Wilson renames Physics building

Last Wednesday evening marked the occasion of the re-naming of the Physics building by the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Wilson. The Physics building will now be known as the 'Blackett Laboratory' in commemoration of Lord Blackett former Fellow of Imperial College, who died last year.

Mr Wi l son was asked to attend the ceremony and g ive the memorial lecture because he had been a long s tand ing fr iend of Lord B l a c k e t t .

Pa t B l a c k e t t fought in World War 1 as a nava l o f f icer and was at J u t l a n d when he was only 19. Between the Wars he worked w i t h Ruther ford when the foundat ions of nuc l ear and atomic p h y s i c s were l a i d . In World War 2, he an o r i g ina l " b o f f i n " work ing in the ear ly days of Operat iona l R e s e a r c h .

A f te r the War he became invo l ved in what he c a l l e d , the " i n t e r f a c e between S c i e n c e and Techno logy and Produc t i v e Indus t r y . " He was appo inted to the newly set up N R D C by a young Haro ld W i l s o n and it w a s from th i s time that they grew to know each other w e l l . B l a c k e t f ' s a p p o i n t m e n t caused controversy at the t ime . He he ld unorthodox v i e w s on World a f fa i rs , i n c lud ing ques t i ons on nuclear power and the need

.for co-operat ion w i th the Sov ie t Un ion and other count r i es to avo id the d i v i s i o n of the World into major nuc l ear power b l o c k s . He was awarded, in 1948, the Nobe l pr i ze for P h y s i c s .

Pa t B l a c k e t t served in the N R D C from 1 9 4 9 - 6 4 dur ing wh i ch t ime the N R D C was bu i l t up into the large, succe s s fu l , pro f i t -making, o rgan isa t i on that it i s today.

In 1953, Lo rd B l a c k e t t jo ined IC, and was head of

B o m b scare E x h i b i t i o n R o a d was

cordoned off at 2.45pm yesterday because a bomb warn ing . Someone found that the i r car had been tampered wi th and phoned the p o l i c e . Fo r tuna t e l y , there was no bomb and tra f f ic was moving aga in by 3.20pm.

the P h y s i c s Department un t i l 1963, bu i l d ing up the Depart ­ment and p lay ing a major role in the expans i on of Imperial C o l l e g e . With others , i nc lud ing G a i t s k i l l , A l f Robens and B r o w n o w s k i , dur ing the 13 years of Labour oppos i t i on , he he lped form p o l i c i e s wh i ch after the '64 e l e c t i on became L a b o u r ' s "wh i t e -ho t t e chno log i ca l r e v o l u t i o n " .

In the capac i t y of a d v i s o r to s u c c e s s i v e M in i s t e r s of Techno logy , Frank C o u s e n s and Tony Benn , Pat B l a c k e t t became the sav iour of the B r i t i s h computer industry , ma in ly through p ro t ec t i on i sm. ( Th i s p o l i c y wou ld to-day be forbidden by the E E C ) . A champion of e g a l i t a r i a n i s m , Pat B l a c k e t t d e c l i n e d an inv i ta t i on to go to the L o r d ' s in the ear ly s i x t i e s , but was f i n a l l y persuaded to become a l i fe peer in 1969.

From Mr W i l s o n ' s l ec ture , Pa t B l a c k e t t appeared w i th warmtn as an i d e a l i s t , but a l s o as in tense ly p r a c t i c a l . He p layed a centra l role in the move dur ing the 6 0 ' s , toward more t e c h n i c a l l y knowledgab le management and the end of " a m a t e u r i s m " .

He was born in 1897, h i s l i fe covered the development of p r a c t i c a l l y a l l of modern s c i e n c e , indeed he he lped shape much of i t . A man who spent many years break ing down s epa ra t i sm , throughout he had the prime v i r tue of the S c i e n t i s t , on impeceable in t e l l e c tua l honesty .

Jo Grimond at IC

COPY D A T E

Monday 8th D e c . A l l copy

to reach the F E L I X o f f i ce

J O G R I M O N D , former L i b e r a l P a r t y L eade r , spoke yes te rday of the great d i v i d e between the Government, i n the form of the . di f ferent k i n d s o f author i ty , and the people of B r i t a i n .

Mr Gr imond , who i s a member * of Par l i ament for Orkney and She t l and , v i s i t e d the C o l l e g e at the inv i ta t i on of the L i b e r a l C l u b . He gave vent to h i s personal v i e w s on the present state of B r i t i s h p o l i t i c s . He saw the present turbu lance as a chance for a new beg inn ing for our who le governmental s ys t em. There w a s , he s a i d , an opportunity for a complete re-think of our i n s t i tu t i ons , from the C i v i l Se r v i c e through Industry to U n i v e r s i t i e s and Government.

Mr Gr imond who favours devo lu t ion of power to the new We lsh and Sco t t i sh a s s emb l i e s wanted th is trend carr i ed further. Se r v i c e s such as educat ion he thought c ou ld be m a n a g e d by communi t i es rather than by loca l author i t i es and cent ra l government.

In what amounted to a power to the people spe e ch , Mr Gr imond s a i d that t h e p o l i t i c a l arena c o n s i s t e d of power b l o c k s and pressure groups rather than part ies represent ing s e c t i ona l in t e res t s . T h i s was more ak in to the s i tua t i on that e x i s t e d in medieva l t imes and he c a l l e d for a new look at the ways in wh i ch our p o l i c i e s were be ing formulated.

THEFTS Pe r sona l property le w a l l e t s , purses , bags, cheque

books , c a r d s , pocket c a l c u l a t o r s etc have been s to l en from lecture rooms, workshops , e tc throughout the co l l e g e in recent weeks .

Some outs ide intruders have been arrested but events show that th i eves are s t i l l on the prowl v i s i t i n g unattended p laces w i th intent to s t e a l .

With Xmas drawing near F E L I X has been asked to bring th i s no t i ce to your at tent ion and to make sure that s i m i l a r a r t i c l e s are not left unattended.

In s eve ra l i n s tances cheque books and cheque cards have been s to l en and B a n k s and Secur i t y a d v i s e you to keep s u c h items separate , thus a v o i d i n g any inconven ience to yourse l f and the B a n k s shou ld they both be s t o l en .

Should any person be seen ac t ing s u s p i c i o u s l y in any unattended room, corr idor , l ocker room .e tc , obta in the a s s i s t a n c e of a co l l eague and then immediately te lephone Secur i t y Off ice Internal No : 2741 .

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IC Dramsoc present J ohn Mort imer ' s adaptat ion of C a r l Z u c k m a y e r ' s 'THE CAPTAIN OF KOPEN1CK' in the Union Concert Hall at

7.30pm. A d m : Students 40p; others 60p.

IC F i l m Soc present "I'M JUMPING OVER PUDDLES AGAIN" in Mech Eng 220 at 7.15pm. Adm by membership card on l y . Membersh ip £1.50. IC C h o i r : Ch r i s tmas Orator io (JS Bach ) . 8.00pm in the Great H a l l . A d m : Students 50p; others 75p.

Saturday 6th

L a s t night of

KOPENICK'.

CCD"! party in Adm 50p.

C h e l s e a ? ' G O O D HABIT' in concer t . Manres sa Rd SW3

Tuesday 9th

Dinner . Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g 7.00pm for 7.30pm.

DAVID STEEL, M P

IC Dramsoc ' s presenta t i on , 'THE CAPTAIN OF

F o r d e t a i l s we under F r i d a y 5th

the J C R . From 8.30pm onwards . B r ing a bott le

Sunday 7th

C A T H S O C : 'CHRIST AMONG THE PROPHETS'. A ta lk by

Jerome O 'hea , D i rec to r of C o l t Internat ional L t d . C h e l s e a : F i l m 'A MAN CALLED HORSE' in Right foot H a l l , Manres sa R d . SW3

Chr i s tmas Ha l D inner J a c k e t s A s s o c i a t e d S tud i es : The P o l i t i c a l Scene(2 Theatre A , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . 1.30pm F i l m : 'VOLCANO (LES RENDEZVOUS DU DIABLE)' Theatre B ,

Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g . 1.15pm. ICWA Chr i s tmas Luncheon in the Un ion Concert H a l l at 12.30pm.

T i c k e t s 50p from ICWA dep reps and 121 or 124 Be i t H a l l .

Wednesday 10th

IC F o l k C l u b s ingers n ight . 8.00pm Un ion Lower Re fec tory . Roya l C o l l e g e of Art Xmas Dance featur ing the 'FUNKEES', 'EMILY SWAY;, 'THE SHUFFLE SISTERS'. Gu lbenk i an H a l l .

8.00pm-1.06am Adm: 60p adv, £1 at the door. C h e l s e a : Ba r night wi th 'SWIFT' 8.30pm Light foot H a l l , Manres sa R d , SW3. A d n : F r ee !

Monday 8th

IC Union C o u n c i l meet ing n the Un ion S C R . 5.30Dm for 6 .00pm.

Thursday 11th

One day to go!

Friday 12th

Mines B a l l : Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . 7.00pm for 7.30pm. 2 Bars (open t i l l 4.00am) D i s c o and s tar r ing the 'RYTHM MAKERS STEEL BAND'. 'JEREMY TAYLOR' and 'MAGICAL MALCOLM'.

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T i c k e t s 50p.

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Fit IX

KM FOR THOSE IN doubt, possibly due to the abscence of my column in the last few editions of F E L I X , ICWA has been alive and well since I last put pen to paper! Firstly, on the negative side, I must explain why the Rape Debate was cancelled. The idea of the debate was to encourage constructive and objective discussion of the present rape law and the dileria that the law faces in the case of rape. It was felt that this could not possibly happen in the justifiably high pitched atmosphere created by the rape of a girl at knife point in the Union Building, only a week before the debate was due to have taken place. Hence, the debate was cancelled.

In the lunch break of Thursday, November 20th, ICWA held its first General Meeting of the session. This proved to be a tactical error* as an ICU UGM was also scheduled for that lunch break. However, thanks to the very poor turn out for the meeting, we had no trouble in whizzing through the agenda, electing for ourselves a very capable freshers' rep and male rep and still managing to attend the major part of the UGM.

On the evening of the 20th November the Post Graduate and Overseas Students Social evening was held from which insights were gleaned as to just how isolated some of these

students really are. As a result we have devised a strategy for ensuring every one of our PG and overseas members know about the events being organised.

As for future events, we propose to round off the term in true Christmas spirit with the 'traditional' ICWA Christmas luncheon to be held on December 9th in the Union Concert Hal l . Tickets cost 50p and can be purchased from ICWA department reps or from Beit Hall , rooms 121, 124 and 30. We look forward to seeing you there.

Finally, although College goes down for the Christmas vac on December 12th, most schools and sixth form colleges do not break up until much later. This provides a ready opportunity for students to visit their old sixth forms, with a view to giving a short careers talk to encourage girls to read for science and engineering degrees — particularly at IC. It is not as awesome as it sounds — most sixth formers are more than willing to listen to what you have to say. If you are willing to do this, and this request is by no means restricted to ICWA members, let me know so that you can be provided with some of the relevant bumph. A better male/female ratio in this college would benefit both parties (did somebody say a party ?!) So please give the idea some consideration.

Stella Godfrey

Women in science

and engineering

not a contradiction The advantage of the

emotions is that they lead us

astray, and the advantage of

science is that it is not

emotional — Oscar Wilde.

W O M E N IN s c i e n c e and eng ineer ing i s , to many people , a con t rad i c t i on in terms. E i the r they are not true women, or not true s c i e n t i s t s arid eng inee rs .

T h e f i r s t l e s s o n you learn when you dec ide to study eng ineer ing i s how to react when people d i s c o v e r th is in t en t i on . It is something I have never maste red . When people sm i l e swee t l y and say , ' B u t you look much too feminine to do eng inee r ing ! , I genera l l y pu l l myse l f up to my fu l l 5ft 2 i n s and g lower at them, or I sm i l e swee t l y back and murmur, ' eng ineer ing degrees aren ' t as p h y s i c a l l y demanding as people imagine; on a good day I c an carry my own books . . . '

The constant t eas ing i s very worry ing , e s p e c i a l l y if you are not a good eng ineer . Pe rhaps t h i s i s my who le problem, but it c e r t a in l y i r r i ta tes me great ly when people suggest I am too short to undertake the rigours of a B S c (Eng ) .

It i s in connec t i on wi th

M u t t e r s A r i s i n g S t i l l recover ing from the

euphor ia of a Mike W i l l i ams (gasp) pro f i l e , I am afraid th i s 'Mut ters ' w i l l not so much f ly off the pen, as stagger off i t . There are two th ings w h i c h need s a y i n g .

F i r s t l y , a work ing party on " w a y s in w h i c h the U n i o n ' s admin is t ra t i on can be made more r espons i ve to the needs of the membership, present- and fu tu r e " has been set-up. T h i s grand brief encompasses an enormous f i e l d , but if you feel that

the Un i on lets you down in any sphere , be it in c l u b s , academic a f fa i rs , accommod­a t i on , or whatever , then let us know.

The work ing party c o n s i s t s of Pe te r Teague , R i z Shak i r , J ohn Morgan and myse l f . If you don't grumble now, your chance of making any great changes th is year has gone.

Second ly , it is l i k e l y that, in the near future, str ingent ru les re la t ing to the p l a c i ng of posters in U n i o n areas' w i l l be in t roduced . Thes e w i l l

be adve r t i s ed beforehand, but you have been warned! On a s i m i l a r note, w i l l any group adve r t i s ing in the ha l l owed por ta ls of IF p l ease take the posters down to their Un ion o f f ice f i r s t . T h e point here being that their admin is t ra t i on are not very keen on posters being put up just ins ide the front door, thus cover ing up the fire ex i t poster.

Your s ( l ov ing ly as ever)

John Downs

th i s and wi th "Women and S c i e n c e " c o l l e c t i v e that led me to j o in the 'Women in S c i e n c e and Techno l ogy ' group. T h i s con t rove r s i a l group has rece i ved more abuse than a l l the other s o c i e t i e s put together — even ICWA has not rece i ved that much abuse — and it i s sad to note that most of It unearned. A l l the women 's a c t i v i t i e s that are the wrong s ide of Barbara Ca r t l and are put down to u s . The newly e l e c t ed Mr ICWA even a c c u s e d us of be ing r e spons ib l e for the Smoking Concer t p i cke t . In add i t i on , for reasons known only to herse l f , she found the Rape Debate poster o f f ens i ve .

It i s at t i tudes l i k e these w h i c h have caused many people to ignore the a c t i v i t i e s of our group or d i s m i s s them as un impor t an t . Th i s i s a great p i t y because our group i s very a c t i v e , and has some exce l l en t meet ings p lanned .

One of our main a ims th i s year is to meet s u c c e s s f u l women s c i e n t i s t s a n d engineers to d i s c u s s the i r careers and the d i f f i c u l t i e s they faced reach ing the top of their p ro f e s s i ons . The most in te res t ing of these encounters shou ld be the one w i th E l e a n o r Macdona ld who runs the 'Women In Management ' group and i s a very s u c c e s s f u l Indus t r i a l i s t he rse l f .

Our Wednesday meet ings cont inue in the ICWA lounge as before, but on a s l i g h t l y more formal b a s i s . The meet ings u s u a l l y dea l w i th a spec t s of a s c i e n c e and w o m e n " .

It i s important to s t r e s s that anyone i s we lcome to these meet ings . Come a long any Wednesday and meet us — we are not all rav ing f emin i s t s and male haters — some women surv i v e three years of th i s c o l l e g e wi thout emerging w i th a phobia towards a l l th ings m a s c u l i n e .

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4 FILIX

External Eclairs WHY C A L L THIS co lumn " E x t e r n a l E c l a i r s " you may w e l l a s k ? My answer i s that Its appearance (for the very f i rs t time) shou ld br ing great p l easure and i ts departure leave one hanker ing for more — and it has a cer ta in e c l a t , don ' t you th ink? Anyway , as

' c r o s s country r epo r t " , it does not long as it i s not en t i t l ed r ea l l y matter.

What is it all about?

Peop l e often a sk me what an Ex t e rna l A f f a i r s Of f icer d o e s ; t h i s is d i f f i cu l t to answer . E s s e n t i a l l y , I suppose , the job invo l v es the d i s s em ina t i on of information about, and the s t imu la t i on of student invo l v -ment in , " a l l matters external to I C " , that i s , s p e c i f i c a l l y conce rn ing s o c i a l and p o l i t i c a l i s s u e s . I am required to l i a i s e w i th the N U S , and a l l i t s appendages such a s E n d s l e i g h Insurance , NUS T r a v e l , NUS Marke t ing , L S O e t c , and w i th other c o l l e g e s , Hence I spend a great dea l of time go ing to meet ings and conferences around the country and d i s c u s s i n g var ious matters w i th student union people in other c o l l e g e s . T o a s s i s t in the pursui t of th i s brief , there is an E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s

Commit t ee , (which can accommodate anyone interested in such matters ) .

LSO etc

There are two bodies on

w h i c h I represent the members

of IC U n i o n ; one is the

Student Representa t i ve

C o u n c i l of the Un i v e r s i t y of

London U n i o n , U L U S R C , and

the other is the West London

Commit tee of the L S O . The

l a t t e r i s the loca l A r ea o rgan i sa t i on of the N U S . S i n c e L S O i s ex t remely large, it is sp l i t into a number of sub-a reas . We belong to the West London sub-a rea , w h i c h e s s e n t i a l l y con ta ins a l l the c o l l e g e s of U S K and of the Brune i -cent red equ iva lent ,

C A T B U M S . W e l l , if you fo l lowed a l l those i n i t i a l s , c o n ­g ra tu l a t i ons .

So what are these organ­i sa t i ons going to do for you? T o some extent that is up to you , because I can only act on the ins t ruc t i ons of C o u n c i l and Un ion Genera l Meet ings — and I suggest that you a l l at tend U G M ' s and make your, op in i ons heard . A t present, L S O (West London) are th ink ing about o rgan i s ing inter c o l l e g i a t e sports compet i t i ons w i th in the area, and about producing ' en ts shee t s ' as U S K and C A T B U M S d i d . A t the moment, there is a great debate going on regarding the structure of L S O , most ly about f inance , and a l s o regarding the

use fu lness of the o rgan i sa t i on . A t present , the L S O has o c c a s s i o n a l conferences to d i s c u s s p o l i t i c a l and s o c i a l ques t i ons and to organise campa i gns , wh i ch are in i t ia ted by the N U S execu t i v e under i ns t ruc t i ons from Nat i ona l Con f e r ences .

DES Picket

While on the sub jec t of campa i gns , I wou ld l ike to thank the handful of people who turned out at midnight las t Thursday to take the f i r s t four-hour sh i f t of the 24-hour p i cke t of the D E S . We a c t u a l l y turned out 6 peop le , not i nc lud ing Trev P h i l l i p s , w h i c h outnumbered the combined de l ega t i ons of severa l other e x - U S K c o l l e g e s who s h a l l remain name l e s s . In the absence o f our banner ( cou ld we have it back p lease? ) we stood in the A r c t i c c o l d and ga le force w inds ho ld ing an NUS banner, wh i ch I thought was rather incongruous s i n c e , as I s a i d to Steve ( "Where 's the bloody soup t h e n ? " ) Br i ghtman, IC has probably been d i s a f f i l i a t e d from NUS for more years than most other c o l l e g e s present had been a f f i l i a t e d !

So we sat/stood there and watched the secu i r t y guards andthey watched u s . P roceed ings were en l i vened by the a c t i v i t i e s of a loca l down-and-out. who fe l l around d r ink ing anyth ing offered (or not) unt i l the f r i end ly loca l constabu lary offered him accommodat ion for the n ight . (I bet he got some soup, ) Whether or not we impressed upon the D E S that sutdents are opposed to the D r a s t i c cuts in teacher t ra in ing proposed by them, we c e r t a in l y d i scouraged anyone from enter ing the bu i l d ing between midnight and four o ' c l o c k .

A t four, we went off w i th var ious people from Shored i t ch , L i v e r p o o l (I 'm sure they ' r e not in West London? ! ) , R o y a l Ho l l oway and E a l i n g for our meal break. We l l , South Bank P o l y had shut down their soup s u p p l i e s , s o we tr ied the sa lub r i ous M i c k ' s Cafe in F l e e t Street , w h i c h was a l s o c l o s e d , and then a p lace in V i c t o r i a and that too was c l o s e d . I vague ly remember be ing dr i ven into the new Covent Garden market, where Pe te to ld the chap on the gate (as he put h is foot down on the acce lerator ) that we 'd come to c o l l e c t a box of a p p l e s . We returned to the p icket at about 05.15am and dec ided we had shown su f f i c i ent s o l i da r i t y for one night, so we grace fu l ly ret ired to Char ing C r o s s to awai t the f irst tube. I hope that th i s ta le encourages you to come a long and freeze next time — I suppose y o u ' l l f ind me there.

Services

The latest idea to come out of N U S , and a good deal

Stay so l vent th i s X m a s !

AS T H E C H R I S T M A S vaca t i on approaches , bank ba l ances are d w i n d l i n g . However , do not despa i r . A s a student you are ent i t l ed to c l a i m supplementary benefit throughout the v a c a t i o n . T h i s c an be obta ined from your l o ca l s o c i a l s ecur i t y o f f i ce . The on ly cond i t i on i s that you must be a v a i l a b l e for work. Y ou w i l l be a l l owed a preference for type of work, but may be offered anyth ing for w h i c h the employment of f icer th inks you are s u i t a b l e . An offer can be refused only for a genuine reason, for example , p h y s i c a l d i s a b i l i t y (for manual work) or because the job i s not w i th in reasonab le t r a ve l l i ng d i s t a n c e ,

work i s a v a i l a b l e , If no then you w i l l " s i g n o n " . If you are l i v i n g at home dur ing the vaca t i on , you must take proof of your address , your last bank statement, any s a v i n g s d e t a i l s and proof of the amount of your grant when you go to s i gn o n . Payment w i l l be by post in the form of a G i r o cheque and w i l l c o n s i s t of a personal a l l owance of £7.65 per week p l u s 95p towards your parents rent e tc , l e s s a deduc t i on of approx imate ly £3.00. T h i s las t i s the sum a l l owed in L E A grants per week of v a c a t i o n .

If you are s tay ing in h a l l , f lat or lodg ings , you must take a long a l l the information ment ioned above and your l ease agreement or rent book. The benefit w i l l be £9.60 per week only over rent l e s s about £3.00. Should your rent inc lude food or heat ing c o s t s , a further deduct ion w i l l be made.

In the c a s e of those whose parents have not paid the i r cont r ibut i on to the i r grant, an appeal can be lodged. T h i s must be done w i th in 21 days of r e c e i v ing a f ina l a s sessmen t , in wr i t i ng .

Whi le r e c e i v i ng benefit you have to ' s i g n on ' once a week. If you w i s h to go home dur ing the Chr i s tmas week, you can f i l l in a ho l iday form and benefit

w i l l be he ld over unt i l your re turn . T h e return date must however, be s p e c i f i e d .

Bene f i t i s a l s o payable to people s t ay ing wi th fr iends but not pay ing rent and o c c a s s i o n a l ly to overseas s tudents if the i r f i nanc ia l s i tua t i on has deter iorated s i n c e the i r a r r i va l in the U K ,

L i s t e d be low are the s o c i a l s ecur i t y o f f i ces addresses for the surrounding a rea : -A c t o n : Government B u i l d i n g s , Bromyard A v e , W3 Ba t t e r s ea : 40 Par t sga te R o a d , SW11

Bayswa te r : 1 Cheps tow P l a c e , W2 C h e l s e a : Waterford House , Waterford R d , SW6 K e n s i n g t o n : 375 Kens ing ton H i g h Street, W14 and 76 H o l l a n d Park Avenue , W11 Hammersmi th : Hythe House ,

Other sources L E A ' s do have the power

to award " d i s c r e t i o n a r y vaca t i ona l h a r d s h i p " grants but these are very rare. If you are con t inu ing superv i sed study dur ing the vaca t i on , you are e l i g i b l e for a vaca t i on grant. Th is is arranged through the C o l l e g e , so c h e c k w i th your tutor.

Any further information required can be obta ined from the Student Welfare Centre at luncht imes .

The Student Welfare Centre

What it is

The centre is a p l ace that i s open every weekday luncht ime (12.30pm - 1.30pm) w h e n y o u c a n go f o r information on t op i c s ranging from cont racept ion to legal a i d , from vaca t i on grants to accommodat ion . Drop in and see us about anything that i s t roub l ing you — coffee is prov ided . Myse l f and others

are there on Mondays , Wednesdays and F r i d a y s . On T u e s d a y s and Thursdays , you can see Don Ad l ing t on , the Student C o u n s e l l o r without prior appointment.

Where it is

The centre is at the top of the Un i on B u i l d i n g so you are adv i s ed to use the

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more s e n s i b l e than many, is the new Market ing scheme. If you drop into the Un i on Of f ice you can c o l l e c t leaf lets about the sma l l p i lot scheme, w h i c h is a l r eady t ak ing £20,000 per week. N U S , by bu lk -buy ing have been able to get hugh d i s coun ts on such i tems as sports goods, s l e e p i n g bags , saucepans (over 50% d iscount ! ) and a large s e l e c t i on of c a l c u l a t o r s . T h i s i s , I must s t r e s s , only a pi lot scheme, and nego t ia t i ons are con t inu ing to extend the range of goods, for example ,

H P 2 5 ' s may soon be a v a i l a b l e and Market ing are a l s o negot ia t ing for w i n e s e t c .

We l l , I th ink tha t ' s enough for th i s week, so I ' l l

get back to p lo t t ing what we are go ing to do to the N U S E x e c u t i v e at Scarborough th i s weekend (the de legates w i s h to deny a l l rumours that the Da l ek i s programmed to zap C h a r l e s C l a r k e . We're just tak ing it a long for the brac ing s e a a i r wh i ch shou ld recharge i t s bat ter ies , a long w i th the c a s e of hand grenades and a t a c t i c a l nuc l ea r weapon — oops , what a g iveaway. )

A last though — in the words of Ian M i n n i s , P r es iden t of A s t o n U n i v e r s i t y Students ' U n i o n , " Y o u don ' t need to wear w e l l i e s to shag sheep, but it h e l p s " . C he e r i o

Derrick Everett

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S C A B : Who they are, what they do. Introduction

E N T E R T A I N M E N T IS N O T the sole aim of those

clubs/societies that constitute the " S o c i a l , Cultural

and Amusements Boa rd " (SCAB). It is true that this

i s a common factor, that one way or another, at some

time or another, S C A B clubs do provide entertainment,

that this is what distinguishes S C A B from R C C and

S C C because many of the S C A B c l u b s do have

recreational and socia l activities; it was only this

term that the Musical Society transferred to S C A B

from R C C . Dramsoc are very socia l ly orientated;

going to the theatre or attending Ha l l Dinner is not

unusual for them. Even IC Ents , the largest entertain­

ment providers at College with three regular events a

week (that's bordering on the industrial) cannot in

fairness be accused of existing solely for these

purposes.

It was for this reason that when S C A B was formed

just over two years ago, it was not cal led the "Ente r ­

taining Clubs Comittee" (ECC) to be in line with the

other Union Major Sub-Committees, A C C , R C C , S C C .

it became — although an unfortunate abbreviation in

itself — it was felt that this title best embodied the

activities of those within it.

However, having denied that S C A B clubs are solely

entertainments based, I have not f o r g o t t e n that

entertainment i s a common activity, nor will I claim

that S C A B has the monopoly in this field. The three

C C U ' s , A C C , R C C , SCC , Ha l l s and Houses al l provide

their own entertainments. But entertainment i s a

luxury — an inexpensive luxury at IC — so go and

support it, join a club, buy a ticket. Who knows you

may enjoy yourself.

A lan R Jones

Ents-a band of

dedicated decadents T H E E N T ( E R T A I N M E N T ) S Commit tee is a body of ded ica ted decadents whose s o l e purpose i s to make your l i fe more en joyab le . We put on the Thursday f i lms , F r iday d i s c o s and Saturday conce r t s . The d i s c o now be longs to E n t s and is h i r ed out for par t i es w i th in C o l l e g e .

Membership of the committee i s free, and E n t s people get into the events we put on free. The c a t c h , of course , i s that members are expected to devote themse l ves body and sou l to the organ isa t i on and running of entertainment w i th in the C o l l e g e . Fo r ins tance , a t y p i c a l concer t invo l ves a large number of s imp le but t ime consuming t asks such as s t i c k i n g up posters , handb i l l ing concer ts at infer ior venues,„ s e l l i n g t i c k e t s ( thanks to B i l l and John) , humping equipment, keeping out ga tec rashers , c l e a r i ng up afterwards and o c c a s i o n a l l y wa tch ing the band. However , as th i s work is spread over the thirty-odd members of the committee the amount each ind i v i dua l does i s not e x c e s s i v e , and wou ld be even l e s s if more people j o ined . We ho ld meet ings every Monday at 12.45pm in the Room at the Top , IC U n i o n , if you are - in te res ted .

J o i n i n g the committee i s the best way of in f luenc ing the type of entertainment we prov ide; another way i s to f i l l in the ques t i ona l re in th i s supplement a s fu l l y and a s in t e l l i g en t l y as you c a n . When do ing t h i s , p l ease bear in mind what cou ld be c a l l e d the Je thro Z e p p e l i n

syndrome: when we a s k what groups people wou ld l i ke to see appear ing at the co l l e g e they invar i ab l y ask for the - R o l l i n g F l o y d or s i m i l a r . Unfor tunate ly the s i z e of our h a l l , and the c l o s e prox imi ty of larger venues , make bands c o s t i n g more than about £1250 u n ­w i l l i n g to p lay here, and anyway we wou ld have to charge r i d i c u l o u s l y h igh admiss i on p r i c e s . I'd be e s p e c i a l l y interested to hear sugges t i ons for a l t e rna t i v e types of entertainment; for example , we used to run Fr iday night hops , w i th a sma l l band and d i s c o in the Un ion Concer t H a l l ; and C i t y U n i v e r s i t y are exper iment­ing w i th c lub/cabare t s t y l e e ven ings . I th ink that E n t s serves a rather l imi ted range of in teres ts at the moment, and we r ea l l y need your ideas to w iden the spectrum.

A n d y H i g m a n

E n t s Cha i rman

" C r i m p e r s "

6 Montpe l l i e r St.

9.30am - 5.30pm

F o r free cut or s t y l i n g ,

contact Roger at C r impe rs .

Any day, i n c l . Saturday

- w i l l l as t probably a coup le

of months.

E I D - U Z - Z U H A B E I N G C E L E B R A T E D

J u s t three weeks from now. Get your E i d Ca rds front the I s l amic Soc i e t y . Room 002 Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g , every day at 1.00pm. P r i c e 5p, 6p & 7p.

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M J D u t t o n

F I L M S O C I E T Y as might be guessed , sc reens f i lms . The f i lms inc luded i n our programme, are of a type that wou ld not ngrmal ly f ind an out le t due to the fact that they are e i ther fore ign, or contemporary, or are not deemed commerc ia l l y v i ab l e , but desp i t e a l l t h i s are worth s c r e en ing . In an attempt to a ch i e v e a ba lanced programme, some of the more worthy E n g l i s h d ia l ogue f i lms a l so f ind i n c l u s i o n in th i s s e a s o n ' s s e l e c t i o n .

The Soc ie ty is a member of the B r i t i s h Federa t i on of F i l m Soc i e t i e s together w i th being a corporate member of The Na t i ona l F i l m Theatre , the latter en t i t l i ng any member of F i l m Soc ie ty to use our Nat i ona l F i l m Theatre Corporate Membership T i c k e t . We are a l s o fortunate in being o c c a s i o n a l l y inv i t ed to the Gate C i n e m a at Not t ing H i l l for p ress s c r een ings of their latest programme. L i a i s o n i s a l s o beg inning to

take p l ace between our soc i e ty and another in t h i s area, w h i c h we hope w i l l con t inue to deve lop , to enable greater f l e x i b i l i t y of r esources and c h o i c e of f i lms .

Apart from sc r een ing the regular F i l m Soc i e ty programme we offer the f a c i l i t y of sc reen ing f i lms for other c l u b s and s o c i e t i e s , the change being 75p per hour for the projector and 75p per hour for the pro j ec t i on is t . A s we have a c inemascope screen in our p o s s e s s i o n , t h i s f a c i l i t y a l s o extends to c inemascope f i lms .

We are a lways w i l l i n g to t ra in anyone who w i s h e s to learn how to project f i lms , indeed anyone who can project, and wou ld l i k e to he lp in the sc reen ing of our f i lms i s more than we lcome to do so .

Our f i lms are shown at 7.15pm most F r i d a y even ings in Mechan i ca l Eng inee r ing 220 or in the Great H a l l , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . Membership at £1.50 per s ea son , permits free entry to a l l the f i lms of the s eason ; fu l l gues ts in each season be ing a l l owed free entrance for each member. If y ou w i s h to know any further d e t a i l s regarding, the N F T ca rd , Gate v i e w i n g s e s s i o n s , projector h i r e or just w i s h to become invo l ved in the Soc i e ty p l ease do not hes i ta t e to approach any member of our commit tee .

* F E L I X

Opsoc-not virtuosoes O P S O C has a l l the facets that go to make a s u c c e s s f u l s o c i e t y . The members are not only from IC, but s tudents from other c o l l e g e s , people who c o u l d not bear to leave when they f i n i shed C o l l e g e , and var ious others who do not fit into any par t i cu lar category . A l though there i s a c l o s e l i a i s o n wi th the Roya l C o l l e g e of M u s i c (a great he lp to any mus i ca l soc i e t y ) , " v i r t u o s o " q u a l i t i e s are not n e c e s s a r i l y required, just an enjoyment of s ing ing and a des i r e to ach ieve a f ina l po l i shed performance.

The s o c i e t y ' s main aim is the product ion of two l ight operas (usua l l y G i l be r t and Su l l i van ) every year . One of these takes p lace in C o l l e g e in February , and preparat ions for next term's " U t o p i a L i m i t e d " are w e l l underway. The second is the summer v a c a t i o n , when s inge r s , o rches t ra and stage -grew set-off to put on a show in some remote corner of E n g l a n d . A few years ago, t h i s ' tour ' went to Bud l e i gh

Sal terton in Devon , and was so w e l l r ece i ved that t h i s town has been the venue for the summer performance ever s i n c e . There are a l s o concer ts at appropriate t imes such as E a s t e r and C h r i s t m a s , and caro l s i ng ing around loca l h o s p i t a l s . A new venture being attempted at the end of th i s term Is a sponsored marathon s i n g , where the soc i e t y w i l l be s ing ing straight through a l l 13 G i l be r t " and Su l l i v an

operas c onse cu t i v e l y (which it is reckoned, w i l l take about thirty hours to complete ) .

Apart from i t s m u s i c a l a c t i v i t i e s , O p s o c ' s s o c i a l s i de Is very important to a l l Its members. The ca l ender

abounds with part ies both in C o l l e g e and in peop le ' s houses . Every rehearsa l ends up re t i r ing to Souths ide bar and so tends not to f i n i sh unt i l .11.30! Hence by the time it i s get t ing c l o s e to performance and rehearsa l s occur tw i c e a week, people tend to f ind that the i r free time is very o c c up i e d . T h i s

may sound l i ke hard work, and o c c a s i o n a l l y it dnes seem so , but genera l ly it i s thoroughly enjoyed by a l l i n vo l v ed .

The greatest s o c i a l event of the year i s , however, the summer tour. T h i s is more of a ho l iday than two weeks of r ehearsa l s and performances (of wh i ch there are n ine In in a l l ) . A t least it is t h i s for s ingers and orchest ra ; it i s c ons ide rab l y harder for those engaged in bu i l d ing a set from mater ia ls brought a l l the way from London .

Insplte of the fact we have a number of members who have been wi th the soc i e t y

for we l l over f ive years , an ind i ca t i on of the enjoyment to be found wi th us , anyone with an interest in operetta or other forms of mus i c , a des i r e to he lp on the t e chn i ca l s i de (set bu i l d ing , l i gh t ing , cos tumes etc.) or just the w i s h to j o in a s o c i a l mus i ca l soc i e ty is we lcome to any of our r ehearsa ls In 53, P r i n c e ' s Gate at 7.30 pm on Tuesday e ven ings .

Jazz Club-

all that free

music?! O N E T H I N G H A S s t ruck me above a l l e l s e s i n c e j o i n ing the J a z z C l u b Commit tee ; that i s the d i f f i cu l t y of g i v ing away mus ic free! One would think that there wou ld be p lenty of people w i th ing nothing better to do than s i t in the comfort of the Un ion Lower Lounge on Sunday even ing l i s t en i ng to l i v e bands whose music ranges from rock (remember Bur l esque ! ! ) to t rad i t i ona l j a z z , but apparent ly th i s i s not the c a s e .

If we have not been very s u c c e s s f u l at a t t ract ing aud iences , then at least we have been extremely succ e s s f u l in obta in ing bands of a very high standard from a l l over London and encourag ing c o l l e g e bands by prov id ing a venue for

g i gs . T h i s br ings me on to the

p lay ing aspec t s of our a c t i v i t i e s . The J a z z C l u b owns a rather sord id room located midway between the Un ion of f ice and Dramsoc in the Un i on B u i l d i n g . T h i s is . a v a i l a b l e for use by members at anyt ime. We a l s o own an ampl i f i e r , four co lumns , two microphones , a drum k i t , two pianoes and a double bass wh i ch are for use by members.

Unfor tunate ly , the more ' removable ' items have to be kept under lock and key .

M U S I C S O C I E T Y T H E M U S I C A L S O C I E T Y c o n s i s t s of two o r gan i sa t i ons which funct ion independent ly of each other in the i r a c t i v i t i e s but work together irv the i r aim to prov ide an outlet for tha a b i l i t i e s of s tudents in the mus i c f i e l d . The two bodies are Imperial C o l l e g e Symphony Orches t ra and Imperial C o l l e g e C h o i r .

The Orches t ra at present has about forty regular p layers of whom the majority are IC s tudents . It has been conducted for the past couple of years by Dr G a v i n Park . The Orches t ra p rac t i c es every Wednesday in the Great H a l l .

The Orches t ra g i v es three conce r t s a year, one in each term, and attempts to cover some major wo rks .

Bes fdes t h i s , the Orches t ra runs sma l l e r instrumental groups such a s the 'Wind B a n d ' and the 'S t r ing G roup ' . These offer the opportunity for the p layers of va r i ous instruments wh i ch may not be required in the fu l l o rchest ra , to p ra c t i c e .

These f a c i l i t i e s are regular ly used by f iye or s i x bands of var ious spe c i e s and by many i nd i v i dua l s who just w i sh to prac t i ce their instruments .

That b a s i c a l l y is the range of our a c t i v i t i e s at present, but we are open to sugges t i ons , par t i cu la r l y from people who are prepared to do a bit of work and he lp in the o rgan isa t ion (we are desperate ly short of committee members). Anyone interested should contact e i ther myse l f or our P res iden t , M ike Woodward, Mech Eng 2.

N i g e l H a r r i s o n ,

These groups can a l s o g ive their own pub l i c per formances.

The Orches t ra i s a l s o a s o c i a l group. M u s i c Camp weekends, d inne r s and part ies are arranged to enable members to get to know each other.

The other s e c t i o n of the M u s i c a l Soc i e ty i s the C h o i r . T h i s has a membership of approximate ly 160 and is conducted by Pro f essor E r i c Brown. P r a c t i c e s are held every Thursday even ing in Lec ture Theatre 342, Mech . E n g . The C h o i r i s mixed vo i c e by v i r tue of i ts female s inge rs recrui ted from surrounding c o l l e g e s as we l l as IC .

A s wi th the Orches t ra , the Cho i r g v es a concert in each term and the next concert i s on F r i d a y 5th Dec (today) in the Great H a l l - a l l are we l come .

B e s i d e s the concer t s , the C h o i r arranges a c t i v i t i e s for the members, a imed at producing a good s o c i a l s p i r i t . T h i s term, the Cho i r h a s been on a week-end M u s i c Camp and before the end of term there w i l l be a Chr i s tmas D inne r . The C h o i r w i l l s i n g at C h r i s t m a s H a l l Dinner , and there w i l l be Caro l S ing ing around the Mews . Further a c t i v i t i e s are be ing arranged for next term.

A subs iderary group of the C h o i r is the Madr iga l S ingers who meet after r ehearsa l s .

If you s ing or play an instrument, the M u s i c a l Soc ie ty hopes to prov ide some part for you tp p lay . If you enjoy l i s t en ing to chora l or o rches t ra l mus i c it i s hoped that our efforts at concer ts g ive you p l easure .

F o l k C l u b -

n o m o r e ' t i l l

next week! A S H A D O W Y figure s tumbles in the dark, as he reaches for

the l ight s w i t c h e s , curses under h i s breath as he ca t ches the l inger ing odour of c o l d H e i n z Spaghet t i , and burned sausages , and takes another s i p from a hal f -hour o ld pint of I P A . It 's the same o ld rout ine aga in ; open the w indows to freshen the a i r push the tab les a s i de to make more room, and s i t and

wai t for the people to a r r i ve .

And then, for a few short hours , the Un ion lower Refectory becomes one of L ondon ' s leading folk venues . The guest s inger a r r i v e s : maybe a t rad i t i ona l s inger from the M i d l a n d s , a comedian from up north, or a s inger -songwr i ter from NW3. The aud ience drift in ; some to l i s t en (and some to heck le ) ; some to stand up and s i n g , (and some to s i t in the corner and get p issed. )

There are many w ide l y dif ferent k inds of mus i c that may be c a l l e d " f o l k " , and many different ways in wh i ch " f o l k " may be presented. A s k an IC F o l k C l u b regular what Bob Pegg and " M a g i c L a n t e r n " have in common.

C e r t a i n l y the same mus i ca l t as t es , and a great mutual respect , but the presentat ion of the i r mus ic cou ld hardly be more dif ferent! or compare C h r i s Rohmann and N i c Jones' , they both stand up in front of F o l k C l u b aud iences w i th a gui tar , a g l a s s of beer, and wea l th of ta lent , but the i r mus i ca l s t y l e s have l i t t l e in common!

The e s s en t i a l ' ing red i en t of those and a l l the other ac ts on the " F o l k C l u b C i r c u i t " must come down to the o l d , inde f inable " F o l k C l u b A t m o s p h e r e " . The top a r t i s t s are those who can bring out the k ind of atmosphere that keeps the c rowds coming back for more. A t the end of the even ing there ' s nothing more grat i fy ing than an audience making it obv ious that they don't wont to go home unt i l they ' re sure there ' s no more ' t i l l next week!

If you haven ' t been to a F o l k C l u b before, why not g i ve it a try one Wednesday n ight? Even if you don ' t l i ke S tee l eye ' or D y l a n , and you feel i l l every time the sp inners appear on the box, you might enjoy IC F o l k C l u b ! . . . . A n d so the l ights go out,

and a shadowy f igure makes h i s way out into the night to ca t ch the last 49 . It 's been yet another good even ing , judging by the c r i e s for a third encore , and the guest has been h in t ing that he ' d l i k e to play again next year . But i t ' s t ime to get back to r ea l i t y , and think about L a b reports, and tomorrows dinner , and th ings . B a c k to rea l i t y unt i l next Wednesday night, anyway ...

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Dramsoc-Concert Hall squatters T H E DRAMATIC S O C I E T Y was founded in 1912, and continued through the war (a performance of Sean

can therefore justly claim to be one of the oldest O 'Casey ' s "Purp le D u s t " in 1943 was accompanied

Union societies. Since 1921, when the Society united by anti-aircraft fire from Hyde Park, during an air-

with " T h e Royal College of Science Musical Soc iety" raid). 1956 saw the opening of the new Union building;

to put on their first full-length play - Sheridan's the Society took over the Concert Ha l l , on the second

" A School for Scanda l " - two productions have been floor, where it has remained ever since, apart from an

given every year. In 1941 the Society was reformed as adventurous performance of TS E l i o t ' s "Murder in

" T h e Imperial College Union Dramatic Soc iety" and the Cathedral" the Great Ha l l .

Our two product ions take p lace in the penul t imate weeks of the Autumn and Spring terms, and are genera l l y adver t i sed w ide l y , both in the C o l l e g e and ou ts ide . A u d i t i o n s take p lace in the f irst and last weeks of the Autumn term. Par t s are then speed i l y learnt so that rehearsa ls can begin in earnest ; these are he ld on Sunday a f t e r n o o n s and even ings and on two even ings in the week (general ly Tuesday and Thursday ) . Na tura l l y not a l l the cas t are required at every r ehea r sa l .

The S o c i e t y usua l l y s e l e c t s a d i rector who has a play he wants to d i rec t , although th i s i s not a lways p o s s i b l e . A s p i r i n g d i r ec to rs are rare and we are a lways on the look-out for new ta lent . On o c c a s i o n s the director may choose to organise a workshop s e s s i o n for the actors — e i ther in movement or in improv isa t ion — one of their funct ions i s to he lp the actors get to know one another.

In recent years our product ions have ranged from the medieval (three mystery plays) to the up-to-date (Tom Stoppard 's " T h e Rea l Inspector H o u n d " ) ; from the stark rea l i ty of Arthur M i l l e r ' s " T h e C r u c i b l e " to the absurdi ty of " T h e B a l d P r i ma D o n n a " by Eugene l onesco .

The presentat ion of two p lays each year are but the t ip of the iceberg of D ramsoc ' s manifo ld a c t i v i t i e s . Beh ind the s cenes "there are numerous t echn ica l jobs to be done, and s e r v i c e s to be provided for s o c i a l func t i ons . With in the Soc ie ty there is a cont inuous programme of-overhaul • of the complex sound and l ight ing equipment, The S o c i e t y ' s sound-track, bui l t in 1 9 6 5 and not conta in ing a s ing l e t rans i s to r ,

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The Student Welfare Centre

l i f t . When you do reach the top f loor (one way or another), turn left through the sw ing door on the left.

If anyone is interested in he lp ing to run the centre , p l ease come and see me there. There is a l so a vacancy for one ordinary member of the Welfare Commit tee — nominat ions are required .

Sue Kalicinski

Welfare Of f i cer

needs par t i cu la r a t tent ion , as does the out-dated sys t em of chokes used to contro l the stage l i gh t ing . A s i d e from the e l e c t r i c s there are, of course , se t s and propert ies to be des igned and cons t ruc t ed , requir ing a large number of people to saw, hammer and w i e l d paint b rushes . Outs ide the Soc ie ty our t e chn i ca l exper t i se , l i ght ing and sound equipment is lent to a var iety of C a r n i v a l s , concer t s , dances and pr ivate par t i es , cu lminat ing in the annual R C S formal ba l l at S i lwood Park . We a l so provide mater ia l s , too ls and some of the manpower for the Operat i c Soc i e t y ' s February Show.

The Soc ie ty would f ind ot hard to ex i s t without the contr ibut ions made by g i r l s from I F . A s we l l a s prov id ing ac t r esses they are a b l e to

help in the a c t i v e wardrobe ana make-up departments. They a l s o j o in us in our frequent v i s i t s to London theatres — both pro f ess iona l and amateur. T h i s year we have a l ready seen S i r John G i e l g u l d and Sir Ra lph R i chardson in Haro ld P i n t e r ' s " N o Man ' s L a n d " and severa l performances by students at the Cent ra l School of Speech and Drama.

Fo r the past three years the Soc ie ty has made an annual foray Into the w i l d s of Hampshire and Dorset in the f irst fortnight of J u l y . A s w e l l as prov id ing a change of scenery , the tour g i v es the members a chance for a l i t t l e r e l axa t i on . We perform in both s c h o o l s and pub l i c h a l l s wh i ch we hire for two or three n i gh t s . The accommodation i s in tents and the c u i s i n e i s f i rs t rate . Need l e s s to say , the t e chn i ca l s ide comes out In force w i th a van fu l l of equipment w h i c h has to be set up in each

ICWA

Christmas Lunch

Party

Tues 9th Dec

at

12.30pm

in the

Union Concert Hall

Tickets 50p from ICWA dep

reps and 121 or 124 Beit Hall

ha l l in a short space of t ime.

L a s t E a s t e r the S o c i e t y ' s product ion of Tom Stoppard ' s " A l b e r t ' s B r i d g e " was se l ec ted for the Na t i ona l Student Drama F e s t i v a l organised by the Sunday T i m e s . We gave two perform­ances In the C o l l e g i a t e Theatre at U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e . The Sunday T imes desc r ibed It as " a nimble p r o d u c t i o n " , w h i l s t the f es t i va l newspaper s a i d " t h e y are to be commended for their cho i c e and their s k i l l in present ing th i s p i e c e " . T h i s s e s s i o n the f e s t i va l w i l l be in Edinburgh and it is hoped that the Soc i e ty w i l l be sending some pa r t i c i pan t s .

We have a sp i r a t i ons towards an appearance on IC R a d i o . Members of S T O I C often come to our d ress rehearsa ls to g ive a l i t t l e pub l i c i t y to our presenta t ion , the actors apprec iate see ing their performances when they are p layed back on the monitor.

So c i a l events take p lace o c c a s i o n a l l y in the form of part ies (general ly he ld on the last night of a production) and v i s i t s to H a l l D i n n e r s . The H igh l i gh t of the year i s the annual d inner wh ich takes p lace In February , amid a wel ter of s e l f - congra tu la t i on .

Thomas Stevenson

Students Standby!

Ifiis is the sort of ticketpricereduction you can

no*get -for National Ifieatrr productions with

our new Stvdent Standby soteme. Any

unsold seats imiable one hour before curtain

up foronly90p(AQp previews ana midweek,

matinees).

Tickets on sale in the Old Vic foyer. Tiease bring

a current membership can/ of a recognised

student body • one ticket per cam holder

test seats-fir as muctias' 70°/o off!

Hit Nationallheatreat the Old Vic

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The purpose of t h i s quest ionnaire i s to d iscover what types of entertainment students

would l i k e to have promoted w i th in IC. Please answer the questions s e r i o u s l y , g i v ing

opinions and comments where r e l evant . As an incent ive to complete and re turn i t , a

draw of a l l the sens ib ly answered quest ionnaires w i l l be h e l d , three winners being

given two t i c k e t s each to any one SCAB funct ion of the i r cho ice . The quest ionnaire

should be returned to IC Union Of f ice v i a the i n t e rna l mai l by the end of term.

NAME DEPT YEAR.

MALE/FEMALE. SINGLE/MARRIED. RESIDENCE: HALL/HOUSE/OTHER

(IF OTHER, TRAVELLING TIME TO COLLEGE )

TO WHICH IC CLUBS DO YOU BELONG?

DO YOU HOLD ANY UNION POSTS?

HOW MANY EVENINGS DO YOU SPEND SOCIALLY IN COLLEGE PER WEEK?

DO YOU EVER GO TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN IC, IF SO HOW OFTEN?

JAZZ CLUB SUNDAY SESSIONS: HOW OFTEN:

FOLK CLUB (WEDNESDAY)

IC ENTS FILMS (THURSDAY)

FILM SOCIETY (FRIDAY)

IC ENTS DISCO (FRIDAY)

IC ENTS CONCERTS (SATURDAY)

DRAMATIC SOCIETY PRODUCTIONS

OPSOC PRODUCTIONS

IC CHOIR PRODUCTIONS

IC ORCHESTRA PRODUCTIONS

HALL/HOUSE FUNCTIONS

CCU EVENTS

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF: (a) PRICES and (b) THE QUALITY OF THESE EVENTS:

DO YOU GO TO ANY SIMILAR EVENTS OUTSIDE IC (BRIEF DETAILS)?

DO YOU PREFER THESE EVENTS OUTSIDE IC, IF SO WHY?,

WHAT ARE YOUR MUSICAL PREFERENCES, BRIEFLY:

WHICH ARTISTS, FILMS, PLAYS, ETC . , WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AT IC?

DO YOU THINK THERE IS ENOUGH VARIETY?- (a) WITHIN EACH OF THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES

(b) OVERALL

ARE THERE ANY EVENTS NOT AT PRESENT STAGED IN IC THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE?

FURTHER COMMENTS:

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R U G B Y R E C O R D Imperial College A 's : 10

Romford & Gidea Park: 0

by Christopher Cuthbertson

C I R C U M S T A N C E S b e y o n d

our contro l r esu l t ed . in a

much shorter than usua l

game. F o r o n c e , f i f teen

p layers turned up, more or

l e s s on t ime; and there was

an unheard-of event : the coach

left on t ime . Normal i t y then

reasser ted i t s e l f . A f ter a

few yards the c oach stopped

in response to a lot of

no i s e from the f i rs t f i f teen

who were a l s o aboard, but

as the reason for the no i s e

was not obv i ous to- anyone,

i n c l ud i ng the f i r s t f i f teen

apparent ly , the coach preceded

on ly to stop aga in at the

A lber t H a l l for ten minutes

before Steve Booth arr ived

and embussed . T h e s i g n i f i c a n c e

of that event a l s o escaped

the A s . Then there was the

father-and-mother of a l l

t ra f f i c jams in Kn igh tsbr idge ;

then a c oup l e of s t ops to a sk

the way ; and then we had

ar r i v ed , m i r a c u l o u s l y on

t ime . Tha t was f ine for the

f i rs t f i f teen but rough for the

A s .

" G e t changed and back on

your c o a c h , " shouted a

person who may have been

the Romford & G i d e a Pa rk

cap ta in or keeper . The A s

obeyed and after another

coach r ide ar r i ved at the

ground and, after i nd i ca t ing

s e r i o u s n e s s of intent , 'got the

game s ta r t ed .

End of exc i t ement? A l a s ,

no. A f t e r on ly ten minutes

N i g e l W i l l s h i r e threw h imse l f

to the ground and refused to

r i s e . A f te r c onsu l t a t i on an

ambulance was summoned and

W i l l s h i r e lay pa in fu l l y on

the c o l d ground to await i t .

C o u l d we play around h im?

That wou ld have been a bit

much. (Someone may have

tr ipped over h im and been

injured.) We wa i t ed , s tand ing

around on the c o l d ground

and s ympa th i s ing wi th h im .

Af ter ha l f an hour the

ambulance ar r i ved and much

to our su rp r i s e was not

being d r i ven by a go-s low

junior doctor but just by a

go-s low ambulance dr i ver .

The obs t a c l e hav ing been

removed, the game proceeded,

w i th one man m i s s i n g and

l i t t l e dayl ight le f t .

Inspi te of the weakend A ' s

team the Park team (which

inc luded an IC turncoat)

never looked l i k e s co r ing ,

but then ne i ther d id the A ' s .

In the second hal f the A ' s

d id a bit better, s c o r i ng

two t r i e s to se t t l e the match .

Rod Por te r got the f i r s t ,

f o l l ow ing a Park mis take on

the l i ne , and R i c h Jenner got

the s e c o n d . C h r i s Becque

got the ba l l from Bob L e e s o n ,

beat four p laye rs , and gave

R i c h a s imp l e s co r ing p a s s .

A l l R i c h had to do was to run

it in .. . from the hal f -way

l i n e . J ohn F i s h b u r n managed

to convert i t . That try was

a l l the better for hav ing

been ca r r i ed out in p i t ch

da rkness . T h e A ' s have

been ins t ruc ted to eat nothing

but ca r ro ts in c a s e we have

s i m i l a r problems next week.

The tri p back was uneventf u I

except for the hal f hour

spent at the l oca l hosp i t a l

manoeuvring N i g e l ( i t -only-

hurts-when- l - laugh) W i l l s h i r e

out of a whee l cha i r and

into the c o a c h .

Team: R Pullen, L Davies,

C Becque, R Leeson, J

Pitcher, MGibson, MLancaster,

S Brwund, A Fitzgerald, C

Cuthbertson, K Hawkins, R

Porter, J Fishburn, R Jenner,

N Willshire.

Stop P r e s s : N i g e l W i l l s h i r e

has sus ta ined a S l i ped D i s c

and w i l l be in the Hea l th

Cen t r e , r e c e i v ing treatment

unt i l F r i d a y .

Cutteridge Cup 2nd Round

Royal Vets 3 Imperial College 4

by Paul Robins

IC T R A V E L L E D up to the

R o y a l V e t s ground in darkest

Her t fordsh i re knowing that

they had a tough match on

their hands aga ins t a strong

s i d e . M i r a c u l o u s l y , the

coach was only 10 minutes

late , and so we arr ived at

2pm, in good t ime for a 2.30

k i c k off. The mental a t t i tude

of the team was good, and

they went onto the f i e l d

determined to w i n . F o r on ly

the th i rd t ime t h i s s eason ,

we won the t o s s , and e l ec ted

to p lay aga ins t the w i n d

and ra in (it was a love ly

day for rugby) . I C ' s forwards

started w i th a bang for a

change, and desp i t e the

wind d i sadvantage , set up

some good pos i t i ons for

their b a c k s . When V e t s

k i c k e d a long c l ea rance ,

IC counter a t tacked from

the i r own 2 5 . Some superb,

qu i ck , c l e a n hand l ing by

the b a c k s , w i th the forwards

w inn ing three good r u c k s , put*

A l a n Gregory over in the

corner for a f ine try . IC

were rampant now, and shou ld

have turned th i s to po ints

advantage . But severa l

p layers became a l i t t l e over eager, and from one such bout of rashness in the forwards, V e t s reduced the de f i c i t to a s ing l e point w i th a penal ty goal just before ha l f t ime . T h i s was s t i l l an exce l l en t pos i t i on for IC, as they turned around w i th the w ind in their favour.

Unfor tunate ly , the second

hal f , w a s a long story of

s u c c e s s i v e pena l t i e s aga inst

us , sure l y not a l l j u s t i f i ed ,

and t h i s rat t l ed our composure ,

pa r t i cu la r l y in the forwards.

A l l we c o u l d do was s i t back

and de fend, and th i s we d id

magn i f i c en t l y , wi th barely a

t ack l e be ing m i s s e d . Due to

the narrowness of our

w inn ing marg in, we were

very p l eased to hear the

f inal w h i s t l e , wh i ch took us

into the s em i - f i na l s , to be

p layed on February 11th, mark

it down in your d i a r i e s ,

as support would be much

apprec ia t ed . (See A Te l lam,

P r e s s y , Supporters So'c):

Team: B Finney, A Gregory,

R Stern, N Gibbs, A Devaney,

T Fearn, I Maclain, R Austin,

R Doyle, K Lipscombe,

J Smith, P Turley, P Robins.

O R I E N T E E R I N G ! by David Rosen

ON W E D N E S D A Y last week,

a party from IC braved the

wind and ra in to take part in

a 'Score E v e n t ' on Hampstead

Hea th . There were thir ty

m a r k e r s l a id out, and

compet i tors had to f ind as

many as p o s s i b l e w i th in

60 minutes . F o r every

minute overdue, one point

was deducted from the sco re .

L e n Fawe t t managed to

f ind a remarkable number of

the po ints — 18, but bad

t imekeep ing meant he was

13 minutes late wh i ch

d r a s t i c a l l y reduced h i s

score . Pe t e Johnson was

e a s i l y the winner w i th 13

po in ts , hav ing ar r i ved back

with 45 seconds to spare .

Mart in K e s s l e r a l s o d id

we l l to f ind 12 markers but

he was a l s o overdue, wh i ch

reduced h i s score to 9.

James S i n c l a i r , M i chae l

P a c e y a n d Matthew C l ements

were a l l or ienteer ing for

the f i rs t t ime wi th the c lub ,

w i th vary ing degrees of

s u c c e s s , a l though the last

mentioned managed to obta in

a large negat ive score by

forgetting to w ind h i s watch

up before s t a r t i ng .

T A B L E

T E N N I S

T A L L Y Imperial College 1st BSC

Imperial College 2nd

Churchill

5

4

7

2

L A S T W E E K saw the start

of the inter- league knockout

cup . The F i r s t s had a d i f f i cu l t

away match aga inst B S C who

press ing them for second

p l ace in the i r d i v i s i o n .

With the game t ied at 4—4

Kawei beat B S C ' S number

one p layer in a tense last

match to c l i n c h the match .

The second team, after

a bad start to the s eason ,

had won the i r las t two

league games and were in

a conf ident mood aga ins t

C h u r c h i l l . They e a s i l y

scored their third s u c c e s s i v e

w i n , to move through to the

second round of the cup .

The F i r s t league tab l es

were c i r c u l a t e d ' las t week

showing the F i r s t team as

jo int leaders of their d i v i s i o n

wi th Harrow Road P o l i c e , but

unfortunately these are a

week out of date, and s i n c e

they were compi l ed a dep le ted

F i r s t team was soundly

beaten by the P o l i c e .

With three defeats in the i r

f i rst three games fo l l owed by

two w ins the second team was

in the middle of the i r d i v i s i o n .

If recent improved form

cont inues however, they w i l l

soon be press ing the leaders .

Imperial College II 6

Fulham V 3

W I L L I A M HO cont inued h i s

undefeated run of games for

the second team, as they

beat Fu lham by a much greater

margin than the score

sugges t s . T h i s now means

the second team have won

their las t four games and

caused qui te an upset in the

league.

L a s t week a l s o saw one

of the semi - f i na l s of the

co l l e g e knockout be ing

p layed . W i l l i am Ho who had

narrowly edged out T im

Ward in h i s quarter f i n a l s

match was p lay ing aga inst

Yee M in Y i u who had a l s o

had a hard fight to beat

M ike P e r d i o s . Ho looked

l i k e con t inu ing h i s w inn ing

ways when he took the f i rst

set after some aggress i ve

serves and r a l l y s , but the

exper i ence of Y i u , who p lays

for London U n i v e r s i t y , showed

through and he fought back

we l l to w in the game in

three s e t s .

The f ina l w i l l be played

on Wednesday 10th December

in the T T room in the U n i o n ,

and l e t ' s hope it is just as

good as the semi - f ina l was .

by Trevor Walker

FELIX II

F E L I X SPORT 2 CROSS C O U N T R Y C H R O N I C L E S

L A S T W E E K was the b ig test of f i tness for the C r o s s Country C l u b , w i th - two league matches arranged w i th in a space of four days . In preparat ion we a l l eased down for these events , B i g Rob cut t ing h i s t ra in ing from 60 mi l e s per week and the rest of us from 60 pints per week.

The f i rst match was the London C o l l e g e s League he ld on Wednesday 19th in the mud of Par l iament H i l l F i e l d s . Our turn out was exce l l en t , Imperial contr ibut ing 16 f ine a th le tes to a f i e ld of over 100. After the i n i t i a l spr in t the f i e ld se t t l ed down into the i r usua l pos i t i ons wi th the young hopefuls and the rest of us p lodding a long a l i t t l e in front/ behind (delete as appropriate) the main pack . On th i s o c c a s i o n the f i rst team rea l l y pu l l ed their t ingers out and we managed to f i n i sh (5 runners) in the f i rst 15 p l aces : Rob A l l i n s o n 3rd. Ian E l l i s 6 th , Steve Webb 11th, P a u l C l a r k e 14th, Dave Rosen 15th

The second team was lead home by A l f Gamet t (31st), who it seems has now comple te ly recovered from h i s tw i s t ed ank l e and can

therefore no longer beat the f irst team! Ye t again our second team was complete , but unfortunately the 3rd team w a s not, but f i n i shed off in t rad i t i ona l s t y l e w i th good pack ing at the back from our new stars C o l i n Da l e (89th) and Mart in Ta rnowsk i (90th).

The 2nd league match was the Courages (as in beer) at Bath on Saturday 22nd. F i t n e s s was t e l l i n g at th i s stage and only 8 runners braved the frost to arr ive at the Un ion for a 10.00am (wel l almost) s tart . 100 mi l e s and one p l a s t i c motor­way cafe later we arr ived at Bath in t ime to walk around the course before the race . It was a pi ty however that we d idn ' t take P a u l C l a r k e on the jaunt, because at the c r i t i c a l t ime he cou ldn ' t f ind the s tar t ! (Or ienteers note — don' t inv i te P a u l a l ong to your f i x tures , h e ' l l take a l l day to f ind the f i r s t check point.) By the time P a u l found the start the back markers had at l eas t a 100 metres start on h im , but not d i sp i r i t ed by the s ight of the race d i sappear ing over the hor i zon P a u l set off

in pursuit and managed to come 106th in a f i e ld of nearly 200 .

A s usua l Rob was ba t t l ing it out aga in at the front but due to abdominal problems in the last mi le cou ld on ly manage 4th p lace . The rest of the team d id not, however perform up to the s tandards of the prev ious Wednesday, and the p l a c ings s t re tched we 11 over 100.

The moral of th i s story is that if we try hard and do (too) we l l in a league we should w in th i s year ( in jur ies permitt ing) , but we don' t seem to get such a good turnout, or good r e su l t s for the higher standard Courages ' League . I th ink a shi f t of emphas is is needed .

T H E A N N U A L T R I P to Po t t e r s Bar last Wednesday a lmost f a i l ed to start due to a . c . u . by the o r gan i sa t i on . The result of t h i s was that the few s ta lwar t s brave enough to run over the course , accompanied the IC 1st X V on the i r c oach to the Roya l Ve t s Co l l e g e .

Once there, and l ike a bad Western f i lm , we stood

e spec t ing the cava l r y in the form of Rob , Steve and P a u l

to a r r i ve , but l i k e Godot ...

The course c o n s i s t e d of a mixture of deep s t i c k y c l a y ploughed f i e l d s , some road and gol f c o u r s e s . The resul t

was a w in for the Roya l V e t s , ach i ev ing th i s w i th some good pack ing and w e l l t imed bursts of speed , one of w h i c h removed Ian E l l i s ' s c h a n c e s of w inn ing w h i l s t he was look ing the other way .

A s p e c i a l mention for Mr A . Davey who d i d not f i n i s h the run because he returned a dog he had lured away from i t s home. A new e x c u s e we a s k ?

On Saturday Rob A l l i n s o n once aga in showed h i s exce l l en t form by beat ing M i ck F u l l e r and coming c l o s e to w inn ing the race aga ins t He r cu l e s Wimbledon and the Bank of England.- A s expected the r esu l t was a w i n for He r cu l e s , but w i th some s o l i d running from Ian E Dave J and Steve W, we beat

the Bank by 57pts to 83pts .

A f ine run by R i c h Harr ington puts h im w i th in d i s t a n c e of a f i r s t team p lace , but Andy Davey needs some t ra in ing i n course - f ind ing , (he got lost , again.)

S W I M M I N G S E N S A T I O N by Andy Smith

T H E F I N A L of the U L U Swimming Champ ionsh ips were he ld t h i s year on Wed 26th November. The IC cont ingent hav ing s u c c e s s f u l l y bat t led through most of the heats , once aga in braved the Icy s t re tches of the Malet

St poo l . The f i rs t event was the

d i v i n g w h i c h turned out to be I C ' s best event . Our two ' a r t i s t e s ' ga ined f irst and second p lace , there be ing no other entrants . Af ter a very keen ly fought contest Rory L e w i s just p ipped Andy Smith by 10 po ints or so , w i th both d i v e r s attempting four stra ight d i v es from the lowest board (almost managing them).

Hav ing been g i ven such an encourag ing start the IC swimmers then proceeded to dominate the mens e ven t s . N i c k Hur ley swam a f ine ind i v idua l medley to f i n i sh

th i rd , w i th Andy f i f th . In the 440 yards f rees ty le Rory ga ined a comfortable s e cond p lace w i th Dave Lowther not so comfortably f i f th . In the blue r ibbon event , the 110 yards f r ees ty l e , Rory just managed to ho ld on to h i s t i t l e , desp i t e a very strong cha l l enge from E l s t o n of K i n g s ' and our own P a u l F r i e z e ( s t i l l go ing after a l l these years ) . The 220 yards breas ts t roke saw A n d y c o a s t i n g in fourth, w h i l e the 110 yards backs t roke produced

a good swim from Ian Shott to f i n i s h th i rd wi th Rory in a c l a s s of h i s own in

fifth p l a c e . The f ina l i nd i v i dua l event w a s the 110 yards butterf ly in w h i c h both Andy and Dave comple ted the course and f i n i s h e d third and f i f th r e spec t i v e l y . Aga ins t s trong oppos i t i on the medley team of Ian, C o l i n D a l e , Andy and Rory was beaten into th i rd p l ace , but amends were made In the f reesty le re lay wi th Rory , Dave , Andy and P a u l thrashing a l l in s ight to w i n by a lmost ha l f a length.

When the po ints were, added up, IC emerged c l ea r w inners in the mens s e c t i on , and e v en wi thout a s i n g l e female compet i tor were th i rd ove ra l l beh ind K i n g s and Bar t s .

On the water polo front, IC f i rs t team enter ta ined Oxford U n i v e r s i t y on F r i d a y 28th Nov and thrashed them 10—3, goa l s coming from N i c k Hur l e y , Rory L e w i s and even Dave Lowther . A busy week was then c onc luded by IC second team p lay ing Bra 'ckne l l second team in the f i rst round of the Winter Hand i cap K O . Both teams started wi th s i x goa l s hand icap and the match f i n i shed at twenty goa l s to thir teen in I C ' s favour. G o a l s (seven) and no i se were s u p p l i e d by M i k e McCar tney .

H O C K E Y H I S T O R Y

Imperial College 4 Royal Holloway 1

P R I D I N G O U R S E L V E S on gett ing off the bus at the correct s top , we arr i ved at H a r l i n g t o n (before the oppos i t i on I ! . . .Just ! ) only to f ind that Janet (see my name in F E L I X Coxage was absent.) T h i s meant that John H u c k l e d idn ' t umpire or wr i te the report

Super ior s k i l l , f i t n ess , team sp i r i t and the c r i p p l i n g of the oppos i t i on gave us an easy v i c t o r y . Mr Incont inence m issed chances galore but was lucky enough to score four (one after a shot from the team's Drag A r t i s t that wouldn ' t have caused a r ipp le on a pool of B a t ' s P * * * l )

A s u s u a l , the main events

of the day took p lace in the bar. Sarah " B i t e s yer l e g s " Horn , be ing on ly a l i t t l e g i r l , had a beer shampoo. J i m Marsha l l d i s cove r ed that p lay ing for the mixed team is worse than go ing on the Stoat ' s run, and K im Hou lden proved that (whatever he has got) he a in ' t got rhythm.

Those tak ing part in the d a y ' s enter ta inments were: Rae Mackay, John Huckle, Jim Marshall, Sarah James, Dave Balderson, Kim Houlden, Ruth White, Jane Dracott, Sig Golding, Chas Hardy, Sarah Horn, Mr White and Mr Arthur Loveday (who would not procrastinate further).

Imperial College 2 Bank of England 3rd 2

WE KNOW now why the country is in f i nanc i a l t rouble , Y o u n g ' s bit ter i s on ly 16p a pint at the Bank of Eng l and sports Ground !

The qua l i t y of the hockey was not deva lued by the prescence of second team players in the third a l though we were one down after f ive minutes . Dave C a r l i l e and Ramesh F a t a n i a put the goa ls in before hal f time to g ive us a deserved l e ad .

E a r l y in the second half the Bank scored a q u i c k goal and subsequent l y managed to hold off our repeated a t t a c k s . We were worth a w i n but cheap beer and a good s i n g on the coach made the tr ip most wor thwh i l e .

N Harrison, M Callun, R Vaz, HBarrett, TSethi, JBrownridge, D Balderson, D Carlile, E Rahman, R Fatania, N Bell — sub P Nair.

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F E L I X SPORT 3 T E N P I N T ID INGS

IT H A S B E E N some t ime s i n c e IC has been cons ide red rea l l y tough oppos i t i on and not

to b r e a k w i th we have not been •devas ta t ing th i s Indeed were it not

l ad i e s team, we drawn a complete

w i s h i n g t rad i t i on total l y s ea son , for our would" hav e b l ank .

Our f i r s t match aga inst Portsmouth proved to be rather unfortunate. The lanes at Heathrow have

numerous fami l i a r ruts in them w h i l e Po r t smouth ' s lanes were superb ly dressed and as most of use are un techn i ca l ' c h u q k e r s ' they came a s rather a surpr i s e , •with b a l l s wander ing a l l over the l anes . The away -matches aga ins t Southampton •and Brune i were a s i m i l a r story w i th most teams going down by over 100 p ins a game. On l y the l ad i e s were ab l e to take a game from Southampton. In the league averages g i ve w i tness to the fact that our standards are much higher than our match r e su l t s would suggest . Unfortunate ly we a lways seem to bowl d i s a s t r o u s l y in these matches . Pe rhaps th i s i s due to the very r e laxed atmosphere on Wednesday, a s i tua t i on wh i ch rarely a r i s e s oo- matches , or perhaps i t ' s not that we are bad but the opposi t jon_are a jwavs better.

IC tenp in bow l ing c lub has changed qu i t e markedly t h i s year , w i th IC and U C j o in ing to form a Un i v e r s i t y of London team. T h i s 'has ma in l y been due to U C l o s i n g most of the i r members and their j o in ing our league. What U C lack in numbers however they make up for in-qua l i t y , w i th Derek M i l l s , S id Wright and John B a g a l i n i

by Dave Zaborski

a lways ab le to command a

p l ace in the f i rst t e a m .

T h i s year has a l s o been

notable in that for the f i rst

time to my knowledge we

have had a cont ingent from

IF bow l ing at IC . Mansy ,

J u l i e and Sue are regular

bowlers and we hope "in t ime

more of our members w i l l

come from I F . A l s o we have

been exceed ing l y fortunate

in get t ing a l ad i e s cap ta in in

form of Anne Ho l t who has

been c o n s i s t e n t l y good

throughout the s e a s o n .

Hav ing been beaten 10—0

in a l l our matches vye reso lved

to restore some lost face

aga ins t B rune i at home. The

f i r s t ' s and s e c o n d ' s pushed

the oppos i t i on hard but lost

narrowly in a l l games.

Derek had a pa r t i cu la r l y good

match w i th a 500plus s e r i e s

and a 198 third game. Rob ,

ra ised from th i r d ' s to f i r s t ' s ,

s tar ted w i th 180 but then

supped into our usua l form.

P a u l was spasmod i c , C l i v e

bowled as usua l and I was

get t ing a lot of p rac t i c e at

s p l i t s . Apar t from Derek we a l l

ended up w i th sub-450 s e r i e s ;

at least 50 too low for the

o c c a s i o n . J o h n , A d r i a n , Cuf f ,

Roger and John a l l bowled

s i m i l a r l y in the s e c o n d ' s ,

w b o , w i th admirable team

work los t narrowly in 2 games .

The th i r d ' s of S imon, Pe te ,

N i g e l , P a u l and Steve took a

game but lost o v e r a l l . The

l ad i es once aga in saved our

complete embarassment,

decked in our new sh i r t s and

spurred main ly by a complete

d i s l i k e of. the oppos i t i on

they took 2 games, the

second by 4 p ins wh i ch

p l eased Brune i l ad i e s no end. Anne bowled . w i th-admirab le s t y l e curv ing the ba l l into the head pin pocket enough t imes to keep Brune i

wor r i ed . J u l i e and Br i ony in

s i m i l a r s t y l e sent the ba l l

at a s n a i l s pace down the

lane and watched the p ins

fa l l l i k e the s o l d i e r s . Sue

regu lar ly s c o r ed , but then looked s o surpr i s ed when a l l the p ins f e l l down. Mansy s imp ly bowled one immense c u t t e r , after another. A l l the l ad i e s ra i s ed the i r game for the o c c a s i o n , regu lar i l y

p i c k i n g up stray p ins to keep ahead of the oppos i t i on and we f i n a l l y won a point on the U C T B A league. The result 1-9, perhaps not good, but improv ing .

I wou ld l i k e to thank the l ad i es and a l s o anyone who has r egu la r i l y turned up for matches , p a r t i c u l a r i l y the r ese rves . I would a l s o l i k e to apologf lse for c o n s i s t e n t l y bow l ing l i k e the c a p t a i n .

If anyone wou ld l i k e to come bow l ing next term, nov i c e s as w e l l as bowle rs of some expe r i ence , the coach l eaves from outs ide the union

at 2.30pm every Wednesday a l l a l l are we lcome. Sometime B o w l e r s : Derek Mills, Sid Wright, John Bagalini, Ted Philips, Paul Bartlet, Clive Dutton, Rob Sharman, John O'brien, Roger Neal, Clif McCuiley, Adrian Conway, Rick Mundy, Simon Spurrier, Chris Nikel, John Mason, Paul Russel, Steve Yarker, Nigel Parsons, Pete Alpin, Effendi Rahman.

L a d i e s : Anne Holt, Mansy Laine, Sue Wilson, Julie Robinson, Briony, Wendy Lowe.

L A C R O S S E F O L L I E S Imperial College 2

(Or Y o u C a n ' t A l w a y s Get

St Heiler 'A ' 10

What Y o u Want, But Y o u

Might F i n d Sometime ... Y o u

Don ' t ! )

'Saturday 29th November

and i t ' s 12.30 in the af ternoon.

Imperial C o l l e g e L a c r o s s e

c l u b are at last l eav ing the

Be i t Quadrang l e , one player

short , to t rave l ddWn to Morden

to play St H e l i e r . The match is

a f lags match , w h i c h is a

Knockoutcom pet it ion, analogous

to the F A C u p , but of a some­

what lower s tandard .

It is now 2.30 on Sunday

afternoon and th is is what

happened. We l l , London

Transport once aga in demon­

strated why they are v i ab l e

a l t e rnat i ve to pr ivate transport

l eav ing us stranded o n

S t o ckw e l l tube s ta t i on for

half an hour. We were therefore about hal f an hour late a r r i v ing at St H e l i e r . A t th i s juncture we were a s k e d , rather unsport-i n l y , to concede for be ing late . On re fusing to do so we were g i ven a " C a t c h 2 2 " propos i t i on . If we played and lost , the match s tood , otherwise St H e l i e r wou ld c l a i m v i c t o ry , and report the game as a-f r i end ly . A f ter a c e r ta in amount of h a s s l i n g we f i na l l y started and p layed the match a s a ' f l a g s ' match. In a l l f a i rness to the Cap ta in of St H e l i e r , it shou Id be sa id that he persona I ly wanted to play the match, but some of h is more ' ' profess iona I " p layers weren ' t so keen .

Surp r i s ing l y the match started in fa i r ly good humour. T h i s might poss i b l y be due to

the fact that we conceded a goal in the f i rst minute . B e i n g a man up, St H e l i e r had a de f in i te advantage , wh i ch they used w e l l , l ead ing 5—0 after the f i rst quarter . F i n a l l y our goa lkeeper , Greasy Pete M a c D o n a l d , s e t t l ed and then p layed l i ke a demon. The Defence a l s o worked hard hav ing to mark an ex t ra man, and thanks to a bit of luck and good goal keep ing , only gave away one goal in the next quarter, wh i l e the a t tack and mid f i e l d , through Derek Senner, scored for IC . The score at half t ime was 6—1 to St H e l i e r .

Dur ing the second half IC again worked hard, b a s i c a l l y try ing to keep the oppos i t i on score rate to a minimum, wh i l e the a t tack attempted to

F O O T B A L L

F A B L I A U

Football Lower Reserve Cup

Bedford III 5

Imperial College V 0

T H E F I F T H S had the bad luck of drawing Bedford III in the f i rs t round of the cup , they are unbeaten th is s eason , top of the i r d i v i s i o n and the cup favour i t es .

In the f i rst hal f , Bedford , many of whose p layers appeared to p o s s e s s a mental age of s i x , and sub-sere IQ rat ings , were surpr i sed to f ind Imperial werre not the expec ted push-over . The i r fa i lure to dominate the play resul ted in them over­indu lg ing in unspor tsmanl ike t a c t i c s s u c h a s k i c k i n g Tom Shanks as he lay wr i th ing in the mud.

The score at hal f - t ime was ' 1—0 but w i th Imperial s t i l l f i ght ing hard and look ing capab le of sna t ch ing v i c t o r y .

In the second hal f Bedford began to put the i r game together and as Imperials defence and mid f i e ld t i r ed , they hammered In a further four g o a l s . Desp i t e the shore l ine there was never more than one goal between the s i d e s . The on ly d i f ference between the teams be ing Imper ia l ' s front runners i nab i l i t y to c a p i t a l i s e on the chances created by the hard work ing m id f i e l d , w h i l s t Bedford (a l l cred i t to them), took the i r chances when they came, wh i ch i s what the game is a l l about. Bob Ba l dock seemed to have h i s mind on other th ings such as " W a s there a mirror in the chang ing r o o m ? " and Rob P a v l o v ( Imper ia ls ' Walter Mitty ) f a i l ed to l i ve up to h i s pre-match forecast of being G e o r g e Bes t re incarnated .

A f ter the match as Bedford ce lebrated wi th double rat ions of r u s k s and warm

mi lk , a ray of l ight shone into the l i fe of K im Whaley as the tea-g i r l a c tua l l y spoke to h im (poor, depr ived lad , i sn ' t used to such th ings ) .

take as many s co r ing chances as p o s s i b l e . However , these chances were few and far between because of St H e l i e r ' s one player advantage , wh i ch meant they cou ld a lways mark the IC a t tack . S t i l l the " H a p p y H a c k e r " d id score from a so l o run, l eav ing the f ina l score 10—2 in St H e l i e r ' s favour.

IC d id very w e l l t o keep the score as low as th is aga ins t a s ide who were re legated from the d i v i s i o n above last s e a s o n ( and th i s on ly due to d i f f i c u l t i e s in get t ing a squad.) and a l s o .having a player

advantage . A n extra player on IC ' s s i d e would probably have made th i s en joyable and good humoured (once started) and a lot more even . Maybe one of these days w e ' l l get a fu l l teem.