F O U N D E D IN 1949 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

F E L I X wishes

its readers a very

Happy Easter

N o . 416 F r i d a y 19th March , 1976 F R E E !

The price of filth

KB I

n

rF I V E M E M B E R S of IC

Union Footbal l C l u b were

yesterday suspended from

the Un ion . The f ive had

been responsible for

defouling the Union S C R

after attending the Footbal l

C l u b Dinner in the Upper

Dining Hal l last Thursday ,

They were a lso ordered to

pay the cost of their damage

to the Union.

The ban on four of the

f i ve i s e f fec t i ve un t i l 1st

January 1977 and that on the

fi f th unt i l 30th June 1977.

T h e f i f th person r ec e i v e d a

longer suspens io n for repeat ing

a d i s c i p l i n a r y o f fence after

a pe rv ious warn ing.

The ban means that they

w i l l not be a l l o w e d to jo in

any c l u b or s o c i e t y o f the

Un ion or make use of Un ion

f a c i l i t i e s .

Should they v i o l a t e the

ban or refuse to pay the

f ines then the C o l l e g e

au tho r i t i es w i l l be a s k e d to

step i n . The D i s c i p l i n a r y

Commi t tee wh ich took three

days to inves t iga te the

matter and l ev y the f i nes

i s send ing a let ter to Mr

P e t e r M e e , the C o l l e g e

Reg i s t r a r ; J i m I l ey , C a p t a i n

of the F o o t b a l l C l u b and

J o h n Thornback , A C C

Cha i rman informing them of

i t s d e c i s i o n .

A s we l l as de fou l ing the

S C R the f ive are s a i d to have

bounced a M i n i around

P r i n c e Conso r t R o a d and

r ipped off four secur i t y

c l o c k po in ts in the Un ion

B u i l d i n g .

Other damage done l as t

Thursday n ight i nc luded the

smash ing of all the cof fee

cups u s e d at the dinner , and

the breakage o f two c h a i r s

in the L o w e r L o u n g e . T h e

c l o c k in the Un ion D i n i n g

H a l l was a l so s m a s h e d .

A d d i t i o n a l minor damage was

later reported.

Trust Fund

Awards S T U D E N T S w i s h i n g to

fo l l ow a c t i v i t i e s of s p e c i a l

in terest dur ing the coming

summer h o l i d a y s have recent ly

had a boon thrown their way .

The C o m m i t t e e o f

Management o f the C o n v o c a t i o n

Trus t F u n d has launched a

scheme a imed at prov id ing

f i nanc i a l a s s i s t a n c e , in the

form o f grants , to a few of

these s tuden ts . The grants

w i l l be up to £150 and

i n i t i a l l y w i l l be a v a i l a b l e to

a maximum o f on ly f i v e

p r o p o s a l s .

A l though a pro ject does

not have to be re la ted to

the course of study for wh i ch

a student i s reg i s te red , i t

must have educa t i ona l va lue

and benef i t the student to

qua l i f y for c o n s i d e r a t i o n

under the scheme.

If the scheme s u c c e e d s ,

then the Commi t tee o f

Management w i l l cons ide r

ins t i tu t ing a more permanent

arrangement. A p p l i c a t i o n s for

a grant have to be made on a

s p e c i a l form, ob ta inab le from:

T h e C l e r k of C o n v o c a t i o n ,

U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n , Senate

H o u s e , Room 101 A , Ma le t

Street , L o n d o n W O E 7 H U .

Floor Reps abolished A t l a s t M o n d a y ' s C o u n c i l ,

the F l o o r R e p s Commit tee was o f f i c i a l l y a b o l i s h e d . A s of next year the s i x represent ­a t i v e s o f the Un ion f loor w i l l s i t on a new body, p r o v i s i o n a l l y named ' The I C U Permanent Working P a r t y ' .

T h i s w i l l have s p e c i f i c t op i cs referred to it by U G M s , C o u n c i l or the E x e c u t i v e , for de ta i l ed i nves t i ga t i on . It w i l l report back at the next C o u n c i l or U G M .

The reason beh ind the change i s to g i ve the s i x F l o o r R e p s more def in i te terms of reference and invo l ve them more c l o s e l y wi th the Un ion as a who le .

N e x t y e a r ' s F l o o r R e p s are due to be e l e c t e d next term (nominat ion papers are a l ready up). Anyone s tand ing

i s a d v i s e d to contac t Mart in K e s s l e r (Int 4463 or • I C Un ion O f f i ce ) who can g ive them a more d e t a i l e d p ic tu re of what the new F l o o r Rep job e n t a i l s .

Scholarships T h e C o l l e g e h a s recent ly

p u b l i s h e d i ts l i s t of scho la r ­

sh ip awards for 1976. In a l l ,

35 s c h o l a r s h i p s h a v e been

awarded to students from

a l l over the wor ld . However ,

the bulk o f rec i p i en t s are

home s tudents .

One C l o t h workers ' scho la r ­

sh ip , ten R o y a l s c h o l a r s h i p s

and 24 En t rance s c h o l a r s h i p s

were awarded , w i th the

Mathemat ics d e p a r t m e n t

r ece i v i ng a tota l of s i x

s c h o l a r s h i p s , the h ighes t o f

any department.

J i l l

Laithwaite at the Well H O C lecture last Monday -

story page 3.'

2

s m a l l a d s

Wot's dat S i r , I thought I out ta wr i te c o n c e m i n ' de future o ' d i s R igh t Wing R a g aftah I a t tempt in ' t' s l i d e de f i nanc i a l carpet from under dem buggers at de Sennet . H a v i n ' s e n c e d dat y o ' a l l fed up f 'om t ry in ' to f igger out wot de car toon am a l l about a n ' f i nd in ' wot am on at de f l i c k s in de downtown & o l b o m f 'om de C o c k L e a r c o l l u m .

It am be in ' brought to my at tenshun dat de C l i v e Dewey am wander in ' about amonst de p i l e s o ' l a s ' week's Sennet l y i n ' about in de revo l t i n ' J C R w id de con tack l enses d ropp in ' out a n ' de s ideboards turn in ' grey w id wund ' r i n ' wedder there go in ' to be a news paper to edi t aftah y o ' t ruely a d j u s t i n ' de var i - type masch ine w id de ceremon ia l s ten-gun .

De ' o le future o 'de R a g F e l i c s wot am no good fo ' hang in ' in de P r e s i d e n t i a l k h a z i on account o ' de paper b e i n ' to hard , am depend in ' on de a t t i t u d e y ' a l l tak in" over de dismemberment o ' d i s Un ion f 'om de N U S . I a l ready sent de C h a s . C l e r k roun' to try a n ' sort yo ' uppi t ty buggers out but I now f i nd i n ' dat I h a v i n ' f take de ' o l e matter inter my own ' a n d s . D i s P . T e e g shou t in 'de motif

society B o b Dy lan w a s proposed

(by J i m i P a g e ) , but not fu l l y s e c o n d e d , for the post of P u b l i c i t y o f f i ce r , and wi th the other e x e c u t i v e pos t s be ing uncontended, the F o l k C l u b Commi t tee for 1976/77 w a s du ly e l e c t e d at the A G M last T u e s d a y .

Out of the A G M came the rev i va l of F o l k C l u b for the per iod between now and the (groan) exams . The p r i n c i p l e of th i s r i s i n g from the a s h e s be ing that if the aud ience w i l l not come to F o l k C l u b . . .

The new rov ing F o l k C l u b w i l l be appear ing at Sou thwe l l H o u s e on Wednesday 5th May , Se l k i r k H a l l on 12th May and at M i n i n g H o u s e on a date ye t to be con f i rmed . T h e s e even ings w i l l be free to everyone , m u s i c i a n s and s inge rs who have not appeared at F o l k C l u b be ing e s p e c i a l l y we l come . Bar f a c i l i t i e s w i l l be a v a i l a b l e at each venue, and a ra f f le w i l l be he ld for a modest p r i z e .

The A G M a l s o d i s c u s s e d the p o s s i b i l i t y of indu lg ing in " f r i n g e " fo lk a c t i v i t i e s , to

off an taki 'n ' de .wrong l ine on de argument on de day , on accoun t o ' he not knowin ' wot i s good fo ' ' i m . lt.m Gonna be pay in ' de Teh P e e fo' de long tr ip up de Q u e e n s Tower an ' t ak in ' de q u i c k way down a n ' mak in ' de p ink m e s s over de 'macu la te koncrete l i ons wot de third rate mercenar ies f 'om de Strand P o l y b in pa in t i n ' l a s ' y e a r . "An I don ' want no one p ip H o n k i e s f 'om de O T U turn in ' . up at de P r e s i d e n t i a l P a d in de sa lub r i ous Ma le t St w i d de g l a s s f iber kube l -vagons ru in in ' de s t u c c o on de w a l l s w i d de .303 bul le t h o l e s .

Some number bin s u g g e s t i n ' y o ' lo t ta take de democra t ic ba l l o t on de ' o l e subber jeck , but me am t e l l i n ' yo ' on ly democracy roun' here if de vote goes de wrong way i s de lead spray i n ' throu de let terbox an 'de pubber l i ck e x e c u t i o n s in de B i t e Quad o ' de l e a d i n ' oppe rs i t i on . Dat R i z Sh i ckea r b loke got ta watch out c a s e e ends up in de nex week s B a k e Meat R o l l s . Y e s s i r , d i s p lace am soon go ' i n to feel de smack o ' de f i rm gumment.

Y o u r s fa i th fu l l y

T . .P .

Stuart Ardern

add more var ie ty to F o l k C l u b enter ta inments . If anyone i s in te res ted in Morr is D a n c i n g , or in forming a Mummers group, or any other s i m i l a r a c t i v i t y , p l ease contact A p d y C h e y n e of P h y s i c s I through the letter rack or in 333 Fa lmouth H a l l .

F E L I X

We wou ld be grateful i f anyone

cou ld let us have any spare

c o p i e s of the fo l l ow ing i s s u e s

o f F E L I X : - N o s 395 . 400, 407 ,

408, 409 , 410 and 413 .

STOP PRESS

RCS

Win Stephenson Cup

R e s u l t s : - R C S 4 M i n e s 1 R C S 2 C & G 0 .

WARDENSHIP OF

RAYLEIGH HOUSE

A p p l i c a t i o n s are inv i ted for the Wardenship o f R a y l e i g h H o u s e . T h e pos i t i on w i l l become vacan t w i th e f fec t from 1st Oc tobe r , 1976. T h e s u c c e s s f u l app l i can t w i l l be an unmarr ied pos t ­graduate student who has been s tudy ing at the c o l l e g e for about a year . T h e person concerned shou ld have some expe r i ence in hand l i ng student a f fa i rs and be l i k e l y to be at I C for another two y e a r s .

A f la t i s p rov ided for the Warden, rent - f ree, and h e / she w i l l a l s o rece ive an enter ta inments a l l owance .

NUS T R A V E L

T h e N U S T r a v e l O f f i c e in the

L o w e r Lounge w i l l be open

a s normal next week.

Julia & Dave

Congratulations - what

t o o k y o u so long?

L o v e , Jem & Ros

N O T I C E

T h e B B C would l i ke s tudent ' s

to p a n i c i p a t e in l i v e d i s c u s s i o n

programme (very genera l

d i s c u s s i o n ) . Star t ing nex t

term ( l i ve b roadcas ts ) .

A n y o n e in te res ted see Der r i ck

E v e r e t t .

Accommodat ion

A m i x e d group of 50 F r e n c h

s tudents w i l l be v i s i t i n g

L o n d o n on the weekend of

30th A p r i l , i f you are w i l l i n g

to let one of them k ip on

your f loor for a night o r two,

or , i f you w i l l be away for the

weekend and do not mind

them u s i n g your room: P l e a s e

contac t A D R I A N S U D W O R T H

c / o I C U n i o n O f f i c e or

P h y s i c s II le t ter rack.

N O T I C E If "the f o l l o w i n g s o c i e t i e s are s t i l l a c t i v e wou ld an ac t i ve member p l ease con tac t A l a n L o d g e o r L a u r e n c e J u l i u s through the U n i o n o f f i ce le t te r - rack as soon as p o s s i b l e :

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

WARDENSHIP

A p p l i c a t i o n s are inv i ted for the Wardensh ips of severa l of the Student H o u s e s i n E v e l y n G a r d e n s . The p o s i t i o n s w i l l become vacan t w i th e f fec t f rom 1st O c t o b e r , 1976, a l though one may become vacant ea r l i e r . T h e s u c c e s s f u l a p p l i c a n t s w i l l be marr ied pos tg raduates who have been s tay ing at the C o l l e g e tor about a year . F l a t s are p r o v i d e d fo r the Wardens, rent f ree, and they w i l l r ece i ve an enter ta inments a l l o w a n c e .

A p p l i c a t i o n forms are a v a i l a b l e from the U n i o n o f f i c e , and a p p l i c a t i o n s c l o s e o n 2nd A p r i l , 1976.

Imper ia l C o l l e g e

Pos tg radua te Group

T H E A T R E T R I P

to see

P A R C E L P O S T

at the R o y a l C o u r t Thea t re

T u e s 30th March

T i c k e t £1 .00, i n c l u d e s l igh t

ref reshment i n a S loane

Square wine bar.

C o n t a c t J U L I A H U G H E S

( in terna l 3532)

Bridge C l u b

Would any o f the o f f i c e r s o f

B r i dg e C l u b , o r anyone

in te res ted i n th is c l u b ' s

con t i nued e x i s t e n c e , p l e a s e

con tac t the R C C e x e c u t i v e .

T h i s c l u b h a s shown no

a c t i v i t y th is s e s s i o n and , i f

no-one comes fo rward , the

R C C may be forced to w ind

up t h i s c l u b .

Solution to Crossword No.32

A C R O S S

I. A s p s 3. Immoderate 10. T r i p e

I I . N igh t ja rs 12. Interpretat ion

14. Unequa l 15. O p a l i n e 17.

E p s t e i n 19.Trest le 20. G rego r i an

chant 23. Compan ion 24. E t h e r

25. B r a n d i s h e s 26. I s i s

DOWN

1. A t t r i bu tes 2. P o i n t l e s s

4 . M inera l 5 . Ought to 6. E s t a t e

A g e n c i e s 7. A l a m o 8. E a s e

9 . T e a r s up E n g l a n d 13.

Debentures 16. In toaches

18. N e r e i d s 19. T ra inee

T h e winner of Crossword

N o . 32 was Sue Greenaway,

Bot 3 who gets the pr ize

of £ 1 »

IC's itinerant music

M U X 3

H G W E L L S S O C I E T Y

Doing and

knowing how Nature and Nature's L a w s L a y H id In Night God Said , Le t

Newton Be! A n d A l l Was Light - Pope

Reporter: Well S i r , what do

you think of th i s guy L a i t h -

wate? Do you think that h i s

lecture and demonstrat ion was

just a box of t r i cks covered

th in ly by a facade of impress i ve

formulae and hal f t ruths? A

c leve r fraud?

HGW: Young man, I think you

miss the point . T h e P r o f e s s o r

undoubtedly knows what he

can do and is ab le to do but

a l s o , a s he s a i d , he i s of ten

unable to exp la in how he

performs h i s " t r i c k s " . What

i s more important I f ee l , i s

that he forces us to ques t ion

what we know and accept as

true. We b l ind ly acknowledge

many so c a l l e d fac ts and

l a w s , wi thout q u e s t i o n , as

the ind ispu tab le truth. P r o ­

fesso r L a i t h w a i t e shows us'

the paradoxes inherent in

many of the laws and t ruths.of

P h y s i c s . I th ink that he may

be capab le of des t roy ing not

only the comp lacency of

p h y s i c i s t s but a l s o the

aqu iesence of other s c i e n t i s t s

to the dogma that every th ing

can be desc r i bed u l t imate ly

in terms of P h y s i c s .

Reporter: Do you think that

he i s undermining the

foundat ions of s c i e n c e ? I

mean, to understand phenomena

we must desc r i be them ip

s p e c i f i e d terms. Is it not

des t ruc t i ve and indeed

r i d i c u l o u s to c a l l a magnet ic

f i e l d " n o t h i n g desc r i bed in a

rather e labora te w a y " .

HGW:' That I cannot s a y . H e

is undoubtedly r i s k i ng a great

dea l of s c i e n t i f i c respec t ­

ab i l i t y in present ing h i s

theor ies in such a popular

way . In a s i m i l a r way s c i e n c e

f i c t i on i s treated wi th c o n ­

tempt as fanc i fu l and f l ippant

dreaming, yet there i s often

an under ly ing b a s i s of truth.

S c i e n c e i s not a l w a y s dry ,

humour less and se r i ous yet

it breeds so many se r i ous and

humour less s c i e n t i s t s .

Repor ter : Do you agree that

there i s a d i f fe rence between

do ing and knowing how?

H G W : Y e s I do . In th is l i e s

the d i f fe rence between

technology and s c i e n c e . There

shou ld be no d icho tomy. There

shou ld be hyb r i ds of theore t i ca l

s c i e n t i s t s and p rac t i ca l

t e c h n o l o g i s t s ; the P r o f e s s o r

p rov ides a good examp le . Y e t

even h i s ideas sbou ld be

v iewed wi th an ob jec t i ve

and c r i t i c a l m ind .

Repor te r : Thank you S i r ,

and good luck w i th your

T i m e M a c h i n e .

by P h i l o S Ophaster

Welfare information Over the vacat ion

The Cent re w i l l remain

open on Mondays , Wednesdays ,

and F r i d a y s from 12.30pm to

1.30pm. T h i s w i l l not app ly

in the week 1 4 t h - 2 1 s t Apr i I

when the C o l l e g e i s shuf .

J u s t in c a s e you are . s t i l l

not sure , the Cent re is at the

top of the Un ion B u i l d i n g .

Social Security

A f inal word; The loca l

o f f i c e s are -

C h e l s e a : Waterford H o u s e ,

Waterford Road SW6.

K e n s i n g t o n : C h a r l e s H o u s e ,

375 Kens ing ton H i g h Street , Wl4

K e n s i n g t o n / C h e l s e a Nor th : 76

H o l l a n d Park A v e n u e , W11.

F o r others con tac t the Welfare

C e n t r e . It seems that some

peop le have been ab le to get

a reta iner towards their rent

if they are l i v i ng at home —

s o give" it a t ry. Do not

forget to register on • the

first day of the h o l i d a y s or

you may l o s e some money.

If you stay up at C o l l e g e ,

you can go on a f i e ld t r ip

home for- a ho l i day and s t i l l

c l a i m . A s k for a ho l iday form

at the D H S S o f f i ce .

F i n a l l y , shou ld you

d i sag ree wi th the D H S S

d e c i s i o n , you can appeal

w i th in 21 d a y s . Any problems

over a p p e a l s - contac t the

Welfare Cen t re .

L e g a l A d v i c e

Star t ing next term law

students from the L S E w i l l

be coming every Wednesday

from 12.30pm - 1.30pm to the

Cen t re to he lp out wi th any

legal prob lems, for examp le ,

Consumer r i gh ts , motor ing

o f f e n c e s , landlord t roub le ,

s o c i a l secur i t y a p p e a l s , e t c .

Hope fu l l y th i s w i l l become

a regular part of our s e r v i c e

if it's a s u c c e s s .

Sue K a l i c i n s k i

FELIX F E L I X is published by the Editorial Board on behalf of Imperial C o l l e g e Union Publications Board. Copy­right is reserved. Te l : 01-5895111 ext. 1048

ICWA LOOSE THE BALL TONY F I T Z G E R A L D (above) and Fred Tutcher

(below) were two luckless victims who fell foul of

the ICWA Rugby team at Harlington last Sunday.

Both left the field somewhat under-dressed after

playing ICWA in the RCS Rugby Sevens. Even the

referee managed to loose his trousers in iCWA's first

game against Physics I - though not at the hands

of ICWA!

Other ICWA tactics included loose-ruck ball-play,

trouser fondling, off-the-ball handling and close

quarter tickling. Despite drawing two of their three

games the team just failed to qualify for the semi­

finals of the competition. The eventual winners were

Chemistry I who beat Life Sciences in the final.

The only real casualty of the event was Adrian

Sudworth who managed to loose his memory.

Clive Dewey

C O L O U R P H O T O S

Would anyone with colour photos (transparencies or prints) of

happenings at IC please contact Paul Ekpenyong or Cl ive

Dewey at the F E L I X Office as soon as possible."

4 m i x

EDITORIAL

Football Club F I V E MEMBERS of this club have blatantly shown them­

selves to be incontinent and irresponsible. In addition,

they have perpetrated acts that can only be described as

deliqnent.

It is no sniprise that the Club has dissociated itself

from the activities of its five members; however, the club

officials cannot totally be absolved of all responsibility.

As organisers, it is their duty to ensure that Union rooms

booked in the Club's name are left in a reasonable condition.

This clearly was not done.

The rise and . . . . T H E IMMINENT demise of Sennet has created quite a

furore in U L U , especially amongst smaller colleges which

depend on it for news of events happening in the London

student area. This is not the first (and probably will not

be the last) time that Sennet has faced doom. As before,

the problem is one of money.

Financial crisis finally jumped into Sennet's path when

their advertising revenue began to drop. To date, Sennet

has accrued a loss of £1500; this is expected to be £3000

by the end of next term. U L U have £22,000 to spend on its

78 clubs and societies this year — the dent, U L U feels,

that Sennet's debt would make is rather large.

However, they have been given a chance to stay alive —

if they obtain enough advertising revenue to cover costs

then Sennet will appear that week. It is a sensible decision

by U L U , especially when there is a strong feeling that the

standard of the paper has gone down drastically this year.

Refectories IT IS ENCOURAGING to see that the criticisms levelled

at the Catering Service have yielded positive results.

Without doubt, the food served in the refectories has

improved, especially in the Union — witness the increased

number of students eating there.

The hard work that the Catering staff have put in is a

credit to them. The new meals service introduced in South

side seems to be working well. Given some money to modern­

ise the equipment, the sky may be the limit.

RESIDENCE A p p l i c a t i o n forms for H A L L S . H O U S E S

and H A M L E T G A R D E N S must be

returned to the Residence Office by

5-00pm T O D A Y

PROF. BREMSSTRAHLUN6

Pakistan Society S O M E O F Y O U may wonder

what the ro le of the P a k i s t a n

Soc ie t y is w i th in IC? The

s i m p l e answer i s that one of

i t s purposes i s to acqua in t

you wi th the Art and Cu l tu re

of P a k i s t a n , and to convey to

y o u , through th is med ia , the

message of P e a c e and se l f -

respect for wh ich we and

our cu l tu re s tand .

The P a k i s t a n Soc ie ty is

an o rgan isa t ion of s tudents

from P a k i s t a n and those

in teres ted in i t . Our a im is

two- fo ld ; f i r s t l y , we endeavour

to prov ide P a k i s t a n i s tudents

at IC wi th a forum for meet ing

each other and get t ing to

know th is count ry . Second l y ,

we try to arrange func t i ons ,

f i lm -shows , l ec tu res , e t c . ,

to in t roduce P a k i s t a n and

i t s ideo logy to the s tudents

pf Imperial C o l l e g e .

T o these ends , we arranged

a f i lm show, a m u s i c a l even ing

ce leb ra t i ng E i d f es t i v a l (the

M u s l i m s e q u i v a l e n t of

Ch r i s tmas ) and our most

adventurous event to da te , a

m u s i c a l var ie ty programme

wh ich featured Mohammad

K a s s a m .

T h e f i lm show, s taged in

con junc t ion wi th the Is lamic

Soc ie t y in order to reduce

c o s t s , c o n s i s t e d of s i x

f i l m s . T h e s e in t roduced Is lam,

P a k i s t a n and the Arab s t rugg le

for the l ibera t ion of P a l e s t i n e

and J e r u s a l e m .

The m u s i c a l var ie ty

programme was very co lour fu l

and a t t rac ted an aud ience of

about 1000 peop le . ' P a r v a r t e e ' ,

a young , beaut i fu l s inger and

dancer , was probably one

of the main reasons for the

large c rowds .

R e c o r d i n g s of the show

were put out by B B C R a d i o

London on i t s programme for

A s i a n l i s t ene rs .

We a l s o he ld a rag c o l l e c t i o n

at the end of the show and

c o l l e c t e d about £24. T h i s

i d e a , I b e l i e v e , cou ld be

pursued by other s o c i e t i e s .

However l i t t le s u c h a c o l l e c t i o n

might be, it wou ld be an

add i t i ona l cont r ibu t ion to

R A G .

I wou ld a l s o l i ke to sugges t

that a l l s o c i e t i e s shou ld

look into the p o s s i b i l i t i e s

of s tag ing func t ions jo in t ly -

t h i s wou ld he lp to m i n i m i s e

c o s t s p rov id ing there is no

c l a s h of i n te res t s .

F i n a l l y , I wou ld l i ke to

extend my thanks to the

E x e c u t i v e Commi t tee and

members of the Soc ie ty who

he lped to make the programmes

a s u c c e s s .

Riaz Farooq

Chairman, Pak is tan Society

Telix A N N U A L

D I N N E R M O N D A Y

17th M A Y 1976

T i c k e t s ava i lab le from the F E L I X Of f ice next term.

I a m p l e a s e d to

a n n o u n c e t h a t che a n n u a l

L a d i e s and Gent lemen, \ ^ J \ Pn z e

°f our d i s t i n g u i s h e d

c a n I have your ] J ^ ^ j s o c i e t y has

been a w a r d e d t o

P r o f e s s o r B r e m s s t r a h l u n g

o f I m p e r i a l

M U X 5

IC Radio-the why's and wherefore's " W H A T A R E those s t range sounds we

hear on Tueaday l u n c h t i m e " ? you may

wonder to you rse l f . Y o u might a l s o

inqui re as to who is behind it and

even further, is it rea l l y n e c e s s a r y ?

F i r s t l y , the n o i s e s on Tuesday

lunct imes are made by Imperial

C o l l e g e R a d i o . The idea of a radio

s ta t ion on campus w a s c o n c e i v e d

about two years ago and has been

s n o w b a l l i n g ever s i n c e . Up t i l l recent ly

(see F E L I X No 414) the lack of a

test l i c e n c e had been proh ib i t ing

p rogress . In order not to lose e n t h u s i a s t i c

members, they searched for someth ing

to do that w a s vague ly connec ted wi th

the i r u l t imate g o a l . The c o l l e g e p u b l i c

address sys tems were the obv ious

target and that i s why you " l i s t e n " to

Imperial C o l l e g e " R a d i o " on T u e s d a y .

Second l y , the ques t ion of n e c e s s i t y .

The answer is qu i te s imp l y , deba tab le .

They obv ious l y think so , as do the

Un ion and the C o l l e g e . The way IC

R a d i o look at it, they are at tempting to

prov ide a s e r v i c e to the IC community

w i th in the immediate v i c i n i t y of C o l l e g e

in an en t i re ly new way . IC R a d i o

produces n e w s and " w h a t ' s - o n "

bu l l e t i ns wh ich inc lude nat ional and

student news , and in tersperse them

wi th good mus ic and w i t ty ;? ) comments

from D J ' s .

So far, the mus i c po l i cy has been

left en t i re ly to the ind iv idua l d i s c

j ockey , w h i c h means that ce r ta in

types of mus ic are left untouched. T h i s

i s ev i denced by the obv ious lack of

sou l and reggae mus ic in the mus i c

put out. However , they have yet to

rece ive comp la i n t s .

A t present , the programmes can be

heard , at va r ious t imes, in the J C R , the

But tery and the refectory in the Sher f ie ld

B u i l d i n g . They have had to end t rans­

m i s s i o n s to the Main Refec tory because

of the bad sound q u a l i t y . A t one t ime

they t r ied to produce programmes wh ich

cou ld be heard in the Un ion and Souths ide

re fec to r i es , both of wh i ch p o s s e s s good

a c o u s t i c proper t ies .

Here they hit more snags ; there

were no f a c i l i t i e s for l i ve programme

product ion at e i ther l oca t i on . T h i s

meant that the programmes had to be

pre-recorded, but th i s was a t ime-

consuming method and the idea was

f i na l l y abondoned. They are at the

moment ta l k ing about lay ing c a b l e s

from the IC R a d i o room to the Un ion and

to the Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . T h i s wou ld

then enab le them to put out l i ve broad­

c a s t s to these p l a c e s and reach a

b igger aud ience .

One of the main d r i v i ng fo rces (and

general P R man) behind IC R a d i o is

J o h n A l l e n , a Management S c i e n c e

P G . H e was a l s o one of the p ioneers of

the scheme and has been instrumental

in the progress so far a c h i e v e d . T h o s e

of you who " l i s t e n " to IC R a d i o w i l l

know him as the " M o o d y B l u e s F r e a k " .

The other s ta t ion managers are Steve

Barron and P a u l May who i s r espons ib l e

for the " j i n g l e s " .

Another prominent member of IC

R a d i o is i ts N e w s Ed i t o r , N i g e l M i l l e r .

H e does a remarkab le job s i f t i n g

through newspapers , f i nd ing re levant

and top ica l news s to r i es for h i s b u l l e t i n s .

Ian C a i r n s i s the i r P romot ions o f f i ce r ,

a l though he is rarely seen about the

p l a c e . H e c o l l e c t s and c o l l a t e s the

m a s s e s of a d v e r t i s i n g mater ia l sent to

him by C o l l e g e s o c i e t i e s . Another

grafter is Dave C h a n c e , the Secre ta ry .

H e i s the paper-work man - a symptom

of a bureaucra t ic U n i o n .

Beh ind the s c e n e s are three s ta lwar ts

known a s T e c h n i c a l Managers . They

are John Comfor t , M i k e E l g e y and T im

She l t on . They run every th ing on the

t echn i ca l s i d e .

Now that they have r ece i ve d the

test l i c e n c e they are faced w i th a

manpower problem for next year . T h i s

is because many of thei r present members

are third year s tudents so if you want to

try your hand at d i s c j o c k e y i n g , in terv iew

or can help t e c h n i c a l l y , get in touch wi th

John A l l e n or Steve Barron - they w i l l

be g lad to hear from y o u .

Whose BOSS? South Africa -the London connection

T H E L I B E R A L P A R T Y has been rocked

by scande l in recent weeks and South

A f r i c a n compan ies have been named

a s f i nanc ing the " f r a m i n g " of prominent

o f f i c i a l s . However , the fu l l range of

South A f r i c a n a c t i v i t i e s abroad ranges

from s lander to e s p i o n a g e . Incred ib le

as it may s e e m , th i s murky, sub -James

Bond wor ld is nearer than you th ink . . .

On F r i day 20th February , the lodg ings

of an IC student in T u f ne l l P a r k , North

London were broken in to . H i s landlord

i s the ch ie f representa t i ve in Western

Europe of the A f r i c a n Na t i ona l C o n g r e s s

of South A f r i c a . Severa l va l uab le

i tems were s to len , but the th ief had

a l s o shown a p e c u l i a r in terest in

documents and f i l e s ; open ing severa l

le t ters dur ing h i s s tay . It was a s if

he w a s look ing for someth ing .

South A f r i c a has recent ly been under

a great deal of p ressure from a l l s i d e s

and not s u r p r i s i n g l y , appears to be

pro tec t ing i ts in teres ts by an a c t i v e ,

if sec re t , pa r t i c ipa t ion in the a f fa i rs

of other coun t r i es . T h e E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g

wor ld , and in par t i cu la r , B r i t a i n , seems

to be the main sphere of a c t i v i t y ou ts ide

Southern A f r i c a .

Involvement seems to be s p l i t into

two t ypes ; the f i r s t to enhance the

image of South A f r i c a and c u l t i v a t e

f r i ends , the s e c o n d , and perhaps more

s i n i s t e r t rad i t iona l esp ionage concern ing

d i s s i d e n t groups operat ing i ns ide and

ou ts ide their country ( A N C , e tc ) .

The go ings-on in the L i b e r a l Par ty

were at t r ibuted by Haro ld Wi l son to

South A f r i c a n compan ies operat ing in

B r i t a i n . He den ied the in f l uence of the

South A f r i c a n government, but there

c a n be l i t t l e doubt that B O S S , the S A

Bureau of State Secur i t y w a s i m p l i c a t e d . B e s i d e s the " f r a m i n g " of Pe te r H a i n and Jeremy Thorpe , anonymous let ters have been sent to the M P , C y r i l Smith and h is mother. Rumours have a l s o been c i r c u l a t e d concern ing the invo lvement of C lement F r e u d ' s daughter in a porno­graph ic f i lm .

Why might the South A f r i c a n government

w i s h to destroy the reputat ion of the

L i b e r a l s ? Pu re l y for revenge, as they

have been amongst the most outspoken

and bi t ter c r i t i c s of apar the id in the

pas t? Or , as Pe te r H a i n t h i n k s , to e l e c t

a C o n s e r v a t i v e government wh ich would

look more favourably on them than

L a b o u r ?

A more obv ious way of promoting South A f r i c a can be s e e n in one-page adver t i sements in the na t iona l p r e s s , in H o l l a n d , two newsreaders were s a c k e d for chang ing the text of news b u l l e t i n s . The repor ts , wh ich were broadcas t to South A f r i c a in A f r i k a a n s became more favourab le to apar the id after be ing t rans la ted from D u t c h .

T h e other s i d e of B O S S is no l e s s a c t i v e . There have been numerous b reak- ins at t r ibuted to secur i t y agen ts . Another member of the A N C was robbed wh i l e he was out of the count ry ; severa l documents were taken , and the thei f left £80 in cash in an opened drawer.

Mr J a m e s W e l l b e l o v e d , Labou r M P ,

de l i ve red las t week to the Pr ime

M i n i s t e r ' s o f f i ce a d o s s i e r of over

twenty such c a s e s of suspec ted South

A f r i c a n involvement in B r i t a i n . H e

b e l i e v e s that recent bu rg la r i es of the

Pr ime M in i s te r and three of h i s staff

show s imi lar fea tures .

A n ug ly c o n s e q u e n c e of these

robber ies can be seen in the c a s e of

Pe te r Moumbar is . In 1972, a fa i r -headed

young man approached Mr Moumbar is '

mother in London , w i th a forged letter

a s k i n g for the key to h i s f la t . She

gave it to him and at Moumbar is ' t r ia l

in South A f r i c a , documents were produced

in e v i d e n c e wh ich cou ld only have

come from that London f la t .

P r ime M in i s t e r Vo rs te r , of South

A f r i c a d i s m i s s e s these a l l e g a t i o n s as

" a b s o l u t e r u b b i s h " , but s t o l en documents

were a l s o produced at the t r ia l of the

Dean of Johannesbu rg .

It i s un l i ke l y that B O S S is i nvo lved

in a l l that i t ' s name has been l i nked

w i t h . A s the head of B O S S s a y s , "I

wou ld not be su rp r i sed to learn my bureau

was be ing held r e s p o n s i b l e for the

death of a P e r s i a n ca t in a London

s t r e e t . "

A l l the ev idence po in t s , though, to

an unheal thy and i l l e g a l in terest in our

domes t i c p o l i t i c s , w h i c h prompts the

ques t i on , in B r i t a i n , " W h o ' s B o s s ? "

WANTED

FELIX

STAFF!!

M U X

Theatre " T h e C h a i r m a n " by P h i l i p Mackie

Globe Theatre

Tom Stevenson

T H E R E A R E cer ta in p l a y s on the West E n d s tage at the moment wh ich shou ldn ' t be there, and th is i s one of them. That was my f i rs t react ion to th is p i e c e . I t 's perfect for a two part t e l e v i s i o n p lay but it just doesn ' t work on a l i ve s tage . If I were required to put it into a t idy s l o t I wou ld c a l l it an O f f i c e Comedy w i th added e t h i c s .

H a v i n g pondered th is for a l i t t l e w h i l e I see that my f i rs t ideas were qu i t e wrong. If our a im is to get more peop le to go to the l i ve theatre, for the f i rs t t ime, and I qu i te s i nce re l y b e l i e v e that a great number of peop le who have never seen p ro fess iona l l i ve a c t i n g are m i s s i n g an awful lot, then th is must be the right sort of th ing, and it i s for th is reason that I can ident i fy it s o c l o s e l y wi th the sort of t e l e v i s i o n output we see on our s c r e e n s week after

IC Dramatic Soc ie ty 's Product ion of

Two Gentlemen of Verona

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Mark Frank

T H E P L A Y i s one of Shakespea res ea r l i e r ones , and one of h i s l e s s w e l l known. The plot i s s imp le — one young man (Proteus) f a n c i e s h i s f r i e n d ' s

(Va lent ine) g i r l f r i end , and near l y s u c c e e d s in w inn ing her .

The s tage props are a c h a l l e n g e to anyone at tempt ing t h i s product ion as the ac t i on p a s s e s from street to house to forest to abbey, and th is problem was ingen ious l y overcome by u s i n g an abs t rac t back c lo th wh ich was mod i f ied between s c e n e s . T h e normal s tage was abondoned in favour of a (perhaps more t rad i t iona l ) open one, p laced s i d e w a y s in the concer t h a l l , and wi th no cu r ta i ns or other barr iers between ac to rs and aud ience . A l toge the r , it

week . Set in the pub l i c re la t i ons o f f i ce of

a large manufactur ing o r g a n i s a t i o n , "The Chairman"depicts the man ipu la t ion of the members of the department by the i r d i rec to r . The f i rs t ac t c on t a i n s a l l the o ld rout ines of fa rewe l l pa r t i es for loya l emp loyees , we lcome to new e x e c u t i v e s and the v i s i t of the dreaded b u s i n e s s e f f i c i enc y exper t . The lat ter appears after the d i rec to r h a s c o n ­ven ien t l y found an e x c u s e to head for N e w Y o r k , and h i s man iaca l deputy i s left to ho ld the fort. T h e under l i ngs a l l c o n f e s s the p o i n t l e s s n e s s of the i r jobs w h i l s t the deputy proves to be the odd-man-out wi th h i s c o n v i c t i o n that he i s i n d i s p e n s i b l e . The d i rec to r returns at the c r i t i c a l moment to restore e v e r y o n e ' s con f i dence by po in t ing out that wi thout the pub l i c re la t i ons depart­ment the mys te r ious bogey man, "The Chairman' , wou ld be shown up to be the cardboard f igure he rea l l y i s ; he then goes on to manoeuvre h i s s u b ­o rd ina tes into f resh pos ts w i thout anyone r e a l i s i n g and we are su rp r i sed to see how- easy it i s .

Tony Br i t ton p l a y s the d i rec to r w i th the suav i t y we would expec t from any

appeared the d i r e c t o r ' s in tent ion to br ing about a c l o s e rapport between ac to r s and aud ience , and t h i s w a s on ly marred by the s tage hands who w a l k e d bo ld ly onto the s tage between s c e n e s a s if they were part of the p l a y . The s imp le exped ient of d imming the l igh ts between s c e n e s c o u l d have done much to main ta in the a tmosphere .

The a c t i n g was at t imes , qu i te i m p r e s s i v e : e s p e c i a l po in ts of note were Ian M o r r i s o n ' s very l i f e l i k e por t raya l of the per iods when Pro teus was at h i s most s l y and d e v i o u s , and the c o m i c in terp lay between servan ts L a u n c e ( E r i c S tove l l ) and Speed. (Ch r i s W e l l s ) . Bo th these parts of the p lay must come a c r o s s if the play is to be a s u c c e s s — the f i rs t part because the who le p lot depends on the c r e d i b i l i t y of P r o t e u s , w h i l e the second is a l ight hearted break for the aud ience wi thout w h i c h the p lay wou ld become too h e a v y .

The bo ldness of Va len t i ne (R i cha rd Smi th) , the thorough i d iocy of Thur io

s e l f - r e s p e c t i n g P R man. The real tour de fo rce comes from Pe te r B l y t h e a s the deputy who can se ldom manage to end one sen tence before lunging into the nex t . A l though h i s performance s ta r ted out a bi t j o o se l f - i ndu lgen t l y he w a s soon into h i s s t r i de wi th a laugh wh ich shou ld have dr iven h i s c o l l e a g u e s out of the o f f i ce in f i ve m inu tes .

Whether t h i s i s a v e h i c l e for Mr M a c k i e ' s d i s s a t i s f a c t i o n wi th the e t h i c s of p u b l i c r e l a t i ons or a comedy pure and s i m p l e can be d e c i d e d by the a u d i e n c e , but I s u s p e c t that the lat ter w i l l w in the day and the former w i l l s i n k wi thout t race . I must c o n f e s s that I d id en joy myse l f .

• • • * * I hope to be repor t ing fu l l y next

term on the N a t i o n a l Student Drama F e s t i v a l . T h i s t akes p l a c e in Ed inburgh from the 2nd to 11th of A p r i l . Ten U n i v e r s i t i e s and C o l l e g e s w i l l be represented by product ions rang ing from C h e k h o v , through B e c k e t t and Or ton to s e v e r a l new p l a y s by student w r i t e r s . D i s c u s s i o n s w i l l be led by J o a n B a k e w e l l Jona than H a l e s , JW Lamber t , C h a r l e s M a r o w i t z , E A Whi tehead and many o the rs .

(Roger P h i l i p s ) , the emot ion of J u l i a ( P a m S e l l a r s ) , the percep t ion of S y l v i a

(He len L a w s o n ) , were , o v e r a l l , s u c c e s s ­f u l l y t ransmi t ted to the a u d i e n c e , a s w a s the lack of a c t i n g ta lent of L a s i n c e ' s d o g .

T h e d i f f i c u l t i e s that the c a s t had in mak ing sure that the p l a y ' s pace w a s kept such that the wi t ty l i nes appeared fast wi thout l eav ing the a u d i e n c e behind were apparent at ce r ta in t imes . Whereas a l l the most important s c e n e s were t imed very w e l l , I w a s made very app rehens i ve at the start by some l o s s in the c l a r i t y of p roduc t ion . T h e same happened at the e n d , but t h i s may be b lamed on S h a k e s p e a r e ' s sudden " a n d they a l l l i ved h a p p i l y eve r a f t e r " e n d i n g .

I fe l t a l i t t l e d i sappo in ted at the programme wh ich I pa id for, and no doubt at leas t one of the a c t r e s s e s i s somewhat peeved at the unhelp fu l c a s t l i s t o rder ing .

B i l l Gerrard

Opera King Roger by Szymanowski (Eng l i sh

National Opera at the London Co l i seum

March 2 2 , Apr i l 1 and 9',

IT WAS more thought-provoking than

pure ly p l easu reab le to s e e a rare

performance of th i s P o l i s h opera da t ing

from 1926.

K i n g Roger ru led in S i c i l y in the

12th century and th is opera concerns

h i s t ransformat ion from a man of the

in te l l ec t a lone to one who a c k n o w l e d g e s

the equal c l a i m s of beauty, s e n s u a l i t y

and f reedom, pe rson i f i ed , or one shou ld

say d e i f i e d , by D i o n y s o s who appears

to the K i n g and h i s Cour t in the form

of a shepherd p roc la im ing a new

r e l i g i o n . When persuaded by the e c c l e ­

s i a s t i c s to ban ish the shepherd for

he resy , the K i n g l oses a l l h i s cour t ie rs

to the land of freedom and de l igh t

and s o f i n a l l y d e c i d e s to cas t off the

at t r ibu tes of royal ty and , wear ing on ly

a l o i n c l o t h , of fers up a hymn to the

sun on the a l ta r of a ru ined Greek

theatre where h i s search for the shepherd

has led h im .

Szymanowk i i s a name probably

un fami l i a r and daunt ing to most , but I

found h i s m g s i c reminded me most of

D e b u s s y wi th an add i t iona l smat ter ing

of R i c h a r d S t rauss to represent the

s e n s u o u s n e s s of D i o n y s o s . In many

w a y s the opera is s im i l a r to D e b u s s y ' s

P e l l eas et M e l i s a n d e shar ing w i th it

a lack of obv ious dynamic var ia t ion so

that the f ina l act seemed to s top rather

than bu i ld to a c l i m a x . Unfor tunate ly it

l a cke d D e b u s s y ' s subt le ty s o that the

more dramat ic points in the nar ra t ive

were emphas i sed in the m u s i c w i th

sudden , loud d i s c ho r d s of b rass and

pe rcuss ion made a l l the more h i s t r i o n i c

by t he i r ' cont rast w i th the surrounding

repose .

The E n g l i s h Na t i ona l Opera matched

the mus ic wi th a s tag ing that used l i t t l e

movement and so the combined e f fec t

was rather s t a i d . T h i s was not he lped

by the use of a huge gauze for the

f ina l ac t wh ich covered the en t i re

proscen ium arch and , l i t from beh ind ,

prov ided a transparent w a l l between

s i n g e r s and aud ience . I found the

ef fec t most d i s c o n c e r t i n g and it seemed

extreme for the few v isua l e f fec ts w h i c h

it a l l o w e d .

O n e ' s par t ing doubts were not

e a s e d by a se l f - i ndu lgen t s u c c e s s i o n

of cu r ta in c a l l s to the sound of rap id ly

d i m i n i s h i n g a p p l a u s e from a fu l l f i r s t -

n ight house . E r j c s t o w e , |

Cinema " F a r e w e l l , My L o v e l y " (Fox -Rank ,

A A ) . D i rected by D ick Richard;

starring Robert Mitchum, Charlotte

Rampl ing, S y l v i a Miles'.

I have never rea l l y thought of

Cha r l o t t Ramp l i ng a s a s e x - s y m b o l , but

if she keeps c r o s s i n g and u n c r o s s i n g

her legs as she does in th i s f i lm then

my op in ion c o u l d undergo rap id change .

H o w e v e r , her performance w a s not very

c o n v i n c i n g and a c t i n g c red i t s here must

go to Rober t M i tchum as P h i l i p Mar lowe

and S y l v i a M i l e s as the a l c o h o l i c

Mrs F l o r i a n . She c o u l d teach some

peop le in th is C o l l e g e a th ing or two

about d r i nk ing !

continued on page 7

m i x 7

ORIENTEERING

Cry havoc

RUGBY

Navy sunk Imperial C o l l e g e A ' s :

Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve:

"The defence cuts have gone too far." That was the cry from the A ' s chang ing room, when it was d i s c o v e r e d that the R o y a l Navy Vo lun teer R e s e r v e had ar r ived wi th only twe lve men. The A ' s rese rves had to be press-ganged into s e r v i c e to even th ings out . S teve Downing and P h i l John were the ' v o l u n t e e r s ' , a l though it must be recorded that it took a tea t i cke t to get Steve into the right frame of mind for do ing h i s duty.

A l l that hav ing been se t t led the game commenced w i th the R N V R e l e c t i n g to p lay into a d e c e p t i v e w i n d . It took on ly f i ve m inu tes , and M ike S iom iak , to show them the error of their w a y s . D i c k P u l l e n conver ted and the f lood gates (sorry I) were opened . The A ' s were up 1 8 - 0 before R N V R cou ld ra l l y to of fer any s i gn i f i can t r es i s t ance and that, not to put too f ine a point on it, was contemptuous ly swept a s i d e . The A ' s p lunged on to a 3 4 - 0 lead at hal f t ime, f o l l ow in g t r ies by John Day (two), Rod Por ter and George Sweatman.

P l a y i n g into the w ind was a d i f ferent s tory . Soon after the star t P h i l J o h n , (on loan to the R N V R ) , suf fered such a con fus ion of l o y a l t i e s that he pu l l ed a try back fq,r the JNIavy, (but he made up for it later by g i v i n g M i k e S iomiak h i s second try). The

50

13

lead was cut further by a pena l t y . H a v i n g conceded n ine po in ts the A ' s dec ided to make a comeback . M i k e ' s second try was fo l l owed by t r i es from B o b L e e s o n and J o h n Thomas (making amends for last week) . The last sco re of the match went to the N a v y . It shou ld have been s c o r e d by the A ' s but R i c h Jenne r , wi th a three-man o v e r l a p , gave a forward p a s s .

T h u s , the A ' s won by 5 0 - 1 3 , the i r h ighes t sco re of the season and a f i t t i ng end , for it was the las t game.

The A ' s have p layed f i f teen games of wh ich they have won eight and lost s e v e n , wi th 268 po in ts for and 216 po in ts aga ins t . J o n P i t c h e r f i n i s he d top try scorer wi th s e v e n , just ahead of C h r i s B e c q u e with s i x t r i es . Top sco re r Queto h i s seven convers ion 's on Saturday, was D i c k P u l l e n who f i n i s he d w i th th i r ty- three po in ts . T e a m : - R Pullen, L Davies, C Becque, R Leeson, J Pitcher, J Thomas, GSweatman, WBubb, A Fitzgerald, J Day, C Cuthbertson, R Porter, J Fishburq, R Jenner, M Siomiak. The A's would like to thank Chris Cuthbertson for his hard work in arrangment throughout the season and for his support work in the

wln

9- Chr is Cuthbectsbn

A 9 A M S T A R T on a Sunday morning is d i f f i cu l t , but a 9am start on the morning f o l l o w i n g the 9 m i l e Na t i ona l C r o s s Country champ ionsh ips i s i m p o s s i b l e . So the group of a th le tes who doub le a s C r o s s c o u n t r y and Or ien tee r i ng , were the las t to a r r ive at the H A V O C badge event near Bren twood , E s s e x las t Sunday . The late start meant that u n l e s s some very fast t imes were recorded IC would not be ab le to make the pub before c l o s i n g t ime.

The course was fa i r l y f lat but there were some areas of rather dense undergrowth ( i nc lud ing ho l l y bushes! ) to f ight through. A l s o the compact nature of the cou rse meant that it doub led back on i t se l f many t imes and o c c a s i o n a l l y gave a d i s t i n c t s e n s e of de ja vu .

On the 11km ' A ' course D a v i d R o s e n w a s 1st home in a t ime of 69 .23 under l in ing the reason for h i s s e l e c t i o n for the in ternat iona l match in F r a n c e next week . A l i s t a i r D o y l e of U L was 9th home in 86 .25 f o l l owed c l o s e l y by A l a n L e a k e y 18th in 89 .40 and R o b A l l i n s o n 23rd in

The f i rs t try of th i s match

w a s scored w i th in 90 s e c o n d s

of the start and that v i r t ua l l y

hera lded the end of i t . The

s c o r e c o u l d e a s i l y have

reached three f igures but for

the hand l ing and running of

the forwards and b a c k s .

N e v e r t h e l e s s , L a d l e j i nxed

h i s way to two t r ies and

F l a n a g a n p lay ing h i s f i rs t

game for IC for two y e a r s

coas ted over for a ha t - t r i ck .

L a c k , the infamous foo tba l le r

s ta r r ing on the left w i n g ,

a l s o put the ba l l over three

9 3 . 0 5 . Some way back were Steve Webb in 109.40 and P e t e J o h n s o n , who was seen at va r i ous t imes lead ing in random d i r e c t i o n s , in 123 .55 .

On the 9km ' B ' cou rse Ian I sherwood had a very good run, a c h i e v i n g a s i l v e r s tandard , f i n i s h i n g 12th in 9 4 . 2 5 w h i l e M i k e Welford was 21s t in 112.37 af ter read ing h i s c o m p a s s at the wrong end and se t t i ng off wes t ins tead of eas t !

Other good p l a c i n g s were Ian M c A n u l t y and L e n Fawce t t f i n i s h i n g 4th and 7th in 112.25 and 123.16 respec t i ve l y on the under 21 C o u r s e .

Mar t in K e s s l e r dec ided the ' B ' cou rse was too much l i ke hard work and ins tead ran 'out of c l a s s ' on the C cou rse f i n i s h i n g in 112.35 . I C ' s on ly woman a th le te D iane Benge f i n i shed 5th in 9 8 . 3 3 on the woman 's ' B ' c o u r s e .

We a l l made the pub wi th 10 minutes to spare excep t P e t e (who even tua l l y found the f in ish) and J o , Marcus p lus dog p lus f r iends (who d id the way farers course but unfor tunate ly m i s s s e d a con t ro l ) .

t imes . Ke i th Munday normal ly

l e g l e s s , found them and sco red

after a 60 yard burst . M i k e

a l s o got on the score shee t .

C lemen ts had to go off in

the second ha l f , but the

h igh l igh t of the match was a

rather i n e x p l i c a b l e move

by W i l k i n s o n . F o r reasons

apparent on ly to h imse l f , he

k i c k e d at a l ine-out and^ tne

forty yard fo l low-up a lmost

f i n i s h e d off the referee.

The most s u c c e s s f u l out ing

for the B 2 ' s in recent weeks

w a s ce leb ra ted in f i ne s t y l e .

IC B 2 ' s 48 Watford 0

continued from page 6

A s wi th a l l Chand le r s t o r i e s , the

plot i s fa i r l y i nvo lved and moves at a

fa i r l y b r isk pace . Mar lowe is h i red by

M o o s e M a l l o y (Jack O ' H a l l o r a n ) , an

o v e r s i z e d brute and bank robber, out on

paro le and look ing for h i s g i r l f r iend

V e l m a .

V e l m a , however , does not want to

be found and poor Mar lowe ge ts rea l l y

k i c k e d around and pumped fu l l of drugs

in h i s at tempts to f ind her. H i s lot i s

not helped, by the p o l i c e who want to

use him as a scapegoa t for seve ra l

u n s o l v e d murders .

In the f ina l s c e n e , on a f loa t ing

c a s i n o , every th ing i s revea led and

each gets h i s / h e r " j u s t " d e s e r t s .

The w inner ; Mar lowe .

" D i a m o n d s " (Fox -Rank , A) Directed

by Menahem Go lan ; starring Robert

Shaw, Richard Roundtree, Barbara

Seagull and Shel ley Winters.

T h e Hodgson brothers have on ly one

th ing in common; d iamonds . C h a r l e s

d e a l s in them and Ea r l pro tec ts them.

A l i t t l e brotherly hatred c a u s e s prob lems

and poor A r c h i e (R i cha rd Roundt ree) ,

f resh out of j a i l , i s caught in the

m idd le .

A r c h i e i s h i red by C h a r l e s (Rober t

Shaw) to " r o b " the largest D iamond

exchange in the wo r l d . The exchange , in

T e l A v i v , i s supposed l y fool-proof

(with s a f e s and s e c u r i t y by E a r l ) .

There i s a " s i m p l e " plot with a few

d i s t r a c t i o n s thrown in . The a c t i n g i s

reasonab le wi th Robert Shaw lead ing the

pack , a var ied bunch . The Three Degrees

s i n g the song " D i a m o n d s " — jus t

beau t i f u l .

Music Heaven and Hel l ( R C A ) by Vange l i s

T h i s i s a va r i tab le one-man marathon.

V a n g e l i s composed a l l the m u s i c ,

p layed a l l the ins t ruments , sundry or

o the rw ise , and produced and arranged

the album to boot. Y e t , the a lbum does

not s i n k into the se l f - i ndu lgen t rut

that s i m i l a r s o l o ef for ts tend to d o .

It i s however , rather d i f f i cu l t to

d e s c r i b e h i s m u s i c , ce r t a i n l y , it has

many i n f l uenc es . My f i rs t impress ion

was that he had taken some Magma t imes,

cut out most of the p e r c u s s i o n , and

subs t i t u ted m a s s e s of keyboards , and

thrown in the voca l chorus to hear what

it wou ld sound l i ke . (Good in par ts , a

bit s t range in o thers ) .

If you are into s e m i - c l a s s i c a l mus i c

y o u ' l l en joy th is one . One point worth

no t ing here i s the e x c e l l e n t p roduc t ion .

The Tymes: Tymes Up ( R C A )

O n c e you get over the nausea t ing

c o v e r des ign it is p o s s i b l e to get down

to en joy ing what is a rather p leasant

a lbum. It comes from the s tab le of

c o m m e r c i a l i s e d s o u l / f u n k y m u s i c .

I pe rsona l l y f ind the album somewhat

over produced, but a few t racks do stand

out . " O n l y Y o u r L o v e " and " I t ' s C o o l "

on s i d e one, the latter i s a par t i cu la r l y

good e s p e c i a l l y in the v o c a l s department.

The on ly t rack I ac tua l l y went into

raptures over is the f i rs t one on s i de

two; " H y p n o t i z e d " . Eve ry th i ng that

shou ld be in a good record is embodied

in t h i s f ine p i e c e .

P roduced by B i l l y J a c k s o n , for

F l o w e r Po t P r o d u c t i o n s , the a lbum a l s o

fea tures T S O P on s t r i ngs and ho rn .

• m i x

Superspikes

T H E W E S T L O N D O N S T A D I U M was a s wet and co l d as usua l a s e igh t s h i v e r i n g runners set off to prove to a l l and sundry that were ab le to run three m i l e s . The race was the metr ic equ iva len t of 3 m i l e s or 5000m (we don ' t l i ve in the past you know). It is the C l u b ' s i nd i v i dua l champ ionsh ip race and th i s year was not unexpec ted ly won by Rob A l l i n s o n in a c red i t ab l y fast t ime of 15.17 s e e s . Mr Webb, sav ing h imse l f for the N a t i o n a l s came round in 16mins 1 0 s e c s . M i k e Wel ford , rega in ing h i s youthfu l I v igour was narrowly beaten by R i c h Harr ington in a good batt le for fifth p l a c e .

The race of the s e a s o n , the E n g l i s h Na t iona l C r o s s ­coun t r y Champ ionsh ips saw an over f l ow ing IC team con tend ing for the 9 p laces a v a i l a b l e to run n ine m i l e s w i th 1,300 others . Both Andy and M ike were persuaded to run for the L S E thus g i v i n g us only one non-runner.

The sen io r race s tar ted downh i l l and a s e a of bobbing head s cou ld be seen f low ing down the h i l l . The temporary euphor ia was rep laced after ha l f a mi le when the uph i l l s e c t i o n s tar ted and the running became d i f f i cu l t . A number of sand traps and a sharp downh i l l s t retch were on ly fun b i ts on a remarkably un in te res t ing spectators c o u r s e .

Rob A l l i n s o n had a f ine race , f i n i s h i n g 163rd in h i s f i rs t sen io r N a t i o n a l . George Si v e i l , from the l i t t le known Nu t r i t i ona l s c i e n c e department cou ld not h o l d ' R o b o n the last lap and f i n i shed 351st . Ian E l l i s f i n i shed in 586th, 56 p l a c e s in front of Dav id Rosen (of c rossword and Or ien teer ing fame) and 79 p l a c e s in front of Steve Webb. The who le team f i n i shed i n s i d e 1000, a notab le ach ievement in i t se l f . IC should therefore f i n i s h about ha l f -way in the team order out of about 200 a th l e t i c c l u b s en ter ing .

T h e post race enqui ry revea led that Mr Webb had lost a shoe, l os ing him about a minute . Mr Davey noted th is down a s e x c u s e number one and w a s rewarded later in the even ing when the standard four were a l l r evea led .

T h a n k s are due to R i c k

IC clean up U L U league T H E I C W A T E R - P O L O team h a s j us t recent ly c l e a n e d up the rest of U L U by f i n i sh ing w i th a 100% record in the U L U l eague . T h e i m p r e s s i v e r esu l t s read: P l a y e d 8 Won8 Drawn 0 L o s t 0 F o r 33 A g a i n s t 7

T h i s i s the fourth con ­s e c u t i v e year i n w h i c h we have won the league , and for th is reason claim to be the most

prestigeous athletics club

reason claim to be the most

prestigeous athletics club in

IC. T h e other teams compet ing in the league i nc l uded : U C , L o n d o n H o s p i t a l , M a r y ' s , B a r t s , G u y ' s , T h o m a s ' s , Westmins ter . T h e las t match i n the league was l a s t T h u r s d a y . IC were a l ready a s s u r e d of the league t i t l e , the on l y po in t in p l a y i n g the match for them, was to conf i rm their to ta l dominance o f U L U and to f i n i s h w i th a 100% record .

The match- began at a rap id p a c e . T h e med ics had only one p l aye r who c o u l d match any of ou rs , and he was m e t h o d i c a l l y " t a k e n o u t " by Andy Smi th , desp i t e h i s subs tan t i a l f a c i a l i n ju r i es incur red in a p rev ious game, when tempers were los t . D a v e Low t he r star ted us off , the way we were determined to go o n , s lo t t i ng the b a l l into the top corner of the net , l e a v i n g the goa l i e pa the t i ca l l y t r y ing to stop a ba l l w h i c h was c l e a r l y on i t s way into the net , d ie minute i t left D a v e ' s hand . A f te r two more g o a l s , one by N i c k Hur ley (known to th is f r iends as the ' a n i m a l ' ) from the cent re-forward p o s i t i o n , and P a u l F r i e z e . P a u l s c o r e d from a lob from ha l fway , desp i te know ing that he would be ordered straight out o f the

Garnet t and Pe te Johnson 'o r t im ing and chee r ing ; M e s s r s A n s e l I and C o for their beer and to the des igne rs of park ing meters for not making them shorter or ta l l e r a s e i ther change in d imens ion wou ld r have c a u s e d Ian E l l i s some prob lems.

Thermal soaring contest Out on the p l a i n s of

R ichmond Park last Saturday,

ten intrepid members of IC

Mode l A i r c ra f t C l u b cou ld be

seen s e a r c h i n g for hot a i r , in

our f i rs t ever rad io-cont ro l

thermal soar ing con tes t .

The idea was for each of

he n ine entrants to make

three f l i gh t s from a tow l ine ,

the h ighes t average f l ight

• ime d e c i d i n g the w inner .

Fo r tuna te ly the contes t

•vent wi thout a h i t c h , the

C i u b ' s hard work ing " A M I G O !

i " g l i de r tak ing the twenty-

seven con tes t f l i gh ts in her

s t r i de . E s p e c i a l l y g ra t i fy ing

w a s the top three p l a c e s

be ing taken by members who

had never f lown rad io-cont ro l

mode ls before we bui l t the

" A M I G O II" last C h r i s t m a s .

A l s o M i k e L e e s broke the

c l u b durat ion record wi th h i s

second con tes t f l igh t , in wh ich

he s teered the model into a

st rong thermal and s tayed

up for over ten minu tes .

In a l l , a very en feyab le

con tes t and f ree- for-a l l

a f te rwards .

water by the c a p t a i n , i f he t r ied th is shot and m i s s e d .

A t ha l f t ime we had con f i rmed our super io r i t y and the score was 4—0, al though our own ' c l e a n sheet ' was due on l y to an inc red ib le s a v e from Ian B a l e s in goa l . T h e s e c o n d h a l f saw , what must have been the greatest eve r goa l ' rout ' seen in the M a l e t Street p o o l . T h e m e d i c s , now be ing comp le te l y de­m o r a l i s e d by I C ' s ru th less t a c t i c s , (one of the i r p laye rs in fact d id not want to. come back into the water , af ter an encounter wi th the ' a n i m a l ' ) ,

were easy p i c k i n g s for a f i t and aler t IC team. R u s t i n S i m i t o v i c , coming from the lead ing water -po lo nat ion in the wor ld , Y u g o s l a v i a ,

.showed h i s s k i l l and expe r i ence , c o l l e c t e d from years of top c l a s s compet i t i on , when he scored tw ice from 'man-up ' s i t ua t i ons . Mark T a y l o r , who normal ly p l a y s at the back, came up to score h i s f i rs t goa l o f the s e a s o n . A t the end of the match, the sco re read:

I C 12 Bar t s 0

What a performance! (oh rea l l y ! )

Guess who?

Guilds

retain cup C & G U n i o n re ta ined the

Sparkes Cup when they beat

R C S U by 14 po in t s to 6

l a s t Wednesday. T h e G u i l d s '

second team a lso had a

c o n v i n c i n g w in over R C S U

to make it a double v i c to ry .

LADIES ROWING

Ladies in first ten

T H E L A D I E S were back on

home waters (a very choppy

T h a m e s , again!) last Saturday

to compete in the Women's

Amateur Row ing Commi t tee ' s

VIM 'S Head from Barnes to

Hammersmith B r i d g e . T h i s is

one of the main events

in L a d i e s R o w i n g .

H a s t y repai rs had to made

to the boat before the race

and when we f ina l l y d id

get s ta r ted , it was only very

s lo.wly. However , we d i d '

ca tch-up and overtake Read ing

U n i v e r s i t y I who were rowing

in a h igher d i v i s i o n in a far

super io r boat.

We were the fas tes t

co l [ege c rew, and f i n i shed

ninth o v e r a l l , a very c red i tab le

per formance.

C r e w : Bow, S James; 2. S

Massey; 3. J Dowries; 4. J

Pollock; 7. C Hodgson; Stroke,

G Taplin; Cox, G Nolan.

Coming soon! Starting 28th Apr i l , 1976

LAW STUDENTS will be

giving FREE legal advice

every Weds from

12-30-1-30pm at

the Student Welfare Centre

(top of the UnionBuilding)