C a n d y o u w o u l d l ike to take part in
the activities, t h e n either c o m e into the
C o l l e g e T V S t u d i o o n T u e s d a y s o r
T h u r s d a y s at 1 : 00p m o r W e d n e s d a y
evenings f rom 4 :30pm till late, w h e n N e u j s
Break is be ing re corded .
W i t h the recent updat ing of the college
T V Stud io ' s equ ipment , S T O I C is n o w
able to s h o w some of its p r o g a m m e s in
co lour , a l though the first S T O I C co l our
record ing was m a d e in 1976 w h e n G l e n d a
J a c k s o n was interv iewed. O n l y last t e r m
w a s t h i s i n t e r v i e w a c t u a l l y s h o w n i n
co l our for the first t ime.
T h e compl i cat ions invo lved in p r o d u c i n g
a typical interview are huge. S T O I C needs
t h e f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n n e l : t w o s t u d i o
c a m e r a m e n , o n e f l o o r m a n a g e r , o n e
capt ion c a m e r a m a n , one v ideotape suite
editor , one s o u n d m a n , one v is ion engineer,
one d i re c to r / v i s i on m i x e r a n d finally one
interviewer. A total of nine people to get the
interview o n the air. W h e n S T O I C m o u n t s
its annua l m a r a t h o n of live coverage of the
hustings a n d e lect ion meetings later this
Another satisfied couple
m o n t h this figure will double . A s last year ,
the e lect ion p r o g r a m m e will be p r o d u c e d in
cooperat ion wi th I C R a d i o . S T O I C will
m o u n t the p r o g r a m m e , bo th in the s tud io
a n d G r e a t H a l l a n d a n I C R a d i o presenter
will j o in S T O I C for the day to prov ide a
s u m m a r y every ten minutes , this be ing
taken by I C R a d i o live o n air. T h e event
seems tr iv ia l but technical ly it is the most
ambit ious ever t a k e n o n by S T O I C . Spl i t
s e c o n d t iming to enable I C R a d i o to take a n
insert spot o n queue is no m e a n feat!
A l l in all S T O I C is t ry ing to prov ide the
most complete T V service for I C s tudents .
W i t h the recent c o n n e c t i o n of L i n s t e a d H a l l
T V L o u n g e , S T O I C ' s coverage is a lmost
complete , only G a r d e n a n d W e e k s Ha l l s
remain .
7
For Valentine's Day, what could be
better than a romantic comedy?
"10" (X, Dir. Blake Edwards)
O n e of the most unexpec ted
success stories of the past year has
been this feature from the director of
the Pink Panther series. Starring
Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews and
the much heralded Bo Derek , it
concerns the comic misadventures of
composer George Webber as he
confronts middle age.
George is successful, well-off and is
having a steady relationship with
Sam, played by Julie Andrews. He
finds himself attracted more and
more to younger women, grading the
objects of his desire on a scale from
one to ten (hence the mysterious
title).. His analyst treats this as an
effct of middle age, but when George
sees a stunning young beauty called
Jenny (Bo Derek), he cannot resist
pursuing her. The fact that she is just
s e t t i n g out o n her h o n e y m o o n
doesn't seem to bother him at all.
Dudley Moore is superb in the
main role; his face is his fortune and
his comic skills are indisputable. He
utilises his skills as a pianist as well,
proving that diversity is an underrated
virtue nowadays and also providing a
few musical interludes. This regulates
the pace of the film, which tries to
maintain a fairly mild comic flavour.
The other star of the f i lm is
undoubtably newcomer Bo Derek.
Presented intially as a glossy tooth
paste/bra advert type beauty, she
turns out to be a modern, liberated
woman, which doesn't quite match
up to George's sexual fantasies. As
an ac tress M s D e r e k may have
limited talents (although it's difficult
to tell from the film alone), but she is
definitely a most attractive woman. It
is interesting to note though that she
is given an intelligent, liberated role
and not limited to a 'dumb blonde'
image. This could set a further trend
in the ever diminishing area attributed
to 'sex symbolism'.
The surprise casting of the film is
Julie Andrews as Sam. The fact that
she is Mrs Blake Edwards may be no
surprise, but I do feel that the part
was not quite for her. Can you really
imagine this ex-singing, flying nun
mouthing words like "whore" and
"screw"! I'd go back to doing what I
was good at, if I were her.
This apart, I found 10 an amusing
and interesting film; it's very funny at
times and also more than a little
sexy.
Mark Smith
Dud takes a dip
Dud gets what he deserves
A LIFE a new play by Hugh Leonard D a l k e y , a smal l t o w n in C o u n t y D u b l i n ,
provides the setting for this l ight-hearted
c o m e d y , w h i c h revolves a r o u n d the lives
of two couples : D e s m o n d a n d D o r o t h y
a n d L a r a n d M i b s (Mary ) . B y moving
b a c k a n d forth in t ime it shows t h e m as
they were in their early twenties , a n d the
people they n o w are forty years later.
D e s m o n d , w h o was* a boy beaten into
learning by his s choo lmaster father, tries
to educate M a r y (who is more interested
in going to the local 'hop') to m a k e her
more l ike himself, but shows nothing but
c ontempt for L a r (a cheerful layabout
w h o also bestows his affections on M a r y )
a n d D o r o t h y (one of M a r y ' s friends). In
fact, he hates the t o w n , a n d clearly sees
himself fitted for higher things
F o r t y years later, D e s m o n d (marr ied to
D o r o t h y , a n d in a job as "keeper of
r e c o r d s " in the local C i v i l Service ) visits
L a r a n d M a r y for the first time after a
quarre l . H e behaves with bluntness w h i c h
upsets L a r a n d offends M a r y , a n d he only
retains their fr iendship w h e n he tells M a r y
that he has only a few months to live.
F r o m a s low first act , the pace of the
h u m o u r steadily increases ; C y r i l C u s a c k ' s
p e r f o r m a n c e a s t h e i r r i t a b l e D o n a l d
D r u m m is full of wit a n d feeling a n d
M a u r e e n T o a l (Mary ) obviously enjoys
h e r r o l e ( s h e s e e m e d to be h a v i n g
difficulty in keep ing a straight face).
T h e cast all m a k e the most of the parts
they have to play — it was a pity that the
stage lighting wasn ' t s imilarly spontaneous .
A Life, w h i c h w a s f i r s t p r o d u c e d i n
•October last year at the A b b e y Theatre in
D u b l i n , is being staged at the O l d V i c as
part of L o n d o n ' s A Sense Of Ireland
Fest iva l O f Irish A r t s . It's present run
ends o n 16th F e b r u a r y , but it is possible
that it will be transferred to a W e s t E n d
Theat re .
Simon Hodgson
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B C G
(tuberculosis vaccination)
Nearly two thousand people die of
tuberculosis every in year in Great
Bri ta in , but fortunately this serious
death rate is being steadily reduced
by vaccination against tuberculosis
with B C G .
Tuberculosis is caused by a living
g e r m i n t h e c o u g h a n d s p i t of
tuberculosis patients. M a n y of us, by
the time we are adults , have developed
a natural protect ion against this germ.
T h e d e f e n c e m e c h a n i s m s i n o u r
bodies are powerful enough to kill off
any invaders an d we come to no
harm. If we are one of these people
we have no need of B C G vaccination.
Nature has done the job already.
Others , for one reason or another,
do not get this protect ion naturally;
and it is for these people that B C G is
intended. Vacc inat i on will give them
artificial protect ion.
H o w are we to find those who are
already 'self-protected' and those who
are not?
By means of a tuberculin test — a
tiny drop of tubercul in injected into
the sk in . This is quite painless. If the
skin becomes red within the space of
t w o t o s e v e n d a y s (a positive
reaction), it means that a natural
r e s i s t a n c e has d e v e l o p e d , a n d no
B C G vaccination is needed.
If nothing happens after the test (a
negative reaction), then B C G vaccin
ation is given to provide the margin
of safety needed.
F o r those who are negative to the
tuberculin test, B C G vaccination is of
the utmost importance . The vaccina
tion is nothing to worry about. The
vaccine is injected into the s k i n , and
in about three weeks a small red spot
appears. Th is may ooze a little, but it
h e a l s q u i t e n o r m a l l y , l e a v i n g a
vaccination mark . T h e spot is not
painful unless accidently k n o c k e d .
O n c e vaccinated a person is protected
a g a i n s t l a t e r i n f e c t i o n w i t h t u b e r -
sulosis. Vacc inat i on does not guaran
tee he will never develop the disease,
but the chances of this occur ing are
very slight.
A team will be coming to the College
on Tuesday 26th February and again
on Tuesday 4th M a r c h . Sessions will
c ommence at 12:30 in Commit tee
R o o m 329, Sherfield and end around
2:30pm. .
It is available to all staff and students
w h o h a v e n o t b e e n v a c c i n a t e d
previously or who are doubtful about
previous vaccination and who wish to
have a test.
C o n s e n t cards must be completed
b e f o r e t h e s e s s i o n a n d c a n be
c o l l e c t e d f r o m the C o l l e g e h e a l t h
s e r v i c e . B o t h s e s s i o n s m u s t be
attended.
Patricia Kilshaw, Principal Nursing Officer
R A G M A G WEEKEND
O n t h e f i r s t w e e k e n d i n M a r c h ,
Imperial Co l l ege R a g are organis ing a R a g
Race , the object of w h i c h is to sell about
4,000 R a g M a g s . T h e idea is very s imple :
w h e n the bell in the U n i o n B a r rings to
call t ime at 2:00 o n F r i d a y 29th F e b r u a r y
compet i tors leave Col lege a n d travel by
a n y m e a n s a t t h e i r d i s p o s a l t o a
university , po lytechnic or college in the
country , or indeed , the w o r l d , a r m e d only
with a R a g C a n a n d several R a g M a g s .
These R a g M a g s are so ld for a mere 25p
a n d the compet i t o r must r e turn to the
U n i o n B a r before the bell rings for time
o n S u n d a y 2 n d M a r c h at 10:30pm.
N o w to m a k e it interesting there are
four exc i t ingish pr izes :
1. T h e compet i to r w h o sells the most R a g
M a g s w i t h i n t h e s p e c i f i e d t i m e g e t s
h i s /her fare re funded or a cash pr ize (the
v a l u e o f w h i c h i s t o b e d e c i d e d )
whichever is m a x i m u m . T h i s is so that
you are not penal ised if you sell R a g M a g s
at Q u e e n E l i zabe th Col lege a n d w a l k e d
there , c la iming no fare.
2. A pr ize for the m e t h o d of travel w h i c h ,
in the op in ion of the judges was the most
original , insp i red , a n d / o r silly.
3. A pr ize for the furthest point f rom
I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e v i s i t e d . O b v i o u s l y
adequate proof must be suppl ied .
4. A pr ize for the highest n u m b e r of Rag
M a g s so ld per hour . T h i s is for the people
who c a n get r id of a h u n d r e d in ten
minutes a n d in troduces a new concept of
a race into the compet i t i on .
T o qualify for any of these pr izes the
compet i tor must sell at least one h u n d r e d
Rag M a g s dur ing the race .
If anyone wins more than one pr ize (by
rol ler-skating to T r i n i d a d a n d selling 1,000
Rag M a g s a n d is back in the B a r before
5 : 3 0 p m F r i d a y e v e n i n g ) w i l l n o t be
al lowed to accept more than one of th em.
W e l l , that just about s u m s it up. N o w
it's your turn to spread S u p e r a g across
the W o r l d . A b e r y s w y t h students have
sold Rag M a g s in N e w Y o r k , G u i l d s m e n
said they went 'au c o m m e des cro issant
c h a u d ' in Paris a n d so it 's really up to
your imagination a n d determinat ion to
m a k e this a G r e a t Imperial R a g Race .
R U L E S
1. T h e compet i t i on shall be o p e n to all
members of I C U :
2. C o m p e t i t o r s may enter in teams of not
more than four members .
3. C o m p e t i t o r s may leave f rom B o t / Z o o
C o m m o n R o o m any time after 2 :00pm on
Fr iday 29th F e b r u a r y a n d must r e turn to
the U n i o n B a r by 10:30pm o n S u n d a y 2nd
M a r c h (ie before the bar closes) .
4. P r i z e s w i l l be g i v e n f o r : f u r t h e s t
d i s t a n c e t r a v e l l e d f r o m I C ; g r e a t e s t
number of R a g M a g s so ld by a n indiv idual ;
greatest n u m b e r of R a g M a g s so ld per hour ;
and most unusual m e t h o d of travel .
5. A d e q u a t e proof will be required of
distance travel led to be cons idered for the
pr ize for furthest d istance travel led f r o m
I C .
6. M o r e than one h u n d r e d R a g M a g s
must be so ld per person to be c o n s i d e r e d
for a pr ize .
7. In t h e e v e n t of o n e p e r s o n b e i n g
eligible for more than one pr ize he/she-
shal l forfeit the lesser prize(s) .
Interpretat ion of these rules shall be at *
t h e d i s c r e t i o n o f t h e j u d g e s , w h o s e
dec is ion in all cases shall be final.
ARE Y O U L U C K Y !
T a k e t w o t y p e w r i t e r s , a c o u p l e of
tables a n d a smal l ish r o o m ; a d d one
h a r a s s e d e d i t o r a n d a h a n d f u l o f
enthusiasts a n d that , in a nutshel l , is
London Student. N o print ing presses , no
computer i sed typesetter , no d a r k r o o m ,
no c a m e r a , no p la temaker , w h i c h by the
way of a stark contrast , are all integral
parts of F E L I X . L o o k i n g at this in c o n t e x t
r e v e a l s a s t a r t l i n g i m b a l a n c e ; F E L I X ,
a l though it has a relatively large p r i n t - r u n
of a r o u n d four t h o u s a n d copies per week ,
is d i s tr ibuted only a r o u n d I C . O n the
other h a n d , London Student at 20,000
copies per week (and a s tandard eight
page issue — effectively the same as
F E L I X ) is d e l i v e r e d t o a l m o s t e v e r y
c o l l e g e i n L o n d o n w i t h a p o p u l a t i o n
greater than 250. A s well as the p r o b l e m s
inherent in that , London Student has to
pay its o w n way; it is requ i red to be
entirely se l f -support ing, us ing the revenue
der ived f rom advert is ing to also keep a
house-trained sabbat ica l editor .
If y o u keep a n eye o n the gr imy portals
of the F E L I X Off ice , y o u will see a couple
of weighty bundles of London Student
d u m p e d there every T u e s d a y evening —
their w o r k i n g week starts the same day.
B y c o m p a r i s o n , F E L I X starts its w o r k i n g
w e e k o n the M o n d a y , b u t a f t e r o u r
f i n i s h e d p r o d u c t h a s a p p e a r e d o n
T h u r s d a y n i g h t , t h e y a r e s t i l l f o r g i n g
ahead , w o r k i n g all day on S u n d a y a n d
finally f inishing o n M o n d a y . O n e of their
b i g g e s t p r o b l e m s i s k e e p i n g p e o p l e
i n t e r e s t e d i n w o r k i n g o n t h e i r p a p e r ,
because their activit ies are so remote
f rom the average student a n d c a n appear
so lack lustre . B y way of a so lut ion to this
a n d f inancial difficulties, the new editor
made a fresh start by changing the name
of the o ld Sennet to London Student, but
s h e s t i l l h a s t h e s a m e p r o b l e m i n
recrui t ing . F E L I X succeeds here because
it gets a substantial grant a n d is p r o d u c e d
c o m p l e t e l y o n U n i o n p r e m i s e s ; a l l it
needs is a little s tamina o n T h u r s d a y
nights to m a k e it a social a n d immediate
e v e n t . F o r London Student, f o l d i n g ,
col lating a n d delivery is all carr ied out by
their pr inters .
W h e r e London Student c a n be very
useful is in giving pointers for F E L I X ; take
a good look at the format a n d contents .
London Student has a good two pages of
news and as well as regular art ic les on
f i l m s , s p o r t , e t c , f e a t u r e s s o m e w e l l -
written reviews of the theatre , places to
eat out, a n d so o n : It s h o w s up some of
the gaps a n d undeve loped potential in
F E L I X , but look o n the bright side; at
least we have that potential .
Lars Wernberg-Meller
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COLLEGE
D A O C O Mln I VnkHi Medium Wave
I.C. Radio T o p Twenty 11/2/80
1 (7) Peter Gabriel G a m e s Without Frontiers
2 (8) T h e Flying Lizards - T V
3 (4), T h e Buggies - T h e Plastic Age
4 (3) Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking at Y o u
5 (1) L e n e Lovich - Angels
6* (-) Blondie - Atomic
7 (-) Silicon Teens Judy in Disguise
8 (9) N e w Musik - Living by Numbers
9 (5) Barclay James Harvest - L o v e on the Line
10 (2) Madness • M y Gir l
U (10) J o a n Armatrading - Rosie
12 (11) J o n and Vangelis - I Hear Y o u Now
13 (•) Holly & the Italians - Tell that girl to shut up
14 (16) Janice Ian - Have Mercy Love
15 (-) Dave E d m u n d s - Singing the Blues
16 (13) Specials T o o M u c h T o o Y o u n g
17 (15) Selecter - Three Minute H e r o
18 (-) Simple Minds Changeling
.19 (-) T h e C h o r d s - Maybe T o m o r r o w
20 (•) Crist ina - Is that all there is?
T h e I .C. Radio Chart is compiled by Sarah Talbot
from the most played records during the last two weeks.
Focus Live Special: The Jam On Sunday at 5pm on I.C. Radio you can hear an
exclusive recording of The Jam, live at the 100 Club
in early 1978, right at the start of their career.
Family Planning: part two ot our four part series
produced by University Radio Exeter with the F . P . A . can
be heard on M o n d a y night at 11pm. T h e programme is
entitled 'Contraception' .
This Saturday night I.C. Radio are extending their hours
to 2am. Jasper's Through Midnight programme now
lasts for three hours from 11pm.
(Left) Julian Pitt with his guest Neal Kay last time.
HE'S B A C K A G A I N . . . and this time...
METAL for MUTHAS * * * * *
This Heavy Metal compilation L P released by E .M.I
this week deserves at least five stars; it retails for £3.99.
T h e top two bands featured on it are Iron Maiden and
Preying Mantis (undoubtedly the most exiting groups to
have emerged for many years. What a coincidence, or a
contrived way to tell you , that Special Guests on I.C.
Radio tomorrow between 6 & 9pm will be: .
Paul Di'Anno - Lead vocals - Iron Maiden
Tino - Lead vocals, guitar - Praying Mantis
Chris - Bass guitar - Praying Mantis
Malcolm Dome - Ace Reporter - Record Mirror
Neal Kay - Top D J at the Bandwagon, Music
Machine; discoverer of Iron Maiden and Praying
Mantis; concert compere and guiding light of the
Metal for Muthas tour and LP.
M y role will be that of lynch pin and compere (?), which
means that I will sit down and let them get on with it.
Music featured will include the M for M L P , the new
Iron Maiden single • Running Free (out o n E M I this
week), the Praying Mantis E P (out now - distributed by
Harvest). This will probably be your last chance to hear
these people for a long time; Iron Maiden are shortly to
begin recording their debut L P , and are off to Japan to
tour with Praying Mantis and Neal Kay. Also , it is not
very often that a journalist appears on radio, and since
Malco lm appears at Neal Kay's special request it all
bodes well for the programme.
Suitable requests, dedications and maybe even live
phone-ins on Internal 3440. Julian Pitt
W H A T ' S O N FRIDAY 15th FEBRUARY
IC C H R I S T I A N U N I O N meet in the Music
Room, 53 Prince's Gate at 6:30pm.
V A L E N T I N E ' S D I S C O at 8 :15pm in the
H u g h e s P a r r y H a l l , C a r t w r i g h t G a r d e n s
(nearest tubes Russel l S q u a r e and King s
Cross). Admission 50p to non-members and
S U cards are required.
• R O C K G I G W I T H G E R A I N T J A R M A N
presented by the University of London Welsh
Society at Q M C at 8:00pm. Tickets £1.75 on
the door.
L E C T U R E W I T H M U S T A P H A M A T U R A -
(West Indian playwright) at Goldsmith's School
of A d u l t a n d S o c i a l S t u d i e s at 3 :00pm.
Free admission.
S U N D A Y 17th FEBRUARY U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E D I S C O in the Union
S m a l l L o u n g e at 7 :00pm. C h e a p d r i n k s
between 7:00 and 8:00pm.
F I L M : NASHVILLE at Chelsea College at
7:00pm in the Hall. Admission 30p.
L E W I S H A M C O N C E R T B A N D C O N C E R T
with conductor Joseph Proctor and music from
the ballet including Delibes and Tchaikovsky at
3:30pm. Students 50p.
M O N D A Y 18th FEBRUARY E X P L O R A T I O N S O C I E T Y I N F O R M A L
M E E T I N G at 12:30pm in Southside Upper
Lounge.
F I L M S O C P R E S E N T INTOLERANCE {Director
D W Griffith) in M e c h Eng 220 at 6:30pm.
Admission 40p to non-members, members 25p.
L I B E R A L C L U B D I S C U S S I O N on Alternative
Growth, The Way Forward? with Lady Nancy
Seear and Roger Cowe in Mech Eng 640 at
7:30pm. r
F I L M : Chaplain's City Lights presented by the
City of London Poly Film Soc, Jewry Street,
Main Lecture Theatre at 6:00pm. Admission
40p.
L E C T U R E B Y D R D O R I N D A O U T R A M on
Science - Institutions and Patrons in 18th
Century France at 7:30pm in the C o m m o n
Room, Institute of Historical Research, Senate
House, Malet St. Membership £1.00.
T U E S D A Y 19th FEBRUARY
RIDING C L U B M E E T I N G between 1:00pm
and 2:00pm in Room 1110 (level 11) Elec Eng
to book rides and discuss club activities.
P H O T O S O C S H O P in the Old Darkroom
between 12:30pm and 1:30pm.
I C W A P A N C A K E R A C E at 1:00pm in Beit
Quad.
S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N at 1:00pm a n d
6:00pm with Happy Birthday To Us a S T O I C
tenth anniversary special.
IC C H E M S O C / I C I J O I N T L E C T U R E on
Lasers And Molecular Chemistry by Prof D J
Bradley F R S in C h e m i s t r y T h e a t r e C at
5:30pm.
R A I L S O C M E E T I N G at 5:40pm in Maths 340
with John D Gardam on Modern Railway
Traction.
A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S P R E S E N T :
1. China Since Mao: Does China Need Allies?
by Professor Richard Harris at 1:30pm in the
Read Theatre, Sherfield Building.
2. Architecture in Britain Since 1945:. The
Archigram Opera And Its Influences by
Will iam C h a i t k i n in the f i p p a r d T h e a t r e ,
Sherfield Building at 1:30pm.
W E D N E S D A Y 20th FEBRUARY E X P L O R A T I O N S O C I E T Y P R E S E N T A
F I L M : Journey To Tibesti at 6 .00pm in
Biochem 302.
C H E L S E A C O L L E G E G I G W I T H STRETCH
at 8:00pm in the main building. N U S cards and
guests only.
Q E C D A Y O F A C T I O N F O R O V E R S E A S
S T U D E N T S with reggae bands, disco and film.
T H U R S D A Y 21st FEBRUARY S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N at 1:00pm a n d
6:00pm with News-Break Tenth Anniversary
Special.
A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S P R E S E N T :
1. Film: The World At War (Thames T V ) ,
episode seven Morning in the Great Hall at
1:15pm.
2. L u n c h - h o u r C o n c e r t with the Endel l ion
String Quartet in the Music Room, 53 Prince's
Gate.
3. The Anti-Torture Campaign with Dr Harold
Hillman the South-East Organiser of the British
section of Amnesty International in Lecture
Theatre 1, C h e m Eng (arranged by IC Union
Overseas Students Committee).
G L I D I N G C L U B M E E T I N G W I T H F I L M :
DAWN FLIGHT at 5:30pm in Aero 254.
E N T S F I L M : IF in Mech Eng 220 at 6:30pm.
30p entrance fee.
FRIDAY 22nd FEBRUARY IC C H R I S T I A N U N I O N in the Music Room,
53 Prince's Gate at 6:30pm.
E N T S C O N C E R T : BERLIN and support at
7:30pm in the Concert Hall. Tickets only £1.00.
T U E S D A Y 26th FEBRUARY C O N S O R T W I N D E N S E M B L E in the Consort
Gallery at 1:00pm. Admission free.
S U N D A Y 2nd M A R C H March of the Slobs featuring Charlie Parka and
starring Albertos Y Los Paranoias and the
Smirks at 7:30pm in the Great Hall. Tickets
£1.25 availabe from Ents Room and R C S and
Guilds Offices or £1.75 on the door.
E N T S DISCOS every Friday in the Union Lower Lounge at 8:00pm. Admission only 20p.
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TABLE TENNIS H O C K E Y IC 3rds vs Thames Valley: 5—1
Last Saturday, IC thirds (well, mostly
thirds) played in the manner to which
they would like to be accustomed. Do I
hear two-one? No they cry, five-one or
T o n y G r e i g w o u l d have s a i d : " W e
made them grovel" . Moving as if the
oilfields of the Persian Gulf were at
their mercy, the well-oiled forward Ifne
drilled a gaping hole in the Thames
Valley to begin a veritable deluge that
saw their opponents' hopes go down
the drain. After two minutes, Steve
Wriggley riddled his way through the
defence to score. Minutes later, J im
Ebner found himself twenty-five yards
out with only the goalkeeper to beat
and, in a moment of extreme rashness,
scored, and put himself on the road to
a j u g . H o w e v e r , T h a m e s V a l l e y
dampened IC's now soaring spirits by
s c o r i n g . R e c o g n i s i n g t h i s b l a t a n t
example of ungentlemanly conduct (in
view of the fact that the thirds had just
got used to playing on a pitch with
grass and proper markings instead of
contour lines, ie the match was at
H a r i i n g t o n ) , S t e v e R i d l e y a g a i n
s h a t t e r e d the o p p o s i n g d e f e n c e to
leave the goalkeeper wishing, in vain,
that he was Dave Moynham.
For the second half, IC swopped the
advantage of Neil Mason's umpiring
for his greater skill in persuading our
opponent's key man to try his hand at
umpiring. Incidentally, Robyn Morgan
hereby apologises for the appalling
low quality of IC's fourth goal which
w a s an i n e x c u s a b l e e x a m p l e of
opportunism and would not have an
allowed to mar an otherwise unblem
ished performance had it not improved
t h e g o a l d i f f e r e n c e . C h r i s B i r d
attempted to improve upon Kentucky
Fried C h i c k e n by making the C h i p of
t h e Y e a r ; u n f o r t u n a t e l y , he w a s
outside the ' O ' at the time and so only
the vision of what may have been
r e m a i n s . G o r d o n wyl ie s t a k e d his
cliam for a place in the team with a
w e l l - t i m e d run leadint to IC's fifth
goal.
Altogether, this was a performance
of such polish, one regrets to have put
it down to wearing clean, dry, cotton
shirts instead of thsoe nasty, damp
nylon ones.
IC F O O T B A L L : H A R D L U C K L A D S I would like to thank all those who played for the
seconds last Saturday in the semi-final. Unfortunately
it just wasn't our day. Special thanks is due to the
vociferous support given by a small band of hardy
supporters, who even with a defeat turned the whole
day into a memorable occasion. M a y I also take this
opportunity to wish the fourths the best of luck for
the replay against K C H 2 (if the game was played
Wednesday I hope they won).
Cheers, Phil.
P A R A C H U T I N G C O U R S E If y o u e v e r w a n t e d to h u r l y o u r s e l f out of an
aeroplane at 2,500ft, now is your chance. There will
be a talk and film on Tuesday 26th February at
6:00pm in E E 403a, explaining what it's all about. All
welcome!
IC WATER POLO C L U B
O n Thursday 7th February, IC firsts
h a d their first m a t c h for the U L U
l e a g u e , first d i v i s i o n . T h e y p l a y e d
against St Mary's Hospital at the U L U
swimming pool in Malet Street.
Mary's started the game with a lot of
enthusiasm and managed to score a
goal in the first minute. However, the
g o a l s h o u l d n ' t h a v e c o u n t e d , b e - ,
c a u s e the s c o r e r p u s h e d the ball -
under the water before he shot. IC
came back quickly and Barry Ashwin,
p l a y i n g a g g r e s s i v e l y in t h e f r o n t ,
e q u a l i s e d b e f o r e t h e e n d of t h e
quarter, after taking the ball from Phil
Mills.
In the second and third quarters IC
dominated the game, scoring one goal
in each quarter. Pat Porter and Nick
Last were playing creatively midpool
and our attack was working efficiently.
Barry passed the ball to Phil Thwaites
a n d he s w a m up a n d s c o r e d our
second goal with a lob over the goal
keeper's head. Phil Mills scored our
third goal with a long shot from a very
difficult angle. The ball hit the near
p o s t a n d w e n t i n t o t h e o p p o s i t e
corner.
In the -fourth quarter Mary's put all
their effort to equalise, but our goalie.
D a v e R o b e r t s d i d n ' t g i v e t h e m a
chance. He made three magnificent
saves, two of them from shots from
the two yards line! Just before the end
of the game Nick Buckland attempted
a hard shot and their goalie saved it,
but the bal l went in front of P h i l
Thwaites, who literally swam into the
goal with it, to make the final score 4-
1 to IC. It was a clear win for us and
we fully deserved it.
T e a m : Dave Roberts, Nick Buckland,
Phil Mills, Pat Porter, Nick Last, Barry
Ashwin, Phil Thwaites.
Dimitri
TOUR MATCH EXCLUSIVE: IC Ladies Rugby vs Magor
Maidens: 4—4 This was the Welsh team's second
match of the weekend and proved to
be a hard but friendly occasion and
provided us with the best ladies rugby
we have yet seen. IC went soon down
to f o u r t e e n p l a y e r s w h e n ' S t i n k e r '
Wilton had to leave the pitch due to
i l l n e s s . C o r n e t t o ( S i l v a n a ) s o o n
followed her off with a limp wrist but
was revitalised enough to return after
ten minutes.
In the scrums 'Happy Hooker' Babs
was magnificent, taking about eighty
percent of the opposition ball although
they were sometimes driven off it by a
well drilled Magor pack. In the backs
Magor showed superior organisation
and, with some excellent kicking from
t h e f ly half , put IC u n d e r s o m e
pressure. This led to a try for them
T h e results of the first team over the
past three weeks have been crucial
a n d s u c c e s s f u l , (thank G o d , A l l a h ,
Mao, Buddha) . First they defeated the
seconds by the narrow margin of five
sets to four, then Gainsford 8-1, and
finally the only remaining threat to
t h e i r d i v i s i o n f o u r c h a m p i o n s h i p
hopes, I N C O by nine sets to nil!
This means that they have an almost
i n s u r m o u n t a b l e l e a d , a n d the c u p
should be ours! (The first trophy for
IC in recent years.)
T h e s e c o n d s ( s e e a b o v e ) a l s o
defeated Sarah Siddons 7-2 to stay
comfortably in the middle of the table.
O f t h e l o w e r t e a m s , t h e t h i r d s
continued their relentless pursuit of
the division 6b title, with 6-3, and 9-0
victories (who cares who they played?).
(It was S a i n s b u r y s 3 a n d Imperial
T o b a c c o 1 actually.)
The fourths (my shambles) managed
a p o o r d i s p l y to d e f e a t I m p e r i a l
T o b a c c o 2 o n l y 7-2, but by a l s o
d e f e a t i n g the s e c o n d p l a c e t e a m .
Fulham by 6-3, still have an outside
chance of the division 6a title (as long
as I stay out of the team).
Special praise to Pete, Ho ng and
Kartik, of the firsts . . . just keep it up
for another match!
A n d finally a mention of a friendly
match against Downing Col lege —
Cambridge U n n . Their full strength
side was defeated ignominiously by a
mixture of IC 2, 3 and reserves —
what rubbish there is in these provincial
polys!
Yours with the ruskies boycott the
World T T championships,
Petrov Hewkinovitch.
PS: Lars Josefsson would be interested
to know if anyone has a spare Kjell
Jo ha nsson smash, as his is faulty; Kit
Nair thinks he's getting worse (even
though now we have to try when we
beat him!). O h , and Stean is having a
little ball trouble.
after fifteen minutes. However, after
twenty-one minutes IC's good rucking
five yards from the Magor try line led
to a score when 'Animal ' Harrington
crashed over the line.
In general the match was hard but
fait , with g o o d t a c k l i n g a n d g o o d
r u n n i n g f r o m b o t h s i d e s . S p e c i a l
mention must go, however, to Fay
( 'Hotl ips ' ) w h o was o u t s t a n d i n g as
scum half. The final whistle went with
IC putting Magor under considerable
pressure. We then adjourned to the
bar w h e r e M a g o r M a i d e n s d e m o n
strated their e x p e r t i s e at s i n g i n g ,
drinking, and playing silly games, as
they had on Saturday Night.
Quote of the dav from T h u n d e r -
t h i g h s " S n o o k , to C B S n e w s m a n :
" W h y s h o u l d n ' t w o m e n u s e t h e i r
bodies in every way they can to enjoy
themselves."
S J G
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GROWING PAINS Well, what is this alternative growth
thing that Liberals talk about? It is quite
simply a response to the situation we now
find ourselves in; an industrial nation with
chronic overcapacity , inefficiency and
waste in industry, and a falling share of
world markets; a world of increasing strife
and unemployment, and an alienated,
selfish and materialistic society. We also
have this p r o b l e m with e l e c t r o n i c
technology which increases efficiency and
unemployment at the same time.
Like it or not, we are entering the post-
industrial society. We must clamp down
on the waste and inefficiency of our
consumer society, at the same time
developing good community facilities. The
increasing lack of work creates tremendous
opportunities for more time spent on
l e i s u r e , e d u c a t i o n a n d c o m m u n i t y
involvement. We must develop, a spirit of
cooperation, as opposed to the current
confrontation, at the same time involving
the individual in the running of his life.
At last September's Liberal Assembly,
a motion on alternative growth was
debated. IC Liberal Club are pleased to
have as s p e a k e r s two p e o p l e who
opposed each other on that debate, Lady
N a n c y S e e a r , a L i b e r a l e c o n o m i c s
spokeswoman, and Roger Cowe, chairman
of the Young Liberal Economics commis
sion. They will be speaking at a discussion
on alternative growth in Mech Eng 640 at
7:30pm on M o n d a y 18th February . If you
would like to learn more, or simply raise
your own points, please come along.
See you
Phil C o l e
IC Liberal C l u b Secretary
Imperial College Third World Scholarship
This scholarship is designed to fund one
Third World student on a P G course
relevant to the needs of his or her
country of origin
ICU has collected £800 so far.
£800 is equivalent to 17p per student.
You can afford more -
There will be further collections.
F U T U R E E V E N T S
C I T Y A N D G U I L D S
together with
R O Y A L A E R O N A U T I C A L S O C I E T Y
present
T H E A P P L I C A T I O N O F M O D E R N
AIRPOWER
by
Group Capt R A Mason, Director of
Defense Studies, R A F Staff College
on
T U E S D A Y 19th F E B R U A R Y
6:30pm
Chem Eng Theatre A
(Tea at 6:00pm)
FIGHT B A C K AFTER
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
B B C World Service Quiz
IC has a team consisting of one home
• student and two overseas students to
compete in a Quiz at Broadcasting House.
This will take place in late May or early
June and the team will compete five times
(each time taking about two hours after all
the messing around). If interested in an
audition see Chris Fox, I C U Office
(internal 3915).
E N J O Y V O D K A PARTIES?
Interested in Polish culture?
Come to the Pol Soc A G M on
W E D N E S D A Y 20th F E B R U A R Y
at 2:00pm in the Green Committee
Room of the Union Building.
See you there!
IC J A Z Z C L U B P R E S E N T
SP3, the Ayatollahs and Blue Max
in Stan's Bar on Wednesday 20th Feb
between 8:00pm and 11:00pm.
B C G (tuberculosis vaccination)
A team will be coming to the College
on T u e s d a y 26th F e b r u a r y and
Tuesday 4th March. The sessions will
commence at 12:30pm in Comittee
Room 329 and end 2:30pm. There will
be more details in FELIX next week.
THE PHOENIX
The magazine of
Imperial College Union
ON SALE NOW!
From Bookshop, ICU & FELIX Office
Price 20p
OVERSEAS S T U D E N T S COMMITTEE
I N T E R N A T I O N A L W E E K
18th to 22nd February
Monday 18th: V O L U N T A R Y SERVICE OVERSEAS - Film and talk at
6:15pm in Chem Eng Theatre 1.
Tuesday 19th: 'WESTERN COUNTRIES HINDER T H E PROGRESS O F D E V E L O P I N G NAT IONS ' a debate with speakers including T R E V O R PHILLIPS at 1:00pm in Mech Eng 220.
Wednesday 20th: INTERNATIONAL FAIR with wine, food, films and music
from 12:30 to 5:30 in the JCR.
Thursday 21st: C A M P A I G N AGAINST T O R T U R E , an Associated Studies
Talk by Dr harold
Talk by Dr Harold Hillman in association with Amnesty International at
1:30pm in Chem Eng Theatre 1.
Friday 22nd: INTERNATIONAL EVENING with dinner and disco from 7:30
to 2:00 in the JCR. Tickets £1.50 from the Union Office. Cash bar till 11:00.
FOR S A L E T H R E E S T I F F L I T T L E F I N G E R S T I C K E T S
for the concert at the Hammersmith Odeon on
23rd March. £3.25 each. Contact R Morgan,
Maths 1.
C H U C K B E R R Y G U I T A R S O L O S . If you still
want one, be quick, there are only six left.
£1.00 ono for the lot. Contact R Morgan,
Maths 1.
H I G H Q U A L I T Y C A S S E T T E S ( T D K S A ,
Hitachi, V D E X ) in bulk, and cheap. Contact
Greg Loten, C C D 1 or room 654, Tizard Hall.
(Minimum order ten cassettes.)
WANTEDS S E C O N D H A N D B I C Y C L E W H E E L (larger
than twenty inches) for third year project.
Contact Mark Nathan, B e e Eng 3 or 01-994
2775.
O N E B L U E A D I D A S S P O R T S B A G was
stolen/lost from the Prince's Garden's Sports
Centre containing jeans etc. Very important. If
found, please return to T J Joslin, Zoo 2.
C O F F S O C FIRST M E E T I N G
Thursday 21st February
Beit 21. All welcome!
G A R D E N H A L L N I G H T O U T
Friday 15th February
A visit to The Sun Holborn.
Meet G H 7:00pm or The Sun 7:30pm
IMPERIAL O P E R A T I C S O C I E T Y
present
The Sorceror with Cox and Box
until Saturday 16th February
Tickets available lunchtimes ground level
Sherfield Building.
Simon — Brighton was great!
O V E R S E A S EXPEDITIONS 1981 The next meeting ot the Imperial College Exploration
Borad will be held on Wednesday 26th November
1980. The Board is responsible for granting official
recognition to expeditions and provides funding.
Proposals should reach the Board by the above date.
Further details from the Exploration Society which
meets every Monday at 12:30pm in Southside Upper
Lounge or ring Martin Judkins on internal 3184. Start
planning now!