Don't forget to be

in the Beit Quad next

TUESDAY at 1 pm

T H E NEWSPAPER O F IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION Friday, February 15th, 1980 Issue No. 544

REFECTORY MINUTES COOKED? The internal mail last Wednesday brought

some surprises for the student representatives on

the College Refectory Committee. Along with a

copy of the minutes of the last meeting came a

notification that the next meeting, (scheduled

for Thursday 21 February) had been cancelled

"as there are no issues which require the

immediate attention of the Refectory Commit­

tee". 1

The element of surprise was further increased

when on reading through the minutes of the last

meeting the student delegates were amazed to

find the phrase " . . . say in three months time"

croping up with reference to the scrutiny of

processed information from the new tills, and

presumably discussion on altering the service the

outlets offered.

What is more, they found no reference to the

"one month" all five of them thought they

r e m e m b e r e d being said by the Refectory

Committee Chairman, Dr R R Schroter.

At a meeting on Friday of all the student reps

plus the Complaints Committee reps, Chris Fox

reported that his conversation with D r Schroter

had yielded no real information except that the

turnover for the last few weeks had increased '

relative to last year, (even taking into account

price increases). O n e of the reasons he went on to

suggest might be responsible for this was the

"mature" attitude the Union had taken, (ie, not

being s troppy) . T h i s attitude had been a

deliberate policy from the beginning of the new

session which coincided with a new and more

reasonable Chairman. The feeling of the' student

reps was that their patience was being somewhat

tried.

The reps, along with the P W P , are therefore

attempting to prepare a full reply to the Refectory

Committee, in which they hope to put forward

some positive ideas, something so far missing

from the Refectory Committee.

Will you be one

of the lucky

1 in 10

to receive an

accomodation

questionnaire

next week?

check your pigeon hole

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STOIC T E N years old this week

Magnus'Pike being interviewed on S T O I C

PRESIDENT MEETS HEATH

C h r i s F o x took a 2 ,000 signature

petition to the R T . H o n E d w a r d H e a t h ,

M B E , M P . T h e theme of the petition

was, 'Overseas students are of cultural

and economic benefit to the U n i t e d

K i n g d o m an d we believe the current

government's proposals concerning

them are not only detrimental to the

possible economic recovery of this

country , but wrong. '

M r H e a t h was impressed by the large

number of signatures from college staff.

E G M S T A T E M E N T

A signed petition was received

on Tuesday night calling for an

Extraordinary General Meeting to

discuss business left over from the

last U G M and a motion proposing

a referendum on N U S affiliation.

Thus, as Union Secretary, I was

compelled to organise a meeting

within three College weeks. Due to

the conjested timetable of events,

the date chosen is Tuesday 26th

February at 1:00pm in the Great

Hall. The required fourteen days

notice of U G M s is not strictly

adhered to. This I have considered

not necessary, as the meeting is

really a continuation of the adjourned

previous meeting.

NOTICE

P a p e r s for the p o s t s of the

P r e s i d e n t , S e c r e t a r y , D e p u t y

President and F E L I X Editor will go up

on the Union Noticeboard, Lower

Lounge, Union Building at 10:00am

on Monday 18th February. They will

be removed at 5:30pm on Friday 29th

February.

PS

Don't forget to be in Beit Q u a d on

Tuesday lunchtime for the Pancake

Race.

Roger Stotesbury

Union Honorary Secretary

L E T T E R S D e a r C o l i n

T o n y C o x ' s l e t t e r m u s t

inevitably be a n s w e r e d , but it is

with a s igh that I d o so , as I

c a n d o little m o r e t h a n reiterate

my reasons for p ropos ing the

b y e - l a w c h a n g e w h i c h w i l l

d isso lve I C W A if passed o n the

s e c o n d hear ing .

In d irect rep ly to T o n y , I

w o u l d l ike to m a k e two things

c lear about the lounge. F irs t ly ,

the I C W A L o u n g e is reserved

for the use of w o m e n d u r i n g

every w e e k d a y lunchtfme a n d

i s n o t a v a i l a b l e f o r n o r m a l

u n i o n b o o k i n g despite the fact

that the S C R often has to be

double b o o k e d . S e c o n d l y , the

I C W A C o m m i t t e e w e r e t h e

first to a s k that the C r a s h P a d

be m o v e d out of the L o u n g e as

it was inconvenient a n d thus it

was m o v e d to the S C R .

A l s o , I a m well aware that to

reduce I C W A ' s grant does not

require a bye-law change a n d I

d i d s a y t h i s a t t h e U G M ,

m a k i n g no further c o m m e n t

about m o n e y . I a m sor ry that

T o n y has fallen into the trap of

m a n y o t h e r s a n d h a s b e e n

unable to separate me f rom the

C C U s a n d c o u l d not resist a n

unca l led for dig at the C C U

V P s .

A s T o n y says , representat ion

s h o u l d be the most important

f u n c t i o n of I C W A . B u t t h e

w o m e n i n C o l l e g e a r e n o t

r e a c h e d by I C W A a n d nor are

they contr ibut ing their v iews to

t h e I C W A P r e s i d e n t . It is

therefore unrealist ic to believe

that the I C W A Pres ident c a n

represent the w o m e n in Co l lege .

T h e m e r e e x i s t e n c e o f a

w o m e n ' s assoc iat ion does not

m e a n the prob lems are so lved

a n d yet I a m often to ld " w o m e n

are O K , they 've got I C W A , "

w h i c h is not the case .

T o n y is l ook ing at I C W A f rom

the outs ide , he is k indly saying ,

w h y not let the w o m e n have their

little r o o m a n d organise their

little funct ions (I might a d d here

that I C W A have cut their soc ia l

funct ions by half this year a n d

suppor t for those remaining is

h a r d to c o m e by) . It w o u l d help if

he knew what I C W A d id rather

than k n o w what he thought

I C W A d id . H e is talking about

I C W A in theory not I C W A in

prac i t ce a n d his c los ing para ­

graph puts this in a nutshel l : " t o

s w e e p a w a y a n e s t a b l i s h e d

tradit ional a n d dignified organ­

i s a t i o n " is al l wel l a n d g o o d but I

w o u l d a d d " that c a n no longer

define its ro le , nor identify a n

a r e a of Co l l ege life in w h i c h

funct ion a n d , consequent ly , that

does noth ing" .

I believe that the d isso lut ion of

I C W A w i l l g i v e w o m e n t h e

c h a n c e t o r e - e s t a b l i s h t h e i r

status as individuals instead of

a p a t h e t i c a l l y a l l o w i n g t h e m ­

selves to be rep laced by a n

outdated inst i tut ion.

J o A r m i t a g e

D e a r S i r

In response to T o n y C o x ' s

letter last week , I w o u l d l ike to

p o i n t o u t t h a t i t i s h a r d l y

surpr i s ing that most of I C W A ' s

suppor te r s are m e n . It certainly

d e s e r v e s n o s u p p o r t f r o m

w o m e n , because every t ime one

of the six act ive m e m b e r s of

I C W A opens her m o u t h , she

insults most of the w o m e n in

Co l l ege . M o s t w o m e n are quite

able to get o n i n a n a tmosphere

w h e r e they are in a minor i ty

( indeed, a lot of w o m e n get o n

m u c h better then they w o u l d in a

m o r e even one) , a n d so they do

not l ike to hear I C W A telling

t h e m that they can't . T h o s e

w o m e n w h o have gone a long

w a y in C o l l e g e o r the U n i o n do

not l ike to hear I C W A ignoring

this fact a n d say ing s u c h things

are imposs ib le .

A s for the I C W A L o u n g e —

. such a large r o o m is entirely

unnecessary for s u c h a smal l

group . T h e y have never h a d

m o r e t h a n fifteen people at any of

their meet ings (and four of those

only went to hackle) except for

the meet ing to d i scuss c los ing

t h e m d o w n . T h e r o o m c o u l d be

put to m u c h better use by, say,

D e a r C o l i n

I w o u l d l ike to use F E L I X to

t e l l m e m b e r s o f t h e C & G

U n i o n that they are the most

apathet ic a n d ungrateful lot of

s tudents I've h a d the misfortune

to k n o w . N e x t t ime y o u go to a

H a l l o w e e n p a r t y , V a l e n t i n e ' s

par ty , o r just about anyth ing

that 's w o r t h go ing to , spare a

thought for the smal l g roup of

people w h o hve g iven up their

t ime to organise it!

W h a t a m I o n about? W e l l ,

9 9 % of y o u lazy lot wouldn ' t

k n o w , I refer to today 's U G M ,

w h i c h , in fact, wasn ' t . It was

cance l l ed because only 20 o r

so s tudents c o u l d be bo thered

to t u r n u p , what h a p p e n e d to

the overseas students , whose

c lubs are s u p p o r t e d by large

n u m b e r s of members . T o n y C o x

sa id that I C W A only use it w h e n

it is not be ing used for anything

else, but as they have first

refused o n it , it cannot be used

for anything else w h e n they are

us ing it. In fact, they are refusing

to let anyone else use it. T h e s e

s ix w o m e n frequently infest the

M a t h s C o m m o n R o o m a n d will

p robab ly cont inue to do so w h e n

the I C W A L o u n g e becomes the

U p p e r L o u n g e .

T o say that I C W A represents

anyone , either o n C o u n c i l or

o therwise , is totally r id iculous .

M e r c h e C l a r k e represents only

the six act ive m e m b e r s of I C W A

(she does not bother to f ind out

the v iews of the o ther 400 or so

w o m e n ) . B y c o n t r a s t , K a t y

Tatche l l represents 150 w o m e n

a n d K i r s t e n P r a t t represents 60.

A l s o , C o u n c i l certainly has more

than 10% w o m e n — try count ing

t h e m somet ime . T h e r e are more

w o m e n invo lved in just about

anything y o u c a n ment ion than

there are in I C W A . W h y s h o u l d

y o u assume that w o m e n need

spec ia l representat ion anyway

t h e c o u p l e o f h u n d r e d t h a t

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

o r g a n i s e d b y the U n i o n , is

what I want to k n o w .

T h e meet ing was to have

d i s c u s s e d a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l

change w h i c h will effect the

w a y next year 's responsible few

will be e lected. A g a i n few qf

y o u will k n o w what I'm talking

about , as so few of y o u came

to the last U G M . In a vain

a t tempt , therefore, I will try to

e x p l a i n , in brief so as not to

t a k e u p t o m u c h o f y o u r

valuable t ime, the two major

changes invo lved were :

1. E x e c posts will be vo ted for

by secret ballot.

2. S t a n d d o w n s will be l imited

— that is as insult ing as to

assume that they are incapable

of open ing doors for themselves

or s tanding up o n buses. H o w

a b o u t h a v i n g s o m e o n e o n

C o u n c i l to represent men?

T h e y say they do not want to

break a 59 year o l d tradi t ion ,

but there are a lot of other

tradit ions w h i c h they w o u l d not

l ike to see back — for instance ,

the I C W A L o u n g e was founded

at a t ime w h e n w o m e n were not

a l lowed in the U n i o n B a r — do

I C W A really want to go b a c k to

those days?

E v e r y hypocr i t i ca l statement

that the s ix active m e m b e r s of

I C W A m a k e is a lmost totally

false. T o give a few examples :

1. T h e y say they wil l r u n

s e v e r a l t h i n g s , i n c l u d i n g

p laygroups yet I C W A refused

to have anything to do wi th

the c rSche for the C h i l e a n

W o m e n ' s C o n f e r e n c e w h i c h

I C C A G e n d e d up runn ing

instead. N o n e of t h e m have

ever been to H o l l y Street

e i t h e r o r G r e a t O r m o n d

Street H o s p i t a l (both I C C A G

projects with chi ldren) .

2. T h e y c la im to believe in a

" w o m a n ' s right to choose " ,

to the top three posts (president,

vice president a n d h o n o r a r y

secretary) .

I w i l l not pass c o m m e n t o n the

first part as this seems to be a

generally a c c e p t e d idea. A s for

the s e c ond part , I wil l firstly agree

with what J o has already sa id ,

that is , that it is a c o m p r o m i s e

between those w h o want to keep

s tand d o w n s , as they feel what

few interested people there are in

the U n i o n wil l be lost f rom the

E x e c if they are not a l l owed to

r u n for a s e c o n d post , a n d those

w h o feel that if y o u think that

you 're good e n o u g h for one post ,

then you ' re not the best person

for another .

T h e real r eason for t ry ing to

yet they deny any w o m a n the

right to choose whether to be

in I C W A or not.

3. A l t h o u g h they c la im to

s tand for the interests of all

w o m e n , they refused to have

a n y t h i n g t o d o w i t h t h e

G e r m a n measles publ ic i ty

campa ign , (presumably be­

cause it c o n c e r n e d w o m e n

w h o d id not want abort ions) .

In short , I C W A is a gross insult

to all w o m e n , a n d detr imental to

their integration into the Co l lege .

A s m e n k n o w very little about

I C W A a n d it does not c o n c e r n

t h e m anyway , I appeal to t h e m to

abstain f rom vo tng — as M e r c h e

a n d C o . are so against male

suppor t , they s h o u l d not accept

y o u r votes anyway. T o para ­

phrase I C W A — a w o m a n needs

I C W A like a fish needs a bicycle .

Y o u r s in disgust

F i o n a S inc la i r

M a t h s 2

P S : If they really want to belong

to a c lub where w o m e n are in the

majority , I c o u l d suggest Lad ies

Rugby , or even O p s o c (65%

female, as anyone w h o saw The

Sorcerer this week will have

noticed) .

d r o p s tand d o w n s is a n a d m i n ­

i s t r a t i v e o n e . H o w e v e r , b y

al lowing l imited s tand d o w n s

these prob lems c a n be o v e r c o me

by spreading out the elect ions for

those posts . In m y op in ion the

best so lut ion is to decide w h i c h if

any , of the E x e c posts require a

p e r s o n of s imilar charac ter to do

t h e m wel l . S t a n d d o w n s c o u l d

then be l imited to these posts

only .

I do hope I've insul ted y o u all

e n o u g h to raise some sort of

reac t i on , even if it is a g roan , a n d

t h a t y o u w i l l t r y a n d d r a g

yourse lves a long to the next

U G M . B e there or I'll send the

boys r o u n d . S M C o x

Y o u r s very a n n o y e d C C D 3

2

R C S T h e most exc i t ing event last week was

u n d o u b t a b l y t h e R C S R u g b y S e v e n s

w h i c h t o o k p l a c e o n S u n d a y o u t at

Har l ing ton . W i t h only ten teams in all it

was Life Sc i ences t u r n to be indifferent

whilst P h y s i c s made up for their poor

showing (ie no showing) in the S o c c e r

S ixes by enter ing three teams, inc lud ing

two f rom Phys i c s 2 (alright, so one was a

very silly t eam, but it 's be ing there a n d

joining in that counts ) . #

W e l l , the afternoon fol lowed its natura l

course a n d M a t h s 3 s h o w e d a m a r k e d

t e n d e n c y to d e s t r o y m o s t t e a m s a n d

inevitably met the ser ious P h y s i c s 2 team

in the final. In a hardfought , gr ipping, nai l -

biting, knife-edge m a t c h M a t h s 3 almost

lost contro l in the first nano -second but

qu i ck ly recovered their c o m p o s u r e to w in

narrowly by lots to n i l . S t i l l , that 's the way

it c rumbles , cooky-wise a n d we certainly

enjoyed ourselves a n d want to thank R a g

for organis ing the a f ternoon a n d everyone

else for prov id ing oppos i t ion .

T o n i g h t i s t h e f a m o u s i n t e r - C C U

Valent ines P a r t y a n d there will a lmost

c e r t a i n l y be n o a d m i s s i o n w i t h o u t a

t icket . D r o p into the R C S U today a n d

buy one for only 50p w h i c h inc ludes free

admiss ion to the R C S Valent ines R a g

S t u n t t o m o r r o w . B e i n t h e R C S U

between 9:30 a n d 10:00 to col lect a rag

can to rob f rom the Knightsbr idge r ick

a n d g i v e t o d e a f k i d d i e s v i a y o u r

enthus iasm. Doubt l ess all the candidates

for the f o r thcoming R C S elect ions will be

there if they 're w o r t h their oats (or even

your vote) so w h y not c o m e along to find

out w h o will be runn ing your un ion a n d

spending your money next year.

T h e f i r s t of t w o R o y a l C o l l e g e of

Sc ience A s s o c i a t i o n S h e r r y Part ies is next

T u e s d a y 19th F e b r u a r y . If you are a th i rd

year physic ist or mathemat i c ian c o m e

along to the Sen ior C o m m o n R o o m a n d

h e l p t h e R C S A r e d u c e t h e i r o n g o i n g

sherry lake cr is is . Y o u may even find out

a l l the p e r k s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h R C S A

membersh ip .

T i c k e t s are n o w o n sale for a formal

four course dinner on the last day of

t e rm. T h i s is the J e z D i n n e r a n d is being

held to c o m m e m o r a t e the firing of J e z

last t e r m . W h y r u s h off home o n F r i d a y

w h e n y o u c a n enjoy a dinner wi th more

courses than the F r e s h e r s ' D i n n e r s a n d

more wine than the A n n u a l D i n n e r a n d

more fire engines than the S i l w o o d B a l l .

T h e r e is even a bar extens ion a n d disco

afterwards. A l l this for only £6, yes not

£10 , n o t £9 , n o t e v e n £7 b u t £ 6 to

anyone , a n d obvious ly the perfect way to

r o u n d off the s e c o n d t e r m .

F ina l ly , as everyone k n o w s , S u n d a y

evening is tradit ionally the R C S Night-In-

T h e - B a r , so I'll look f o rward to seeing you

all there this S u n d a y .

I C R u g b y C l u b are ho ld ing a 24hr

sponsored i r on . S tar t ing at 12:30pm

W e d n e s d a y 20th F e b r u a r y in the U n i o n

C o n c e r t H a l l . W e will i r o n anybody ' s

c lothes free of charge , just br ing t h e m

along to the C o n c e r t H a l l . T h e r e wil l

a lso be a co l lec t ion a n d del ivery service

f r o m the halls a n d houses .

\ C ¥ 4 I C W A B A R N I T E

o n S u n d a y 17th F e b r u a r y

f rom 8:00pm in the U n i o n B a r

Barre l s after 10:30pm.

M I N E S B y t h e t i m e y o u r e a d t h i s t w o

coach loads of miners will be on their way

d o w n to C o r n w a l l to d o b a t t l e w i t h

R e d r u t h Po ly techn i c M i n i n g D e p a r t m e n t (?)

L a s t F r i d a y saw the C h a p s C l u b Indoor

Fete in Stan ' s Rea l A l e B a r . E v e r y b o d y w h o

went a long en joyed themselves ; if y o u

didn't go then y o u missed a good night.

O n T u e s d a y the R S M A C u r r y S u p p e r

t ook place. It was b o t h a n informative

a n d entertaining evening for those who

went.

F u t u r e events are:

T h i s T u e s d a y , 19th F e b r u a r y :

G e n e r a l C o m m i t t e e Meet ing . If you are

o n this c ommit tee then turn up. A n y o n e

else will be we lcome.

Saturday 1st M a r c h : N o t t i n g h a m 6s

a n d 7s T o u r n a m e n t . W e are putt ing out

three s ixes a n d four sevens. S u p p o r t e r s ,

as a lways , will be very welcome. If y o u

want a place on the c o a c h please see

D a v e R h o d e s (rugby captain) or Steve

H i n d e ( s o c c e r c a p t a i n ) as s o o n a s

possible .

M o n d a y 3 r d M a r c h : I n t e r C C U

S w i m m i n g G a l a . If y o u c a n swim/dr i f t

then you will be needed. F u r t h e r details

will follow.

Wednesday 5th M a r c h : M o d s a n d

R o c k e r s Barnight . Say no more .

C h e e r s ,

B o b the Slob

CITY A N D GUILDS Guilds promotions proudly present:

T O N I G H T in the J C R . . . T h e joint C C U

Valent ine Par ty . Toge ther wi th IF , we

present this as tound ing event for y o u r

delight. R e m e m b e r that it is a t i cket on ly

party , so get your t i ckets f o r m G u i l d s

Office today .

T u e s d a y 19th F e b r u a r y . . . T h e F i e l d

C u p . T h i s event is one of the highlights of

the Co l l ege year a n d the idea is . . . Y o u

assemble in the U n i o n L o w e r L o u n g e at

6 : 3 0 p m i n t e a m s o f f i v e o r m o r e

( remember that the points co l lec ted are

d iv ided by the n u m b e r in the team) a n d

collect y o u r c lue to the identity of the first

pub a n d a list of the treasure to be

obtained. T h i s c lue is c rypt i c a n d if y o u

successful ly find this pub you will be g iven

a c lue for the next one. W h i l e in the p u b

po in t s c a n be c o l l e c t e d by p l e a s a n t l y

imbibing lots of d r i n k s of the a lcohol i c

variety. T h e treasure cons is ts of var ious

articles s u c h as split c r o t c h panties , 30ft

lengths of scaffolding a n d m a n y o ther

deviant things. Po ints will be given for the

treasure as wel l . (Br ib ing the marshal ls in

the pubs is f o rb idden , we l l , maybe a little

bit.)

S u n d a y 24th . . . T h e G u i l d s S o c c e r

S ixes . T h e s e matches will be p layed at

H a r l i n g t o n a n d l i q u i d p r i z e s w i l l b e

awarded . T e a m lists s h o u l d be given to

G i l e s B r e r e t o n , M E 3 o r U n i o n Off ice .

T h e r e wil l be free c o a c h e s to H a r l i n g t o n

for teams a n d suppor ters a n d bo th mens

a n d ladies teams are we l come .

R e m e m b e r t h a t t h i s is t h e t e r m of

elections for the G u i l d s E x e c u t i v e . T h e r e

a r e l o t s of j o b s t o be f i l l e d a n d j o b

descr ipt ions will be pr inted in next week ' s

Guildsheet. C o m e a n d see us in the office

or bar if y o u want to s tand for any of the

posts.

C h e e r s ,

B r y a n .

3

A N O P E N L E T T E R T O DR R C S C H R O T E R

(Chairman of the Refectory Committee)

In a letter to the President of the Union,

Chris Fo x , you wrote: "We are going to look

very seriously at the general catering policy in

the College" . Your good intentions are very

'welcome, but not enough. A n investigation into

the catering policy is needed so that substantial

changes and economies can be made. We

realise that such an investigation takes time,

and we have been willing to give you time. We

did not openly criticise the price increase of

7.5% which came into effect on 1st January and

the regulator increase of 1% per month. We

kept quiet because we knew that demand

would have fallen and so you would have had

less scope and time to implement changes.

However, now we find:

1. Still nothing has been done about producing

'comprehensive breakdowns on the nature of

our bus iness ' f rom the c o m p u t e r i s e d till

machines. These were introduced in the middle

of last term and instantly provided the means

to enable a breakdown of sales. Misinformation

has not been utilised. We conclude that no one

was sure what was wanted from the printouts

or what was involved in the collating of the

statistics. A golden oportunity to provide a

basis for better service is not being seized

upon.

2. Recent recommendations by the Refectory

Complaints and Suggestions Committee have

not been implemented (eg: there are still no

clear price lists or menus in Southside).

3. The time scale you proposed for implementing

changes which we understood as being one

month (from mid-January) has been extended to

three months.

4. Y o u are claiming, because the volume of sales

has gone up, that the service is adequate. Y o u do

not take into account our 'cooperative silence'.

At a recent meeting of Union Refectory

representatives, we undertook to carry out a day­

long survey of the J C R outlet. This comple­

mented the proposal made at a recent Refectory i

Committee meeting to "keep a finger on the

pulse of demand". The aim was to try to

p r o v i d e a f a c t u a l f o u n d a t i o n o n w h i c h

proposals for specific improvements could be

made. (This in turn would highlight any existing

inefficiency.)

We conducted the survey on Tuesday 12th

F e b r u a r y , when the following numbers of

customers used the buttery.

Period Hours No of customers

Morning 10:31 — 11:30 184

Lunchtime 12:06 — 14:00 546

Afternoon 15:00 - 16:30 160

There was no adequate price list or display

of opening times. The closing time at 11:30am

went against an agreement made with the

Refectory Manager at a previous meeting. The

c u s t o m e r flow i n c r e a s e s c o n s i d e r a b l y at

11:25am, so the closing is wrong on an

economic basis.

It has been sugested that the J C R buttery

might become a cold food outlet' only. One

h u n d r e d a n d n i n e t y - n i n e out of the 546

l u n c h t i m e c u s t o m e r s h a d hot f o o d — a

significant business is done in hot meals.

During the survey period eighteen centrally

prepared salads were sold. The low level of

s a l a d sales d o e s not justify the i n t e r n a l

accounting difficulties caused by making salads

available in the J C R . (While on the salad issue

we noted that salad is available in all refectory

outlets in a different form, is there not a best

way to sell salad?). Many of the above poir.ts

apply to the sale of fish (eight portions sold on

Tuesday). There is no clearing area in the J C R

as in all the other outlets. The range of drinks

is adequate.

However the major problem seemed to be

the use of the tills. We were astonished to see

only the one till operating at the busiest part of

the day (12:15pm — 12:30pm), the second till

was used between 12:30pm and 1:10pm and

again between 1:38pm and 2:00pm when the

money was counted. We want to see both tills

operating between noon and 1:00pm.

The J C R sells many confectionary items that

can be found in the Southside Shop. We have

asked if the confectionary for both outlets is

bought from the same place (ie the cheapest).

Unfortunately not, was the reply, but we

understand that changes are imminent.

This survey was conducted using limited

r e s o u r c e s a n d so gave a fairly n a r r o w

sampling. Yet four of us achieved in one day

more than has been achieved by your full-time

staff with the aid of computerised till machines

(sic) in four months.

It is up to you to instigate action to resolve

all the i m m e d i a t e p r o b l e m s a n d t h e i r

underlying causes.

We call for a meeting of the Refectory

Committee, at the earliest date.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Fox , Roger Stotesbury, Malcolm Brain,

Tansy Hepton, John Passmore, Liz Lindsay,

John Anderson (ICU representatives on the

refectory committees) Mark Clegg (Secretary

of the PWP).

D e a r C o l i n

If t h e b e s t G a r y N i c h o l l s

( F E L I X last week) c a n do in front

of his typewri ter is to m a k e snide

r e m a r k s a b o u t a m a n i n a

v i r t u a l l y i m p o s s i b l e p o s i t i o n

whilst offering no construct ive

suggest ion for the so lut ion of

L d r d A n n a n ' s d i l e m m a other

t h a n p u r e v a n d a l i s m of the

wholesale c l osure of the smal l

col leges w h i c h f o r m a n impor ­

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

d ivers i ty of o u r univers i ty , then

he s h o u l d re turn to the po i son

pen letters, w h i c h , one imagines

f o rm the major part of his s tock-

in-trade.

I a m sor ry if that sentence was

o v e r l o n g , b u t t h i s m i n d l e s s

fatutous c r i t i c i sm of honourab le

a n d intelligent m e n per forming

difficult jobs as wel l as they c a n

be done , annoys me.

T o m O w e n

P h y s i c s 1

Dear Colin

I wish to make a few com­

ments o n J o h n P a s s m o r e ' s

article last week on the auto­

nomy of student unions. A s I see

it autonomous student unions

would be an attempt to have the

advantages of being an ordinary

trade union and also those of

being a body whose members

had their subscriptions paid out

of public funds. It is therefore

necessary to examine whether

such a situation is possible and if

not which is preferable. The third

alternative of students paying

their own subscriptions seems to

me to be a non-starter since we

all know that the general apathy

in this college would preclude the

working of such an idea. It is

therefore apparent that student

union finance must originate in

some manner from public funds.

It must be r e m e m b e r e d ,

c o n t r a r y to some people 's

imagining, that a student's union

is different from a trade union, in

that the latter does not have to

finance and support the vast

range of cultural, athletic and

social activities which a student

union does. I would therefore

suggest that student unions are a

unique class of corporate body,

and need to be considered as

such. N o corporate body, in a

modern society, can be truly

autonomous, divorced from the

rest of society.

The question which should

then naturally arise is to which

institution should a student

union be a c c o u n t a b l e : the

col lege , local g o v e r n m e n t ,

central government, etc.

Finally, the college has a

student union which is auto­

nomous from the college is

perfectly entitled to remove

student u n i o n representatives

f rom its college.

Y o u r s s incerely

F r a n k J a m e s

D e a r C o l i n

I w o u l d like to c lear up a

c o u p l e of p o i n t s a b o u t m y

mot ion o n megalomania in the

last U G M .

In the U G M report ( F E L I X 8th

Feb) it was stated: " T h i s was ,

a c c o r d i n g to M r M e r r y m a n ,

obvious ly a j oke m o t i o n " . T h e

r e l e v a n t s e n t e n c e f r o m m y

speech was: " O n the face of it

this is all a j oke , but there is a

serious point that we are trying

to m a k e " . A l t h o u g h the report

cont inues to state m y point that

certa in letters were futile, the

impl icat ion seems to be that the

whole th ing was a j oke , w h i c h is

not the case; the s e c o n d half of

my speech being quite ser ious . I

also said that I agreed wi th aid for

the C a m b o d i a n s , w h i c h was part

of the C a m b o d i a n M o t i o n , it was

just the inference that the P r i m e

M i n i s t e r was unaware of the

s i tuat ion a n d the sending of the

letter that I was cons ider ing to be

r id iculous .

I w o u l d also l ike to reply to

C h r i s F o x ' s c o m m e n t that I

inferred that he spent the whole

of his t ime wri t ing s u c h letters. I

a m , in fact, quite certa in that he

doesn't , but what I a m getting at

is that some of the letters w h i c h

are wr i t ten are rather pointless.

O n reco l lect ion , he may have got

this impress ion f rom the end of

my s u m m i n g up s p e e c h : " . . . . get

back to the job of l ook ing after

I C U , " a n d if that is the case then I

admit that it may have been a

small e rror o n m y part .

In a U G M there are typical ly

between 300 a n d 400 people,

a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 0 % o f t h e

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

c o l l e g e . A l o t d o n ' t c o m e

because they cons ider it to be a

waste of t ime. I however do not

necessari ly ho ld that v iew, but I

h a d s p o k e n to several people

w h o do a n d w h o also ho ld my

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

issues. I was therefore putt ing an

op in ion w h i c h is held by what

may be a fair n u m b e r of people

— if not the "si lent major i ty" ,

certainly silent a n d w h i c h I felt

deserved a n airing. W e are, after

al l , encouraged to c o m e a n d / o r

put mot ions , to U G M s in order

to have our say o n things w h i c h

we do a n d don't l ike.

P h i l M e r r y m a n

P S : T h e Blue Peter C a m b o d i a n

A p p e a l has n o w e x c e e d e d £ 3 ' / 2

mil l ion.

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5

" T h e t i m e i s 1 : 1 5 , t i m e f o r I C

N e w s r e e l . " — s p o k e n by A n d y F i n n e y ,

these were the opening words of the first

S T O I C t r a n s m i s s i o n . It w a s 1 7 t h

F e b r u a r y 1970, a n d was a pilot for a

potential series of news programmes . In

fact there were only two more programmes

p r o d u c e d by S T O I C dur ing 1970, one

was a s e c o n d IC Newsreel, a n d the other

was a p r o g r a m m e cal led Pirates On The

Medium Waves. T h e l a t t e r w a s a n

interview w i t h M i k e R a v e n a former pirate

radio D J , a n d at the t ime a R a d i o O n e

p r e s e n t e r . Pirates On The Medium

Wanes was r e c o r d e d in M a r c h 1979 —

S T O I C were not to p r o d u c e another

p r o g r a m m e for nearly eighteen months ,

a n artic le in F E L I X on 13th M a r c h 1970

exp la ined the si lence by S T O I C :

" A p p a r e n t l y the reason for the sudden

terminat ion of the J C R news p r o g r a m m e

last year was that it was judged that

. c a r r y i n g a moni tor a n d recorder (video

tape) a r o u n d might not do t h e m any

good . It is h o p e d , however , that next

year this serv ice will be r e s u m e d wi th the

aid of a cable f rom the s tudio to the J C R ,

obviat ing the need to t ransport the

r e c o r d e r . "

D u r i n g the eighteen months s i lence,

S T O I C were persuading the U n i o n to spend

the m o n e y , requ ired to l ink a moni tor , to

be instal led in the J C R , to the T V Stud io .

In O c t o b e r t h e s a m e y e a r , t h e n e w

c h a i r m a n of S T O I C , T i m D y e , was able

to a n o u n c e the imminent installation of

the l ink. O n 4th N o v e m b e r 1971 Topic, a

fortnightly news magazine , took to the

air , w i th a live thirty minute edit ion. N o t a

b a d a t t e m p t , c o n s i d e r i n g S T O I C h a d

been "off the a i r " for eighteen months !

B e c a u s e of technica l d r a w b a c k s , a n d the

fact that the p r o g r a m m e was t ransmit ted

l i v e , t h e r e a r e n o v i d e o t a p e a r c h i v e

r e c o r d i n g s o f a n y Topic p r o g r a m m e s

f rom 1971 to 1975. A point that S T O I C

h a v e r e c e n t l y c o r r e c t e d by a r c h i v i n g

e v e r y n e w s p r o g r a m m e n o w m a d e ,

enabl ing the history of the college a n d

students invo lvement in the un ion to be

r e c o r d e d for posterity . F o r example , do

y o u k n o w w h o s tood for U n i o n elections

in 1975? D o y o u k n o w what they said?

S T O I C have the archive recordings of the

1975 hust ings a n d elect ion meetings in the

G r e a t H a l l . S u c h is the extent of the

S T O I C arch ives that it is current ly being

t rans ferred to a c o m p u t e r file system.

V e r y little h appen ed to S T O I C between

1970 a n d 1974 — the U n i o n Bu i l d i n g was

c o n n e c t e d to the T V sys tem, a long with

t h e S o u t h s i d e T V L o u n g e a n d h a l l s ,

J a m e s B u r k e appeared o n the p r o g r a m m e

— but there was noth ing outstanding —

unti l 1974. M a r k C a l d w e l l became c h a i r m a n

of S T O I C in 1974 a n d dur ing his 'stay '

p r o d u c e d p r o g r a m m e s wi th : M e l B r o o k e s ,

B a r r y H u m p h r i e s , C h r i s t o p h e r L e e , D i r k

B o g a r d e , T i m C u r r y a n d G l e n d a J a c k s o n ,

a n d m a n y , many more . T h e series Film Talk

w a s c r e a t e d , a n d i s s t i l l p r o d u c e d

o c c a s i o n a l l y . T h e s e r i e s h a s i n c l u d e d

interviews wi th m a n y top film stars , a long

with ex trac ts f rom their current releases.

A c c e p t a n c e of the series by the I L E A T V

service for broadcast over the L o n d o n

cable sys tem, gave S T O I C the biggest

coverage any student T V service has ever

had . It also enabled S T O I C to have use

of a broadcast quality T V studio a n d

b a c k u p facilities free of charge.

Letraset a hidden expense !

In c onnec t i on wi th the I L E A a unique

series of p r o g r a m m e s were p r o d u c e d . In

M a r c h 1978 S T O I C t ransmit ted a pilot news

p r o g r a m m e cal led London Lunchbreak,

which was based on ICs programme

Lunch Break. T h e p r o g r a m m e was s h o w n

o n the I L E A ' s channe l seven ne twork a n d

was broadcast live. N e v e r in the history

of the ne twork h a d a live p r o g a m m e been

broadcast . A l l of its output was either

t a p e o r f i l m . T h e t h o u g h t o f a l i v e

p r o g r a m m e f rom one of its studios t ook

the I L E A T V service slightly aback . A live

p r o g r a m m e p e r h a p s — b u t m a d e b y

students? T h e p r o g r a m m e was even able

t o b o a s t t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f B a r r y

N o r m a n , w h o arr ived only just in t ime. A

series of s ix p r o g r a m m e s were p r o d u c e d

by S T O I C for t ransmiss ion o n the I L E A

ne twork , w h i c h pr ior to its c losure last

year l inked over 1,000 schoo ls a n d 95

colleges of higher educat ion in L o n d o n . In

fac t t h e b i g g e s t c l o s e d c i r c u i t c a b l e

network in E u r o p e !

T h e current series of news programmes

in Imperial Co l l ege n o w go under the

banner of News Break a n d are broadcast

e v e r y T h u r s d a y at o n e o ' c l o c k a n d

repeated at s ix o ' c lock the same day.

Variety is the spice of.

T h e last ten years of S T O I C have been

c o n d e n s e d into a fifty minute p r o g r a m m e

c a l l e d Happy Birthday To Us!. T h e

p r o g r a m m e is presented by D a v i d G h a n i

a n d follows S T O I C from its first p r o g r a m m e

in 1970, t h r o u g h its ups a n d d o w n s to the

present day. Happy Birthday To Us will be

s h o w n on T u e s d a y 19th F e b r u a r y at one

o ' c l ock w i t h a repeat at s ix .

Involvement wi th S T O I C has enabled

m a n y s t u d e n t s t o e n t e r t h e f i e ld of

b roadcas t ing as a career . M a r k C a l d w e l l

recent ly w o r k e d o n B B C T V ' s Film '80 a n d

is now wi th B a r r y T o o k o n Points Of View.

E x - S T O I C m e m b e r s a r e w o r k i n g f o r :

T h a m e s , L o n d o n W e e k e n d , a n d A n g l i a T V ,

as wel l as several m o r e in B B C T V a n d

R a d i o .

If y o u have been interested by this article

o n S T O I C a n d y o u w o u l d l ike to take part in

the activities, t h e n either c o m e into the

C o l l e g e T V S t u d i o o n T u e s d a y s o r

T h u r s d a y s at 1 : 00p m o r W e d n e s d a y

evenings f rom 4 :30pm till late, w h e n N e u j s

Break is be ing re corded .

W i t h the recent updat ing of the college

T V Stud io ' s equ ipment , S T O I C is n o w

able to s h o w some of its p r o g a m m e s in

co lour , a l though the first S T O I C co l our

record ing was m a d e in 1976 w h e n G l e n d a

J a c k s o n was interv iewed. O n l y last t e r m

w a s t h i s i n t e r v i e w a c t u a l l y s h o w n i n

co l our for the first t ime.

T h e compl i cat ions invo lved in p r o d u c i n g

a typical interview are huge. S T O I C needs

t h e f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n n e l : t w o s t u d i o

c a m e r a m e n , o n e f l o o r m a n a g e r , o n e

capt ion c a m e r a m a n , one v ideotape suite

editor , one s o u n d m a n , one v is ion engineer,

one d i re c to r / v i s i on m i x e r a n d finally one

interviewer. A total of nine people to get the

interview o n the air. W h e n S T O I C m o u n t s

its annua l m a r a t h o n of live coverage of the

hustings a n d e lect ion meetings later this

Another satisfied couple

m o n t h this figure will double . A s last year ,

the e lect ion p r o g r a m m e will be p r o d u c e d in

cooperat ion wi th I C R a d i o . S T O I C will

m o u n t the p r o g r a m m e , bo th in the s tud io

a n d G r e a t H a l l a n d a n I C R a d i o presenter

will j o in S T O I C for the day to prov ide a

s u m m a r y every ten minutes , this be ing

taken by I C R a d i o live o n air. T h e event

seems tr iv ia l but technical ly it is the most

ambit ious ever t a k e n o n by S T O I C . Spl i t

s e c o n d t iming to enable I C R a d i o to take a n

insert spot o n queue is no m e a n feat!

A l l in all S T O I C is t ry ing to prov ide the

most complete T V service for I C s tudents .

W i t h the recent c o n n e c t i o n of L i n s t e a d H a l l

T V L o u n g e , S T O I C ' s coverage is a lmost

complete , only G a r d e n a n d W e e k s Ha l l s

remain .

7

For Valentine's Day, what could be

better than a romantic comedy?

"10" (X, Dir. Blake Edwards)

O n e of the most unexpec ted

success stories of the past year has

been this feature from the director of

the Pink Panther series. Starring

Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews and

the much heralded Bo Derek , it

concerns the comic misadventures of

composer George Webber as he

confronts middle age.

George is successful, well-off and is

having a steady relationship with

Sam, played by Julie Andrews. He

finds himself attracted more and

more to younger women, grading the

objects of his desire on a scale from

one to ten (hence the mysterious

title).. His analyst treats this as an

effct of middle age, but when George

sees a stunning young beauty called

Jenny (Bo Derek), he cannot resist

pursuing her. The fact that she is just

s e t t i n g out o n her h o n e y m o o n

doesn't seem to bother him at all.

Dudley Moore is superb in the

main role; his face is his fortune and

his comic skills are indisputable. He

utilises his skills as a pianist as well,

proving that diversity is an underrated

virtue nowadays and also providing a

few musical interludes. This regulates

the pace of the film, which tries to

maintain a fairly mild comic flavour.

The other star of the f i lm is

undoubtably newcomer Bo Derek.

Presented intially as a glossy tooth­

paste/bra advert type beauty, she

turns out to be a modern, liberated

woman, which doesn't quite match

up to George's sexual fantasies. As

an ac tress M s D e r e k may have

limited talents (although it's difficult

to tell from the film alone), but she is

definitely a most attractive woman. It

is interesting to note though that she

is given an intelligent, liberated role

and not limited to a 'dumb blonde'

image. This could set a further trend

in the ever diminishing area attributed

to 'sex symbolism'.

The surprise casting of the film is

Julie Andrews as Sam. The fact that

she is Mrs Blake Edwards may be no

surprise, but I do feel that the part

was not quite for her. Can you really

imagine this ex-singing, flying nun

mouthing words like "whore" and

"screw"! I'd go back to doing what I

was good at, if I were her.

This apart, I found 10 an amusing

and interesting film; it's very funny at

times and also more than a little

sexy.

Mark Smith

Dud takes a dip

Dud gets what he deserves

A LIFE a new play by Hugh Leonard D a l k e y , a smal l t o w n in C o u n t y D u b l i n ,

provides the setting for this l ight-hearted

c o m e d y , w h i c h revolves a r o u n d the lives

of two couples : D e s m o n d a n d D o r o t h y

a n d L a r a n d M i b s (Mary ) . B y moving

b a c k a n d forth in t ime it shows t h e m as

they were in their early twenties , a n d the

people they n o w are forty years later.

D e s m o n d , w h o was* a boy beaten into

learning by his s choo lmaster father, tries

to educate M a r y (who is more interested

in going to the local 'hop') to m a k e her

more l ike himself, but shows nothing but

c ontempt for L a r (a cheerful layabout

w h o also bestows his affections on M a r y )

a n d D o r o t h y (one of M a r y ' s friends). In

fact, he hates the t o w n , a n d clearly sees

himself fitted for higher things

F o r t y years later, D e s m o n d (marr ied to

D o r o t h y , a n d in a job as "keeper of

r e c o r d s " in the local C i v i l Service ) visits

L a r a n d M a r y for the first time after a

quarre l . H e behaves with bluntness w h i c h

upsets L a r a n d offends M a r y , a n d he only

retains their fr iendship w h e n he tells M a r y

that he has only a few months to live.

F r o m a s low first act , the pace of the

h u m o u r steadily increases ; C y r i l C u s a c k ' s

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

D r u m m is full of wit a n d feeling a n d

M a u r e e n T o a l (Mary ) obviously enjoys

h e r r o l e ( s h e s e e m e d to be h a v i n g

difficulty in keep ing a straight face).

T h e cast all m a k e the most of the parts

they have to play — it was a pity that the

stage lighting wasn ' t s imilarly spontaneous .

A Life, w h i c h w a s f i r s t p r o d u c e d i n

•October last year at the A b b e y Theatre in

D u b l i n , is being staged at the O l d V i c as

part of L o n d o n ' s A Sense Of Ireland

Fest iva l O f Irish A r t s . It's present run

ends o n 16th F e b r u a r y , but it is possible

that it will be transferred to a W e s t E n d

Theat re .

Simon Hodgson

8

B C G

(tuberculosis vaccination)

Nearly two thousand people die of

tuberculosis every in year in Great

Bri ta in , but fortunately this serious

death rate is being steadily reduced

by vaccination against tuberculosis

with B C G .

Tuberculosis is caused by a living

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

tuberculosis patients. M a n y of us, by

the time we are adults , have developed

a natural protect ion against this germ.

T h e d e f e n c e m e c h a n i s m s i n o u r

bodies are powerful enough to kill off

any invaders an d we come to no

harm. If we are one of these people

we have no need of B C G vaccination.

Nature has done the job already.

Others , for one reason or another,

do not get this protect ion naturally;

and it is for these people that B C G is

intended. Vacc inat i on will give them

artificial protect ion.

H o w are we to find those who are

already 'self-protected' and those who

are not?

By means of a tuberculin test — a

tiny drop of tubercul in injected into

the sk in . This is quite painless. If the

skin becomes red within the space of

t w o t o s e v e n d a y s (a positive

reaction), it means that a natural

r e s i s t a n c e has d e v e l o p e d , a n d no

B C G vaccination is needed.

If nothing happens after the test (a

negative reaction), then B C G vaccin­

ation is given to provide the margin

of safety needed.

F o r those who are negative to the

tuberculin test, B C G vaccination is of

the utmost importance . The vaccina­

tion is nothing to worry about. The

vaccine is injected into the s k i n , and

in about three weeks a small red spot

appears. Th is may ooze a little, but it

h e a l s q u i t e n o r m a l l y , l e a v i n g a

vaccination mark . T h e spot is not

painful unless accidently k n o c k e d .

O n c e vaccinated a person is protected

a g a i n s t l a t e r i n f e c t i o n w i t h t u b e r -

sulosis. Vacc inat i on does not guaran­

tee he will never develop the disease,

but the chances of this occur ing are

very slight.

A team will be coming to the College

on Tuesday 26th February and again

on Tuesday 4th M a r c h . Sessions will

c ommence at 12:30 in Commit tee

R o o m 329, Sherfield and end around

2:30pm. .

It is available to all staff and students

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

previously or who are doubtful about

previous vaccination and who wish to

have a test.

C o n s e n t cards must be completed

b e f o r e t h e s e s s i o n a n d c a n be

c o l l e c t e d f r o m the C o l l e g e h e a l t h

s e r v i c e . B o t h s e s s i o n s m u s t be

attended.

Patricia Kilshaw, Principal Nursing Officer

R A G M A G WEEKEND

O n t h e f i r s t w e e k e n d i n M a r c h ,

Imperial Co l l ege R a g are organis ing a R a g

Race , the object of w h i c h is to sell about

4,000 R a g M a g s . T h e idea is very s imple :

w h e n the bell in the U n i o n B a r rings to

call t ime at 2:00 o n F r i d a y 29th F e b r u a r y

compet i tors leave Col lege a n d travel by

a n y m e a n s a t t h e i r d i s p o s a l t o a

university , po lytechnic or college in the

country , or indeed , the w o r l d , a r m e d only

with a R a g C a n a n d several R a g M a g s .

These R a g M a g s are so ld for a mere 25p

a n d the compet i t o r must r e turn to the

U n i o n B a r before the bell rings for time

o n S u n d a y 2 n d M a r c h at 10:30pm.

N o w to m a k e it interesting there are

four exc i t ingish pr izes :

1. T h e compet i to r w h o sells the most R a g

M a g s w i t h i n t h e s p e c i f i e d t i m e g e t s

h i s /her fare re funded or a cash pr ize (the

v a l u e o f w h i c h i s t o b e d e c i d e d )

whichever is m a x i m u m . T h i s is so that

you are not penal ised if you sell R a g M a g s

at Q u e e n E l i zabe th Col lege a n d w a l k e d

there , c la iming no fare.

2. A pr ize for the m e t h o d of travel w h i c h ,

in the op in ion of the judges was the most

original , insp i red , a n d / o r silly.

3. A pr ize for the furthest point f rom

I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e v i s i t e d . O b v i o u s l y

adequate proof must be suppl ied .

4. A pr ize for the highest n u m b e r of Rag

M a g s so ld per hour . T h i s is for the people

who c a n get r id of a h u n d r e d in ten

minutes a n d in troduces a new concept of

a race into the compet i t i on .

T o qualify for any of these pr izes the

compet i tor must sell at least one h u n d r e d

Rag M a g s dur ing the race .

If anyone wins more than one pr ize (by

rol ler-skating to T r i n i d a d a n d selling 1,000

Rag M a g s a n d is back in the B a r before

5 : 3 0 p m F r i d a y e v e n i n g ) w i l l n o t be

al lowed to accept more than one of th em.

W e l l , that just about s u m s it up. N o w

it's your turn to spread S u p e r a g across

the W o r l d . A b e r y s w y t h students have

sold Rag M a g s in N e w Y o r k , G u i l d s m e n

said they went 'au c o m m e des cro issant

c h a u d ' in Paris a n d so it 's really up to

your imagination a n d determinat ion to

m a k e this a G r e a t Imperial R a g Race .

R U L E S

1. T h e compet i t i on shall be o p e n to all

members of I C U :

2. C o m p e t i t o r s may enter in teams of not

more than four members .

3. C o m p e t i t o r s may leave f rom B o t / Z o o

C o m m o n R o o m any time after 2 :00pm on

Fr iday 29th F e b r u a r y a n d must r e turn to

the U n i o n B a r by 10:30pm o n S u n d a y 2nd

M a r c h (ie before the bar closes) .

4. P r i z e s w i l l be g i v e n f o r : f u r t h e s t

d i s t a n c e t r a v e l l e d f r o m I C ; g r e a t e s t

number of R a g M a g s so ld by a n indiv idual ;

greatest n u m b e r of R a g M a g s so ld per hour ;

and most unusual m e t h o d of travel .

5. A d e q u a t e proof will be required of

distance travel led to be cons idered for the

pr ize for furthest d istance travel led f r o m

I C .

6. M o r e than one h u n d r e d R a g M a g s

must be so ld per person to be c o n s i d e r e d

for a pr ize .

7. In t h e e v e n t of o n e p e r s o n b e i n g

eligible for more than one pr ize he/she-

shal l forfeit the lesser prize(s) .

Interpretat ion of these rules shall be at *

t h e d i s c r e t i o n o f t h e j u d g e s , w h o s e

dec is ion in all cases shall be final.

ARE Y O U L U C K Y !

T a k e t w o t y p e w r i t e r s , a c o u p l e of

tables a n d a smal l ish r o o m ; a d d one

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

enthusiasts a n d that , in a nutshel l , is

London Student. N o print ing presses , no

computer i sed typesetter , no d a r k r o o m ,

no c a m e r a , no p la temaker , w h i c h by the

way of a stark contrast , are all integral

parts of F E L I X . L o o k i n g at this in c o n t e x t

r e v e a l s a s t a r t l i n g i m b a l a n c e ; F E L I X ,

a l though it has a relatively large p r i n t - r u n

of a r o u n d four t h o u s a n d copies per week ,

is d i s tr ibuted only a r o u n d I C . O n the

other h a n d , London Student at 20,000

copies per week (and a s tandard eight

page issue — effectively the same as

F E L I X ) is d e l i v e r e d t o a l m o s t e v e r y

c o l l e g e i n L o n d o n w i t h a p o p u l a t i o n

greater than 250. A s well as the p r o b l e m s

inherent in that , London Student has to

pay its o w n way; it is requ i red to be

entirely se l f -support ing, us ing the revenue

der ived f rom advert is ing to also keep a

house-trained sabbat ica l editor .

If y o u keep a n eye o n the gr imy portals

of the F E L I X Off ice , y o u will see a couple

of weighty bundles of London Student

d u m p e d there every T u e s d a y evening —

their w o r k i n g week starts the same day.

B y c o m p a r i s o n , F E L I X starts its w o r k i n g

w e e k o n the M o n d a y , b u t a f t e r o u r

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

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

ahead , w o r k i n g all day on S u n d a y a n d

finally f inishing o n M o n d a y . O n e of their

b i g g e s t p r o b l e m s i s k e e p i n g p e o p l e

i n t e r e s t e d i n w o r k i n g o n t h e i r p a p e r ,

because their activit ies are so remote

f rom the average student a n d c a n appear

so lack lustre . B y way of a so lut ion to this

a n d f inancial difficulties, the new editor

made a fresh start by changing the name

of the o ld Sennet to London Student, but

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

recrui t ing . F E L I X succeeds here because

it gets a substantial grant a n d is p r o d u c e d

c o m p l e t e l y o n U n i o n p r e m i s e s ; a l l it

needs is a little s tamina o n T h u r s d a y

nights to m a k e it a social a n d immediate

e v e n t . F o r London Student, f o l d i n g ,

col lating a n d delivery is all carr ied out by

their pr inters .

W h e r e London Student c a n be very

useful is in giving pointers for F E L I X ; take

a good look at the format a n d contents .

London Student has a good two pages of

news and as well as regular art ic les on

f i l m s , s p o r t , e t c , f e a t u r e s s o m e w e l l -

written reviews of the theatre , places to

eat out, a n d so o n : It s h o w s up some of

the gaps a n d undeve loped potential in

F E L I X , but look o n the bright side; at

least we have that potential .

Lars Wernberg-Meller

9

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COLLEGE

D A O C O Mln I VnkHi Medium Wave

I.C. Radio T o p Twenty 11/2/80

1 (7) Peter Gabriel G a m e s Without Frontiers

2 (8) T h e Flying Lizards - T V

3 (4), T h e Buggies - T h e Plastic Age

4 (3) Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking at Y o u

5 (1) L e n e Lovich - Angels

6* (-) Blondie - Atomic

7 (-) Silicon Teens Judy in Disguise

8 (9) N e w Musik - Living by Numbers

9 (5) Barclay James Harvest - L o v e on the Line

10 (2) Madness • M y Gir l

U (10) J o a n Armatrading - Rosie

12 (11) J o n and Vangelis - I Hear Y o u Now

13 (•) Holly & the Italians - Tell that girl to shut up

14 (16) Janice Ian - Have Mercy Love

15 (-) Dave E d m u n d s - Singing the Blues

16 (13) Specials T o o M u c h T o o Y o u n g

17 (15) Selecter - Three Minute H e r o

18 (-) Simple Minds Changeling

.19 (-) T h e C h o r d s - Maybe T o m o r r o w

20 (•) Crist ina - Is that all there is?

T h e I .C. Radio Chart is compiled by Sarah Talbot

from the most played records during the last two weeks.

Focus Live Special: The Jam On Sunday at 5pm on I.C. Radio you can hear an

exclusive recording of The Jam, live at the 100 Club

in early 1978, right at the start of their career.

Family Planning: part two ot our four part series

produced by University Radio Exeter with the F . P . A . can

be heard on M o n d a y night at 11pm. T h e programme is

entitled 'Contraception' .

This Saturday night I.C. Radio are extending their hours

to 2am. Jasper's Through Midnight programme now

lasts for three hours from 11pm.

(Left) Julian Pitt with his guest Neal Kay last time.

HE'S B A C K A G A I N . . . and this time...

METAL for MUTHAS * * * * *

This Heavy Metal compilation L P released by E .M.I

this week deserves at least five stars; it retails for £3.99.

T h e top two bands featured on it are Iron Maiden and

Preying Mantis (undoubtedly the most exiting groups to

have emerged for many years. What a coincidence, or a

contrived way to tell you , that Special Guests on I.C.

Radio tomorrow between 6 & 9pm will be: .

Paul Di'Anno - Lead vocals - Iron Maiden

Tino - Lead vocals, guitar - Praying Mantis

Chris - Bass guitar - Praying Mantis

Malcolm Dome - Ace Reporter - Record Mirror

Neal Kay - Top D J at the Bandwagon, Music

Machine; discoverer of Iron Maiden and Praying

Mantis; concert compere and guiding light of the

Metal for Muthas tour and LP.

M y role will be that of lynch pin and compere (?), which

means that I will sit down and let them get on with it.

Music featured will include the M for M L P , the new

Iron Maiden single • Running Free (out o n E M I this

week), the Praying Mantis E P (out now - distributed by

Harvest). This will probably be your last chance to hear

these people for a long time; Iron Maiden are shortly to

begin recording their debut L P , and are off to Japan to

tour with Praying Mantis and Neal Kay. Also , it is not

very often that a journalist appears on radio, and since

Malco lm appears at Neal Kay's special request it all

bodes well for the programme.

Suitable requests, dedications and maybe even live

phone-ins on Internal 3440. Julian Pitt

W H A T ' S O N FRIDAY 15th FEBRUARY

IC C H R I S T I A N U N I O N meet in the Music

Room, 53 Prince's Gate at 6:30pm.

V A L E N T I N E ' S D I S C O at 8 :15pm in the

H u g h e s P a r r y H a l l , C a r t w r i g h t G a r d e n s

(nearest tubes Russel l S q u a r e and King s

Cross). Admission 50p to non-members and

S U cards are required.

• R O C K G I G W I T H G E R A I N T J A R M A N

presented by the University of London Welsh

Society at Q M C at 8:00pm. Tickets £1.75 on

the door.

L E C T U R E W I T H M U S T A P H A M A T U R A -

(West Indian playwright) at Goldsmith's School

of A d u l t a n d S o c i a l S t u d i e s at 3 :00pm.

Free admission.

S U N D A Y 17th FEBRUARY U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E D I S C O in the Union

S m a l l L o u n g e at 7 :00pm. C h e a p d r i n k s

between 7:00 and 8:00pm.

F I L M : NASHVILLE at Chelsea College at

7:00pm in the Hall. Admission 30p.

L E W I S H A M C O N C E R T B A N D C O N C E R T

with conductor Joseph Proctor and music from

the ballet including Delibes and Tchaikovsky at

3:30pm. Students 50p.

M O N D A Y 18th FEBRUARY E X P L O R A T I O N S O C I E T Y I N F O R M A L

M E E T I N G at 12:30pm in Southside Upper

Lounge.

F I L M S O C P R E S E N T INTOLERANCE {Director

D W Griffith) in M e c h Eng 220 at 6:30pm.

Admission 40p to non-members, members 25p.

L I B E R A L C L U B D I S C U S S I O N on Alternative

Growth, The Way Forward? with Lady Nancy

Seear and Roger Cowe in Mech Eng 640 at

7:30pm. r

F I L M : Chaplain's City Lights presented by the

City of London Poly Film Soc, Jewry Street,

Main Lecture Theatre at 6:00pm. Admission

40p.

L E C T U R E B Y D R D O R I N D A O U T R A M on

Science - Institutions and Patrons in 18th

Century France at 7:30pm in the C o m m o n

Room, Institute of Historical Research, Senate

House, Malet St. Membership £1.00.

T U E S D A Y 19th FEBRUARY

RIDING C L U B M E E T I N G between 1:00pm

and 2:00pm in Room 1110 (level 11) Elec Eng

to book rides and discuss club activities.

P H O T O S O C S H O P in the Old Darkroom

between 12:30pm and 1:30pm.

I C W A P A N C A K E R A C E at 1:00pm in Beit

Quad.

S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N at 1:00pm a n d

6:00pm with Happy Birthday To Us a S T O I C

tenth anniversary special.

IC C H E M S O C / I C I J O I N T L E C T U R E on

Lasers And Molecular Chemistry by Prof D J

Bradley F R S in C h e m i s t r y T h e a t r e C at

5:30pm.

R A I L S O C M E E T I N G at 5:40pm in Maths 340

with John D Gardam on Modern Railway

Traction.

A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S P R E S E N T :

1. China Since Mao: Does China Need Allies?

by Professor Richard Harris at 1:30pm in the

Read Theatre, Sherfield Building.

2. Architecture in Britain Since 1945:. The

Archigram Opera And Its Influences by

Will iam C h a i t k i n in the f i p p a r d T h e a t r e ,

Sherfield Building at 1:30pm.

W E D N E S D A Y 20th FEBRUARY E X P L O R A T I O N S O C I E T Y P R E S E N T A

F I L M : Journey To Tibesti at 6 .00pm in

Biochem 302.

C H E L S E A C O L L E G E G I G W I T H STRETCH

at 8:00pm in the main building. N U S cards and

guests only.

Q E C D A Y O F A C T I O N F O R O V E R S E A S

S T U D E N T S with reggae bands, disco and film.

T H U R S D A Y 21st FEBRUARY S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N at 1:00pm a n d

6:00pm with News-Break Tenth Anniversary

Special.

A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S P R E S E N T :

1. Film: The World At War (Thames T V ) ,

episode seven Morning in the Great Hall at

1:15pm.

2. L u n c h - h o u r C o n c e r t with the Endel l ion

String Quartet in the Music Room, 53 Prince's

Gate.

3. The Anti-Torture Campaign with Dr Harold

Hillman the South-East Organiser of the British

section of Amnesty International in Lecture

Theatre 1, C h e m Eng (arranged by IC Union

Overseas Students Committee).

G L I D I N G C L U B M E E T I N G W I T H F I L M :

DAWN FLIGHT at 5:30pm in Aero 254.

E N T S F I L M : IF in Mech Eng 220 at 6:30pm.

30p entrance fee.

FRIDAY 22nd FEBRUARY IC C H R I S T I A N U N I O N in the Music Room,

53 Prince's Gate at 6:30pm.

E N T S C O N C E R T : BERLIN and support at

7:30pm in the Concert Hall. Tickets only £1.00.

T U E S D A Y 26th FEBRUARY C O N S O R T W I N D E N S E M B L E in the Consort

Gallery at 1:00pm. Admission free.

S U N D A Y 2nd M A R C H March of the Slobs featuring Charlie Parka and

starring Albertos Y Los Paranoias and the

Smirks at 7:30pm in the Great Hall. Tickets

£1.25 availabe from Ents Room and R C S and

Guilds Offices or £1.75 on the door.

E N T S DISCOS every Friday in the Union Lower Lounge at 8:00pm. Admission only 20p.

10

TABLE TENNIS H O C K E Y IC 3rds vs Thames Valley: 5—1

Last Saturday, IC thirds (well, mostly

thirds) played in the manner to which

they would like to be accustomed. Do I

hear two-one? No they cry, five-one or

T o n y G r e i g w o u l d have s a i d : " W e

made them grovel" . Moving as if the

oilfields of the Persian Gulf were at

their mercy, the well-oiled forward Ifne

drilled a gaping hole in the Thames

Valley to begin a veritable deluge that

saw their opponents' hopes go down

the drain. After two minutes, Steve

Wriggley riddled his way through the

defence to score. Minutes later, J im

Ebner found himself twenty-five yards

out with only the goalkeeper to beat

and, in a moment of extreme rashness,

scored, and put himself on the road to

a j u g . H o w e v e r , T h a m e s V a l l e y

dampened IC's now soaring spirits by

s c o r i n g . R e c o g n i s i n g t h i s b l a t a n t

example of ungentlemanly conduct (in

view of the fact that the thirds had just

got used to playing on a pitch with

grass and proper markings instead of

contour lines, ie the match was at

H a r i i n g t o n ) , S t e v e R i d l e y a g a i n

s h a t t e r e d the o p p o s i n g d e f e n c e to

leave the goalkeeper wishing, in vain,

that he was Dave Moynham.

For the second half, IC swopped the

advantage of Neil Mason's umpiring

for his greater skill in persuading our

opponent's key man to try his hand at

umpiring. Incidentally, Robyn Morgan

hereby apologises for the appalling

low quality of IC's fourth goal which

w a s an i n e x c u s a b l e e x a m p l e of

opportunism and would not have an

allowed to mar an otherwise unblem­

ished performance had it not improved

t h e g o a l d i f f e r e n c e . C h r i s B i r d

attempted to improve upon Kentucky

Fried C h i c k e n by making the C h i p of

t h e Y e a r ; u n f o r t u n a t e l y , he w a s

outside the ' O ' at the time and so only

the vision of what may have been

r e m a i n s . G o r d o n wyl ie s t a k e d his

cliam for a place in the team with a

w e l l - t i m e d run leadint to IC's fifth

goal.

Altogether, this was a performance

of such polish, one regrets to have put

it down to wearing clean, dry, cotton

shirts instead of thsoe nasty, damp

nylon ones.

IC F O O T B A L L : H A R D L U C K L A D S I would like to thank all those who played for the

seconds last Saturday in the semi-final. Unfortunately

it just wasn't our day. Special thanks is due to the

vociferous support given by a small band of hardy

supporters, who even with a defeat turned the whole

day into a memorable occasion. M a y I also take this

opportunity to wish the fourths the best of luck for

the replay against K C H 2 (if the game was played

Wednesday I hope they won).

Cheers, Phil.

P A R A C H U T I N G C O U R S E If y o u e v e r w a n t e d to h u r l y o u r s e l f out of an

aeroplane at 2,500ft, now is your chance. There will

be a talk and film on Tuesday 26th February at

6:00pm in E E 403a, explaining what it's all about. All

welcome!

IC WATER POLO C L U B

O n Thursday 7th February, IC firsts

h a d their first m a t c h for the U L U

l e a g u e , first d i v i s i o n . T h e y p l a y e d

against St Mary's Hospital at the U L U

swimming pool in Malet Street.

Mary's started the game with a lot of

enthusiasm and managed to score a

goal in the first minute. However, the

g o a l s h o u l d n ' t h a v e c o u n t e d , b e - ,

c a u s e the s c o r e r p u s h e d the ball -

under the water before he shot. IC

came back quickly and Barry Ashwin,

p l a y i n g a g g r e s s i v e l y in t h e f r o n t ,

e q u a l i s e d b e f o r e t h e e n d of t h e

quarter, after taking the ball from Phil

Mills.

In the second and third quarters IC

dominated the game, scoring one goal

in each quarter. Pat Porter and Nick

Last were playing creatively midpool

and our attack was working efficiently.

Barry passed the ball to Phil Thwaites

a n d he s w a m up a n d s c o r e d our

second goal with a lob over the goal

keeper's head. Phil Mills scored our

third goal with a long shot from a very

difficult angle. The ball hit the near

p o s t a n d w e n t i n t o t h e o p p o s i t e

corner.

In the -fourth quarter Mary's put all

their effort to equalise, but our goalie.

D a v e R o b e r t s d i d n ' t g i v e t h e m a

chance. He made three magnificent

saves, two of them from shots from

the two yards line! Just before the end

of the game Nick Buckland attempted

a hard shot and their goalie saved it,

but the bal l went in front of P h i l

Thwaites, who literally swam into the

goal with it, to make the final score 4-

1 to IC. It was a clear win for us and

we fully deserved it.

T e a m : Dave Roberts, Nick Buckland,

Phil Mills, Pat Porter, Nick Last, Barry

Ashwin, Phil Thwaites.

Dimitri

TOUR MATCH EXCLUSIVE: IC Ladies Rugby vs Magor

Maidens: 4—4 This was the Welsh team's second

match of the weekend and proved to

be a hard but friendly occasion and

provided us with the best ladies rugby

we have yet seen. IC went soon down

to f o u r t e e n p l a y e r s w h e n ' S t i n k e r '

Wilton had to leave the pitch due to

i l l n e s s . C o r n e t t o ( S i l v a n a ) s o o n

followed her off with a limp wrist but

was revitalised enough to return after

ten minutes.

In the scrums 'Happy Hooker' Babs

was magnificent, taking about eighty

percent of the opposition ball although

they were sometimes driven off it by a

well drilled Magor pack. In the backs

Magor showed superior organisation

and, with some excellent kicking from

t h e f ly half , put IC u n d e r s o m e

pressure. This led to a try for them

T h e results of the first team over the

past three weeks have been crucial

a n d s u c c e s s f u l , (thank G o d , A l l a h ,

Mao, Buddha) . First they defeated the

seconds by the narrow margin of five

sets to four, then Gainsford 8-1, and

finally the only remaining threat to

t h e i r d i v i s i o n f o u r c h a m p i o n s h i p

hopes, I N C O by nine sets to nil!

This means that they have an almost

i n s u r m o u n t a b l e l e a d , a n d the c u p

should be ours! (The first trophy for

IC in recent years.)

T h e s e c o n d s ( s e e a b o v e ) a l s o

defeated Sarah Siddons 7-2 to stay

comfortably in the middle of the table.

O f t h e l o w e r t e a m s , t h e t h i r d s

continued their relentless pursuit of

the division 6b title, with 6-3, and 9-0

victories (who cares who they played?).

(It was S a i n s b u r y s 3 a n d Imperial

T o b a c c o 1 actually.)

The fourths (my shambles) managed

a p o o r d i s p l y to d e f e a t I m p e r i a l

T o b a c c o 2 o n l y 7-2, but by a l s o

d e f e a t i n g the s e c o n d p l a c e t e a m .

Fulham by 6-3, still have an outside

chance of the division 6a title (as long

as I stay out of the team).

Special praise to Pete, Ho ng and

Kartik, of the firsts . . . just keep it up

for another match!

A n d finally a mention of a friendly

match against Downing Col lege —

Cambridge U n n . Their full strength

side was defeated ignominiously by a

mixture of IC 2, 3 and reserves —

what rubbish there is in these provincial

polys!

Yours with the ruskies boycott the

World T T championships,

Petrov Hewkinovitch.

PS: Lars Josefsson would be interested

to know if anyone has a spare Kjell

Jo ha nsson smash, as his is faulty; Kit

Nair thinks he's getting worse (even

though now we have to try when we

beat him!). O h , and Stean is having a

little ball trouble.

after fifteen minutes. However, after

twenty-one minutes IC's good rucking

five yards from the Magor try line led

to a score when 'Animal ' Harrington

crashed over the line.

In general the match was hard but

fait , with g o o d t a c k l i n g a n d g o o d

r u n n i n g f r o m b o t h s i d e s . S p e c i a l

mention must go, however, to Fay

( 'Hotl ips ' ) w h o was o u t s t a n d i n g as

scum half. The final whistle went with

IC putting Magor under considerable

pressure. We then adjourned to the

bar w h e r e M a g o r M a i d e n s d e m o n ­

strated their e x p e r t i s e at s i n g i n g ,

drinking, and playing silly games, as

they had on Saturday Night.

Quote of the dav from T h u n d e r -

t h i g h s " S n o o k , to C B S n e w s m a n :

" W h y s h o u l d n ' t w o m e n u s e t h e i r

bodies in every way they can to enjoy

themselves."

S J G

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Cheers

Colin

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GROWING PAINS Well, what is this alternative growth

thing that Liberals talk about? It is quite

simply a response to the situation we now

find ourselves in; an industrial nation with

chronic overcapacity , inefficiency and

waste in industry, and a falling share of

world markets; a world of increasing strife

and unemployment, and an alienated,

selfish and materialistic society. We also

have this p r o b l e m with e l e c t r o n i c

technology which increases efficiency and

unemployment at the same time.

Like it or not, we are entering the post-

industrial society. We must clamp down

on the waste and inefficiency of our

consumer society, at the same time

developing good community facilities. The

increasing lack of work creates tremendous

opportunities for more time spent on

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

involvement. We must develop, a spirit of

cooperation, as opposed to the current

confrontation, at the same time involving

the individual in the running of his life.

At last September's Liberal Assembly,

a motion on alternative growth was

debated. IC Liberal Club are pleased to

have as s p e a k e r s two p e o p l e who

opposed each other on that debate, Lady

N a n c y S e e a r , a L i b e r a l e c o n o m i c s

spokeswoman, and Roger Cowe, chairman

of the Young Liberal Economics commis­

sion. They will be speaking at a discussion

on alternative growth in Mech Eng 640 at

7:30pm on M o n d a y 18th February . If you

would like to learn more, or simply raise

your own points, please come along.

See you

Phil C o l e

IC Liberal C l u b Secretary

Imperial College Third World Scholarship

This scholarship is designed to fund one

Third World student on a P G course

relevant to the needs of his or her

country of origin

ICU has collected £800 so far.

£800 is equivalent to 17p per student.

You can afford more -

There will be further collections.

F U T U R E E V E N T S

C I T Y A N D G U I L D S

together with

R O Y A L A E R O N A U T I C A L S O C I E T Y

present

T H E A P P L I C A T I O N O F M O D E R N

AIRPOWER

by

Group Capt R A Mason, Director of

Defense Studies, R A F Staff College

on

T U E S D A Y 19th F E B R U A R Y

6:30pm

Chem Eng Theatre A

(Tea at 6:00pm)

FIGHT B A C K AFTER

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE

B B C World Service Quiz

IC has a team consisting of one home

• student and two overseas students to

compete in a Quiz at Broadcasting House.

This will take place in late May or early

June and the team will compete five times

(each time taking about two hours after all

the messing around). If interested in an

audition see Chris Fox, I C U Office

(internal 3915).

E N J O Y V O D K A PARTIES?

Interested in Polish culture?

Come to the Pol Soc A G M on

W E D N E S D A Y 20th F E B R U A R Y

at 2:00pm in the Green Committee

Room of the Union Building.

See you there!

IC J A Z Z C L U B P R E S E N T

SP3, the Ayatollahs and Blue Max

in Stan's Bar on Wednesday 20th Feb

between 8:00pm and 11:00pm.

B C G (tuberculosis vaccination)

A team will be coming to the College

on T u e s d a y 26th F e b r u a r y and

Tuesday 4th March. The sessions will

commence at 12:30pm in Comittee

Room 329 and end 2:30pm. There will

be more details in FELIX next week.

THE PHOENIX

The magazine of

Imperial College Union

ON SALE NOW!

From Bookshop, ICU & FELIX Office

Price 20p

OVERSEAS S T U D E N T S COMMITTEE

I N T E R N A T I O N A L W E E K

18th to 22nd February

Monday 18th: V O L U N T A R Y SERVICE OVERSEAS - Film and talk at

6:15pm in Chem Eng Theatre 1.

Tuesday 19th: 'WESTERN COUNTRIES HINDER T H E PROGRESS O F D E V E L O P I N G NAT IONS ' a debate with speakers including T R E V O R PHILLIPS at 1:00pm in Mech Eng 220.

Wednesday 20th: INTERNATIONAL FAIR with wine, food, films and music

from 12:30 to 5:30 in the JCR.

Thursday 21st: C A M P A I G N AGAINST T O R T U R E , an Associated Studies

Talk by Dr harold

Talk by Dr Harold Hillman in association with Amnesty International at

1:30pm in Chem Eng Theatre 1.

Friday 22nd: INTERNATIONAL EVENING with dinner and disco from 7:30

to 2:00 in the JCR. Tickets £1.50 from the Union Office. Cash bar till 11:00.

FOR S A L E T H R E E S T I F F L I T T L E F I N G E R S T I C K E T S

for the concert at the Hammersmith Odeon on

23rd March. £3.25 each. Contact R Morgan,

Maths 1.

C H U C K B E R R Y G U I T A R S O L O S . If you still

want one, be quick, there are only six left.

£1.00 ono for the lot. Contact R Morgan,

Maths 1.

H I G H Q U A L I T Y C A S S E T T E S ( T D K S A ,

Hitachi, V D E X ) in bulk, and cheap. Contact

Greg Loten, C C D 1 or room 654, Tizard Hall.

(Minimum order ten cassettes.)

WANTEDS S E C O N D H A N D B I C Y C L E W H E E L (larger

than twenty inches) for third year project.

Contact Mark Nathan, B e e Eng 3 or 01-994

2775.

O N E B L U E A D I D A S S P O R T S B A G was

stolen/lost from the Prince's Garden's Sports

Centre containing jeans etc. Very important. If

found, please return to T J Joslin, Zoo 2.

C O F F S O C FIRST M E E T I N G

Thursday 21st February

Beit 21. All welcome!

G A R D E N H A L L N I G H T O U T

Friday 15th February

A visit to The Sun Holborn.

Meet G H 7:00pm or The Sun 7:30pm

IMPERIAL O P E R A T I C S O C I E T Y

present

The Sorceror with Cox and Box

until Saturday 16th February

Tickets available lunchtimes ground level

Sherfield Building.

Simon — Brighton was great!

O V E R S E A S EXPEDITIONS 1981 The next meeting ot the Imperial College Exploration

Borad will be held on Wednesday 26th November

1980. The Board is responsible for granting official

recognition to expeditions and provides funding.

Proposals should reach the Board by the above date.

Further details from the Exploration Society which

meets every Monday at 12:30pm in Southside Upper

Lounge or ring Martin Judkins on internal 3184. Start

planning now!