F O U N D E D IN 1949 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

Vote on Mon 1st

and T u e s 2nd March

for sabbat ica l o f f icers ,

DP and N U S delegation'.

N : 413 F r i d a y 27th February , 1976 F R E E !

pC O L O G N E U N I V E R S I T Y

won this years Hyde Park

Road Relay and so , for the

first time in i ts 28 year

history, the winners

trophy goes abroad. The

six man team covered the

eighteen mile course (each

runner completing one

three mile lap) in a time

of 85 minutes 23 seconds .

T h e last team home, in a

time of 125 minutes 17

seconds were the courageous

and dogged team from

Mons Universi ty in Belgium.

F o r their valiant effort,

and for coming last for

four consecut ive years,

they were presented with

a wooden spoon at the

end of the tea-time pre­

sentation ceremony.

L a t e r in the e v e n i n g , w h i l s t at tempting to rock a car a c r o s s Queens Gate they were caught i n the ac t by a p a s s i n g p o l i c e pat ro l car . T w o members o f the team, unable to make a s u f f i c i en t l y fast e s c a p e were apprehended by the L a w and taken to the l o c a l s ta t i on . There they became unab le to unders tand E n g l i s h and were d i scha rged without cha rges be ing made.

Blood. . ' .

E x a c t l y 100 teams began the race at three o ' c l o c k on Saturday at the start in Rot ten R o w and 97 teams f i n i s h e d . A c c o r d i n g to one seasoned runner, the ground was very hard and the long st ra ight sec t i on on the north s ide of the Se'rpentine was . . . unp leasant . T h i s was because runners were able to see the cou rse s t re tch ing out in front of them for m i l e s and m i l e s .

S i x teen C o n t i n e n t a l U n i v e r s i t i e s from B e l g i u m , West Germany and the Nether lands competed i n what i s , for I C , a p res t i g i ous event . B i rmingham U n i v e r s i t y , the favour i tes to w in were unable to attend due to the a f fec ts of f lu and the l o s s of R o n Smedley to an Inter­na t i ona l Champ ionsh ip ma tch .

The start of the race — far left captain of the Cologne team and

second from the right lan Ellis, IC Captain.

T h e race was star ted very in fo rmal ly w i th a qu ie t " a r e you ready . . . G o " from one of the o f f i c i a l s . In the f i r s t three laps the l ead p o s i t i o n s changed r a d i c a l l y e a c h t ime runners came to the end of a l ap . Howeve r , after the fourth l a p , s i x teams emerged as con tenders for the l ead ing p o s i t i o n s .

Sweat. . .

They were L o u g h ­borough C o l l e g e ' s A and B teams, Durham U n i v e r s i t y , Borough R o a d C o l l e g e , Manches te r U n i v e r s i t y and C o l l o g n e U n i v e r s i t y . O v e r the durat ion of the race the l a s t lap set out over 20 minu tes after the race had been won!

T h e lap record was e q u a l l e d for the th i rd t ime i n as many years by D a v i d Moorcrof t o f Loughborough C o l l e g e A team. H e covered h i s lap of 2 m i l e s and 1740 yards course in in 13 minut 21 s e c o n d s and won the medal for the fas tes t runner in the compet i t i on .

T o i l . . .

The Un ion bu i l d i ng p rov ided very cramped chang ing and shower ing f a c i l i t i e s for compet i to rs . It was in the Un ion D i n i n g Room that Mr T e a g u e , depu t i s i ng very capab l y for L a d y

F l o w e r s who unfor tunate ly was i l l , p resented the meda ls and t roph ies to the w i n n i n g teams. The L a d y R o d e r i c H i l l C u p for the w inn ing team went to C o l o g n e Un ive rs i t y . T h e Steve Webb Trophy for the second fas tes t team went to Loughborough C o l l e g e A team. T h e Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n Cup w h i c h i s awarded to the fas tes t team from a c o l l e g e wi th under 500 male s tudents went to Borough R o a d C o l l e g e who came fourth in a t ime o f 87 minu tes 17 s e c o n d s . M e d a l s were awarded to each member of the trophy w inn ing teams.

. . .and beer.

Congra tu la t i ons are due to the Imper ia l C o l l e g e C r o s s Count ry C l u b , their execu t i ve commit tee and e s p e c i a l l y to R i c h Har r ing ton for o rgan i s i ng the event wi th such e f f i c i e n c y . T h e R o a d R e l a y h a s become an important event in most B r i t i s h and some Con t i nen ta l U n i v e r s i t i e s ca lende rs and w i l l hopefu l l y remain s o .

Oh by the w a y , the I C cont ingent came 24th. A no tab le run from R o b A l l i n s o n on the th i rd l eg l i f t ed us from 40th to 22nd and there approx imate ly , we rema ined .

David Moorcroft, Loughborough

College. Equalled lap record

for 3rd time in as many years.

n

m i x

Fr iday 27th

I C F I L M S O C present " C U L -D E - S A C " . 7.15pm. Grea t H a l l . Adm by membership o n l y (ob ta inab le at the door). I C E N T S ' A l m o s t ' free d i s c o . 8.00pm. Un ion L o w e r Re fec to ry Adm l O p . Q E C : " S T A N A R N O L D " p l u s support . N e w Common Room B a r 8.00pm. Adm F R E E .

Saturday 28th

Sunday 29th I C C a t h o l i c C h a p l a i n c y : R e a d i n g the B i b l e by M A R I A I S A A C S , P r o f o f Scr ip tu re S tud ies at Heythrop C o l l e g e . 7.30pm at More H o u s e , 53 Cromwe l l R d . A l l we l come . Monday 1st March W E L L S O C : " T h e Z a i r e E x p e d i t i o n " , A ta lk by the Wor ld 's most famous exp lo re r M A J O R J O H N B L A S H F O R D -S M I T H . Mech E n g 220. 7 .30pm. Tuesday 2nd

R A I L W A Y S O C I E T Y : " S w i s s R a i l w a y s T o d a y " by M R F W H U N T . Mech E n g 664 at 5.40pm.

fc&G Motor C l u b : A ta lk by T O N Y P O N D and B R I A N C U L C H E T H of B r i t i s h L e y l a n d p lus a f i lm o f l a s t y e a r ' s tour o f B r i t a i n . Mech E n g 542. 7.00pm. Adm 2Qp or by membership c a r d , A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S : T h e Documentary F i l m Movement 2 . T h e Impact of War by H A R R Y W A T T , D i rec to r o f North S e a e t c . Theat re A , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . T . 3 0 p m .

T h e R a i l w a y s i n V i c t o r i a n S o c i e t y 1. Town and Count ry by P R O F J A C K S IMMONS, P r o f of H i s t o r y , L e i c e s t e r U n i v . Thea t re B , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . 1.30pm. H A L L D I N N E R i n the Sher f i e l d B u i l d i n g . 7.00 for 7 .30pm. See P a t i n the U n i o n O f f i c e b y 12.00 noon today . I N T E R N A T I O N A L S O C I A L I S T S O C I E T Y . D i s c u s s i o n meet ing o n ' R e c e n t e v e n t s i n P o r t u g a l " . 1.00pm Maths 540. M A T H E M A T I C A L ' A N D P H Y S I C A L S O C I E T Y : A lec tu re on the " M a g n e t i c Con ta inmen t of P l a s m a s " (an a l te rna t ive to the use of l a s e r s for the produc t ion o f con t ro l l ed nuc lear fuss ion ) by P r o f M G H A I N E S , I C P h y s i c s dept . 1.30pm P h y s i c s L e c t u r e Theat re 3. Wednesday 3rd Noth ing happen ing?? ! ! Thursday 4th

A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S : T h e Documentary F i l m Movement . F i l m : G A L E IS D E A D . Thea t re A , She r f i e l d B u i l d i n g . 1.30pm.

Lunch -hou r Conce r t . T h e L i b r a r y , 53 P r i n c e ' s G a t e . Safety F i l m s : One M i l l i o n H o u r s , A n d T h e n There Were T w o . Mech E n g 220. I C E N T S F I L M : " T H U N D E R ­B O L T A N D L I G H T F O O T " Mech E n s 220. 6.30pm A d m l O p . Fr iday 5th

I C F I L M S O C : " C R I E S A N D W H I S P E R S " . Mech E n g 220 7.15pm. Adm b y membersh ip . E N T S ' A l m o s t ' F R E E D i s c o . U n i o n L o w e r Re fec to ry . 8 .00pm. A d m lOp.

IMPROVE YOUR

EXAM RESULTS-

(and feel free by July)

C y n i c a l ? T r y us . . .

T R A N S C E N D E N T A L

M E D I T A T I O N

E l e c E n g 606

T u e s March 2nd 5.45pm.

Voluntary Service

Overseas

T a l k and s l i d e s at 1.30pm

F r i 27th F e b (today!) C i v E n g 201

FOR S A L E A M S T R A D IC 2000 M K 2 In good cond i t i on — just been s e r v i c e d . £25 o .n .o . C o n t a c t P a u l E k p e n y o n g v i a F E L I X o f f i ce int 2881 .

Communist Party Branch Revised

Programme Of Meetings E d u c a t i o n / d i s c u s s i o n Mee t i ngs

Monday even ings at 7.30 i n IOWA lounge , U n i o n B u i l d i n g .

Mon . 1st March

Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State — s e s s i o n 3 , t i e Roman S ta te , the German S ta te , the beg inn ing of c i v i l i s a ­t i on . In t roduced by P a u l Watk ins . Mon . 8th Socialist Democracy in the Soviet Union and Britain — P e t e r H o l l a n d . ( a fo l l ow up to the debate now tak ing p lace in 'Marx i sm T o d a y ' , theore t i ca l journal of the C P G B , and the branch p u b l i c meet ing — see below) Mon . 15th Origin of the Family — s e s s i o n 4 , development o f M a r x i s t a n a l y s i s s i n c e E n g e l s . Sue Beardon ( j ou rna l i s t , N a t i o n a l E x e c , C P G B ) P u b l i c Mee t i ng T u e s 3rd at 1.00pm, M e c h E n g 664 S o c i a l i s t D e m o c r a c y

Speaker , G E R R Y C O H E N , L o n d o n D i s t r i c t Secretary and

Na t i ona l E x e c u t i v e member, C P G B .

E v e r y b o d y we lcome to a l l mee t ings .

A C H A P L A I N C Y E V E N T

A S H R O V E T U E S D A Y B A R N

D A N C E Tuesday 2nd March

8.00pm

JCR(Sherfield Building)

L I V E M U S I C B A R

20p P A Y A T T H E D O O R

The Fremlin Cup IC Open Singles Darts Competition

Entries are now being accepted for this

competition which is a knockout. The competition

should be completed this term so entries will be

open until February 28th.' These should be given

to the staff of the Union Bar.'The entrance fee

is 20p (lOp to Darts Club members).

The winner will be presented with the Fremlin

Pot which he retains for one year and will be

engraved with their name.

ATTENTION ALL DARTS PLAYERS'

FOR S A L E

H O N D A 175cc double c y l i n d e r , four s t roke. £120 o .n .o . i n c l u s i v e of c r a s h he lmet , ro l l bars and " f a i r i n g " . C o n t a c t R i z S h a k i r , B e i t H a l l le t te r - rack , in terna l phones 3637 or 3915.

FOR SALE

Brand new B- f la t trumpet wi th luxury c a s e . U n u s e d and in per fec t c o n d i t i o n . Worth w e l l over £50. S e l l for £40 o .n .o .

A p p l y R i c h a r d F o l k son Mech E n g 2.

or phone 01-888 1976 e v e n i n g s .

W A T C H T H I S S P A C E Y O U R C H A N C E T O G O U P Q U E E N ' S T O W E R

A N D S E E A V I E W N O T T O

B E M I S S E D - M O R E I N F O . N E X T W E E K

Nightline

581 2468 (int. 2468)

or come round to

8 P r i n c e ' s Gardens

6.00pm to 9.00am.

IC RAG

Wishes to announce an open meet ing in the I C W A L O U N G E on T U E S D A Y 9th M A R C H at 7.00pm in order to s e l e c t next y e a r s minor cha r i t y (gasp! )

If you know any s m a l l , under -deve loped , un f inanced char i t y (other than yourse l f ) on whose beha l f y o u are w i l l i n g to speak for a few minu tes , do come a long .

CLEANING

A S 20% O F T H E women c l e a n i n g s ta f f and forewomen are off s i c k wi th i n f l u e n z a , there w i l l n e c e s s a r i l y be a cu t -back in n o n - e s s e n t i a l c l e a n i n g s e r v i c e s . P r i o r i t y w i l l be g i ven to h y g i e n e , pa r t i cu la r l y as re la ted to women 's c l o a k r o o m s .

We wou ld ask you to bear w i t h u s , by not add ing to the d i f f i cu l t y by mak ing minor comp la in ts dur ing the next few w e e k s , un t i l the i n f l u e n z a ep idemic s u b s i d e s .

Thank y o u ,

D o m e s t i c Super intendent

FELIX 3

Wel l , here we go aga in -' a l l the fun of the ' a y r e ' as the e l ec t i ons get under way . Jus t as one beg ins to see c lea r l y a l l the p o s s i b i l i t i e s for new development w i th in a group, one f inds o n e ' s term of o f f i ce coming to an end. T h u s , the f i rs t th ing I would say to someone s tand ing for a Un ion post is — be warned! a year i s inc red ib l y shor t .

The ICWA nominat ion papers are now up and if you are th ink ing of s tand ing for a post , the fo l l ow ing out l ine of what the jobs invo lve may be h e l p f u l . The P r e s i d e n t ' s job is one of prov id ing i n i t i a t i ve and new ideas wi th regards to the running of the A s s o c i a t i o n , represent ing i ts members on commit tees and tak ing a keen interest in thei r we l f a re . So if you cons ide r that you know wh ich d i rec t ion ICWA shou ld take next year , s tand 'o r e l e c t i o n .

A s you w i l l be aware there is much ac t i v i t y w i th in the Women's Movement in other c o l l e g e s and groups. A c t i n g as a l i a i son between these groups and the commit tee i s the Deputy P r e s i d e n t ' s ro le . If you are concerned about women's s ta tus and would be prepared to attend ou ts ide meet ings , th is is the post

for you . There i s no mys t i c when

it comes to the ro le of the Honorary Secre ta ry , as s u c h , you would be send ing out no t i ces for and tak ing minutes at commi t tee meet ings, cop ing wi th the paper work and in general great ly c o n ­t r ibut ing to the e f f i c i en t running of the A s s o c i a t i o n .

The next post in the ICWA h ie ra rchy , if such a term can be used for so informal an a s s e m b l y , i s that of the Treasurer without whom no organ isa t ion can hope to funct ion smooth ly . The job i s not d i f f i cu l t but is v i t a l , it i s an exce l l en t t ra in ing for asp i r i ng accoun tan ts ! (And thats 25% of the ICWA mem bership. )

There are var ious groups w i th in ICWA wh ich have a representa t ive on the commit tee for examp le , the women in S c i e n c e and Techno logy group. If you have been a c t i v e l y i nvo l ved ! in the group th is year and would l i ke to see i ts s c o p e deve loped to inc lude a large percentage of ICWA, s tand for a post on the commit tee.

Who o rgan ises the Annua l D inner , the B a l l e t c ? A n s w e r : the Enter ta inments o f f i c e r s . If you have a f l a i r for o rgan is ing and would enjoy

p lann ing s o c i a l even ts then you are a potent ia l En t s O f f i ce r . Of cou rse , it is po in t l es s o rgan i s ing even ts if nobody knows about them wh ich is why we need a P u b l i c i t y O f f i ce r and Dep

R e p s . I wou ld , however , l i ke to e laborate on the role of dep reps as not only do they let the departments know what the committee is do i ng , but they a l s o provide the e s s e n t i a l feedback from the departments so that the A s s o c i a t i o n ' s a c t i v i t i e s ref lect the needs and wants of i ts members. The need for th is cannot be s t ressed enough. The dep rep ' s role is a key one, but s a d l y , in the past , people ho ld ing these pos ts have f a i l ed to r e a l i s e t h i s . Only wi th dep reps can ICWA operate to i ts members best advantage s o , if you stand for a post p lease remember th is and play a fu l l part in the d e c i s i o n m a k i n g and o rgan i s i ng .

A s you can see from the above each post i s inter­re lated and the who le th ing i nvo l ves a lot of team effort. Stand ing for a post , w inn ing it and then not pu l l i ng your weight is le t t ing both your fe l l ow commit tee members and ICWA at large d o w n .

What I would l i k e to see

I C A s t r o n o m i c a l

S o c i e t y

present

"The Amateur and his

instruments. "

an i l l us t ra ted l e c t u r e by

E R I C M O B S E B Y , F . R . A . S .

Monday, 1st . Ma rch , 12.30

P h y s i c s L . T . 3 ( l eve l one)

next year is ICWA gather i nc reas ing momentum from the thrust we have g i ven it th is year . ICWA can be very wor thwh i le p lay ing an e s s e n t i a l part in c o l l e g e l i fe or it can be w o r t h l e s s . Which it is to be if en t i re ly up to you.

S t e l l a G o d f r e y

C o v e n t G a r d e n P r o m s "50p: pay at the door, take your friends and sit on the floor."

Five performances by The Royal Opera: Monday 29th March at 7.30 pm

Fidelio {Beethoven)

Tuesday 30th March at 7.30 pm La clemenza di Tito (Mozart)

Wednesday 31st March at 7.30 pm Carmen (Bizet)

Thursday 1st April at 7.30 pm Fidelio (Beethoven)

Monday 5th April at 6.30 pm Die Frau ohne Schatten (Strauss)

Two performances by The Royal Ballet: Friday 2nd April at 7.30 pm

The Dream (Mendelssohn/Ashton) Apollo (StravinskyjBalanchine)

The Concert (Chopin/Rohbins)

Saturday 3rd April at 7.30 pm Serenade (Tchaikovsky/Balanchine)

Afternoon of a Faun (Debussy/Robbins) Twilight (Cagej van Manen)

Eli te Syncopations (Joplin & Others/MacMillan)

700 Stal Is Promenade places available on the day of performance one hour beforecurtain up. 50p each,

including VAT. Seats: £1-10to£1100. Further details: 01-2401911 (24-hour information service)

Royal Opera House in association with M i d l a n d B a n k The Royal Opera House Covent Garden Limited

receives financial assistance from The Arts Council of Great Britain.

4 E ILL5

IstUw to t&i EAXUr

A l f s Army amuse royalty S i r , — May I br ing to your a t tent ion the fact that the remark by Mr R i c h a r d Pa rke r ( ICU A A O ) refer r ing to the ' F a c a d e ' , of A l f ' s Imperial ( P a c i f i s t ) A rmy, of " f i g h t i n g " h i g h " Chr is t ian i t y and to the " t r u e m e t a l " yet to be revea led , was utter nonsense , based not just on a m i s ­unders tand ing , but, apparent ly , an ignorance of fac t .

• The bat t le aga ins t the C h r i s t i a n U n i o n , wh ich occu red dur ing the C U m i s s i o n week , was o rgan ised at the ins t i ga t ion of the C U t hemse l ves . A l f ' s Imperial Army (AIA) a c c u s e d them hencefor th wi th p rac t i c i ng low church e v a n g e l i s m after the mould(!) of B i l l y Graham, c a u s i n g the m i n d l e s s peasant m a s s e s to stray from the true path of fa i th acco rd ing to C h a r l e s I au thor ised v e r s i o n . They d i s a g r e e d . T h i s c o n f l i c t was r eso l ved in bat t le (pac i f i s t type) where the C U showed t h e m s e l v e s to be of the true fai th and a truce was c a l l e d in good sp i r i t and both war ing

par t ies p roc la imed thei r un i ted s t ance in the de fence of the F a i t h and Propaga t ion of the Word So much for the " F a c a d e of f i gh t ing " h i g h " C h r i s t i a n i t y " .

A s for A l f ' s " t a k i n g over I C U " , may I sugges t you read an e x c e l l e n t a r t i c l e in F E L I X No 412 by Mr P a r k e r , in wh ich he s h o w s the IC c a n be taken over by anyone who can get " 2 0 peop le who are w i l l i n g to s i gn a p iece of p a p e r " , sa id p i e c e of paper being a nominat ion for a p l a c e in I C U , s u p p o s e d l y . A n d , after a l l , at IC " W e subs t i tu te s e l e c t i o n from a competent few wi th p rosc r ip t ion of an unopposed few , so who needs mi l i ta ry take -overs (pac i f i s t - t ype)?

Mr Pa rke r a l s o imp l ied that we are a threat to democracy in I C . May I remind you that we have , on numerous o c c a s i o n s , dec la red our a l l e g i e n c e to the C r o w n , our support of the p r i n c i p l e s of B r i t i s h Cons t i t u t i ona l Government and

the l ega l l y e l e c t e d Government , our adherance to the law and the teach ings of the Church of E n g l a n d . In add i t i on we have informed H R H C h a r l e s , P r i n c e of W a l e s , of our a c t i v i t i e s , who w o u l d , wrote h i s a i d e , be " m o s t a m u s e d " by them. Our patron the Wizard of the A n t i p o d e s has a l s o p ledged that we s h a l l c e a s e a l l a c t i v i t i e s if " H e r Ma jes ty or He r M a j e s t y ' s Government or He r envoys or He r Rep resen t a t i ve s in the A n t i p o d e s So d e c i d e . " A l s o A l f ' s Army i s based on p r i n c i p l e s p a r a l l e l to the Boy Scout movement, and no-one regards them a s a threat to democracy , su re l y !

A c t u a l l y , I apprec ia te that Mr P a r k e r ' s comments on A l f ' s Army ( Imper ia l is t -pac i f i s t - fun- type) w e r e probably made w i th the tongue in cheek at t i tude wi th wh ich we regard o u r s e l v e s . If so I respect Mr Pa rke r for h i s ins ight and am g lad at least one person not in A l f ' s doesn ' t take A l f ' s Army

s e r i o u s l y . However , Honour demanded a rep ly !

May I just say one more th ing, unconnec ted wi th what h a s gone be fo re?

R C S U presented C C U wi th thei r s h i e l d s , pur lo ined months before. I see th is a s a precedent for the return of our co lou rs , captured by R C S U unarmed (armless ! ) fo rces on Morphy Day ' 7 5 . N a t u r a l l y , the p resenta t ion wou ld take p lace wi th fu l l ceremony and A l f ' s p a c i f i s t type army wou ld under take to o rgan ise the c o l o n i s a t i o n ' of any nearby rag ob jec t i ve in the name of R C S U R a g ' 76 , to the great benef i t of s a i d nob le char i t y fund . I'm sure thei r w i s e and en l igh tened R C S p r e s s y wou ld agree to t h i s , be ing w i s e and en l i gh tened , (and want ing to win the Rag c o l l e c t i o n s race) if it was sugges ted to h im . (I'm too shy ) .

Thank you for your k ind indu lgence .

I am. S i r , your humble and obedient servant , IAN H O L I D A Y (A1A)

N U S non-debatable

S i r , — Regard ing las t w e e k ' s d i s a f f i l i a t i o n nen-debate , for wh ich the f i r s t mot ion was that N U S is unrepresenta t i ve of the bulk of s tudent members, from wh ich the second mot ion (that d i s a f f i l i a t i o n i s the best way to coun te r th is) was meant to f o l l o w .

I c a l l it a non-debate because the f i rs t mot ion , w h i c h underp ins the who le d i s a f f i l i a t i o n argument, i s by nature a non-debatab le i s s u e . Whether or not the N U S represents i ts members ' v i e w s i s a matter for s y s t e m a t i c resea rch , and no amount of rhetor ica l a s s e r t i o n s wh ich merely beg the q u e s t i o n , or

merely deny it, i s go ing to c o n v i n c e me one way or the other .

C l e a r l y what is needed is a proper ly conduc ted survey of the op in ions of a represent ­a t i ve sample of s tuden ts . C o m p a r i s o n s between student op in ions and N U S p o l i c i e s c a n then be made, and s e n s i b l e c o n c l u s i o n s can be drawn. O p i n i o n p o l l s may not be i n f a l l i b l e , but they are patent ly more dependab le than these ' f i nger on the pu l se of the peop le ' a rguments .

Y o u r s fa i th fu l l y

C R A I G D U N A N T

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S i r , — I wou ld l i ke to make a few po in ts regarding the f a r c i c a l debate I at tended las t F r i d a y on N U S .

(i) T h e misunders tand ing wh i ch resu l ted in the fa i lu re to at tend of one of the speakers was un fo rg ivab le . Whoever made the arrangements shou ld take the b lame for not c h e c k i n g w i th Mr M i n n i s e i the r by let ter or te lephone. T h u s , the debate w a s a l ready unfa i r and heav i l y we ighted in Mr C l a r k e ' s favour .

( i i ) A l l c red i t must be g iven to P e t e Teague for s peak in g for the mot ion , at such short no t i c e . I th ink most s tudents wou ld agree that he spoke much better

than C h a r l e s C l a r k e , who managed to avo id the mot ion for much of h is s p e e c h

( i i i ) The major event of the meet ing was the vot ing on the second part of the mot ion, whether or not to d i s a f f i l i a t e . From my p o s i t i o n , the vot ing looked approx imate ly 5 0 - 5 0 , or p o s s i b l y a s l i gh t major i ty to d i s a f f i l i a t e . O b v i o u s l y most peop le agreed wi th me, as when the resu l t was read out; there was s tunned s i l e n c e . I am sure the count ing of the v o t e s was done w i th comp le te s i n c e r i t y , but i s not th i s method of vote count ing l i a b l e to error? I am sure nobody present expec ted such a d i f fe rence

Deputy President

answers critics S i r , — I was very in teres ted to see a let ter of c r i t i c i s m lodged aga ins t me in F E L I X No 4 f 2 and wou ld l i ke to take th is opportuni ty to reply to these c r i t i c i s m s .

Indeed the Un ion i s for the s tuden ts , for all of the s tudents , and I wou ld hope that they make a s much use of Un ion f a c i l i t i e s as p o s s i b l e . H o w e v e r , as D P , one of my main r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s is the Un ion B u i l d i n g and th is i nc l udes d i s c i p l i n e w i th in it. If, at any t ime, members of a par t i cu la r c l u b or s o c i e t y are found to be m i s u s i n g the f a c i l i t i e s or behav ing in a manner other than that wh i ch is reasonab le , t h e n I am empowered to take such s teps a s are n e c e s s a r y to deal wi th the s i t u a t i o n .

On th is o c c a s s i o n , due

between the t o ta l s . C o n c l u d i n g , a sec re t

ba l lo t wou ld -be the fa i res t way of s o l v i n g th is i s s u e once and for a l l (we l l , for a few years at l eas t ) . T h i s wou ld prov ide the true, democra t ic resu l t , and s top a l l the uncer ta in ty , wh i ch has gone on th i s year . P l e a s e , Mr Teague and company, cou ld not th i s be arranged before the end of term? Y o u r s fa i th fu l ly. J S T U A R T MatRs I

to the unreasonab le a t t i t udes of ce r t a i n members of the Snooker C l u b who f a i l e d to produce their Un ion c a r d s on request , I had no c h o i c e but to c l o s e the room. I wou ld therefore not agree that M e s s r s M i l l s and La t te r were depr ived of Un ion f a c i l i t i e s because of " a personal grudge" between the above peop le and m y s e l f .

I would remind M e s s r s M i l l s and La t te r that the s i tua t ion was fu l l y exp la i ne d to them when they a c c o s t e d me in the Un ion bar on the same e v e n i n g . Sure ly they r e a l i s e that it wou ld have been a comple te con t rad i c t i on to a l l o w them the use of the snooker tab les after hav ing c l o s e d these f a c i l i t i e s down for the night and e s p e c i a l l y s i n c e the i nc iden t had yet to be reso l ved wi th the appropiate pa r t i es .

D e s p i t e t h i s , I wou ld re i terate my a p o l o g i e s to a l l U n i o n members who were i nconven ienced by th is regret table ac t i on .

In c o n c l u s i o n , I wou ld l i ke tn point out that I w a s misquo ted in so much as I d id not say "the innocent always sutler", but that "unfortunately, some innocent people always suffer through the actions of the inconsiderate few".

Y o u r s s i n c e r e l y

R I Z S H A K I R

Deputy P r e s i d e n t

F I U X 5

Immediately after the N U S disaffiliation

debate last Thursday

Charles Clarke talked to Clive Dewey

FELIX: Charles, what are your feelings about today's debate? C L A R K E : I thought i t was fa i r l y sa t i s fac to ry . I th ink i t r e f l ec t s the problem that N U S has had for some time now and tha t ' s get t ing ac ross to students in ord inary un ions what our p o l i c i e s and a c t i v i t i e s rea l l y are. I think that was re f lec ted i n the f i rs t vote (IC voted overwhe lming ly that N U S i s unrepresenta t ive) . O b v i o u s l y Im g lad that the q u e s t i o n o f d i s a f f i l i a t i o n has f ina l l y put an end to i t .

We are very keen to encourage more act ive student involvement in their own unions, and of course at some stage we need to look at s o m e c h a n g e s to the N U S constitution'.

In the last year we've seen great

efforts to 'democratise' NUS. What

are you and the Executive doing to

prevent the shambles at Scarborough

caused by Alistair Stewart's mis­

representation of the Electoral Reform

Society?

I don' t think Scarborough was a shambles in the way you d e s c r i b e . T h e key thing we' re t ry ing to do to democra t i se N U S i s to get a c r o s s to the membership what the p o l i c i e s are and wha t ' s go ing o n . National Student i s the most recent example of t h i s .

We are very keen to encourage more ac t ive student invo lvement in thei r own un ions , and o f course at some stage we need to look at some changes to the N U S cons t i t u t i on . You mention N a t i o n a l Student, what

were your feelings on this month's

issue?

Al though it was the launch ing i s s u e , I was fa i r l y p l e a s e d w i th i t . It was strong in the most important r e s p e c t s , weak in one or two, but that 's not su rp r i s i ng . G e n e r a l l y I was very p l e a s e d w i th it. As regards news, do you think that a

weekly paper will be a much more

effective venture?

T h e main problem here i s one of f i nance . Idea l l y w e ' d l i k e to get i t on to a week ly b a s i s , but I don ' t see that happening for somet ime ye t .

I think people wil l accept that the

key thing is to get the facts over

to the membership'. T h a t ' s what the

paper is about'. I don't just mean

NUS facts , but news about the

student movement as a whole'.

Do you think the activists who attend

NUS conferences will accept they cannot

have a campaigning newspaper and

will agree to finance the launching of a

fact-based weekly?

Nat iona l Student is a student newspaper . I th ink peop le w i l l accep t that the key thing is to get the fac ts over to the membership . T h a t ' s what the paper i s about. I don ' t j us t mean N U S fac t s , but news about the student movement as a who le .

Do you feel that the prominence given

by the press and others to the Inter­

national debates is the cause of the

present 'disenchantment' with NUS

that you mentioned in the debate?

T h e Internat ional debates are ce r ta in l y

amongst the most content ious and thus get more coverage in both the nat iona l and student p r e s s . I don' t myse l f fee l that they take up a great dea l of the un ion ' s work. I th ink i t i s important to ma in ta in our In ternat ional l i a s o n w i th other un ions and our in ternat iona l a c t i v i t i e s on cer ta in p o l i t i c a l q u e s t i o n s .

Are you trying to say that the dis­

enchantment boils down not to what we

fight on, but how we fight on the issues

affecting students?

T h a t ' s a l w a y s been an i s s u e . I myse l f don ' t be l i e v e that jus t by po l i t e arguement we c a n w in the c a s e . We ce r ta in l y need that po l i t e arguement, but we a lso need to be prepared to show that students are b a c k i n g that pa r t i cu la r c l a i m .

T h e only comment I'd make, is that

in the areas one mentions, be it

Grants, Oversea s Students, whatever,

international events do have quite

an impact on what happens'.

/ take it then that you believe NUS's

first commitment is to its home students

and that the press should focus more on

NUS policy on Grants, Education, etc?

I 'd agree w i th that a hundred per cen t . C e r t a i n l y that i s the main o r ien ta t ion of our p o l i c i e s . T h e on ly comment I 'd make, i s that in the areas one men t ions , be i t G ran t s , O v e r s e a s Students , whatever , in te rnat iona l events do have qu i te an impact on what happens . F o r example i f D e n i s H e a l e y goes to do an o i l dea l in the M i d d l e E a s t , then it has an impact on O v e r s e a s Students because h e ' s t a l k i ng about d e a l s on that k i n d o f t h ing .

Let's talk about NUS's image. Do you

think its credibility could be enhanced

to produce a more effective unified

union?

There are ce r ta in l y measures w h i c h need to be taken . The d i sun i t y i s e s s e n t i a l l y a feature of the current p o l i t i c a l p o s i t i o n i n the country . There i s d i sun i t y , and there i s no cover -up job I can do to hide that fac t , and I wou ldn ' t des i re to . B e c a u s e peop le have d i f ferent v i e w s as to how we shou ld dea l w i t h the economic prob lems fac ing u s .

"I myself don't believe

that just by polite

arguement we can win

the case."

IC has a large percentage of overseas

students. Could you perhaps tell us

your reaction and what NUS intends

doing about proposals to increase

overseas students fees to over £2,000

per annum?

We are to ta l l y oppose d to these proposa ls . They w i l l d i sc r im ina te pa r t i cu la r l y aga ins t the 83% of students who come form the T h i r d World and se l f -suppor t ing . We are o rgan i s ing a number of events ; the O v e r s e a s Students Day of A c t i o n has a l ready taken p l a c e , as have formal representa t ions to the Government and Members of P a r l i a m e n t . Now that IC students have decided to

stay in NUS, what would you like to

see them help NUS?

T h e most important th ing for Imper ia l s tudents to do i s to get out and support the campaign (grants). I hope that means on February 27th (grants

demonstration) t h e y ' l l come out and support i t . Much more than that i t ' s necessa ry for everyone at the debate to go out and argue the c a s e w i th a l l those s tudents who weren ' t at the meet ing . T h e n for the students i n the c o l l e g e to take it out more w ide ly into the communi ty and ga in support there. Thank you very much Charles.

My p leasu re .

S W I M M I N G G A L A Tuesday, March 2nd

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External Eclairs A typical week in the l i fe of an External Af fa i rs Of f icer

M O N D A Y - Got up just in t ime for a 10.30am lec tu re . H a v i n g su r v i ved t h i s , I rushed off to the U n i o n to c h e c k the pos t . I then wrote up a lab report and typed a few e n v e l o p e s for a pe t i t ion wh i ch I was c i r c u l a t i n g to a l l C o u n c i l members (on D i s c r e t i o n a r y Gran ts ) . A t 5.30pm I took a seat in the S C R for the U n i o n F i n a n c e Commi t tee mee t ing . F i r s t we sor ted out the Un ion E s t i m a t e s for next year and then went on to d i s c u s s major equipment c l a i m s from the c l u b s and s o c i e t i e s , wh i ch are , of c o u r s e , the most important part of the Un ion for the ord inary s tudent . T U E S D A Y - S tagg led out of bed at about 12.00 noon hav ing m i s s e d the morn ing 's lecture and made, my way into C o l l e g e , s topp ing for some shopp ing en route. D i s t r i b u t e d pe t i t i ons and se t t l ed down in the Un ion o f f i ce to s c r i b b l e a few l i n e s for the A l t e rna t i ve P r o s p e c t u s , wh i ch is to be sent out to p rospec t i ve f reshers .

Cha t ted to J i l l D a n i e l s , P res i den t of R C A about IC s tudents us i ng thei r re fec to r ies and va r ious other t o p i c s . Phoned IF to speak to Margaret S l imming , but s h e ' d gone to L i v e r p o o l .

A t 5.30pm S T O I C wanted to in te rv iew me for some reason so I went a long and sat wi th C h a l k y , mak ing f a c e s at N i c k and Tony w h i l e they were be ing i n te rv iewed .

B u s h e d s t ra ight off to E a l i n g T e c h n i c a l C o l l e g e wi th Duncan Turner , secretary to the Ex te rna l A f f a i r s Commi t tee , for a meet ing of the West London A r e a L S O . T h i s was ext remely bor ing, e s p e c i a l l y s i n c e we were inquorate and therefore unab le to take any d e c i s i o n s . I proposed that we make funds and t ransport for the next N U S con fe rence a v a i l a b l e to a l l sma l l c o l l e g e s ( l e s s than 750 s tudents) in West L o n d o n , and th is w a s a c c e p t e d . P i c k e d up a Sennet on the way home — most ly a s bor ing as Na t i ona l Student. I was very in terested to read about the e l e c t i o n procedure at Thames P o l y t e c h n i c , perhaps some of the i r i deas are worth c o n s i d e r i n g for I C .

W E D N E S A Y — A c t u a l l y made it to l ec tu res today . Went a long to the J C R at luncht ime to hear the arguments . I'm a f ra id I don ' t qu i te understand the need for a separa te " a c t i o n g r o u p " , su re ly the O v e r s e a s Student Commi t tee i s adequate? Spent an hour or so wander ing around the C o l l e g e put t ing up pos te rs for the demo today.

I phoned up Brunei U n i v e r s i t y to ta lk to P h i l Stopford, thei r E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s V P . H e to ld me that they are a l s o knee-deep in e l e c t i o n s ; the new P r e s i d e n t i s J i m D a l e , an Independent S o c i a l i s t . I was in teres ted to hear that D a v i d W i l k s , (the f i rs t C o n s e r v a t i v e , to be e l e c t e d to an N U S Commi t tee s i n c e 1969, when he rece i ved the most f i rs t preference vo tes at the recent U n i v e r s i t i e s Con fe rence ) , had been e l e c t e d P res iden t at L e i c e s t e r U n i v e r s i t y by 1000 vo tes to 200 . L a s t y e a r ' s P r e s i d e n t was a M a r x i s t . That shou ld send the o l d sw ing-o-meter beserk !

In the even ing I at tended the U L U S R C (Students R e p r e s e n t a t i v e C o u n c i l ) , wh i ch was add ressed by Ra lp h Dahrendorf on the sub jec t of O v e r s e a s s tuden ts ' f e e s . T revor P h i l l i p s , P r e s i d e n t of U L U , to ld us of d i s c u s s i o n s wh ich he had recen t l y had wi th M P s . Another member of the C o u n c i l reported on the I L E A meet ing wh ich he had at tended that a f ternoon. They had d e c i d e d

RIDING What sp r ings to your mind

when " H o r s e - R i d i n g " i s ment ioned? T h e l w e l has a lot to answer for, for r i d i n g ' s image! Y e t r id ing i s an i nc reas ing l y popular sport as the s u c c e s s of the recen t l y formed R i d i n g C l u b t e s t i f i e s .

The R i d i n g C l u b f i rs t o f f i c i a l l y came into e x i s t a n c e at the end of las t term and has been growing s t e a d i l y ever s i n c e to i t s present membership of twenty-e ight . T o quote i ts cons t i t u t i on , it e x i s t s " t o a id i ts members in the art of ho rsemansh ip and the promotion of a general interest in r i d ing throughout the C o l l e g e , and a l s o to promote compet i t ion between the c l u b and other c l u b s of the U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n . "

Every Wednesday af ternoon, twe lve members of the c l u b go to Trent Pa rk S t ab le s in E n f i e l d , a large R i d i n g Schoo l chosen b e c a u s e : -

(i) it g i v e s reduced rates to s tudents , ( i i ) at the same t ime beg inners may rece ive l e s s o n s wh i l e more expe r i enced r iders can r ide in the two hundred a c r e s of wooded park land that make

up the P a r k . It i s a l s o p o s s i b l e to r ece i ve more advanced tu i t i on , w h i c h i s qu i te popular , a l though it is at fu l l rate. T h u s Trent Pa rk S t ab le s c a n run three di f ferent types of r id ing at the same t ime, a va luab le fea ture .

However , such i s the demand that we are now inves t i ga t i ng other r i d ing s c h o o l s in London wi th a v i e w to running more than one r ide a week, and to broaden o u r a c t i v i t i e s further.

It i s a l s o our hope to form a r id ing team to represent IC in compet i t ion wi th other London C o l l e g e s and perhaps other U n i v e r s i t i e s .

A l lof th is sounds e x p e n s i v e . Y e t r id ing need not be near ly s o e x p e n s i v e a pas t ime as it i s genera l l y thought. Nor do you need to p o s s e s s " f u l l r e g a l i a " to r ide . So, if you have a pai r of jeans and are in te res ted , come a long and f ind out more about the c l u b any Thursday between 1.30 and 2.20pm in room 407A in the Department of E l e c t r i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g .

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to cu tback ove rseas student p l a c e s by 60% by 1982, wh ich we thought was a d i s a s t e r s i n c e th is wou ld mean the c l os u r e of many c o u r s e s and severa l c o l l e g e s .

I s p o k e to T rev P h i l l i p s before the meet ing began and he a s k e d me whether it w a s true that N i c k B rayshaw was s tand ing for P r e s i d e n t . "I th ink I'll just have to go back and s tand m y s e l f " , he s a i d .

T H U R S D A Y - H a v i n g been up unt i l 2.00am wr i t i ng my report for c o u n c i l and sor t ing out some problems in my lab report, I over­s l ep t and m i s s e d yet another lec ture. Bu t I managed to make my a s s e s s m e n t wh i ch went rather w e l l .

Today of c o u r s e was the day of the Great Deba te . C h a r l e s C l a r k e managed to speak for about 15 minutes without approach ing the s u b j e c t . When I got up to speak it was hard to f ind any th ing to say s i n c e Pe te Teague had a l ready s a i d it a l l , c o n c i s e l y , and l o g i c a l l y as he a l w a y s d o e s . I hope that I managed to c l a r i f y a few po in ts and I hope C h a r l e s takes them to heart . The resu l t w a s , in my o p i n i o n , very sa t i s f ac to ry — the vote of about 360 to 41 for the part of the motion e x p r e s s i n g the v iew that N U S d o e s not represent the v i e w s of i ts membersh ip was better than I had hoped for, and the vote on d i s a f f i l i a t i o n su rp r i sed C h a r l e s by i ts c l o s e n e s s . I shou ld just l i ke to point out that the F E L I X report was not qu i te correct in s ta t ing that those present voted to s tay in N U S — in fac t , the meet ing voted that d i s a f f i l i a t i o n was not the best way to changa the U n i o n . I hope that the Un ion o f f i ce rs can interpret that as a mandate to change the N U S by other means , that i s , by work ing through the inadequate but e x i s t i n g p r o c e s s .

I r e laxed in the even ing by get t ing rather drunk before, dur ing and af ter G u i l d s R e v u e . I made two mental notes w h i l e in the U n i o n bar; (a) it is about t ime that the Un ion bought the Ex te rna l A f f a i r s O f f i c e r a pot, s i n c e the bar tends to run out of pint g l a s s e s when two C C U func t ions end up in the bar; (b) I must ask J o h n Downs to ex p l a i n the techn ique of d r ink ing a yard of a l e .

F R I D A Y I thought th is was to be a qu ie t day — nothing down in the d iary excep t for a Wel fare commit tee mee t ing . But as soon a s I entered the Un ion o f f i ce at 11.30am, it a l l changed . Apparen t l y C h r i s C u l l e n , Andy V a l l a n c e - O w e n , Tony Brown and a few other peop le from the Students for Rep resen ta t i ve P o l i c i e s group had been s tudy ing their N U S d i rec t ac t ion b r ie f i ng , s i n c e they had o c c u p i e d 3 E n d s l e i g h Street , the N U S Head O f f i c e . I was immedi­a te l y on the phone: no reply from N U S , so I t r ied Brune i — Stopford had been up t i l l 4.00am at vote coun t ing and consequen t l y had not s u r f a c e d . So I rang D a v e Hughes at K i n g s ' and he gave me the s to ry . I found a few use fu l peop le , that i s , M e s s r s Barrat t , S a n t i l l i and Housden and jumped into the nearest tax i c r y i ng " E n d s l e i g h S t r e e t , p l e a s e " . When we a r r i ved , it w a s a l l happen ing . Due to a p ress leak , their move had been an t i c i pa ted and so the o c c u p i e r s had only he ld the ground f loor . Everyone was there •* a l l the N U S h a c k s , the W R P , the C P , U C L F a s c i s t S o c i e t y , e t c . It w a s in te res t ing to note that C l a r k e ' s f i rs t reac t ion was to te l l the s tuden ts that if they broke into the f i l e s , the N U S e x e c u t i v e wou ld c a l l in the p o l i c e . Of cou rse , the former is e x a c t l y the procedure advoca ted by the N U S t h e m s e l v e s l T h e protest e s s e n t i a l l y concerned the Bucha res t bean feas to , and a copy of the 17 page communique was c i r c u l a t e d . It was a nausea t ing as I had e x p e c t e d , fu l l of the usua l le f t i s t c l i c h e s , and perhaps not in i t se l f worth worry ing about - but the N U S s t i l l have to jus t i f y w a s t i n g money on th is sort of th ing .

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Socialist Zionism IT M A Y S U R P R I S E some to learn that S o c i a l i s m has been in ter twined wi th modern Z i o n i s m s i n c e the beg inn ing , the most no tab le proponent be ing B e r Bo rochov . Born in the U k r a i n e , Borochov took part in the S o c i a l i s t movements in R u s s i a around the turn of the 20th century , spent ten years in p o l i t i c a l e x i l s after hav ing been impr is ioned for two y e a r s , and d ied an unt imely death in R u s s i a in 1917 on the eve of the R u s s i a n revo lu t i on .

Bo rochov a n a l y s e d the J e w i s h problem in Marx i s t terms. H e noted that a l though there w a s a large J e w i s h pro le tar ia t , i ts ro le was marg ina l , th is be ing in the nature of the o c c u p a t i o n s . The economic s t ructure of the J e w i s h people in Eas te rn Eu rope , compared to other na t ions , was abnormal , e s p e c i a l l y in that J e w s were u s u a l l y not employed in the primary means of p roduct ion . A n example i s that wh i l s t many J e w s might be cobb le rs , few, if any , were farmers and kept the c a l v e s from wh ich the leather was ob ta ined

In other words, even if vas t numbers of J e w i s h workers went on s t r i ke , the impact on the na t iona l economy would be n e g l i g i b l e . Fur ther , even if J e w s t r ied to move to other spheres of a c t i v i t y , there wou ld be r e s i s t a n c e from the e x i s t i n g Gen t i l e labour force, resu l t i ng in emigra t ion , amongst other t h ings .

The on ly so lu t i on to occupa t i ona l red is t r ibu t ion and economic norma l i sa t ion w a s the concent ra t ion of J e w s in a nat iona l homeland: P a l e s t i n e . T h i s would then become the base in the f ight for a S o c i a l i s t s o c i e t y .

Is rae l i soc i e t y today i s dominated by three main

IC Ground

Committee AGM

Thurs 4th March

1.00pm Great Hall

(prior to UGM)

groupings that grew out of th is S o c i a l ist Z i o n i s t movement ,and a represen ta t i ve of one of them was recent ly we lcomed by IC J e w i s h Soc ie ty as speake r . Nahum Sneh of " M a p a m " , the Un i ted Workers Pa r t y , spoke about the development of Labour Z i o n i s m . He dea l t wi th the a s p e c t s a l ready ment ioned and went on to d i s c u s s the at t i tude of h i s p a r t y to P a l e s t i n i a n s . E s s e n t i a l l y , it has a l w a y s recogn ised A rab P a l e s t i n i a n na t iona l r ights in P a l e s t i n e , s i d e by s i de wi th J e w i s h na t iona l r igh ts , but re jec ts some of the currant P L O ideas because they wou ld reduce the J e w s to a second c l a s s r e l i g i ous minor i ty . H e pointed out the oft- forgotten fact that a l ready Weizmann (a chemis t who later became the f i rs t p res ident of Israel) had conceded that part of the P a l e s t i n e problem lay in the c l a s h of two r i gh ts .

A rab leaders d id not s e i z e the chance to r ise up aga ins t B r i t i s h c o l o n i a l i s m , but the J e w i s h bat t le aga ins t fore ign dominat ion reached a c l i m a x in the War of Independence in 1 9 4 8 / 9 .

F i n a l l y Nahum Sneh fel t that an o ld s a y i n g s t i l l ho lds good: " Z i o n i s m is the na t iona l l ibera t ion movement of the J e w i s h p e o p l e " .

T o put the Mapam party into p o l i t i c a l con tex t , I would l i ke to add that in 1974, af ter the last Israel i e l e c t i o n s , Mapam prov ided two M i n i s t e r s out of a Cab ine t of twenty-one, w h i l s t the Israel Labour Par ty prov ided four teen. A s far as the s tand of the party i s conce rned , Sneh desc r ibed it a s approx imat ing to the B r i t i s h le f t -wing " T r i b u n e " group.

DORI S C H M E T T E R L I N G

SKIING!!!! ! !

I C Sk i C l u b weekend in Av iemore

March 13th - 14th C o s t £19.50, S k i h i r e : £4.50

S k i p a s s : £3.50 per day If you want to come a long to the f ina l meet ing on T u e s 24th F e b at 1.00pm in the " R o o m at the T o p " ( IC U n i o n ) . F o r further d e t a i l s , see the C l u b no t i ce board — right hands ide of U n i o n B u i l d i n g .

WELLSOC

Lighter than air flight A N T H O N Y S M I T H , the we l l known j o u r n a l i s t and broadcaster , gave an absorb ing lec ture on the sub jec t of ba l l oon ing and " H o w to B u i l d You r Own A i r s h i p " .

He exp la ined the s i t ua t i ons one should not get into when ba l l oon ing , or rather landing after the f l igh t , such as avo id ing be ing charged by a rh ino; th is he d i scove red when he was landing in the Serenget i Na t i ona l P a r k . One of the problems in f l y i ng over remote a reas is that one must be in con tac t wi th o n e ' s ground crew — the a l te rna t i ve i s a long w a l k !

Mr Smith and h i s f r iends have the d i s t i n c t i o n of be ing the owners of one of the e ight a i r s h i p s in the wor ld . They bui l t it t hemse l ves , and he ta l ked amus ing ly about the red tape they ran into wi th

the c i v i l av ia t i on au tho r i t i es , and then went on to e x p l a i n about the t echn i ca l d i f f i c u l t i e s they encountered . One problem was that in e f fect they were s ta r t ing from sc ra tch as the l i terature wh i ch e x i s t e d from the " G o l d e n A g e of a i r s h i p s " was very s p e c i a l i s e d , and h e n c e they had not been use to h i s group unt i l they had obta ined some p rac t i ca l e x p e r i e n c e .

H e conc luded by s a y i n g that in general there w a s a great future for a i r s h i p s in cargo h a n d l i n g .

N e x t summer, h i s group hope to test their a i r s h i p in B r a z i l . Apparen t l y th is i s one of the best p l a c e s to f l y . A t the end of the lec tu re , Mr Smith made a s m a l l request . Anyone want to buy an a i r s h i p ?

Holidays for deprived

children A R R A N G E M E N T S are be ing made to send four ch i l d ren to the Un i ted Sta tes for a month 's ho l iday at a Y . M . C . A . Summer camp. The camp i s charg ing them no fees as these ch i l d ren are in c a r e , - a r e a l l from depr ived f a m i l i e s and have never had a h o l i d a y . T o make th is tr ip p o s s i b l e £500 must be ra i sed to pay for thei r a i r f a res .

The problem of r a i s i n g £500 is prov ing more d i f f i cu l t than was f i rs t be l i e v e d p o s s i b l e . The venture does not seem to f i t into the r ight category for dona t ions for most cha r i t ab le foundat ions to make a con t r ibu t ion .

App roaches have been made to t ravel compan ies but so far on ly brochures wi th the apprpr iate p r i ce l i s t s have been returned.

It wou ld be a great p i ty if the ho l i day had to be c a n c e l l e d and the generous of fer from the camp re fused . T h e camp is the Ra lp h S. Mason camp in N e w J e r s e y 70 m i l e s from N e w Yo rk . It i s a m ixed camp for about 300 ch i l d ren aged between e ight and f i f t een . T h e f a c i l i t i e s are superb . There are oppor tun i t ies to take part in a w ide range of spo r t s , i nc lud ing c a n o e i n g , a rchery , boat ing and r i d ing ; and there are many other a c t i v i t i e s , such as art and c ra f t s , photo­graphy and m u s i c .

It i s a marve l l ous opportuni ty for the four c h i l d r e n conce rned , and it i s d i shear ten ing that it h a s rece i ved such a negat ive response from a l l the o rgan isa t i ons that have been approached for h e l p . E s p e c i a l ly as it was hoped , if th i s y e a r ' s w a s s u c c e s s f u l , to o rgan ise the scheme on a permanent b a s i s .

If you know of any group of peop le or o rgan isa t ion who might be in terested in con t r ibu t ing or r a i s i n g funds , then contac t T . C . M e r n i c k l e , Mech Eng Dept , Imperial C o l l e g e . It does not have to be in the region of £500, a l l o f fe rs for he lp in r a i s i n g funds w i l l be app rec ia ted . Karen Gadd

F E L I X

J u l i e T i p p e t s has a new album

released this week. S h e talks to

I a n M o r s e about the musical

direction she has taken since leaving the rock scene at the

height of her fame. T H E Y E A R WAS 1968. The band was the Br ian Auger T r in i t y , and " T h i s Whee l ' s on F i r e " had hit the char ts wi th a bul le t ! The gir l who fronted the band looked a w i l d , to ta l l y emanc ipated creature, with a c l e a r , b i t ing tone to her v o i c e . She had just been voted 'B r i gh tes t Hope ' in the Melody Maker p o l l , and 'great th ings ' were be ing pred ic ted for her. She was J u l i e D r i s c o l l .

The Tr in i t y at that time were a hugely popular out f i t , e s p e c i a l l y on the Cont inen t , where ' J o o l s ' was regarded as something of a cu l t f igure ( s i c ) . Another s i ng l e f o l l owed , " R o a d to C a i r o " , together wi th an album " O p e n " , and her s u c c e s s seemed guaranteed — when sudden ly , to the great su rp r i se of the major i ty , she seeming ly just packed her bags and wa lked out on the rock scene a l together . Apar t from a br ief encounter with ac t ing , when she portrayed a h i t ch -h i k i ng h ipp ie wench in one of those s o c i a l comment p l a y s , popular wi th the B B C at the t ime, it was the last mass media ever heard of the g i r l . In 1970, she re leased an album " 1 9 6 0 " , and married p i a n i s t / c o m p o s e r Ke i th T i p p e t t s , s i n c e then J u l i e has been invo lved wi th the B r i t i s h avan te -ga rde / free mus ic s c e n e .

J u l i e T ippe t t s and I are chat t ing in the o f f i ce of some b ig w ig at R C A H o u s e . On the w a l l s are sp la t te red go ld and s i l v e r d i s c s , most of them awarded for the work of the Sweet . She makes me a cup of co f fee , but I no t i ce s h e ' s not d r ink ing h e r ' s . T h i s makes me s u s p i c i o u s — after a l l i s not th i s the very same female w h o ' s w i t c h - l i k e appearances on Top of the P o p s , scared the d a y l i g h t s out of impress ionab le smal l boys , back in ' 68? D o e s she l i ke people who wr i te about her? We l l , s h e ' s sm i l i ng a lot and these days looks a lmost a n g e l i c , wi th not a t race of the fac ia l paint work that ep i tomized the late s i x t i e s e p o c h . I dec ide to cas t fate to the w ind , and start my '20 Q u e s t i o n s ' rout ine. So why did you dec ide to opt out of the rock s c e n e in the f i rs t p l ace?

"I de f in i te l y needed to get out; I cou ldn ' t have car r ied on wi th that way of l i fe , it became unrea l . I wanted to be invo lved in th ings that were real and honest , and I found that I was in fact l i v i ng a bit of a - not d i shones t e x i s t e n c e , but an unreal one. And I rea l ly had to get out of t h a t " .

" B e f o r e I met Ke i th I hadn' t rea l ly l i s tened that much to people l i ke A r c h i e Shepp, al though I was a l w a y s interested in those sort of f i e l d s . It was just a matter of hav ing them sort of la id on me, you know. Of course A u g e ( B r i a n A u g e r ) w a s a l w a y s interested in j azz and he was a l w a y s open to th ings , so I suppose I was drawn a bit

that way . But then my mus ica l tas tes are pretty broad, tha t 's why I think an album l ike 'Sunset G l o w ' (her new record) — portrays a lot of the th ings that I feel m u s i c a l l y , ins tead of being in one sort of a r e a " . What of her ac t ing career? I remember he get t ing favourab le c r i t i c a l response at the t ime. D id she rece ive offers of other par ts?

"I d i d , but I don ' t feel drawn towards a c t i n g . I t 's a matter of channe l l i ng my head somehow or other into one d i rec t i on , and mus ic s e e m s to be it.

I've never s tud ied ,bu t then I've never s tud ied mus ic as such e i ther , but that seems to be the one that 's taken i ts course throughout my l i f e , so that 's the one I've to ac tua l l y s t i c k to. A n y w a y , I don' t th ink I've got that k ind of front anymore, to get into ac t i ng , you know. I mean you start get t ing invo lved wi th ac t ing and you ' re acting, and I th ink that can sort of rub off on your own l i f e ; and I want to get invo lved wi th th ings that are natural and h o n e s t . "

It was in 1971 that husband Ke i t h un leashed into the wor ld h i s magnum mas te rp iece , 'Septober E n e r g y ' , performed by the f i f ty-odd p iece C e n t i p e d e . J u l i e wrote the l y r i c s , and p layed wi th the outf i t on a l l their too-few g i g s . ( Incident­a l l y there are p lans underway to re- f loat the mus i ca l wha le , after a s u c c e s s f u l performance in F r a n c e , just before C h r i s t m a s . Mr T ippe t t s is at present, busy wr i t i ng a few short p i e c e s to be inc luded wi th ' E n e r g y ' . By th is time the lady was fu l l y engrossed in the avan te -garde , and has been invo lved at va r ious s tages of Spontaneous M u s i c E n s e m b l e ' s l i f e s p a n , the group led by a l t o i s t , T revor Watts and drummer, John S t e v e n s .

In late 1973 J o o l s sang the poetry of Pau l H a i n e s on Amer i can composer C a r l a B l e y ' s a c c l a i m e d work, ' T r o p i c A p p e t i t e s ' . How had she come to be invo lved in the record ing? " I t was Irene Schwe i t ze r (Sw iss p ian is t ) rea l l y , she knew C a r l a , and C a r l a sa id she needed a v o c a l i s t . Then she wrote to me and asked if I was in terested in doing i t . "

How d id she feel about the way the album was produced?

" T h e y weren ' t f i n i shed tapes even — it was a bit h a r d , " she e m p h a s i s e s . "I mean, I was o r i g i n a l l y going to go over there (Amer ica) to do it, but as it was I learnt the th ings from tapes that C a r l a had sent over , and d id it l i ke that. I must admit I havn ' t p layed it that much, I think i ts turned out a bit l i ke it ac tua l l y was recorded — a bit d i s j o i n t ed , perhaps not as f low ing even as C a r l a would have wanted it, because it was done bit by bi t , and I don ' t feel there was an ac tua l f low about

it. But , that cou ld be because of myse l f . I probably would have l i ked to have par t i c ipa ted a bit more than just s i ng i ng the ac tua l parts and songs as such , so that cou ld be an unfair c r i t i c i s m of the a lbum, it cou ld be just from my point of v i e w " .

We ta l ked for a wh i l e about the free mus ic scene in London . D id she have an op in ion on why in th is country, the mus ic had not ach ieved the media accep tance it en joyed on the con t inen t?

" T h e r e doesn ' t seem to be much room

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o r it r ea l l y , does there? I don' t know, when you go to p l a c e s l i ke Germany and see just what a uni ty there i s between m u s i c i a n s — i t ' s c razy that there 's not something happening l i ke that here — there a l w a y s seems to be a b lock put on i t . T h e r e ' s not the out le t on radio for a start , maybe i t ' s even down to being a sma l l count ry . I rea l ly don ' t know, and yet i t ' s there — i t ' s a l l there, it just seems that people don ' t know where it i s ; '

The new album came about as a resul t of her long f r iendship- wi th producer G io rg io G o m e l s k y , who had f i rs t ' d i s c o v e r e d ' J u l i e D r i s c o l l s ing ing in an o f f i ce wh i l e she was secretary of the Yardb i rds fan c l u b , in 1966. He had recent ly been get t ing a new record label together (Utopia) and asked if she was interested in do ing anyth ing for it. 'Sunset G l o w ' is the resu l t .

I f ind the record su rp r i s i ng l y easy to l i s ten t o , compared to say , the exper imenta l work she has recent ly been invo lved in wi th S M E . Was th is a c o n s c i o u s attempt on her part to reach a w ider aud ience?

" N o , it wasn ' t an attempt to do anyth ing l i ke that r e a l l y , other than I suppose to put together a l l the th ings I've learnt m u s i c a l l y , it felt very

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m i x 9

1 Reviews Concerts Flyers flop as Hot Rods rock on

Kursaat F l y e r s / E d d i e and the Hot Hods

I T ' S N O T E V E R Y pub-rock band that appears on pre tent ious art programmes on the B B C , and has two a lbums on the market, but the K u r s a a l F l y e r s have a c h i e v e d a l l t h i s . So I don ' t th ink I cou ld be judged ha rsh , for expec t i ng someth ing above average , but for me, the band 's brand of s l e a z y , B-movie mus i c came in fur longs behind the e x c i t i n g r o c k ' n ' r o l l an imal that was E d d i e and the Hot R o d s .

The Hot R o d ' s s i nge r , besp lendent in odd s t r iped py jamas who was presumably ' E d d i e ' , was the hero of the n ight , c a r t w h e e l i n g , running and jumping h i s way through a var ie ty of good rock in ' s ongs , d rawing on what seemed l i m i t l e s s amounts of energy

Theatre

M u s i c

Here , for pub l i c de l ec t a t i on , i s the second insta lment of A l a n . D o u g l a s ' t r i logy of make-what -you-can-of -400-hours -o f -unused-Hendr ix - fac to ry - jams a lbums , a b a s i c a l l y t hank less task no doubt mot iva ted by g reen ies before the e y e b a l l s .

T h e gen ius of the man (Hendr ix , that is ) i s s t i l l there — tha t ' s been ev iden t in even h i s worst moments, excep t the p i t i fu l " I s l e of W i g h t " r e l eas e when he w a s most de f i n i t e l y unf i t for p lay , but the way that the per formances have had to be f idd led w i t h , ed i t ed , and abrupt ly lopped off in p l a c e s shows how despera te people c a n get when they think they ' re onto a sure th ing and have to c a p i t a l i s e on it.

T h e t i t l e t rack i s a tasty l i t t l e Hend r i x b l u e s , wi th a so lo that sounds beau t i f u l l y co-ord ina ted and rehearsed for someth ing that has been a l l o w e d to gather dust for years in a warehouse awa i t i ng the outcome of a l l the legal

to main ta in the v i s u a l exc i tement of h i s a c r o b a t i c s . I got the impress ion there was a f rustrated v i o l e n c e t ry ing to e s c a p e through E d d i e ' s ac t , wh ich seemed to me to range from the s ex ua l i t y of Jagger to the absurd i ty of C h a p l i n . A l l th is was backed up by the Hot R o d s t h e m s e l v e s , a t ighter bunch of young rockers you cou ldn ' t w i s h to see or hear anywhere .

So to the Ku rsaa l F l y e r s , s ta rs of s tage , screen and the N M E . They were very w e l l rece ived by the s i z e a b l e a t tendance, why , I cannot s a y , their set being a much more l imp one than that of their p r e d e c e s s o r s . T rue , I was not exac t l y fam i l i a r wi th the

Sorry folks! Thomas Stevenson

T h i r d l y , l a s t l y , f i na l l y and in c o n c l u s i o n , the 21st Na t iona l Student Drama F e s t i v a l i s rap id ly approach ing , it takes p lace in Ed inburgh from 2—9 A p r i l , and , al though IC w i l l be un­represented th is year , s t i l l p romises to g ive a good t ime to a l l pa r t i c i pan ts , whether ac t i ve or p a s s i v e .

L a s t year , in L o n d o n , IC D r a m s o c ' s performance of A l b e r t ' s B r i dge by Tom Stoppard was one of the h igh l i gh ts (you may have seen a photograph of the p r o d u c t i o n in the new N U S newspaper ) . A number of Dramsoc members spent the who le week at the F e s t i v a l and found it s t imu la t ing and e x c i t i n g . If you want to know more about the 1976 F e s t i v a l I suggest you contact me or those in the Dramsoc storeroom. The programme i s l i ke l y to be announced next week .

Inspired music

Hie

h a s s l i n g and doub le -dea l ing that has been going on s i n c e J a m e s Marsha l l • Hendr i x moved on to (hopefu l ly) better t imes.

" H e a r my t r a i n " i s of course jus t a f i l l e r , cons i de r i n g the comp le teness of the e leven-and-a-quar ter minute ve rs ion on the " R a i n b o w b r i d g e " se t . No way cou ld you add much to that v e r s i o n .

Hea r i ng t h i s , so many years after h e ' s d i sappea red from the forefront of the b i z br ings back the reason why h e ' s cons ide re d so great — the amount of " f e e l i n g " to be found everywhere in h i s p l a y i n g . T h i s record i sn ' t per fec t , i t ' s not p rec i se or c r i s p , not even t e c h n i c a l l y amaz ing , but it con ta ins greater th ings than d e v i c e s or s tud io techn iques can produce. I t 's insp i red mus i c , where Hendr i x cons tan t l y e x p l o r e s , and i t ' s beau t i fu l l y uncont r i ved and na tu ra l .

There are some dodgy moments, as

Dobin Degoslow

reper to i re , s a v e for the i r s i n g l e ' S p e e d w a y ' , but then ne i ther am I w i th the Hot R o d ' s .

P a u l Shut t lewor th , much photographed s inge r of the F l y e r s , came on l i ke Southend 's answer to Humphry Bogar t , s l i d i n g h i s way through a par t i cu la r l y gu t l ess se t of s o n g s , w h i c h for some reason , seemed to be se t t i ng the aud ience a l i gh t . I r on i ca l l y the K u r s a a l ' s h ighes t moment came wi th the encore . Gene P i t n e y ' s " 2 4 H o u r s from T u l s a " .

In a pub atmosphere , the l y r i c s and manner isms of Shut t leworth probably come a c r o s s better, but l i ke their fe l low booze band K i l bu rn and the H igh R o a d s , no way are they going to make it on the concer t c i r c u i t .

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JULIE TIPPETS - FREE3IRD!

natural to do it l i ke that. I mean, I've done a lot of exper iment ing in the last few y e a r s , and had intended a coup le of years ago to make a comp le te l y ' f ree ' a lbum, ' sort of u s i n g the same sort of l aye rs , but comp le te l y f ree, no ac tua l s t ruc tu res . But then I found I was ac tua l l y wr i t i ng songs, you know, and it came out l i ke t h a t . "

R igh t now J u l i e T i p p e t t s i s rehears ing her new band, Bu t te r f l y , in read iness for a short tour of mos t l y c o l l e g e s , wh ich star ted in Manches te r on February 24th fo l lowed by a London g ig at K i n g s C o l l e g e two days la ter .

. D i d she see the band s tay ing together as a long term th ing?

" W e ' r e see ing how it goes w i th th is tour. I mean obv ious l y it wou ld be n i c e to carry it on if it f ee l s good, and if people l i ke i t . There are tentat ive p lans for it in the future, but at the moment I just want to get these two week s out of the way . There are th ings in the a i r for go ing abroad, but I'd just l i ke to see how it goes and take it from there — I don ' t want to look too far a h e a d . "

Her cof fee remains untouched . . . but I never doubted her for a moment.

COPY DATE

Mon 1st March

2.00pm on " B l u e suede s h o e s " wh i ch sounds lame compared to h i s " I n the W e s t " v e r s i o n , and " M a c h i n e G u n " never was a par t i cu la r l y good song , l i k e w i s e here. But the a lbums s l o w e s t number " O n c e I had a w o m a n " , taken at a pedes t ra in b lues pace o o z e s with conf ident re laxed gui tar-work, vague ly remin iscen t of " R e d H o u s e " .

F rom n e c e s s i t y , i t ' s a bit butchered in par ts , but you c a n ' t keep a good man down, e s p e c i a l l y when h e ' s of Hendr i x qua l i t y and al though he hasn ' t been c i r c u l a t i n g for the las t 5 yea rs he s t i l l s tands head and- shou lders above anyth ing that 's a r r ived s i n c e h i s depar ture. T h e man was a g ian t .

F I R S T L Y M Y a p o l o g i e s to P a u l Ekpenyong and a l l the other readers who were foo led by las t w e e k ' s rev iew. A s far as I know the C h i e v e l e y Thea t re does not e x i s t and no playwr ight has been craf ty enough to c l a i m the author­sh i p of the three p l a y s desc r i bed ;though I am work ing o n ' t ) .

Second l y , the la tes t news from the Na t iona l Theat re on the i r t i cke t s e l l i n g scheme . Y o u w i l l remember that, a few week s ago, I ment ioned that the cheapes t sea t s a v a i l a b l e for book ing in advance in the Ly t t e l t on Theat re w i l l be £2.35; the £1 and 50p s e a t s w i l l on ly be a v a i l a b l e on the day of the performance to those w i l l i n g to queue at 8 . 30a n The i r la tes t adver t i sement s a y s , in very sma l l pr int , that for per formances from May 1st they w i l l s e l l hal f the cheap sea ts in a d v a n c e . T h a t ' s progress for y o u .

Jimi Hendrix - Midnight L ightn ing (Polydor)

10 M U X

IC FOLK C L U B T h e R i s e a n d F a l l

F O R T H O S E who have not heard, the Imperial C o l l e g e F o l k Song C l u b has c a n c e l l e d the las t f i ve even ts p lanned for the 1975—76 academic year , i nc lud ing the t e r m l y C e i l i d h , and a guest appearance by R o s i e Hardman.

The reason? T h e c l u b has over two hundred members in and around IC , but in recent week s we have regular ly run the c l u b with bare ly twenty people in the a u d i e n c e . E v i d e n t l y , there has been a sudden drop in interest in fo lk m u s i c ; or perhaps there is a general concensus of op in ion that IC F o l k C l u b i s not as good as it once w a s ; or maybe it is too e x p e n s i v e , or the last bus is too un re l i ab le , or tube fa res are too h igh , or there i s too much work to do . . . . ? ? ? ? Whatever the reason there is l i t t le point in con t i nu ing . It is both embar rass ing to the o rgan ise rs , and insu l t i ng to the gues t s , to ask p ro fess iona l s i nge rs to t ravel a coup le of hundred m i l e s to p lay to so few peop le , however e n t h u s i a s t i c they may oe.

But enough of moaning about the

past : Nominat ion papers have a l ready

been posted for next y e a r ' s commit tee, who t rad i t iona l l y take over at E a s t e r . There w i l l be an A G M before the end of term, at which I hope there w i l l be some ser ious d i s c u s s i o n about the future of the c l u b . Indeed, the credibi l i ty of the enterta inment for " m i n o r i t y " groups in C o l l e g e cou ld be a se r ious subject for debate. Does it matter if F o l k C l u b d i s a p p e a r s ? Maybe J a z z C l u b w i l l be next? Maybe F i l m Soc?

Maybe E n t s ? If s t u d e n t s want entertainment " O n C a m p u s " , they somet imes seem very re luctant to show it! If they do not want it, we may as we l l a l l g ive up! I hope that F o l k C l u b w i l l reappear in Oc tober , a s st rong and en joyab le as ever . I hope there w i l l be someone there to jo in in the chorus , too.

by D a v e R h o d e s

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12 FELIX

Binder and Gibson win tense final T H E F I N A L S for the Whitbread Cup were played last week and proved to be a tense, nail-biting affair. In the quarter-final stages, Neil Binder and Mike Gibson cruised to a comfortable victory over D Bales and Andy Devaney.

T h e y were f o l l owed into sem i - f i na l s by P Whi t lock and J Hughes who won by defau l t ; A G r i b b l e and K Freeman who beat A l a n What l ing and B i l l Je f fe ry in a very c l o s e game; and T A d e y and I McDermot t who came from beh ind to w i n aga ins t Ian H a l l and Stuart A d a m s o n .

In the f i rs t s e m i - f i n a l , Whi t lock and H u g h e s won a comfor table f i rs t game aga ins t B i n d e r and G i b s o n who began s l ow l y and never looked threatening. Howeve r , in the second game, both pa i r s were more even l y matched and o n l y a f ine f i n i s h by G i b s o n gave h im v i c t o r y ove r the other pa i r . B i n d e r and G i b s o n won the

th i rd game after e s t a b l i s h i n g a c l e a r l e a d .

The second semi - f i na l w a s l e s s of a f i r e -c racke r w i th

A d e y and McDermot t sco r i ng c o n s i s t e n t l y throughout and a l s o a c h i e v i n g the h ighes t score of the e v e n i n g — 138.

T h e y even tua l l y won 2—0 to reach the f i n a l .

T h e f i n a l , be tween two p a i r s who h a d , unt i l t hen , never met in a game, proved to be an e x c i t i n g match w i th A d e y and McDermot t beg inn ing w e l l and running up a conf ident 2—0 lead al though B i n d e r and G i b s o n p l a y e d competen t l y . B inde r and G i b s o n however , avo ided defeat by sneak ing home the wh i tewash-bea te r w i th a c a l m double one in the third game. In a h igh sco r ing fourth game, B inde r s lo t ted home to square the match at 2 - 2 .

T h e f ina l game of the match s e e - s a w e d back and fourth un t i l the penul t imate throw wi th B inde r and G i b s o n on doub le one and A d e y and McDeimot t on double two. T h e match w a s f i n a l l y d e c i d e d by G i b s o n who sna tched v ic to ry from almost i g n o m i ­n ious defeat .

Paul Whitlock

Chalky gets it

J O H N W H I T E , better known as C h a l k e y , was e lec ted as Honorary Secretary o f I C Un ion at y e s t e r d a y ' s Un ion meet ing . T h i s f o l l owed the res igna t ion of Mervyn P i t c h e r s from the e l e c t i o n s l a s t Wednesday wh ich le f t Mr White as the only cand idate runn ing.

T h e U n i o n meet ing at w h i c h the main b u s i n e s s o f the day was the hus t ing of cand ida tes for the s a b b a t i c a l , D P and N U S delegate e l e c t i o n s w a s the most w e l l a t tended to date. The meet ing was l i v e r e d up by M i k e W i l l i am s f a l l i n g as leep dur ing the p res iden t i a l hus t ings and then dur ing h i s proposa l speech swear ing at a cer ta in member o f the a u d i e n c e .

Union Bar Knickers

Scandal A P R O P S A L by Mary A t t en ­borough, Mathemat ics depart ­mental represen ta t i ve , that each member of I C U n i o n E x e c u t i v e shou ld d o n a t e a pa i r of their underpants to the U n i o n bar was narrowly ca r r i ed by 13 v o t e s to 10 wi th f i ve abs ten t ions at the l a s t Un ion C o u n c i l meet ing .

The proposa l was seen as a " i f you can ' t beat ' e m , j o i n ' e m " move i n the la tes t round of the U n i o n bar k n i c k e r s s c a n d a l . Mr Teague , I C U P r e s i d e n t and cha i r i ng the meet ing at the t ime, i nqu i red a s to where the underpants were to be p l a c e d in the bar. Where upon Ms At tenborough rep l i ed ins tant ly " O n top of the l a d i e s k n i c k e r s " . T h e recommendat ion i s (not) to be car r ied out .

The meet ing however , d id d i s c u s s l e s s t r i v ia l matters than th i s .

Due to the large number of thefts recent ly from func t ions

o rgan ised by the U n i o n , the D P , af ter consu l t a t i ons w i th the I C U E x e c and the E n t s C h a i r m a n , Andy H i g m a n , h a s d e c i d e d that on l y N U S members and gues t s o f I C students (who must be s i gned in the guest book to be prov ided) w i l l be a l l owed into IC func t i ons .

T h i s measure w i l l not be implemented un t i l next year .

The Working Par ty on U n i o n R e s p o n s e p resen ted an inter im report in wh i ch var ious short-term changes to the U n i o n structure were p r o p o s e d . A lengthy d i s c u s s i o n fo l l owed wh ich resu l ted in an open meet ing o f the Working Par ty be ing c a l l e d wi th the date yet to be d e c i d e d . T h i s date w i l l be w i d e l y p u b l i c i s e d and a l l members o f the U n i o n w i l l be most we lcome to a i r thei r v i e w s .

C h r i s Kouroun io t i s how­eve r , p rov ided the sensa t i on of the afternoon when he re fused to make a speech and answer ques t i ons . T h i s f o l l owed a p roposa l speech by Ms At tenborough in wh ich she a t tacked the e l e c t i o n campa ign bumph of Mr E v e r e t t who i s a l s o a cand ida te for the pos t of Deputy P r e s i d e n t .

T h e p o l l i n g days for these e l e c t i o n s are on Monday 1st March and Tuesday 2nd March . Vo t i ng for the N U S de lega t i on w i l l be on the Monday and ba l lo t b o x e s can be found in the Union, ' Sou ths ide and J C R . The re w i l l a l s o be a roving ba l lo t box.

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ELECTIONS

NOTICE The Retu rn ing O f f i c e r

wou ld l i ke to re-iterate. the fact that a l l the C o l l e g e -wide e l e c i t o n s are in the foim o f a secret b a l l o t . There i s no way o f . c o n ­f i rming that anyone person or group w i l l vote for any c a n d i d a t e . T h i s comment has been re- i tera ted because some cand ida tes • have in thei r p u b l i c i t y been mak ing s u c h i n f e rences .

WARNING

T h e C o l l e g e F i r e O f f i c e r has g iven strict i ns t ruc t i ons that no-one i s to go up on the roofs o f the Un ion B u i l d i n g , Bo tany and Z o o l o g y department and B e i t H a l l dur ing the pancake race next T u e s d a y If anyone i s found on the roof, the r a c e w i l l be immedia te ly s topped and pancake races on Shrove T u e s d a y w i l l be banned in future.

In add i t ion the I C U E x e c have warned that no water i s to be hur led around the B e i t Quad before 12.30pm on T u e s d a y . T h e y are employ ing peop le who w i l l ensure that the above two warn ings are heeded. So be warned!

SPORT

Dear Sports R e a d e r s , Sorry about the lack o f sport th is week f o l l e s , but due to lack of time (e lec t ion bumph had to be pr inted) we cou ld not print a b igger F E L I X to accommodate any more spor ts repor ts . So do not lose heart — we w i l l be back-next week wi th a bumper sports s e c t i o n .