F O U N D E D IN 1949 N E W S P A P E R OF IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION

N o . 432 F r i d a y , 29 Oc tober , 1976 F R E E !

Sennet future uncertain after Wednesday's non-appearance

Money problems at Sennet Guilds smash

up Harrods

Guilds VP Dave Lord

outside Harrods

G u i l d s U n i o n d i d an es t ima ted

£200\s worth of damage to

Ha r rods , las t Saturday , w h e n

one of the i r compet i to rs in

the annua l ' S i l l y Spo r t s ' com­

pe t i t i on a c c i d e n t l y f e l l into a

sma l l p la te g l a s s w i n d o w .

T h e g i r l concerned was not

s e r i o u s l y hurt, a l though she

was cut around her pos te r io r .

T h e r easo n for the h igh c o s t

of damage l i e s in the fact that

a l l Harrods w indows are f i t ted

w i th ' t rembler ' s e n s i n g d e v i s e s

to thwart t h ieves and bomb

ou t rages . It i s romoured that

the G u i l d s a c t i o n s tar ted the

evacua t i on of two f l oo rs of

the s to re .

C & G U n i o n w i l l not have to

pay for the damage, a l though

a store representa t ive warned

G u i l d s not to a s k Har rods for

a R a g dona t ion .

T h e S i l l y Spor ts proved

very s u c c e s s f u l and £341.40

w a s c o l l e c t e d for c h a r i t y . R C S

U n i o n , c o l l e c t i n g ou ts ide the

Motor Show at E a r l s C o u r t

net ted £188 in n inety m inu tes .

Pictures of Silly Sports — page 3

Y

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The long-terrr. future of Sennet. London's Student Paper,

seems uncertain following its non-publication on Wednesday.

The paper is self-financing and has to meet its printing bills

with advertising revenue to ensure publication. On this

week's issue there was insufficient advertising to cover

even a four page issue.

a d e c i s i o n by the Sennet

e d i t o r i a l board i s expec ted

by C h r i s t m a s . T w o i deas

s e r i o u s l y be ing c o n s i d e r e d

are a reduca t ion i n c i r c u l a t i o n

and a for tn ight ly Sennet ,

It was Mr S i l v e r ' s d e c i s i o n ,

a s Cha i rman of U L U ' s G ene r a l

P u r p o s e s Commi t tee ( G P C ) ,

to c a n c e l th is w e e k ' s Sennet .

T h e G P C ac ts a s a f i n a n c i a l

wa tchdog over the paper i n

v i e w of l o s s e s incurred by

the paper i n the l a s t few

y e a r s . Any l o s s by Sennet has

to be made up from funds

o therwise des t ined for U L U

sports and s o c i a l c l u b s .

However Senne t ' s Adve r t ­

i s i n g Manager , A n n e Tudor ,

a s s u r e d F E L I X that the paper

a l ready had enough a d v e r t i s i n g

to produce i s s u e s for the

next two w e e k s . T h i s was

conf i rmed by R i c h a r d S i l v e r ,

U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n Un ion

( U L U ) P r e s i d e n t .

Up t i l l th is year Sennet had

r ece i ve d a grant from G P C ,

equ iva len t to a S c i e n c e

R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l P o s t

Graduate grant. T h i s w a s to

s u s t a i n a s a b b a t i c a l ed i to r .

Arrangements are now

di f ferent and the paper gets

a loan from G P C , a propor t ion

of w h i c h has to be repa id

each week . Sennet s t i l l gets

i ts o f f i ces w i t h i n the U L U

B u i l d i n g free of c h a r g e , but

Sennet e x e c u t i v e s have to

report e a c h week to Mr S i l v e r

on the pape r ' s f i n a n c i a l

hea l t h .

In the short- term ne i ther

R i c h a r d S i l ve r nor A n n e

Tudo r s e e the p a p e r ' s non ­

appearance a f f ec t i ng i ts

a f fec t ing b u s i n e s s con f i dence

i n i t .

However , Anne Tudo r does

see problems in the future,

'After Christmas London

could be without its own

student paper.' She fee l s that

'certain other student pub­

lications that have come on

the advertising scene' c a u s i n g

Senne t ' s revenue to d rop . O n

the other hand R i c h a r d S i l v e r

s e e s problems ahead shou ld

National Student come out

more regu la r l y .

A c t i o n t o counter d e c r e a s i n g

revenue i s a l ready b e i n g

drawn up by Sennet staf f and

Mascot wrangles Allegations are flying

between the RCS and C & G

Union offices following an

abortive attempt by Guilds to

steal RCS's mascot, Theta, at

the Mathematics Fresher's

dinner on Tuesday.

The mascot raid came just

before the start of the dinner,

as Theta was being driven to

level one Sherfield Building in

a JR van. As the van approached

the building two Guildsmen

blocked the entrance into the

dinner. Guilds then claim that

when the ,14 doors were opened

they were more people in the

van than expected, so the raid

was called off.

RCS tell a different tale.

They say that the Guildsmen

were caught between two

factions of scientists and a

fracas developed. C & G U

refute that their members

were involved in this fight,

but admit that Guildsheet

editor John Elkin thought that

his buddies were- in trouble.

Mr Elkin drove his car at

the gathering mob at the

entrance to the Sherfield

Building. Here he was surround­

ed by the mob and his ignition

keys removed. Although the

fracas continued, say RCS,

Theta was successfully passed

over the bonnet of Mr Elkins

car into the dinner.

No-one was seriously hurt, although two RCS freshers received cuts to their legs' during the incident. One Theta bearer was pinned to the wall of the Sherfield Building by the car, thus sustaining bruises to his legs. Mr Elkin drove off using a spare set of keys.

R C S election Kathy T a y l o r , a third year

L i f e S c i e n t i s t , was th is week

e l e c t e d as R C S U n i o n Honorary

Jun io r T reasu re r . In M o n d a y ' s

department ba l l o t she beat

V i v i e n n e B e n s o n and C o s t a s

T a k a s , A f te r the r e a l l o c a t i o n

of Ms B e n s o n ' s v o t e s , under

the S T U vo t ing s c h e d u l e , M s

T a y l o r won by marg in o f

133 to 107 vo tes from Mr T a k a s .

Her e l e c t i o n was ra t i f i ed at a

bad ly a t tended R C S U n i o n

meet ing on T u e s d a y lunch t ime.

Keogh death It i s w i th deep regret that

the U n i o n has to announce

the death of Mr Mohammed

H a l i a r R a h m a n .

Mr Rahman w a s a P o s t ­

graduate . i n the Chemis t r y

department and in tend ing to

return home to B a n g l a d e s h at

the beg inn ing of next year .

He was found dead i n h i s room

i n Keogh l as t weekend by a

f r i end , a post mortem h a s

s i n c e shown that he d i e d

p e a c e f u l l y of natura l c a u s e s .

We wou ld l i k e to take th is

oppor tuni ty to p a s s on c o n ­

d o l e n c e s to h i s f r iends and

r e l a t i v e s .

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STOP PRESS U R G E N T A D .

Application forms are now available for the post of Warden of Hamlet and Cambridge Gardens. Perks include free residence and an entertainment allowance. Application forms from IC Union and Residence office. Applications close 12th November.

2 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976

PG affairs corner

Flower arranging & all that A l s o on the s o c i a l s i d e , we hope to

encourage s o c i a l in tercourse between

P G s at department l e v e l . We c a n offer

s m a l l s u b s i d i e s and large amounts of

a d v i c e to anybody in terested in o rgan is ing

them. '

Our Work dur ing the summer w i th the

a s s o c i a t e d s t u d i e s department to sue if

the A s s o c i a t e d and Genera l s t ud ies

cou ld be better adver t i sed for P G s is now

bear ing f ru i t . Many P G s have a l ready

s igned up to broaden the f ront iers of

the i r c o n s c i o u s minds and many more

are at tending the lunch hour programmes.

The re are seve ra l cou rses wh i ch do not

star t un t i l the s p r i n g , and the genera l

s t ud ies are open to anybody , any

Tuesday or Thursday luncht ime. F o r more

d e t a i l s , con tac t your department o f f i ce

or e l s e the A s s o c i a t e d S tud ies o f f i c e .

s T h e beg inn ing of term rush i s f i na l l y

dy ing down, and most of the people who

came here to take f lower ar ranging have

f i na l l y found the error of thei r w a y s —

al though the f i rs t few w e e k s of a p h y s i c s

degree can be m i s l e a d i n g .

The Pos tgraduate group i s beginn ing

to awaken to the new blood in our

membersh ip . A very promis ing number of

P G s con tac ted the group at the f reshers

fa i r and showed an a c t i v e interest in the

group 's a c t i v i t i e s . By the time C l i v e ' s .

c o s m i c word shu f f l i ng equipment has

f i n i shed w i th th is a r t i c l e , the f i r s t P G

commit tee of the term w i l l be over .

H o p e f u l l y , th i s aus tere body w i l l have

de l ibe ra ted on the cou rse and content of

the g roup 's a c t i v i t i e s for the next few

months.

A s far a s the s o c i a l s i d e of the

groups a c t i v i t i e s go, I hope soon to be

a b l e to announce the f i rs t P G ex t ravaganza

of the term. In the meanwh i le , br ight

ideas for future even ts are a l w a y s

w e l c o m e , p rov id ing they are reasonab ly

decent and l ega l .

kM e a n w h i l e , in the big bad outs ide

wo r l d , the fee s i t ua t i on for 1977—78 i s

s t i l l s immer ing . A s new proposa ls come

in , it beg ins to sound more l i ke an

auc t ion than a deba te . T h e U L U P o s t ­

graduate Commi t tee is at the moment

t ry ing to c o l l e c t i ts v i e w s on th is matter.

In the meant ime, it w i l l he lp us to

a s s e s s the ef fect on IC P G s if those who

contempla te ha rdsh ip or f i nanc i a l

d i f f i c u l t i e s in the event of a large r i se

in f e e s , c o u l d get in touch w i th me.

I shou ld have more to te l l you in my

next a r t i c l e , af ter the commit tee meet ing ,

Don ' t forget to look out for the greatest

s o c i a l event s i n c e the s i n k i n g of the

T i t a n i c . Wel l—back to my f lower a r rang ing .

R i c k Parker

P G Af fa i rs Of f icer

WELFARE by IC Union Welfare

Officer John Morgan

Welcome to the Wel fare C o l u m n ; as

you might have gathered from the F r e s h e r s

ed i t i on of F E L I X the e l e c t e d Welfare

O f f i ce r managed to f a i l h i s exams , a long

w i th other i l l u s t r i ous i n d i v i d u a l s , hence

leav ing the pos i t i on vacan t . Sue K a l i c i n s k i ,

last y e a r ' s Wel fare O f f i c e r , nobly held

the fort in a temporary nature but now I

have taken over and the Un ion has a

fu l l y f ledged Wel fare O f f i ce r , e l ec ted

and ac tua l l y in s i t u .

Enough of the internal p rob lems. It is

the ac tua l a c t i v i t i e s of the Welfare

Cent re that are of most c onc e r n to y o u .

The Welfare Cen t re i s on the third f loor

of the Un ion B u i l d i n g and is open

d a i l y between 12.30 and 13 .30 . Y o u ' r e

a l w a y s we lcome to drop in or phone

(Internal 2898) .

The centre is manned by Don A d i n g t o n ,

the Student C o u n s e l l o r , on T u e s d a y s

and T h u r s d a y s , and by myse l f or some

other student dur ing the rest of the week .

It is hoped that there w i l l be a legal

a d v i c e s e r v i c e on Wednesdays later on in

the t e r m . T h i s w i l l be prov ided by s tuden ts

from the London Schoo l of e c o n o m i c s .

W e l l , what does the Cent re prov ide?

What f o l l o w s is a brief resume of some

of the sec to rs in wh ich we l fa re is

i nvo l ved .

n We have some info on f lat a g e n c i e s

that are hopefu l l y s t i l l in e x i s t e n c e and

not too c r o o k e d . The centre can a l s o

he lp if you run into d i f f i c u l t i e s w i th f la t

a g e n c i e s . F o r ins tance when you go to

an agency they have no right to charge

you for prov id ing a d d r e s s e s .

1

The cent re i s not of fer ing to take

over the IC N u r s e r y ' s r o l e , but if you

wou ld l i ke to earn some money baby­

s i t t i ng or requi re a s i t te r p lease inform

the Welfare Cen t re and we w i l l operate

a s a refera l a g e n c v .

s A s Welfare O f f i c e r i au tomat i ca l l y

se rve on a var ie ty of C o l l e g e commi t tees and am hence in a pos i t i on to put forward your v i ews in p l a c e s where they w i l l be heard . So if you have any quer ies or comp la in t s p l e a s e fee l ab le to put them to me.

eIf you buy goods from a consumer

out le t , no e x c l u s i o n c l a u s e s , however

worded, are b ind ing in L a w . So whatever

the guarantee s a y s , you are s t i l l protected

under consumer L a w s . If you have any

que r i es p l e a s e con tac t us.

yA sub jec t we a l l know about . Or do

we? If you wou ld l i k e any informat ion or

add resses of loca l c l i n i c s p l ease drop

into the cen t re . C o n f i d e n t i a l i t y is a s s u r e d ,

as a lways in these mat ters .

w If you have a legal problem I c a n

contac t the c o l l e g e s o l i c i t o r on your

behalf and obta in the requ i s i t e in format ion .

The above gu ide is nowhere near an

exhaus t i ve l i s t of our a c t i v i t i e s . If you

have any quer ies or want a f ree cup of

co f fee just c a l l in at the C e n t r e . If we

don' t know the answer we w i l l try our

upmost to f ind someone who d o e s .

I hope you w i l l f o l l ow th i s Wel fare

week l y in future. I intend to wr i te an

a r t i c l e (d i f f i cu l t for a Miner ! ) about va r i ous

sub jec ts of impor tance. Nex t week the Ins

and Outs of the Rent A c t . John Morgan

ICWA

Treasure hunts,

frivolity

discos & general Now that the novel ty of lec ture go ing

has worn off, ICWA has dec ided to run

a T reasu re Hunt Compe t i t i on . Next week

the f i rs t c l u e w i l l appear in F E L I X and

(for the benef i t of those who only read

F E L I X for tn ight ly) the f i r s t c l u e w i l l be

repeated the week af ter . Thereaf ter a

further three c l u e s w i l l appear , one each

week for three w e e k s .

The cos t of enter ing w i l l be 20p (a l l

entry fees to Rag) and each answer

must be sent to Room 98 B e i t H a l l , to

ar r ive not later than the fo l l ow ing Thu rs ­

day luncht ime. The f i na l winner w i l l be

presented w i th £10 at the ICWA d i s c o

on Sat 11th December . Hope fu l l y eve ry ­

thing w i l l be made c lea re r next week

w i th the appearance of the f i rs t c l u e .

P l e a s e take part — i ts a l l in a good

c a u s e .

s A s I s a i d nominat ion papers went up

today. There are v a c a n c i e s for the

pos ts of Hon S e c , Treasure r , M i n e s

R e p , L i f e S c i e n c e s R e p , E n t s O f f i ce r ,

P u b l i c i t y O f f i ce r , F r e s h e r s R e p and

vlr ICWA.

'The poor f reshers get inundated w i th

commi t tees of fer ing the post of F r e s h e r s

R e p . However in th is c a s e it i s a very

important post as it w i l l be our only

con tac t w i th F r e s h e r s op in ion and

thei r on ly chance to comment, as a l l

d e c i s i o n s are taken at commi t tee .

AIn l i ne w i th las t y e a r ' s d e c i s i o n Mr

ICWA w i l l not be the man w i th the

'nobb l i es t knees ' but the man most

w i l l i n g to he lp ICWA. If he happens to

have nobbly knees as w e l l t ha t ' s f ine —

maybe h i s father is a m i l l i o n a i r e and

w i l l i n g to make some generous dona t ions ,

perhaps he c a n print pos te rs , type (the

cand ida te not h is father) . Whatever your

mot ive is) p l ease s tand for one of the

above posts we need a l l the e n t h u s i a s t i c

he lpers we c a n f ind .

. F i n a l l y I wou ld l i ke to ment ion the

ICWA d i s c o tomorrow n ight . Entry is free

and i t s h o u l d br ighten up what cou ld be

another bor ing Saturday e v e n i n g . Don ' t

forget i t ' s in the U n i o n from 8pm t i l l

midn ight .

FELIX F E L I X O f f i c e , Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n ,

Pr ince Consort Road , London SW7 2 B B

T e l C T - 5 8 9 5111 ext 1043/1042/1043

Internal 2881

Editor - C l i v e Dewey I

P u b l i s h e d by the E d i t o r ton behal f of the

Imperial C o l l e g e Un ion P u b l i c a t i o n s

B o a r d . P r in ted o f f se t - l i t ho on the Un ion

! p rem ises .

Many thanks to G i l l M c C o n w a y , Ian

Morse , Jen Hardy -Smi th , E x - e d P i n g p o n g ,

Dave H o p k i n s , Mark K u s e , C h r i s Pa lmer ,

| Duncam S u s s , Andrew E v a n s , Terry West -

i oby, Dave F o x a l l , Howard Chee tham and

! anyone e l s e I've forgot ten.

F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976 - 3

Sterling Silver meets Pirate Brown

Left to right: Leo Martini-Brown, Mike Williams, Richard Silver.

Veteran F e l i x m a n M i k e

W i l l i am s was c a l l e d out of

ret i rement to referee the

bat t le of the g ian ts on T u e s d a y ,

and the g ian ts on th is o c c a s i o n

were L e o M a r t i n i - B r o w n ,

genera l secre ta ry of the new

B r i t i s h Students A s s o c i a t i o n

and R i c h a r d S i l v e r , P r e s i d e n t

of U L U .

In a hal f -hour S T O I C

d i s c u s s i o n broadcast to I C

s tuden ts , l i ve (at 1pm) and

recorded (at 6pm), the main

i s s u e was whether the shor t ­

comings of N U S f i nances

j u s t i f i e d the format ion of an

a l t e rna t i ve un ion that w o u l d

break s tudent so l i da r i t y in the

face of government c u t - b a c k s .

"The student movement needs

to be united," s a i d Mr S i l v e r ,

w h i l s t Mr M a r t i n i - B r o w n d e s ­

c r i bed N U S as a n "inefficient

business machine."

Mr Mar t i n i -B rown c l a i m e d

that the N U S e x e c u t i v e was

qui te unrepresenta t ive of the

v i e w s of the student ma jo r i t y , and a c c u s e d i t of suppor t ing the I R A and of be ing more r a d i c a l than the T U C i n i t s oppos i t i on to wage- res t ra in t p o l i c y . " S t u d e n t s shou ld have a per fec t r ight of c h o i c e of thei r na t i ona l u n i o n , " he s a i d , and em phas i s e d that B S A a ims at i n d i v i d u a l response before corporate a f f i l i a t i o n . "The

BSA has no political position

at all," he s a i d .

A p r a c t i c a l i s s u e w a s

r a i s e d about the p o s s i b l e

e f fec ts of a genu ine ly demo­

c r a t i c e l e c t i o n of N U S o f f i c e r s .

"Professional student

politicians" wou ld be the

resu l t , acco rd ing to Mr S i l v e r ,

and th i s to h im was u n d e s i r a b l e .

When a s k e d about the c i t y

b u s i n e s s s u b s i d i s e r s of the

p i ra te . un ion , Mr M a r t i n i -

B r o w n a s s u r e d that there were

no s t r ings a t t a c k e d , a n d that

B S A wou ld be in te rna l l y

funded w i t h i n three y e a r s .

Guilds Silly Sports

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IfltcttfaM, Not very much i n th is w e e k ' s a r t i c l e .

R e a s o n — I'm s t i l l read ing l as t w e e k ' s

F E L I X w h i c h graced the s tands on

Monday and I have to wr i te t h i s w e e k s

a r t i c l e at the same t ime . However I have

managed to c o b b l e together a coup le of

i tems w h i c h may (or may not) be of

interest or r e l e v a n c e : -

SF o l l o w i n g l as t w e e k s broads ide

v

of

N U S T r a v e l and the i r apparent l a c k o f

a c t i v i t y , I managed to a w a k e n , and

rece i ve a let ter f rom, D a v e A a r o n o v i t c h

( V P S e r v i c e s , N U S E x e c u t i v e ) s a y i n g ,

.that the o f f i ce w i l l be open from 11.00 to

2.00 on T h u r s d a y s on ly and the res t of the

t ime we w i l l have to go to V i c t o r i a , w h i c h

i s the next neares t o f f i c e .

PRES CUTTINGS by IC Union President

Nick Brayshaw

T o quote h i s le t te r : 'We would

apologise for this lack of service and

should also be grateful if you would

apologise on our behalf to your students

for this rather regrettable sequence of

communication breakdowns'.

So, not on ly do they say we c a n have

a. t r ave l o f f i ce for on ly 3 hours per

week (wh ich works out at a renta l for the

room of £8.88 per hour o f open ing t ime),

they a l s o want me to do their a p o l o g i s i n g

for <hem. W e l l , I f a i l to see how the

o f f i ce c a n make a prof i t i f i t i s on ly

open ott Thurs l unch t imes , so — K E E P

T R Y D M G , N U S .

C o m i n g C o n f e r e n c e s

B e l o w i s a l i s t of the c o m i n g N U S

C o n f e r e n c e s : -

Womens Con fe rence 6—7th N o v , Southbank

P o l y .

P o l y t e c h n i c s P o l i c y Con fe rence 3—4th

J a n Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y

A r t E d u c a t i o n Con fe rence 3—4th J a n

Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y

Fur ther E d u c a t i o n C o n f e r e n c e 4 / 5 t h J a n &

U n i v e r s i t i e s C o n f e r e n c e 5—7th J a n

at Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y .

R e g i s t r a t i o n forms a v a i l a b l e from

the Un ion O f f i c e . I had better stop now

' c o s I have got to start w r i t i ng next w e e k s

a r t i c l e i n a minute — these pr int dead­

l ines are rea l l y c r i p p l i n g ! !

L u v N i c k

H a v i n g jus t c r a w l e d out from under a

haze of sweat deve loped dur ing the

in i t i a t i on of the P a r k i n g Pe rm i t Scheme,

the prepara t ions and ' e x e c u t i o n ' of

Commem B a l l and f i ve hours wor th of a

Un ion C o u n c i l Mee t i ng on Monday

White L i e s w i l l now t e l l y o u . a coup le

more ta les about :

gL a s t Wednesday w e e k the R a g

Commit tee met and arranged the pro­

v i s i o n a l t imetable o f even ts for R a g

week - F r i 19th to Sat 27th N o v . F o r

your in format ion h e r e ' s a run down :

F r i 19th R a g and Drag Compe t iens -

and D i s c o

Sat 20th R a g P r o c e s s i o n and R a g

Conce r t

Sun 21st S C A B E v e n i n g

Mon 22nd Dr ink -a -Pub -d ry

Tue 23rd Bar -b-que and D i s c o

Wed 24th Morphy D a y

Thur 25th R C S Smok ing C o n c e r t

F r i 26th G u i l d s C a r n i v a l

Sat 27th C h a r i o t R a c e and R a g Conce r t

Res idents *S' Z o n e , Southside

WHITE LIES by John White

IC Union Hon.Sec.

If you would like to help organise Rag

week or any of these events then drop me

a l ine and we' l l let yon know when the

next R a g Meeting i s . PS Bring a bottle!

S

S

Bo th the IC Union Parking Committee

and the Appeals Committee have met and

a l l the s p a c e s available have been

a l l o c a t e d . T h e results of the Appeals

Commi t tee decision is available in the

U n i o n O f f i ce but for completeness I shall

l i s t them be low too.

F i n a l l y on the subject of permits.

Any permits not collected before Friday

12th November will be reallocated.

r

Another Gestetner demonstration wil l be he ld at 13.00 hours in the F E L D C Outer Of f i ce on F r i d a y , November 5 t h .

T h a t ' s a l l for now. See you around and

take ca re .

JPS B L O O M F I E L D G M A R S H A L L B R E Y N O L D S L U R R U T I A

Mech Eng 1 Phys 3 Geology P G Man. Sci . P G

Commuters ' H ' Zone , Imperial Institute Road

O N F 107F GMC 760J GGW 363N G Y O 934N

NR B O N D

E C H A N D R A

P G G R O H M A N N

A N J E N K I N S

H LIM

N N O U R S H A R G H

J P CUMMIN

KR H A R P E R

Met H Mai Sci P G

Chem Eng 2

Chem P G

Phys 3

Civ Eng P G

Elec Eng P G

Mech Eng 2

Mech Eng 3

WTF 37N

R V X 37K

T B H 506J

NPM 801F

E L D 380C

H F C 707N

Y E R 92M

X P M 570

Commuters "V Z o n e , Imperial Institute Road

D P O O N

M SAMS

C S T U R T

A- V I E R A

D W E B S T E R

P WOOD

Maths 2

Mech Eng 2

Phys 3

C C D P G

Phys 2

Civ Eng P G

V L E 904M

X V U 550M

895 EXW

G O - 1 9 - i O

G V D 274K

K A A 904M

TP h D student w i t h two s m a l l

c h i l d r e n requ i res a l i f t to and

from C o l l e g e from E d g w a r e ,

M i d d l e s e x . W i l l cont r ibu te to

pet ro l e x p e n s e s . C o n t a c t

B a r b a r a Moont , B i o m e c h a n i c s

U n i t , L e v e l 6 M e c h E n g (Int.

3580 (3624) .

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L,es P a u l e l e c t r i c gu i tar . G o o d copy of famous G i b s o n m o d e l . T w o p i c k - u p s . E x c e l l e n t c o n d i t i o n , £35 ono . Con tac t C h r i s C o y e r Z o o l o g y 3 in B o t / Z o o common room 10.30 -» 1 l a m . w e e k d a y s .

The social event of the year

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NOT TO BE MISSED

WEDNESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER at 7.00pm for 7.30pm

IN THE UNION DINING HALL

Tickets from IC Union Office

(includes sherry, portwine, birthday cake)

Mike, the IC Union mascot is 10 years old on Tuesday

Cost (ahem!) : £5

F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976 - 5

F i r s t l y con f i rmat ion that the w e l l - k n o w n C o m e d i a n Ralph

McTell i s de f in i t e l y booked for November 20th; Split Enz for tne fo l l ow ing Saturday (27th) and Flamin' Groovies w i l l be g ig ing here on December 11th. T h e s e , together w i th the Horslips concer t on 13th November look l i ke the f u l l l i s t of Great H a l l conce r t s se t for th is term. A s soon as I'm g iven d e t a i l s of support a c t s , p r i c e s etc I ' l l let y o u k n o w .

There are p lenty of i n te res t i ng g igs happening th is w e e k e n d . On F r i d a y , the best i s l i k e l y to be at the O l d T o w n H a l l , F u l h a m where Roogalator are h e a d l i n i n g w i t h a coup le of punks , the Clash and Vibrators. P r i c e i s £ 1 .

sIf you c a n afford to drink un t i l 2am, then the Suprise Sisters

play the R o c k Garden F r i d a y and Saturday, So far, th is C l u b ,

w h i c h w a s in tended to be an a l te rna t i ve to the e x p e n s i v e D i n g w a l l s

and S p e a k e a s y , hasn ' t r ea l l y got off the ground. T h e trouble i s

i ts too s m a l l and has l i t t le or no atmosphere to make p rospec t i ve

c l i e n t e l f l ock to the p l a c e i n great numbers. P r i c e s though,

compared to D i n g w a l l s and the other late night g ig at the Speak ­

easy are much cheaper . Lage r i s 40p as opposed to the 52p at

D i n g w a l l s or the (gulp!) 60p at the S p e a k e a s y . Shorts are about

lOp cheaper at the Garden than the other two haun ts . A d m i s s i o n

too, i s genera l ly lower . If you ' ve any of your grant le f t , you might

want to check i t out .

The Four Tops make a rare L o n d o n appearence at Hammersmi th

Odeon on Saturady, so too do those ex-pa t r io ts Climax Chicago,

who p lay a has t i l y arranged concer t at the V i c t o r i a P a l a c e . L S E

put on Hinkley's Heroes, featur ing a host of name m u s i c i a n s that

inc lude Boz Burell and Simon Kirke of Bad Company, e x - H e n d r i x

drummer Mitch Mitchell, Henry McCullough, and Kohomo's Mel

Collins. £1.20 at the door. F o r me though, a l l roads l ead to the

N a s h v i l l e , where Stranglers take the s tage . Sure ly the bes t b a n d

around who have yet to s i gn a record ing con t rac t . T h e p lace w i l l

be p a c k e d , so those of you in te res ted shou ld get ther w e l l before

the doors open at £1 at the door.

On Sunday , Eric Bur don p l a y s h i s f i rs t L o n d o n date for a few

years at the Roundhouse C h a l k F a r m . Burlesque p rov ide great

entertainment at the N a s h v i l l e for 50p.

XAf te r the tremendous response to our S tee leye Span compet i t i on

( joke) w e ' v e dec ided never to h o l d another one. A n y w a y , here are

the names of the l u c k y winner who w i l l r ece i ve two t i c k e t s for

the i r g ig at Hammersmi th Odeon p l u s a copy of R o c k e t C o t t a g e ,

and a l s o the three runners-up who get a n a lbum e a c h .

Winner - Sue Walker B i o C h e m II

Runners-up - T . T Gr i f f i t hs Chem P G

John E u s t a c e Mech E n g I

J . P . Herbet Mata l lu rgy I

(My apo log ies to the other two entrants who somehow managed

to e lude my grasp when I p i c k e d the w inners out of the E d i t o r s

Hat ) .

Ian Morse

P . S . Would the compet i t i on w inners get in touch w i th me at F E L I X , s i n c e S t e e l e y e ' s management are send ing the p r i z e s d i rec t l y t o y o a , We therefore need your a d d r e s s e s .

YD i s c o

IC E n t s D i s c o

IC E n t s D i s c o : 8pm. Un ion Lower Refec tory

F i l m

IC F i l m s o c P resen t : Roman P o l a n s k i ' s ' D a n c e Of The V a m p i r e s . 7.30pm. Great H a l l . A d m i s s i o n by membership card or 25p at door .

G i g

G o n z a l e z w i t h G l o r i a J o n e s : N a s h v i l l e , North E n d R d , (01 603 6071) G o n g : Woolwich P o l y t e c h n i c .

R o o g a l a t o r / C l a s h / V i b r a t o r s : 7pm unt i l m idn igh t . O ld town H a l l , Fu lham SW6. (opp Fu lham Broadway Tube) £ 1 . J a b u l a / H a r r y M i l l e r s Is i t ingo: A t the 100, C l u b , Oxford S t .

YD i s c o

ICWA D i s c o : 8pm Un ion Lower R e f e c . F r e e !

Gig

C l i m a x B l u e s B a n d : V i c t o r i a P a l a c e (01—834 1317). S t rang le rs : N a s h v i l l e , North End Road (01 603 6071) . H i n k l e y ' s H e r o e s / R a e l : London Schoo l of E c o n o m i c s (01 405 4872). M ike Berry and The Or i g i na l O u t l a w s : D i n g w a l l s , Camden L o c k , (01 267 4967) .

Rag C o l l e c t i o n

R C S Rag C o l l e c t i o n (Spec ia l Ha l l oween C o l l e c t i o n ) in Oxford Street Meet R C S U O f f i c e . 10am.

YD i s c o

Queen E l i z a b e t h C o l l e g e : Sunday Night D i s c o . 8 .00p , . Bar , Campden

R i l l , W l . 20p. S U Cards requ i red . Neares t T u b e : - H igh St . Kens ing ton

G i g

J a z z C l u b Sunday S e s s i o n (Salamander) : 8.30pm (unt i l 10.30pm). Un ion Lower Lounge .

R a c i n g C a r s : Tor r ing ton, Lodge L a n e , Nor th F i n c h l e y . B u r l e s q u e : N a s h v i l l e , North End R d , (01 603 6071) .

Misce l laneous

Dramsoc A u d i t i o n s , Luncht ime Show of New P l a y s by Howard B ren ton . 2 .00pm. S C R . Fo r further d e t a i l s con tac t Pe te r Mu l l e r , in Storeroom or te lephone 01 720 5733.

YDinner

G u i l d s C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g : F r e s h e r ' s D inne r . 7pm for 7.30pm. Sher­

f i e l d B u i l d i n g . £3.40. T i c k e t s from C & G U n i o n O f f i c e & S o c i a l R e p s |

G i g

F l y i n g A c e s : R o c k Garden , Coven t G a rden . (01 240 3961) .

Misce l laneous

W E L L S O C : ' Techno logy In A n Amateur Sport ' Pro f . A . Cameron of Mech E n g Dep t . 7.30pm. Mech E n g 220. ' S o c i a l i s t Democracy A c c o r d i n g T o Marx , E n g e l s and L e n i n ' Speaker : George B r i d g e s . 7 .30pm. ICWA Lounge (Union B u i l d i n g ) .

YHal l Dinner

H a l l D inner : 7.00 for 7.30pm. Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . £2.55p. A l l app l i ca t i ons to P A T by Noon T o d a y .

C l u b Ac t i v i t y

Mounta ineer ing C l u b : F ree S l i de Show ( A l p s , Eng land e tc ) . 8 .00pm. RSM G20 (In main ent rance on right) R S M G e o p h y s i c a l S o c i e t y : 5.30pm. M in ing Lec tu re Thea t re : T a l k by Dr D Morgan — ' T h e R o l e of the P r o f e s s i o n a l E c o n o m i c G e o l o g i s t ' .

IC T ranscenden ta l Med i ta t ion S o c i e t y : Intro T a l k . 1pm E l e c E n g 4036 . S c i e n c e - F i c t i o n C l u b : 6 .30pm. Mech Eng 220 . T a l k by Thomas Sher idan (a l i as Walter G i l l i n g s ) en t i t l ed : " T h e Three Worlds of S F '

Continued on page 8

6 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976

CHANGE OF STYLE WORKS WONDERS FOR RORY Rory Gal lagher - ' C a l l i n g Card* -

C h r y s a l i s

Many rev iewers have in the past put

R o r y ' s mus ic down as ' p red i c tab le and

'ho ld ing few s u r p r i s e s ' — yet the c rowds

that f l ock to see h im te l l a d i f ferent ta le

of th i s down-to-ear th rythm " iC gu i t a r i s t .

They can ' t say the same about th is

L P ' c a u s e a l though the Ir ishman has

put h is d i s t i nc t s tamp on a l I the c u t s , the

album is s o un l i ke G a l l a g h e r ' s prev ious

e f for ts . Rory h a s come out of the con f i nes

of down- the- l ine rock ' n ' ro l l and produced

a d i ve rse L P that is v e r s a t i l e and

u n c o n s c i o u s l y c o m m e r c i a l . ' P r o d u c e d ' is

s t r i c t l y speak ing the wrong word s i n c e

ex -Deep Pu rp le b a s s i s t Roger G l o v e r i s

the acc red i ted producer; he ' s done an

exce l l en t job and wi thout him the new

s t y l e s cou ld have come out a lot w o r s e .

I f i

n d the L P d i f f i cu l t to rev iew in

de ta i l i t ' s just s o good , but s o unexpect ­

ed ly v a r i e d . F rom the star t the mus ic has

a greater fee l to it than on prev ious

G a l l a g h e r L P s . The g u i t a r / k e y b o a r d

interplay between Rory and Lou Mart in

has been great ly enchanced so that there

i s more texture to the songs wi thout the

usua l accompany ing l oss of f e e l .

On the heav ie r ' ad rena l i n bu i lder '

numbers, such as 'Secre t Agen t ' and

'Country Mile', Roger G l o v e r has preserved

an awfu l lot of c l i n t y , br inging out the

'new ' background i n t r i c a c i e s . On the more

peacefu l numbers both Rory and Roger

have e x c e r c i s e d expert con t ro l , wh i ch

may w e l l be why the L P appears s o

uncha rac te r i s t i c of G a l l a g h e r . 'Calling

Card', 'Edged in Blue' and ' / ' / / Admit

You've Gone' are a l l prime examples of

t h i s . 'Edged' is probably the a lbum 's best

s o n g . I t 's a beaut i fu l number that has a

vas t amount of cheer fu l me lod ies in i t ,

wh i ch is unusual for a b lues p laye r .

One th ing I ought to ment ion is that

R o r y ' s gone in for a fa i r amount of

overdubbing on th is L P , someth ing

wh i ch he ' s ref ra ined from t ry ing before.

L i k e the a lbum, h is ef for ts here are

s u c c e s s f u l .

To c o n c l u d e , 'Calling Card' is a

p rogress ive L P in the truest s e n s e .

Rory devotees may scorn the jumps he ' s

made but I th ink t h e y ' l l grow to love h i s

new d i r ec t i on . A l l in a l l a great a lbum,

but one tha t ' s bedev i l ed me a s a rev iewer .

I dare say it has done the same to a few

other se l f -appo in ted mus ic ' o f f i c i a n a d o e s ' .

C l i v e Dewey

Lost over Hammersmith fly-over Commander Cody and hjs Los t Planet

Airmen 'We've Got A L i v e One Here ' -

Warner Bros

T o many a wou ld be truck dr iver ,

Commander C and the L P A were just

about the best th ing to come out of the

Southern States s i n c e Comfor t . S a d l y ,

they ' re no longer w i th u s , but have left

the wor ld wi th the best k ind of ep i taph

any band cou ld w i s h for.

The A i rmen were perhaps the a rche­

typal good-t ime band, tha t ' s why l i s ten ing

to th is l i ve doub le s e t , i ts d i f f i cu l t

ac tua l l y t ry ing to wr i te about it, instead

a l l I want to do is just s i t back , tap my

feet and get b l i nd drunk.

Recorded at Hammersmi th , A y l s b u r y

and Oxford on the i r las t B r i t i s h tour, the

a lbum con ta ins a l l the songs that made

the L P A a band that were a bit s p e c i a l ;

ranging from the late fo r t ies j a z z t inged

country of 'Smoke, Smoke, Smoke,' w i th

the sort of c l o s e smooth harmonies

that accompan ied most of Roy Rodgers '

great songs , the t rad i t iona l country of

'San Antonio Rose', 'Milkcow Blues' and

'My Window Faces the South', the rock­

a b i l l y fee l of 'Hot Rod Lincoln', Too

Much Fun' and 'Lost in the Ozone', and of

cou rse , the truck d r i v i n ' s o n g s . No one

cou ld play th is stuff qu i te l ike the A i r m e n .

Be it tongue in cheek weep ies J ike

'Mama Hated D e i s e l s , to the d r i v i n '

18 Wheels' or Lookin' Through the World

Through a Windscreen'.

Every th ing that those stoned T e x a s

c roon ies s tood for is recorded for

prosper i ty on th is a lbum. The last thing

the Commander and h is men would want

anybody to do is wr i te paragraphs

a n y l y s i n g their m u s i c . They were a l l

about hav ing a good t ime, wh ich is

exac t l y what th i s a lbum g i v e s y o u .

Ian Morse

L A C K O F C O H E S I O N D O G S R E V A M P E D S T R A W B S T h e Strawbs - 'Deep C u t s ' - Polydor

Super

I used to be a great St rawbs fan back

in 1972 when they were on A & M Reco rds

and turning out de l i gh ts such a s 'Grave

New World'. That was before the

Hudson -Fo rd s p l i t and just before Dave

Lambert joined the band .

The pernennia l Dave C o u s i n s and Mr

Lambert are the on ly two remnants of

that .era on ' C u t s ' . The a lbum features

their* love ly bouncy hit s i n g l e •'/ Only

want My Love To Grow In You', and to

my knowledge is thei r f i rs t effort for

Oys te r Reco rds (d is t r ibu ted by P o l y do r ) .

The rest of the a lbum is genera l ly

d i sappo in t i ng excep t for two numbers

'Simple Visions', wh ich opens s i de two,

and 'Turn Me Round'. The other numbers

are e i ther un isp i red a c o u s t i c c o p i e s of

o ld 'S t rawb- type ' mus ic or rather c lu t te red

heav ie r t r a c k s .

T a k e 'Charmer', for i n s t ance ; it opens

wi th a headstrong a'nd heavy p a s s a g e

ffiat goes into a rather bland bubblegum

d i t ty that won' t endear them to many

a cus tomer . Ha l f the album is l i k e w i s e

second- ra te .

The main trouble seems to be an

absence of c o h e s i o n between the band

members, who i nd i v i dua l l y are capab l e

Thumbs down here too T h e Average White Band - Soul Search­

ing (At lant ic)

. . .And s peak in g of the A W B , thei r

la tes t of fer ing does leave a few doubts,

in i t ' s w a k e . It s tar ts off jus t dandy , w i th

a nif ty l i t t le in torduct ion by the name of

'overture', and then in are led the Ave rage

White patented w a i l i n g brass backbeat

d i s c o - m u s i c s of ' L o v e you- life' and

'I'm the one'. A l l very good t r ied and

tested manner isms- (they must have

shares in the patentit o f f i ce ) . J a m e s

Brown has trodden the path of repe t i t i on

and even he, the m in is te r of new super ­

heavy f un i , has suf fered for it. How

can deese me rely-morta l honk ies hope

to surv ive?-

T h i s a lbum has rece ived a fa i r l y

w idespread thumbs-down from the mus ic

papers but, in a l l f a i r n e s s , i t ' s not as

bad a s - t h e y make out . Any th ing the A W B

re lease w i l l be compared w i th the White

a lbum that broke them into the big boys

league. That was an insp i red p iece af

mus ic -mak ing on A t l a n t i c - p l a s t i c and i t ' s

not fa i r to cons tan t l y compare their

product w i th i t ' s e x c e l l e n c e . 'Soul

searching' _y normal s tandards is a good

a lbum. A s wi th the 'Moon' L P no effort

or expense has been spared in i t ' s

product ion and recocd ing, Ham ish

S tuar t ' s vo ice is back in form, the b r a s s -

work is t ight w i th the rhy thm-sec t ion

apparent ly recovered from the l oss of

Robb ie M c i n t o s h , and .again A r i f Mardin

p roduces . So i t ' s a l l rea l l y down to the

strength of the s o n g s . T h e y ' r e not bad,

s imp ly not as good as those that have

gone before.

A mult i tude of s e s s i o n e r s have jo ined

the Sco t t i sh sex te t (apo log ies to Steve

Ferrone) for the venture . The B recKers

and Marv in Stamm add their metronomic

sax / t rumpet musc le to the a l ready

formidable powers of Roger B a l l and

of great th ings , but don ' t pul l together

most of the t ime. The group seem to be

pecvey ing too many mus i ca l s t y l e s .

D e s p i t e th is the harmonies are general ly

very good and some of the Dave Lamber t ' s

gui tar breaks deserve better ma te r i a l .

H e ' s pa r t i cu la r l y good on 'SimpleVisions',

where Dave C o u s i n s manages , at long

las t , to get some Duckhams to h i s

c roaky v o c a l s . The t rack pounds a long

qu i te w e l l , and w i th a bit of ed i t ing c o u l d

make a good s i n g l e . A general thumbs

down a l though some of the l y r i c s are

rea l l y qu i te good .

C l i v e Dewey

" M o l l i e " D u n c a n , w h i l e ex -kokomoid J i m

Mul l e n a p p l i e s h is axework on 'Sunny Days'

e tc , e t c , e t c .

It 's around the second hal f of s i d e T w o

that the proceed ings start to sound a

l i t t l e lame. 'Everybody's darling' just

s tands around f i l l i n g in s p a c e and on

'Would you stay' the band out-do the

c o u n t l e s s U S sou l combos who churn out

th is boring o ld d i rge in thei r s l e e p . I t 's

b luesy sou l ar r iv ing about ten y e a r s too

late for the interview, and a s k i n g for the

job. They can do much better.

When the A W B wr i te a good song or

riff they normal ly extend it into a long

rhythmic or voca l sp ree . Now, a l though

they ' re current ly only w r i t i n g ordinary

s o n g s , they s t i l l try the same gambi t ,

resu l t i ng in a long, ordinary song w i th

v o c a l or rhythmic e x c e s s e s ad n a u s e a .

R e s u l t : boredom.

What the three-pound-plus pay ing

punter is left w i th then i s one good

s i d e , w e l l up to s c r a t c h , and a coup le of

s o - s o t racks on s i de two. The rest does

the average Wh i te ' s hard-earned reputat ion

no good at a l l . Shame, that.

F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976 - 7

Lesser characters shine through Thomas Stevenson takes a look at the

Young V i c Theatre .

The Young V i c , in T h e Cut near

Water loo S ta t i on , was founded in 1970 as

a branch of the Nat iona l Theat re , then

o c c u p y i n g the nearby O ld V i c . S i n c e then

the Na t iona l has moved into i ts beaut i fu l

new home and the Young V i c has become

independent under i ts o r ig ina l d i rec tor

F rank Dun lop. The theatre is des igned

to serve a young aud ience ; the s e a t s

are cheap and hard and the dec/or is

s t r i c t l y f u n c t i o n a l . The aud ience s i t s on

red-s ta ined benches around three s i d e s of

the s tage g i v i n g an int imate ac tor -

aud ience re l a t i onsh ip .

The autumn s e a s o n opened recent ly

wi th S h a k e s p e a r e ' s Antony and C l e o p a t r a ,

d i rec ted by Frank Dun lop . A l though the

programme notes have no hes i ta t i on in

t e l l i ng us that th is is one of the greates t

poems ever wr i t ten , th is product ion

concen t ra tes on the ac t i ons rather than

the words . T h i s is hardly su rp r i s ing when

you have a F r e n c h C l e o p a t r a , De lph ine

S e y r i g , admi t ted ly w i th a f ine command of

E n g l i s h , who has some d i f f i cu l t y w i th the

ve rse , and an Antony in M i c h a e l Graham

C o x , who does not have su f f i c i en t range

to reach the anger of the b a t t l e f i e l d .

Tha t s a i d , the product ion concen t ra tes

admirab ly on the lesse r cha rac te r s .

Geof f rey Hu tch ings de l i gh ts as the t i psy

L e p i d u s in the famous drunken s c e n e ,

w h i l s t A l f r e d L y n c h ' s Enobarbus has a l l •

the he ro i cs that Antony l a c k s . There is

an e x c e l l e n t c l a r i t y and has te wh i ch

must appea l to the pr imari ly ado lescen t

a u d i e n c e . C a r l Toms ' s k i - s l o p e set

proves somet imes t recherous to the cas t

and g i v e s more the impress ion of an

E g y p t i a n deser t than of the pr iva te

p a l a c e s of Rome and Egyp t in wh i ch s o

much of the p lay is se t .

In repertoi re wi th Antony and Cleo­

patra is Robert B o l t ' s A Man For All

Seasons. T h i s - i s the famous account of

S i r Thomas More ' s s tubborn c o n s c i e n c e

r e s i s t i n g the bir th of the e s t a b l i s h e d

Church of E n g l a n d . Its d i rec to r , Stewart

Trot ter , won the HM -Tennent Award for

the best product ion ou ts ide the West End

w i th h is ve r s i on of The Browning

V e r s i o n by Si r Te r rence R a t t i g a n . T h i s

product ion su f fe rs from a spec tacu la r

p i e c e of m i s - c a s t i n g w i t h A l f r e d L y n c h

as More, look ing l i ke nothing s o much

as one of N o r f o l k ' s water s p a n i e l s . It

i s su re ly a m is take in th is int imate theatre

to re ly so heav i l y on make-up for an

actor to appear what he is not.

M i chae l Graham C o x ' s Comman Man,

on the other hand , is per fect . He takes

in the assor tment of bit par ts ; s teward ,

boatman, p u b l i c a n , jury foreman and

s to ry - te l l e r , w i th consummate e a s e and

bu i l ds up an engaging re la t i onsh ip w i th

the a u d i e n c e , tak ing no s i de in the

argument but leading us through the

c o m p l e x i t i e s of the s i x teen th cen tu ry .

F i n a l l y , be warned that both these

p lays may be ' O ' leve l texts and the

a u d i e n c e might c o n s i s t of four hundred

s c h o o l g i r l s who f ind the speech of

C l e o p a t r a ' s eunuch , Mard ian , i r res t i s tab l y

funny. I look forward to the i r November

product ion of a Stoppard doub le -b i l l w i th

in teres t .

No placelessness nor timelessness t Thomas Stevenson

A l e k s e i A rbuzov is one of R u s s i a ' s

most popular current p laywr igh ts ; h i s

play Tanya, wr i t ten in 1 9 3 8 , h a s apparen t l y

a l w a y s been in performance somewhere in

the Sov ie t U n i o n . Old World, wh i ch jo ined

the R o y a l Shakespeare C o m p a n y ' s reper­

toire at the A l d w y c h last week is

present ly p l ay ing f i f ty theatres in

R u s s i a .

And ye t , apart from names and obv ious

re fe rences there is nothing par t i cu la r l y

R u s s i a n about th is p l a y . Both charac te rs

have been s t rongly a f fec ted by the war

but desp i t e thei r heavy l o s s e s th i s is

not a t i m e l e s s n e s s and p l a c e l e s s n e s s

even though the author t r ies hard to

f ix us in R i g a in Augus t 1968 . Perhaps

in the Sov ie t Un ion the p l a y ' s product ion

c a n be s l an ted to present two i n d i v i d u a l s

in a brief e s c a p e from a - co l l ec t i ve l i f e ,

but not in London W C 2 .

Anthony Q u a y l e and Peggy Ashc ro f t

p lay the two charac te rs — a doctor and

h i s pat ient at a Sanator ium. She has come

from M o s c o w , where she works in a

c i r c u s . He , a w idower of twenty yea rs

s tand ing , is a s l i gh t l y bi t ter m isogyn is t

awa i t i ng a v i s i t from h i s daughter who

l i v e s in J a p a n . In h i s beau t i fu l l y c o n ­

s t ruc ted p lay thei r pas ts are g radua l l y

unfo lded and a tenderness deve lops

wh i ch cu lm ina tes in a s c e n e at the

doc to r ' s w i f e ' s grave in a mi l i ta ry

cemetery .

Peggy Ashc ro f t , look ing remarkably

young for a l l her y e a r s , performs w i th a

gay abandon w h i c h wou ld do c red i t to a

woman half her a g e . A t the restaurnat

where they have been to show o f f . her

dar ing Moscow fash ion they perform a

s l i g h t l y drunken dance w i th great care

and , in a c racked vo i ce she s i n g s one

of her o ld c i r c u s songs . Anthony Q u a y l e

i s no less endear ing as he s u c k s the

s w e e t s wh i ch for the past twenty years

have he lped h im to g i ve up s m o k i n g /

Ra lp h K o l t a i ' s se t t i ngs admirab ly set

of the per formance. P a t i e n t s , passers -by

and restaurant patrons are represented

by grey scu lp ted f igures wh i ch g ive an

unobt rus ive impress ion l i fe go ing on

around them.

pageant of k i ngs p a s s e s ac ross the

s t a g e , each to be defeated by dece i t or

by force of numbers.

Y e t we never see a s i n g l e bat t le .

By conven t i on the conbatants meet before­

hand, then thunder ing drums and very

ie f fect ive l igh t ing dep ic t the bat t le and

M eanwh i l e , on the other s i d e of

Water loo B r i dge , the Na t i ona l Thea t re ' s

ma in aud i tor ium — the O l i v i e r Theat re —

has opened w i th a long overdue product ion

of Ch r i s t ophe r Ma r l owe ' s e p i c Tamburlalne

The Great. And what a product ion to

open th is magn i f i cen t theatre! With a

cas t of f i f ty the p lay s h o w s the conques t

of the wor ld from Europe to P e r s i a by a

P e r s i a n shepherd who never l o s e s . A

R e n a i s s a n c e at the New V ic to r i a Theatre

(17th October)

R e n a i s s a n c e mus i c is rather un ique ;

they produce gracefu l n e o - c l a s s i c a l tunes

that often embody a great depth of f e e l i n g .

T h e y ' r e very much a k i n to Pe te r Frampton

in that they ' re a B r i t i s h group who ' ve

made it b ig in the US and who are only

just reapp ing some s u c c e s s over here.

L a s t Sunday was indeed en te r ta in ing ,

marred only s l i g h t l y at the end by a lack

of concen t ra t i on or s i n c e r i t y dur ing b i ts

of 'Mother Russia', the g roup 's t r ibute to

A l e x a n d e r S o l z e n i t s y n , and 'The Song Of

Scheherazade'.

Bar r ing that the group we re in good

form from the s tar t , as were the know­

ledgeable a u d i e n c e . The i r reporto i re (the

group 's spanned three s tud io L P s , ' A s h e s

Are Burning', 'Turn of the Cards' and

Scheherazade And Other Stones'. 'Can

You Understand', from the f i rs t of t hese ,

opened the 90-minute se t . L i k e s o many

of their songs the melod ic tones of

A n n i e H a s l e m kept w e l l above the e r r ie

and s c i n t i l l a t i n g inst rumental background

A f r i vo lous number 'Carpet of The

Sun' f o l l owed and then A n n i e too took

Tumbur la ine returns v i c t o r i ous once

a g a i n .

A l be r t F i n n e y is Tambur la ine , a part

w h i c h s u i t s him per fec t l y ; at f i rs t the

s i newy shepherd dea l i ng brusquely wi th

h i s enemies and then the age ing widower

c rue l in h i s ty ranny. H i s w i f e , Zenoc ra te ,

p layed by Susan F l e e t w o o d , i s the only

in f luence he w i l l accep t , and it is du ly

her p lead ing that w i l l save her father,

the only v i c t i m to be spa red .

Ch ie f amongst Tambur l a i ne ' s adver­

s a r i e s is B a j a z e t h , Emperor of Tu rkey ,

who a r r i ves in great magn i f i cence ,

accompan ied by h i s queen . In art amus ing

s c e n e B a j e z e t h , p layed by Denn i s Qu i I ley ,

and Tambur la ine try to out do each other

in the d read fu lness of their treatment of

vangu i shed . Ba jaze th f i na l l y k i l l s

h imse l f by beat ing h is bra ins out on t h *

bars of the t iny ca fe in wh i ch Tambur la ine

has secured h im.

The ve rse speak ing is exce l l en t and

the fas t pace is kept up throughout the

four hours w h i c h the p lay l a s t s .

The new theatre is superb . A l though

the aud ience is arranged in a 180° a rc

around the s t a g e , the two s i d e b locks

are ra i sed so thdt there is no f ee l i ng of

being in a vas t s e a of heads .The audi tor ium

is so s teep ly raked that you are a lmost

unc ons c i ou s of anyone s i t t i ng in front

of y o u . We have yet to s e e , however ,

what the much vaunted ve rsa t i l e

machinery w i l l do .

on an eerie_ facade for 'Ocean Gypdfy'.

The more conven t iona l 'Running Hard'

was next up, and th i s , together wi th

'Gypsy' r e a l l y goes to show why J o h n

Tout is one of the two l ynchp ins of

R e n a i s s a n c e , A n n i e being the other . He

dominates the band 's mus ic wi th a

var ied set of keyboard and s y n t h e s i z e r

n o i s e s that are oft g radua l ly bui l t i n to

a d e a r cacophony of eng ross ing s o u n d s .

E x c e p t for the two aforement ioned

t racks the even ing went ext remely w e l l ;

the group were c a l l e d back for the now

obl igatory encore of 'Ashes Are Burning',

ending as usual w i th a s p e c t a c u l a r

mir ror -ba l l l igh t ing e f fec t . A n n i e ' s v o i c e

bounced around the theatre and then

they were gone.

8 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976

WHAT'S OH coat Gig

Ultravox: Nashville North End Rd. (01 603 6071). Rockets: Red Cow, Hammersmith Rd. The Damned: Hope and Anchor, Upper St., (01 359 4510). Roogalator: Dingwalls, Camden Lock (01 267 4967).

Misce l laneous

RCS Nite Out To Visit 'Rockey Horror Show' 7.30pm Stan's Bar. Cost £ 1 .

STOIC Transmission: 1pm. T V sets in J C R , Union, Southside. Fi lm Talk - Mel Frank, Director of 'The Duchess & The Dirtwater Fox ' .

Y M F o l k

IC Folk Club: Rosy Hardman. 8pm. IC Union Lower Refectory.

Dinner

Mike Dinner: 7.00 for 7.30pm. Union Dining Room. £5 . Tickets from Union Office.

Rag Stunt:

RCS Stunt: RCS Penny for the Guy collection at Harrods. Meet

RCSU Office 1pm. " .

C l u b Act iv i ty

Guilds Motor Club Visi ts. Vauxhall Car Factory. (In afternoon).

Further details on Motor Club Notice Board outside Guilds Union

Office. Al l IC WELCOME

YDinner

Guilds Electrical.: Engineering Fresher's Dinner. 7pm for 7.30pm. Sherfield Building. £3.40. Tickets from C & G Union Office and Social Reps.

F i l m

IC Ents Fi lm: 'Go ld ' , starring Roger Moore. 6.30pm. Mech Eng 220. 15p.

C l u b A c t i v i t y

IC T.M. Society: (Meeting will start with group meditation). 6.30pm. Elec Ena 606

Misce l l aneous

STOIC Transmission: 1pm & 6pm. T V sets in J C R , Union and Southside. Lunchbreak — News/Magazine Programme.

YParty

Gui lds/ IF Party. 8pm. Concert Ha l l . Tickets £1 from C & G / I F Union (This includes Disco, Food and Bar Ticket.). ,

M isce l l aneous

R C A iDept of General Studies) Lecture by John Carswell on Turkish and Syrian Pottery'. 2.00pm. RCA Lecture Theatre.

MMisce l l aneous

BO Goes To Brighton: Meet in Hyde Park in night clothes. Coach to see Bo arrive in Brighton £3 (includes lunch). Tickets-from Paul Bent ley.

Felix local film guide When using the entries for f i lms in th is supplement

p lease remember to check with the dai ly and evening p r e s s

for t imes and any possible, changes in programmes. T o be

real ly sure, ring the c i n ema concerned.

IC F i lm Society: Pasol ini 's THE PASSENGER. Jack Nicholson

and Maria Schneider. 6.15pm ME 220

T H E MINEMA: L'EMMERDEUR (Plain in the A * * * ) . Student con­

cessions: Mon — F r i . Two students get in on single ticket. Student

card reg'd. (NB There must be two of you to get this reduction).

Tickets: £1 .50 .

G A T E CINEMA (727 5750): SEBASTINANE. Student concession:

First afternoon show £1 .00 .

PARIS P U L L M A N (373 5898): CELINE & JULIE GO BOATING.

French film, English subtitles. Student concession: Mon and Tues

nights. 90p (normally £1.20) .

A B C F U L H A M RD (370 2636):

1. Picnic at Hanging Rock. Critically acclaimed Aussie offering.

Good photography.

S If you are interested in

athletics contact A Daicy Phy­

sics III via internal mail or

A C C letter racks.

RYoung Americans album by

David Bowie for sale as new,

£ 1 . A lso sports steering

wheel, suitable for Imp or

Avenger, £2 . Apply to M

Osborn, RSMU Office.

GOn Tuesday 2nd November

there wil l be a free slide

show featuring Alps, England

etc. Everybody welcome at

8.00pm RSM G20 (opp.

main entrance on right).

E This week's winner is John

Margreaves, C iv Eng III with a

total of 118 points.

.There will be a meeting of

the IC Transcendental Medita­

tion Society, starting with

group meditation, on Thursday

4th November at 6.30pm in

Elec Eng 606 to which a l l

meditators are invited.

MOn Tuesday 2nd November

at 1pm there will be an intro­

ductory talk in E lec Eng 402b

on transcendental meditation.

SThe Guilds, II- pany will be

held on Friday 5th November

at 8.00pm in Concert Hal l .

Tickets are available from

Gui lds / IF Unions for £1 which

includes a disco, food and a

bar ticket.

TThere wil l be a series of

3 lectures on Socialist Demo­

cracy, all held on Monday

evenings at 7.30pm in the

ICWA lounge starting on

November 1st when the subject

wil l be 'Socialist Democracy

according to Marx, Engels &

Kenin; the speaker wil l be

Jack Cohen from the editorial

board of Marxism Today. The

2. Futureworld. Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner in Sc i -F i tale about

perfect world of entertainment. Has good moments.

3. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES. Cl int Eastwood in his own film

about fanner out for revenge. Very watchable, good performance

from'Eastwood as the hero.

4. THE SHOOTIST. Don't be taken in by the sentimental bilge

pouring from the national press. This is a good film from the Duke

and he is far from being on the way out. Star cast includes James

Stewart, Lauren Bacal l , John Cardine, etc. Tickets: £1.50.

ODEON KENSINGTON High St (602 664415):

/. THE OMEN. Gregory Peck, Lee Remick in better than average

horror film. Not for the squennish, especially in the spering and

closing sequences. Good Technical effects.

2. TAXI DRIVER. Rober de Niro. Excellent film.

3. MURDER BY DEATH: Pter Sellers, David Niven, Richard

Attenborougfa et al in mystery comedy. If not quite a laugh a

minute then at least a grin a second. Tickets: £1 .00 , £1 .30 .

O D E O N KING'S RD (352 5858* CARRY ON ENGLAND. Unless

you want severe celluloid indigestion avoid this rubbish. After

over 40 Carry.on's I think the joke's about wrn thin. Really should

be reserved for the telly when everyone's asleep. Tickets: 80p,

£1 .00 , £1 .50 .

Paul Ekpenyong

small ads second lecture, by George

Buidges wil l be on 'Socialist

Democracy as it exists?' on

November 15th and the final

one, 'The Modern Communist

Parties' approach ID social ist

Democracy, on December 6th

will be addressed by Jon

Bloomfield, National Student

Organiser of British Com­

munist Partv.

MRoom wanted immediately just

for a couple of months preferably

in nearby area contact Joelle

French Int 2139 or 589 5111

Ext 2384.

KAnyone who wants to play

with the Folk Band who grace

Stan's Bar every Saturday is

advised to see Stan himself.

Liquid refreshment in lieu of

payment will be provided.

FELIX

STAFF

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your newspaper? Then come*

round to the F E L I X of f ice

and give us a hand. What­

ever your forte and no matter

how l i tt le time you h a v »

there 's a lways a p lace for

you on the F E L I X .

Par t icu lar ly useful at

present are addit ional

photographers, car toonists ,

writ ing staff and news

reporters. Drop in anytime

during the day or evening

and have a chat to the

edi tor , C l i v e Dewey .

F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976 - 9

Ittfan to

Name a lane

Dear S i r , — With the i n c r e a s i n g

comp lex i t y of one-way sys tems

i n L o n d o n , i t i s now not on ly

d i f f i cu l t to get where one

w a n t s , b u t i t i s a l s o i n c r e a s i n g l y

d i f f i c u l t to be d i r e c t e d over a

new route by someone who

knows the w a y . T o overcome

t h i s , a new techn ique has been

d e v i s e d It c o n s i s t s of naming

the lane requi red by an

appropr iate p o l i t i c a n . E . g . A

four lane one way street may

be d i v i d e d into the M i c h a e l

F o o t , Sh i r l y W i l l i a m s , E d w a r d

Hea th« and E n o c h P o w e l l

l anes . " S i m i l a r l y , turn ings

might be refer red to as ' A

q u i c k L o o n e y B e n n ' .

There i s o b v i o u s l y room for

ex pans io n o f te rmino lgy . A n

o l f lady who d r i ves down the

middle of a two way street

might be a C y r i l Sm i t h . 1 leave

the deve lopements to your

readers , p a u s i n g on ly to note ,

that i n I C a U-turn might be

refered to as a S o n i a H o c h f e l d e r .

Y o u r s , etc

H I L A X

( F e l i x C r o s s w o r d compi le r )

Discount fallacies

Dear s i r , - M o n d a y ' s F E L I X

ca r r i ed a much needed

a n a l y s i s of the p l a c e s around

South K e n that g i ve d i s c o u n t s

to ho lde rs of the new N U S

d iscoun t c a r d . Unfor tunate ly

the a r t i c l e d id not inc lude a

c r i t i c a l a p p r a i s a l of the true

worth of the scheme .

F o r example y o u might

have to spend £20 to recoup

your i n i t i a l £2 o u t l a y . D i d

you know that a l l the theatres

g ive student d i scoun t to

holders of any v a l i d student

ID ca rd? A s for the ho te l s

and res tau ran ts , I have to

laugh at d i s c o u n t s there. On

a grant it i s d i f f i c u l t enough

to af ford a c l e a n w e e k e n d , let

a lone a dir ty one!

Moreover most of the

p u b l i c a t i o n s l i s t e d g ive the

same d i s c o u n t s to a l l bonef ide

s tuden ts .

Tha t c o v e r s 7 5 % of the

l o c a l p l a c e s l i s t e d . T h e on l y

shops where the ca rd wou ld

be use fu l are ' W . H . Smi th ,

C l o t h e s s h o p s , h a i r d r e s s e r s

and record s h o p s . I r e a l i s e

that th i s let ter g i v e s the

N S D S ca rd a ha rsh treatment,

th is i s because I have borne

i n mind that the card i s

supposed to he lp s t re tch the

grant further. In fac t the

card w i l l on iy make l i v i n g

cheaper for s tudents who

c a n af ford to buy more expen ­

s i v e a r t i c l e s than those

s tudents on a grant .

F i n a l l y , i f N U S rea l l y

want to make student l i f e

f i n a n c i a l l y e a s i e r , then they

ought to campa ign harder for

higher g rants . Or i s it b e c a u s e

C h a r l e s C l a r k e and C o want

to get into P a r l i a m e n t that

they kept l as t y e a r ' s grants

campa ign on a very low key?

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

C l i f f M i l l e r

P h y s i c s 2 .

Dear S i r , — How k ind of the

N U S to arrange the d i s c o u n t s

l i s t e d i n t oday ' s F p L I X . The

imp l i ca t i on of your a r t i c l e i s

that you -need- a N a t i o n a l

Student D i s c o u n t C a r d to

obta in a l l t he goods or

s e r v i c e s . d e s c r i b e d ; but th is

i s far frQm the t ruth.

I have been a Times reader

for the past n ine years at the

cheap rate and even my most

recent cheque from them d idn ' t

ment ion an N U S C a r d .

Furthermore student d i s c o u n t s

are a v a i l a b l e , c e r t a i n l y at

The National, at The Royal

Shakespeare Company

( A l d w y c h ) ' to members of a

recognised student body and

there i s no need to offer

N U S c a r d .

B y the w a y , why does N U S

sudden ly f e e l i t has to charge

for a s e r v i c e it h a s p rov ided

free for so long? Ano the r

example of i n f i n i t e in f l a t i on?

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

T o m Stevenson

Soc. Soc.

reply Dear S i r , — L a s t w e e k Mr

Wi l l i am s a t t acked Soc Soc and

r a i s e d some po in ts that I

wou ld l i k e to go ove r , namely

(i) are we competant to , and

shou ld w e , debate p o l i t i c a l

i s s u e s ?

( i i ) Ind iv idua l a c t i o n v e r s u s

i n d i v i d u a l s ac t i ng c o l l e c t i v e l y ,

and

( i i i ) What is the func t ion o f an

U G M and the union?

F i r s t l y , the argument that

the government knows bes t

may be e a s i l y shown to be

f a l s e . If the peop le are not

competant to th ink about

p o l i t i c a l i s s u e s , by what

argument c a n they mean ing fu l l y

e l e c t people to do th is for

them?

N e v e r t h e l e s s , we do have

p o l i t i c i a n s ; but are they r e a l l y

more in formed than the res t of

u s ? A f t e r a l l , they have a lo t

to d e a l w i t h . T h e fac t that

peop le want to th ink about

wor ld i s s u e s i s made c l e a r by

the quan t i t i es o f n e w s and

comment put out d a i l y .

S e c o n d l y , i t i s doubt fu l

that the • democracy that Mr

Wi l l i am s ho lds so dear wou ld

e x i s t but for the c o l l e c t i v e

ac t i on of peop le over the

Continued on back page

PRIZE X-WORD No. 1 by HILAX C l u e s A c r o s s

1. L i g h t reading for those w i th

weak s p i n e s .

2 . A n i m a l in someth ing Women's

L i b e x u d e s .

11 . Short accoun t , not a ta le

13 . Move l ight ly about l i f t .

14. The a c i d i t y of g lue has l i t t le

to do wi th a Sco ts p lough.

1 5 . G i r l from a common sou rce

of baked beans .

16. Start the a d m i s s i b l e f a c t s .

17. Manuscr ip t males may go

back to l e s s e r theonems.

18 . One who is (and in) a

menta l ly d i f f i d e n t .

2 1 . What one wants from the

C o s t a P a c k e t (2)

2 3 . Pa r t l y changes s ta tus dur ing

the oc t i ve of a f e s t i v a l .

24. What i s ' b l a c k and h igh ly

dangerous (not a crow wi th a

gun). (2).

2 5 . T h e e ldes t daughter 's r ight

of f i rs t c h o i c e i s a n e c e s s i t y

w i thout i ts con f us i o n .

28 . Mounta in s tandard time (US

presumably)

30 . L a n d e d , but on f i re we hear.

3 2 . Games I p lay about w i t h , or

send back for mytho log ies (K

B a i t h e s ) .

3 3 . A mere cabbage (gettit)

34 . R e s v e r s e a game

3 5 . L e a v e out Sco ts lake from

mo is tens

36. A p t l y pos i t i oned counterpart

of 9 down?

C l u e s Down

1. S p e a k s , and makes qu ip to

i ns i gn i f i can t peop le .

2 . C h a r l i e the B a k e r can s ta r t .

3 . S t ra in s igh t for equal

4 . F e e s from f lower may make

mixture w h i c h t h e n s w e a t s .

5 . M o e k s tatty c l o t h e s

6 . T o the blunt end

7 . Mix t runcated day for h ighest

peak of exc i tment .

8 . C o w s

9. Approp ia te l y p laced counter ­

part of 36 a c r o s s .

12. A long cha t (cheat)

18. A t th is c l u e

19. E n v e l o p e d co loured l i n e s ­

man minus Ken t .

20 . So c a n o ld Ital ian .

2 1 . Game gone wi thout no tes ,

but mix up a f oo t l ess s t o c k i n g .

22 . M ix it up (OK what a g i ve

yawa) .

26 . L a s t s a l t lats

2 7 . A burglar , in a U S burglary

e g g .

28 . Mosque o f f i ce r , wh ich wou ld

g i ve a foot if on goes O and b

e n d s .

29 . In chasm it might make a

s t a i n . 31 Re len t (cruel)

a. 3 5 •

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A prize of £1 will be awarded to the person

submitting the first correct answer drawn from

the Editor's hat Thursday lunchtime

10 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Debating Society The University of London Union has

two main a i m s . The f i rs t is to br ing

together s tudents from a l l c o l l e g e s w i th in

the U n i v e r s i t y v i a Spor t ing C l u b s and

S o c i e t i e s , ca te r i ng for a w ide range of

a c t i v i t i e s not found in the sma l l e r

c o l l e g e s . Many of the spor ts c l u b s

compete at a very h igh leve l and represent

the U n i v e r s i t y in B r i t i s h U n i v e r s i t y

Sports Fede ra t i on compe t i t i ons . The

other a im i s to represent student v i e w s

to the U n i v e r s i t y au thor i t i es on matters

wh i ch are not con f ined to a s i n g l e

c o l l e g e . U L U therefore has three main

a reas of ac t i v i t y - Spor ts , S o c i e t i e s and

the Students Rep resen ta t i ve C o u n c i l

( S R C ) .

wE a c h func t ion i s run by a seperate

body. In the c a s e of the c l u b s and

s o c i e t i e s it is a commit tee compr i s ing

rep resen ta t i ves from each i nd i v i dua l

c l u b / s o c i e t y ; In the c a s e of the S R C

it is a commit tee of de lega tes from a l l

the c o l l e g e s w i th in the U n i v e r s i t y , the

number of de lega te s be ing roughly

proport ional to the number of s tudents at

that c o l l e g e . T h e s e three bod ies , the

Sports C o u n c i l , S o c i e t i e s C o u n c i l and

S R C are co-ord ina ted by the Genera l

Pu rposes Commi t t ee , c o n s i s t i n g of

represen ta t i ves from each commit tee,

together w i th the Pres iden t and Deputy

P r e s i d e n t . The latter two are sabba t i ca l

o f f i ce rs e l e c t e d annua l l y by a joint

meet ing of the C l u b s and S o c i e t i e s

commi t tees and the S R C . The G P C a l s o

has ove ra l l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for Sennet and

over looks the U n i o n ' s f i n a n c i a l e x p e n d i ­

ture. The Un ion is f i nanced d i rec t l y by

the U n i v e r s i t y and th is y e a r ' s budget

i s of the order of £120,000.

eThe S R C is the on ly student body

recogn ised by London Un i ve r s i t y as a

negot ia t ing body and consequent l y

represents s tuden ts on matters of

U n i v e r s i t y w ide Interest such as Inter­

c o l l e g i a t e H a l l s . It a l s o sends e l e c t e d

rep resen ta t i ves to the Jo in t Commi t tee of

Sena te /S tuden ts Rep resen ta t i ve C o u n c i l .

IC u s u a l l y sends three or four de lega tes

to S R C meet ings u s u a l l y the P r e s i d e n t ,

E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s O f f i c e r and U L U R e p ,

who th is year is -D H a r r i s s o n . We a l s o

have De r r i c k Eve re t t who las t year was

e Iected as a member of the S R C E x e c — qu i ie

a su rp r i se s i n c e the S R C i s dominated bv

the Broad Le f t , and they usua l l y ca rve up

the e l e c t i o n s between t h e m s e l v e s . In fact

both th is y e a r ' s P res i den t and Deputy

P r e s i d e n t , R i c h a r d S i l ve r and L y n

M i l l i n g t o n - W a l l a c e are B road Le f t members

eAt present a work ing party i s i nves t ­

igat ing the s t ruc ture of U L U and i s

supposed to report back soon wi th

p roposa ls to change the b a s i s of member­

sh ip from i n d i v i d u a l members to a

structure more a k i n to N U S that is a

confedera t ion of c o l l e g e U n i o n s . U L U

membership ca rds are n e c e s s a r y when

you w i s h to use the f a c i l i t i e s offered at

Malet S t , and are a v a i l a b l e from your

Cons t i t uan t C o l l e g e Un ion o f f i c e s not

from the ICU o f f i ce .

Hugh Barrett

External Affairs Officer

F o l l o w i n g the large amount of in teres t

shown at the F r e s h e r s F a i r , the D e b a t i n g

S o c i e t y is o r g a n i s i n g a va r i ed s e r i e s of

meet ings fo r t h i s y e a r . We have two awards

to be won — an i n t e r - C C U trophy and a

f reshers pot.

There are a l s o p l a n s for a debate

between two prominent ou ts ide s p e a k e r s ,

p o s s i b l y Members of P a r l i a m e n t . L a t e r on

th is yea r , the C o l l e g e may enter a team

for a na t i ona l s tudents deba t ing compet i t i on

o rgan ised by the 'Observer' newspaper .

However , the f i r s t debate to be he ld th is

year w i l l be a part of the s e r i e s of the

i n t e r - C C U d e b a t e s . F u l l de ta i l s w i l l be

a d v e r t i s e d throughout C o l l e g e and i n

the near fu ture.

T h e C C U trophy i s to be con tes ted on

a league b a s i s ; e a c h un ion en te r ing one

or more teams of three peop le . The

f reshers pot may be awarded to the f i r s t

year s tudent who performs the bes t in

these deba tes , or, i f there i s su f f i c i en t

in te res t , by a ' b a l l o o n deba te ' la ter on i n

the year . A l l those in te res ted in tak ing

part in these debates shou ld con tac t

thei r C C U o f f i c e .

MJ Cotton

ICDS Pub l ic i ty Of f icer

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a Labour Club or group at IC,

please contact Steve Kimmins,

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F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976 - 11

FELIX SPORT r

IC daisy pickers save a point U C F i r s t s 1 IC F i r s t 1

The game s ta r ted very

s c r a p p i l y w i t h very l i t t l e

cons t ruc t i ve p l a y from e i ther

s i d e . IC were comp lacen t and

le tha rg i c , L i n d o n g show ing as

much en thus iasm as a eunuch

in a bro the l , and Hunt ing ton

p l a y i n g i n a menta l fog after

h is rap id promot ion to the

d i z z y he ights of the f i rs t team,

Howeve r Steve Gee showed

s igns of l i fe and on seve ra l

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

can te r , p rov ing what a night

of abs t i nence can do for y o u .

T h a f i r s t ha l f wore on and

f i n i shed wi thout se r ious

i nc iden t . (Ha l f t in® 0 —0).

E a r l y i n the s e c o n d h a l f the

c rowd (one gardener) was

stunned to s i l e n c e a s the

sequence o f even ts l ead ing to

the U C goal un fo l ded . B a k e r ,

•who was intent on ca rna l

mayhem, jo ined w i th B r a b b i n ,

who was tak ing t ime off from

h is d a i s y p i c k i n g , and both

spec ta ted the departure of a

U C forward as he c a l m l y

s t roked the b a l l past the

outs t re tched hands of the IC

keeper A l l e n .

s IC were then f loored once

more as C h r i s H o w l e y and

P a t Frampton made Bugne r and

Dunn look l i k e B i l l and B e n .

With a resound ing c r a s h the

two g lad ia to rs f e l l to the

ground wi th h i d e o u s head

in ju r ies seeming ly to take no

further part in the game.

With 9 men IC surged

forward but time w a s t i c k i n g

a w a y . Gr imwade had a shot

sc ramb led of f the l i n e . A

header from L i n d o n g sc raped

the outs ide of the post from a

w e l l - s t r u c k Hunt ing ton f ree-

k i c k . With minutes to go

Frampton and Howley returned

to the game swathed from head

to foot in e l a s t r o p l a s t .

Seconds rema in ing , a . f ree-

k i c k s t ruck by Gr imwade into

the U C pena l t y a rea for

Hunt ington to p ivouet te on a

s i xpence and s t r i ke the b a l l

somehow into the net on h i s

third at tempt. F i n a l score 1—1.

. . . . while Seconds 'Superstars' demolish nets

I C ' s 'Wednesday 2nd team'

took to the f i e l d at Shen ley l as t

Wednesday in a con f iden t frame

of mi'nd, f o l l o w i n g the 3—1

defeat of K i n g s C o l l e g e

H o s p i t a l Seconds the p rev ious

Wednesday.

P l a y i n g down the s lope i n

the f i rs t ha l f , IC were soon

1—0 up when P a u l Garnham

nodded a p rec i se free k i c k

from the soon- to -be- in ju red

c a p t a i n , Gordon P i c k e r i n g ,

over the keepe r ' s h e a d . Three

more were to f o l l ow before

ha l f t ime.

F i r s t , ' supe rs ta r ' m i d f i e l d

p l a y e r , P a u l H e i d n w a s g iven

too much s p a c e i n the U C

pena l ty a rea ; he turned q u i c k l y

to lob the b a l l over the

advanc ing keeper .

A good b a c k - h e e l from

Garnham saw John Demni te

through to beat two men before

snoot ing none d e c i s i v e l y .

U C launched few a t t acks

in th is pe r i od and these a l l

were e a s i l y dea l t w i th by Pe te

Ru t t y and John H a r g r e a v e s . J u s t

before ha l f t ime, Gare th

R o b e r t s , the We lsh w i z a r d ,

shot from w ide on the r ight o f

the U C pena l ty area to make

it 4 - 0 to I C .

U C became more a g g r e s s i v e

i n the second ha l f , but I C had

the expe r i enced c o o l of

P i c k e r i n g at r ight b a c k , and

F i n n i s in goa l to keep them

at bay .

A s the ha l f p rog ressed IC

aga in began to get on top a s

kn igh t l y and Johnson p ressured

the U C de fence .

With ten minu tes rema in ing ,

up popped that man , H e i d n ,

a g a i n , to shoot nome from

20 y a r d s , and make the f ina l

sco re , 5 - 0 to I C .

y

Unbeaten run continues IC Extras 34 - Har lequins (5ths) 16

I C s e c o n d s , p l a y i n g the i r

f i rs t c l u b o p p o s i t i o n of the

s e a s o n , gave a very imp ress i ve

performance to add to the i r

run of v i c t o r i e s .

I C los t the toss and ' Q u i n s

c h o o s e to p lay aga ins t the

w i n d , g i v i ng I C the advantage

in the f i rs t ha l f .

The advantage q u i c k l y

showed as the b a l l was

permanent ly i n the ' Q u i n s

ha l f . A s e r i e s of qu i ck p a s s e s

put Armst rong over for a try

in the corner . I C i n c r e a s e d

the i r l ead when ' Q u i n s fumbled

a h igh k i c k and G i b s o n p i c k e d

up the loose b a l l and d i v e d

over the l ine to make i t 8—0.

The th i rd try w a s s im i l a r

to the f i r s t , Gregory s c o r i n g

in the corner after good work

by Dun lea ry . 12—0 at hal f t ime.

I C then turned to face the

w i n d and w i t h i n 5 minutes had

added another try f rom B l o c k .

F r o m then on the p l a y swung

from end to end w i t h teams

sco r i ng a l t e rna te l y , 3 t r ies

e a c h . The I C t r ies a l l came

from good, we l l - suppo r ted

b reaks and P a r k i n s o n , S io rnak

and Dun leary sco red t r ies wh i ch

were conver ted by Gregory , to

make it 34 — 16 at the f i na l

w h i s t l e .

In a fas t , e x c i t i n g and

s k i l f u l match IC showed the

ab i l i t y w i t h w h i c h they

have won their f i rs t four games ,

c o n c e e d i n g on ly 23 po in ts wh i l e

sco r i ng a m a s s i v e to ta l of

206. T h e forwards d i d p a r t i c u l ­

a r l y w e l l aga ins t the heav ie r a n d

more expe r i enced ' Q u i n s

pack and prov ided the d r i v i n g

force for th is good w i n by

g i v i n g good b a l l to the backs

who u s e d it w e l l and made

st rong r u n s .

T e a m : - Armstrong, Parkinson,

Block, Gibson, Gregory,

Dunleary, Howard, Zawarotko,

Fishburn, Foley, Grant,

Brunnen, Siomiak, Farr,

Atteck.

Mike G ibson (Capt)

TThroughout the w in te r there

w i l l be c r i c k e t nets . oh

T u e s d a y n ights at G o v e r

Schoo l Wandswor th . A l l

in teres ted meet i n U n i o n

L o w e r Lounge at 6 .30pm.

s

Cranwell

dominated . . . IC 2 Cranwel l (Egham) 1

I C began the s e a s o n w e l l

aga ins t a s ide of t r i c ky

' I n d i a n s ' , who had some

s k i l f u l i n d i v i d u a l s .

The C o l l e g e had the better

of the f i rs t ha l f , w i t h D o u g a l

dominant i n m i d f i e l d . T h i s

l ead to a g o a l , jus t before

ha l f t ime, by F a t a n i a .

The second ha l f saw C r a n ­

w e l l put t ing thei r game together

to p ressure the I C d e f e n c e . It

was this- per iod that won the

day for I C , who h e l d out

ext remely w e l l , thus f rus t ra t ing

the o p p o s i t i o n . T h e r e were

some f ine per formances from

H u c k l e , C u l l u m , Bar re t t and

M c R o b i e .

C r a n w e l l d i d , however ,

manage to soore a hot ly

d i spu ted ' o f f s i d e ' g o a l .

Du r i n g the lat ter s tages

the ca lmer IC m i d f i e l d took over

and good work by Seth i l ed to

the w i n n i n g goa l by M i d d l e t o n .

. . . and Jesus

crucified IC 4 J e s u s C o l l e g e Oxford 3

• A f te r samp l i ng the l o c a l

a l e , the hatsman began the

game in f ine sp i r i t , c o n t r o l l i n g

the game on a f ine p i t c h . I C ,

however , proved unable to take

advantage of sh rewd approach

work by P a r k e r and C r e e k .

J e s u s took the lead w i th the

las t h i t of the f i r s t ha l f , and

on ly their s e c o n d shot at goaL

T h e second h a l f began in

reverse (!) w i th J e s u s dominat ­

ing the g a m e D e s p i t e th is

I C ' s M i l l e r and M idd le ton

s c o r e d from b r e a k a w a y s .

T h e third IC g o a l was the

bes t , a w e l l worked short

corner e n a b l i n g Se th i to s c o r e .

T h e n the beer s ta r ted to take

e f fec t on the I C team and

H u t s o n was b l i nded by two

inc red ib l e g o a l s . F o r t u n a t e l y

M idd le ton had added another

w i th a sort of under-head hi t( ! ! )

to g ive us a j u s t i f i e d v i c t o r y .

M U D - F R E E On Saturday the 16th O c t , the

X,-Country c l u b p a i d i t s second

v i s i t to Pa r t y H i l l F i e l d s .

On th is o c c a s i o n we were to

be spared the a g o n i z i n g f i ve

and a .hal f m i l es of a mud bath .

In i ts p lace we were to part­

i c ipa te in a re lay race c o n s i s t i n g

of 6 legs of��a m i l e s — the

U C r e l a y .

I C , w i t h the he lp of a few

we lcome ' o u t s i d e r s ' , managed

to f i e l d 3 teams . Steve Webb

l ed off for the l s t team and in

an ex t remely keen f i r s t l eg d i d

very w e l l , pu t t ing the team in

13th p l a c e w i th a run o f 8

mins 2 4 s e c s . Unfor tunate ly

after th i s l eg the 3rd team were

ahead of the 2nd (oops) .

In face of f ie rce compet i t i on

I C ' s l s t team h e l d on to 13th

p l a c e throughout the race ,

thanks to good runs from D

R o s e n and G S w e l l . T h e 2nd

team p u l l e d up 3 or 4 p laces

to f i n i s h 33rd and the 3rd

team dropping to 37th. The

w inne rs , i n c i d e n t l y , were

B i rm ingham U n i v e r s i t y .

12 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 29th 1976

STUDENT WORLD D

B A T H

B a t h U n i v e r i s i t y has removed

£100,000 i n inves tments from

compan ies w i t h South A f r i c a n

s u b s i d i a r i e s af ter a request

from the s tuden t s ' un ion . The

news came i n a tetter th i s

week from the V i c e C h a n c e l l o r ,

P r o f es s o r P a u l Mathews (head

of I C ' s P h y s i c s department

t i l l September) t e l l i n g student

union pres ident Stuart A p p l e t o n

that ' the e q u i t i e s to w h i c h the

student un ion ob jec ted have

been s o l d ' .

mMaths s tudents are l e s s w e l l

prepared for un ive rs i t y cou rses

than they used to b e , c o n c l u d e s

the v i c e - c h a n c e l l o r s ' commit tee

( C . V . C . P . ) . T h e trouble i s that

the w ide r range of the

c i r r i c u l u m at s c h o o l r esu l t s in

l e s s s p e c i a l i s e d mathemat ica l

know ledge . (Report from the

Times Higher Education

Supplement).

eA b r a i l l e c a l c u l a t o r has

been deve loped a t West

V i r g i n i a U n i v e r i s i t y . . It w i l l

per form most s tandard c a l c u l a t o r

f unc t i ons , i n c l u d i n g a r i t hme t i c ,

l ogar i thmic , e x p o n e n t i a l and

t r igonometr ic ope ra t i ons , (report

form THES)

SO n l y 59 out of 821 i ns t i t u t i on s

of h igher educa t ion prov ide

nursery f a c i l i t i e s , accord ing to

a new N U S report — in other

words there are o n l y 2 ,000

p l a c e s for the c h i l d r e n of

5,000 parent s tuden ts . Out of

84 u n i v e r s i t i e s only 31 prov ide

any form of day c a r e , and

fees are not s t anda rd i sed . Ken t

and U E A have the best f a c i l i t i e s ,

a n d a new nursery i s l i k e l y to

open at Cambr idge next y e a r .

SP l a n s to extend the resea rch

work at the Open U n i v e r s i t y to

a s i m i l a r l e v e l to other

u n i v e r s i t i e s in B r i t a i n may have

to. be put a s i d e ow ing to the

lack. ' of government s u b s i d e s .

( T H E S ) .

r•

T h e L a n c a s t e r branch of .the

A s s o c i a t i o n o f U n i v e r s i t y

T e a c h e r s a t tacked the* A U T /

N U S ' s " s i t - i n c o n v e n t i o n "

(see l as t w e e k ' s "S tuden t

W o r l d " ) as unrepresenta t ive

and c o l l a b o r a t i o n i s t .

lP u b l i c expend i tu re cu ts and

the r i se in subsc r i p t i ons to

in te rna t iona l s c i e n t i f i c organ

i z a t i ons - th rea ten to reduce the

S c i e n c e R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l ' s

budget to one s i x th l e s s in rea l

terms in 1980 than i n 1973,

acco rd ing to the c o u n c i l ' s

annua l report . C u t - b a c k s by the

S R C w i l l af fect i t s nuc lea r

p h y s i c s programmes (from £41

m i l l i o n to £29.5 m i l l i o n pa) and

i t s space research (from £26

m i l l i o n to £20 m i l l i o n ) and

un ive rs i t y educa t ion and

research may u l t imate ly be h i t ,

desp i t e i n i t i a l p l ans to i nc rease

expendi ture i n these f i e l d s . A

s a v i n g of near ly £Vi m i l l i o n

c o u l d be made by a sugges ted

c l o s i n g of the two par t i c le

a c c e l e r a t o r s , N i n a (at the

Daresbury Labo ra to r i es ) and

Nimrod (at the Ruther fo rd

L a b o r a t o r i e s ) . A l t hough N i n a ' s

c l o s u r e had a l ready been

p lanned , the c l o s u r e of N imrod

wou l d harm research on the new

par t i c le for the d i s c o v e r y of

w h i c h P r o f e s s o r s Bu r ton

R i c h t e r and Samuel T i n g were

th is week awarded the Nobe l

P r i z e .

F E E

F E A R S A s some of you w i l l a l ready

know the government p l ans to

ra i se the fees for home and

o v e r s e a s undergraduates from

£182 and £416 pa r e s p e c t i v e l y

to £650, and to ra i se pos t ­

grad fees f rom £250 to £750 .

T h i s s tagger ing r i s e i s

u n l i k e l y to a f fec t the home

s tudent , l i v i n g on a lea grant,

but w i l l h i t ove rseas s tudents

and the es t ima ted 10,000

postgraduates ( ch ie f l y s c i e n t i s t s )

dependent on indus t r i a l

s u b s i d i e s , and i s l i k e l y to

resul t in a dec l ine in thei r

numbers.

T h e p l a n s have provoked

oppos i t i on from the Commi t tee

o f V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r s and

P r i n c i p a l s , the C o u n c i l of

L o c a l E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t i e s

and the A s s o c i a t i o n of U n i v e r ­

s i t y T e a c h e r s . A proposed

i nc rease i n h a l l f ees for

overseas s tudents at the

P o l y t e c h n i c of C e n t r a l London

has been a t tacked in a s t rong ly -

worded a r t i c l e i n " M c G a r e l " ,

the P o l y ' s student paper , on

the grounds of i ts r a c i a l

d i s c r i m i n a t i o n .

Letters (Continued from page 9)

y e a r s . H is to ry has shown that

i n d i v i d u a l s have on ly been

e f fec t i ve when a c t i n g as groups .

I do not see th is chang ing i n

the near future, and to suppose

that th ings are o the rw ise , runs

the r i sk of put t ing a l l your eggs

in one baske t . In order to

ac t as a group, the f i r s t th ing

i s to dec ide what needs to be

d o n e . T h i s i m p l i e s reasoned

deba te . Most p e o p l e , af ter a l l ,

are undec ided over i s s u e s

un t i l they have ta lked them over

w i t h seve ra l other people w i th

w i th d i f f e ren t -v iew p o i n t s . The

U G M is the p l a c e to do t h i s .

The second th ing we must do

and the most important of a l l ,

hav ing d e c i d e d on our p o s i t i o n

i s ac t i n ways to forward our

c a s e .

Mr W i l l i a m s has s a i d that

we (Soc, Soc) are cut off from

the major i tory of s tudents at

I C . So we are: they don ' t come

to U G M ' s . F o r G o d s s a k e ,

everyone c o m e . Say what you

want perhaps then someth ing

can be done .

S o c i a l i s t S o c i e t y .

Mr Benn mingles with the

audience after his talk al

More House.

Energv Sec re ta ry , T o n y

Wedgewood B e n n , v i s i t e d More

House (Cromwe l l Road ) las t

Sunday to g ive a ta lk on

' D e m o c r a c y ' . He ou t l i ned the

h i s t o r i c development of the

C o n s e r v a t i v e and L a b o u r

party ideas of ba l lo t -box

democracy i n a mixed market

economy.

H i s v i s i t came at the

inv i ta t i on of the West L o n d o n

C a t h o l i c C h a p l i n c y , of w h i c h

IC C a t h s o c i s a part .

Mr B e n n went on to d e s c r i b e

h i s thoughts on C a p i t a l i s m ,

unfa i r to workers and , he

reckoned , a fa i lu re — and

Indust r ia l Democ racy , i n

w h i c h he b e l i e v e s workers must

pa r t i c i pa te in management.

H i s p r inc ip le i s that no one

group or c l a s s shou ld dominate

the peop le at la rge . Fur thermore

Jhe i n d i v i d u a l must be guided

by h is c o n s c i e n c e , s a y s Mr

B e n n , even i f th is leads h im

to f lout the law. . A l l the same

the i nd i v i dua l must be prepared

to pay for f o l l o w i n g thei r

c o n s c i e n c e .

Tony Wedgewood B e n n

v o i c e d support for the L a b o u r

movement and par l iamentry

democracy . The lat ter might not

be a very good s y s t e m , he s a i d ,

but it was the bes t a v a i l a b l e ,

and at leas t i t a l l o w s workers

to change the Government

wi thout a revo lu t i on .