Founded in 1949 The Newspaper of Imperial College Union

Reggie, the Kings College mascot, pictured in 1976 when it was last

stolen by RCSU.

REGGIE GOES WALKIES!

Reggie, the mascot of Kings College London, was successfully

stolen by the Royal College of Science Union in the early

hours of yesterday morning.

T h e mascot is a large red concrete l i on w h i c h is extremely heavy a n d

was previously stolen by R C S t J in 1976. T h e ra id took place after three

days of careful reconnaisance earl ier i n the week, d u r i n g w h i c h it was

established that Reggie was resting on some steps in one of the m a i n

College bui ldings.

A group of about fifteen people leTt the R C S U Office at 6:00am

T h u r s d a y , i n c l u d i n g C i t y a n d G u i l d s U n i o n President M r A n d r e w

Rushton , who had been to ld to come to the office at that time as part of

the treasure hunt for Spanner and Bolt . They arr ived at K i n g s Col lege

and managed to h a u l the l ion to a wa i t ing van w i t h only a l itt le

resistance from c leaning staff. A letter was left for the K i n g s Col lege

President exp la in ing the move and stating that Reggie w o u l d be

returned after money h a d been collected from R C S R a g .

Reggie was displayed at the R C S Hustings U G M w h i c h took place

yesterday (see report).

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Jezebel rompen heim Jezebel, the motorised mascot of the Royal College of Science Union, returned from

Cologne last Wednesday after spending over a week in Germany taking part in Karnival

celebrations.

T h e t r ip was organised by the

R C S M o t o r C l u b a n d J e z spent

most o f her t ime at the Co logne

K a r n i v a l , a series of processions

before the start of L e n t .

M r D u n c a n B a t t y , M o t o r

C l u b C h a i r m a n , left w i t h J e z on

Tuesday , F e b r u a r y 16 a n d was

later j o i n e d o n Saturday m o r n i n g

by twenty R C S students who had

left o n F r i d a y night.

A l t h o u g h Jezebe l d i d not take

part i n the m a i n procession on

the M o n d a y , she took part in

three other processions a n d was

shown o n G e r m a n television.

Sweet

Revenge

Five of the top officers i n C i t\

a n d G u i l d s U n i o n were 'treacle

and feathered' yesterday on the

o r d e r s o f t h e i r o w n u n i o n

m e m b e r s . T h e s e n t e n c e was

passed at a t r i a l o f those respon­

sible for the loss of Spanner and

Bolt , at yesterday's G u i d l s U G M .

T h e y were also sentenced to be

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

a l though they vo luntar i ly pub ­

licised their o w n h u m i l i a t i o n by

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

uninterest ing R C S U Hustings

U G M .

T S o 6 0 7 Friday, February 26 ,1982 F r e e !

Letters

to the

Editor II

.SVr

I was horrif ied to discover

that the I C U nuts themselves,

Messrs L e d w o l d and M c C a b e ,

have this week accompanied

the R C S U motorised mascot

Jezebel on a five day journey

to Cologne. Does this mean

that their duties as H o n Sec

a n d D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t are

being totally ignored?

Probab ly , we shall never

notice the difference and M r

N i c k M o r t o n w i l l indeed be

able to say " I haven't seen

them for a week and have

managed quite well without

t h e m . "

Tours

N . Parker

Dear Mark Smith

O h dear. In his Soapbox

article ( F E L I X 606) on the

Soc Soc's " R a d i c a l " news-

sheet, N . Wi l l s on has surely

dropped a clanger. H e c r i t i ­

c ises t h e c o m m e n t i n t h e

Editor ' s Intro "Please exscuse

(sic) any spell ing or g ram­

matica l erros as we can't a l l

have a public school educa­

tion " , as " insult(ing)

people who went to a publ ic

school, as i f it was their fault?"

(his emphasis). Is it not that

the c o m m e n t c r i t i c i s e s the

p u b l i c s c h o o l system ( a n d

rightly so), w i th its foundation

upon privilege, rather than

people who have gone through

the system? I rather think so.

Perhaps, in future, N . Wi l l son

might learn to understand the

words, r a t h e r t h a n t a k i n g

exception to what he mis­

takenly believes to be written

between the lines.

Tours good-spiritedly

D o n a l d C r a i g

C h e m 2

Dear Mark

N i c k W i l l s o n ' s S o a p b o x

article. , in last week's F E L I X

about Socialist Society was

f a i r l y w e l l r e a s o n e d a n d

thought provoking. In refer­

ence to last term's Soc Soc

newsheet, R a d i c a l , he gave

the impression that leftists in

g e n e r a l , a n d S o c S o c i n

part icular , are paranoid, self-

obsessed and arrogant. Th i s

may be true, it's hard for me

to be objective. I hope that

anyone who wants to make

t h e i r o w n j u d g e m e n t w i l l

o b t a i n a copy o f R a d i c a l ,

either from me or Ian House,

Li fe Sc i 1 (they don't cost

anything).

H o w e v e r , M r W i l l s o n

made several basic errors. H i s

c l a i m t h a t the a r t i c l e s i n

R a d i c a l attack mul t inat iona l

company directors and right

w i n g politicians personally, not

the system they have to work

w i t h i n , is completely false.

Nowhere in the article on

multinationals , for example,

is a company director men­

tioned personally. W e are not

u n w i l l i n g to admit that our

opponents are normal people.

T h e y are caught up in the

system as much as anybody

else; the manager who works

t e n h o u r s a d a y a n d at

weekends in his spare time;

who, because of a l l his mater­

ia l possessions, has more to

w o r r y a b o u t ; w h o c a n n o t

spend m u c h time with his

c h i l d r e n ; w h o suffers f r om

stomach ulcers; who dies just

a few years after retirement....

he too is a v i c t im of capitalism.

It is the system we object to,

and its corruption and des­

truct ion of human dignity.

I find it strange that M r

Wi l l s on should object to the

comment in the Editor 's Intro

about publ ic schools, and to

the person who advocated the

"secret candidate" approach

to U n i o n elections (in fact he's

not a member of Soc Soc)

gr inning as he put forward

the i d e a . U s u a l l y i t ' s left

wingers who are accused of

being unable to take a joke!

H e says " a cartoon showing

a disgustingly fat white man

(the West) carelessly scatter­

ing crumbs to a starving black

(the developing world) is

going to cause irr i tat ion and

r e s e n t m e n t a m o n g p e o p l e

who might be open to per­

s u a s i o n " . I f t h e y see the

cartoon as a personal attack

then they're as paranoid as we

a r e . I f t h e y b e l i e v e t h e

cartoon is untrue or unfair,

then I accept that we should

be arguing our case at a more

basic level.

Socialist Society attempts

to influence people's attitudes,

generally by advertising what

we see to be the truth. If we

b e c o m e a r r o g a n t , t h e n I

would welcome crit ic ism to

that effect, but we w i l l not

betray our ideals merely to

get more popular support. If

that was a l l we wanted then

p e r h a p s we s h o u l d s t o p

t a l k i n g a b o u t p o l i t i c s a l ­

together. However, the Soc

Soc mai l ing list had sixty-five

names on it at the beginning

of this year; now it stands at

ninety-eight.

Tours sincerely

Robert Kelsey

C i v E n g 2

Soc Soc Chairperson

Dear Mark

W i t h r e f e r e n c e to I a n

Hodgson's letter ( F E L I X 606)

I s h o u l d l i k e to m a k e the

fol lowing points:

T h e S C C "booze u p " was

financed wi th £20 of S C C

funds specifically earmarked

for e n t e r t a i n m e n t , a n d by

contributions from Stephen

Gou lder and M r s Pingree, the

College Archivist . T h e effec­

t i v e c a p i t a c o s t o f t h o s e

attending was about £1. T h e

evening was highly successful,

e n a b l i n g S C C m e m b e r s ,

usually lound heckling each

other, to relax and mingle.

This can only be good for

S C C and I C U n i o n "

Contrast that wi th Welfare

D a y . N o t m o r e t h a n 30

people attended any single

event dur ing the afternoon.

T h e programme was arranged

wi th a lot of time, effort and

money. T h e per capita cost

for those who d id turn up was

around £4 or £5. T h e benefit?

G o o d for a very small number

of people.

If you readers agree with

M r Hodgson then we must

e x p e c t a n o u t c r y at t h e

"waste of money" on Welfare

D a y rather than expressions

of disquiet at the very low

a t t e n d a n c e . W h a t are o u r

priorities?

Tours disappointedly

J o n Barnett

Physics 1

Dear Mark

I feel duty bound to reply

to the letter in the last issue of

F E L I X written by M a r t i n

T a y l o r . I ' m s o r r y t h a t I

cannot answer his question

myself, since being bound up

i n the o r g a n i s a t i o n I was

unable to attend much of the

discussion. I can only suggest

that he asks someone who was

there ( t h o u g h I s h o u l d n ' t

spend too much time looking)

or phones G a y Switchboard

o n 8 3 7 - 7 3 2 4 — t h e y ' l l be

happy to discuss it.

Tours sincerely

N i c k Pyne

PS: Bollocks to everyone who

couldn't be bothered to come

along!

Dear Mark

I a m most surprised at the

recent controversy over the

use of the I C R a d i o Logo on

posters, advertising the L i n k s

C a r n i v a l , on two counts.

First ly , M r Nunns states in

his letter ( F E L I X 606) that

permission was not obtained

from the station to use the

l o g o . I f i n d t h i s h a r d to

understand, as I know M r

N e i l Sykes, I C R a d i o M a n a ­

ger, to be a most charitable

and friendly person, and I feel

sure that if approached in the

Southside Bar , where he is to

be found most evenings, and

offered a pint of cider, he

would have given the required

permission.

Secondly, I cannot see any

reason why the L inks C a r n i v a l

s h o u l d be p u b l i c i s e d w i t h

pos ters s h o w i n g a h a r d l y

visible crocodile in the top

r ight-hand corner. I have it

on good authority that the

reason for the crocodile on I C

Radio ' s logo is that Crocodile

Rock by E l ton J o h n was the

first r e c o r d p l a y e d on the

med ium wave service of the

station. It w i l l surely be some

years yet before the music of

E l t o n J o h n is considered so

unfamil iar and unacceptable

to the average IC student to

merit its live exposure at an

e v e n t s u c h as t h e L i n k s

C a r n i v a l .

" P u z z l e d "

F a l m o u t h / K e o g h H a l l

E l e c t i o n M a n i f e s t o e s (not

to exceed 300 words) must be

submitted to the Edi tor by

1:00pm, M o n d a y , M a r c h 1,

accompanied by a b / w photo.

Page 2 FELIX, February 26, 1982

Fast Food Service

T H E T R A D I T I O N A L Pancake

Race around Beit Q u a d was held

last Tuesday. U p unt i l 1980 the

r a c e was a n a n n u a l c o n t e s t

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

Women ' s Association ( I C W A )

a n d I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n .

H o w e v e r the event d i d not take

place last year a n d since then

I C W A has disbanded, the C C U s

a n d R a g competed this year.

T h e race was revived as part ol

C i t y and G u i l d s tasks to regain

their v io lated mascots Spanner

and Bolt. T w o races were held .

In the first C & G beat R C S a n d

in the second they beat R a g and

the current holders of Spanner

a n d Bolt , I C U .

C i t y a n d G u i l d s also had to sell

pancakes and raised more than

£10 for R a g , sell ing over 100

pancakes. T h e y hope to make

this an a n n u a l event, a l though

they don't p lan to wear R C S

slopshirts in the future.

As usual the event co incided

w i t h the a n n u a l testing ol the fire

hoses in the U n i o n B u i l d i n g and

accord ing to the F E L I X E d i t o r

M r M a r k S m i t h , who ref'ereed

the event, the Q u a d resembled

"Bangladesh after the ravages of

the m o n s o o n ' .

Rugby

Club

Success!

I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E R u g b y

Foo tba l l C l u b came through to

the final of the Gutter idge C u p

after beating L o n d o n Hospitals

9-7 in the semi- f inal . T h e final is

at M o t s p u r Park on Sunday ,

F e b r u a r y 2 8 . A l l s u p p o r t e r s

travel free. Coaches leave 1:30pm

from Beit A r c h .

Goldsmith at IC

M R W A L T E R G O L D S M I T H ,

D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l ol the Institute

of Directors [i\ body s imi lar to the

G B I , only nunc exclusive), w i l l

address the Industr ial Society

next week.

T h e meeting was or ig inal ly

arranged as a debate between M r

G o l d s m i t h and M r A l a n Fisher,

G e n e r a l S e c r e t a r y o f X U P E .

Unfortunate ly , M r Fisher is now

unable m attend, so M r G o l d ­

s m i t h w i l l h a v e free r e i n to

discuss his views on subjects such

.is industr ial democracy.

The meeting is next Tuesday,

M a r c h I at 1:00pm i l l M e c h E n g

220.

Bloody Good Lecture

N O B E L L A U R E A T E D r M a x

Perutz F R S spoke at Col lege last

M o n d a y at the inv i tat ion of the

C h e m i c a l Society.

D r Perutz won the N o b e l Pr ize

in 1962 for work on haemoglobin

and w i t h the a id of stereo slides

and glasses he gave an excellent

lecture to the capacity audience.

H e told of the setbacks he

e n c o u n t e r e d i n f o r m u l a t i n g a

hypothesis for the funct ioning of

haemoglobin and how he refuted

the 'demol i t ion of his theory by

the Bel l Laborator ies of N e w

Jersey i n 1980.

D u r i n g his research D r Perutz

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

l u m i n a r i e s as S i r L a w r e n c e

Bragg a n d L i n u s P a u l i n g a n d

hopes to further elucidate the

workings of haemoglobin in the

M R C labs of C a m b r i d g e , w i t h

the assistance of new a n d power­

ful X - r a y diffraction apparatus in

Paris .

Former Nazi Tells All!

A N E X - N A Z I Y o u t h L e a d e r

presented an informed lecture to

Methsoc on " N a z i s m , C o m m u n ­

i s m a n d C h r i s t i a n i t y " l a s t

Wednesday luncht ime.

Pastor A . E . Pokorny described

N a z i s m as " a rel igion established

in the lace of an archaic a n d

i n w a r d - l o o k i n g c h u r c h " . H e

gave a v i v i d account of his o w n

indoctr inat ion as an officer of the

H i t l e r Y o u t h , and his subsequent

if rather reluctant , conversion to

C h r i s t i a n i t y be fore the W a r .

S e v e r a l o f his f r i e n d s rose to

prominent ranks in the SS; at

least one was charged after the

N u r e m b e r g trials.

Paster P o k o r n y is new Genera l

Secretary of the C h r i s t i a n Bib le

mission, a n d as a lecturer a n d

p r e a c h e r he is b o o k e d u n t i l

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Mines lose Bottle Camborne Report

O n the m o r n i n g of last F r i d a y at about 10:00am, 140 M i n e r s (players

a n d spectators) set off to the wilds of the west country to make war

against C a m b o r n e School of Mines .

T h i s event began in 1902 when the first rugby match was played and

indeed (after the varsity match) this is the oldest inter-collegiate fixture

in the country.

O n F r i d a y , four teams and the accompanying supporters mounted

the coaches. T h e games to be played: squash on F r i d a y evening,

hockey Saturday luncht ime, football luncht ime and , most important of

a l l , the 'Bottle M a t c h ' on Saturday afternoon.

In the squash R S M were squarely beaten by a team of lecturers

whose Unioncards had long been filed in the archives. T h e hockey was

lost 2-1 a n d the football , after m u c h ado, was d r a w n 2-2.

Last , but not least, the Bottle M a t c h . T h e R S M forwards did a

magnificent job against what was expected to be a far superior 'pack' .

However on the day, the C a m b o r n e ' W a r r i o r s ' of the 1-8 proved to be

only a fair match . T h e C a m b o r n e 'backs ' kicked and grunted and

though not as talented as those of R S M the f ly -hal f usefully exploited

the predicaments in his penalty k ick ing . T h e end result was a loss to

R S M . Score 15-13. R S M scored two tries and were beaten by penalties

in a most annoy ing fashion.

In the end the day was won by a most vociferous bunch of supporters

to w h o m every player is grateful. T h e y showed the westerners what it

was a l l about.

Roger Bade

Mining 2

A T r i b u t e to the ' C a m b o r n e M e n '

For 80 years, since 1902

The fine young men of Mines

Have had only one view

Through the courses of time

They have run themselves out

With one objective, the enemy to rout,

"The bottle must be won,"

Has been their rallying cry

Deadly serious — not in fun

And again this year they will have a try.

They fought each other long and hard

They battled trying every trick and card

They scored a try and converted

The other side momentarily diverted

From their course of victory,

But not for long do they have the lead

Mines came back and did their deed.

They took away the ball

A n d on and on they ran

O h , please, Oh please, don't fall

The crowd went wild

O h they cheered to the very last man

One broken foot, one twisted ankle

(But one mustn't iet that rankle)

We'll still beat these boys from Camborne

Even if it means we'll have to fight another dawn

That bottle belongs in the Union Bar

In that London away so far

We must win and have it back

Or the 120 will have us on the rack

The R S M has lost this year

They'll drown their sorrow in a beer

But in the future, come 1983

Camborne will have to pay the fee

A n d we'll have our bottle back —thankee.

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• K e y s Cu t—Revo lu t i ona ry shear ing

method. Ford Transi t igni t ion keys a

s p e c i a l i t y . C o n t a c t ' U r i ' G r o v e r ,

P h y s i c s 2.

• W i n d o w wan ted : Must be comple te

w i t h g l a s s a n d f r a m e s u i t a b l e f o r

Sou ths ide rooms. Matt Wi l l iams, M e c h

E n g 1.

• D o r e e n — A r e wa l lab ies to y o u what

hamsters are to other peop le?

• U r g e n t l y requ i red: cans of puppy

food , rubber restorer, bags of sweet ies,

train set ex t ras—Luke S. , B E 2 .

• F o o t b a l l F o c u s : P h y s i c s Wanderers

7, T iza rd 4. T h e lads b o u n c e d back

P W rule IC.

• L e e P, don' t flatter yoursel f it wasn't

that great. Ser ious ly though , you' l l be

hear ing f rom my lawyers—T.L .

• S c u n t h o r p e rule C K (sic).

• I n conce r t tonight : R m 6642 Ho lbe in :

C K (sic) and the Scun tho rpe Band .

O L D C E N T R A L I A N S

J . Gratwick O B E C E n g MI Mech E C B I M

President-elect of O l d Centralians Association

Ex-Managing Director of Urwick , O r r &

Partners L t d

Chairman of Empire Stores (Bradford) L t d

Member of Senate of London University

Past Chairman of Management Consultants

Association

Past member of Monopolies Commiss ion

Educated at Ci ty & Guilds College (Mech Eng

Dept) 1935-39

This man is an Old Centralian-how

about you?

For further information contact:

Helen Brookes, Room 303, Sherfield Building,

Mike Richardson, City and Guilds Union Office,

Mechanical Engineering dept.

Page 4 FELIX, February 26, 1982

An Iraqi student has brought me the following article which, for reasons of his own personal security, I have allowed to be written anonymously

IRAQ Students staged a picket outside the Iraqi

Embassy recently to protest against the fascist

.Ba 'a th d i c t a t o r s h i p in I raq . A r o u n d one

hundred people participated together with

members of the Iraqi Students Society in U K

(membership of which carries life imprison­

ment under Ba'ath laws.) The picket is part of

a month of solidarity with the people of Iraq on

the anniversary of the first Ba 'ath coup in

February 1963.

The coup unleashed a bloody reign of terror

unknown in Iraq. In a few weeks, over 10,000

were killed. Leaders a n d activists of mass

democratic organisations and trade unions

were hunted down, tortured and executed.

M a n y were students, members of the Genera l

U n i o n of Students in Iraqi Republic ( G U S I R ) .

Internationally known leaders of G U S I R such

as A b d u l Al -Balat i , Sahib A l - M e r z a and A d n a n

Al -Barrak were tortured to death. Schools ,

colleges and sports grounds, became centres

of interrogation and death. Instrumental in

terror was the Ba'athist nazi-style 'National

G u a r d ' . The infamous Nat ional U n i o n of Iraqi

S t u d e n t s ( N U I S ) , as par t of the s e c u r i t y

services, victimised, tortured and killed many

students in order to destroy G U S I R .

O n l y g r o w i n g p o p u l a r p r e s s u r e , a r m e d

Kurd i sh resistance, international isolation and

bankruptcy of the Junta ended its bloody rule

nine months later.

Today 's Ba'athist regime came to power in a

coup in 1968. The political apprenticeship of its

leaders was served in the 'National G u a r d ' in

1963. It is a capital offence to leave the Ba 'ath

party, belong to another political party, or

conceal previous affiliation (Article 200, 1969

Penal Code ) .

Mass executions, poisoning by Thal l ium,

racist 'Arabinisation ' policies, deportation of

K u r d s and Shi 'a moslems (over 60,000 people

deported since 1980) are all policies enacted by

t h e p r e s e n t B a ' a t h i s t r e g i m e u n d e r i t s

President, Saddam Husse in . The bloody war

against Iran initiated as a chauvinist war of

aggression has killed over 50,000 and injured

many more.

S a d d a m ' s r e g i m e has no q u a l m s a b o u t

torturing and killing even children. A l i H a m a

Salih, twelve years old was recently tortured to

death (Amnesty International report M a r c h 5,

1981). M a n y hundreds of people in Iraq have

disappeared without trace and although little is

known about their whereabouts, Amnesty

International reports provide little doubt that

extensive and widespread torture is being

carried out in Iraq. .

The Ba 'ath dictatorship distinguishes itself

from other fascist regimes through its export

of terror; through assassinations, kidnapping

attacks, and intimidation in which the Iraqi

Embassy and the N U I S are instrumental.

The latest attack took place on Saturday,

February 6, in Birmingham on a member of the

Iraqi Students Society U K following a solidarity

meeting, at which agents from the Embassy,

including one from the military attache, were

identified and excluded. T w o days later in

Denby , a high velocity air gun was fired at the

window of an Iraqi ISS member's flat. These

two incidents mark an increase in surveillance

a n d h a r a s s m e n t by m e m b e r s of the I raq i

Security Staff, and the nature of them is highly

disturbing. One of the fears is that the death

lists drawn up by the embassy naming ISS

members (exposed by the Brit ish press in

1979) will now be acted upon.

M P s s p o n s o r i n g C A R D R I ( C o m m i t t e e

Against Repression and for Democrat ic Rights

in Iraq) have put down an Early Day Mot ion in

the House of C o m m o n s calling for an inquiry

into the activities of the Iraqi Embassy. The

motion was signed by M P s from the Labour ,

Liberal and Conservative parties and Plaid

C y m r u .

Facts about NUIS 1. F o r m e d 1961 by a s m a l l g r o u p of

Ba'athists, N U I S was l inked closely to student

organisation, C O S E C , later exposed as a C I A

front.

2. N U I S statutes and policy have never

referred to the academic rights of students.

3. Membership of any other mass organisa­

tion is punishable by life imprisonment.

4. N U I S is instrumental in the barring of all

non-Ba'athist students from education.

5. N U I S has been de-recognised by most

Brit ish student unions.

Democract ic opinion in the U K from all

quarters , inc lud ing students un ions , trade

unions, M P s and individuals have spoken out

against N U I S and the Embassy 's activities. It is

clear that great pressure must be put on the

B r i t i s h g o v e r n m e n t to e n d the c r i m i n a l

activites of the Iraqi Embassy , particularly

since it has recently negotiated a Elbi l l ion

contract for an arms deal with Iraq. S u c h trade

only serves to maintain repression and prop up

a blood-thirsty regime. The development of

trade should not be used as an excuse for

ignoring the violation of human and democratic

rights in Iraq and the export of Ba'athist

thuggery in Britain . ' i

t \ e d

Iraqi students v, ^ after kidnap attempt By Shyama Perera the Committee Against Repres-1

Iraqi students In Britain who sion and for Democratic Rights

oppose the regime there risk in Iraq. being kidnapped and forcibly Mr Morton, C A R D R I ' s returned home by government national chairman, said las agents, an MP said yesterday. night: " The attackers were ur

-—»*t»^George Morton, the known to Mr Hafidh but ev ~*ai~~iarManchester dence we have trom previo

-«-j£aai attacks on Iraqi students " i i ««jvith the embassy.

/^c77 been

Slugs or Politicians?

by Jeff Fowler

Not many would contest that the reason why

I C U is held in such general contempt is the

absence of drive, initiative and concern for

students that the Exec exhibit. It occurs to me

that this could be l inked to the reasons they

stand for office—the 'up through the ranks of

hacks and sideways to the throne' syndrome

described by A n d r e w Lyall .1 have a depressing

image of hacks scrabbling for campaign issues

rather than expounding the changes they see

as necessitating their candidature.

Some groups at IC may recoil from the

notion of politicizing the U n i o n , but it must be

obvious that only those candidates with a co­

ordinated range of objectives, and a genuine

personal commitment to them, will inject any

real life into I C U . I'm not suggesting that we

should rush off to express solidarity with the

Falkland Islanders, but political issues demand

a political response, and on some aspects of

g o v e r n m e n t o u r l a c k of e v e n a p o l i c y is

damning. The present government's attitude

to construction expenditure should make C i v

E n g r e a c h for the b i c y c l e c l i p s , but I C U

doesn't even bother with the usual token

appeasement on that one.

It should be obvious that even Bill Cor tazz i ' s

mob are concerned with some aspects of

society in general, which affect us directly, but

which apparently do not appear of marginal

interest to the current Exec . I hope that this

year there will be candidates campaigning on

political issues, and that you will tell the other

usual c rowd of hacks and jokers to get lost,

before they tell you to get lost on important

matters which affect us all . Politics may not

appear to offer as much superficial fun as sex

and beer, but over the past years, how m u c h

fun have y o u d e r i v e d f r o m w a t c h i n g (or

understandably not bothering to watch) the

antics of U G M s of the slugs we usually elect?

Leave Ents and eating faeces to the C C U s

where they seem much more able to manage

such affairs.

To Serve Us

All Our Days by Robyn Morgan

In F E L I X 605, A n d r e w Lyal l , in his article "1982

Presidential E lec t ion" , put forward a view

which is shared by a significant proport ion of

IC students; " . . . .The normal procedure for

electing a Un ion President relies on candidates

w h o have b e e n " b r o u g h t up t h r o u g h the

ranks " in the U n i o n way of thinking and after

the votes have been counted, they take a

s ingle step s i d e w a y s a n d sit d o w n in the

Presidential Cha i r " (my emphasis). This

idea is most emphatically wrong. The only

qualification for a person to stand for any

s a b b a t i c a l post is that s /he c a n f ind one

proposer and ten seconders and the only way

that they may then become a sabbatical officer

is to be the most 'popular ' (for want of a better

word) candidate. It can , and no doubt will , be

argued that having had a Un ion post of some

sort makes a candidate more suitable as a

prospective sabbatical but it is the students

who vote who decide on this and other issues

relevant to the elections. Sabbaticals (or, for

that matter, any other union officers) are not

elected by union 'activists' nor are they elected

by the students who do not vote—an obvious

point perhaps but one that should be made

when only one third of the potential voters

a c t u a l l y e x e r c i s e the i r vote in s a b b a t i c a l

elections.

T o sum up: use your vote to choose the

sabbaticals that you want.

Page 5

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES'

PhotoSoc

Due to the early deadline we can't

tell you who won the B & W

competition on Tuesday. But we

can tell you that the colour

competition on March 16 has been

cancelled, because the Judge

can't come, and we couldn't find

another one. Also the lecture on

March 9 on Photographic Chemis­

try has been postponed. The

lecturer, Mr Michael Maunder,

has transport difficulties and will

probably be able to come some

time next term.

Finally, one thing which hasn't

been cancelled or postponed is

next Tuesday's lecture on "the

rise and fall of the plate camera"

by Martin Russell. You should

have read about this in our last

article, but just in case you didn't,

the lecture will be illustrated with a

large collection of historical plate

cameras. Mr Russell will also give

expert opinions on old cameras

which members of the audience

may wish to bring along.

This will be a much better

lecture than any we had last year,

so come early to be sure of getting

in. It's in Mines 3-03 at 7:30pm (not

6:30 as stated in the newsletter)

and it's on Tuesday, March 2.

ICU Handbook The deadline for articles for the

ICU Handbook is Friday, April

30. All contributions to be placed

in the Handbook Box on the

noticeboard in the FELIX Office.

Ents

Hope you all enjoyed the multitude

of recent Entertainments. A s you

may have noticed we're already

past the mid-point of this term, so

if you haven't been to an Ents

event yet time's running out. A

few more bands are planned this

term, so look out for posters and

also our ads in F E L I X .

M e a n w h i l e , don ' t forget the

weekly films, next Thursday we're

s h o w i n g Being There ( M E 2 2 0 ,

6:30pm) starring Peter Sellers. A s

usual the cost is only 50p so make

it a date.

Next week's Ents film is Being There, a highly amusing comedy in which

Peter Sellers gives one of the finest performances of his career as

Chancey Gardner, a simple man who rises to a position of power

through no fault of his own. The story was written by Jerzy Kosinski,

who coincidentally stars in REDS (see reviews) which opens this week.

Wargames

For the benefit of those of you

who missed it the first time round

in 1812, Imperial College War

Games C l u b will be holding a

replay of the Battle of Bardodino

on Wednesday.

W i l l t h e R u s s i a n s defeat

Napoleon? Will it be a bloodbath?

Will Napoleon work it out with

Josephine? Or will the end of

1812 be Napoleon's Winter of

Discontent?

Confused? You won't be after

t h i s W e d n e s d a y ' s meeting of

Imperial College Wargames Club.

S p e c t a t o r s and addit ional

players welcome.

Snookered

Not much happened last week.

The A and B teams couldn't find

any opponents, and the C team

h a d a disaster only beating

Bedford 3-2. Once again it was left

to Holt to win the deciding frame,

which he only just managed.

A n d y Hurford brought Stu

Calvert 's fine run in the handicap

to an end when he beat him last

week. Calvert has a chance for

revenge though, as the two meet

in the open very shortly.

Y o u may have noticed that

we've had the A and B tables re-

clothed. Please take great care

when playing Simpkin-type swerve

shots, as one hole per year is quite

sufficient, thanks.

Boredom ive, four, three, two, one, run V T . One thing that's been puzzling me

for at least two months now is why does L W T always miss the " F " off the

Thunderbirds opening sequence? Since they have stopped screening it

and there is no longer any need to get up early on Saturday, I suppose I'll

never know.

Apathy Back to reality now and I thought I would spend a little time telling you

about a typical STOIC week

Why Bother Monday: Wander into T V Studio and clean the Chairman's boots.

Tuesday: Do a little bit of editing.

Wednesday: This is the biggie. The day 'Newsbreak' itself is made. All

your hard work becomes reality as items are successively placed onto a

master tape. Get pissed afterwards.

Thursday: Broadcast day. At 1:00 and 6:00pm Newsbreak is broadcast to

the Halls and the J C R .

Friday: Time to decide what you are going to do next week and who's

going to produce it.

Le Weekend: Practise your investigative journalism by taking an outside

'broadcast crew to cover an event of your choice. (Generally make a

nuisance of yourself.)

Repeat the above many times.

With IC Radio That's all I have time for, for now, but remember you can watch us,

watching you, watching us, watching you, every Thursday at 1:00 and

6:00pm.

Bookshop News List of Titles from Babani Publishing Ltd

Beginners' Guide to Microprocessors & Computing - E . F . Scott,

£1.75

Elements of Electronics, 1, 2, & 3 - F A . Wi lson , £2.25

Build Your Own Electronic Experiments Laboratory using ICs -

B . B . Babani , 85p

Radio Stations Guide - Babani & Jay, £1.75

Engineers & Machinists Reference Tables - B.B. Babani, 75p

A Microprocessor Primer - E .A . Parr , £1.75

Mobile Discotheque Handbook - C . C a r s o n , £1.35

Electronic Calculators Users Handbook - Babani, £1.50

Second Book of Transistor Equivalents & Substitutes - Babani,

£1.75

Quote of the Week F r o m a large bookshop not a million miles from Charing Cross

Road, a member of their staff was asked by a customer where he

could find Oscar Wilde and he was told that he wasn't working

there today!

There are a number of laboratory books now in stock at £1.15

for those of you in need. I am sure these will do until our stock

comes in from E .S .A .

A selection of tankards both plain and with IC crest on are on

show in the showcase in the counter. Addit ional letters cost 20p

each; for special engraving please allow a full week.

New in Paperback Pesticide Application Methods - G . A . Matthews, Longman £7.95

G r a h a m Matthews is Reader in Pest Management at Imperial

College. The reviewers said at the time of publication "the book

we have all been waiting for.. .Those with professional interest in

all aspects of pesticide application, whether in field, orchard,

forest, rubbish dump, warehouse or mud hut. This book may be

seen as the first truly comprehensive and critical guide to both

theory and practice on the subject."

Page 6 FELIX, February 26, 1982

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

Industrial

Society SF Soc

This mascotry business is certainly

on the increase. What fun it is to

run about acting like five year

olds. I hope that you enjoyed the

pancakes served by Guilds at our

request, and that you will be

attending the Results Barnight on

Tuesday to see them in action

again. The reason for the Results

Barnight is the Elections, strangely

enough, so please remember to

bring your Unioncards and vote

on Monday.

Annual Dinner dates have been

finalised at last. It will be at the

K e n s i n g t o n C l o s e Hote l on

Friday, March 19 at 7:30pm for

8:00pm. The menu features veal,

black forest gateau and other

exotic foods and cost about £10.

Tickets go on sale soon.

See you at the Rugby 7s on

Sunday.

Radio On

To all those interested in taking

part in a discussion on 'Students

in the N u c l e a r and Defence

Industries'.

The discussion, for the Radio

L o n d o n 'Student V o i c e ' pro­

gramme, will be recorded on

City & Guilds

After the tragic loss of Mr Spanner

and Mr Bolt a treasure hunt has

now started. The trials of all those

involved was held yesterday. If

you did not think that the punish­

ments were sufficient then you

can appeal for the cases to be

reheard with stronger punish­

ments.

Itinerary for next week Sun Feb 27 Ice Skating Trip.

Tues, March 2 Civ Eng Soc talk by

the Royal Engineers.

Thurs March 4 Trip to Pass the

Butler (Buy tickets from the Union

Office, £3 each.)

If you wish to stand for any of

the posts in Guilds you ought to

be thinking about your campaign

now. The election papers go up at

9:30 next Friday.

Friday, March 5 for transmission

on Sunday, March 7. Those who

are likely to be working in either

the nuclear or defence industries,

as well as anyone who plans to join

the armed forces, or anyone else

who feels they can contribute, are

invited to take part in a studio

discussion at Radio London with

about thirty other people. Inter­

ested parties please contact Nick

Bleech, c/o IC Radio (int 3440).

"Psst! Want to see a shipyard,

little boy?" said the man in the flat

hat and old raincoat. He was none

other than Mark Skeates (DoC2),

Industrial Soc Visits Manager,

inviting me to join the trip to

Cammell Laird on Wednesday,

March 3. "We leave early in the

morning because it's in Birken­

head, Merseyside on the North­

western Riviera, and we want to

arrive in time to see the whole

yard and talk to unions and

management. There are still some

places left, so tell all your friends

to write to me if they want to go.

What he did not mention is that

on Thursday, March 4 at 1:00pm,

Sir Walter Goldsmith is coming to

M e c h Eng 220 to talk about

Industrial Democracy. Since he is

Director-General of the Institute

of Directors, I don't suppose he's

a keen advocate of the idea! So do

come along with any questions

you can think of, for a lively

debate.

A very important figure to

devotees of City and Guilds

College is Sir Kenneth Corfield,

Chairman of the Engineering

Council , whose decisions and

policies directly affect you. That's

besides being Chairman of S T C ,

major c o n t r a c t o r to Brit ish

Telecom, so dr<. p in on Chem Eng

Theatre 1 at 6:00pm, Tuesday,

March 9, to find out about Engin­

eers in Industry.

One of the great comedy films of

the past ten years comes to

College on Tuesday. The Big Bus

(THE BIG BUS) is the story of a

technological marvel. The world's

first transcontinental nuclear

powered bus sets out across

North America, but the passen­

gers are unaware as they lounge in

the swimming pool, relax in the

cocktail bar, or have a game of

ten-pin bowling that there is a

saboteur aboard with a bomb.

When I saw this film at the cinema

I laughed myself silly. Turn up at

Mech Eng 220 on Tuesday at

6:30pm and witness a film that

knocks Airplane in to a cocked

hat.

Literary noted: Roderick by

J o h n S l a d e k , the book that

inspired the informal lecture on

robots that he gave at College

some while ago is out in paper­

back, and it's the best thing he's

ever done folks.

For the nth week running SF

Soc Bulletin contains no laughs.

I'm sorry for this, and can only say

that the last film we showed was

hilarious, the next one is very

funny indeed, and the one coming

up in a month's time is also

extremely amusing. So if you want

to be entertained go and see them

or read Roderick. Yours drained

of inspiration.

Francesco Ragoczy and the

Collector

Design for

Social Need

It can be argued that all design for industry is (or should be) design for

social need, but in practice there are many real social needs which are

not adequately met by private industry or state agencies. These needs

include many aspects of design for the disabled, the elderly and infirm,

and design for Third World needs. Able-bodied people in 'affluent'

western society (such as the unemployed) also have needs which can

sometimes be met by design action.

Design for social need is no longer as fashionable as it once was, but"

has now entered a more realistic professional stage. The speechmakers

and the trendy audiences have moved on and the starry-eyed idealists

have found that it is by no means an easy option. All the designer's

technical, professional, analytical and promotional skills are required and

staying power is likely to be needed in full measure if designs are to be

manufactured in any quantity at a cost society can afford.

At the Royal College of Art there have been a number of products

made up whereby disadvantaged people have had their lifestyles

substantially enhanced. One example is the spina bifida children's play-

car. Another is a set of stretcher/trolleys for epilectic boys which are

operated by the patient's own class-mates. A cheap and simple speech

training aid suitable for Third World manufacture and use has been

favourably reported by The New Scientist. An innoculation kit with its

supporting icemaker unit which could save the lives of millions of Third

World rural children won two major international awards.

Another outstanding project was the egg-packing scheme originally for

Zambia, but subsequently taken up by fourteen Third World nations.

This resulted in substantially improved nutrition for perhaps millions of

people. This project was initiated by the Intermediate Technology

Development Group, with product analysis, design and prototype

development at the Royal College of Art, and machinery design by

Reading University. The machinery was developed and manufactured by

a British firm.

A 'Design for Social Need' week with lectures by practical experts in

the various subject areas is held annually at the Royal College of Art, and

this year commences on Monday, March 8. Most of these lectures are

open to professional practitioners and serious students from other

Colleges. There is no charge, but please remember that we are working a

very limited budget and very limited time allocations. If you wish to attend

plese send a stamped addressed envelope to Len Wingfield, Royal

College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7.

Those with special needs e.g. wheelchair access, hearing problems,

etc., should contact the R C A Student Union (584-5020) who will do their

best to help.

Design for Social Need 1982 Lecture Module

Monday, March 8, 11:00am, Main Lecture Theatre

"The realities of designing for social needs" (Introductory) Len Wingfield,

R C A Industrial Design Engineering Tutor.

Monday, March 8, 2:30pm, Main Lecture Theatre

"Appropriate Technology—experience and developments" Professor

Warren Adams of the Intermediate Technology Development Group.

Tuesday, March 9, 11:00am

Visit to Disabled Living Foundation, 346 Kensington High Street, London

W14 (RCA ID & IC Eng students only). Others arrange visits direct with

the Foundation (tel 602-2491). Cost £2.50 per person.

Tuesday, March 9, 2:30pm, Main Lecture Theatre

"Projectwork for Queen Mary's Carshalton Unit" Bill Bond, Chartered

Engineer, Director of Unit.

Wednesday, March 10, 11:00am ID Lecture Room

"Design and ergonomics for the disabled" Russell Manoy, Consultant

Designer and Ergonomist.

Wednesday, March 10, 2:30pm

"Children's traction devices" (or similar topic), Russell Manoy

(ICST/RCA ID Eng Courses Case History).

Friday, March 12

Department of Cultural History Events, Mike Cooley, etc. (RCA

students only).

The Main Lecture Theatre is in Common Room Block, Jay Mews.

The ID Lecture Room is in Darwin Building. Wheelchair access via back

entrance (Jay Mews) goods lift.

FELIX, February 26, 1982 Page 7

Peter Egan and Richard Briers in a scene from Shaw's A r m s and the Man

Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw. Directed by Jonathan Lynn. The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. Shaw's comedy takes place in a certain Major

Petkoffs house in Bulgaria in the 1880s It is a

time of war and the Bulgarians have just won a

victory over the Serbians, thanks to the daring

of a dashing young officer, Sergius Saranoff,

most captivatingly played by Peter Egan. But

the real hero turns out in the play to be a

Captain Bluntschli, a Swiss mercenary played

by Richard Briers who carries chocolate

creams in his pockets instead of bullets and is

more keen on saving his own skin than seeking

heroism. The two characers get tied up in an

amorous tangle with the Major's daughter,

played by Alice Krige who stars in the recent

film Ghost Story. The result is a delicious

comedy that exposes the illusions of warfare,

love and romantic idealism. Arms and the

Man, full of Shaw's inimitable mischievousness,

deservedly remains one of his popular plays.

The play's earliest days make interesting

reading. The opening night in 1894 was a huge

success , but to Shaw's uneasiness the

audience laughed hysterically throughout the

play. He took a curtain call, one of the rare

times he did, and amid the rapturous applause

he was greeted bya solitary loud "Boo" from a

malcontent in the gallery. Shaw turned in his

direction and said, " M y Dear fellow, I quite

agree with you, but what are we two against so

many?" Shaw had the bizarre experience of

witnessing an apparently absurd success, his

wit so diverting his audience's thoughts away

from the play's more serious content that it

had been misunderstood as a mere farce. (One

is reminded of Oscar Wilde where there is

usually something in each of his plays that

might have sent the audience out thinking if he

hadn't seemed to prefer to send them out

laughing). However , not everyone was

amused. T o many upright Britishers the play

was a 'damning sneer at military courage'. It is

reported that the play offended the Prince of

Wales, later to become King Edward VII, who

was alleged to have muttered during the

performance that the author "must be mad".

The present production at The Lyric is

supported by a strong and very amusing cast.

However, I have to admit that like the play's

first performances, the element of farce in this

production, and much of it is of a visual nature,

is a little too dominating. The director of the

play, Jonathan Lynn (co-author of the B B C

comedy series Yes Minister and director of

Pass the Butler at the Globe Theatre) has

perhaps not quite applied all the discretion that

is necessary. Unless a play is a farce per se as

in the excruciatingly funny Can't Pay? Won't

Pay!, it should be subjected to a sparing

amount of farce, as a meal is to a herb or

spice. T h e Lyr ic production is neither

outstandingly funny nor particularly thought-

provoking, but having said that, the play still

provides a very entertaining evening!

Nick Bedding

Skirmishes by Catherine Hayes. Directed by Tim Fywell. Hampstead Theatre. My first trip to Hampstead Theatre, one of

L o n d o n ' s most e n t e r p r i s i n g theatres ,

produced a few suprises. First of all the theatre

is not in Hampstead but next to Swiss Cottage

tube station. If you emerge from the depths of

Hampstead underground station (as I did)

there is a very long walk down the hill to Swiss

Cottage. In addition, this renowned theatre

turned out to be no more than a small 'prefab',

bereft of a dignified frontage. But what are

mere appearances? A theatre to keep your eye

o n , it was the home of the immensely

successful Translations, which is now in

repertoire at the National's Lyttelton Theatre,

and was voted Best New Play of 1981 by the

London Theatre Critics.

Skirmishes is by Catherine Hayes, a young

teacher in Liverpool who started writing only

in 1975. It studies the relationship between a

dying mother and her two daughters in a

humorous and harrowing way. An amazing

amount can be pieced together in the mere

eighty minutes' duration of the play. Jean

(played by Frances de la Tour who here takes

on her first stage role since her award-winning

performance in Duet for One) is the sister who

has been left to look after the dying mother

(played by Anna Wing). She is isolated,

infertile, morosely funny and just about

manages to survive on a withering marriage.

Rita (played by Gwen Taylor) is the sister who

got away. She uses her family and her general

business to maintain an arms-length com­

passion.

The play does not indulge in moral gloom

but rather is full of humour and dignity. The

dialogue does lack subtlety in one or two

places but is nevertheless expressive about the

unfairness of life and pokes a guilty finger at

those who arrive just in time for the last rites.

A lot of the play's strength comes from its

recognisable realism, as such scenes are

continuously being enacted all over the

country.

The play ends mid-March and seats and

standbys are modestly priced.

The Penguin Book of Political Comics, compiled by Steef Davidson, £5.95. This is a disappointing book for several

reasons. First, the cartoons are so badly

printed that it's often difficult to read them.

This isn't all Penguin's fault, the original comics

probably weren't very well produced, but it is

Penguin's fault that a lot of them are printed

much too small. Second, roughly half of the

cartoons are foreign (Steef Davidson is Dutch)

with footnotes providing a translation, but

they're tiresome to read. Third, too much

space is taken up by Steef Davidson's

generally boring and pretentious commentaries

He takes the cartoons far too seriously and

attaches too much significance to them,

presumably to gratify his self-importance.

Some of the statements he makes are silly and

pompous for example: "....the political comic

strip has come into its own as a mature

genre the political press follows the general

pattern of visually oriented culture, which in

turn reflects the social conditions under which

we live." Davidson has unfortunately assumed

that people will be as interested in the history

and ideology of the cartoons as they will be in

the cartoons themselves. So there are pages

and pages telling you what the Federation des

Etudiants Revolutionnaires was doing in 1968

and so on, all boring. The only interesting

piece is an account of the birth of the Comics

C o d e Authority , set up in 1959 by the

American comics industry to appease the

McCarthyites.

The cartoons themselves are a very varied

col lect ion, going from 1913 (anti-strike

breaking) to 1975 (fall of P o r t u g u e s e

dictatorship) .

According to Davidson...."comic strips are

an ideal medium for the spreading of ideas "

but it depends what you mean by 'ideas'.

Nearly all the cartoons are crude propaganda,

the only idea they try to spread is merely 'we

are absolutely right and our enemies are

wrong'. (Most of the 'baddies' are shown as

looking ugly and sinister, while the 'goodies'

always look handsome and intelligent.)

Very few of the cartoons are designed to make

you think. The title of one cartoon sums up the

atmosphere of the book: "Donald Duck: The

truth the bourgeois comics have repressed'.

It's a sort of Death-to-Imperialists ideology

lightened with some self-parody. O n the whole

the book is poor, with too few good cartoons

(like one by R o n C o b b ) to break the

monotony. N. Willson

Page 8 FELIX, February 26, 1982

REDS Certificate AA Starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson. The cinema epic has all but died since the days

of Doctor Zhiuago and Lawrence of Arabia,

but Warren Beatty's REDS (which opened

yesterday) marks a return to that era.

The story of J o h n Reed, an Amer i can writer

who witnessed the Soviet Revo lu t i on a n d

recorded his experience in his book Ten Days

That Shook The World, has obsessed Beatty

for many years. H i s screen adaptation of

Reed's life and love for radical feminist Louise

B r y a n t ( D i a n e K e a t o n ) is set against the

b a c k d r o p of the upheavals in Russ ia and

Amer i ca , which provides a fascinating subject

in a long and stylish film.

Reed meets Bryant in Port land Oregan in

1915 w h e n he is a j o u r n a l i s t w o r k i n g o n

matters of social injustice. H e soon becomes

involved in both politics and with Bryant ,

w h o he t a k e s to N e w Y o r k to j o i n his

intellectual friends in Greenwich Village. They

soon marry despite Louise 's involvement with

playwright Eugene O 'Ne i l l (Jack Nicholson) .

J o h n R e e d ' s p o l i t i c a l a c t i v i t i e s e v e n t u a l l y

throw them apart but they are reunited when

he takes his wife to Russia and they witness

the Soviet Revolution at first hand.

Beatty has chosen an unusual approach to

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

interrupted by interviews with "the witnesses",

friends and acquaintances of Reed and Bryant

who recount gossip and stories from that era.

These old faces remain irritatingly unintrd-

duced, and include Rebecca West , author

Henry Mil ler , L a d y D o r a Russell and many

more beside. They add a personal reality to the

story and tend to serve as links between a

s e r i e s of f r a c t u r e d e v e n t s . W h i l s t t h i s

technique works quite well , I can't help feeling

that the f a c e s r e a l l y s h o u l d h a v e b e e n

identified.

B e a t t y is c o n v i n c i n g as R e e d a n d his

obsessive love for Louise Bryant was matched

by a romance off screen with Diane Keaton

during filming. The screenplay centres on the

relationship between Reed and Bryant and

t h u s b o t h l ead c h a r a c t e r s . I f o u n d D i a n e

Keaton a great disappointment, frozen into her

single screen persona and almost incapable of

expressing a convincing range of emotion.

Apart from this the casting is very strong; J a c k

Nicholson turns in another great tight-lipped

p e r f o r m a n c e as E u g e n e O ' N e i l l , M a u r e e n

S t a p l e t o n s h i n e s as the c y n i c a l E m m a

G o l d m a n a n d a u t h o r J e r z y K o s i n k i (who

wrote Being There) is suitably grim as the

fanatical Bolshevik leader Zinoviev. These

characters play out their roles amidst the

confusion and excitement of the time. J o h n

T A P S

R e e d e v e n t u a l l y f o u n d s t h e A m e r i c a n

Communis t Labour Party and goes to Moscow

for recognition, where he is prevented from

returning to Amer i ca . Separated from his wife,

he a t t e m p t s to e s cape a n d is e v e n tu a l l y

reunited before his premature death at the age

of 32.

Reed was indeed an interesting man and

Warren Beatty has used his life to produce an

entertaining and informative film.

This page: (top right) George C. Scott as General Harlan Bache in Taps (centre) Warren

Beatty is reunited with Diane Keaton in Reds and (above) Timothy Hutton inspects some of

the cadets who seize a military academy in Taps.

Cert A. Starring George C. Scott and Timothy Hutton. Directed by Harold Becker. W h e n a military academy steeped in 140 years

of tradition is informed by the powers that be

that it must close so that the land can be

developed for real estate, it is time to fight

back. W h e n the General commanding the

school is removed from the scene by heart

failure, leaving the senior cadet in charge of the

academy, the resulting situation is, if you'll

pardon the expression, explosive.

Timothy Hut ton plays Brian More land , the

cadet left in charge when General Harolan

B a c h e ( G e o r g e C . S c o t t ) is r u s h e d in to

i n t e n s i v e c a r e . M o r e l a n d , a n t i c i p a t i n g the

immediate closure of the academy, organises

the seizure of the armoury. Thus armed, the

cadets seal the perimeter and prevent access

to the g r o u n d s u s i n g a r m e d f o r c e . T h e

author i t ies are unwi l l ing to l isten to their

demands for reconsideration of the closure,

and a siege results.

The success of the film rests largely in the

way that tension is built up and sustained

during the course of the seige. The point of

view is constantly and cleverly flipped so that

our sympathies alternately lie with More land ,

for st icking to his principles and his ideal of

"honour above a l l " , or with Colonel K i rby , the

National G u a r d colonel sent in to defuse the

situation, who is terrified that he might have to

o r d e r h is m e n t o o p e n f ire o n w h a t is

essentially a bunch of schoolkids.

T h e c h a r a c t e r i s a t i o n s are v e r y s t r o n g ,

although there is just a touch of stereotyping

with the characters shown, the overzealous

militaristic type, and A lex , Moreland's roomate

a n d s o m e t i m e c o n s c i e n c e . T h e s e t w o

c h a r a c t e r s are p r e s e n t e d as the p r i n c i p a l

opposing influences on Moreland's thinking,

and in places, this is in danger of becoming a

touch cliched. In the end though, the acting

carries the day, and the character clashes

w i t h i n t h e r a n k s of t h e c a d e t s a r e a s

interesting as the clashes with the troops

outside.

The result is a film rich in tension, ideas and

e x c i t e m e n t . W i l l the N a t i o n a l G u a r d be

ordered in? If so, will the cadets open fire on

them? O r is there some other way out? See it

and find out.

Dave Jago

FELIX, February 26, 1982 Page 9

It is rare that a place like IC gets a chance to

host the debut gig of an important new band,

and even rarer for a band of the quality of

Weekend. It's a pity, then, that more IC

students didn't turn up on Wednesday night;

ilthough there was a reasonable crowd, a fair

.roportion of these were outsiders.

The last thing Weekend want is to be

compared to the Young Marble Giants,

although with two-thirds of that band being

featured in Weekend they may have some

difficulty in avoiding it at first. Alison Statton's

vocals are as sublime as ever — more

confident if anything. She certainly seems

much more self-assured and relaxed on stage

than she used to be. The lead guitarist plays in

a beautiful melodic style, largely African

influenced, which blends nicely with the vocal

line. The use of percussion, addition to drums,

provides a good varied rhythmic background.

Some of the numbers use hams; Harry

Beckett, the trumpet player, is well-known in

jazzy circles, but seems a little misplaced here.

Larry Stafford, on the other hand, blends with

the style of the band very nicely. This is the

more surprising because Larry normally plays

only free form and avant garde jazz.

The band seemed a little tense and

restrained, although with the hype and the

high expectations surrounding them this is

hardly surprising. They played a secret warm

up gig at the Rock G a r d e n a few days

previously, at which they managed to put more

bounce into the music. Hopefully this will

reappear as soon as they settle down to some

regular gigging.

The most apt description of the music would

be melodic and quietly exuberant. Probably

the best compliment paid them was that the

concert was attended and enjoyed by several

people who don't listen to and don't like rock

music. What more can you say?

Dave Jago

The H . G . Wells Society will be screening the

fifties science fiction classic Forbidden Planet

on Monday at 7:30pm in the Sutton Lecture

Theatre, Mines Building. The film is based on

Shakespeare's The Tempest and includes a

fine performance by Walter Pidgen as Dr

Moebius, as well as an innovative electronic

sound track. It is notable for the introduction

of Robby the Robot, one of the screen's most

celebrated mechanical inventions.

Wednesday, F e b r u a r y 17

F o o t b a l l

IC I vs U C I 0-1 (A)

IC II vs U C II 3-2(A)

IC III vs U C III 3-1(A)

IC V vs Bans II 6-1 (A)

IC V I vs U C I V 6-1(A)

R u g b y

IC I vs Q M C I I8-6(A) IC II vs Q M C II C-(i(A)

Hockey

Ladies vs U C 4-5(H)

Saturday , F e b r u a r y 20

F o o t b a l l

IC II vs U C III O-I(A)

IC III vs U C II 1-2(A)

IC I V vs R H C II 2-3(H)

IC V vs R H C III 8-1 (H)

R u g b y

IC II vs Old Frecmans II 20-0(H)

H o c k e y

IC II vs British Airways 3-l(H)

Hyde Park Relay

Saturday sees the a r r i v a l of Imper ia l Col lege

Cross C o u n t r y C l u b ' s a n n u a l spectacular, the

H y d e P a r k R e l a y . T e a m s t r a v e l f r o m

throughout the U K a n d across the C h a n n e l

to part ic ipate i n this event, i n c l u d i n g entries

s u c h as C h r i s M c G e o r g e a n d C h r i s t i n a

Boxer , both 800m champions , together w i t h

Sebastian C o e r u n n i n g for L o u g h b o r o u g h

Univers i ty .

I n a l l there w i l l be more than 120 mens

teams a n d 40 ladies teams, a long With 10

foreign teams compet ing . T h e race is over a

fast course w i t h six legs o f three miles for men

a n d four legs of two miles for ladies.

Af ter the race, prizes w i l l be presented by

D r A . Watts , a founder of the event, to the

best foreign team as we l l as the best home

m e n ' s a n d l a d i e s ' t e a m s . F o l l o w i n g the

presentation i n the J C R there w i l l be a party

a n d d i s c o ( w i t h b a r ) w h i c h is o p e n to

e v e r y b o d y , o f f e r i n g a c h a n c e to t a k e

advantage o f the day's activities.

Course markers a n d other helpers w i l l be

needed throughout the day a n d there is a free

sweatshirt i f you give us a h a n d on the day.

F o r t i m e s a n d o t h e r d e t a i l s see C r o s s

C o u n t r y C l u b officials or the noticeboard i n

the U n i o n B u i l d i n g .

Last M o n d a y night was the occasion of a

crushing defeat for the W a t e r Po lo C l u b at

the hands of P e n g u i n I, a nat iona l league

d iv is ion I team. Despite some aggressive

s w i m m i n g on o u r part , they put away 15

goals to o u r 3.

T h e fo l l owing night , however, saw us on

w i n n i n g form as we inf l icted a 5-3 defeat on

St Bart ' s H o s p i t a l . T h i s was a somewhat

turbulent match d u r i n g w h i c h Last , never

the most subtle of players, was twice sent out

for over-enthusiastic foul ing, a n d G a r t o n was

also removed for rather obvious k n u c k l i n g of

the opposit ion.

L e a c h put about six shots in the general

d irect ion of the Bart 's goal (one of them even

went in) , but the miss of the match a w a r d

went, yet again , to A s h w i n , who put an

impressive shot at least l ive feet over the bar

and almost into the spectator's gallery.

O n the rare occasions when we got our

game together we scored a few goals, w h i c h

c a m e f r o m C a r t o n , C a s i n i , A s h w i n a n d

L e a c h , but in general, we played a poorly

organised game, a n d the only remedy for that

is more Fosters.

T e a m : As/twin (Capt), Burnett (goalie), Casini,

Dibden, Edwards, Boucher, Garton, Last, Leach,

(fit) Rugby Seconds

T h e second team set off again , m a p and

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

leadership of the re turn ing collapse-a-capt.

T h e game started badly w i t h the C h e m

E n g 1 contingent suffering from the previous

e v e n i n g ' s a n t i c s i n S t a n ' s . O u r g l o r i o u s

capta in inspired us to a 6-3 deficit by half-

t ime w h i c h we attr ibute to his lovers tiff w i th

C h r i s Co le . In a tense and grue l l ing second

half, M a r k H u d s o n kicked us back level. M i c k

W i n d s o r then pul led his hamstr ing and had

to retire leaving N o d d y to step into the

b r e a c h , p l a y i n g w i t h the grit of a p r o p

forward , w h i c h was pretty unfortunate since

he was meant to be scrum-half . T h e score

r e m a i n e d e v e n t h o u g h M a r k S i m m o n s

received concussion and a broken jaw in a

last -ditch tackle, a n d M a r c H u d s o n just

missed a penalty from our o w n half.

T i r e d a n d sleepy we w o u n d our weary way

home, seemingly only days later reching the

comfort ing lights of toytown and bobos.

^ Hockey Ladies H a v i n g discovered that a W O had been

declared over St M a r y ' s (League) a n d that a

' f r iendly ' had been arranged against U C L ,

ha l f the team decided that they d idn ' t want

to p l a y . C a r o l i n e (alias C a p ' n Birdseye)

reckoned that our bodies needed exercise,

despite the fact that a few of us have been

'gett ing i t ' fair ly regular ly lately.

P l a y i n g w i t h two U C L players, 'cos there

were only eight of us, we managed to score

the f irst g o a l . C o n t r i b u t i o n s c a m e f r o m

A l i s o n C . (6%), Sara (10%) a n d K a r e n (84%).

However , A l i s o n later managed to notch up a

hat - tr ick of misses. L u c k i l y , some of the team

had been to the opticians recently, a n d this

resulted i n Sara , A l i s o n L . and A l i s o n C .

m a n a g i n g to find the goal w i t h their shots.

After the final score of 5-4 to them, we

retired to the c h a n g i n g rooms. W h e n we

discovered that C a r o l i n e was going to have a

shower, the rest of us decided that the quicker

we get to the bar, the better.

T e a m : Alison C. Alison L. Alison It'., Sara,

Karen, Caroline, Melanie, Ruth R.

imWaterPolo

Page 10 FELIX, February 26, 1982

Hockey T H E C A S E A G A I N S T B R I T I S H A I R W A Y S

" Y o u are charged that on the afternoon of

Saturday last you and your team contr ived to

play the worst thirty-f ive minutes of hockey

seen for many years and yet sti l l had the

impudence to lead 1-0 at half - t ime. D o you

have a n y t h i n g to say for y o u r s e l f "

" W e l l y o u r h o n o u r , we w e r e t o t a l l y

overawed by the occasion. T o play against

I C at H a r l i n g t o n is e v e r y p i l o t s d r e a m

and "

" S i l e n c e ! W e w i l l m o v e o n to t h e

circumstances of your goal. Is it not true that

you had so many attempts to put the bal l in

that the I C C a p t a i n was moved to throw a

wobbly at his defense."

" I ' m afraid so your honour. I apologise for

any undue suffering we may have caused . "

" T h a t ' s a l l very wel l young m a n , but d i d

y o u not p r o c e e d to p l a y e q u a l l y b a d l y

throughout the rest of the first half, further

demoral is ing the I C team who were totally

incapable of scor ing . "

" W e d i d let them score three times in the

second hal f your L o r d s h i p , the first be ing a

magnificent goal by Stroomer, w i t h Rhodes

setting up the other two for M i t c h e l l a n d

W y l i e . "

" G r o v e l l i n g w i l l get you nowhere you

pathetic l ittle creature, I've a good m i n d to

sentence you to two seasons hard labour on

the O l d Cre ightonians potato p a t c h . "

" N o ! Please! I 'd rather play against the

team of Pete Sharpe ' s . "

" W e l l , on this occasion I a m prepared to

be lenient; you are to leave this court and

spend the rest of the season in the very

darkest depths at the bottom of the L e a g u e . "

Brit ish A i r w a y s — W e took more care of

them!

T e a m : Butler, Junes, Bird, Whitehead, Sharpe,

Shindler, Witter, Stroomer, Rhodes, Wylie,

Mitchell. Umpire: Gray.

Rifle & Pistol C e l e b r a t i n g his return to form, c lub hotshot

Steve H a r r i s o n notched up another 97 to

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

average of about 85.

I n c r e a s i n g a t t e n d a n c e by f e m a l e c l u b

members caused near-hysteria amongst the

hierarchy of the committee , notably Denis

Sleath (club capta in , contact v ia M e c h E n g

l e t t e r - r a c k s ) w h o was o b s e r v e d q u i e t l y

d roo l ing i n the corner d u r i n g quiet periods.

I n the e v e n i n g D e n i s m a d e f u r t h e r

a d v a n c e s to m e m b e r s w h i l s t u n d e r the

influence of food a n d wine at the a n n u a l c lub

d inner held in a discrete bistro in South

K e n s i n g t o n . In a short but m o v i n g speech he

expressed his desire that the c lub wou ld

prosper under new leadership next year.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y T i m H i g g ' s c o n t i n u o u s

chatter rather took the edge off this " g u s h i n g

verbal torrent " .

Sunday 's tr ip to Bisley should provide

further entertainment lor part ic ipants .

Team: Sleath, Harrison, Smith, Higgs, Helen

of Troy, Sarah B., Michelle, Kev, Denk-al-Alam,

Tony Briers, etc.

Football Fifths

In some recent studies I have shown that the

preparat ion of a w i n takes place in three

steps:

O p p o n e n t + bal l S J ^ I C V + bal l —(1)

I C V + ba l l = goal —(2)

Opponent + ba l l = goal —(3)

In my latest study, the opponents be ing

R o y a l H o l l o w a y Col lege III , the e q u i l i b r i u m

in (1), for the first forty-five minutes was far

to the r ight -hand side due to hard work a n d

good runn ing . Consequent ly , step (2) was

dominant and was catalysed effectively by a

complex k n o w n as Dave Stephenson, the

half - t ime score being 6-0. In the latter stages

of the react ion, the e q u i l i b r i u m in (1) was

moved to the left-hand side by P h i l Nicco l l s

and the catalyst for reaction (2) was poisoned

due to the thought of two jugs (3 goals + 1 j u g

of beer). However , step (3) was inhib i ted by a

strong a n d resourceful defence and only one

goal was scored, and this was due to the

keeper's open legs. T h e reaction was f inal ly

terminated by the referee's whistle.

F u r t h e r studies are under way and w i l l be

publ ished soon.

Acknowledgment is made to Nick, Nigel,

Dave, Mark, Salish, Bobby, Nick, Keith, Dave,

Andy, Steve and Phil.

Swimming &

Water Polo

Despite a variety of difficulties the team, bar

N i c k Last , a rr ived in Bristol in t ime for the

match . T h e benefits of t ra in ing had obviously

been spoilt by some act iv i ty the previous

night (Links Carn iva l ? ) for we d i d n ' t get a

s i n g l e first i n a n y r a c e . W e n d y M o o r e

managed two second places in contrast to the

rest who were consistent, if not fast, and

frequently occupied the minor places in the

races.

Scores:

M e n Ladies

Bristo l 76 86

U L 62 -

Imper ia l 32 57

Team: It'. Moore, J. Campbell, /*". Lye, N.

Hammond. R. [.each, J. Boucher, R. Boucher, G.

Singleton, B. Ashwin.

In the water polo match against Bristol we

had our reputat ion shot to pieces in a 17-3

thrashing. T h e s w i m m i n g match may have

t i r e d some o f o u r p l a y e r s , but we were

c o m p l e t e l y o u t c l a s s e d . C o n s o l a t i o n goals

came from M a x C a s i n i (2), and J i m Boucher.

The rest ol us weren't real ly concentrat ing on

the game; P a u l had a go at a l l - i n wrestl ing,

C h r i s used his best A n g l o - S a x o n words in

conversation wi th the ref, and R i c h casually

swam from end to end occasionally a d m i r i n g

the way M a r t i n picked the ba l l out of the

net.

Team: R. Leach, C. Carton, J. Boucher, B.

Ashwin, M. Casini, P. Edwards, M. Burnett, J.

Dickinson.

Q Sailing After a notable absence, the team were back

at the H a r p on Saturday.

C i t y were the first opposit ion, and after a

somewhat dubious gate start, gave Imper ia l

2, 3, 4 at the w i n d w a r d mark. O n the first

offwind leg, M i l l s managed to catch the

leading boat and forced h i m to let K e n n e d y

and Bennet through at the w i n g mark, albeit

w i th one or two m i n o r collisions. T h e race

finished wi th Imper ia l in a c o m m a n d i n g

position and C i t y conceded the race.

After a confusing incident in the second

race, it was decided to restart it to avo id bad

feelings and a fracas w i t h the opposit ion.

Unfor tunate ly Imper ia l lost this race a n d the

next, thus losing the m a t c h 1-2.

A f t e r a b r e a k f o r l u n c h ( e t c . ) t h e

introduct ion of a U L ladies crew revitalised

the team for their performance against Sussex

(or was it just G r a h a m w a n t i n g to show off

his n e o p r e n e ? ) . B y the e n d of the f i rst

w i n d w a r d leg, Imper ia l h a d a c o m m a n d i n g

1, 2, 6 and finished in these positions. T h e

second race started w i t h Sussex on the gate.

After a d isappo int ing first beat, Imper ia l

were 2, 3, 6 at the w i n d w a r d mark. However ,

d u r i n g the offwind legs, M i l l s a n d K e n n e d y

closed the gap between them a n d the leading

boat a n d wi th excellent team rac ing d u r i n g

the final beat managed to push the Sussex

boat to th i rd place. Imper ia l thus won 1, 2, 6

and to everyone's surprise R e d m a n managed

to keep out of trouble at the back of the fleet

in both races.

T e a m : Bennet, Butler, Kennedy, Mills,

Redman, Tounghusband.

§ Rugby Seconds

T h e day started at the unearthly hour of

9:45, when despite the C a r n i v a l , most people

arr ived on t ime, though some were obviously

sti l l feeling the effects of dr ink . T h i s a n d the

fact that we were only given ten minutes to

change led to a very slow start by I C . Soon

the pack, w i t h C . De R o h a n m a k i n g his

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

began to take control . It wasn't long before

R a l p h scored from a five yard (1.5 metre)

scrum. T h i s was how it remained unt i l half-

t i m e w h e n the o r a n g e s seemed to w a k e

everybody up. There then followed a n u m b e r

o f f l u e n t m o v e s , w i t h N o d d y a p p e a r i n g

everywhere. T h i s resulted in four tries of

w h i c h two were especially good as everybody

h a d a h a n d i n t h e m . T h e tr ies by N i c

B r u m m e l , A l a s t a i r Davies , Jose Paxa io a n d

M a r c H u d s o n were a l l in the corners and so

left M a r c wi th little chance of convert ing

them. T h u s the f inal score was 20-0.

T h e n it was d o w n the pub and back i n

time to watch E n g l a n d try to play rugby.

T e a m : M. Hudson, A. Davies, N. Brummel,

W. Chapman, O. Miles, M. Thompson, J.

Paxaio, S. Bell, C. De Rohan, P. Bateson, D.

Bradley, M. Jackson, P. Hughes-Narborough, A.

Ralph, B. Hinmers.

FELIX, February 26, 1982 Page 11

Sabbaticals! The publicity for the candidates standing in the sabbatical elections will soon be filling every available space in College. The Hustings U G M next Thursday (1:00pm Great Hall) is usually the best U G M of the year . T a k e this opportunity to investigate the candidates, ask them questions and sort out the time wasters from the good candidates (if there are any!).

A special FELIX insert will be published next Friday containing election manifestos. These are usually good for a laugh, but be careful that

What's On

Friday, February 26 • A n t i - A p a r t h e i d p icket of R T Z . See Careers

noticeboard. Also on Monday, March 1.

•Socialist Society bookstall, 12:30 2:30pm, Junior

Common Room. Books and Campaign Coffee for sale.

• IC Angling club meeting, 12:30pm, Southside Bar

Lounge.

• B U N A C meeting, 12:30pm, Green Comm Rm.

•Supplies to Poland, 12:45pm. Meeting for people

wanting to travel to Poland.

•Mopsoc Annual Dinner, speaker Prof New, 7:00 for

7:30pm. Tickets £5.50 from Mopsoc officials.

•Soup Run, 10:30pm, Falmouth Kitchen.

Saturday, February 27 • C r o s s Country Club: Hyde Park Relay, start 2:30,

Rotten Row. Spectators and helpers welcome.

Sunday, February 28 •West London Chaplaincy communion service

Preacher: Alan de Grys, Chaplain to Westfield and

Bedford Colleges, 10:00am, Consort Gallery. Followed

by meditation workshop.

• C r o s s Country Club: Handicap race, Richmond

Park. Competing for the Petersham Cup. AH members

are invited to attend.

•Wargames club meeting, 1:00pm, Union SCR.

Monday, March 1 • Hang-g l id ing c l u b meet ing, 12:30pm, above

Southside Bar.

•Badgesoc meeting, 12:40pm, Southside Bar Lounge.

•Free lunchtime consort, 1:00pm, Consort Gallery.

Programme includes: Stravinsky: Symphonies of wind

instruments; Weber: Andante and Hungarian Rondo.

Soloist Cheh-ngee Goh.

•Socialist society general meeting, 6:30pm, Green

Comm Rm.

•Dancing club advanced class, 7:30pm, JCR.

•Rag Meeting, 5:45pm, Union Upper Lounge.

Tuesday, March 2

•Boardsa i l ing club meeting, 12:30 and 6:15pm,

Southside Upper Lounge.

•Catholic mass and lunch, 12:30pm, Chem 231.

Nominal charge for lunch.

•Riding club meeting, 1:00pm, Rm 1009, Elec Eng.

• S T O I C programme: Live debate between ICU

Presidential candidates, 1:00pm, JCR, Southside T V

Lounge, Southside, Beit, Weeks and Linstead Halls.

you aren't fooled by overolown claims or stupid points.

RCS Elections Confusion seems to have arisen following

yesterday's R C S Hustings U G M . Several people have told me that Miss Moira Yarston, who is standing for R C S President, claimed to have been Aberdeen S U President. However, she has since approached me to reassure people that she did no such thing. I can only assume it was a slip of the tongue or bad inferrence which gave people this impression, so don't let it influence your decision in any way (voting Monday).

Erratum: Due to blind panic by the SF Soc Secretary the date of The Big Bus given in the SF Soc article should be a week on Tuesday Credits

Many thanks to Peter, Soheel, Martin S., Lesley, Dave J . , Steve, Ralph, Jill, Dave R., all the collators (especially Jez, Mo, Soheel, Jon and the Guilds mob who helped me late last week).

A special thank-you to Frances , who normally helps Paul deliver and who managed by herself last week.

• A Lecture by Dr C . Wright, Head of Taxonomic

Research on "Numerical Taxonomy', 1:00pm, Botany

Basement.

•Mopsoc lecture 'What is Science?', 1:10pm, Physics

LT2.

•Dept of Humanities presents:

1. Films: The Private Life of the Starling; The Private Life

of the Great Crested Grebe, 1:15pm, Read Theatre.

2. The Origins of Astronomy

Pt 3. Copernicus and the Downfall of Ptolemaic

Astronomy, Emeritus Professor G.J. Whitrow, Senior

Research Fellow, Imperial College, 1:30pm, Pippard

Theatre.

• IC Amnesty group meeting, 5:30pm, Green Comm

Rm.

•Met & Mat Sci society lecture 'Fire and Explosives'

by Dr K. Gugan, 6:00pm, RSM G20.

•3F*s French restaurant trip to New Maple Grill,

Victoria, meet 7:00pm, Southside Bar.

•Dancing club beginners' class, 7:30pm, JCR.

• I C C A G Soup Run, 10:30pm, Falmouth Kitchens.

Wednesday, March 3 •Wargames club meeting, 1:00pm, Union SCR.

• A n t i - A p a r t h e i d meeting, 1:00pm, Union Upper

Lounge.

•Astrosoc meeting, 3:30pm, 'Waveguide', Physics

Building (Level 1). Free to members.

• IC Trampoline society meeting, 5:30pm, Courtauld

Hall, Q E C , Campden Hill Rd.

•Dancing club intermediate class, 7:30pm, JCR.

Thursday, March 4

• S c o u t and Gu ide club meeting, with Richard

Turnbull of Alpine Sports talking about his expedition,

12:30pm, Mines 303. All welcome.

• S T O I C presents News-Break, 1:00 and 6:00pm,

usual places (see Tuesday).

•Overseas students lunch, 12:30pm, Rm 703, Mech

Eng. Free. Informal lunch and entertainment provided by

Mech Eng Christian Union bible study group. Everyone

welcome.

•Christian Science group meeting, 1:00pm, Seminar

Rm, Level 2S, Botany.

•Industrial Society presents Sir Walter Goldsmith

speaking on Industrial Democracy, 1:00pm, Mech Eng

220.

•Gliding club meeting, 5:30pm, Aero 254.

• IC Latin American Society presents a film: The

Mexican Frozen Revolution, 6:00pm, Union Upper

Lounge.

•Ents film Being There, 6:30pm, ME220, 50p.

•Sherry Party, 6:0pm, Union SCR. Sherry party for all

third year mathematicians and physicists to meet old

students and learn about the Royal College of Science

Association. Free.

•Dept of Humanities presents

Lunchhour concert with Penelope Roskell (piano),

1:30pm, Music Room, 53 Princes Gate. Sponsored by.

the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.

After Captain Birdseye, the Domesticated Secretary of Primelia College, had stood and counted all the people visiting 'Meet P C he decided to get a more detailed breakdown of their number. Amble, Bumble, Crumble and Drudge were each in charge of a stall, and the good Captain asked Amble how many visitors each of the four stalls had had.

"Well," replied Amble, "the product of the four numbers is 270. No stall had fewer visitors than mine, and each of the people visiting the exhibition came to just one of our four stalls."

"I'm afraid you haven't given me enough information," retorted the Captain after a little reflection, "I can't even deduce the four numbers, let alone which number belongs to which stall."

"You're quite right, I haven't given you enough information; let me also say that the difference between the numbers of Bumble's visitors and Crumble's visitors is at least as large as the number of people who did not visit Bumble's stall."

But this was all too much for Captain Birdseye, whose stomach was recalling a particularly choppy night on the Isle of Wight ferry. But that was his own fault, as Amble had now given him enough information to deduce the numbers of visitors to each of the four stalls. How many?

Solutions, comments, criticisms to me at the

FELIX Office please. A prize of £5 (donated by

Mend-a-Bike) for the correct solution

randomly selected at 1:00pm on Wednesday.

Last Week's Competition About a dozen entries, only one correct despite the warning that it was an engineering problem. Scores of people gloatingly told me that the problem is done as a worked example for physics first years; none of them seemed to appreciate that the physicists' method is a general method which extends to an arbitrary number of dominoes. When you are restricted to a fixed number (four, in this case) a little ingenuity carries you a long way — a quarter of an inch, to be exact.

The physicists' method as shown in the first diagram gives an overhang of 21/12". The better method (second diagram) gives you 2V3". Paddy Andrews, Mech Eng 3 can collect his cheque on Monday afternoon, since his diagram was the best submitted. Amazingly, for an engineer, his calculated overhang was correct, although the calculation itself was wrong.

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