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F O U N D E D IN 1949 N E W S P A P E R OF IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION
N o . 432 F r i d a y , 29 Oc tober , 1976 F R E E !
Sennet future uncertain after Wednesday's non-appearance
Money problems at Sennet Guilds smash
up Harrods
Guilds VP Dave Lord
outside Harrods
G u i l d s U n i o n d i d an es t ima ted
£200\s worth of damage to
Ha r rods , las t Saturday , w h e n
one of the i r compet i to rs in
the annua l ' S i l l y Spo r t s ' com
pe t i t i on a c c i d e n t l y f e l l into a
sma l l p la te g l a s s w i n d o w .
T h e g i r l concerned was not
s e r i o u s l y hurt, a l though she
was cut around her pos te r io r .
T h e r easo n for the h igh c o s t
of damage l i e s in the fact that
a l l Harrods w indows are f i t ted
w i th ' t rembler ' s e n s i n g d e v i s e s
to thwart t h ieves and bomb
ou t rages . It i s romoured that
the G u i l d s a c t i o n s tar ted the
evacua t i on of two f l oo rs of
the s to re .
C & G U n i o n w i l l not have to
pay for the damage, a l though
a store representa t ive warned
G u i l d s not to a s k Har rods for
a R a g dona t ion .
T h e S i l l y Spor ts proved
very s u c c e s s f u l and £341.40
w a s c o l l e c t e d for c h a r i t y . R C S
U n i o n , c o l l e c t i n g ou ts ide the
Motor Show at E a r l s C o u r t
net ted £188 in n inety m inu tes .
Pictures of Silly Sports — page 3
Y
T
The long-terrr. future of Sennet. London's Student Paper,
seems uncertain following its non-publication on Wednesday.
The paper is self-financing and has to meet its printing bills
with advertising revenue to ensure publication. On this
week's issue there was insufficient advertising to cover
even a four page issue.
a d e c i s i o n by the Sennet
e d i t o r i a l board i s expec ted
by C h r i s t m a s . T w o i deas
s e r i o u s l y be ing c o n s i d e r e d
are a reduca t ion i n c i r c u l a t i o n
and a for tn ight ly Sennet ,
It was Mr S i l v e r ' s d e c i s i o n ,
a s Cha i rman of U L U ' s G ene r a l
P u r p o s e s Commi t tee ( G P C ) ,
to c a n c e l th is w e e k ' s Sennet .
T h e G P C ac ts a s a f i n a n c i a l
wa tchdog over the paper i n
v i e w of l o s s e s incurred by
the paper i n the l a s t few
y e a r s . Any l o s s by Sennet has
to be made up from funds
o therwise des t ined for U L U
sports and s o c i a l c l u b s .
However Senne t ' s Adve r t
i s i n g Manager , A n n e Tudor ,
a s s u r e d F E L I X that the paper
a l ready had enough a d v e r t i s i n g
to produce i s s u e s for the
next two w e e k s . T h i s was
conf i rmed by R i c h a r d S i l v e r ,
U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n Un ion
( U L U ) P r e s i d e n t .
Up t i l l th is year Sennet had
r ece i ve d a grant from G P C ,
equ iva len t to a S c i e n c e
R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l P o s t
Graduate grant. T h i s w a s to
s u s t a i n a s a b b a t i c a l ed i to r .
Arrangements are now
di f ferent and the paper gets
a loan from G P C , a propor t ion
of w h i c h has to be repa id
each week . Sennet s t i l l gets
i ts o f f i ces w i t h i n the U L U
B u i l d i n g free of c h a r g e , but
Sennet e x e c u t i v e s have to
report e a c h week to Mr S i l v e r
on the pape r ' s f i n a n c i a l
hea l t h .
In the short- term ne i ther
R i c h a r d S i l ve r nor A n n e
Tudo r s e e the p a p e r ' s non
appearance a f f ec t i ng i ts
a f fec t ing b u s i n e s s con f i dence
i n i t .
However , Anne Tudo r does
see problems in the future,
'After Christmas London
could be without its own
student paper.' She fee l s that
'certain other student pub
lications that have come on
the advertising scene' c a u s i n g
Senne t ' s revenue to d rop . O n
the other hand R i c h a r d S i l v e r
s e e s problems ahead shou ld
National Student come out
more regu la r l y .
A c t i o n t o counter d e c r e a s i n g
revenue i s a l ready b e i n g
drawn up by Sennet staf f and
Mascot wrangles Allegations are flying
between the RCS and C & G
Union offices following an
abortive attempt by Guilds to
steal RCS's mascot, Theta, at
the Mathematics Fresher's
dinner on Tuesday.
The mascot raid came just
before the start of the dinner,
as Theta was being driven to
level one Sherfield Building in
a JR van. As the van approached
the building two Guildsmen
blocked the entrance into the
dinner. Guilds then claim that
when the ,14 doors were opened
they were more people in the
van than expected, so the raid
was called off.
RCS tell a different tale.
They say that the Guildsmen
were caught between two
factions of scientists and a
fracas developed. C & G U
refute that their members
were involved in this fight,
but admit that Guildsheet
editor John Elkin thought that
his buddies were- in trouble.
Mr Elkin drove his car at
the gathering mob at the
entrance to the Sherfield
Building. Here he was surround
ed by the mob and his ignition
keys removed. Although the
fracas continued, say RCS,
Theta was successfully passed
over the bonnet of Mr Elkins
car into the dinner.
No-one was seriously hurt, although two RCS freshers received cuts to their legs' during the incident. One Theta bearer was pinned to the wall of the Sherfield Building by the car, thus sustaining bruises to his legs. Mr Elkin drove off using a spare set of keys.
R C S election Kathy T a y l o r , a third year
L i f e S c i e n t i s t , was th is week
e l e c t e d as R C S U n i o n Honorary
Jun io r T reasu re r . In M o n d a y ' s
department ba l l o t she beat
V i v i e n n e B e n s o n and C o s t a s
T a k a s , A f te r the r e a l l o c a t i o n
of Ms B e n s o n ' s v o t e s , under
the S T U vo t ing s c h e d u l e , M s
T a y l o r won by marg in o f
133 to 107 vo tes from Mr T a k a s .
Her e l e c t i o n was ra t i f i ed at a
bad ly a t tended R C S U n i o n
meet ing on T u e s d a y lunch t ime.
Keogh death It i s w i th deep regret that
the U n i o n has to announce
the death of Mr Mohammed
H a l i a r R a h m a n .
Mr Rahman w a s a P o s t
graduate . i n the Chemis t r y
department and in tend ing to
return home to B a n g l a d e s h at
the beg inn ing of next year .
He was found dead i n h i s room
i n Keogh l as t weekend by a
f r i end , a post mortem h a s
s i n c e shown that he d i e d
p e a c e f u l l y of natura l c a u s e s .
We wou ld l i k e to take th is
oppor tuni ty to p a s s on c o n
d o l e n c e s to h i s f r iends and
r e l a t i v e s .
s-inside
STOP PRESS U R G E N T A D .
Application forms are now available for the post of Warden of Hamlet and Cambridge Gardens. Perks include free residence and an entertainment allowance. Application forms from IC Union and Residence office. Applications close 12th November.
2 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976
PG affairs corner
Flower arranging & all that A l s o on the s o c i a l s i d e , we hope to
encourage s o c i a l in tercourse between
P G s at department l e v e l . We c a n offer
s m a l l s u b s i d i e s and large amounts of
a d v i c e to anybody in terested in o rgan is ing
them. '
Our Work dur ing the summer w i th the
a s s o c i a t e d s t u d i e s department to sue if
the A s s o c i a t e d and Genera l s t ud ies
cou ld be better adver t i sed for P G s is now
bear ing f ru i t . Many P G s have a l ready
s igned up to broaden the f ront iers of
the i r c o n s c i o u s minds and many more
are at tending the lunch hour programmes.
The re are seve ra l cou rses wh i ch do not
star t un t i l the s p r i n g , and the genera l
s t ud ies are open to anybody , any
Tuesday or Thursday luncht ime. F o r more
d e t a i l s , con tac t your department o f f i ce
or e l s e the A s s o c i a t e d S tud ies o f f i c e .
s T h e beg inn ing of term rush i s f i na l l y
dy ing down, and most of the people who
came here to take f lower ar ranging have
f i na l l y found the error of thei r w a y s —
al though the f i rs t few w e e k s of a p h y s i c s
degree can be m i s l e a d i n g .
The Pos tgraduate group i s beginn ing
to awaken to the new blood in our
membersh ip . A very promis ing number of
P G s con tac ted the group at the f reshers
fa i r and showed an a c t i v e interest in the
group 's a c t i v i t i e s . By the time C l i v e ' s .
c o s m i c word shu f f l i ng equipment has
f i n i shed w i th th is a r t i c l e , the f i r s t P G
commit tee of the term w i l l be over .
H o p e f u l l y , th i s aus tere body w i l l have
de l ibe ra ted on the cou rse and content of
the g roup 's a c t i v i t i e s for the next few
months.
A s far a s the s o c i a l s i d e of the
groups a c t i v i t i e s go, I hope soon to be
a b l e to announce the f i rs t P G ex t ravaganza
of the term. In the meanwh i le , br ight
ideas for future even ts are a l w a y s
w e l c o m e , p rov id ing they are reasonab ly
decent and l ega l .
kM e a n w h i l e , in the big bad outs ide
wo r l d , the fee s i t ua t i on for 1977—78 i s
s t i l l s immer ing . A s new proposa ls come
in , it beg ins to sound more l i ke an
auc t ion than a deba te . T h e U L U P o s t
graduate Commi t tee is at the moment
t ry ing to c o l l e c t i ts v i e w s on th is matter.
In the meant ime, it w i l l he lp us to
a s s e s s the ef fect on IC P G s if those who
contempla te ha rdsh ip or f i nanc i a l
d i f f i c u l t i e s in the event of a large r i se
in f e e s , c o u l d get in touch w i th me.
I shou ld have more to te l l you in my
next a r t i c l e , af ter the commit tee meet ing ,
Don ' t forget to look out for the greatest
s o c i a l event s i n c e the s i n k i n g of the
T i t a n i c . Wel l—back to my f lower a r rang ing .
R i c k Parker
P G Af fa i rs Of f icer
WELFARE by IC Union Welfare
Officer John Morgan
Welcome to the Wel fare C o l u m n ; as
you might have gathered from the F r e s h e r s
ed i t i on of F E L I X the e l e c t e d Welfare
O f f i ce r managed to f a i l h i s exams , a long
w i th other i l l u s t r i ous i n d i v i d u a l s , hence
leav ing the pos i t i on vacan t . Sue K a l i c i n s k i ,
last y e a r ' s Wel fare O f f i c e r , nobly held
the fort in a temporary nature but now I
have taken over and the Un ion has a
fu l l y f ledged Wel fare O f f i ce r , e l ec ted
and ac tua l l y in s i t u .
Enough of the internal p rob lems. It is
the ac tua l a c t i v i t i e s of the Welfare
Cent re that are of most c onc e r n to y o u .
The Welfare Cen t re i s on the third f loor
of the Un ion B u i l d i n g and is open
d a i l y between 12.30 and 13 .30 . Y o u ' r e
a l w a y s we lcome to drop in or phone
(Internal 2898) .
The centre is manned by Don A d i n g t o n ,
the Student C o u n s e l l o r , on T u e s d a y s
and T h u r s d a y s , and by myse l f or some
other student dur ing the rest of the week .
It is hoped that there w i l l be a legal
a d v i c e s e r v i c e on Wednesdays later on in
the t e r m . T h i s w i l l be prov ided by s tuden ts
from the London Schoo l of e c o n o m i c s .
W e l l , what does the Cent re prov ide?
What f o l l o w s is a brief resume of some
of the sec to rs in wh ich we l fa re is
i nvo l ved .
n We have some info on f lat a g e n c i e s
that are hopefu l l y s t i l l in e x i s t e n c e and
not too c r o o k e d . The centre can a l s o
he lp if you run into d i f f i c u l t i e s w i th f la t
a g e n c i e s . F o r ins tance when you go to
an agency they have no right to charge
you for prov id ing a d d r e s s e s .
1
The cent re i s not of fer ing to take
over the IC N u r s e r y ' s r o l e , but if you
wou ld l i ke to earn some money baby
s i t t i ng or requi re a s i t te r p lease inform
the Welfare Cen t re and we w i l l operate
a s a refera l a g e n c v .
s A s Welfare O f f i c e r i au tomat i ca l l y
se rve on a var ie ty of C o l l e g e commi t tees and am hence in a pos i t i on to put forward your v i ews in p l a c e s where they w i l l be heard . So if you have any quer ies or comp la in t s p l e a s e fee l ab le to put them to me.
eIf you buy goods from a consumer
out le t , no e x c l u s i o n c l a u s e s , however
worded, are b ind ing in L a w . So whatever
the guarantee s a y s , you are s t i l l protected
under consumer L a w s . If you have any
que r i es p l e a s e con tac t us.
yA sub jec t we a l l know about . Or do
we? If you wou ld l i k e any informat ion or
add resses of loca l c l i n i c s p l ease drop
into the cen t re . C o n f i d e n t i a l i t y is a s s u r e d ,
as a lways in these mat ters .
w If you have a legal problem I c a n
contac t the c o l l e g e s o l i c i t o r on your
behalf and obta in the requ i s i t e in format ion .
The above gu ide is nowhere near an
exhaus t i ve l i s t of our a c t i v i t i e s . If you
have any quer ies or want a f ree cup of
co f fee just c a l l in at the C e n t r e . If we
don' t know the answer we w i l l try our
upmost to f ind someone who d o e s .
I hope you w i l l f o l l ow th i s Wel fare
week l y in future. I intend to wr i te an
a r t i c l e (d i f f i cu l t for a Miner ! ) about va r i ous
sub jec ts of impor tance. Nex t week the Ins
and Outs of the Rent A c t . John Morgan
ICWA
Treasure hunts,
frivolity
discos & general Now that the novel ty of lec ture go ing
has worn off, ICWA has dec ided to run
a T reasu re Hunt Compe t i t i on . Next week
the f i rs t c l u e w i l l appear in F E L I X and
(for the benef i t of those who only read
F E L I X for tn ight ly) the f i r s t c l u e w i l l be
repeated the week af ter . Thereaf ter a
further three c l u e s w i l l appear , one each
week for three w e e k s .
The cos t of enter ing w i l l be 20p (a l l
entry fees to Rag) and each answer
must be sent to Room 98 B e i t H a l l , to
ar r ive not later than the fo l l ow ing Thu rs
day luncht ime. The f i na l winner w i l l be
presented w i th £10 at the ICWA d i s c o
on Sat 11th December . Hope fu l l y eve ry
thing w i l l be made c lea re r next week
w i th the appearance of the f i rs t c l u e .
P l e a s e take part — i ts a l l in a good
c a u s e .
s A s I s a i d nominat ion papers went up
today. There are v a c a n c i e s for the
pos ts of Hon S e c , Treasure r , M i n e s
R e p , L i f e S c i e n c e s R e p , E n t s O f f i ce r ,
P u b l i c i t y O f f i ce r , F r e s h e r s R e p and
vlr ICWA.
'The poor f reshers get inundated w i th
commi t tees of fer ing the post of F r e s h e r s
R e p . However in th is c a s e it i s a very
important post as it w i l l be our only
con tac t w i th F r e s h e r s op in ion and
thei r on ly chance to comment, as a l l
d e c i s i o n s are taken at commi t tee .
AIn l i ne w i th las t y e a r ' s d e c i s i o n Mr
ICWA w i l l not be the man w i th the
'nobb l i es t knees ' but the man most
w i l l i n g to he lp ICWA. If he happens to
have nobbly knees as w e l l t ha t ' s f ine —
maybe h i s father is a m i l l i o n a i r e and
w i l l i n g to make some generous dona t ions ,
perhaps he c a n print pos te rs , type (the
cand ida te not h is father) . Whatever your
mot ive is) p l ease s tand for one of the
above posts we need a l l the e n t h u s i a s t i c
he lpers we c a n f ind .
. F i n a l l y I wou ld l i ke to ment ion the
ICWA d i s c o tomorrow n ight . Entry is free
and i t s h o u l d br ighten up what cou ld be
another bor ing Saturday e v e n i n g . Don ' t
forget i t ' s in the U n i o n from 8pm t i l l
midn ight .
FELIX F E L I X O f f i c e , Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n ,
Pr ince Consort Road , London SW7 2 B B
T e l C T - 5 8 9 5111 ext 1043/1042/1043
Internal 2881
Editor - C l i v e Dewey I
P u b l i s h e d by the E d i t o r ton behal f of the
Imperial C o l l e g e Un ion P u b l i c a t i o n s
B o a r d . P r in ted o f f se t - l i t ho on the Un ion
! p rem ises .
Many thanks to G i l l M c C o n w a y , Ian
Morse , Jen Hardy -Smi th , E x - e d P i n g p o n g ,
Dave H o p k i n s , Mark K u s e , C h r i s Pa lmer ,
| Duncam S u s s , Andrew E v a n s , Terry West -
i oby, Dave F o x a l l , Howard Chee tham and
! anyone e l s e I've forgot ten.
F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976 - 3
Sterling Silver meets Pirate Brown
Left to right: Leo Martini-Brown, Mike Williams, Richard Silver.
Veteran F e l i x m a n M i k e
W i l l i am s was c a l l e d out of
ret i rement to referee the
bat t le of the g ian ts on T u e s d a y ,
and the g ian ts on th is o c c a s i o n
were L e o M a r t i n i - B r o w n ,
genera l secre ta ry of the new
B r i t i s h Students A s s o c i a t i o n
and R i c h a r d S i l v e r , P r e s i d e n t
of U L U .
In a hal f -hour S T O I C
d i s c u s s i o n broadcast to I C
s tuden ts , l i ve (at 1pm) and
recorded (at 6pm), the main
i s s u e was whether the shor t
comings of N U S f i nances
j u s t i f i e d the format ion of an
a l t e rna t i ve un ion that w o u l d
break s tudent so l i da r i t y in the
face of government c u t - b a c k s .
"The student movement needs
to be united," s a i d Mr S i l v e r ,
w h i l s t Mr M a r t i n i - B r o w n d e s
c r i bed N U S as a n "inefficient
business machine."
Mr Mar t i n i -B rown c l a i m e d
that the N U S e x e c u t i v e was
qui te unrepresenta t ive of the
v i e w s of the student ma jo r i t y , and a c c u s e d i t of suppor t ing the I R A and of be ing more r a d i c a l than the T U C i n i t s oppos i t i on to wage- res t ra in t p o l i c y . " S t u d e n t s shou ld have a per fec t r ight of c h o i c e of thei r na t i ona l u n i o n , " he s a i d , and em phas i s e d that B S A a ims at i n d i v i d u a l response before corporate a f f i l i a t i o n . "The
BSA has no political position
at all," he s a i d .
A p r a c t i c a l i s s u e w a s
r a i s e d about the p o s s i b l e
e f fec ts of a genu ine ly demo
c r a t i c e l e c t i o n of N U S o f f i c e r s .
"Professional student
politicians" wou ld be the
resu l t , acco rd ing to Mr S i l v e r ,
and th i s to h im was u n d e s i r a b l e .
When a s k e d about the c i t y
b u s i n e s s s u b s i d i s e r s of the
p i ra te . un ion , Mr M a r t i n i -
B r o w n a s s u r e d that there were
no s t r ings a t t a c k e d , a n d that
B S A wou ld be in te rna l l y
funded w i t h i n three y e a r s .
Guilds Silly Sports
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4 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976
IfltcttfaM, Not very much i n th is w e e k ' s a r t i c l e .
R e a s o n — I'm s t i l l read ing l as t w e e k ' s
F E L I X w h i c h graced the s tands on
Monday and I have to wr i te t h i s w e e k s
a r t i c l e at the same t ime . However I have
managed to c o b b l e together a coup le of
i tems w h i c h may (or may not) be of
interest or r e l e v a n c e : -
SF o l l o w i n g l as t w e e k s broads ide
v
of
N U S T r a v e l and the i r apparent l a c k o f
a c t i v i t y , I managed to a w a k e n , and
rece i ve a let ter f rom, D a v e A a r o n o v i t c h
( V P S e r v i c e s , N U S E x e c u t i v e ) s a y i n g ,
.that the o f f i ce w i l l be open from 11.00 to
2.00 on T h u r s d a y s on ly and the res t of the
t ime we w i l l have to go to V i c t o r i a , w h i c h
i s the next neares t o f f i c e .
PRES CUTTINGS by IC Union President
Nick Brayshaw
T o quote h i s le t te r : 'We would
apologise for this lack of service and
should also be grateful if you would
apologise on our behalf to your students
for this rather regrettable sequence of
communication breakdowns'.
So, not on ly do they say we c a n have
a. t r ave l o f f i ce for on ly 3 hours per
week (wh ich works out at a renta l for the
room of £8.88 per hour o f open ing t ime),
they a l s o want me to do their a p o l o g i s i n g
for <hem. W e l l , I f a i l to see how the
o f f i ce c a n make a prof i t i f i t i s on ly
open ott Thurs l unch t imes , so — K E E P
T R Y D M G , N U S .
C o m i n g C o n f e r e n c e s
B e l o w i s a l i s t of the c o m i n g N U S
C o n f e r e n c e s : -
Womens Con fe rence 6—7th N o v , Southbank
P o l y .
P o l y t e c h n i c s P o l i c y Con fe rence 3—4th
J a n Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y
A r t E d u c a t i o n Con fe rence 3—4th J a n
Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y
Fur ther E d u c a t i o n C o n f e r e n c e 4 / 5 t h J a n &
U n i v e r s i t i e s C o n f e r e n c e 5—7th J a n
at Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y .
R e g i s t r a t i o n forms a v a i l a b l e from
the Un ion O f f i c e . I had better stop now
' c o s I have got to start w r i t i ng next w e e k s
a r t i c l e i n a minute — these pr int dead
l ines are rea l l y c r i p p l i n g ! !
L u v N i c k
H a v i n g jus t c r a w l e d out from under a
haze of sweat deve loped dur ing the
in i t i a t i on of the P a r k i n g Pe rm i t Scheme,
the prepara t ions and ' e x e c u t i o n ' of
Commem B a l l and f i ve hours wor th of a
Un ion C o u n c i l Mee t i ng on Monday
White L i e s w i l l now t e l l y o u . a coup le
more ta les about :
gL a s t Wednesday w e e k the R a g
Commit tee met and arranged the pro
v i s i o n a l t imetable o f even ts for R a g
week - F r i 19th to Sat 27th N o v . F o r
your in format ion h e r e ' s a run down :
F r i 19th R a g and Drag Compe t iens -
and D i s c o
Sat 20th R a g P r o c e s s i o n and R a g
Conce r t
Sun 21st S C A B E v e n i n g
Mon 22nd Dr ink -a -Pub -d ry
Tue 23rd Bar -b-que and D i s c o
Wed 24th Morphy D a y
Thur 25th R C S Smok ing C o n c e r t
F r i 26th G u i l d s C a r n i v a l
Sat 27th C h a r i o t R a c e and R a g Conce r t
Res idents *S' Z o n e , Southside
WHITE LIES by John White
IC Union Hon.Sec.
If you would like to help organise Rag
week or any of these events then drop me
a l ine and we' l l let yon know when the
next R a g Meeting i s . PS Bring a bottle!
S
S
Bo th the IC Union Parking Committee
and the Appeals Committee have met and
a l l the s p a c e s available have been
a l l o c a t e d . T h e results of the Appeals
Commi t tee decision is available in the
U n i o n O f f i ce but for completeness I shall
l i s t them be low too.
F i n a l l y on the subject of permits.
Any permits not collected before Friday
12th November will be reallocated.
r
Another Gestetner demonstration wil l be he ld at 13.00 hours in the F E L D C Outer Of f i ce on F r i d a y , November 5 t h .
T h a t ' s a l l for now. See you around and
take ca re .
JPS B L O O M F I E L D G M A R S H A L L B R E Y N O L D S L U R R U T I A
Mech Eng 1 Phys 3 Geology P G Man. Sci . P G
Commuters ' H ' Zone , Imperial Institute Road
O N F 107F GMC 760J GGW 363N G Y O 934N
NR B O N D
E C H A N D R A
P G G R O H M A N N
A N J E N K I N S
H LIM
N N O U R S H A R G H
J P CUMMIN
KR H A R P E R
Met H Mai Sci P G
Chem Eng 2
Chem P G
Phys 3
Civ Eng P G
Elec Eng P G
Mech Eng 2
Mech Eng 3
WTF 37N
R V X 37K
T B H 506J
NPM 801F
E L D 380C
H F C 707N
Y E R 92M
X P M 570
Commuters "V Z o n e , Imperial Institute Road
D P O O N
M SAMS
C S T U R T
A- V I E R A
D W E B S T E R
P WOOD
Maths 2
Mech Eng 2
Phys 3
C C D P G
Phys 2
Civ Eng P G
V L E 904M
X V U 550M
895 EXW
G O - 1 9 - i O
G V D 274K
K A A 904M
TP h D student w i t h two s m a l l
c h i l d r e n requ i res a l i f t to and
from C o l l e g e from E d g w a r e ,
M i d d l e s e x . W i l l cont r ibu te to
pet ro l e x p e n s e s . C o n t a c t
B a r b a r a Moont , B i o m e c h a n i c s
U n i t , L e v e l 6 M e c h E n g (Int.
3580 (3624) .
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L,es P a u l e l e c t r i c gu i tar . G o o d copy of famous G i b s o n m o d e l . T w o p i c k - u p s . E x c e l l e n t c o n d i t i o n , £35 ono . Con tac t C h r i s C o y e r Z o o l o g y 3 in B o t / Z o o common room 10.30 -» 1 l a m . w e e k d a y s .
The social event of the year
er
NOT TO BE MISSED
WEDNESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER at 7.00pm for 7.30pm
IN THE UNION DINING HALL
Tickets from IC Union Office
(includes sherry, portwine, birthday cake)
Mike, the IC Union mascot is 10 years old on Tuesday
Cost (ahem!) : £5
F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976 - 5
F i r s t l y con f i rmat ion that the w e l l - k n o w n C o m e d i a n Ralph
McTell i s de f in i t e l y booked for November 20th; Split Enz for tne fo l l ow ing Saturday (27th) and Flamin' Groovies w i l l be g ig ing here on December 11th. T h e s e , together w i th the Horslips concer t on 13th November look l i ke the f u l l l i s t of Great H a l l conce r t s se t for th is term. A s soon as I'm g iven d e t a i l s of support a c t s , p r i c e s etc I ' l l let y o u k n o w .
There are p lenty of i n te res t i ng g igs happening th is w e e k e n d . On F r i d a y , the best i s l i k e l y to be at the O l d T o w n H a l l , F u l h a m where Roogalator are h e a d l i n i n g w i t h a coup le of punks , the Clash and Vibrators. P r i c e i s £ 1 .
sIf you c a n afford to drink un t i l 2am, then the Suprise Sisters
play the R o c k Garden F r i d a y and Saturday, So far, th is C l u b ,
w h i c h w a s in tended to be an a l te rna t i ve to the e x p e n s i v e D i n g w a l l s
and S p e a k e a s y , hasn ' t r ea l l y got off the ground. T h e trouble i s
i ts too s m a l l and has l i t t le or no atmosphere to make p rospec t i ve
c l i e n t e l f l ock to the p l a c e i n great numbers. P r i c e s though,
compared to D i n g w a l l s and the other late night g ig at the Speak
easy are much cheaper . Lage r i s 40p as opposed to the 52p at
D i n g w a l l s or the (gulp!) 60p at the S p e a k e a s y . Shorts are about
lOp cheaper at the Garden than the other two haun ts . A d m i s s i o n
too, i s genera l ly lower . If you ' ve any of your grant le f t , you might
want to check i t out .
The Four Tops make a rare L o n d o n appearence at Hammersmi th
Odeon on Saturady, so too do those ex-pa t r io ts Climax Chicago,
who p lay a has t i l y arranged concer t at the V i c t o r i a P a l a c e . L S E
put on Hinkley's Heroes, featur ing a host of name m u s i c i a n s that
inc lude Boz Burell and Simon Kirke of Bad Company, e x - H e n d r i x
drummer Mitch Mitchell, Henry McCullough, and Kohomo's Mel
Collins. £1.20 at the door. F o r me though, a l l roads l ead to the
N a s h v i l l e , where Stranglers take the s tage . Sure ly the bes t b a n d
around who have yet to s i gn a record ing con t rac t . T h e p lace w i l l
be p a c k e d , so those of you in te res ted shou ld get ther w e l l before
the doors open at £1 at the door.
On Sunday , Eric Bur don p l a y s h i s f i rs t L o n d o n date for a few
years at the Roundhouse C h a l k F a r m . Burlesque p rov ide great
entertainment at the N a s h v i l l e for 50p.
XAf te r the tremendous response to our S tee leye Span compet i t i on
( joke) w e ' v e dec ided never to h o l d another one. A n y w a y , here are
the names of the l u c k y winner who w i l l r ece i ve two t i c k e t s for
the i r g ig at Hammersmi th Odeon p l u s a copy of R o c k e t C o t t a g e ,
and a l s o the three runners-up who get a n a lbum e a c h .
Winner - Sue Walker B i o C h e m II
Runners-up - T . T Gr i f f i t hs Chem P G
John E u s t a c e Mech E n g I
J . P . Herbet Mata l lu rgy I
(My apo log ies to the other two entrants who somehow managed
to e lude my grasp when I p i c k e d the w inners out of the E d i t o r s
Hat ) .
Ian Morse
P . S . Would the compet i t i on w inners get in touch w i th me at F E L I X , s i n c e S t e e l e y e ' s management are send ing the p r i z e s d i rec t l y t o y o a , We therefore need your a d d r e s s e s .
YD i s c o
IC E n t s D i s c o
IC E n t s D i s c o : 8pm. Un ion Lower Refec tory
F i l m
IC F i l m s o c P resen t : Roman P o l a n s k i ' s ' D a n c e Of The V a m p i r e s . 7.30pm. Great H a l l . A d m i s s i o n by membership card or 25p at door .
G i g
G o n z a l e z w i t h G l o r i a J o n e s : N a s h v i l l e , North E n d R d , (01 603 6071) G o n g : Woolwich P o l y t e c h n i c .
R o o g a l a t o r / C l a s h / V i b r a t o r s : 7pm unt i l m idn igh t . O ld town H a l l , Fu lham SW6. (opp Fu lham Broadway Tube) £ 1 . J a b u l a / H a r r y M i l l e r s Is i t ingo: A t the 100, C l u b , Oxford S t .
YD i s c o
ICWA D i s c o : 8pm Un ion Lower R e f e c . F r e e !
Gig
C l i m a x B l u e s B a n d : V i c t o r i a P a l a c e (01—834 1317). S t rang le rs : N a s h v i l l e , North End Road (01 603 6071) . H i n k l e y ' s H e r o e s / R a e l : London Schoo l of E c o n o m i c s (01 405 4872). M ike Berry and The Or i g i na l O u t l a w s : D i n g w a l l s , Camden L o c k , (01 267 4967) .
Rag C o l l e c t i o n
R C S Rag C o l l e c t i o n (Spec ia l Ha l l oween C o l l e c t i o n ) in Oxford Street Meet R C S U O f f i c e . 10am.
YD i s c o
Queen E l i z a b e t h C o l l e g e : Sunday Night D i s c o . 8 .00p , . Bar , Campden
R i l l , W l . 20p. S U Cards requ i red . Neares t T u b e : - H igh St . Kens ing ton
G i g
J a z z C l u b Sunday S e s s i o n (Salamander) : 8.30pm (unt i l 10.30pm). Un ion Lower Lounge .
R a c i n g C a r s : Tor r ing ton, Lodge L a n e , Nor th F i n c h l e y . B u r l e s q u e : N a s h v i l l e , North End R d , (01 603 6071) .
Misce l laneous
Dramsoc A u d i t i o n s , Luncht ime Show of New P l a y s by Howard B ren ton . 2 .00pm. S C R . Fo r further d e t a i l s con tac t Pe te r Mu l l e r , in Storeroom or te lephone 01 720 5733.
YDinner
G u i l d s C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g : F r e s h e r ' s D inne r . 7pm for 7.30pm. Sher
f i e l d B u i l d i n g . £3.40. T i c k e t s from C & G U n i o n O f f i c e & S o c i a l R e p s |
G i g
F l y i n g A c e s : R o c k Garden , Coven t G a rden . (01 240 3961) .
Misce l laneous
W E L L S O C : ' Techno logy In A n Amateur Sport ' Pro f . A . Cameron of Mech E n g Dep t . 7.30pm. Mech E n g 220. ' S o c i a l i s t Democracy A c c o r d i n g T o Marx , E n g e l s and L e n i n ' Speaker : George B r i d g e s . 7 .30pm. ICWA Lounge (Union B u i l d i n g ) .
YHal l Dinner
H a l l D inner : 7.00 for 7.30pm. Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . £2.55p. A l l app l i ca t i ons to P A T by Noon T o d a y .
C l u b Ac t i v i t y
Mounta ineer ing C l u b : F ree S l i de Show ( A l p s , Eng land e tc ) . 8 .00pm. RSM G20 (In main ent rance on right) R S M G e o p h y s i c a l S o c i e t y : 5.30pm. M in ing Lec tu re Thea t re : T a l k by Dr D Morgan — ' T h e R o l e of the P r o f e s s i o n a l E c o n o m i c G e o l o g i s t ' .
IC T ranscenden ta l Med i ta t ion S o c i e t y : Intro T a l k . 1pm E l e c E n g 4036 . S c i e n c e - F i c t i o n C l u b : 6 .30pm. Mech Eng 220 . T a l k by Thomas Sher idan (a l i as Walter G i l l i n g s ) en t i t l ed : " T h e Three Worlds of S F '
Continued on page 8
6 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976
CHANGE OF STYLE WORKS WONDERS FOR RORY Rory Gal lagher - ' C a l l i n g Card* -
C h r y s a l i s
Many rev iewers have in the past put
R o r y ' s mus ic down as ' p red i c tab le and
'ho ld ing few s u r p r i s e s ' — yet the c rowds
that f l ock to see h im te l l a d i f ferent ta le
of th i s down-to-ear th rythm " iC gu i t a r i s t .
They can ' t say the same about th is
L P ' c a u s e a l though the Ir ishman has
put h is d i s t i nc t s tamp on a l I the c u t s , the
album is s o un l i ke G a l l a g h e r ' s prev ious
e f for ts . Rory h a s come out of the con f i nes
of down- the- l ine rock ' n ' ro l l and produced
a d i ve rse L P that is v e r s a t i l e and
u n c o n s c i o u s l y c o m m e r c i a l . ' P r o d u c e d ' is
s t r i c t l y speak ing the wrong word s i n c e
ex -Deep Pu rp le b a s s i s t Roger G l o v e r i s
the acc red i ted producer; he ' s done an
exce l l en t job and wi thout him the new
s t y l e s cou ld have come out a lot w o r s e .
I f i
n d the L P d i f f i cu l t to rev iew in
de ta i l i t ' s just s o good , but s o unexpect
ed ly v a r i e d . F rom the star t the mus ic has
a greater fee l to it than on prev ious
G a l l a g h e r L P s . The g u i t a r / k e y b o a r d
interplay between Rory and Lou Mart in
has been great ly enchanced so that there
i s more texture to the songs wi thout the
usua l accompany ing l oss of f e e l .
On the heav ie r ' ad rena l i n bu i lder '
numbers, such as 'Secre t Agen t ' and
'Country Mile', Roger G l o v e r has preserved
an awfu l lot of c l i n t y , br inging out the
'new ' background i n t r i c a c i e s . On the more
peacefu l numbers both Rory and Roger
have e x c e r c i s e d expert con t ro l , wh i ch
may w e l l be why the L P appears s o
uncha rac te r i s t i c of G a l l a g h e r . 'Calling
Card', 'Edged in Blue' and ' / ' / / Admit
You've Gone' are a l l prime examples of
t h i s . 'Edged' is probably the a lbum 's best
s o n g . I t 's a beaut i fu l number that has a
vas t amount of cheer fu l me lod ies in i t ,
wh i ch is unusual for a b lues p laye r .
One th ing I ought to ment ion is that
R o r y ' s gone in for a fa i r amount of
overdubbing on th is L P , someth ing
wh i ch he ' s ref ra ined from t ry ing before.
L i k e the a lbum, h is ef for ts here are
s u c c e s s f u l .
To c o n c l u d e , 'Calling Card' is a
p rogress ive L P in the truest s e n s e .
Rory devotees may scorn the jumps he ' s
made but I th ink t h e y ' l l grow to love h i s
new d i r ec t i on . A l l in a l l a great a lbum,
but one tha t ' s bedev i l ed me a s a rev iewer .
I dare say it has done the same to a few
other se l f -appo in ted mus ic ' o f f i c i a n a d o e s ' .
C l i v e Dewey
Lost over Hammersmith fly-over Commander Cody and hjs Los t Planet
Airmen 'We've Got A L i v e One Here ' -
Warner Bros
T o many a wou ld be truck dr iver ,
Commander C and the L P A were just
about the best th ing to come out of the
Southern States s i n c e Comfor t . S a d l y ,
they ' re no longer w i th u s , but have left
the wor ld wi th the best k ind of ep i taph
any band cou ld w i s h for.
The A i rmen were perhaps the a rche
typal good-t ime band, tha t ' s why l i s ten ing
to th is l i ve doub le s e t , i ts d i f f i cu l t
ac tua l l y t ry ing to wr i te about it, instead
a l l I want to do is just s i t back , tap my
feet and get b l i nd drunk.
Recorded at Hammersmi th , A y l s b u r y
and Oxford on the i r las t B r i t i s h tour, the
a lbum con ta ins a l l the songs that made
the L P A a band that were a bit s p e c i a l ;
ranging from the late fo r t ies j a z z t inged
country of 'Smoke, Smoke, Smoke,' w i th
the sort of c l o s e smooth harmonies
that accompan ied most of Roy Rodgers '
great songs , the t rad i t iona l country of
'San Antonio Rose', 'Milkcow Blues' and
'My Window Faces the South', the rock
a b i l l y fee l of 'Hot Rod Lincoln', Too
Much Fun' and 'Lost in the Ozone', and of
cou rse , the truck d r i v i n ' s o n g s . No one
cou ld play th is stuff qu i te l ike the A i r m e n .
Be it tongue in cheek weep ies J ike
'Mama Hated D e i s e l s , to the d r i v i n '
18 Wheels' or Lookin' Through the World
Through a Windscreen'.
Every th ing that those stoned T e x a s
c roon ies s tood for is recorded for
prosper i ty on th is a lbum. The last thing
the Commander and h is men would want
anybody to do is wr i te paragraphs
a n y l y s i n g their m u s i c . They were a l l
about hav ing a good t ime, wh ich is
exac t l y what th i s a lbum g i v e s y o u .
Ian Morse
L A C K O F C O H E S I O N D O G S R E V A M P E D S T R A W B S T h e Strawbs - 'Deep C u t s ' - Polydor
Super
I used to be a great St rawbs fan back
in 1972 when they were on A & M Reco rds
and turning out de l i gh ts such a s 'Grave
New World'. That was before the
Hudson -Fo rd s p l i t and just before Dave
Lambert joined the band .
The pernennia l Dave C o u s i n s and Mr
Lambert are the on ly two remnants of
that .era on ' C u t s ' . The a lbum features
their* love ly bouncy hit s i n g l e •'/ Only
want My Love To Grow In You', and to
my knowledge is thei r f i rs t effort for
Oys te r Reco rds (d is t r ibu ted by P o l y do r ) .
The rest of the a lbum is genera l ly
d i sappo in t i ng excep t for two numbers
'Simple Visions', wh ich opens s i de two,
and 'Turn Me Round'. The other numbers
are e i ther un isp i red a c o u s t i c c o p i e s of
o ld 'S t rawb- type ' mus ic or rather c lu t te red
heav ie r t r a c k s .
T a k e 'Charmer', for i n s t ance ; it opens
wi th a headstrong a'nd heavy p a s s a g e
ffiat goes into a rather bland bubblegum
d i t ty that won' t endear them to many
a cus tomer . Ha l f the album is l i k e w i s e
second- ra te .
The main trouble seems to be an
absence of c o h e s i o n between the band
members, who i nd i v i dua l l y are capab l e
Thumbs down here too T h e Average White Band - Soul Search
ing (At lant ic)
. . .And s peak in g of the A W B , thei r
la tes t of fer ing does leave a few doubts,
in i t ' s w a k e . It s tar ts off jus t dandy , w i th
a nif ty l i t t le in torduct ion by the name of
'overture', and then in are led the Ave rage
White patented w a i l i n g brass backbeat
d i s c o - m u s i c s of ' L o v e you- life' and
'I'm the one'. A l l very good t r ied and
tested manner isms- (they must have
shares in the patentit o f f i ce ) . J a m e s
Brown has trodden the path of repe t i t i on
and even he, the m in is te r of new super
heavy f un i , has suf fered for it. How
can deese me rely-morta l honk ies hope
to surv ive?-
T h i s a lbum has rece ived a fa i r l y
w idespread thumbs-down from the mus ic
papers but, in a l l f a i r n e s s , i t ' s not as
bad a s - t h e y make out . Any th ing the A W B
re lease w i l l be compared w i th the White
a lbum that broke them into the big boys
league. That was an insp i red p iece af
mus ic -mak ing on A t l a n t i c - p l a s t i c and i t ' s
not fa i r to cons tan t l y compare their
product w i th i t ' s e x c e l l e n c e . 'Soul
searching' _y normal s tandards is a good
a lbum. A s wi th the 'Moon' L P no effort
or expense has been spared in i t ' s
product ion and recocd ing, Ham ish
S tuar t ' s vo ice is back in form, the b r a s s -
work is t ight w i th the rhy thm-sec t ion
apparent ly recovered from the l oss of
Robb ie M c i n t o s h , and .again A r i f Mardin
p roduces . So i t ' s a l l rea l l y down to the
strength of the s o n g s . T h e y ' r e not bad,
s imp ly not as good as those that have
gone before.
A mult i tude of s e s s i o n e r s have jo ined
the Sco t t i sh sex te t (apo log ies to Steve
Ferrone) for the venture . The B recKers
and Marv in Stamm add their metronomic
sax / t rumpet musc le to the a l ready
formidable powers of Roger B a l l and
of great th ings , but don ' t pul l together
most of the t ime. The group seem to be
pecvey ing too many mus i ca l s t y l e s .
D e s p i t e th is the harmonies are general ly
very good and some of the Dave Lamber t ' s
gui tar breaks deserve better ma te r i a l .
H e ' s pa r t i cu la r l y good on 'SimpleVisions',
where Dave C o u s i n s manages , at long
las t , to get some Duckhams to h i s
c roaky v o c a l s . The t rack pounds a long
qu i te w e l l , and w i th a bit of ed i t ing c o u l d
make a good s i n g l e . A general thumbs
down a l though some of the l y r i c s are
rea l l y qu i te good .
C l i v e Dewey
" M o l l i e " D u n c a n , w h i l e ex -kokomoid J i m
Mul l e n a p p l i e s h is axework on 'Sunny Days'
e tc , e t c , e t c .
It 's around the second hal f of s i d e T w o
that the proceed ings start to sound a
l i t t l e lame. 'Everybody's darling' just
s tands around f i l l i n g in s p a c e and on
'Would you stay' the band out-do the
c o u n t l e s s U S sou l combos who churn out
th is boring o ld d i rge in thei r s l e e p . I t 's
b luesy sou l ar r iv ing about ten y e a r s too
late for the interview, and a s k i n g for the
job. They can do much better.
When the A W B wr i te a good song or
riff they normal ly extend it into a long
rhythmic or voca l sp ree . Now, a l though
they ' re current ly only w r i t i n g ordinary
s o n g s , they s t i l l try the same gambi t ,
resu l t i ng in a long, ordinary song w i th
v o c a l or rhythmic e x c e s s e s ad n a u s e a .
R e s u l t : boredom.
What the three-pound-plus pay ing
punter is left w i th then i s one good
s i d e , w e l l up to s c r a t c h , and a coup le of
s o - s o t racks on s i de two. The rest does
the average Wh i te ' s hard-earned reputat ion
no good at a l l . Shame, that.
F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976 - 7
Lesser characters shine through Thomas Stevenson takes a look at the
Young V i c Theatre .
The Young V i c , in T h e Cut near
Water loo S ta t i on , was founded in 1970 as
a branch of the Nat iona l Theat re , then
o c c u p y i n g the nearby O ld V i c . S i n c e then
the Na t iona l has moved into i ts beaut i fu l
new home and the Young V i c has become
independent under i ts o r ig ina l d i rec tor
F rank Dun lop. The theatre is des igned
to serve a young aud ience ; the s e a t s
are cheap and hard and the dec/or is
s t r i c t l y f u n c t i o n a l . The aud ience s i t s on
red-s ta ined benches around three s i d e s of
the s tage g i v i n g an int imate ac tor -
aud ience re l a t i onsh ip .
The autumn s e a s o n opened recent ly
wi th S h a k e s p e a r e ' s Antony and C l e o p a t r a ,
d i rec ted by Frank Dun lop . A l though the
programme notes have no hes i ta t i on in
t e l l i ng us that th is is one of the greates t
poems ever wr i t ten , th is product ion
concen t ra tes on the ac t i ons rather than
the words . T h i s is hardly su rp r i s ing when
you have a F r e n c h C l e o p a t r a , De lph ine
S e y r i g , admi t ted ly w i th a f ine command of
E n g l i s h , who has some d i f f i cu l t y w i th the
ve rse , and an Antony in M i c h a e l Graham
C o x , who does not have su f f i c i en t range
to reach the anger of the b a t t l e f i e l d .
Tha t s a i d , the product ion concen t ra tes
admirab ly on the lesse r cha rac te r s .
Geof f rey Hu tch ings de l i gh ts as the t i psy
L e p i d u s in the famous drunken s c e n e ,
w h i l s t A l f r e d L y n c h ' s Enobarbus has a l l •
the he ro i cs that Antony l a c k s . There is
an e x c e l l e n t c l a r i t y and has te wh i ch
must appea l to the pr imari ly ado lescen t
a u d i e n c e . C a r l Toms ' s k i - s l o p e set
proves somet imes t recherous to the cas t
and g i v e s more the impress ion of an
E g y p t i a n deser t than of the pr iva te
p a l a c e s of Rome and Egyp t in wh i ch s o
much of the p lay is se t .
In repertoi re wi th Antony and Cleo
patra is Robert B o l t ' s A Man For All
Seasons. T h i s - i s the famous account of
S i r Thomas More ' s s tubborn c o n s c i e n c e
r e s i s t i n g the bir th of the e s t a b l i s h e d
Church of E n g l a n d . Its d i rec to r , Stewart
Trot ter , won the HM -Tennent Award for
the best product ion ou ts ide the West End
w i th h is ve r s i on of The Browning
V e r s i o n by Si r Te r rence R a t t i g a n . T h i s
product ion su f fe rs from a spec tacu la r
p i e c e of m i s - c a s t i n g w i t h A l f r e d L y n c h
as More, look ing l i ke nothing s o much
as one of N o r f o l k ' s water s p a n i e l s . It
i s su re ly a m is take in th is int imate theatre
to re ly so heav i l y on make-up for an
actor to appear what he is not.
M i chae l Graham C o x ' s Comman Man,
on the other hand , is per fect . He takes
in the assor tment of bit par ts ; s teward ,
boatman, p u b l i c a n , jury foreman and
s to ry - te l l e r , w i th consummate e a s e and
bu i l ds up an engaging re la t i onsh ip w i th
the a u d i e n c e , tak ing no s i de in the
argument but leading us through the
c o m p l e x i t i e s of the s i x teen th cen tu ry .
F i n a l l y , be warned that both these
p lays may be ' O ' leve l texts and the
a u d i e n c e might c o n s i s t of four hundred
s c h o o l g i r l s who f ind the speech of
C l e o p a t r a ' s eunuch , Mard ian , i r res t i s tab l y
funny. I look forward to the i r November
product ion of a Stoppard doub le -b i l l w i th
in teres t .
No placelessness nor timelessness t Thomas Stevenson
A l e k s e i A rbuzov is one of R u s s i a ' s
most popular current p laywr igh ts ; h i s
play Tanya, wr i t ten in 1 9 3 8 , h a s apparen t l y
a l w a y s been in performance somewhere in
the Sov ie t U n i o n . Old World, wh i ch jo ined
the R o y a l Shakespeare C o m p a n y ' s reper
toire at the A l d w y c h last week is
present ly p l ay ing f i f ty theatres in
R u s s i a .
And ye t , apart from names and obv ious
re fe rences there is nothing par t i cu la r l y
R u s s i a n about th is p l a y . Both charac te rs
have been s t rongly a f fec ted by the war
but desp i t e thei r heavy l o s s e s th i s is
not a t i m e l e s s n e s s and p l a c e l e s s n e s s
even though the author t r ies hard to
f ix us in R i g a in Augus t 1968 . Perhaps
in the Sov ie t Un ion the p l a y ' s product ion
c a n be s l an ted to present two i n d i v i d u a l s
in a brief e s c a p e from a - co l l ec t i ve l i f e ,
but not in London W C 2 .
Anthony Q u a y l e and Peggy Ashc ro f t
p lay the two charac te rs — a doctor and
h i s pat ient at a Sanator ium. She has come
from M o s c o w , where she works in a
c i r c u s . He , a w idower of twenty yea rs
s tand ing , is a s l i gh t l y bi t ter m isogyn is t
awa i t i ng a v i s i t from h i s daughter who
l i v e s in J a p a n . In h i s beau t i fu l l y c o n
s t ruc ted p lay thei r pas ts are g radua l l y
unfo lded and a tenderness deve lops
wh i ch cu lm ina tes in a s c e n e at the
doc to r ' s w i f e ' s grave in a mi l i ta ry
cemetery .
Peggy Ashc ro f t , look ing remarkably
young for a l l her y e a r s , performs w i th a
gay abandon w h i c h wou ld do c red i t to a
woman half her a g e . A t the restaurnat
where they have been to show o f f . her
dar ing Moscow fash ion they perform a
s l i g h t l y drunken dance w i th great care
and , in a c racked vo i ce she s i n g s one
of her o ld c i r c u s songs . Anthony Q u a y l e
i s no less endear ing as he s u c k s the
s w e e t s wh i ch for the past twenty years
have he lped h im to g i ve up s m o k i n g /
Ra lp h K o l t a i ' s se t t i ngs admirab ly set
of the per formance. P a t i e n t s , passers -by
and restaurant patrons are represented
by grey scu lp ted f igures wh i ch g ive an
unobt rus ive impress ion l i fe go ing on
around them.
pageant of k i ngs p a s s e s ac ross the
s t a g e , each to be defeated by dece i t or
by force of numbers.
Y e t we never see a s i n g l e bat t le .
By conven t i on the conbatants meet before
hand, then thunder ing drums and very
ie f fect ive l igh t ing dep ic t the bat t le and
M eanwh i l e , on the other s i d e of
Water loo B r i dge , the Na t i ona l Thea t re ' s
ma in aud i tor ium — the O l i v i e r Theat re —
has opened w i th a long overdue product ion
of Ch r i s t ophe r Ma r l owe ' s e p i c Tamburlalne
The Great. And what a product ion to
open th is magn i f i cen t theatre! With a
cas t of f i f ty the p lay s h o w s the conques t
of the wor ld from Europe to P e r s i a by a
P e r s i a n shepherd who never l o s e s . A
R e n a i s s a n c e at the New V ic to r i a Theatre
(17th October)
R e n a i s s a n c e mus i c is rather un ique ;
they produce gracefu l n e o - c l a s s i c a l tunes
that often embody a great depth of f e e l i n g .
T h e y ' r e very much a k i n to Pe te r Frampton
in that they ' re a B r i t i s h group who ' ve
made it b ig in the US and who are only
just reapp ing some s u c c e s s over here.
L a s t Sunday was indeed en te r ta in ing ,
marred only s l i g h t l y at the end by a lack
of concen t ra t i on or s i n c e r i t y dur ing b i ts
of 'Mother Russia', the g roup 's t r ibute to
A l e x a n d e r S o l z e n i t s y n , and 'The Song Of
Scheherazade'.
Bar r ing that the group we re in good
form from the s tar t , as were the know
ledgeable a u d i e n c e . The i r reporto i re (the
group 's spanned three s tud io L P s , ' A s h e s
Are Burning', 'Turn of the Cards' and
Scheherazade And Other Stones'. 'Can
You Understand', from the f i rs t of t hese ,
opened the 90-minute se t . L i k e s o many
of their songs the melod ic tones of
A n n i e H a s l e m kept w e l l above the e r r ie
and s c i n t i l l a t i n g inst rumental background
A f r i vo lous number 'Carpet of The
Sun' f o l l owed and then A n n i e too took
Tumbur la ine returns v i c t o r i ous once
a g a i n .
A l be r t F i n n e y is Tambur la ine , a part
w h i c h s u i t s him per fec t l y ; at f i rs t the
s i newy shepherd dea l i ng brusquely wi th
h i s enemies and then the age ing widower
c rue l in h i s ty ranny. H i s w i f e , Zenoc ra te ,
p layed by Susan F l e e t w o o d , i s the only
in f luence he w i l l accep t , and it is du ly
her p lead ing that w i l l save her father,
the only v i c t i m to be spa red .
Ch ie f amongst Tambur l a i ne ' s adver
s a r i e s is B a j a z e t h , Emperor of Tu rkey ,
who a r r i ves in great magn i f i cence ,
accompan ied by h i s queen . In art amus ing
s c e n e B a j e z e t h , p layed by Denn i s Qu i I ley ,
and Tambur la ine try to out do each other
in the d read fu lness of their treatment of
vangu i shed . Ba jaze th f i na l l y k i l l s
h imse l f by beat ing h is bra ins out on t h *
bars of the t iny ca fe in wh i ch Tambur la ine
has secured h im.
The ve rse speak ing is exce l l en t and
the fas t pace is kept up throughout the
four hours w h i c h the p lay l a s t s .
The new theatre is superb . A l though
the aud ience is arranged in a 180° a rc
around the s t a g e , the two s i d e b locks
are ra i sed so thdt there is no f ee l i ng of
being in a vas t s e a of heads .The audi tor ium
is so s teep ly raked that you are a lmost
unc ons c i ou s of anyone s i t t i ng in front
of y o u . We have yet to s e e , however ,
what the much vaunted ve rsa t i l e
machinery w i l l do .
on an eerie_ facade for 'Ocean Gypdfy'.
The more conven t iona l 'Running Hard'
was next up, and th i s , together wi th
'Gypsy' r e a l l y goes to show why J o h n
Tout is one of the two l ynchp ins of
R e n a i s s a n c e , A n n i e being the other . He
dominates the band 's mus ic wi th a
var ied set of keyboard and s y n t h e s i z e r
n o i s e s that are oft g radua l ly bui l t i n to
a d e a r cacophony of eng ross ing s o u n d s .
E x c e p t for the two aforement ioned
t racks the even ing went ext remely w e l l ;
the group were c a l l e d back for the now
obl igatory encore of 'Ashes Are Burning',
ending as usual w i th a s p e c t a c u l a r
mir ror -ba l l l igh t ing e f fec t . A n n i e ' s v o i c e
bounced around the theatre and then
they were gone.
8 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976
WHAT'S OH coat Gig
Ultravox: Nashville North End Rd. (01 603 6071). Rockets: Red Cow, Hammersmith Rd. The Damned: Hope and Anchor, Upper St., (01 359 4510). Roogalator: Dingwalls, Camden Lock (01 267 4967).
Misce l laneous
RCS Nite Out To Visit 'Rockey Horror Show' 7.30pm Stan's Bar. Cost £ 1 .
STOIC Transmission: 1pm. T V sets in J C R , Union, Southside. Fi lm Talk - Mel Frank, Director of 'The Duchess & The Dirtwater Fox ' .
Y M F o l k
IC Folk Club: Rosy Hardman. 8pm. IC Union Lower Refectory.
Dinner
Mike Dinner: 7.00 for 7.30pm. Union Dining Room. £5 . Tickets from Union Office.
Rag Stunt:
RCS Stunt: RCS Penny for the Guy collection at Harrods. Meet
RCSU Office 1pm. " .
C l u b Act iv i ty
Guilds Motor Club Visi ts. Vauxhall Car Factory. (In afternoon).
Further details on Motor Club Notice Board outside Guilds Union
Office. Al l IC WELCOME
YDinner
Guilds Electrical.: Engineering Fresher's Dinner. 7pm for 7.30pm. Sherfield Building. £3.40. Tickets from C & G Union Office and Social Reps.
F i l m
IC Ents Fi lm: 'Go ld ' , starring Roger Moore. 6.30pm. Mech Eng 220. 15p.
C l u b A c t i v i t y
IC T.M. Society: (Meeting will start with group meditation). 6.30pm. Elec Ena 606
Misce l l aneous
STOIC Transmission: 1pm & 6pm. T V sets in J C R , Union and Southside. Lunchbreak — News/Magazine Programme.
YParty
Gui lds/ IF Party. 8pm. Concert Ha l l . Tickets £1 from C & G / I F Union (This includes Disco, Food and Bar Ticket.). ,
M isce l l aneous
R C A iDept of General Studies) Lecture by John Carswell on Turkish and Syrian Pottery'. 2.00pm. RCA Lecture Theatre.
MMisce l l aneous
BO Goes To Brighton: Meet in Hyde Park in night clothes. Coach to see Bo arrive in Brighton £3 (includes lunch). Tickets-from Paul Bent ley.
Felix local film guide When using the entries for f i lms in th is supplement
p lease remember to check with the dai ly and evening p r e s s
for t imes and any possible, changes in programmes. T o be
real ly sure, ring the c i n ema concerned.
IC F i lm Society: Pasol ini 's THE PASSENGER. Jack Nicholson
and Maria Schneider. 6.15pm ME 220
T H E MINEMA: L'EMMERDEUR (Plain in the A * * * ) . Student con
cessions: Mon — F r i . Two students get in on single ticket. Student
card reg'd. (NB There must be two of you to get this reduction).
Tickets: £1 .50 .
G A T E CINEMA (727 5750): SEBASTINANE. Student concession:
First afternoon show £1 .00 .
PARIS P U L L M A N (373 5898): CELINE & JULIE GO BOATING.
French film, English subtitles. Student concession: Mon and Tues
nights. 90p (normally £1.20) .
A B C F U L H A M RD (370 2636):
1. Picnic at Hanging Rock. Critically acclaimed Aussie offering.
Good photography.
S If you are interested in
athletics contact A Daicy Phy
sics III via internal mail or
A C C letter racks.
RYoung Americans album by
David Bowie for sale as new,
£ 1 . A lso sports steering
wheel, suitable for Imp or
Avenger, £2 . Apply to M
Osborn, RSMU Office.
GOn Tuesday 2nd November
there wil l be a free slide
show featuring Alps, England
etc. Everybody welcome at
8.00pm RSM G20 (opp.
main entrance on right).
E This week's winner is John
Margreaves, C iv Eng III with a
total of 118 points.
.There will be a meeting of
the IC Transcendental Medita
tion Society, starting with
group meditation, on Thursday
4th November at 6.30pm in
Elec Eng 606 to which a l l
meditators are invited.
MOn Tuesday 2nd November
at 1pm there will be an intro
ductory talk in E lec Eng 402b
on transcendental meditation.
SThe Guilds, II- pany will be
held on Friday 5th November
at 8.00pm in Concert Hal l .
Tickets are available from
Gui lds / IF Unions for £1 which
includes a disco, food and a
bar ticket.
TThere wil l be a series of
3 lectures on Socialist Demo
cracy, all held on Monday
evenings at 7.30pm in the
ICWA lounge starting on
November 1st when the subject
wil l be 'Socialist Democracy
according to Marx, Engels &
Kenin; the speaker wil l be
Jack Cohen from the editorial
board of Marxism Today. The
2. Futureworld. Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner in Sc i -F i tale about
perfect world of entertainment. Has good moments.
3. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES. Cl int Eastwood in his own film
about fanner out for revenge. Very watchable, good performance
from'Eastwood as the hero.
4. THE SHOOTIST. Don't be taken in by the sentimental bilge
pouring from the national press. This is a good film from the Duke
and he is far from being on the way out. Star cast includes James
Stewart, Lauren Bacal l , John Cardine, etc. Tickets: £1.50.
ODEON KENSINGTON High St (602 664415):
/. THE OMEN. Gregory Peck, Lee Remick in better than average
horror film. Not for the squennish, especially in the spering and
closing sequences. Good Technical effects.
2. TAXI DRIVER. Rober de Niro. Excellent film.
3. MURDER BY DEATH: Pter Sellers, David Niven, Richard
Attenborougfa et al in mystery comedy. If not quite a laugh a
minute then at least a grin a second. Tickets: £1 .00 , £1 .30 .
O D E O N KING'S RD (352 5858* CARRY ON ENGLAND. Unless
you want severe celluloid indigestion avoid this rubbish. After
over 40 Carry.on's I think the joke's about wrn thin. Really should
be reserved for the telly when everyone's asleep. Tickets: 80p,
£1 .00 , £1 .50 .
Paul Ekpenyong
small ads second lecture, by George
Buidges wil l be on 'Socialist
Democracy as it exists?' on
November 15th and the final
one, 'The Modern Communist
Parties' approach ID social ist
Democracy, on December 6th
will be addressed by Jon
Bloomfield, National Student
Organiser of British Com
munist Partv.
MRoom wanted immediately just
for a couple of months preferably
in nearby area contact Joelle
French Int 2139 or 589 5111
Ext 2384.
KAnyone who wants to play
with the Folk Band who grace
Stan's Bar every Saturday is
advised to see Stan himself.
Liquid refreshment in lieu of
payment will be provided.
FELIX
STAFF
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Ittfan to
Name a lane
Dear S i r , — With the i n c r e a s i n g
comp lex i t y of one-way sys tems
i n L o n d o n , i t i s now not on ly
d i f f i cu l t to get where one
w a n t s , b u t i t i s a l s o i n c r e a s i n g l y
d i f f i c u l t to be d i r e c t e d over a
new route by someone who
knows the w a y . T o overcome
t h i s , a new techn ique has been
d e v i s e d It c o n s i s t s of naming
the lane requi red by an
appropr iate p o l i t i c a n . E . g . A
four lane one way street may
be d i v i d e d into the M i c h a e l
F o o t , Sh i r l y W i l l i a m s , E d w a r d
Hea th« and E n o c h P o w e l l
l anes . " S i m i l a r l y , turn ings
might be refer red to as ' A
q u i c k L o o n e y B e n n ' .
There i s o b v i o u s l y room for
ex pans io n o f te rmino lgy . A n
o l f lady who d r i ves down the
middle of a two way street
might be a C y r i l Sm i t h . 1 leave
the deve lopements to your
readers , p a u s i n g on ly to note ,
that i n I C a U-turn might be
refered to as a S o n i a H o c h f e l d e r .
Y o u r s , etc
H I L A X
( F e l i x C r o s s w o r d compi le r )
Discount fallacies
Dear s i r , - M o n d a y ' s F E L I X
ca r r i ed a much needed
a n a l y s i s of the p l a c e s around
South K e n that g i ve d i s c o u n t s
to ho lde rs of the new N U S
d iscoun t c a r d . Unfor tunate ly
the a r t i c l e d id not inc lude a
c r i t i c a l a p p r a i s a l of the true
worth of the scheme .
F o r example y o u might
have to spend £20 to recoup
your i n i t i a l £2 o u t l a y . D i d
you know that a l l the theatres
g ive student d i scoun t to
holders of any v a l i d student
ID ca rd? A s for the ho te l s
and res tau ran ts , I have to
laugh at d i s c o u n t s there. On
a grant it i s d i f f i c u l t enough
to af ford a c l e a n w e e k e n d , let
a lone a dir ty one!
Moreover most of the
p u b l i c a t i o n s l i s t e d g ive the
same d i s c o u n t s to a l l bonef ide
s tuden ts .
Tha t c o v e r s 7 5 % of the
l o c a l p l a c e s l i s t e d . T h e on l y
shops where the ca rd wou ld
be use fu l are ' W . H . Smi th ,
C l o t h e s s h o p s , h a i r d r e s s e r s
and record s h o p s . I r e a l i s e
that th i s let ter g i v e s the
N S D S ca rd a ha rsh treatment,
th is i s because I have borne
i n mind that the card i s
supposed to he lp s t re tch the
grant further. In fac t the
card w i l l on iy make l i v i n g
cheaper for s tudents who
c a n af ford to buy more expen
s i v e a r t i c l e s than those
s tudents on a grant .
F i n a l l y , i f N U S rea l l y
want to make student l i f e
f i n a n c i a l l y e a s i e r , then they
ought to campa ign harder for
higher g rants . Or i s it b e c a u s e
C h a r l e s C l a r k e and C o want
to get into P a r l i a m e n t that
they kept l as t y e a r ' s grants
campa ign on a very low key?
Y o u r s s i n c e r e l y
C l i f f M i l l e r
P h y s i c s 2 .
Dear S i r , — How k ind of the
N U S to arrange the d i s c o u n t s
l i s t e d i n t oday ' s F p L I X . The
imp l i ca t i on of your a r t i c l e i s
that you -need- a N a t i o n a l
Student D i s c o u n t C a r d to
obta in a l l t he goods or
s e r v i c e s . d e s c r i b e d ; but th is
i s far frQm the t ruth.
I have been a Times reader
for the past n ine years at the
cheap rate and even my most
recent cheque from them d idn ' t
ment ion an N U S C a r d .
Furthermore student d i s c o u n t s
are a v a i l a b l e , c e r t a i n l y at
The National, at The Royal
Shakespeare Company
( A l d w y c h ) ' to members of a
recognised student body and
there i s no need to offer
N U S c a r d .
B y the w a y , why does N U S
sudden ly f e e l i t has to charge
for a s e r v i c e it h a s p rov ided
free for so long? Ano the r
example of i n f i n i t e in f l a t i on?
Y o u r s s i n c e r e l y
T o m Stevenson
Soc. Soc.
reply Dear S i r , — L a s t w e e k Mr
Wi l l i am s a t t acked Soc Soc and
r a i s e d some po in ts that I
wou ld l i k e to go ove r , namely
(i) are we competant to , and
shou ld w e , debate p o l i t i c a l
i s s u e s ?
( i i ) Ind iv idua l a c t i o n v e r s u s
i n d i v i d u a l s ac t i ng c o l l e c t i v e l y ,
and
( i i i ) What is the func t ion o f an
U G M and the union?
F i r s t l y , the argument that
the government knows bes t
may be e a s i l y shown to be
f a l s e . If the peop le are not
competant to th ink about
p o l i t i c a l i s s u e s , by what
argument c a n they mean ing fu l l y
e l e c t people to do th is for
them?
N e v e r t h e l e s s , we do have
p o l i t i c i a n s ; but are they r e a l l y
more in formed than the res t of
u s ? A f t e r a l l , they have a lo t
to d e a l w i t h . T h e fac t that
peop le want to th ink about
wor ld i s s u e s i s made c l e a r by
the quan t i t i es o f n e w s and
comment put out d a i l y .
S e c o n d l y , i t i s doubt fu l
that the • democracy that Mr
Wi l l i am s ho lds so dear wou ld
e x i s t but for the c o l l e c t i v e
ac t i on of peop le over the
Continued on back page
PRIZE X-WORD No. 1 by HILAX C l u e s A c r o s s
1. L i g h t reading for those w i th
weak s p i n e s .
2 . A n i m a l in someth ing Women's
L i b e x u d e s .
11 . Short accoun t , not a ta le
13 . Move l ight ly about l i f t .
14. The a c i d i t y of g lue has l i t t le
to do wi th a Sco ts p lough.
1 5 . G i r l from a common sou rce
of baked beans .
16. Start the a d m i s s i b l e f a c t s .
17. Manuscr ip t males may go
back to l e s s e r theonems.
18 . One who is (and in) a
menta l ly d i f f i d e n t .
2 1 . What one wants from the
C o s t a P a c k e t (2)
2 3 . Pa r t l y changes s ta tus dur ing
the oc t i ve of a f e s t i v a l .
24. What i s ' b l a c k and h igh ly
dangerous (not a crow wi th a
gun). (2).
2 5 . T h e e ldes t daughter 's r ight
of f i rs t c h o i c e i s a n e c e s s i t y
w i thout i ts con f us i o n .
28 . Mounta in s tandard time (US
presumably)
30 . L a n d e d , but on f i re we hear.
3 2 . Games I p lay about w i t h , or
send back for mytho log ies (K
B a i t h e s ) .
3 3 . A mere cabbage (gettit)
34 . R e s v e r s e a game
3 5 . L e a v e out Sco ts lake from
mo is tens
36. A p t l y pos i t i oned counterpart
of 9 down?
C l u e s Down
1. S p e a k s , and makes qu ip to
i ns i gn i f i can t peop le .
2 . C h a r l i e the B a k e r can s ta r t .
3 . S t ra in s igh t for equal
4 . F e e s from f lower may make
mixture w h i c h t h e n s w e a t s .
5 . M o e k s tatty c l o t h e s
6 . T o the blunt end
7 . Mix t runcated day for h ighest
peak of exc i tment .
8 . C o w s
9. Approp ia te l y p laced counter
part of 36 a c r o s s .
12. A long cha t (cheat)
18. A t th is c l u e
19. E n v e l o p e d co loured l i n e s
man minus Ken t .
20 . So c a n o ld Ital ian .
2 1 . Game gone wi thout no tes ,
but mix up a f oo t l ess s t o c k i n g .
22 . M ix it up (OK what a g i ve
yawa) .
26 . L a s t s a l t lats
2 7 . A burglar , in a U S burglary
e g g .
28 . Mosque o f f i ce r , wh ich wou ld
g i ve a foot if on goes O and b
e n d s .
29 . In chasm it might make a
s t a i n . 31 Re len t (cruel)
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10 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Debating Society The University of London Union has
two main a i m s . The f i rs t is to br ing
together s tudents from a l l c o l l e g e s w i th in
the U n i v e r s i t y v i a Spor t ing C l u b s and
S o c i e t i e s , ca te r i ng for a w ide range of
a c t i v i t i e s not found in the sma l l e r
c o l l e g e s . Many of the spor ts c l u b s
compete at a very h igh leve l and represent
the U n i v e r s i t y in B r i t i s h U n i v e r s i t y
Sports Fede ra t i on compe t i t i ons . The
other a im i s to represent student v i e w s
to the U n i v e r s i t y au thor i t i es on matters
wh i ch are not con f ined to a s i n g l e
c o l l e g e . U L U therefore has three main
a reas of ac t i v i t y - Spor ts , S o c i e t i e s and
the Students Rep resen ta t i ve C o u n c i l
( S R C ) .
wE a c h func t ion i s run by a seperate
body. In the c a s e of the c l u b s and
s o c i e t i e s it is a commit tee compr i s ing
rep resen ta t i ves from each i nd i v i dua l
c l u b / s o c i e t y ; In the c a s e of the S R C
it is a commit tee of de lega tes from a l l
the c o l l e g e s w i th in the U n i v e r s i t y , the
number of de lega te s be ing roughly
proport ional to the number of s tudents at
that c o l l e g e . T h e s e three bod ies , the
Sports C o u n c i l , S o c i e t i e s C o u n c i l and
S R C are co-ord ina ted by the Genera l
Pu rposes Commi t t ee , c o n s i s t i n g of
represen ta t i ves from each commit tee,
together w i th the Pres iden t and Deputy
P r e s i d e n t . The latter two are sabba t i ca l
o f f i ce rs e l e c t e d annua l l y by a joint
meet ing of the C l u b s and S o c i e t i e s
commi t tees and the S R C . The G P C a l s o
has ove ra l l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for Sennet and
over looks the U n i o n ' s f i n a n c i a l e x p e n d i
ture. The Un ion is f i nanced d i rec t l y by
the U n i v e r s i t y and th is y e a r ' s budget
i s of the order of £120,000.
eThe S R C is the on ly student body
recogn ised by London Un i ve r s i t y as a
negot ia t ing body and consequent l y
represents s tuden ts on matters of
U n i v e r s i t y w ide Interest such as Inter
c o l l e g i a t e H a l l s . It a l s o sends e l e c t e d
rep resen ta t i ves to the Jo in t Commi t tee of
Sena te /S tuden ts Rep resen ta t i ve C o u n c i l .
IC u s u a l l y sends three or four de lega tes
to S R C meet ings u s u a l l y the P r e s i d e n t ,
E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s O f f i c e r and U L U R e p ,
who th is year is -D H a r r i s s o n . We a l s o
have De r r i c k Eve re t t who las t year was
e Iected as a member of the S R C E x e c — qu i ie
a su rp r i se s i n c e the S R C i s dominated bv
the Broad Le f t , and they usua l l y ca rve up
the e l e c t i o n s between t h e m s e l v e s . In fact
both th is y e a r ' s P res i den t and Deputy
P r e s i d e n t , R i c h a r d S i l ve r and L y n
M i l l i n g t o n - W a l l a c e are B road Le f t members
eAt present a work ing party i s i nves t
igat ing the s t ruc ture of U L U and i s
supposed to report back soon wi th
p roposa ls to change the b a s i s of member
sh ip from i n d i v i d u a l members to a
structure more a k i n to N U S that is a
confedera t ion of c o l l e g e U n i o n s . U L U
membership ca rds are n e c e s s a r y when
you w i s h to use the f a c i l i t i e s offered at
Malet S t , and are a v a i l a b l e from your
Cons t i t uan t C o l l e g e Un ion o f f i c e s not
from the ICU o f f i ce .
Hugh Barrett
External Affairs Officer
F o l l o w i n g the large amount of in teres t
shown at the F r e s h e r s F a i r , the D e b a t i n g
S o c i e t y is o r g a n i s i n g a va r i ed s e r i e s of
meet ings fo r t h i s y e a r . We have two awards
to be won — an i n t e r - C C U trophy and a
f reshers pot.
There are a l s o p l a n s for a debate
between two prominent ou ts ide s p e a k e r s ,
p o s s i b l y Members of P a r l i a m e n t . L a t e r on
th is yea r , the C o l l e g e may enter a team
for a na t i ona l s tudents deba t ing compet i t i on
o rgan ised by the 'Observer' newspaper .
However , the f i r s t debate to be he ld th is
year w i l l be a part of the s e r i e s of the
i n t e r - C C U d e b a t e s . F u l l de ta i l s w i l l be
a d v e r t i s e d throughout C o l l e g e and i n
the near fu ture.
T h e C C U trophy i s to be con tes ted on
a league b a s i s ; e a c h un ion en te r ing one
or more teams of three peop le . The
f reshers pot may be awarded to the f i r s t
year s tudent who performs the bes t in
these deba tes , or, i f there i s su f f i c i en t
in te res t , by a ' b a l l o o n deba te ' la ter on i n
the year . A l l those in te res ted in tak ing
part in these debates shou ld con tac t
thei r C C U o f f i c e .
MJ Cotton
ICDS Pub l ic i ty Of f icer
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F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976 - 11
FELIX SPORT r
IC daisy pickers save a point U C F i r s t s 1 IC F i r s t 1
The game s ta r ted very
s c r a p p i l y w i t h very l i t t l e
cons t ruc t i ve p l a y from e i ther
s i d e . IC were comp lacen t and
le tha rg i c , L i n d o n g show ing as
much en thus iasm as a eunuch
in a bro the l , and Hunt ing ton
p l a y i n g i n a menta l fog after
h is rap id promot ion to the
d i z z y he ights of the f i rs t team,
Howeve r Steve Gee showed
s igns of l i fe and on seve ra l
o c c a s i o n s he a c t u a l l y r a i s e d a
can te r , p rov ing what a night
of abs t i nence can do for y o u .
T h a f i r s t ha l f wore on and
f i n i shed wi thout se r ious
i nc iden t . (Ha l f t in® 0 —0).
E a r l y i n the s e c o n d h a l f the
c rowd (one gardener) was
stunned to s i l e n c e a s the
sequence o f even ts l ead ing to
the U C goal un fo l ded . B a k e r ,
•who was intent on ca rna l
mayhem, jo ined w i th B r a b b i n ,
who was tak ing t ime off from
h is d a i s y p i c k i n g , and both
spec ta ted the departure of a
U C forward as he c a l m l y
s t roked the b a l l past the
outs t re tched hands of the IC
keeper A l l e n .
s IC were then f loored once
more as C h r i s H o w l e y and
P a t Frampton made Bugne r and
Dunn look l i k e B i l l and B e n .
With a resound ing c r a s h the
two g lad ia to rs f e l l to the
ground wi th h i d e o u s head
in ju r ies seeming ly to take no
further part in the game.
With 9 men IC surged
forward but time w a s t i c k i n g
a w a y . Gr imwade had a shot
sc ramb led of f the l i n e . A
header from L i n d o n g sc raped
the outs ide of the post from a
w e l l - s t r u c k Hunt ing ton f ree-
k i c k . With minutes to go
Frampton and Howley returned
to the game swathed from head
to foot in e l a s t r o p l a s t .
Seconds rema in ing , a . f ree-
k i c k s t ruck by Gr imwade into
the U C pena l t y a rea for
Hunt ington to p ivouet te on a
s i xpence and s t r i ke the b a l l
somehow into the net on h i s
third at tempt. F i n a l score 1—1.
. . . . while Seconds 'Superstars' demolish nets
I C ' s 'Wednesday 2nd team'
took to the f i e l d at Shen ley l as t
Wednesday in a con f iden t frame
of mi'nd, f o l l o w i n g the 3—1
defeat of K i n g s C o l l e g e
H o s p i t a l Seconds the p rev ious
Wednesday.
P l a y i n g down the s lope i n
the f i rs t ha l f , IC were soon
1—0 up when P a u l Garnham
nodded a p rec i se free k i c k
from the soon- to -be- in ju red
c a p t a i n , Gordon P i c k e r i n g ,
over the keepe r ' s h e a d . Three
more were to f o l l ow before
ha l f t ime.
F i r s t , ' supe rs ta r ' m i d f i e l d
p l a y e r , P a u l H e i d n w a s g iven
too much s p a c e i n the U C
pena l ty a rea ; he turned q u i c k l y
to lob the b a l l over the
advanc ing keeper .
A good b a c k - h e e l from
Garnham saw John Demni te
through to beat two men before
snoot ing none d e c i s i v e l y .
U C launched few a t t acks
in th is pe r i od and these a l l
were e a s i l y dea l t w i th by Pe te
Ru t t y and John H a r g r e a v e s . J u s t
before ha l f t ime, Gare th
R o b e r t s , the We lsh w i z a r d ,
shot from w ide on the r ight o f
the U C pena l ty area to make
it 4 - 0 to I C .
U C became more a g g r e s s i v e
i n the second ha l f , but I C had
the expe r i enced c o o l of
P i c k e r i n g at r ight b a c k , and
F i n n i s in goa l to keep them
at bay .
A s the ha l f p rog ressed IC
aga in began to get on top a s
kn igh t l y and Johnson p ressured
the U C de fence .
With ten minu tes rema in ing ,
up popped that man , H e i d n ,
a g a i n , to shoot nome from
20 y a r d s , and make the f ina l
sco re , 5 - 0 to I C .
y
Unbeaten run continues IC Extras 34 - Har lequins (5ths) 16
I C s e c o n d s , p l a y i n g the i r
f i rs t c l u b o p p o s i t i o n of the
s e a s o n , gave a very imp ress i ve
performance to add to the i r
run of v i c t o r i e s .
I C los t the toss and ' Q u i n s
c h o o s e to p lay aga ins t the
w i n d , g i v i ng I C the advantage
in the f i rs t ha l f .
The advantage q u i c k l y
showed as the b a l l was
permanent ly i n the ' Q u i n s
ha l f . A s e r i e s of qu i ck p a s s e s
put Armst rong over for a try
in the corner . I C i n c r e a s e d
the i r l ead when ' Q u i n s fumbled
a h igh k i c k and G i b s o n p i c k e d
up the loose b a l l and d i v e d
over the l ine to make i t 8—0.
The th i rd try w a s s im i l a r
to the f i r s t , Gregory s c o r i n g
in the corner after good work
by Dun lea ry . 12—0 at hal f t ime.
I C then turned to face the
w i n d and w i t h i n 5 minutes had
added another try f rom B l o c k .
F r o m then on the p l a y swung
from end to end w i t h teams
sco r i ng a l t e rna te l y , 3 t r ies
e a c h . The I C t r ies a l l came
from good, we l l - suppo r ted
b reaks and P a r k i n s o n , S io rnak
and Dun leary sco red t r ies wh i ch
were conver ted by Gregory , to
make it 34 — 16 at the f i na l
w h i s t l e .
In a fas t , e x c i t i n g and
s k i l f u l match IC showed the
ab i l i t y w i t h w h i c h they
have won their f i rs t four games ,
c o n c e e d i n g on ly 23 po in ts wh i l e
sco r i ng a m a s s i v e to ta l of
206. T h e forwards d i d p a r t i c u l
a r l y w e l l aga ins t the heav ie r a n d
more expe r i enced ' Q u i n s
pack and prov ided the d r i v i n g
force for th is good w i n by
g i v i n g good b a l l to the backs
who u s e d it w e l l and made
st rong r u n s .
T e a m : - Armstrong, Parkinson,
Block, Gibson, Gregory,
Dunleary, Howard, Zawarotko,
Fishburn, Foley, Grant,
Brunnen, Siomiak, Farr,
Atteck.
Mike G ibson (Capt)
TThroughout the w in te r there
w i l l be c r i c k e t nets . oh
T u e s d a y n ights at G o v e r
Schoo l Wandswor th . A l l
in teres ted meet i n U n i o n
L o w e r Lounge at 6 .30pm.
s
Cranwell
dominated . . . IC 2 Cranwel l (Egham) 1
I C began the s e a s o n w e l l
aga ins t a s ide of t r i c ky
' I n d i a n s ' , who had some
s k i l f u l i n d i v i d u a l s .
The C o l l e g e had the better
of the f i rs t ha l f , w i t h D o u g a l
dominant i n m i d f i e l d . T h i s
l ead to a g o a l , jus t before
ha l f t ime, by F a t a n i a .
The second ha l f saw C r a n
w e l l put t ing thei r game together
to p ressure the I C d e f e n c e . It
was this- per iod that won the
day for I C , who h e l d out
ext remely w e l l , thus f rus t ra t ing
the o p p o s i t i o n . T h e r e were
some f ine per formances from
H u c k l e , C u l l u m , Bar re t t and
M c R o b i e .
C r a n w e l l d i d , however ,
manage to soore a hot ly
d i spu ted ' o f f s i d e ' g o a l .
Du r i n g the lat ter s tages
the ca lmer IC m i d f i e l d took over
and good work by Seth i l ed to
the w i n n i n g goa l by M i d d l e t o n .
. . . and Jesus
crucified IC 4 J e s u s C o l l e g e Oxford 3
• A f te r samp l i ng the l o c a l
a l e , the hatsman began the
game in f ine sp i r i t , c o n t r o l l i n g
the game on a f ine p i t c h . I C ,
however , proved unable to take
advantage of sh rewd approach
work by P a r k e r and C r e e k .
J e s u s took the lead w i th the
las t h i t of the f i r s t ha l f , and
on ly their s e c o n d shot at goaL
T h e second h a l f began in
reverse (!) w i th J e s u s dominat
ing the g a m e D e s p i t e th is
I C ' s M i l l e r and M idd le ton
s c o r e d from b r e a k a w a y s .
T h e third IC g o a l was the
bes t , a w e l l worked short
corner e n a b l i n g Se th i to s c o r e .
T h e n the beer s ta r ted to take
e f fec t on the I C team and
H u t s o n was b l i nded by two
inc red ib l e g o a l s . F o r t u n a t e l y
M idd le ton had added another
w i th a sort of under-head hi t( ! ! )
to g ive us a j u s t i f i e d v i c t o r y .
M U D - F R E E On Saturday the 16th O c t , the
X,-Country c l u b p a i d i t s second
v i s i t to Pa r t y H i l l F i e l d s .
On th is o c c a s i o n we were to
be spared the a g o n i z i n g f i ve
and a .hal f m i l es of a mud bath .
In i ts p lace we were to part
i c ipa te in a re lay race c o n s i s t i n g
of 6 legs of��a m i l e s — the
U C r e l a y .
I C , w i t h the he lp of a few
we lcome ' o u t s i d e r s ' , managed
to f i e l d 3 teams . Steve Webb
l ed off for the l s t team and in
an ex t remely keen f i r s t l eg d i d
very w e l l , pu t t ing the team in
13th p l a c e w i th a run o f 8
mins 2 4 s e c s . Unfor tunate ly
after th i s l eg the 3rd team were
ahead of the 2nd (oops) .
In face of f ie rce compet i t i on
I C ' s l s t team h e l d on to 13th
p l a c e throughout the race ,
thanks to good runs from D
R o s e n and G S w e l l . T h e 2nd
team p u l l e d up 3 or 4 p laces
to f i n i s h 33rd and the 3rd
team dropping to 37th. The
w inne rs , i n c i d e n t l y , were
B i rm ingham U n i v e r s i t y .
12 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976
STUDENT WORLD D
B A T H
B a t h U n i v e r i s i t y has removed
£100,000 i n inves tments from
compan ies w i t h South A f r i c a n
s u b s i d i a r i e s af ter a request
from the s tuden t s ' un ion . The
news came i n a tetter th i s
week from the V i c e C h a n c e l l o r ,
P r o f es s o r P a u l Mathews (head
of I C ' s P h y s i c s department
t i l l September) t e l l i n g student
union pres ident Stuart A p p l e t o n
that ' the e q u i t i e s to w h i c h the
student un ion ob jec ted have
been s o l d ' .
mMaths s tudents are l e s s w e l l
prepared for un ive rs i t y cou rses
than they used to b e , c o n c l u d e s
the v i c e - c h a n c e l l o r s ' commit tee
( C . V . C . P . ) . T h e trouble i s that
the w ide r range of the
c i r r i c u l u m at s c h o o l r esu l t s in
l e s s s p e c i a l i s e d mathemat ica l
know ledge . (Report from the
Times Higher Education
Supplement).
eA b r a i l l e c a l c u l a t o r has
been deve loped a t West
V i r g i n i a U n i v e r i s i t y . . It w i l l
per form most s tandard c a l c u l a t o r
f unc t i ons , i n c l u d i n g a r i t hme t i c ,
l ogar i thmic , e x p o n e n t i a l and
t r igonometr ic ope ra t i ons , (report
form THES)
SO n l y 59 out of 821 i ns t i t u t i on s
of h igher educa t ion prov ide
nursery f a c i l i t i e s , accord ing to
a new N U S report — in other
words there are o n l y 2 ,000
p l a c e s for the c h i l d r e n of
5,000 parent s tuden ts . Out of
84 u n i v e r s i t i e s only 31 prov ide
any form of day c a r e , and
fees are not s t anda rd i sed . Ken t
and U E A have the best f a c i l i t i e s ,
a n d a new nursery i s l i k e l y to
open at Cambr idge next y e a r .
SP l a n s to extend the resea rch
work at the Open U n i v e r s i t y to
a s i m i l a r l e v e l to other
u n i v e r s i t i e s in B r i t a i n may have
to. be put a s i d e ow ing to the
lack. ' of government s u b s i d e s .
( T H E S ) .
r•
T h e L a n c a s t e r branch of .the
A s s o c i a t i o n o f U n i v e r s i t y
T e a c h e r s a t tacked the* A U T /
N U S ' s " s i t - i n c o n v e n t i o n "
(see l as t w e e k ' s "S tuden t
W o r l d " ) as unrepresenta t ive
and c o l l a b o r a t i o n i s t .
lP u b l i c expend i tu re cu ts and
the r i se in subsc r i p t i ons to
in te rna t iona l s c i e n t i f i c organ
i z a t i ons - th rea ten to reduce the
S c i e n c e R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l ' s
budget to one s i x th l e s s in rea l
terms in 1980 than i n 1973,
acco rd ing to the c o u n c i l ' s
annua l report . C u t - b a c k s by the
S R C w i l l af fect i t s nuc lea r
p h y s i c s programmes (from £41
m i l l i o n to £29.5 m i l l i o n pa) and
i t s space research (from £26
m i l l i o n to £20 m i l l i o n ) and
un ive rs i t y educa t ion and
research may u l t imate ly be h i t ,
desp i t e i n i t i a l p l ans to i nc rease
expendi ture i n these f i e l d s . A
s a v i n g of near ly £Vi m i l l i o n
c o u l d be made by a sugges ted
c l o s i n g of the two par t i c le
a c c e l e r a t o r s , N i n a (at the
Daresbury Labo ra to r i es ) and
Nimrod (at the Ruther fo rd
L a b o r a t o r i e s ) . A l t hough N i n a ' s
c l o s u r e had a l ready been
p lanned , the c l o s u r e of N imrod
wou l d harm research on the new
par t i c le for the d i s c o v e r y of
w h i c h P r o f e s s o r s Bu r ton
R i c h t e r and Samuel T i n g were
th is week awarded the Nobe l
P r i z e .
F E E
F E A R S A s some of you w i l l a l ready
know the government p l ans to
ra i se the fees for home and
o v e r s e a s undergraduates from
£182 and £416 pa r e s p e c t i v e l y
to £650, and to ra i se pos t
grad fees f rom £250 to £750 .
T h i s s tagger ing r i s e i s
u n l i k e l y to a f fec t the home
s tudent , l i v i n g on a lea grant,
but w i l l h i t ove rseas s tudents
and the es t ima ted 10,000
postgraduates ( ch ie f l y s c i e n t i s t s )
dependent on indus t r i a l
s u b s i d i e s , and i s l i k e l y to
resul t in a dec l ine in thei r
numbers.
T h e p l a n s have provoked
oppos i t i on from the Commi t tee
o f V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r s and
P r i n c i p a l s , the C o u n c i l of
L o c a l E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t i e s
and the A s s o c i a t i o n of U n i v e r
s i t y T e a c h e r s . A proposed
i nc rease i n h a l l f ees for
overseas s tudents at the
P o l y t e c h n i c of C e n t r a l London
has been a t tacked in a s t rong ly -
worded a r t i c l e i n " M c G a r e l " ,
the P o l y ' s student paper , on
the grounds of i ts r a c i a l
d i s c r i m i n a t i o n .
Letters (Continued from page 9)
y e a r s . H is to ry has shown that
i n d i v i d u a l s have on ly been
e f fec t i ve when a c t i n g as groups .
I do not see th is chang ing i n
the near future, and to suppose
that th ings are o the rw ise , runs
the r i sk of put t ing a l l your eggs
in one baske t . In order to
ac t as a group, the f i r s t th ing
i s to dec ide what needs to be
d o n e . T h i s i m p l i e s reasoned
deba te . Most p e o p l e , af ter a l l ,
are undec ided over i s s u e s
un t i l they have ta lked them over
w i t h seve ra l other people w i th
w i th d i f f e ren t -v iew p o i n t s . The
U G M is the p l a c e to do t h i s .
The second th ing we must do
and the most important of a l l ,
hav ing d e c i d e d on our p o s i t i o n
i s ac t i n ways to forward our
c a s e .
Mr W i l l i a m s has s a i d that
we (Soc, Soc) are cut off from
the major i tory of s tudents at
I C . So we are: they don ' t come
to U G M ' s . F o r G o d s s a k e ,
everyone c o m e . Say what you
want perhaps then someth ing
can be done .
S o c i a l i s t S o c i e t y .
Mr Benn mingles with the
audience after his talk al
More House.
Energv Sec re ta ry , T o n y
Wedgewood B e n n , v i s i t e d More
House (Cromwe l l Road ) las t
Sunday to g ive a ta lk on
' D e m o c r a c y ' . He ou t l i ned the
h i s t o r i c development of the
C o n s e r v a t i v e and L a b o u r
party ideas of ba l lo t -box
democracy i n a mixed market
economy.
H i s v i s i t came at the
inv i ta t i on of the West L o n d o n
C a t h o l i c C h a p l i n c y , of w h i c h
IC C a t h s o c i s a part .
Mr B e n n went on to d e s c r i b e
h i s thoughts on C a p i t a l i s m ,
unfa i r to workers and , he
reckoned , a fa i lu re — and
Indust r ia l Democ racy , i n
w h i c h he b e l i e v e s workers must
pa r t i c i pa te in management.
H i s p r inc ip le i s that no one
group or c l a s s shou ld dominate
the peop le at la rge . Fur thermore
Jhe i n d i v i d u a l must be guided
by h is c o n s c i e n c e , s a y s Mr
B e n n , even i f th is leads h im
to f lout the law. . A l l the same
the i nd i v i dua l must be prepared
to pay for f o l l o w i n g thei r
c o n s c i e n c e .
Tony Wedgewood B e n n
v o i c e d support for the L a b o u r
movement and par l iamentry
democracy . The lat ter might not
be a very good s y s t e m , he s a i d ,
but it was the bes t a v a i l a b l e ,
and at leas t i t a l l o w s workers
to change the Government
wi thout a revo lu t i on .
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