Founded in 1949 The Newspaper of Imperial College Union

4 4

In a poll held by Consoc this term 50-60% of those

asked whether they were satisfied with the

performances of these people as sabbaticals

answered "Don't Know". The full results are on

page six. Incidentally, they are (left to right) Rae

Snee, ICU DP, Liz Lindsay, ICU Hon Sec, and

John Passmore, ICU President.

Junk

Food LAST TUESDAY afternoon

a computing first year under­

graduate found a piece of

metal in his Sherfield Refec­

tory meal.

H e had been eating quiche,

chips a n d sweetcorn, when he

discovered a chunk of metal in

his mouth . H i s friend, who was

also eating the same food, found

a piece of metal i n his meal as

wel l .

T h e person concerned took the

pieces to M r M o o n e y , C a t e r i n g

M a n a g e r , who asked what the stu­

dents had been h a v i n g to eat. O n

hear ing sweetcorn ment ioned, he

went to the can-opener i n the k i t ­

chens to inspect it. H e said that the

blade was o ld a n d had to be re­

placed.

Continued on page 3.

"Steady on Chaps,

my contact lens has fallen out!'

Mines have retained the Bottle in an easy 9-4 victory over old

rivals, Camborne. Article on Camborne weekend - see Sports

Page.

Hockey

win league F O L L O W I N G an excellent a l l -

round performance this season,

I C 1st X I finished top of their

Saturday league — Midd lesex

D iv i s i on 2 — collecting sixteen

points from a possible eighteen

points and were unbeaten in the

league a l l season. T h i s ensures a

return to top class hockey for the

side which w i l l remain v i r tua l ly

unchanged and hopeful of success

amongst some of the big guns of

hockey.

Last Wednesday saw further

success for the side in w i n n i n g the

U L U Div i s i on 1 titles at their

first attempt. In sweeping aside

a l l other colleges on their way to

this title the team dropped only

two points a l l season — a narrow

last minute defeat by o l d r i v a l s C i t y

& G u i l d s , who look set to finish the

season i n second place.

No. 578 Friday. February 27,1981 Free!

Letters to

the Editor

•MSk

Dear Sir

(letter unreadable - Ed.)

Tours sincerely

A n n e Evans xxx

A e r o 3

Dear Mr Marshall

T h e remarks w h i c h you made

in your F E L I X E d i t o r i a l last

week about H R H Princess A n n e

are utterly despicable. E v e n i f

you hold these views in private it

is completely d is loyal to publ ish

them. A s for c r i t i c i s ing Princess

A n n e for her hobby (at w h i c h she

was very good) it smacks of the

lower midd le class intolerance

that we have come to expect from

F E L I X this year. Princess A n n e

does a good deal of char i ty work

(e.g. N a t i o n a l Society for the

Prevent ion of C r u e l t y to C h i l ­

d r e n ) for w h i c h she rece ives

inadequate credit f rom gutter

press e d i t o r s l i k e y o u r s e l f . In

closing I w o u l d suggest that you

a p o l o g i s e a n d t h e n d o t h e

honourable th ing .

lours very sincerely

F r a n k James

H u m a n i t i e s P G

Sir

W i t h reference to your c o m ­

ments of Princess A n n e , you S i r

are obviously exc luded from the

23,000 students " w i t h b r a i n s " .

F o r o n e w h o c a n e x p r e s s

himsel f i n such a ch i ld i sh a n d

insul t ing m a n n e r should never

h a v e b e e n e l e c t e d t o e d i t

the Col lege or any other m a g a ­

zine, a n d as regular readers of

F E L I X , m y colleagues a n d I are

d i s g u s t e d by y o u r o b n o x i o u s

inference to the Princess (sic).

J M a t h e r a n d telephonists: H

L o r i b o n d , J Skech, K Franks , A

M i t c h e l l , P C r o a d , P C h a n d l e r ,

D Wal ters , P R u l e , J L o n g d o n ,

a n d W Jacks .

Sir

W e feel m u c h ashamed to be

m e m b e r s o f a C o l l e g e whose

" n e w s p a p e r " p u b l i c i s e s such

malic ious insults as contained in

your last ed i tor ia l . F r o m your

description H R H Princess A n n e

seems to be a m u c h more c h a r i ­

table person than yourself.

Whatever you may think of

our new C h a n c e l l o r it was very

w r o n g of y o u to m a l i g n one

m e m b e r of our R o y a l F a m i l y as

this is also a direct insult upon

o t h e r m e m b e r s for w h o m we

have reason to have m u c h respect

a n d regard.

W e f ind it hard to corrtprehend

t h a t y o u r e d i t o r i a l is a t r u e

thermometer of the feelings of the

I C U Exec a n d even less of the

vast major i ty of students at I C .

W e th ink that the Exec would

be wel l advised to remove you as

editor of F E L I X before you cause

any more m u d to be splattered

over us a l l .

Yours regretfully

David Pinnegar & 48 others

_ „ . Physics 2 Dear Sir

Y o u may ho ld the op in ion that

Princess A n n e is not suitable for

t h e C h a n c e l l o r s h i p o f t h i s

U n i v e r s i t y , but there is not cause

to be downr ight abusive.

Yours

J o h n M o r n e m e n t

C i v E n g 1

Dear Sir

O n e of the golden rules of good

j o u r n a l i s m is t h a t i n d i v i d u a l

members of the R o y a l F a m i l y are

not ' fa ir game' .

O n e of the ha l lmarks of bad

j o u r n a l i s m is sensationalism. It is

the last resort of the uninspired

a n d t ired.

Yours faithfully

M a r k C legg

M e c h E n g 3

Dear Sir

N o t content w i t h repetitively

a t t a c k i n g M r M o o n e y to the

p o i n t o f u t t e r t e d i u m a n d

p r i n t i n g r a c i s t a n d g e n e r a l l y

insu l t ing cartoons, you have now

l o w e r e d y o u r s t a n d a r d s o f

j o u r n a l i s m e v e n f u r t h e r w i t h

your pathetic and puerile attack

on Princess A n n e in your editor ial

last week.

W h a t e v e r your views of our

new C h a n c e l l o r (my own are

h a r d l y c o m p l i m e n t a r y ) , there

can be no defence against your

using F E L I X to a i r such vehement

a b u s e a g a i n s t a n y i n d i v i d u a l

wi thout the slightest attempt at

p r o v i d i n g j u s t i f i c a t i o n . Y o u r

cheap attack on such an easy

t a r g e t was n e i t h e r c l e v e r n or

amusing , and I must presume

that you d i d not consider the

h a r m that w o u l d be done if a

representative of the mass media ,

searching for student reaction to

the choice of C h a n c e l l o r , were to

seize upon your remarks as being

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f the s t u d e n t

body at I C . T h e pub l i c wou ld

s u r e l y c o n c l u d e t h a t it is us,

rather than Princess A n n e , who

possess the ' intellect of a cab­

b a g e ' . O r p e r h a p s y o u were

encouraged by such thoughts,

since you appear to enjoy cheap

publ i c i ty .

If you manage to complete

your term as F E L I X Ed i t o r , I

hope you w i l l continue to express

your opinions, but please refrain

from using unjustified a n d highly

personal abuse.

Yours faithfully

A n d y T y e

C i v E n g 3

Sir

W i t h reference to the article

e n t i t l e d O p e r a t i c D i v e r s i o n

Divers ion , I note wi th more than

a little t repidat ion that the dates

given for this opera clash w i t h the

dates a l r e a d y b o o k e d for the

H A M D R A M 81 (Home C o u n ­

ties A m a t e u r D r a m a t i c Festival)

Finals . As this is the first t ime

such a prestigious festival has

been hosted by Imper ia l Col lege

it w o u l d be t r a g i c i f it were

m a r r e d by a bookings oversight.

Is there some mistake? W e w o u l d

hate to disappoint those who

have already purchased tickets

for H A M D R A M 81 (available

from the Bookshop or I C Dramsoc

m e m b e r s ) a n d h o p e t h a t last

week's article was incorrect.

Geoffrey Barber

H A M D R A M 81

L i a i s o n Officer

Ed's Comment: D r a m s o c have

assured me the situation is totally

under control .

Sir

I write in response to D V

Molesworth ' s foolish display of

i g n o r a n c e i n h i s l e t t e r o f

F e b r u a r y 6 for F E L I X .

L e t m e q u o t e t w o o f h i s

sentences: " I a m not so naive that

I believe there is no injustice in

the R e p u b l i c " . T o b l i n d D V

M o l e s w o r t h , the obvious injus­

tice is not so important to be

condemned. " . . . these firms

especially some of them . . .are

p r o b a b l y l e a d i n g the w a y to

n a r r o w i n g t h e gaps b e t w e e n

'blacks ' a n d 'whites' standard of

l i v i n g " . If D V M o l e s w o r t h is

a w a r e o f the d i f f e r e n t l i v i n g

standards based on colour, then

he ought to be aware of the

injustice in the system he admires

so m u c h .

Perhaps, we w i l l forgive D V

M o l e s w o r t h for be ing so naive to

realise that being white i n South

A f r i c a , he was i n such a p r i v i -

laged posit ion — high wages,

lots of incentives, etc. — as to pay

no a t t e n t i o n to the i n j u s t i c e

m e t e d o n o t h e r s . H e is n o w

being used (from the tone of his

last paragraph) to augment the

white popu lat i on and match the

p o p u l a t i o n i m b a l a n c e i f no t

white majority . W h a t he should

bear in m i n d is: South A f r i c a can

never be another A u s t r a l i a or

N o r t h A m e r i c a .

Has D V M o l e s w o r th been a

black South A f r i c a n a n d seen his

wife for only two days in a month

a n d h a d seen his l i t t l e s ister

gunned down over a protest in

the Soweito-c lash, he won ' t believe

that as justice.

M a y b e D V M o l e s w o r t h w i l l

be happy to hear of Botha's latest

promised to improve the position

of B l a c k s b y a l l o w i n g a few

Blacks ' black-representatives in

P a r l i a m e n t . I r e p h r a s e h i s

s t a t e m e n t as t h e c r e a t i n g o f

M u z o r e w a ' s (Black puppets) to

undermine the l iberat ion move­

ments. I assure h i m a n d Botha

that the l iberat ion war continues

unabated and that p a y i n g a l ip

service to democracy does not

weaken the efforts. If he wants to

be a disciple a n d a propagandist

of an A p a r t h e i d regime then he

s h o u l d be p r e p a r e d to c l a i m

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e v e r y

difficult times yet to come.

Let us be frank, D V Mo les ­

worth is not becoming a n t i - A n t i -

A p a t t h e i d as he claims. H e is for

the A p a r t h e i d regime. T o be an

a n t i - A n t i - A p a r t h e i d is to be pro-

A p a r t h e i d , there is no midd le

t e r m . H e t r i e s to h i d e h i s

boldlessness by a long phraseo­

logy.

R e a d i n g his letter, I can now

understand how the holocaust of

the Jews, the genocide of A m e r ­

i n d i a n s , the s l a v e r y a n d the

d o m i n a t e d e c o n o m y o f t h e

blacks, etc., have been possible.

Yours truly

F A m a n d l e

N Y a w

C i v E n g

Dear Steve

T h e artic le of M r P a u l S imons

on guide to fart ing ( F E L I X 577)

leads me to believe that he seems

to th ink that he has fired the last

shot as f a r as u n d e r s t a n d i n g

f a r t i n g is c o n c e r n e d . W h i l e I

appreciate his attempt to scien­

t i f i c a l l y a n a l y s e th i s s o c i a l l y

s t i g m a t i s e d p h e n o m e n o n , I

should l ike to point out that a

more detai led analysis than his

has been in existence for nearly a

century. I refer to The Art of

Farting or the Sly Artilleryman'.i

Manual b y C o u n t T r u m p e t ,

Doc tor of the Brass Horse. T h i s

f a s c i n a t i n g p i e c e o f r e s e a r c h ,

w h i c h bears no date, seem to have

a p p e a r e d i n the n i n e t e e n t h

century in France . A n d thanks to

Sa lvador D a l i , who reproduced it

as a n a p p e n d i x to h i s a u t o ­

b iography, a greater number of

people w i l l be able to understand

and appreciate this noble art now

(see, Sa lvador D a l i , Diary of a

Genius - An Autobiography, A p ­

pendix 1, pp 217-251, P icador ,

L o n d o n 1976).

C o u n t T r u m p e t beg ins the

prelude to his work by saying: " I I

Continued on page 4.

Page 2 FEUX, February 27, 1981

from front page.

M r M o o n e y told F E L I X that

the metal cou ld have come from

s a u c e p a n s or cans . W h e n he

found out that the meal had

inc luded canned sweetcorn, he

w e n t to the c a n - o p e n e r . T h e

p ierc ing na i l on it was blunt , a n d

it ran up a r i m on the can. As

soon as he knew about it , he h a d

the na i l changed straightaway.

T h e r e was a s i m i l a r i n c i d e n t

earlier in the week, but no one

had brought it to his attention.

H e had apologised to the student

concerned, but as he had made

such a 'song and dance " about it

he wou ld not get a refund.

O n the subject of Col lege food

generally, M r M o o n e y said that

he would have to take people's

word for it if they thought the

food was g e t t i n g be t t e r , as a

suggestion w h i c h F E L I X put to

h i m . A s k e d a b o u t the b e t t e r

chips this term from the U n i o n

Refectory, he said that the supply

had been changed, and as this

was f o u n d a c c e p t a b l e it was

decided to continue it.

Carnival L A S T F R I D A Y ' S L i n k s C a r n i ­

v a l , was attended by about 600

people. M o s t semed to have been

there to see O t w a y a n d Barrett

the headl ine act, since m a n y left

at m i d n i g h t , be fore the f i n a l

ban d . W h e n everything is sorted

out the event is expected to " just

about break even" . U n f o r t u n ­

a t e l y t h e r e w a s n o p r o f i t to

donate to N i g h t l i n e . A n d y D i x o n

G u i l d s P u b l i c i t y Off icer said " A

good t ime was had by a l l who

w e n t , i t w a s a s h a m e t h e r e

weren't m o r e " .

Guilds Trip

t o 'Tomfoolery'

C r i t e r i o n T h e a t r e , P i c c a d i l l y

Thursday, March 5

T i c k e t s £ 3 ( n o r m a l l y £ 5 . 5 0 )

N a m e s o n n o t i c e b o a r d i n

G u i l d s o f f i c e b y T u e s d a y

UC Sit-in on

Overseas Fees S T U D E N T S at Univers i ty Col lege L o n d o n started a n occupat ion of

their College's administrat ive block, in a n attempt to persuade their

college not to increase fees to overseas students.

A n emergency U G M mot ion three weeks ago noted inter a l i a

" d i s c r i m i n a t i o n reached intolerable proportions w i t h the introduct ion

of so-called ' fu l l cost' fees for overseas students of ,£2,000 for Arts

courses, and £3,000 for Science courses . . . served only to further

enhance the elitist and racist nature of higher educat ion in B r i t a i n . T h e

Government had to give colleges a special exemption from the Race

Relat ions A c t 1977 before they could implement these increases". T h e

mot ion went on to instruct the Execut ive to ob ta in a n assurance from

College not to increase fees next year. T h e college d i d not give such a

guarantee, but d i d agree not to impose a previously decided extra 10%.

A n emergency U G M mot ion a week later noted, inter a l ia " t h e ful l

c os t fees a r e d r i v i n g o v e r s e a s a w a y . T h e r e is n o f i n a n c i a l

argument in favour of ful l cost fees, and college cannot therefore c l a i m

that it is under financial ob l igat ion to charge these fees". A mot ion on

them cal led for " A total boycott of lectures on F e b r u r y 24, pickets of a l l

en t rances /main departments" . T h i s was declared " t h e beginning and

not the e n d " .

A n d emergency U G M mot ion a week later resolved, inter a l ia " t o go

into immediate occupation of college u n t i l college take a stand against

full-cost fees. T o support the N U S N a t i o n a l L o b b y of Par l iament on

M a r c h 1 1 " . In a statement issued by the U n i o n , students were urged to

support the boycott. After o u t l i n i n g w h y it was thought the increase in

fees was d iscr iminatory and incorrect is said " o n l y il we say boldly and

clearly that these fes are wrong, wrong , wrong , w i l l there be any

change. A n occupat ion is the only way open to us now to make that

message clear. O t h e r colleges w i l l follow if we take a stand. Support the

o c c u p a t i o n " .

Last Tuesday, students occuppied the admin is t ra t i on section at I C

and this was con inu ing on Wednesday. U C students visited I C on

Wednesday afternoon to ask for support for their campa ign , the a i m

being act ion a l l over L o n d o n against the " d i s c r i m i n a t o r y lee increase

a n d the general attack on educa t i on " .

A l l unions are being asked to " t a k e a c t i o n " if college authorities

intend to implement the fee increase, organise a one day lecture

boycott, and , as a last resort, ocupy Col lege adminis trat ion .

I C U staged a week-long sit - in in the Sherfield Senior D i n i n g R o o m

last year, this was once again on teh overseas students differential lees

issue. T h i s protest, a l though led by the Exec , d i d not achieve its aims,

which were to get assurances from the P r i m e M i n i s t e r , and Secretary ol

State for E d u c a t i o n asking for a review of the Government ' s Educat i on

pol icy, w i th par t i cu lar regard to overseas students. Those people who

part ic ipated i n last year's s i t - in d i d not feel it was totally in va in .

T H E I N T E R N A T I O N A L P A R T Y , the culmination of International Week,

was highly success ful . T h e evening inc luded D i n n e r , with Indian,

Chinese , Sr i L a n k a n , and G r e e k foods. Afterwards there were stage

performances in the J C R . This included G r e e k , Lat in Amer i can and

classical Indian dances, a karate demonstration by a group including

eight black belts. Bhangra dances were performed by a student group

who have only been practicing for a few months.

The Rector and 600 other people attended the event, which most

regarded as the best international party so far, and the most popular

event in the J C R this year.

Field Cup

T H E A N N U A L G u i l d s F ie ld

C u p C o m p e t i t i o n was held on

Wednesday evening. A b o u t sixty

people grouped in twelve teams

took part .

T h e w i n n e r s w e r e B a r r y ' s

Bashers, a n d they w i l l be presented

w i t h the magnificent trophy at

the elections U G M . D u r i n g the

c o m p e t i t i o n , two p a r t i c i p a n t s

were arrested and charged w i t h

theft.

T h e purpose of the compet i t ion

is to visit ten specified pubs, a n d

g a i n p o i n t s by d r i n k i n g a n d

finding treasure on the way.

Council

Report I C C C o u n c i l met on M o n d a y

evening. T h e Deputy President's

p r o p o s a l s r e g u l a t i n g f i n a n c e ,

namely, to restrict the grounds

on w h i c h clubs could c l a i m extra

money, were defeated.

It was d e c i d e d t h a t J o h n

Passmore should become R e t u r n ­

i n g O f f i c e r f o r t h e c o m i n g

s a b b a t i c a l e l e c t i o n s as it was

a l l e g e d t h a t L i z L i n d s a y ' s

friendship wi th one candidate

might make her a pr ime target

for attacks in F E L I X .

T h e m o t i o n a l l o w i n g t h e

H a n d b o o k E d i t o r six weeks in

F l a i l over the summer vacat ion ,

paid for by I C U , was passed.

II anyone else really wants to

know any more, then it w i l l be

publ ished next week.

Hustings

Shocker A t yesterday's R C S U Hustings

M e e t i n g C h r i s t i n e T h o m p s o n

one of two candidates for H J T

( H o n o r a r y J u n i o r T r e a s u r e r )

w i t h d r e w at t h e e n d o f h e r

hustings speech. She said that if

she'd won it w o u l d have been

because she was a w o m a n , a n d

that she thought Char les F u l l e r

w o u l d do a better job than she

w o u l d have done. Char les F u l l e r

was thus ratif ied for the " K a m i ­

kaze " post.

T o m O w e n was ratif ied as

A c a d e m i c Affairs Officer despite

on objection by G a r y T u r n e r , on

the grounds that he was an idiot.

H e went on to say " I f I 'd have

k n o w n T o m O w e n was standing,

I 'd have stood m y s e l f .

Asked if he wished to comment

on the meeting, P a u l Johnson ,

R C S V P , said "not p a r t i c u l a r l y " .

Sexy Sarah

Romps Home N E X T Y E A R ' S London Student

E d i t o r is to be S a r a h Lewthwai te ,

current ly features editor on the

p a p e r . S h e w a s e l e c t e d b y

eighteen votes to seven at the

L o n d o n Student C o u n c i l M e e t i n g

last Tuesday evening, her r iva l

being Dave Bennett, news editor.

S a r a h is also C h a i r m a n of the

L o n d o n S t u d e n t J o u r n a l i s t s

G r o u p , a n d her motto is " I ' l l do

it i f nobody else w i l l " .

T h e meet ing also decided to

raise the subscription for London

Student by ' / 2 p to 3p per copy.

FELIX, February 27,1981 Page 3

Letters

to the

Editor

Continued from page 2.

is a shameful matter, dear reader,

t h a t i n s p i t e o f y o u r l o n g

experience of fart ing you sti l l do

not know how you fart, or how

you ought to fart. It is c ommonly

thought that farts differ only in

size a n d that basical ly they are

a l l of the same type. A gross

e r r o r " ( D a l i , op cit , p217). T h e

analysis of M r Simons is faulted

by the same error.

A s the learned scholar points

out, farts can be d iv ided into

v o c a l s , a n d m u t e s o r s i l e n t

c r e e p e r s . V o c a l far ts m a y be

f u r t h e r d i v i d e d i n t o : (i) T h e

P l e u r i - V o c a l or B i g F a r t (further

s u b - d i v i d e d i n t o s i m p l e a n d

d i p t h o n g o r d o u b l e - b a r r e l l e d

farts), a n d (ii) the S e m i - V o c a l or

L i t t l e F a r t (further sub-d iv ided

into C l e a r , M e d i u m a n d A s p i r ­

ated).

" M u t e farts, vu lgar ly k n o w n

as silent creepers, have no sound

a n d comprise a smal l amou nt of

very d a m p w i n d . In L a t i n they

are ca l led V i s i a , f rom the verb

visire; in G e r m a n Fiesters; a n d in

E n g i s h , fitch or v e t c h " ( D a l i , op

cit , p234). They may be either

dry or sunny.

T h e C o u n t further classifies

accord ing to the social status of

people (followers of M a x Weber

o u g h t to be p l e a s e d ) , g o i n g

largely by the subtle differences

i n smell . T h e categories he lists

are: P r o v i n c i a l Farts , Household

Farts , M a i d e n ' s Farts , Fenc ing

Masters ' Farts , Y o u n g Ladies

Farts , M a r r i e d W o m e n ' s Farts ,

Bourgeois Women ' s Farts , Pea­

sant W o m e n ' s Farts , Shepher­

desses ' F a r t s , O l d W o m e n ' s

F a r t s , B a k e r s ' F a r t s , C l a y

Potters ' Farts , Whores ' Farts ,

C u c k o l d s ' Farts , C l e r k s ' Farts ,

Ac tors ' a n d Actresses' Farts a n d

f inal ly , L e a r n e d M e n ' s Farts . I

a m sure even M r Simons w o u l d

agree that this is definitely a

more definitive guide to the art of

fart ing than his.

F o r those, who even in this day

a n d age, persist in their prejudice

against fart ing, there is a chapter

o n Ways of Disguising a Fart

(chapter 12). T h i s work of art is

sheer pleasure to read. As the

author points out. " I t is indeed

m o r e i m p o r t a n t t h a n p e o p l e

normal ly imagine, to know how

to fart in the right way at the

right time.

A fart that tries va in ly to come

out,

A n d then turns back in fury to

send the flanks,

Of ten causes death.

F o r the life of a constipated

mor ta l through the dark portal

entering,

By a F A R T let out i n t ime

might wel l have been saved . "

( E m p h a s i s as i n the o r i g i n a l ,

D a l i , op cit , pp 217-8).

Tours Sincerely

Bharat Bhushan

D S E S P G

Dear Sir

O b v i o u s l y M r Simons, author

of last week's " D e f i n i t i v e G u i d e

to F a r t i n g " is not a true devotee

of the art of fart ing. I a m fully in

accordance w i t h his observations

o n t h e s o m e t i m e s p a t h e t i c

attempts of amateurs to " p i t c h "

or " tease" a fart, but I must

strongly object to his advocat ing

rebasing an S B D . . a n d then

d i s c la iming i t ! !

As a founder member of the

Flatulence is A r t f u l , R e l a x i n g

a n d Transcendenta l Soc. I a m

therefore draf t ing this short note

to point out to your readership

that fart ing should be looked on

w i t h P R I D E , a n d not denied as a

shy perversion.

Extensive field research has

shown that 99.9% of the popu­

l a t i o n f a r t , so D O N O T B E

A F R A I D ! I g n o r e M r S i m o n s

heretical advice a n d break forth.

T h e w o r l d lies at your feet (note:

T h i s c ou ld also be due to the

' I r i sh M i s t ' , a strange concoction

produced as a result of a peanut

butter a n d c h i l i sauce diet. It is

o f t e n a c c o m p a n i e d by severe

blistering).

Tours sincerely

C o l i n Devey

Geology II

Dear Sir

A l t h o u g h reluctant to j o i n the

ranks of letters page contributors

I feel moved to comment on the

' D e f i n i t i v e G u i d e to F a r t i n g '

publ i shed in last week's F E L I X .

It was encouraging to f ind some

a t t e n t i o n b e i n g g i v e n to th i s

m u c h mal igned pastime, but M r

Simon 's artic le put forward only

one of the facets of a rewarding ,

t h o u g h m i s u n d e r s t o o d h o b b y .

W h i l e h a v i n g c o m p i l e d a n

excellent treatise on the auditory

variat ions M r Simons has pa id

scant attention to the olfactory

nuances inherant i n the raison

d'etre of the fart.

A c e r t a i n i n d i v i d u a l i t y is

always imparted to the bouquet

by the part i cu lar gut flora of the

performer. T h i s enables affici-

anadoes to p inpo int the or ig in of

a v i r t u o s o r e n d i t i o n w h e n

m o d e s t y o r u n c o n s c i o u s n e s s

prevents the owner c l a i m i n g it.

T h e r e a r e h o w e v e r s e v e r a l

s u b s t a n c e s w h i c h w i l l l e n d

distinctive reproducible flavours

to one's emissions. M a n y t rad ­

i t i o n a l beers h a v e t h e i r o w n

recognisable odours for instance,

Wadwor ths O l d T i m e r , k n o w n

as O l d Fart by regulars, w h i c h

c a n be i d e n t i f i e d i n m i n u t e

c o n c e n t r a t i o n s t w o h u n d r e d

yards d o w n w i n d of m a n y W i l t ­

shire pubs not to ment ion the

Anglesea A r m s . T h e c o m b i n a ­

tion of the c a l c i u m sulphate and

yeast content of Bass found in

many outlets produce an emena-

tion c o m m o n to m a n y I C stu­

dents. I a m surprised that the

' h i g h ' q u a l i t y o f f ood i n the

College refectories does not cause

more motions to be passed at

U G M s .

W e l l k n o w n a r o m a s ( n o t

necessarily attr ibutable to the

substance after w h i c h they are

named) include:

The eggy one: this varety l inger

longer than M u r r a y mints.

The cabbagey one: savage! A real

swine. A i r w i c k s the only answer.

The beany one: binds covalently to

the nasal mucosa.

The yeasty one: L D 5 0 really low,

banned by Por ton D o w n .

The butter curry: c ombined w i t h

the burnt r i n g syndrome and the

dead rat — charcoa l underpants

a must for this one.

T h e S B D fart may embody

any one of these but extensive

research has proved the most vile

farts to be those that are heard as

a soft pop followed by a hiss.

A f i n a l c o m f o r t i n g t h o u g h t

attr ibuted by some to D r Samuel

Johnson : N o m a n cannot stand

his o w n farts (or something like

that).

Tours fartfully

P I M o r r i s

R e a l A l e Soc P u b l i c i t y Officer

Sir

As residents of L ins tead new

block, we were most surprised to

see your front page article in

F E L I X 557 " I m p e r i a l Col lege

D o n accused of be ing a n u r d ! "

A l t h o u g h we are i n the habit of

d i sp lay ing messages, the one in

y o u r p h o t o g r a p h has n e v e r

appeared on our windows. M o s t

of the pr inted artic le is fabricated

a n d has misled many F E L I X

readers. W e w o u l d l ike to stress

again that the photograph is a

forgery a n d we d e m a n d a pr inted

apology.

Tours

M R Fisher, et a l .

Dear Ed

W e went r ig id when we saw the

photo; it was like a bolt from the

blue.

W e d i d n ' t r ea l i s e t h a t the

message had ever existed. H o w ­

ever , we k n o w it m u s t h a v e

appeared as F E L I X is such a

t r u t h f u l , h o n e s t , u p s t a n d i n g

organ of the press, a n d wou ld not

pr int a pack of filthy lies.

A l t h o u g h we agree you have

the intellect of a caul i f lower and

the ab i l i ty of a mollusc, a short

glans at your articles reveals a

d e p t h h i t h e r t o u n k n o w n i n

Col lege (except in the cater ing

field).

H o p e you're wel l

T h e Dicks C l u b

PS: W e c l a i m more readers than

F E L I X .

Dear Sir

W e are w r i t i n g against W I S T

being a l lowed to put on their

p i c k e t o n I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e

ground. Both men a n d women

a t t e n d th i s C o l l e g e a n d b o t h

should be a l lowed the same rights

and status. Presenting women as

mere pickets is both degrading

a n d i n s u l t i n g to t h e n o r m a l

women at this Col lege (the ones

w h o d o n ' t l o ok l i k e b u s - c o n ­

ductors). M i n e s pointed out last

year. T h e y also pointed out that

a male stripper was ridiculed i n

the event, w h i c h w o u l d thus not

be viewed as sexist. However ,

from an R S M survey previous to

the event, we found out that the

w o m e n i n the audience v iewed

the female stripper as a bit of a

joke a n d found the male str ip­

per's chopper tantal is ing. W e are

w e l l a w a r e t h a t the m e n to

women ratio is rather large (as

are most o f the w o m e n ) b u t

w o u l d like to point out that this

p r o b l e m w i l l d i m i n i s h i f I C

doesn't cont inue to offer services

w h i c h e n h a n c e the i m a g e o f

women.

W o m e n who cannot cope w i t h

the prob lem ought to j o i n W I S T

and go p icket ing at M i n e s events

and on field trips to Yorkshire .

W e agree that men should not

actual ly have to pay to see a

w o m a n naked; it should be free.

If anyone feels strongly against

the picket they are welcome to

(at) the M i n e s review on F e b r u ­

ary 27 at 7:30pm.

Signed

K e i t h M a y n a r d

C r i s p i n Dobson

R o b Pascoe

R S M U

PS: W e w o u l d l i k e to t h a n k

W I S T , to w h o m wc arc eternally

indebted for their sincere cllbrts in

publ i c i s ing the M i n e s Review so

effectively.

Sir

As an R S M U n i o n Officer, I

should like to disown myself from

the letter be ing proffered lor your

pages under the name of R S M

Page 4 FEUX, February 27,1981

Exec. I feel the 'views' expressed

in the aforementioned letter do

not represent the views of the

major i ty of the members of R S M

U n i o n , but merely those of a

select few, a n d therefore should

most definitely not be signed in

the name of the union.

After a l l , would it not be better

to defend the M i n e s Rev iew for

what it is? T h a t is, a union event,

designed to generate funds for the

U n i o n , w h i c h w i l l be supported

because the majority of R S M

students w i l l want to go. So why

a l l this needless slander and back

b i t ing by our exec?

J o h n Eagleson

R S M Newsletter E d i t o r

Small Ads •Ford Escort van, 1300, M reg, year's MOT, good condition, £625ono. •Morris 1100 automatic, F regs. must sell £150ono. Ring 581 3165 after 6:00. •Fountain dancing can be funl •Central Stores require the assistance of twelve persons on Wednesday after­noon, March 11 for 2-3 hours. £2 per hour cash. Give your name to Stores Superintendent, int 2700. •Wanted: Swimmers to represent C&G in the Intercollegiate Gala (Monday, March 9). Contact Dave Roberts, ME3. •Can you play darts? I f you can, sign on for the Fremlin's (singles) or Scottish and Newcastle (doubles) tournaments. Details behind the Union Bar. Entries close February 28. •Nothing to do on Friday nights? Help desperately needed on Soup Run. See ICCAG article in this FELIX. •AMERICA: Want to work and travel in the US and Cartada next summer? For details of job schemes and woek visas contact BUNAC, Green Comm Room 3rd floor, Union Building, on Friday lunchtimes. •The Photosoc requet the pleasure of some customers. Old Darkroom, Beit Quad, 12:30-1:00pm. •Kirsten Pratt: Would you support her? If so meet her in Southside Upper Lounge, 12:30pm, TODAY! •Please is anyone willing to lend or hire an upright piano to Metallurgy and Materials Science Society for their magnificent evening of entertain­ment/annual dinner on March 12? Con tact Chris Ward, Metallurgy 3, Mines letter-rack. AND if you'd like to partici pate or just eat, drink and beastounded, tickets will be£3.50 (including meal and real ale, wine, cider,softdrinks)andwi be on sale soon!! Send your orders in NOW. •Ski Boots, size 6. Henke, 5 clips, £20 Contact Jo, 874-2470 after 7:00pm. •Three seater bike for sale or hire Contact Martin Taylor, DoC PG for de­tails. Internal 4179. •Mike — I can't think of asmall ad to put in this week, so I won't bother — Andy

M i n a n d M e t S o c

2nd Robert Pryor

Memorial Lecture

British Steel in the80's

and Beyond

M r I a n M a c G r e g o r

C h a i r m a n , B S C

M o n d a y , M a r c h 2

6 : 3 0 p m i n M E 2 2 0

Voyager scientist at IC D R G A R Y H U N T , the only Br i t i sh scientist current ly involved in the

V o y a g e r space project, gave a lecture last week at I C on his work i n

this field.

T h e purpose of the V o y a g e r space craft is to investigate and compare

the two giants of the solar system, J u p i t e r and Saturn , a n d their

satellites, in part i cu lar T i t a n . D r H u n t out l ined the path of the

V o y a g e r II spacecraft by the use of some truly remarkable slides taken

by the V o y a g e r crafts. T h e data obtained by the spacecraft has given a

weal th of in format ion on the geophysical nature of J u p i t e r a n d Saturn .

D r H u n t was par t i cu lar ly excited by data obtained from T i t a n , a

satalite of Saturn . V o y a g e r II has shown that T i t a n has a planetary

a tmosphere s i m i l a r to that o f p r i m e v i l a r t h , a n d perhaps more

important , simple hydrocarbons have been detected ind i ca t ing the

possibility of life.

D r H u n t said that space had to be developed a n d that the returns

were on ly just beg inn ing to tr ickle i n . Advances have been made in

instrumentat ion a l l o w i n g satellites to be used more efficiently i n

meterology. D r H u n t predicted that very soon, by means of the space

shuttle, zero gravity space laboratories could be used to b u i l d things

such as perfect crystals w h i c h wou ld be useful i n microelectronics. D r

H u n t then added that he w o u l d be prepared to justify space on purely

academic grounds. " W e must go out there a n d explore. W e are the

Columbuses a n d Mage l lans of today a n d we must m a i n t a i n our

pioneering s p i r i t " .

W h e n questioned on what wou ld happen next D r H u n t said that

V o y a g e r w o u l d a r r i v e at N e p t u n e i n 1989 but that a l l future

programmes, such as the G a l l i l e o D a p i t e r probe, w o u l d have to be

reviewed in the l ight of the recent Reagan spending cuts.

Raymond Baxter at IC

Raymond Baxter, ex-RAF pilot and BBC TV presenter was

guest speaker at the Aeronautical Society Dinner last Friday.

The Dinner was well attended and Mr Baxter's speech much

appreciated.

C O N S O C SUPER SPECIAL

Meet THE Cabinet Come and hear

Rt Hon Mark Carlisle, MP

Secretary of State for Education

on

T U E S D A Y , M A R C H 3 at 1:00pm in Huxley 213.

Pedalling for

24 hours L A S T W E E K E N D , th ir ty G u i l d s

people went to Br isto l for the

a n n u a l 24-hour P e d a l C a r Race .

T h e new car " S n o t g o b b l e r "

was bui l t at great speed, but ,

unfortunately, cou ld not cont inue

i n the race for more than the first

four laps. T h e men's team came

fifth a n d the ladies team came in

eighteenth overal l , a n d were the

top ladies team.

T h e j ourney to Bristo l d i d not

prove uneventful , as one dr iver

fell asleep whilst cru is ing a long

t h e m o t o r w a y , h o w e v e r , n o

accidents occurred.

T o n y Heales, Peda l C a r C l u b

C a p t a i n , expressed his thanks to

a l l those who raced, cooked, and

helped, par t i cu lar ly the depart­

ment of M e c h E n g .

Giles Shaw

speaks F o r m e r N o r t h e r n Ire land J u n i o r

M i n i s t e r Gi les Shaw, M P visited

the Col lege last Tuesday at the

inv i tat ion of the Conservat ive

Society to give a talk on ' T h e

L a s t E i g h t e e n M o n t h s i n

N o r t h e r n I re land ' . M r Shaw,

who became a j u n i o r E n v i r o n ­

ment M i n i s t e r in M r s Thatcher ' s

r e c e n t r e s h u f f l e , b e g a n b y

ou t l in ing the background to the

p r e s e n t s i t u a t i o n , a n d t h e n

proceeded to comment on the

security and po l i t i ca l issues i n the

last eighteen months.

H e s a i d t h a t t h e l e v e l o f

t e r r o r i s t a c t i v i t y o v e r a l l was

steadily dec l in ing , w i t h terrorism

confined to l imi ted areas. T h e

police force was gradual ly tak ing

o v e r s e c u r i t y d u t i e s f r o m the

a r m y , w i t h the eventual aims of

restoring n o r m a l po l i c ing a n d

the rule of law to the province.

M o r e N o r t h / S o u t h c o o p e r a t i o n

is c o m i n g about on security, a n d

M r Shaw said he believed there

was a greater understanding by

the R e p u b l i c o f t h e N o r t h ' s

problems a n d a will ingness to

work together to defeat terrorism.

O n the po l i t ca l front, M r Shaw

said it was almost impossible to

d ist inguisharoute toacompromise

solution of N o r t h e r n Ireland's

c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s , b u t t h a t

g o v e r n m e n t s m u s t c o n t i n u e

a long the ' thorny road ' in a n

effort to find a solution because

the troubles are not going to go

away. T h e audience of about fifty

w a s t h e n g i v e n a c h a n c e to

question M r Shaw.

FELIX, February 27,1981 Page 5

D o you

write plays The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a showcase for original productions, and this year IC Dramsoc is to be on display. If you wish us to consider one of your works then contact us on internal 2854 or in the storeroom (Union East Staircase) by March 11. The plays must be for a small cast (up to eight) preferably in one scene with a minimum of props (we have to get it Edinburgh)! It would help if costumes are cheap (e.g. modem dress).

The meeting where the plays will be chosen will be in the Lower Refectory on Tuesday, March 17. Good Luck.

Graham Brand President, Dramsoc

UROP

summer jobs The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme is beginning to attract sponsorship from outside organisations and, firms. This will take the form of contributing towards the cost of a student working on his UROP project during the summer vacation.

To qualify for support a student must have 'joined up' under the UROP scheme during the academic year and, together with his supervisor, make a proposal for a summer research programme. If it is accepted UROP will pay for a shared room in a Student House for up to ten weeks, plus pocket money at a level negotiated by the student with UROP and his supervisor.

So far we have offers of funding from four different organisations, in some cases for a particular range of projects. Offers will be posted on the UROP noticeboard on level two walkway outside the JCR. For further details contact: Professor J C Anderson, Electrical Engineering.

Bookshop News Publication date 26

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Grendel — John Gardner £1.25

Malcolm — James Purdy £1.95

Tales from the Little World of Don Camillo —

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Advance Information

Book Sale: April 27 — May 8

Consoc Opinion Poll Between January 28 and February 11, members

of Consoc have been asking residents of

Falmouth and Tizard Halls their opinion on

matters both inside and outside College. We

visited 101 people (consisting 65 first years, 28

second and third years and 8 PGs) and asked

them 17 questions divided into 5 sections.

Section 1: Sabbatical Officers' Popularity

The most remarkable feature of this section was

that nearly half those questioned were unable to

give an opinion on John Passmore's performance,

and nearly two-thirds on Rae Snee and Liz

Lindsay. Of those expressing a view, people were

more or less evenly divided on Passmore and

Snee, and strongly in favour of Lindsay.

Ignorance certainly wasn't a problem with

Steve Marshall, with only one sixth of the people

not giving an opinion. The remainder approved of

his performance by a majority of a little under 2 to

1. It is worth remembering that the poll was

predominated by first years who have no

standard of comparison by which to judge the

sabbaticals' performances. Thus further analysis

of the results (ignoring don't knows) shows first

years slightly, in favour of Passmore and seconds

and thirds slightly against. Firsts were slightly

against Snee, and second and thirds about even.

With Lindsay both groups approved of her

performance, the second and thirds to a much

stronger extent. Both sections approved of

Marshall, the first years more strongly so.

Section 2: Performance of Marshall

This section aimed to find out whether people

approved of Marshall printing the controversial

'New Years Honours Shock' in FELIX, January 9.

As expected, most people had read the article,

and of these, nearly two-thirds approved of him printing the article, humourously intended or not. Having said that, most also thought Pub Board was correct in asking Marshall apologise publicly, and privately to Mr Mooney. A substantial minority (one third) felt, however, that Pub Board was too harsh to do this.

Section 3: ReappKcants in IC Halls and

Houses

Here, we wanted to find out what students feel

about the problem of whether or not some people

should get second years in residence, and it

produced some of the clearest response of the

poll . (It is worth remembering that the

respondents were Hall residents, and the results

should be interpreted with that in mind). Over

three-quarters felt there should be reapps in

residence. Lesser, but still clear-cut majorities,

felt that students should have the main say in who

the reapps are and that the wardens should have

the power of veto on reapps.

Section 4: Student Loans

This part was designed to assess (i) the level of

ignorance about the possibility of student loans

being introduced in the next couple of years and

(ii) what people thought of the idea. We

discovered that 20 of the 101 hadn't heard of the

proposals, and a further 25 didn't know what that

could entail. The remaining 56 split roughly 4 to 1

against the idea.

Section 5: Nuclear Weapons

Here, Consoc wanted to know what students felt

about various aspects of this controversial

subject. Firstly, excluding don't knows, more

than two-thirds felt Britain's national security

would be threatened if we undertook unilateral

nuclear disarmament, and over three-quarters

thought that such a course of action wouldn't

encourage other countries to discard nuclear

weapons. Again, after getting rid of don't knows,

small majorities approved both of Cruise missiles

being here and of Britain building Trident

submarines.

The poll obviously has limitations, namely that

the respondents were mainly first years, and all

were in Hall. However, going round Halls means

you get to see a random sample of students, that

you don't do the same person twice, and that

usually you see the student individually, so that

you get a single person's view rather than a

group's view, which you might get going round

the JCR at lunchtime. say.

This article aims merely to present the results,

not to interpret them, and interested people and

groups can draw their own conclusions about

them. Thanks are due to John Webley, Ian

Stockdale, John Patterson, Mark Clegg, William

Cortazzi and Geoff Knox for giving up their spare

time to help.

Tim Lawes

Maths 3

K E Y : S-Satisfied, D—Dissatisfied, DK—Don't Know, Y-Yes, N-No, T-Total

1.1 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with John Passmore as S D DK T

President? 26 26 49 101

1.2 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Rae Snee as DP? 19 22 60 101

1.3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Liz Lindsay as Hon Sec? 30 9 62 101

1.4 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Steve Marshall as FELIX

Editor? 55 29 17 101

2.1 Did you read the article about Mooney in FELIX called"New Y N DK T

Years Honours Shock"? 90 11 — 101

2.2 (If Yes) Do you think Marshall was right to print the article

whether it was humourously intended or not? on

2.3 Was Pub Board too harsh, too lenient or correct, in asking

56 26 8 90 whether it was humourously intended or not? on

2.3 Was Pub Board too harsh, too lenient or correct, in asking T H C T L DK

Marshall apologise publicly and privately to Mooney. 31 43 4 6

Y N DK T

3.1 Do you believe in principle that there should be re-apps in IC

Halls and Houses? 77 19 5 101

3.2 Do you think students should have the main say in who the

re-apps are? 63 25 13 101

3.3 Should the wardens have the power of veto on re-apps? 59 32 10 101

4.1 Are you aware of proposals that maintenace grants might be

replaced by a part loan, part grant system in 1982? 81 20 — 101

4.2 (If Yes) Do you know what that might entail? 56 25 — 81

4.3 (If Yes) Are you in favour of such a system in principle? 10 43 3 56

5.1 In your opinion, would Britains national security be threat­ 60 28 13 101

ened by undertaking unilateral disarmament?

5.1 and would such a course of action encourage other countries 21 70 10 101

to discard nuclear weapons? 5.3 Should Britain allow American Cruise missiles to be sta­ 46 35 17 101

tioned here?

5.4 and should Britain go ahead with building Trident sub- 49 35 17 101 marines as her own nuclear deterrent?

Page 6 FELIX, February 27,1981

Campaign Coffee W H E N Y O U B U Y a jar of instant coffee, only

about 37% of what you pay will get back to the

country from which the coffee beans came.

About 10% will go to the retailer, and the rest will

go to Nestles, General Foods, or Brooke Bond

Liebig if you buy a "brand name", or to J Lyons or

Coca Cola Ltd if you buy a supermarket "own

label".

It is in processing the coffee that the profits lie.

S o , in t h e o r y , if the p r o d u c i n g c o u n t r i e s

processed their coffee themselves, they would

make more money. In practice, however, they

r u n i n t o p r o b l e m s wi th the m u l t i n a t i o n a l

corporations (MNCs) , who may object to "unfair"

compet i t ion . W h e n B r a z i l i a n soluble coffee

companies captured 15% of the American instant

coffee market, General Foods complained to the

U S G o v e r n m e n t w i t h the resu l t that the

Government threatened to cut off aid and not to

renew the International Coffee Agreement (ICA).

These companies can have more power in

shaping some countr ies destinies than their

governments — but, as in Britain, a lot of the

leaders of these countr ies have also been

company directors, which is' why the M N C s

never come under effective fire.

Although the producing countries only receive

37% of what you pay, it makes up more than a

quarter of the export earnings of eleven out of the

fifty producing countries — all Third World. In

Burundi, it accounted for 83% of export earnings

for 1972-77.

Coffee, whilst in no way essential to the survival

of its consumers, nor the M N C s , is crucial to a

producing nation's economy. Although various

ICAs have been made to try to get a better deal

for the producing countries, this non-essentiality

to the consumers coupled with the fact that

coffee beans rot if s tock-p i led for too long,

means that the producing nations cannot withold

the coffee until prices go up, as is done with oil

(although, after oil, coffee is the most valuable

commodity traded internationally).

Also, as the 1977 crisis showed, most of us start

questioning our "need" for coffee if shop prices

rise by more than a few pence.

The M N C s can weather crises like these — for

example, in 1977, Brooke Bond Liebig's profits

only dropped from £49 to £41. Nestle is the

second largest food company in the wor ld

(Unilever is the largest) with an annual turnover in

1977 of about £550m — larger than the gross

international product (GNP) of 51 out of 53

A f r i c a n countr ies and 21 times the size of

Tanzania's total world sales.

In 1963, soon after independence, the new

Tanganyikan government decided, in conjunction

with its policy of self-reliance, to reap the profits

of processing the coffee itself. But, along with

e q u i p m e n t p r o b l e m s , they have a lso had

marketing ones. Although Nestle's were called in

to provide management and marketing skills

training, Nestles "assistance" has still not found

adequate outlets for Tanzania's admittedly more

expensive, but high quality instant coffee, nor for

helping to train Tanzanians to continue the work.

The cost of Nestles expertise to a country

which sti l l has a c lean water supply and a

dispensary as prior i t ies for every village is

immense; but Tanzania cannot afford to do

without it as it is the western nations who have

the necessary technology and access to markets.

Until recently Tanzanian instant coffee has only

been marketed in Zambia, Kenya and Tanzania

itself as "Africafe". It is now available in Britain as

"Campaign Coffee" and can be bought from

Campaign Co-op, 52 Acre Lane, London, SW11.

O n Friday, February 27, there will be a stall in the

J C R selling the coffee during lunchtime. Also on

Tuesday , M a r c h 3, at 6:30pm in the G r e e n

Committee Room, as speaker from "Campaign

C o - O p " will be giving a lecture in the exploitation

of workers in the coffee plantations and how we

should stop supporting the multinationals and

help the developing countries instead.

The cost of the coffee will be £1 for a lOOg

packet

Jan Czernuszka

ICCAG E V E R Y F R I D A Y N I G H T at about 10:30 they

used to pack into Falmouth Kitchen as best they

cou ld — the weekly c r o wd of enthusiast ic

souprunners. Some were old hands. Some were

"socially aware". Others still were third years

who'd never heard of a soup run. Some just

didn't want to go to bed, while others wanted to

meet different and interesting people. And some

just came for the drive round London.

But whatever their reasons, they've stopped

coming, except for a small handful, who obviously

can't be expected to come every week.

Why don't you come?

In case you don't know, people on the Soup

Run go to various locations in London in a van,

armed with urns of hot soup, loaves of bread, and

packets of biscuits, which they distribute to those

who sleep rough, perhaps chatting to them for a

while as well. Normally back at College before

1:00am. It's c e r t a i n l y an eye -open ing a n d

interesting night out.

Meet in the kitchen, Falmouth Hall, Southside

at about 10:30pm every Friday — at least give it a

try!

Phil

Lloyd

Appeal Phil Lloyd was an undergraduate at Imperial

College from 1969 to 1972 and a postgraduate

from 1972 to 1976.

To those of us who know Phil Lloyd as a

student at Imperial College, the news of his

accident and the resulting permanent disability

came as a great shock. Phil was one of the

brightest students in his year, and during his time

as an undergraduate, followed by postgraduate

research, made many friends at Imperial College.

His individual flair was automative engineering.

This expertise is not bottled up in his mind; ideas

are waiting to find a way onto the drawing board

as P h i l is to ta l ly p a r a l y s e d f rom the neck

downwards.

We can help Phil by raising money to purchase

a mouth-stick operated X - Y plotter (£460) plus

any o ther c o m p u t e r aids for the severe ly

handicapped that are available. The experience

he gains in developing techniques in this new field

will help others similarly handicapped.

I intend to run in L o n d o n ' s first People 's

Marathon on March 29 1981 (26+ miles) from

G r e e n w i c h to The M a l l . Sponsorsh ip on a

mileage-covered basis could raise the money he

needs to get this project moving.

If you would like to help to raise money for the

Phil Lloyd Appeal I would like to hear from you.

Peter Saunders

Mech Eng Dept

SF Sock IT W A S A N early afternoon in February and the

clocks weren't striking at all. Fortunately, neither

were the authors of the S F Soc Bulletin, which

this week comes from the pen of Mark Jeffcock,

the paper of Ken Mann, the subconscious of John

Chamberlain, and the angst of Elise Pechersky.

For those of you who dislike in-jokes, that wasn't

one, so hard luck.

Love and kisses to A f r o - C a r i b Soc from

Jonathan's stunt hairdresser. Cynicism is Naive.

The committee for less sense in SF Sock bulletins

has ceased control of this report due to its disgust

at the rampant eroticism prevalent in Ken's

knees. Chris Priest. Sorry about the previous

sentence but I was told to mention an author.

THIS IS A L M O S T A S

D I S J O I N T E D A S

Lot of rot, my whole life has been like that.

Have you ever read Flight 714 by Herge! Anyway

Arthur C Clarke's just a figurehead.

A F E L I X L E A D A R T I C L E

I don't know what to write. Actually I was

enjoying myself with Ken's knees, but my hands

were controlled. A n d now a quote from Mark's

watch 16.8938. Thank-you.

Concealed deep within the heart of this bulletin

lies a sentence composed by Steve Higgins the

Sage of Salford. To find it; scan all sentences with

a pretentiometer. This sentence though short,

has the highest reading.

And now here are the main points again.

We're showing the Rocky Horror Picture

Show on March 10. We're going to the One

Tun in Farringdon, for further details come

to a LIBRARY MEETING on FRIDAYS at

12:46 in S O U T H S I D E UPPER L O U N G E .

We 've also done s o m e t h i n g a c t u a l l y

connected with SF. Yes, two authors are

coming to College. Chris Priest early next

term and J O H N S L A D E K at the end of this

term. Yes, J O H N S L A D E K , author of the

Steam Driven Boy, Keep the Giraffe Burning,

The Muller-Focker Effect, the Reproducing

Machine, The New Apocrypha and Roderick.

And now an extract from a Vladivar Vodka

Ad .

Well, we're coming to the end now, so we'll say

goodbye. Goodbye.

The Gunslinger's Osteopath

John (the man without a nickname) Chamberlain

Ken (the man without qualities) Mann, and

Yetta (Swordmistress of Chaos).

Al l items in bold contain information.

Patrick Moore will speak to Astrosoc

on

The Planet M a r s

6:30pm

Friday, February 27

in Physics LT1 BE THERE!

Amnesty International

E A R L I E R T H I S M O N T H , the IC A m n e s t y

International G r o u p learnt that its adopted

prisoner Ngimbi Mbaki was released from jail in

Zaire. He was arrested in March 1980, probably

for attending illegal meetings or for belonging to

an illegal political party. It should be noted that

opposition political parties are banned under the

Zairean constitution. He was not charged nor

brought to t r i a l , a l though detention without

charge or trial is supposedly restricted to five

days, and Amnesty International have reason to

believe that pol i t ical pr isoners in Zaire are

routinely ill-treated and beaten.

As he was the adopted prisoner of the College's

Group, letters were written to senior government

officials in Zaire requesting further information

and asking them to look into the matter, and the

campaign, which was carried out together with an

Amnesty Group in Austria, was ended when

news was received of his release. Last year the

Group had two adopted prisoners released from

Zimbabwe and Indonesia.

Anyone who is interested in the Amnesty

International Organisation, is welcome at the

weekly meeting on Tuesday, 5:30pm in the Green

C o m m i t t e e R o o m , top f loor of the U n i o n

Building.

FEUX, February 27,1981 Page 7

Duke of Edinburgh

Award Scheme The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme is a

programme of sparetime activities available to

young people between the ages of fourteen and

twenty-five, designed to encourage a spirit of

voluntary service, self reliance and perseverance,

a sense of responsibility to the community and

the acquisition of vocational skills

The Award Scheme relies upon adult help for

its implemenation and promotion — adults who

are not necesarily connected with schools or

youth organisations.

For overseas students currently in the UK

wishing to learn more about the Award

Programme overseas and for those people

intending to spend some time in a country other

than the UK (perhaps on teaching contracts or

Voluntary Service Overseas), two training

courses are being held this year near London.

Monday, 13 to Wednesay 15 July: Green Park

Training Centre, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury.

Wednesday, 16 to Friday, 18 December:

Easthampstead Park, Wokingham, Berkshire.

Both courses will be residential with a nominal

charge of £15.00 per person including all meals

and accommodation at the course centre.

If you would like to attend please write to

Adrian Goodworth, Overseas Executive, Duke of

Edinburgh's Award, 5 Prince of Wales Terrace,

Kensington, London W8 5PG (telephone 01 937

5205) before May 31 1981.

IC Baha'i Society

Inter-Caiary Days Celebration

in Sherfield Great Hall at 7:30pm

Saturday, F e b r u a r y 28

Mozart Requiem From Scratch

Join ICSO and IC Choir on Sunday, March 8 from 10:30 to 4:00 in the Great Hallf. from 10:30 to 4:00 in the Great Hall.

Do join us. YouH enjoy singing with us, you'll be made very welcome.

Antimalarial Prophylaxis

The advice on the dose of M a l o p r i m (Pyr i ­

methamine and dapsone) has been changed since

the original advice which was given in October

1980.

Until further notice, take one tablet of Malprim

a week before gong to Kenya, Central and South

America and Asia (including Asia Minor), and

then take one tablet every Sunday, and continue

for six weeks after you come home.

Natural History

Society

A DAY TRIP to Virginia Water this Saturday has

been organised by the Natural History Society.

Virginia Water is a flooded valley which is used as

a West London reservoir. It is on the edge of

Windsor Great Park and is a managed estate

compr i s ing of areas of dec iduous trees and

common land.

The area is of part icular interest to the

ornithologist and botanist. The valley gardens

contain foreign plants, many of which are labelled,

and there is a possibility of observing Mandarin

ducks, Hawfinches and other winter migrants.

A walk of about five miles is expected and

walking boots or strong shoes are advised. A

packed lunch may be taken or food may be

obtained at the pub. We shall meet at Virginia

Water S ta t i on at 10:00am and later at the

Wheatsheaf Hotel car park (map ref T Q 982688)

at 10:30am for the start of the walk.

Time of Trains BR Station Departure Arrival Cost Waterloo 09.22 09.58 £4.00 Richmond 09.37 09.58 £1.50

Student Rai l cards halve the cost . R e t u r n

trains from Virginia Water, ten minutes past

every hour.

If you have any enquiries see Nick Grattan, Life

Sci 3, S J Slade, Life Sci 2.

fkjnt f)0dw Visits frtends

hi the street the last revellers were wending their various

•jfays home. The public house was shut; its clientele well

satisfied. Zacharee Hellebore climbed over the stile on the

<ith which led dawn to the railway. The seasonal rain had

made the ground treacherous and as he passed the

Curious Stones he slipped and fell, covering himself from

head to foot in slough. His inebriation did not allow him to

register his state and his wife was thus caused to make

derogatory remarks.

The railway line; Zacharee has crossed some time before

and all that is left to show where he has passed are a few

spots of mud on the silvery rails. Here by the Une it is

quiet; a lone fox scurries down the bank to the fence and

hops over the lowest rung. Just a slight sulphurous odour

indicates that the train has been here. And now it has

gone, Aunt Deidre too, and the village is at rest.

The very last episode

Page 8 FELIX, February 27,1981

OLD PREVEfiS/MS

d M B

3 o

3 Committee on Academic Organisation

This Committee was set up about this time last

year within the non-medical side of the university

to consider and recommend in broad terms what

redeployment of resources available for non­

medical studies within the University should be

adopted in order to maintain academic excellence

in its teaching and research, having regard to the

need to make financial economics and to attempt

to safeguard the future of all staff employed within

the University.

The committee have recently p r odu c ed a

'Discussion document' which is fairly detailed in

its f inancial est imations and in the opt ions

ava i lab l e . It is u n f o r t u n a t e h o w e v e r that

throughout the document most references and

statistics are made about 'the non-medical of the

University (excluding Imperial College)'. This

happens because IC is funded directly from the

University Grants Committee ( U G C ) while the

other colleges which are funded by the U G C

through the Court of the University.

Thus the document would appear to have little

direct relevance to IC but on reading through it, it

becomes obvious that the problems that face the

rest of the University are the problems that face

IC also, although to a varying extent.

T h e D i s c u s s i o n D o c u m e n t out l ines the

financial prospects which have resulted from

various Governmental decisions.

The drop in U G C income to the non-medical

University (excluding IC) will be 17.6% by 1982/3.

This wil l o c cur because the G o v e r n m e n t is

removing that part of the Treasury Grant to the

U G C which has in the past kept overseas student

tuition fees below the 'full cost' rate.

Thus if all overseas students remained and paid

the 'full economic cost' to study here the grant

would not decrease.

Overseas student numbers have dropped and

it is assumed by the Committee that they drop by

50%. The Committee estimates that the drop in

student numbers in London will be about 10% and

the drop in income will be 15%.

The other main threat to income is in birthrate

which produces a consequent drop in numbers of

eighteen year-olds, so that by 1995/6 the number

of eighteen year-olds will be 69% of today's

number. This fall is mainly in the lower social

classes which are less likely to send students to

University.

Also the cash limits policy which presently

applies will cause a reduction in real grant if pay

increases are above the percentage recom­

mended by Government.

The Committee then ask if their assessment is

correct and if so how are the problems to be

solved.

There are constraints on any action taken.

F i r s t l y the s c h o o l s of the U n i v e r s i t y are

constitutionally autonomous but the financial

decisions can be taken by the Court. Secondly

there is the principle of 'academic tenure' i.e.

when a lecturer is appointed he can remain until

retirement — that is the basis of the contract and

as such, reduction or redeployment of staff is

difficult to say the least. Lastly there is a natural

resistance to change.

The possible solutions are:

1. Do nothing! This is not really viable.

2. Distribute the diminished grant equitably

among schools; thus those who have a high

proportion of overseas students would be cut

most e.g. S O A S .

3. Cut each school equally by about 15-20%.

This is a policy of 'pernicious anaemia'.

The implementation of either of these solutions

would lead to a possible 15% reduction in wages

and salaries expendi ture . The choice being

between fewer and smaller departments. Smaller

d e p a r t m e n t s are u n d e s i r a b l e p r i m a r i l y for

academic reasons i.e. same number of lectures

for fewer students, isolation of staff, replacement

of staff in specialised fields, etc.

The methods by which staff can be reduced are

N a t u r a l W a s t a g e a n d f r e e z i n g of p o s t s ,

Voluntary Retirement or Redundancy. Natural

wastage would take a long time to implement and

mainly senior staff would be affected. This would

mean that senior staff would account for less than

40% of all staff as is laid down by U G C . Voluntary

retirement would cost too much.

Redundancy might be least harmful. But again

the q u e s t i o n of A c a d e m i c T e n u r e a r i s e s .

Termination of contract may lead to court action

for wrongful dismissal. A special fund would be

r e q u i r e d . A l r e a d y the C V C P ( C t t e e V i c e

C h a n c e l l o r s and Pr inc ipa ls ) has asked the

Government to set up a special redundancy fund

for universities.

H O U J it affects IC

The Discussion Document itself refers to IC very

little but the financial problems faced by the

University are faced on a lesser scale here. At

F i n a n c e a n d E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e s staff

redundancies were well discussed; one problem

being that the time will come when the College

does not have the money to make redundancies.

That time is not far off.

Overseas student numbers here have fallen to

771 (994 in 1979/80; 1,074 in 1978/9). The

proportion of overseas students now at College is

16.9% (21.3% in 1979/80; 23.1% in 1978/9).

Numbers will continue to fall for at least a further

two years by which stage the 'full cost' fees will

have been implemented. In effect the lack of

overseas students (and their fees) and the lack of

money from Government will have a serious

effect on the College and on the University. The

Government does not realise the seriousness of

the problem which its own policy imposes on

universities.

What happens in the rest of the University will

not affect IC financially. Perhaps we are better off

as our future is in our own hands unlike some of

the smaller colleges who may face closure by the

University.

The discussions in IC which have been initiated

bv the Swinnerton-Dver discussion document are

those which would lead to independence from the

University. This would remove the University

administration and leave us as a University in our

own right validating our own degrees, etc.

For IC Union it raises the question of facilities

w h i c h we share as part of the U n i v e r s i t y

particularly sporting facilities. It also raises the

problem of the voice the Union has in student

matters which has been channelled through U L U

in the past.

Responses to the Discussion Document must

be returned by March 31. It will be discussed in

College at Board of Studies and Governing Body

before then. We will discuss it at External Affairs

and Council with the odd O P E N Meeting for good

measure on Wednesday, March 4. in the Lower

Refectory at 7:00pm.

TONIGHT!!!!! Mines Revue

JCR 7.30p.m. BAR EXTENSION Tickets on the door

£1

S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 28

Inter C C U M o n o p o l y , 10:00am, I C U Office

M o n d a y , M a r c h 2

Elections. Vot ing in all departments.

T u e s d a y , M a r c h 3

Results U G M , 1:00pm, Physics L T 1 .

F r i d a y , M a r c h 6

Rag Race starts 2:00pm.

D U E T O the success o f the breakfast before St V a l e n t i n e ' s R a g , an o th er b r e a k f a s t w i l l be provided in the R C S U Office between 9:00 and 10:00am before the M o n o p o l y for all R C S competitors Cost will be minimal and everyone will be able t o participate in the monopoly well nourished.

I hope everyone who came to the Hustings U G M yesterday has decided who they are going to vote for. Voting will be on Monday and there will be a ballot box in each department. Y o u must have your unioncard in order to vote.

The Swimming Gala is coming up soon. If anyone is interested in swimming for R C S please contact Rich Archer in the R C S U Office or 388 Keogh.

See you for breakfast.

PJ

F r i d a y , F e b r u a r y 27

Papers D o w n , 5:30pm

S a t u r d a y , r e b r u a r y 28

M o n o p o l y R,ig Col lection

S u n d a y , M a r c h 1

Election Bar Night

A n d Dave 's H e a d Shaving

F r i d a y , M a r c h 6

J C R Party

F r i d a y , 6 t o S u n d a y 8

Rag Race

S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 7

Election Rag Col lection

T u e s d a y , M a r c h 10

Election U G M

T O D A Y is your last chance if you want to stand

for a n E x e c pos t . O n e p r o p o s e r a n d ten

seconders are required; the papers are on the

noticeboard next to the clock in Mech Eng.

Meet in the I C U Office at 9:30am for Monopoly

Rag and 2:00pm for the Rag Race, and at 9:30 in

the Guilds Office for the Election Rag Collection.

Full details from Ruth.

Dave's head will be shaved in the Union Bar at

the Election Bar Night which starts at 7:30pm.

The J C R Party will start at 8:00pm and includes

"Tenpole Tudor". Details and tickets (75p each)

from Guilds Office.

The Hustings for Exec posts will be followed by

voting at the Election U G M . Be there at 12:45 in

Mech Eng 220, to use your vote.

F r i d a y , F e b r u a r y 27

Mines Review

S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 28

Monopoly Rag Col lection

S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 7

Nottingham 7's

Rag Tr ip

F r i d a y , 6 to S u n d a y 8, M a r c h

Rag M a g Race

M o n d a y , M a r c h 2

Elections papers go up .

T u e s d a y , M a r c h 17

Elections

Brighton T r i p

FEUX, February 27,1981 Page 9

Compiled by Phil Web<

V U W W U W I f W W W W W U W l / W W l f ^

Results: Wednesday, February 18

Hockey

IC V LSE 7-1

Guilds V RCS 2-0

Football

IC 1st V LH 3-0

IC2nd V LH 6-0

IC3rd V Goldsmith 0-4

IC6th V Westminster f3-0

Rugby

IC 1st V Thames Poly 14-11

IC2nd V Thames Poly 9-8

Basketball

IC 1st V V Kingston Poly 78-128

Football Sixths WITH one minute of the game left the referee

awarded the Sixths a penalty. The crowd was

iiushed as Barton stepped up, the atmosphere

was electric. Slowly Dick moved towards the

ball as the Westminster goalkeeper fidgetted nervously on his line. Then Dick struck the ball sweetly towards the corner of the net but the Westminster goalkeeper leapt to his left and palmed the ball off for a corner. However, the Sixths managed to hold on to their six goal lead until the final whistle.

In fact this was the Sixths biggest win of the season. Chamberlain scored the first after the Westminister goalkeeper could only parry Martin's shot. Haberlin was the next to score with a fine header from a corner. It was following another corner that Chamberlain scored the third goal after Haberlin headed against the bar. The Sixths continued to dominate the game with Martin outstanding in mid-field. Roche added a fourth with a header from c l o s e range but despi te further pressure the score was four-nil at half-time.

In the second half, playing against the wind, the Sixths created fewer chances. After a quarter of an hour Coussens scored the fifth goal following a fine solo run. The game then stagnated for a period and all credit should be given to Higham, Haberlin, Bradley and Davies in the defence for coping admirably with Westminster's occasional breaks. The sixth goal came midway through the second half when Roche's powerful cross was deflected into the net by a Westminster defender. IC continued to press forward but did not add to their score.

T E A M : Hampton, Higham, Bradley, Haberlin, Davies, Tinkler, Martin, Gartside, Coussens, Roche, Chamberlain.

Fencing OUR return match with Kings Col lege , London, on home ground was overall, as successful as our away match had been. We fielded two foil teams of four members each — the A team and a mixed ability B team — together with one Epee team of three members. I'm afraid that our sabre team was yet again disappointed as no opposition sabre team was available — bad luck lads.

The Epee team came up against particularly tough opposition and lost 6-3, the same score as in the away match. On a more optimistic note, both foil teams won convincingly. The A team conceded only 6 out of 16 bouts, Chris Wachnicki remaining unbeaten. The whole team produced highly entertaining fights with some beautiful hits — pity we didn't bring a camera. The B team were also on good form, Johnathon Reed winning all of his bouts. Special congratulations are due to Hugh MacGillivray, who, in his first match, won three out of his four fights with some very neat blade work; well done Hugh.

Thanks are due to Phil Bird who presided most ably over the B team match and did all the general dogsbody work on the evening.

Foil A (10-6) Team: Bird, Crisp, Parker, Wachnicki.

Foil B Team (12-4): MacGillivray, Reed, Spottiswoode, Tsui.

Epee Team (3-6): Collins, Perkins, Wachnicki.

Camborne

Weekend LAST weekend saw the massed heathens

from a certain Mining polytechnic in Cornwall

sent back west with little more than a narrow

victory in one out of six events.

The competitions began well on Friday

evening with a resounding 5-0 victory in the

squash. It's been several years since RSM

came out top, and there was certainly no

better way to get things back on the right

track. Congratulations to the team led by

Dave Molesworth and ably backed up by

Ralph David, John Stocks (repeating third

year for the e ighteeneth t ime) . R i c h

Thompson, and Mark Patterson.

No problems were had in the table tennis

with Rich Fifieid (ULU number one) leading

tiie way. The only criticism is that C S M won

two out of ten games. The one disappointing

event of the evening was the badminton held

in the Great Hall. Hard luck to the six RSM

players who were narrowly edged 4-5 into

second place.

With the tension gradually mounting, the

football and hockey teams with the more

dedicated RSM supporters left the Union

early on Saturday morning.

C S M decided, unlike previous years, to

bring a hockey team with them. After a quick

start by RSM and a gradual takeover of

control the result was never in question after

I went two up midway through the

second half. With several players having to

play out of position the final performance was

quite creditable. Maybe the CSM will think

twice before bringing another team up to

Harlington.

By one o'clock the number of supporters

had grown sufficiently for there to be a cup-

tie atmosphere during the football. The CSM

ware revoltingly noisey after a first minute

goal, but were soon shut up by an over­

whelming barrage on their defence. By half-

time RSM were three up.

Was it complacency or sympathy that

allowed C S M to pull two goals back? No, it

Wham!!! Dashing heriocs on the hockey field.

just made their inevitable defeat that more

disheartening. R S M , captained by Tom

Hanke, performed magnificently.

Even though the RSM were now 4-1 up in

the match results, the success of the whole

weekend hinged very much on the result of

the Bottle match. The tension before the

game in the changing room was unbearable

and the atmosphere electric.

The game proved to be very hard indeed, as

can be seen in the number of injuries

received. Two C S M players had to be taken

off concussed and one with a broken jaw.

Furthermore the C S M winger flaked out after

the game; he was also concussed. Doug

Mcintosh had to be led off with ten minutes to

go with a twisted ankle.

The only scoring in the first half was an

excellent penalty goal by Keith Maynard.

Keith had an excellent game and his kicking

was superb and did much to inspire the team

to go forward.

Good defensive work in the second half

saw RSM soak up a lot of pressure and

gradually more into attack. Mark Daniels and

Ray Parkinson were stopped just a yard short

in a period of sustained RSM pressure.

Eventually a line out on the CSM line led to

M c i n t o s h go ing over for the first try,

beautifully converted by Maynard. From the

kick-off a certain CSM prop reverted to low

flying head-butts and succeeded in breaking

his jaw and stopping the game for six

minutes. The' result was never in question

now and only complacency allowed CSM to

score an unconverted try in the last minute

Although the game was a bit scrappy at

times it was hard fought with total commit­

ment from both sides.

The Dinner to follow was a rather rowdy

affair with CSM proving what animals they

really are. The Bottle was duly returned to the

Union Bar on Sunday and now RSM can say:

"Didn't we stuff Camborne".

f lags 10 FEUX, February 27,1981

Results: Saturday, February 21

Hockey

IC 1st V Thames Valley 3-1 IC2nd V Harrow 2-1 IC 3rd V British Airways 0-0

Football

IClst V LSE 2-3 IC2nd V LSE 2-1 IC3rd V Kings 1-1

IC4th V Kings 4-3

Rugby

IC'A' V Old Kingsburians 9-42

Football Seconds IC's impressive first half performance was

enough to give them both points and a

hundred per cent record at home this season.

The afternoon had not started well when

only nine players arrived in the Union

Lounge. The goalkeeper problem was solved

however when Al Betts, who had returned to

IC for the previous night's Aerosoc dinner,

walked in and accepted the offer for a game.

Inside the first ten minutes of the match, IC

were in front after Veenman had forced the

ball across the area and Hartland rifled his

shot, on the run, past the helpless keeper.

Further pressure again paid dividends when

Beer volleyed his shot against the keeper with

such force that it rebounded and allowed

him a few more attempts before finally

squeezing the ball home.

LSE however, are a good footballing side

and were not going to give up easily. The

impressive Betts was forced to make two fine

saves when faced with a rapidly advancing

forwards. In the second half LSE increased

the pressure to little effect, whilst IC

squandered the chances which coud have

made the game safe.

LSE eventually scored with fifteen minutes

to go when a shot from outside the box hit a

post and rebounded kindly to the feet of an

LSE forward.

The last quarter produced some frantic

stuff, although the tenacity of every member

of the side was enough to give IC the win that

they thoroughly deserved.

TEAM: Betts, Dunhill, Beer, Armstrong,

Lakin, Griffiths, Wiggins, Lay, Veenman,

Hartland, Saunders.

Jim Beer

Football Fourths IC took the field with three changes from their

regular team for the top of the table clash.

The Fourths started well, gaining control of

the midfield and should have taken the lead

cheering this spell of pressure.

Twenty minutes into the game Hawa gave

IC the lead when a break led to him scoring

from just inside the box. This led to more

good play from the league leaders.

Then disaster struck, Buckley in the right

back position, with time and space to play the

ball anywhere passed straight to their centre

forward who hit a first time shot past

Hampton. The match then became scrappy

and rough play resulted with Burns, Hawa

and Graves all' involved in fights with the

opposition.

After half-time IC looked the better team,

and McNicholas gave them the lead when

after a long ball from defence he scrambled

the ball into the net. King's defence were

again caught square and Burns lobbed the

advancing keeper to give the Fourths a 3-1

lead.

Lack of concentration in defence allowed

Kings to reduce the deficit before the best

goal of the match. Buckley beat two men and

ran thirty yards before curling a shot just

inside the post. Again King's scored quickly

but IC's defence managed to hold out and

enabled IC to gain the two points.

TEAM: Hampton, Clegg, Gohill, Maddy,

Chown, Buckley, Graves, Dolan, McNicholas,

Burns, Hawa.

Castaways Cup THIS is one of the most important and

prestigious events in the ULSC calendar. All

the London colleges and City University are

invited to enter a three boat team and IC

presented two teams to defend the title again

this year.

The racing took place over last weekend

and the first race was timed for just after 9:30

on Saturday. However the Harp was frozen

and by the time racing started (almost an

hour late) the efforts of the rescue boat zig­

zagging up and down the lake and of the few

happy souls who had taken a boat out had

made depressingly little impact on the

surface.

IC 2 were due to sail the first race and using

the tactic of sailing in ice free channels were

winning easily until the first mark. Here the

almost unbroken ice brought all the team to a

halt, unable to tack, and in danger of giving

penalties if they touched. However new­

f o u n d sk i l l and s o m e luck got them

unscathed out of the situation and they went

on to gain first, second and third positions.

As the day proceeded the ice cleared and

some good team racing was seen. IC 2 were

beating most people on the water, but giving

penalty points to anyone who cared to ask, in

one race giving three "greens" (63

/ 4 points)

on the start line before the race. They finally

lost to both UL teams, QMC and IC 1 but beat

City on a resail. This gave them six wins and

fifth place in the compet i t ion. A good

weekend's sailing considering the team

consisted entirely of first years.

IC 1 however owned the competition. They

began showing little potential, winning race

but only by narrow margins but as Saturday's

racing continued a combination of good

ind iv idua ls , people with team rac ing

experience and fast sailing ability, began to

show as one after another the teams fell to

their superior force. By Saturday evening, as

the teams retired to hot food, the bar and barn

dancing, arranged by Castaways, IC 1 was

the only unbeaten team having shown its

versatility and consistancy through changing

winds and weather conditions.

9:30 Sunday morning again saw the team

on the water for a resail against UC2, this was

a farce, since although IC managed to put

hastily rigged boats on the water for the resail

UC2 had requested, UC couldn't manage to

present a team and IC1 merely sailed the

course alone. This did however give a

measure of the again vastly different weather

conditions. In contrast to Saturday it was

blowing quite hard and it eventually became

necessary to reef the sails.

The league table s h o u l d have been

concluded with a match between IC1 and

UC1 but by the appointed time it was clear

that it was these two teams that were to meet

in the final and with Wembley SC putting

more and more boats on the water it was

decided to go straight into the final, best of

two races.

In the first race Lewis moved immediately

into first place and Baker, covering the

opposition stayed just ahead of Murray and

two UC boats in second, with first and second

position, a winning combination the two

leaders sailed for the finish. UC needing the

best placings possible should have pushed

Murray back to sixth, but rounding the last

bouy with only yards to go they let him

through into third place. IC retained their

unbeaten record and needed only one boat

in the first three to win the competition.

In the second race Lewis again got a good

start and sailed away from the fleet in first

place with Murray and Baxter loosly covering

the opposition up.

The beats they retained third and fifth

places, despite some desparate manoeuvres

by UL during which a green was given. The

final result was IC1 retained their unbeaten

record over the weekend beating UC1 in the

final by 15V 2 points to 26 (first, second, third,

first, third and fifth) and retainino the Cup.

A word is due here to thank Cestaways for

organising an event which went jff smoothly

and was enjoyable both on and off the water.

Snooker THE B TEAM with a new line-up managed to

crush a QMC team who lacked talent and a

sporting attitude. Mr P Holt kept up his good

form by winning convinc ingly . Bennet

managed to lose in a dull frame where talent

and inspiration were in short supply.

The battle of the two top league teams took

place last week when our very own A team

took on our C team. The result shocked most

of the people concerned when the A team

won by five frames to nil. The C team were

taken by surprise when their veteran players

lost frame after frame to an A team riddled

with young upstarts.

This year's AGM will be held on March 11.

Papers for next year's committee posts are

up in the Snooker Lounge.

Water Polo LAST Saturday, Bristol University came to

London to give us a match, in return for our

visit last month. Both sides were hoping to

improve on the 4-4 score last time.

imperial started very well, and scored three

goa ls in the f irst quar ter , whi le only

c o n c e e d i n g one . Last , He f feman and

McCartney took turns in our goal, each

playing well.

The end result was a pleasing 8-3 win for

Imperial. Goals came from Barry, Nick, Mike

and Richard.

Ten Pin Bowling ON Sunday, February 22 four enthusiastic

members of the Bowling Club set off to bowl

in the P o m p e y Q u a d s T o u r n a m e n t at

Portsmouth. When we left London at 9:30am

the weather was cold but the roads were

clear, however, on reaching Hindhead, half

way to P o r t s m o u t h , the weather was

appalling with compacted snow on the roads.

Only skil l ful driving on J Knight 's part

prevented an accident. We arrived unscathed

and after sampl ing the local brew we

c o m m e n c e d bowl ing. The bowling was

divided into two sets of doubles and the

combined quads compet i t ion and after

disappointing bowling by all players in our

team we lost the Quads Trophy that Imperial

held last year. However, individual trophies

were won by McMullan and Cook. For the

highest handicap doubles series. Finally

thanks must go to Knight for providing

transport.

Hyde Park Relay DID you know that Imperial College is the

host of one of the country's top athletics

events? Out very own Hyde Park Relay starts

at 2:00pm on Saturday, February 28 on the

south side of the Serpentine. Helpers and

anyone who can put safety pins in envelopes

should meet in the morning in the Union

Building. Spectators are welcome. You may

see some well known athletes (Seb Coe?).

Look out for confirmation of these details

beside the Union Staircase.

FEUX, February 27,1981 Page 11

Camborne

Congratulations to Mines on retaining the

Bottle.

Take note of front page photo, and lengthy

article.

Please send Mines Half-Colours in plain

brown wrapper forthwith.

Consoc Opinion Poll

The Consoc opinion poll , while not necessarily

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of IC as a who le c e r t a i n l y

contains some very interesting results.

By far the most interesting result is that a

substantial majority "don't know" when asked

about J o h n Passmore, L i z Lindsay, and Rachel

Snee. The main way they are likely to get

" k n o w n " is through the pages of F E L I X and

unless they do something to alleviate the

stagnant state of I C U soon, they are liable to

be forgotten completely.

It amazes me that it is just these type of

people who are awarded pots and U G A s at the

end of the year for "their unfailing devotion to

the U n i o n " .

I think Scaramouche is gradually taking over

the back page. Aaarrrgh!! ! ! ! !

M o r e p r o b l e m s f o r P r i m e l i a C o l l e g e

O r c h e s t r a . T h e y have been p l a n n i n g a n

informal musical evening for the week after

the ir c o n c e r t , but apar t f r o m a genera l

consensus that it should consist of five pieces,

the third being for oboe and piano, everyone

has a different opinion over what music should

be played.

Nevertheless, after much discussion, the

following has been agreed on. There must be a

piece for clarinet a n d piano immediately before

a piece by Beethoven. Something by Mozar t

should immediately follow a piano trio. There

must be a string quartet, which cannot be

played next to the piano trio, but must go next

to a work by Brahms. A n d there must be a

piece by Schumann , and a piece for horn next to,

but o n opposite sides of, a piece by Saint-Saens.

N o w t h e r e m u s t be a w a y to p l e a s e

everyone. But how?

Solutions, comments, criticisms to me c/o

FELIX Office. There is a prize of £5 (donated

by Mend-a-Bike) and two tickets to the IC

Orchestra concert for the correct entry

randomly selected at 1:00pm next Tuesday.

Last Week's Solution

J_ I J_ 2_ 2_

4 , 4 , 2 " 3n , 3TT .

Imagine the can divided into two identical

cylinders, and consider the top cylinder. After

the f irst p o u r i n g , the e m p t y part of th is

cylinder is the same size and shape as the part

which contains beer. Thus the first student

gets a quarter of the beer.

A n identical argument applied to the whole

can shows that half the beer remains after the

second pouring. So the second student gets a

quarter of the beer.

N o w to calculate the fourth (and thence the

third) student's share, I'm afraid you do have

to use calculus, but there's one easy approach

and several hard ones. The easy way is to take

volume elements parallel to the axis of the

c y l i n d e r . T h e F E L I X t y p e s e t t e r w o n ' t do-

mathematical symbols, so we'll have to change

typeface here.

Now the volume elements are rect-l

angular with length x.— and width 2 2

2/(r - x ) . So the volume required is

V = JJj x . | . 2 / ( r2

- x2

) dx 21 ,r .

11

x2

) * dx

r 1

, 2 2,2 ,r [- ^Cr - x ) ] 0

2 o 2

3 * .

Since the volume of the whole can is 2 2

Tir I , the last student's share is -r—

1 2 ^ and so the third student gets ^ - -JJJ-

The winner is A Shiekh.

There can't be many students at IC who

don't have A-level maths, and so I had no qualms

about setting a puzzle which needs calculus

even if it did cause several people to pour

coffee over their lecture notes last Friday.

This week's puzzle, in case you haven't

guessed, is a plug for IC Symphony Orches­

tra's concert on M a r c h 6, not to mention their

informal musical evening on M a r c h 12. Next

week's puzzle is a plug for IC Cho i r . Mend-a-

B ike are still offering d iscounts to F E L I X

readers. A n d I feel more like an advertising

agency every week.

s

Friday, February 27

• S o c i a l i s t S o c i e t y B o o k s t a l l , lunchtime, J C R .

Saturday, February 28

• F r o e b e l S t u d e n t s ' U n i o n R a g B a l l , with Eddie and the

H o t Rods , 8:00pm, Montefiore Hall , Froebel Institute.

• F o r u m on 'Singapore's Development — a model for

Malaysia?", 7:00pm, U L U , Malet St.

Sunday, March 1

• W a r g a m e s C l u b M e e t i n g , 1:00pm, S C R .

Monday, March 2

• S o c i a l i s t S o c i e t y ' Y o u r Local Candidates for the G L C

Elections', 6:30pm, U n i o n Upper Lounge.

Tuesday, March 3

• I C H o c k e y C l u b A G M , 1:00pm

• M a r k C a r l i s l e , Secretary of State for Education, 1:15,

Huxley 213.

• C h r i s P r i c e s , M P o n 'The T o r y Education Cuts ' , 1:00,

Maths 341. Free .

• R a i l s o c : 'Swiss and Austrian Mountain Railways', 5:40,

Maths 340.

• G e r r y B e n n e t t from Campaign C o - o p , 6:30, G r e e n

Committee R o o m .

• P h o t o s o c L e c t u r e : Northern Italy, 7:30, with A G M

at 6:30pm.

Wednesday, March 4

• I n d s o c T r i p to C E G B Power Station at Dungeness, meet

12:00, Beit A r c h . F o r further details contact M a r k Skeates,

D O C 1 .

• W a r g a m e s C l u b M e e t i n g , 1:00pm, S C R .

Thursday, March 5

• U n i t e d N a t i o n s S o c i e t y , 1:00pm, U n i o n S C R . With

'Study in the Shadow of the G u n ' , a talk by two Palestinian

_ students from Bir Zeit University.

• L u n c h h o u r c o n c e r t , the Music R o o m , 53 Princes Gate .

• H a n g G l i d i n g C l u b , 1:00pm, above Stan's Bar.

• S T O I C t r a n s m i s s i o n , 1:00 and 6:00pm, J C R and Halls.

• G l i d i n g C l u b M e e t i n g , 5:30pm, A e r o 254.

• I C H o c k e y C l u b D i n n e r , 7:00 for 7:30pm, Southside

S C R / S D R .

• R e a l A l e S o c i e t y M e e t i n g , 7:30pm, C r u s h Bar , second

floor, Union Building. Beers: Tidsbury bitter, King and

Barnes mild and Ringworm bitter.

• U L U G a y s o c M e e t i n g , 8:00pm, R o o m 2 D , U L U , Malet

Street.

Don't miss the

GUILDS ELECTION BARNIGHT

Starting at 7:30 pm

This Sunday in the Union Bar.

All the usual fun PLUS

Find out who the candidates are

AND SEE DAVE GAYER'S HEAD

BEING SHAVED!

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Study in the Shadow of the Gun Bir Zeit University is a Palestinian

institution in the Israeli-occuppied

territory of the West Bank. More

than 1,500 students are currently

taking degree courses in both the

Arts and Sciences. Israel regards Bir

Zeit as a "hotbed of nationalism",

o f t e n c o n f l i c t i v e w i t h i ts o w n

ambitions for the West Bank, and a

voice to be silenced. The students,

faced with the continuing denial of

their political rights, on occasion go

out onto the streets to demonstrate.

The resulting clashes with the Israeli

military authority add to the cycle of

tension.

The Youth Council of the United

Nations Association is hosting a

s p e a k i n g t o u r of t w o s t u d e n t

representatives from Bir Zeit. They

are c o m i n g to th is C o l l e g e on

Thursday, March 5 to give a talk in

the Union Senior Common Room

starting at 1:00pm. This is a unique

opportunity of hearing first-hand

about the s i tuat ion facing fellow

students s tudying under mil itary

occupation. Don't miss this oppor­

tunity: all are welcome.

T h e f o l l o w i n g is a very br ie f

b a c k g r o u n d to the P a l e s t i n i a n

jrobiem.

The early history of Palestine

In very early times, Palestine was

inhabited by Semitic peoples, the

earliest being the Canaanites. When

the Tribes of Israel came to Palestine

after their captivity in Egypt, they

vere united into one kingdom by

King David in 1000BC. This kingdom

reached its greatest heights under

King David's son, Solomon, who

built the first Temple of Jerusalem.

However, after Solomon's death, the

history of the People of Israel (or

rather of the two kingdoms of Israel

and Judah) is a record of civil wars

and struggles with alien tribes.

720 B C : Assyrians destroyed the

Kingdom of Israel and carried its

inhabitants away as captives.

u O O B C : T h e B a b y l o n i a n k i n g ,

N e b u c h a d e n e z z a r , a t tacked the

Kingdom of Judah.

»67BC: Jerusalem and Solomon's

' emple were destroyed by Nebuch-

adenezzar. Most of the inhabitants

were taken captive.

5 1 7 B C : Jews were able to return to

Palestine.

332BC: Domination by the Mace­

d o n i a n s , w h o t r e a t e d the J e w s

harshly. Following the Macedonian

rale was a period of certain indepen­

dence.

C ' J B C : R o m a n c o n q u e s t under

Fompey.

i ' A D : Emperor Hadrian prohibited

the Jews from entering Jerusalem.

From this period dates the disper­

sion of the Jews throughout the

world. Since then, until the establish-

nent of the State of Israel in 1948,

no Jewish Government has existed

in Palestine. Although some Jews

I ^ve always lived in Palestine, their

numbers have fluctuated depending

on the tolerance of the successive

rulers.

7 0 A D : Titus destroyed Jerusalem.

4 0 0 A D : T h e part i t i on ing of the

R o m a n E m p i r e . Palest ine under

Byzantium's rule until:-

6 3 7 A D : Arab conquest. After the interlude of the Crusades, the Arab ruler invited the Jews to return to Palestine.

1 5 1 7 A D : T u r k s c o n q u e r e d the

country and ruled it until the end of

the First World War (forming part of

the Ottoman Empire).

Therefore it can be seen that,

e x c e p t for the C r u s a d e r inter ­

regnum, Palest ine was ruled by

Arabs and then by Turks for over

1,300 years following the Byzantine

era.

The recent history of Palestine:

"The Palestine Question"

The defeat of the Turkish armies

during the First World War, with the

assistance of the A r a b upris ing

(some Arab leaders at the time were

seeking independence from Ottoman

rule) resulted in the break-up of the

Ottoman Empire. The administration

of Palestine was then handed to the

British Government.

H o w e v e r , two c o n t r a d i c t o r y

promises had been made during the

campaign to defeat the Turks. One

was to assure ultimate independence

for the Arab peoples of the region, in

return for assistance in defeating the

Turkish army. The other was the

Balfour Declaration of 1917 which

granted the wish of the Zionist

leadership in Europe to establish a

Jewish homeland in Palestine.

In the following decades, Jewish

immigration came into direct conflict

with the livelihoods of the Palestinian

peasantry. Tracts of land were sold

by absentee Arab landlords to the

Jewish National Fund, which in turn

led to the dispossession of the Arab

tenants as the Jewish settlements

w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d . T h r o u g h the

twent i es a n d t h i r t i e s , f requent

clashes between the communities

took place sometimes resulting in

many deaths.

At the end of the Second World

War, the British Government came

under increasing pressure to allow

large numbers of Jewish refugees

from Europe to settle in Palestine,

a n d f a c e d w i t h a n i m p o s s i b l e

situation they decided to hand the

problem over to the United Nations.

The U N decided upon a partition

plan to divide Palestine into two

areas, one with a predominantly

J e w i s h p o p u l a t i o n , the o t h e r

predominantly Arab. Whilst accept­

able to the Zionist leadership, albeit

a compromise with their wishes, the

Arab states refused to agree with

partition, such that with the ending

of the British mandate in 1948, war

b r o k e out between the newly-

c r e a t e d I s r a e l i s ta te a n d the

neighbouring Arab states.

As a result of the war, and the

conflict leading up to it, most of the

Arab population of Palestine fled,

while the West Bank carne under the

c o n t r o l of the J o r d a n i a n army .

Jordan formally annexed the West

Bank in 1950.

In 1967, yet another war ravaoed

the region leaving the West Bank

and G a z a Strip, the Golan Heights

a n d S i n a i in the h a n d s of a n

occupying Israeli army.

Since 1967, administration of the

West Bank and the other occuppied

territories has rested with a military

government. It is directly answerable

to the Israeli Ministry of Defence and

has absolute authori ty over the

Palestinian population.

T h e P a l e s t i n i a n p e o p l e n o w

number approximately four million.

About half a million of the Palestinians

live in Israel. Another 1,200,000 live

in the occuppied territories of the

West Bank and Gaza . The remain­

der are in exile, many still in refugee

camps, many as foreigners in other

countries. The majority of those in

exile still hope to return to their own

country.

Professor Arnold Toynbee wrote

in 1968: "The tragedy in Palestine is

not just a local one: it is a tragedy for

the World, because it is an injustice

that isa menacetothe World'speace".

The Recent Situation

The recent violent street battles in

the West Bank in w h i c h Israeli

troops shot at and wounded un­

armed Palestinian student demon­

s t r a t o r s r e c e i v e d c o n s i d e r a b l e

a t t e n t i o n in the W o r l d ' s P r e s s .

Higher Education has now emerged

as the focus for the cont inuing

struggle between Jews and Arabs in

the West Bank.

Bir Zeit University is an indepen­

dent Palestinian institution, located

about twelvemilesnorthof Jerusalem.

It teaches to B A and BSc level in Arts

and Sciences, and its degrees are

now recognised throughout the

World.

One of the major objectives of the

University is to encourage students

to stay in the West Bank and work

with their community, rather than to

seek more lucrative employment in

the Gulf or the West. Therefore

e a c h s t u d e n t must c o m p l e t e a

programme of c ommuni ty work

each year, which is then counted

t o w a r d s the f i n a l d e g r e e , the

purpose being to encourage greater

awareness and critical discussion by

the students of the problems facing

the community. The 1,500 students

in the University have to spend at

least 120 extra-curricular hours on a

community work programme. Dr

M u h a m m e d Hal la j , D e a n of the

F a c u l t y of A r t s , says that the

students "must be actively involved

in the d a i l y l i fe of t h e i r l o c a l

communities; higher education must

not serve as a form of escapism".

Trouble started at the University

early in 1980 when the native Arab

West bankers demonstrated their

full opposition to the Camp David

"autonomy" plan about which they

had not been consulted, and which

n u m e r o u s U N bod ies h a d c o n ­

demned as bearing little resem­

blance to Palest in ian self-deter­

mination.

The growth of a sizeable student

body in the West Bank vigorously

opposing the Israeli occupation and

any attempt to impose the Camp

David agreements clearly alarms the

Israelis, as shown by the recent

h a r s h a c t i o n a g a i n s t s t u d e n t

demonstrators. The recent moves

against the universities (Bir Zeit and

the three other Palestinian univer­

sities) are only the latest of a series

of problems exper ienced by the

universities as a result of operating

under occupation.

The problems include the 'invasion'

of c a m p u s e s by the m i l i t a r y ,

closures (Bir Zeit was closed down

for months in 1979), the refusal of

the military authorities to allow the

entry of certain Arabic books and

periodicals, despite the fact that they

are available to students at the

Hebrew University in Jerusalem,

and difficulties over obtaining work

permits for foreign members of

faculty.

Although these problems created

headaches for Univers i ty admin­

istrators, they did not affect the

University's basic freedom. Order

N o 854 issued by the West Bank

Military Governor in July of 1980

was thus particularly ominous, as it

was aimed at curbing that freedom

and enabling the occupation author

ities to interfere to an unprecedented

extent. It stipulated that universities

must be licensed, implying that the

licence could be withdrawn. This is

seen as placing the Univers i t ies

under permanent threat of closure.

It also said that the names of all

faculty members and students must

be approved by the occupat ion

authorities, in order to 'weed out'

those who had been committed for

s e c u r i t y o f f e n c e s or h e l d for

questioning — and almost every

Palestinian West Bank family has

members who fall into this category.

A l l courses of study are subject to

the approval of the military governor

— again, an entirely new kind of

restriction. University students say

that in recent weeks their notebooks

have been seized and scrutinised by

the occupation authorities.

The universities have refused to

comply with the new decree, which

aims to 'undermine the University's

status, its independence, its legiti­

mate functions and its academic

freedom," as a statment issued by

Bir Zeit said. The statement pointed

out that the decree, by amending the

Jordanian Law of Education and

Culture of 1964, contravened the

Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949

which stipulates that an occupying

power does not have the right to

introduce changes in the laws of the

country under occupation.

The content of education is also a

source of growing dissatisfaction. As

Dr Ibrahim Abulughod who headed

the P a l e s t i n e O p e n U n i v e r s i t y

feasibility study team says: "The

Palest inians in higher educat ion

have been educated in accordance

w i t h a c u r r i c u l u m o v e r w h i c h

Palest inians have absolutely no

control. Since these curricula have

been des igned by the n a t i o n a l

authorities of various countries, they

were designed, if they were designed

at all, in the light of the needs of

those societies. The curricula in all

these countries have nothing to do

with the identity of the Palestinian,

with his heritage, with his future

aspirations. They are not designed to

serve the needs of P a l e s t i n i a n

society, they are not informed by

Palestinian heritage and culture".

Bir Zeit University is frequently

seen as a threat to Israeli authority in

the West Bank. Come and hear two

students from this University on

Thursday, March 5 at 1:00pm in the

Union Senior Common Room.

Nick Bedding

IC United Nations Society

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