N o . 391 F R I D A Y , 2 3 R D M A Y , 1975

B E E R U P 2p

D E S P I T E S T R O N G protes ts to the contrary , the pr i ce of beer has gone np by Zp on a p in t .

T h e d e c i s i o n was t aken on Monday at a meet ing o f the C o l l e g e Re f ec to ry Committee on the b a s i s of a recommenda­t i on from the B a r Commit tee w h i c h met s p e c i f i c a l l y to d i s c u s s the pr ice inc reases on May 9 t h .

T h e inc reases have taken

ef fect immedia te ly .

GRANTS ANNOUNCEMENT:

CHICKENFEED! AS ONE might have expected, the grant increases announced by Mr Prentice on Tuesday

fall short of the 40% called by the NUS. The increase of 22% does however raise the London grant from £ 6 6 5 to £ 8 1 0 . Married women students will now be treated the same as married male students, and the starting point on the salary scale for parental contributions has been raised.

C L A R K E C A U S E S F U R O R E

C H A R L E S C L A R K E ; the N U S of a p o l i t i c a l s t o rm.

The row has erupted because Mr C l a r k e appeared a t a press conference on the i n v i t a t i on of the Get Britain Out Campa i gn Commit tee a w e e k y e s t e r d a y . T h i s a c t i o n was taken desp i t e the fact that Mr C l a r k e was under a mandate from the L l a n d u d n o Conference w h i c h s t rong ly d i saproves of members of the N U S execut i ve appear ing on shared platforms of th i s k i n d .

The L l a n d u d n o conference had noted "The umbrella nature of the national Get B r i t a i n Out CampaignCommittee and the presence of Powellites and other racialists on that Committee" and a s a r e su l t ins t ruc ted the NUS execut i v e to "appear under no circum­stances on platforms with

pres iden t - e l ec t , i s at the centre

racists and fascists" . It wou ld seem therefore that

Mr C l a r k e ' s appearance on the i n v i t a t i o n of the Commit tee i s i n v i o l a t i o n of this i n s t r u c t i o n . Mr C l a r k e contends th i s and to ld our reporter that the par t i cu la r people w i th whom he shared the plat form were not put t ing forward ideas that c o n f l i c t ed w i th the at t i tude of the N U S on campa ign ing procedures w i th regards to the E E C debate .

However , there are c e r t a i n groups w i t h i n the student movement who d isagree s t rong ly w i t h Mr C l a r k e ' s a c t i o n . He w i l l probably face harsh c r i t i c i s m s and poss ib le censure at the next N U S conference in Scarborough next November .

The 22% increase f o l l ows a 25% increase l a s t year . Dur ing the past year the rate o f i n f l a t i on has i n c r eas ed , a s have the l e v e l s of other wage s e t t l emen t s .

NUS has desc r i b ed the increase (which the D E S c l a ims to be based on the annua l rate of in f la t ion ) as d i sappo in t i ng though i t we lcomed the d e c i s i o n to end d i s c r i m i n a t i o n ;i 'gainst married women. John R a n d a l l , the current N U S pres ident , has c a l l e d for a rent freeze to protect s tudent l i v ing s tandards , as the whole of the increase would be swa l l owed up i n the increase c o s t of b o o k s , c l o t h i n g , transport and other e s s e n t i a l s .

Seve ra l V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r s are reported to fear further student m i l i t a n c y as the Government has f a i l ed to g ive large enough grants to meet inc reased cos t s of un i v e r s i t y and co l l e ge h a l l s and l odg ings . Ren t s t r i k e s are indeed i n

progress at s e v e r a 1 un iver ­s i t i e s .

A c t u a l f igures for the new grants are as fo l l ows w i t h the current grants i n b r a c k e t s : London grant: £810 (£665), an increase of 22%; e l s ewhe re : £740 (£605), a n inc rease of 22%; students l i v i n g at home: £570 (£475), a n increase of 2 0 % .

P a r e n t a l cont r ibut i ons now start at a r e s i d u a l income of £2,200 (£1,600).

Whi l s t Mr P r en t i c e has fa i l ed to make a l l non-degree courses sub j ec t to mandatory awards (he c l a i m s th is wou ld cos t £200m.), he has abo l i shed the d i s c r e t i ona ry Awards ( in favour of mandatory awards ) for i n i t i a l teacher t r a i n ing , H N D and D H E c o u r s e s .

Women students w i l l now be able to c l a i m dependants a l l owances for husbands and c h i l d r e n but there is s t i l l no change i n the unpopular pract i ce of a s s e s s i n g a spouse ' s con t r i bu t i on .

Warwick Rent Strike Strengthens The Warwick U n i v e r s i t y Student U n i o n ' s f ight aga ins t i t s

U n i v e r s i t y admin i s t ra t i on has f i n a l l y c o l l a p s e d after three terms of bi t ter s t rugg le . T h e end , hera lded by a high-court in junc t i on g i v i n g the Warwick U n i v e r s i t y admin i s t ra t i on the r ight to r eoccupy the te lephone exchange and the Senate B u i l d i n g came when 500 -

750 po l i c emen ( i n c lud ing 30 po l icewomen) ar r i ved on T h u r s ­day of l a s t week to e v i c t the o ccupy ing s tudents .

The trouble began i n the Spr ing term when 800 of the 2,700 students on campus went on rent s t r ike i n protest a ga ins t higher r e n t s . Threa t s by the U n i v e r s i t y to render the s t r i ke r s i n e l i g i b l e for exam­ina t i ons aroused anger and

resu l t ed i n a U n i o n meet ing vo t ing to occupy the Senate

b u i l d i n g . B u i l d i n g .

The a t t e m p t s of the A c a d e m i c Reg i s t r a r to pressure s tudents into s u b m i s s i o n by s a y i n g that the examina t i ons c o u l d not proceed a s p lanned further aggravated the s i t u a t i o n

Ob ta in ing of a H i g h Cour t

p o s s e s s i o n order by the U n i v e r s i t y and of i t s se r v ing to the students added yet more fue l to the f i r e . A p i cke t was mounted on the Senate B u i l d i n g by some students and others o ccup i ed the nearby U n i v e r s i t y A r t s C e n t r e . Other unions w i t h i n the U n i v e r s i t y re fused to c r o s s the student p i cke t l i n es and enter the b u i l d i n g .

T h e U n i o n had demanded an end to v i c t i m i s a t i o n but the ques t i on was deferred by the Senate meet ing on Wednesday

a f ternoon. The Student U n i o n ' i s t ak ing s teps to strengthen

the rent s t r i k e . Whi le the p i cke t has been w i thdrawn and the A r t s Centre i s no longer be ing o c c u p i e d . T h i s d e c i s i o n came after the Senate meet ing .

There i s to be a day of a c t i o n on the educa t i ona l cu t s on June 4th and , on the campus . The Students U n i o n i s a l s o to inves t i ga t e the U n i v e r s i t y ' s f inance a n d w i l l base the i r campa ign for 1975/6 on the outcome of th i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n .

2 F E U X

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Michael Williams

JUST WHAT in the hell is Charles Clarke, the

president-elect of NUS playing at? (See page one). The

tight-rope exercise of "stretch-the-mandate"? The

instructions given at the Llandudno conference stated

that no platform was to be shared with racists or

fascists and the same motion condemned the "Get

Britain Out" Campaign because it contained racist and

fascist elements. Yet when I spoke to Charles last

Monday, he was calmly sure that he was within the

parameters set out by the mandate. But even he admits

that he took his interpretation right up to the limit —

only the Conference at Scarborough next November can

decide whether that limit was deliberately crossed or

not.

* Today sees a new slant on an old idea to add a kind

of novelty to the impact of serious student militancy.

The Overseas Students Committee have decided to

picket the Imperial College Board of Governors meeting

which is planned to start at around 10.30 am this

morning. A petition is being presented to the G B ' s

Chairman, Sir Henry Fisher, in protest at the recent

government announcements relating to self-supporting

students fees increases.

FEL IX wishes the protest well and hopes to have a

full report next week.

* Incidentally, there is no truth whatsoever in the

malicious rumour that I got pissed with John Randall

last Monday on cans of Swan lager. And he did NOT give

me an excellent quote which made scandebus reference

to one of the current NUS Executive. And I shall NOT

be printing this non-existent quote in the last issue of

FELIX this year. So there!

F E L I X .

Newspaper of Imperial Michael J .L . Williams

College Union Editor Published by the Editor on behalf of the

Imperial College Union Publications Board. Printed Offset-litho on the Union premises.

Thanks to G i l l , Ian, Richard, Raman^ Riz , Paul and John

F*ELIX Office, IC Union, Prince Consort Rd , London SW7 2 B B .

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L e t t e r ICU E E C Motion

Dept. of Chemical Eng. Imperial College London 14th May 1975.

Dear S i r , Though I am g lad that F E L I X

s h o u l d g ive prominence to the important d e c i s i o n t aken by I C U conce rn ing our member­sh ip of the E E C , I f ee l that the only l a c k to emerge, i s i n the report ing of th is i s s u e .

Nowhere i s the text of the subs tan t i v e mot ion ment ioned , nor i s any reference made to a c t u a l arguments used i n propos ing this m o t i o n .

In summary, the mot ion noted the i n c r ease i n p o t e n t i a l markets for B r i t i s h Industry , the support from men and count r i es of p o l i t i c a l l e a rn ing for our membership , the improved terms of membership and the government take-over o f B r i t i s h l e y l a n d .

Amongs t the arguments presented for the Pro-Market c a s e , i t was sugges ted that B r i t a i n s sovere ignty wou ld be enhanced through be ing l e ss dependant on the U S A and a l s o wor ld peace wou ld be s t rength­ened by the presence of a powerful European Communi t y . O n top of these , th is country i s i n the gr ips of a f i n a n c i a l C r i s i s and needs a l l the support i t c a n get from our ne ighbours .

The mot ion conc luded by condemning the reac t i onary a c t i ons o f the N U S a n d ins t ruc t ing the E x e c to make c e r t a in informat ion for the Pro-Marke t c ause a v a i l a b l e and to communicate to va r i ous press and p o l i t i c i a n s , our support for cont inued member* s h i p of the European E c o n o m i c Communi t y .

Yours s i n c e r e l y ,

T J . D . P y e

FL O R N A THOMAS.

H E R E W E are a g a i n ! It 's the high-spot of the week , y e s , y ou ' v e guessed i t , i t ' s the IF Only c o l u m n ! Of c o u r s e , I f ee l very honoured that the august E d i t o r of F E L I X a l l o w s our humble week l y in t rus ions into the i r i l l u s t r i o u s pub l i c a t i on . S o it hard ly seems fa i r to launch into indescr lmate c r i t i c i s m of IC a s has unfortun­a t e l y been the case in the

p a s t . (AIthough it wou ld g i ve me someth ing M E A T Y to wr i t e about ) .

However I th ink it wou ld be better to abandon a l l at tempts at profundity and wr i t e some­th ing p l easant l y mundane, w h i c h w i l l c o n f o r m t o everyone ' s idea of the dumb secre ta ry , (and i sn ' t i t drummed into our t iny t h i ck heads from the word go, that the s e c r e t a r y ' s duty i s to butter up her b o s s ? ) .

Tha t s about 120 words and s o another 150 shou ld jus t about do

A n y w a y , w h i l e I'm here, I may a s w e l l introduce myse l f . ; I am the R a g R e p , (no, I'm N O T r e spons ib l e for the s t a f f ' s c l o thes ) and i t ' s my job to beg , implore etc" e tc to take part in Rag Week. In other w o r d s , a c a s e of a l i t t l e gent ly p e r sua ­s i o n . ( N O B O D Y expec t s the S p a n i s h Inque is t i on ) . A l l th i s i s no e a s y t a s k .

Of course , the pathe t i c ,

w e l l , lets be tac t fu l , elite number of IF students w h o turn out for c o l l e c t i n g is hard ly su rp r i s i ng c o n s i d e r i n g that rough ly two- th i rds of the c o l lege commutes from the far- f lung rea lms of Wimbledon, R u i s l i p e t c e t c . But what about the other th i rd? Y o u may w e l l a s k .

C o l l e c t i n g goes on a l l through the autumn term and if you c o u l d only manage one s i n g l e Saturday out of the rest of your l i f e , it h e l p s . A l s o , c o I l e c t i n g c a n b e r e a l l y h i l a r i o u s , and you have the s a t i s f a c t i o n of do ing someth ing wor thwh i l e and . . . . Amen to a l l that !

P S . Would a l l the budding jpo l i t i ans at IC de ign to s t e p d o w n from the i r b o r i n g , ex t remis t platforms and D O someth ing cons t ruc t i v e l i k e the rest of us peaceab le mor ta l s , who r ea l i s e we can ' t change the wor ld w i th our r a d i c a l ideas?

EDUCATIONAL REDEPLOYMENT T H E E D U C A T I O N A L

R e deployment Se r v i c e was

set up i n 1969 and i s s t i l l the

only na t i ona l l y operat ing un i t

w h i c h concerns i t s e l f s o l e l y

w i th the problems faced by

those who are so often damn-

ing l y l a b e l l e d " d r o p - o u t s . "

F o r the pas t two yea rs i t h a s

r e c e i v ed Government he lp i n

order to offer F R E E a i d to a l l

those s tudents d i s c o n t i n u i n g ,

for whatever r e a sons , from

degree , H N D e t c c o u r s e s .

Information i s a v a i l a b l e ma in l y

on employment , a l t e rna t i v e

c o u r s e s , ca ree rs and grants

but machinery i s on hand to

he lp w i th any careers prob lem

no matter how o b s c u r e .

The E R S i s not s e e k i n g to

supp lant any of the we l f a r e/

pe rsona l tutor/ e t c f a c i l i t i e s

w h i c h e x i s t at I C . B u t i t does

point out that certain discon­

tinuing students may feel

aggrieved t o w a r d s the

institution responsible for

having failed him and might

therefore be unwilling to seek

help there .Also, many students

have already left the campus

before learning they are not

eligible to continue with their

course while others are simply

unaware of the facilities

available to them with their

own college or university. For

all such students, and many

more besides, the ERS is a

valuable additional source of

information/advice/help.

So if you know of anyone

who is considering "dropping-

out," get him or her to contact

the ERS at 20, Gower Street,

London WC1E6DP

(01-637 0450).

T H E T A

SHIRTS For

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G e n t l e m e n o f R e s .

WEAR SOUR A1ASC0T

ON y OUR CHEST.'

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F E L I X 3

P R I Z E C R O S S W O R D No.18 MEG

Across

I . A s C h i l d i s h horse? A s t r i pey one (6). 3. .Defeat one w i th frequency before the c o l l e g e . The sort of th ing that makes me happy(8) 8 .The P o l i t i c s group is not bored, but they do have a s ta te in th is (10,5) .

10 .Hence the c a l l for s i l e n c e in court?(6) . I I . K i p l i n g ' s young spy? C e r t a i n l y not in th is outf it . (6) . 1 4 . G u i a n a ' s rat t led by the dragon.(6) .

15 Was in debt, i t ' s s a i d , s o

produced some verse (3).

18 .Hav ing no a s p i r a t i o n s , the drunkard was shot (3 ) . 19 N a t ' s lass lost the s h i p , being crooked #3). 22 Make St A n t h o n y c r o s s in the smi thy , then lose one ' s memory (6) . 23.Good man! A s i s t e r s tops the c i r c u l a t i o n .(6). 25.Stab out of bed ; the unit burns to l i s t e n , a l l of a

sudden. (5 ,2 ,4 ,4 ) . 26 .A dry c h a i n , perhaps? Y o u would be too, in th is c o n d i t i o n .

(8) .

27.Str ip the b i l l i a r d table w i t h ­

out being no t i c ed ! (3).

Down

1. 1 Leave behind a tear in l i eu of sev ice . (4 ,4 ) . 2 . C a t e c h i s m s ? T h i n g s be long­ing to Hope ' s s i s te r . (8 ,2 ,5 ) .

4. D i g i t a l ex t remi ty? How creepy 1(6). 5. Abandon in p ie ty , w i th an expostu la t ion . (3 ,8 ,4 ) .

6 .Shy ca t? Cut its t a i l off and its a dif ferent creature (severa l infact).(6) .

7 .Emp loy for a purpose. (3) . 9 . The German, w i th t ie a l l c rooked , wants to prepare for pub l i ca t i on aga in . ( 6 ) . 12 .John the Scot is my property, I hear, but he 's Greek . ( 6 ) .

13.Sue lets her Eas t e rn bit drop and mixes in the l ight (6) .

16. A s se t s are m ixed , so are na t i ons . (3). 1 7 . Two model a rm ies , a s h i p and head less me a l l in a t runk. (5,3) .

20 My Oh io -Pak i s t an i a i r l i n e ? A bit hard to see ^6).

21 .Sounds as though it broke (ungrammatical ly ) when it stopped (6). 24 L ln i t a r i l y impersona l , pronominal ly speak ing (3) .

GRAND AEROSOC DRAW

The r esu l t s of the draw are

as f o l l o w s :

l s t : T i c k e t s to J e r s e y .

M i s s M . - L .Harris ( B R C )

2 n d : M r D . R a i n f o r d . (Aero 3)

Magnum of Champagne

3rd : Mr K .Wha l e y . ( E l e c . E n g

1) I n s t ama t i c .

4 t h : Mr G N i x o n (K ings ton

P o l y ) E l e c t r o n i c

L i g h t e r .

5 th : Mr J .Hodges (K ings ton

P o l y ) H a i r d y e r .

6 th : Mr P .N .Lou th (Aero 2) F o u n t a i n P e n .

Could prizewinners

contact any of the Aerosoc

Committee Members to

arrange the collection of

their priz e.

NOTICE

Please return all Rags

Mags, Money, and collect­

ing tins to your C C U

VP's as soon as possible.

Past Issues of FEL IX

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T A L K THINGS O V E R IN A Q U I E T P L A C E

There are times when even the best of us get fed up

and want to talk things over in a quiet place.... .

Next to the Sports Centre there's a comfortable flat

w*jere you can always find a friend who will understand.

It's run by students for the times when you need a

confidential ear.

It's called Nightline.

Of course, if you want information or professional

advice we can find it for you, but if all you want is a

chat, that's alright.

Ring up (581-2468) or drop in for a cup of coffee or

tea (8, Princes Gardens) any time between 6 in the

evening and 9 in the morning.

F E L I X

T H E C O M M O N EEC or

BUST -

LITERALLY I O R B i l l Gerrard

W H E N C O N S I D E R I N G a change in law, one must a l w a y s beware of "the grass is greener on the otherside of the hill "syndrome. C e r t a i n l y the E E C has many faults, but the ant i -marketeers have c o n s i s t e n t l y s h o w n themse lves to be suf fe r ing from this syndrome by the i r i nab i l i t y to out l ine a v igorous and p l a u s i b l e a l t e r n a t i v e .

If you be l i e ve that F r og s , Dogos , K rau ts and Wops w i l l be the des t ruc t i on of this country , and that the so lu t i on to B r i t a i n ' s problems is to send home a l l wogs e t c , I fear that there is very l i t t l e I cou ld do to c o n v i n c e you o therw ise , except to suggest a psych i a t r i s t who is an expert on xenophob ia . Hence for th , I w i l l ignore the i l l o g i c a l rant ings of the extreme right and w i l l on ly s w o t at the i r sort of arguments when they ra i se their ugly heads in (national ) s o c i a l i s t i d e a s .

In looking at the arguments of the Le f t , one f inds it d i f f i cu l t to see a general theme to their arguments . O v e r a l l , it would appear that their reasons for want ing to leave Europe are that Europe is only worth j o in ing when it has become a s o c i a l i s t i ns t i tu t i on of Utopian proport ions, and yet , the s o c i a l i s t s are rap id l y becoming the largest s i n g l e party in E urope.

S ince no-one has Issued an organised a l t e rnat i ve to the E E C I can only work on the assumpt ion that if we left we would go it a lone or re jo in (if poss ib l e ) what is left of E F T A . Our b iggest problem would be forming regular trade connec t ions— who would trust us in the long term after

ditching three sets of trading partners in

less than a decade (Commonwealth, EFTA

and EEC)? A country l ike B r i t a i n , whose trade is based upon import ing raw mater ia ls and expor t ing f i n i shed mater ia l s needs a guaranteed market . Our only large natural resource (North s ea o i l ) is large ly mortgaged, large s e c t i ons of our industry run ine f f i c i en t l y , and our cof fers are a lmost empty . If we left the E E C without a v i ab l e a l t e rnat i ve we w i l l be bankrupted, and the p o l i t i c a l extremism (as seen in Norway) w i l l be e x p l o s i v e here .

Let us cons ide r the main arguments s t a y i n g in the E E C : -

1. "That it is a capitalist plot aimed in

particular at supporting the super-

companies." The giant f i rms of Europe , many of them B r i t i s h - b a s e d managed to grow to their proport ions before the E E C was formed. I w i l I agree there are pos s i b l e

IN R E P L Y Mr P h i l l i p s ' a r t i c l e only conf i rms what

I have s a i d above : there is no workab le a l t e rna t i v e to the E E C . . H i s a r t i c l e seems to sugges t that we should leave the E E C and announce to the wo r l d , "We are no longer capitalists, so please be kind and

trade with us at nice prices!" No sys t em

(un less s e l f - su f f i c i en t , w h i c h we are not) of whatever p o l i t i c a l p e r suas i on , c a n progress un l e s s it is prepared to trade competively — an idea w h i c h Mr P h i l l i p s automatically confuses into exploitation.

T o sugges t that the T h i r d World has not yet learnt how to remove oppressive c a p i t a l i s t co rpora t i ons , and organise

i tse l f into t rading groups s i m i l a r irit nature to the E E C , bel ies the ach ievments of the A r a b o i l s t a t e s , and much of A f r i c a and A s i a .

The nature of government of the E E C does not meet w i th h i s approva l , but does it seem s o much worse than any other count ry ' s s y s t e m ? We c a n re ly on people l ike Mr P h i l l i p s to pet i t ion s u c c e s s f u l l y the huge European s o c i a l i s t and communist part ies to prevent the poss i b l e dangers he forsees.

/ believe his article only reinforces

the need to say YES to Europe!

dangers if cont ro l s are not in t roduced, but these con t ro l s are best f i xed in t e rna t i ona l l y s o that a g iant company cannot in t imidate s m a l l countr i es s i m p l y because of i t s economic power. A pos i t i v e advantage of the E E C is its potent ia l a b i l i t y to p lace con t ro l s on b u s i n e s s c o n c e r n s .

2. "That we will lose our ability to

govern ourselves." The argument here r evo l ves round the word " w e " . If " w e " means the t y p i c a l B r i t i s h (dare I say it?) worker , then we have never had much say in how our country is r u n . In the European Par l i ament , u n l i k e Westminster , v i r t u a l l y every major p o l i t i c a l party has represent­a t i v e s . The s e l e c t i o n procedure for representat ives i s p r o b a b l y m o r e democrat i c than the B r i t i s h s y s t e m w h i c h left the L i b e r a l party w i th a handful of sea ts in return for a f i f th of the votes c a s t . Westminster is on ly up the road from u s , and yet for a l l the good that does us it might as w e l l be in B r u s s e l s . I be l i eve th is argument c an therefore only be accepted by a n a r c h i s t s who don ' t want any government or by those who have s e l f i s h na t i on l i s t in terests at s t a k e .

3. "That being in the EEC strengthens

NATO and encourages a further military

build-up". J u s t because we are i n the E E C does not mean we have to be long to N A T O — eg F rance is not in N A T O . W h i l e we have " f r i e n d l y " na t i ons e .g . R u s s i a v i s i t i n g ne ighbor ing f r i end ly nat ions l i k e Hungary and C z e c h o s l a v a k i a , perhaps a mi l i ta ry force, however unp leasant the idea , is e s s e n t i a l .

4. "That the EEC will reinforce neo-

colonial conditions in the Third-World

countries." Y ou can bet it has jo ined in a group of l ike-minded nat ions e .g. Warsaw P a c t , O P E C (Arab o i l s t a t e s ) , Cen t r a l A f r i c a n g roup , e t c . I do not accep t the p r inc ip l e that because our forefathers exp lo i t ed a ce r ta in country that we shou ld now let it knock the s tu f f ing out of u s . I be l i eve it is pa t ron is ing to sugges t that the Th i rd World countr i es cannot now in the main look after the i r own in t e r es t s .

5. "Prices are higher in the EEC." /Vof

true! " W h i c h " (May '75) e d i t o r i a l points out that pr ices would have been at least as high outs ide the E E C .

A Ithough the referendum is a ludicrous

idea, it is important to vote because of

the immense impact the result will have

on our method of government (especially

a "no" vote).I hope having outlined some

of the contentious areas, you will be able

to vote "yes" to Europe with confidence.

r Out side the EEC Britain would be bankrupt"

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graph ic Compe t i t i on was a

great s u c c e s s . A to ta l of 164

s l i d e s were submit ted by

fourteen en t rants , r a i s i n g the

to ta l pr i ze money to £11.75.

F rom a s e l e c t i o n of a very

h igh s tandard , the judge , Mr C .

Ames of the C e n t r a l A s s o c i a ­

t i on , choose the f o l l ow ing

w inne r s :

l s t P r i z e : F , C o o k e £6 JOO

2nd P r i z e : R^Fors t e r £3.75

3rd P r i z e : R .Fors ter £2.00

H i g h l y Commended: W . A . C .

M i e r - Jed r z e j ow i c z £1.00.

The judge fe l t that some of

the other entr ies in par t i cu la r

those by D i m o p o l l o s , deserved

to be h i gh l y commended.

F E L I X wou ld l i k e to thank

the judge, D . E t e l a and a l l the

entrants for their p a r t i c i p a t i o n ,

and hopes that next year there

w i l l be a s i m i l a r l y s t rong

r e s p o n s e .

F i r s t P r i z e : F . C O O K E

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in mind that these repro­

ductions do not really do

justice to the originals

since they rely to some

extent on colour effects.

High l y Commended:

W . A . C . M I E R ^ J E D R Z E J O W I C Z

Th i rd P r i z e : R F O R S T E R

7

REVIEWS

C O N C E R T

Stephen Thompson

IC Choir: 'Jephtha' by G .F . Handel; and 'Missa Brevis in A ' by J .S. Bach.

W R I T T E N IN 1752, ten years after Messiah, H a n d e l ' s Jephtha is one of h i s

l e sser known ora tor ios ; however it c o n t a i n s a l l the usua l H a n d e l i a n b r i l l i a n c e and PC C h o i r and the i r regualr conductor , E r i c B rown , are to be congratu la ted on the performance they gave us last F r i d a y even ing in Ho l y T r i n i t y C h u r c h . They were ab l y supported by an orchestra w h i c h deserves its ad j e c t i v e " s p e c i a l " . P a r t i c u l a r l y noteworthy was the b r i l l i an t trumpet work , of w h i c h Hande l i s s o much, the master . Among the s o l o i s t s R i c h a r d Gandy and John W i l l i a m s s tood out; the former for h i s beaut i fu l l y con t ro l l ed runs and the latter for h is c l e a r countertenor v o i c e . T h e choruses were s u n g w i th the e n t hus i a s m w h i c h we have come to expec t from the c h o i r . One minor grumble was that the aud i ence was not provided w i th l i b r e t t i , making the f o l l ow ing of the work s o much more d i f f i c u l t .

The concer t opened w i th the Mlssa Brevis in A of J . S . B a c h . Unfor tunate ly the a c o u s t i c s of the church d id not s tand up to the p r e c i s i on of B a c h ' s c h o r a l w r i t i ng and the e f f e c t i v eness of the work was s p o i l e d . T h e B a c h Mass a l s o served to lengthen the concert to a lmost three hours , desp i t e e x t ens i v e cu t s in the H a n d e l , and the enjoyment, towards the end , was marred by people l eav ing e a r l y .

Lr Id Trevor Phi l l ips

B O O K S

C . R . Hensman: Rich Against Poor

(Penguin).

T H E R I C H and poor in ques t i on here are countr i es as opposed to people , and the book attempts to a n a l y s e the theory and pract i ce of s tate a i d to underdeveloped c o u n t r i e s . It a l s o puts into perspec t i ve the a c t u a l e conomic s ta tus of some of the non-major c oun t r i e s ; it comes a s something of a s h o c k to learn that Genera l Motors has a greater gross na t i ona l product than many ' a d v a n c e d ' c o u n t r i e s , i n c l ud i ng S w i t z e r l a n d , and most of the larger A m e r i c a n corpora t ions comp le t e l y over­shadow the underdeveloped n a t i o n s .

U n t i l recent ly the majority of people had seen A m e r i c a as a great, u n s e l f i s h benefactor pouring huge sums of money into he lp ing i ts poorer dependents s t r i v e towards their own economic s t a b i l i t y . A t t i t u d e s have changed somewhat (partly due to Watergate) and In fact it emerges that, su rp r i s e s u r p r i s e , U n c l e Sam does not a l w a y s de l i v e r the goods as e t h i c a l l y a s we might hope. A l t h o u g h the book is p r i m a r i l y concerned w i t h des t roy ing the myths of government a i d i t a l s o presents arguments a s to how some of the problems c a n , in theory a t l eas t , be r e c t i f i e d . The roots of the problems, however, l ie in the minds of those p o l i t i c i a n s w h o pe rs i s t in be l i e v ing that the contro l of natural resources grants them the powers to toy w i t h the l i ves of ordinary people .

Sigmund Freud: The Psychopathology

of Everyday Life (Penguin).

P S Y C H O L O G Y IS perhaps the s c i e n c e w h i c h more than any other appea l s to the average layman, the educated and

I A M wr i t ing my f i rs t reac t ions to the grants announcement made on T u e s d a y . It under l ines the c y n i c i s m and unfa i rness w i th w h i c h Reg Prent i ce has ruled the D E S over the past fourteen months . T rue , s tudents at IC have rece i ved an increase of 21 .8% on last y ea r ' s award does not even make up for the Inf lat ion dur ing ' 74 -' 75 , much l ess provide for the increased c o s t of lodg ing and refectory mea Is a Iready in the p i p e l i n e . T rue , the married women 's grant has been a b o l i s h e d — but the s p o u s e s ' con t r ibut i on rema ins . The fact that the base l e ve l of the parenta l mean test has r i s en from £1600 to £2200 does not mean that fewer people pay; it means that larger chunks of parents ' incomes w h i c h w i l l have r i s e n by about the same amount a c t u a l l y go into the parenta l c o n t r i b u t i o n . T h i s in turn means that s tudents who-;have trouble get t ing the i r parents to pay the con t r ibu t i on w i l l face even greater prob lems.

A n d nothing has been done about d i s c r e t i onary awards — the biggest s c a n d a l of a l l .

T h i s is a "now-you-see-it-now-you-don't" a w a r d . It may s e em a n unnecessa r ­i l y harsh a t t a ck upon Mr P r en t i c e s i n c e a t f i rs t s i gh t the announcement appears to be a t t rac t i v e . If t h i s were October 1974, it would be; but anyone who s i t s and cons ide r s what the pace of in f la t i on and the cos t of accommodat ion and food

w i l l be in October w i l l b eg in to wonder how he or she w i l l manage .

I cons ide r it a c y n i c a l award because nothing has been done for the worst-of f s tudents of a l l : the s tudents o n d i s c r e t i o n -ary a w a r d s . Instead, P r en t i c e , the se l f -proc la imed "militant moderate" has

himse l f demonstrated the e f f ec t i veness of the rent s t r i k e s and occupa t i ons mounted by the " b i g b a t t a l i o n s " in the un i v e r s i t i e s and p o l y s . T h i s , by the way , answers the c r i t i c s of that m i l i t ancy , who s a i d that these t a c t i c s ga in nothing for s tuden t s . The D E S has fo l lowed the general po l i c y over the cuts w h i c h I de l inea ted In a Precipice some months ago . That is to make them fa l l hardest on those least ab l e to afford i t , and those least ab l e to defend themse lves — d i sc re t i onary award s tuden ts , adul t educa t i on , overseas s tudents e t c . It i s , of course , why un i v e r s i t y teachers have had l i t t l e luck so far; they have d i s c l a i m e d mi l i t ancy .

The tragedy is that no-one wants d i s rup t i on , e x c ep t people who be l i e ve that a student occupat i on w i l l spark off the r e v o l u t i o n . But the fake moderates l ike P r en t i c e are d r i v i ng the rea l moderates who s imp l y want a fa i r dea l for the educat ion s e r v i c e , to real m i l i t a n c y . Le t us hope that the interests of the educat ion s e r v i c e preva i l before it i s i rreparably damaged.

I consider it a cynical award because nothing has been done for

the worst-off students of all: the students on discretionary awards.

i nqu i s i t i v e 'man in the s t r ee t ' ; probably because it he lps him to understand the way in wh i ch he and h is f e l l ow members of s o c i e t y react in var ious s i t u a t i o n s . It a l s o has the added advantage that, a l though it is now h igh ly deve loped , it does not require any par t i cu la r prior knowledge to understand many of i ts most in teres t ing a s s e r t i o n s .

Hand- in-hand w i th psycho logy is the name of S igmund F r e u d , and a s w e l l a s cont r ibut ing inva luab le theor ies he was a l s o concerned w i th making h i s sub jec t more a c c e s s i b l e to the genera l p u b l i c . T o th i s end he wrote th is book in 1901 ; in it he proffers exp l ana t i ons to such commonplace occurrences a s s l i p s of the tongue and the forget t ing of peoples n a m e s . He makes much use of a c tua l examples to support h i s theor i es , and the book makes for f a s c ina t ing read ing ; it w i l l qui te probably whet your appet i te

for further ins ight into th is vas t , ever­growing sub j e c t .

Mike Petty

Norman Hunter: Professor Branestawm

Up the Pole (Penguin).

IN THIS latest s e r i e s of adventures we f ind our hero g rapp l ing w i th an inc r eas ing l y u n l i k e l y s e r i e s of s i tua t i ons a s a resu l t of h i s incessan t , perhaps some wou ld s a y o b s e s s i v e , f l a i r for invent ing the most b i zarre and preposter­ous gadgetry. T h i s t ime Pro f essor Branestawm attempts to s tar t l e the wor ld w i th machines for producing c a k e s , pa int ing f l agpo l es , making p ic tures and pr int ing money. (The only time a ves t i ge of common s e n s e seems to enter h i s head) . He even t r i es h i s hand at ra i lway bu i ld ing — no need to worry E r i c , it d idn ' t work!

The s to r i es are very much the same —

Prof , gets an insp i r a t i on and invents a gadget w h i c h subsequent l y goes c r a z y . J u s t as the invent ions are get t ing comple te ly out of hand, C o l o n e l Dedshot t and h i s C a t a p u l t C a v a l i e r s a l w a y s arr ive to take charge and sort out the pandemon­ium - is there a moral here?

T h i s book is for Branes tawn a d d i c t s o n l y .

R E C O R D S ^^^^^^^^^^*^^>

Ian Morse

Scaffold: Sold Out (Warner Bros)

SCAFFOLD — a s t ructure suppor t ing some weight or even another s t ruc ture .

W e l l , in th is c a s e , I th ink no t . The band meander l imply through most ly t r ad i t i ona l songs , barely supported by s e s s i o n m u s i c i a n s and members of Gr immes , a group our three heroes seem to have a part ia l interest i n . R e n d i t i o n s of Liverpool Lou, Lord of the Dance and

Leaving of Liverpool are offered for the

l i s t eners pa la te , even Hokey Cokey is g i ven the once-over in true party s t y l e . C o u p l e d w i t h these , are a few not s o amus ing songs by Messe rs McGough &

M c G e a r . Ove ra l l the effect is somewhat l i ke

b l indmen wad ing through a torrent of turd . Y e s , the more I l i s t en to th i s a lbum the more I am reminded of another term a s s o c i a t e d w i th the word ' s c a f f o l d ' — c a p i t a l punishment . L e t s hope a s far as Sca f fo ld is concerned , th is a lbum is just a tempory s tage , (geddit?) .

A L R I G H T , A L R I G H T , SO THIS

P A R T I C U L A R S P A C E IS

SEMI-MEANINGLESS, OK?

m i x

Y E A R F O R

IC G O L F

A G O O D

INFORMATION P L E A S E !

If you have any comments about the information of the B l u e B o o k p l ease send them to A n d y B i r d , C h e m . E n g . P . G .

If you have any dates of regular e ven ts , p l ease send them to Mark Hughes C h e m . E n g . 1, who i s cons i d e r i ng them for i n c l u s i o n in a pr inted l i s t of U n i o n E v e n t s , wh i ch w i l l appear i n the new U n i o n Handbook .

If you are an of f icer of any of the C l u b s l i s t e d be low, p l ease c an you arrange for an entry (50 words , say ) to be sent to Gordon J a c k s o n , C h e m . E n g . P . G . as soon as possible, as the copy date was the 9th of May ! S C A B : Enter ta inments C t e e . , F i l m , J a z z and Operat ic S o c i e t i e s . A C C : A s s o c i a t i o n F o o t b a l l , A t h l e t i c , Badmin ton , B o a t , C r i c k e t , Croquet , F e n c ­i n g , H o c k e y , L a c r o s s e , L a w n T e n n i s , R i f l e and P i s t o l , T e n - p i n b o w l i n g , V o l l e y ­b a l l and Women's Sports C l u b . R C C : A s t r o n o m i c a l , B r i d g e , C a n o e , D a r t s , G o , Mounta ineer ing , M u s i c a l , R a d i o , Spor t -Pa ra , S T O I C , Surf , Wine T a s t i n g , Y o g a , and H i s t o r i c a l r e -enac tment . SCC: Amnes ty In te rnat i ona l , A r a b , B a n g l a d e s h , Campus C r u s a d e , C h i n e s e , H e l l e n i c , Ind ian , I s l a m i c , L a t i n A m e r i c a n , Me thod i s t , P e r s i a n , S o c i a l i s t , T r a n s c e n d ' en ta l Med i ta t i on and T u r k i s h .

Voluntary Work this Summer

Have you thought of spending part of the summer holidays helping on children* play schemes, summer schools or camps, environmental improvement projects, holdiays for the elderly or for physically or mentally handicapped people, commun­ity projects etc?

There are s c h e m e s which need volunteers for a few days or a few weeks, you can work near to home or be provided with accommodation in another part of the country.

Many projects also give pocket money and food to volunteers.

Further details from Jen in the Union

Office.

H E L P N E E D E D

Anyone willing to take part in dis­cussions, conversations etc to help overseas students improve their standard of spoken Engl i sh .

Contact C .KOUROUNIOTIS (Maths II) or S AtOHINDRA (Physics II)

S T O P P R E S S

AGM, Thursday

Richard Parker was declared elected as A A O for next session. The TCU Social Colours were awarded (full list to be pub­lished next week; list is now available from Union Office).

The President commended the services of Julian Tyson (Chairman, A C C ) ; Charles Louisson (AAO); John Mortimer (RSMU President and Ron K i l l (DP) which they had given to the Union.

Union General Award's were awarded to Mrs J . A . Gerrard (ICU Hon.Sec.) GDD Jackson (SCC Chairman) and MJL Williams

(Editor of F E L I X ) . The Hon Sec , DP and President

presented their annual reports to the meeting which were accepted .

Nigel Foster

I H A V E B E E N wr i t i ng th is co lumn for two years now and regular readers wi II r e c a l l that throughout the past s e a s o n I have s tated my be l i e f that th i s i s the f ines t IC team ever to have passed through these ha l l owed c l o i s t e r s . because I felt that s u c h an array of ta lent might never aga in be gathered here I had prayed that th is s i d e would leave a legacy that future s i d e s cou ld only asp i r e t o . T h i s I be l i eve we have done and I record it now.

Our s eason t rad i t i ona l l y compr i s es o three major t a s k s : the London C h a m p i o n s h i p s , the South and E a s t e r n U n i v e r s i t i e s League , and the South and E a s t e r n U n i v e r s i t i e s Champ ionsh ips .Weset ourse l ves the target of w inn ing a l l three. The f i rs t hurdle of the London Champ ionsh ips we had not c l ea red s i n c e 1933 . T h i s year IC won by a mi le w i th our f i rst team coming home 27 sho ts c l e a r of our second team and the rest nowhere .

The f i na l two hurdles were to be dec ided on Monday May 5th and it was a poignant day for us a l l . T h e S and E Champ ionsh ips were over 36 ho l e s , a champ ionsh ip that prior to last y ea r ' s v i c t o ry we had never done remotely w e l l i n . A s defend ing champions and favour i tes we felt c on f i d en t . A l a s , at the end of the day we found to our d ismay that we had lost by 1 shot to Southampton who had taken 485 sho ts to our 4 8 6 . The fact that N i ge l F o s t e r had won the nett pr ize w i th round of 75 and 76 and that E d C l u t t o n had aga in taken a gross pr i ze d id l i t t l e to dampen the sorrow felt by a l l at s e e ing our dreams dashed after be ing so c l o s e to v i c t o r y .

The league we felt we had comfortably won as we had played a l l of our matches w i t h only one defeat . T o our surpr i s e Sussex and Southampton c l a imed a right to a share a s a l though they had l ess points than us they cou ld mathemat ica l l y have just caught us had they played a l l of their ma t ches . A s Pres ident of South and E a s t e r n U n i v e r s i t i e s it was my task to ad jud i ca te in th is mat ter . It Would have been easy for me to dec lare us winners par t i cu la r l y as we had smashed Sussex 5-1 when the two s i d e s had met. However , to g i ve no s i d e any 'hard luck ' s tory and to a vo i d a t ie I dec ided to hold a nine hole putt ing compet i t ion between repre­sen ta t i v es from each s i d e to dec ide the i s s u e . T h e c h o o s i n g o f t h e IC representat ive d id not look easy w i th so many gifted putters in the r o o m . However , once the commit tee ' s eyes had fa l l en on our bearded Portuguese Intern­a t i o na l John Mendonca, the cho i c e was not in doubt . H e was s i t t i n g in the corner , a g in and ton ic in each hand, r e c a l l i n g how he had holed from a bunker to beat the F r ench Na t i ona l Champion in front of both T V cameras and a huge-crowd (his l i s tener , E d C l u t t o n , was fast a s l e e p ! ) .

Hand ing h i s putter to him w i th the words " G o get the league or buy us all dinner" we pushed him onto the putt ing g reen . There , w i th the sort of con f idence that on ly G i n and Ton i c dr inkers can muster , he ambled round nine ho les to win by one shot in l eve l par . The resul t c a n never convey the trauma he caused h is suppor t ing onlookers at the th i rd . There he he ld a one shot lead w h i c h he lost by p lay ing an ' a i r - sho t ' at a hal f inch put t . T h i s left poor M ike S t r i c k l a n d para lysed for brea th . L u c k i l y C h r i s C o b b l e d i c k was on hand to poke a putter between M i k e ' s legs or he would never have seen the giant putt John knocked in a few ho l es later to take the w inn ing l e a d .

Thus in the major three IC tournaments we won two and lost one by a h a i r ' s breadth . In summing up the s eason i t is d i f f i cu l t not to mention the London U n i v e r s i t y r esu l t s s i n c e th is team was a lmos t en t i r e l y made up of IC p l a y e r s . T h e Oxford v . Cambr idge V a r s i t y match was an amus ing event for us to read about a s we had a l ready defeated both s i d e s in ques t i on prior to their meet ing. (Indeed Sunningda le Go l f C l u b has now c a n c e l l e d i ts t rad i t i ona l matches aga ins t these s i d e s and replaced them w i th a f ixture aga ins t u s . ) . On other fronts IC players are enter ing many ind i v idua l events and E d C l u t t o n managed to w i n a major tournament in Wales a few weeks a g o . A s for the future IC w i l l be touring North in the summer and has entered a s i d e for the B r i t i s h U n i v e r s i t i e s Champ ion ­s h i p s , not a t rad i t i ona l f ixture as normal ly our c h a n c e s of v i c tory wou ld be remote, but th i s year who knows? (leVus know what happens—Ed.).

F i n a l l y I end by rendering my thanks to t h i s y ea r ' s outgoing committee of Huw R o s s e r (Capt. ) , Bob A l l a n (V-Capt . ) , B i l l Calberwood ( S e c ) , and Mike Marx (Treas. ) for the work they have put in th is year . P a r t i c u l a r l y worthy of mention is B i l l CarJerwood who has worked wi th machine­l i ke ded i ca t i on to see that the s eason has been run smooth ly (and it h a s ! ) . Next year w i th B o b A l l a n a s C a p t a i n and John Mendonca as V i c e - C a p t a i n forming the committee backbone , we can look forward to another f ine IC season and wi th E d C l u t t o n a s London U n i v e r s i t y Secretary we are assured of s ee ing hat fuls of caps coming the Queen ' s Tower way .

LAnnual reviews of Clubs

and societies (especially

sports clubs) are invited

for publication in F E L I X .

Copy should be sub­

mitted to the F E L I X Office

as soon as possible and the

length of the articles should

be limited to 500 words.