Founded in 1949 The Newspaper of Imperial College Union

No confidence in Morton?

An emergency motion of no confidence in the executive

overshadowed the husting speeches at yesterday's UGM.

Holding holding his own: M r R o b e r t H o l d i n g I C U P r e s i d e n t i a l

candidate (left) and N i c k M o r t o n at yesterday's U G M .

Mary captured by RCS The Royal College of Science Union violated Mary, the

mascot of Queen Mary College London, on Tuesday.

A group of around 20 students met in the R C S U Office at 6:30am

a n d reached Queen M a r y College around 8:15am.

They found the yel low and brown leopard bolted to the i loor. but as

the nuts were only Finger tight the mascot was easily removed. They

also managed to overcome the attention of a security guard who put a

neck-lock on one of the mascotry team before he was persuaded to

accept a letter to the President of Queen M a r y College.

Mary on display at the RCS UGM. Photo: Ramzi Shammas

A l t h o u g h the elections for next year's R C S U Officers were inquorate,

it was ratified by a Results U G M last Tuesday.

T h e next R C S U President w i l l be M r K a r l Schmidt and the other

executive members w i l l be Miss F i o n a O w e n (Vice-President) and M r

Charles Fu l l e r (Honorary Secretary). Miss H a z e l Cheeseborough and

M r Bruce Br ickne l l w i l l be Academic Affairs Officer and Honorary

J u n i o r Treasurer respectively.

T h e meeting opened at 1:07pm with a large c rowd present i n the

Great H a l l . M i k e , the U n i o n mascot, was also present.

T h e mot ion was put forward d u r i n g the President's business and the

meeting decided that it should be heard immediately . It was proposed

by P h i l i p N a t h a n and after he had received several extensions, M r

N i c k M o r t o n opposed the motion. M r M o r t o n then moved to the

centre of the hal l and nearly brought the hal l down w i t h a rousing

speech. T h e motion of no confidence was heavily defeated.

O t h e r reports were accepted without compl icat ion . M r R o n a n

M c D o n a l d , R a g C h a i r m a n , explained that there wou ld be a R a g stunt

t o d a y w h i l e H a n d b o o k E d i t o r M r P e t e r R o d g e r s a s k e d f or

contributions before F r i d a y , A p r i l 30.

T h e hustings themselves were uneventful w i t h a long series of

important , yet uninteresting and repetitive questions being asked to a l l

ten candidates.

T h e q u o r u m was successfully c h a l l e n g e d at 3 :15pm after a n

argument between President and Deputy President about whether the

meeting should be adjourned or was inquorate.

T h i s meant that a motion on South A f r i ca was not put and no one

had the opportunity to put the case for abstaining in the sabbatical

elections.

Bolt snapped! The new system of electronic bolts recently installed in the

basement of the Southside Halls of Residence was vandalised

on Wednesday evening, only half an hour after being used for

the first time.

Fhe bolts are part of an improved security system which is intended

to isolate the bar area and prevent unauthorised entry to Southside.

Access to the bar w i l l in future be from the side door directly above it

only. Th is means that the main .Southside doors wi l l be kept shut and

only residents should be able to gain access to the H a l l s through the

entrance by the lifts.

T h e e l e c t r o n i c bo l ts were shut l o r the first t i m e at 7 : 0 0 p m

W e d n e s d a y , but somebody ga ined access to the R e a l A l e B a r ,

presumably v ia a back entrance which then slammed shut. F i n d i n g

tliemsell(ves) locked in , a handle was torn from one door and another

door charged (with considerable force) unt i l the bolt housing snapped.

Rep lac ing the bolt wi l l be very expensive and anyone who can offer

information on the incident should contact the College Security Officer

or the U n i o n President.

N o . 6 0 8 F r i d a y M a r c h 5,1982 F r e e !

Dear Sir

In F E L I X 606 you printed

a one page advert for Barclays

B a n k . S u r e l y it is w r o n g ,

especially for a U n i o n p u b l i ­

cation, to publicise or take

m o n e y f r o m a c o m p a n y

which is so closely l inked to

the South Afr i can apartheid

system.

B a r c l a y s benefits g r e a t l y

from its South Afr i can links,

and forms a significant part oi

t h a t c o u n t r i e s e c o n o m y .

Barclays is the largest bank in

South Afr i ca , with over 1,000

branches in South Afr i ca and

N a m i b i a . T h e South Afr i can

subsidiary, Barclays Nat i ona l ,

is 60% owned by Barclays in

Br i ta in , and has over _£500m

invested in government bonds

a n d p u b l i c s e c u r i t i e s — a

direct investment in the state,

supporting and profit ing from

this evil regime.

Amongst Barclays contr i ­

butions to the country's war

effort the most blatant was its

purchase of £6.6m of "de ­

fence" bombs, helping finance

the armed forces.

Barclays also contravenes

U N rulings by operating in

N a m i b i a (illegally occupied

by South Africa) .

T h e South A f r i can regime

depends heavily on foreign

investment, both to oppress

a n d e x p l o i t the 80% n o n -

white section of its population,

and to finance its frequent

i n v a s i o n s o f n e i g h b o u r i n g

countries. In 1980, Barclays

partic ipated in a $250m loan

to South Afr i ca .

Barclays has already lost

several mi l l i on pounds worth

of accounts as a result of the

campaign to boycott Barclays.

There are two reasons for not

banking with Barclays. T h e

first is on pr inc ip le—I cer­

tainly wouldn't want any of

my money to be lent to .South

Afr ica . T h e second is to put

economic pressure on Barclays

to end its links with racism

and oppression. I hope any

actual or potential holders of

Barclays accounts wi l l bear

this in mind .

G l v n Garside

E E 2

Dear Sir

Have we got our priorities

w r o n g ? T h e S u p p l i e s to

Po land scheme, while good in

theory, seems pointless when

al l the factors are considered.

1. If the Poles were starving

the rest of the socialist states

would surely help them out,

rather than running the risk

o f r e v o l u t i o n i n P o l a n d

against the communist system.

T h e S o v i e t s m u s t be i n

hysterics over the way we are

giving away food to prop up a

decaying regime. If we want

to help them, why not give

them the means to grasp their

freedom? A n airlift of a rma­

ments to Gdansk for example.

2. W h a t about Afghanis­

tan? Have we forgotten about

the Russian invasion and the

thousands of dead Afghans?

Back in 1979 we made a lot of

noise a b o u t sanc t i ons a n d

very nearly missed the great

propaganda victory made by

Coe and Ovett at the 1980

Olympics (the most polit ical ly

o r i e n t a t e d s ince 1936). A t

least helicopter gunships and

napalm are not being used in

Poland. T h e average Pole is

h a v i n g it easy . T h e most

helpful th ing we could do for

the A f g h a n s w o u l d be to

supply them with ground-to-

air missiles. This would also

relieve the pressure on Poland,

because the Sov ie ts w o u l d -

have to use m o r e of t h e i r

infantry in Afghanistan, once

their helicopters became less

effective.

These proposals may seem

extreme, but often the justi f i ­

cation of the overthrow of a

regime by arms is only ac­

cepted afterwards when al l

the facts are known. Was it

wrong to overthrow PolPot ,

Id i A m i n and Hit ler?

Tours sincerely

' The C a p e d Crusaders '

(Names supplied.)

.S'tV

T h e y ' r e at it a g a i n i n

Canada !

Baby seals are being kil led

for their pelts.

Sometimes they are skinned

while still conscious to save

the time and effort of k i l l ing

them first. C a n you imagine

t h e a g o n y t h e y m u s t go

through?

Between M a r c h 8 and 12

the European Parliament is

voting on whether to ban the

import of a l l skins and pro­

ducts derived from cruelty.

Please write to your E u r o

M P asking h im to vote in

favour of the ban.

T h e E u r o M P f o r o u r

u n i v e r s i t y i s : S i r D a v i d

Nicholson (Euro M P London

Central ) , 15 H i l l St., W 1 X

7 F B .

Every letter helps stop the

slaughter.

A d r i a n Delemore

Dept of Mathematics

Dear Mark

I was indeed puzzled by-the

l e t t e r f r o m " P u z z l e d o f

F a l m o u t h / K e o g h " . I read in

my N M E this week that E l t o n

J o h n has rearranged for the

coming autumn a L o n d o n

c o n c e r t he was f o r c e d to

cancel last spring. W h e n one

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

(just one of the bands featured

at L i n k s C a r n i v a l ) h a v e

played six L o n d o n gigs in the

last three months, one can

only assume that if the writer

finds such music " u n f a m i l i a r "

it is because he is a l a z y

mindless cretin, too idle to get

off his fat arse and go and see

some of the excellent bands

currently gigging in L o n d o n .

Tours

"Annoyed"

Weeks Hall

Dear Mark

Last year, Barney M c C a b e

was the person in R C S in

charge of mascotry (see the

article in the last Broadsheet by

P a u l Johnson). Th is year, as a

sabbatical officer of I C U , he is

supposed to treat a l l sections

of College equally.

Yet , only the other week,

he was displayed on the front

c o v e r o f F E L I X ( w i t h

M a r c o L e d w o l d , a n o t h e r

I C U s a b b a t i c a l ) h o l d i n g

Spanner and Bolt. Last week,

he was responsible for leaving

Reggie (the K i n g ' s College

m a s c o t ) i n t h e G r a f f i t t i

s t o r e r o o m , w h e n c e G u i l d s

l a t e r ' l i b e r a t e d ' i t . T h e s e

mascots were stolen by R C S ,

not I C U , and should be of no

concern to h i m , leastways not

in public and certainly not on

the cover of F E L I X . T h e

'Reggie incident' also shows a

blatant abuse of position, in

that he alone has the master

keys to a l l the U n i o n rooms

and as such has access to them

al l .

Come on M c C a b e , play the

w h i t e m a n . G e t on w i t h

looking after the interests of

I C U (a job you were elected

to) and not the mascots of

R C S (a job you do very badly

i f last F r i d a y ' s debac l e is

anything to go by).

A l u n Griffiths

C h e m E n g 3

•L inn Sondek LP12 with Bas ik arm and cartr idge, £250ono; N A D 3020 a m p l i f i e r , o f f e r s ? B o t h v g c . C a n demonstrate. Con tac t G . J . Smi th , C iv E n g 2.

•Minolta SRT101& case & 50mm F1.7 & Tamron 28mm F2.8 & 2X adaptor & some extras + £99. R ing 341-4010. • Cheap V o l k s w a g e n ! £275, K - r e g , 1600 fastback. C l e a n , so l id , rel iable car, long tax & M o T . Con tac t Kei th Kershaw, M e c h E n g 3, tel 373-8399 (Flat 4).

• 8 3 / 4 " telescope, reflector, e lectr ic drive, etc., £250. For detai ls see P. B e n h a m , Maths 1.

•For sale: 6 pairs of s l ight ly used k n i t t i n g n e e d l e s . C o n t a c t G u i l d s Of f ice.

•Substantial reward for informat ion leading to return of b i ke—Car l ton Spr int , l ight blue, 14 gear, tubular whee ls—sto len Wed , Feb 24, f rom under E lec Eng . Con tac t T. La rcombe , E E 1 .

• O K keep the scarf. I hope it chokes you . Thanks for c o m i n g to Wel fare Day.

•Available now 3 rooms in flat in Hammersmi th , 2 s ing les , 1 doub le , £17.65pp pw. Con tac t 'Er ic ' Jarv is , 589-5111 ext 2146 or Franky Wi l l iams, M ic rob io logy 2.

•Gir l needed to share a doub le room in 81 L e x h a m G a r d e n s from M a y 4 to the end of term. For detai ls contact F. J u d s o n , Li fe S c i p igeonho les . •Sk i Club There wil l be H i l l i ngdon tr ips on the fo l lowing dates: Tues M a r c h 9; Tues Ma rch 16; Tues M a r c h 23. Meet 7:30pm at the s lope. • H . G . Wells Society A G M Monday , M a r c h 22.

• T h e Underground Elger'—a breath-s topp ing f i lm of the attempt on the wor ld underwater dive length record, M ines 303, Thurs Ma rch 11, 12:30pm. • B U N A C : W a n t to w o r k in N o r t h A m e r i c a this summer? T h e n c o m e to the G r e e n C o m m i t t e e R o o m , th i s Fr iday, 12:30pm.

•Badgesoc make badges! Tas te no o b j e c t e . g . " I n c e s t is R e l a t i v e " ; " O r g a s m — F a c t or F r ic t ion?" , " N e c r o ­phi l ia is Dead B o r i n g " . Con tac t C h r i s Tay lor , c /o M e c h E n g let ter-racks. •Thank you to those kind sou ls w h o dec ided to move the Min i Estate, by Sou ths ide on S u n d a y night, I really love having to spend £50 to get it f ixed. Thanks .

•If anyone is interested in ac t i ng / c rewing at the Ed inbu rgh Fr inge in Augus t /Sep tember . We are hop ing to take a coup le of p roduct ions . Con tac t M i k e P i c k u p o r C h r i s B a r t o n c / o D ramsoc , IC Un ion . •Wanted: person or persons unknown to help with make -up /wa rd robe /p rops for 2 short p lays to be p roduced for t h e C N D b e n e f i t d o o n A p r i l 3 0 . Con tac t " E r i c " Jarv is , c /o D r a m s o c or 589-5111 ext 1054.

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Supplies to Poland

Further details In the last week encouraging impetus has been gained by the 'Supplies to

Poland' group's project which involves the transport and distribution in

Poland, of 200 tonnes (ten lorries worth!) of food, clothing and medical

supplies which should ease the hardship of at least some of those that are

suffering as a result of the shortages caused by the recent crisis. In

particular, special baby foods and the supplies in many hospitals are

dangerously low. The crew comprising of about fifteen Imperial College

students is now virtually complete and will be meeting with any other

helpers every Tuesday and Friday at 12:45pm in the Union Upper Dining

Hall .

The preferred plan for the project was originally conceived outside the

College and is both ambitious and highly original. N o w the challenge is

being met by a group made up solely of Imperial College students and

staff run by Malco lm C l a r k e , an electrical engineering postgraduate.

Hoping to go this coming vacation, it is planned to ship the supplies on the

Elbe from H a m b u r g to Prague on a single 200t barge whose owner can

hopefully be persuaded to come and pick up the cargo in London.

Normally barges travel empty in this direction and should therefore be

available quite cheaply. In Prague where we have contacts in the

Technical University the supplies will be divided into ten C z e c h lorries.

Each lorry will be accompanied by some Imperial College students to the

destinations for the supplies designated by the C h u r c h and the State in

Poland. A t present such supplies are being distributed through either

C h u r c h or State networks, but in this way we hope in some way to keep a

check on whether the supplies arriving from the West are actually

reaching those who really require the assistance. If successful such a

venture will not only help the Polish people but also allay doubts in Britain

about the final outcome of such donations once in Polish hands and

hence possibly encourage more aid in the future.

W e are working on the project with an established charity, the

Ockenden Venture , which will be organising the collection of the supplies

in Britain. However we still need funds and donations of supplies and

therefore we apnea! to anybody who has contacts with a firm or knows of

a firm who may be interested in our scheme to contact Malco lm Clarke

through the Union Office letter-racks. Y o u could even contact them on

our behalf. Similarly any helpful comments and ideas and any alternatives

to the scheme will be gratefully appreciated.

Loughborough race home H y d e Park suffered an invasion on Saturday afternoon as 700 runners

sought to complete their laps in Imper ia l College's 34th a n n u a l H y d e

Park Re lay . Sebastian Coe's failure to appear disappointed some, but

the event was still graced by a number of internat ional stars a n d teams

from as far away as Sweden. Coe's absence d i d not stop L o u g h b o r o u g h

Univers i ty reta in ing the title, whi le the Ladies ' Race attracted a record

number of entries.

At the pr ize -g iv ing , D r T o n y Watts recounted how the event had

been started w i t h 9 teams in 1949. T h e event was sponsored by

N a t i o n a l Westminster Bank who have now sponsored it for a n u m b e r

of years. Results on page 13.

The start of the men's race.

Priest at IC

Last week, C h r i s Priest, probably

the best Br i t ish science f iction

w r i t e r a l i v e , c a m e to t a l k to

I C S F S . H i s wife, L i s a Tut t l e , an

A m e r i c a n S F w r i t e r w h o s e

col laboration Wmdhuven is now

a v a i l a b l e t h r o u g h N E L , a lso

came.

Ch r i s talked about what a n d

why Science F i c t i o n is, postu­

l a t i n g t h a t we a r e t h e f i r s t

century to consider long-term

change, and that thus SF" was a

product of our society.

Disarmament

'Teach In'

170 W H E N I T H A I ' P f c N ' S

The Ministry of Disinformation: various positions adopted by

British government on the issue of nuclear war.

The Protest against the present phase of the

nuclear arms escalation has made such an

impact over the last few years that few people

can have remained totally agnostic on these

matters. In the near future the controversy can

on ly in tens i fy as T r i d e n t b e c o m e s m o r e

expensive and as the government attempts to

site Cruise missiles here. Unfortunately, all this

has not u s u a l l y b e e n a c c o m p a n i e d by a n

increase in knowledge and understanding of

the underlying issues. M P s are themselves

ignorant, as was demonstrated by the low

level of debate during the first parliamentary

discussion of Nuclear Arms policy for 15 years

in M a r c h 1980.

^ T h i s S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 6, t h e r e is a n

opportunity for people to discuss and learn

more about the vitally important issues. In

cooperation with a local C N D and W o r l d

D i s a r m a m e n t C a m p a i g n ( W D C ) g r o u p ,

I C C N D has organised an all-day 'Teach In'. In

the m o r n i n g there wi l l be four t a l k s by

distinguished speakers. Then , in the afternoon

participants choose one of six workshops

where they will discuss and analyse one area in

depth. The role play workshop would allow

you to relive and analyse those arguments that

you wish you had fared better in.

For the last hour everyone meets together

again for a talk about what has been resolved

and what this means for the future.

Things are moving fast. The Women ' s Peace

C a m p s outside the proposed Cru i se missile

bases need support and publicity. T h e U N

Second Session on Disarmament in Ju ne is

becoming an important focus of attention as

we discover that Reagan and Thatcher do not

intend to participate. There is a lot to be done

and choices will have to be made. W e hope

that the T e a c h - i n t o m o r r o w w i l l p r e p a r e

people to make them wisely.

ICCND

N U C L E A R D I S A R M A M E N T '

T E A C H - I N '

'Teach In' Saturday March 6, Hux ley R m 213 10:00am-5:00pm

Morning Session 10:15-12:30

L o r d (Philip) Noe l -Baker — 'Demobil isation '

Eirwen Harbottle — 'Psychology and Disarmament '

G e r r y M c G l y n n — 'Chr is t ian Perspectives '

Duncan Rees — 'The G r o w t h of the Movement —The Russian Threat '

Afternoon Session 2:00-4:00pm

Workshops : an opportunity to discuss in greater depth some of the

issues involved in Nuclear Disarmament and Disarmament

1) Strategy

2) Nuclear arms proliferation and Nuclear power

3) Alternatives

4) Government secrecy in the media

5) The Th i rd W o r l d and the A r m s Race

6) Role plays

4:00-5:00pm Summing U p

Entrance £2 waged; £1 unwaged (inc students)

FELIX, March 5, 1982 Page 3

The truth about my other life

by Barney McCabe

H o w much more of this bullshit must we be

subjected to? Nobody , least of all an election

candidate, has yet hit upon what doing a

sabbatical U n i o n job is about. It's not about

boycotting this, opposing that, striking here or

occupying there. It's not about making U G M s

interesting, or getting people involved in and to

respect "their U n i o n " . A l l of these ideas are

what a large group of egotistical ignorami

imagine are the key functions of a "sabbatical" .

They are wrong.

The most important qualify needed in a

sabbatical is a commitment to helping other

people; whether it be directing them to the

nearest MacDona lds or opening the G y m

c h a n g i n g r o o m s , t h e r e m u s t be t h a t

commitment to helping. 90% of the job I do is

geared to helping students get on with their

business.

The organisation of which I am part and

which exists generally to serve students has

two distinct functions. The first is to provide

administrative back-up for well over 100 active

clubs and societies; rooms and equipment for

s t u d e n t s ' use a n d a s t a b l e o r g a n i s a t i o n

distributing public money fairly among those

s o c i e t i e s . T h e s e c o n d f u n c t i o n of t h i s

organisation is to ensure that all the other

serv ices (provided mostly by College) for

students—from "an education" to refectories,

residence to welfare—are provided as high

a standard as possible. For the Union to

perform this second function there exists a

complete network of accountable (i.e. elected)

representatives or observers on all the College

decision and policy making committees (apart,

that is, from the Rector 's Policy Committee

and the Examining Boards!) . The representa­

tives play an extremely valuable role in putting

the students' case where it is relevant. In this

way, the U n i o n plays a constructive part in the

running of the College; a part which is fully

i n t e g r a t e d w i t h the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of the

College and which is respected by those who

ultimately govern it.

B y far the greatest demand on a sabbatical's

time (especially the D P s and H o n Sees) comes

from the first of the two functions outlined

above. The wrath of the few hundred people

per day who visit the U n i o n Office would soon

be d o w n o n a s a b b a t i c a l w h o , t h r o u g h

campaigning in other directions, allowed his

attentions to sway from the needs of the

societies. Fine he/she would make U G M s

popular; fine he/she would make more news

for F E L I X ; fine he/she would achieve great

political popularity; but at what expense? It

would be quite wrong to damage the clubs and

societies merely in order to conform to the

misconceptions of a misguided few, after all

how does one judge the success of a nation? Is

it by the size and strength of its army, or, is it

by the quality of life of its people?

" B u t what about U G M s ? " I hear you ask. A s

far as I am concerned a U G M is where I go for

a little self-indulgent fun. it is a forum for

debate which leads to policy; it is a rubber-

stamp body but that is not all. N o ! It's a great

o p p o r t u n i t y for egot i s ts to fur ther the i r

i n t e r e s t s . T h e h a c k s a n d w o u l d - b e h a c k s

among you will probably be crying out in

d i s g u s t at m y l a c k of c o n c e r n for o u r

democratic body. A U G M is not democratic, it

has nothing to do with democracy, it merely

serves to give the appearance to College of

enormous student power when it mandates

one of us to pursue a particular policy. That 's

about the only reason why we bother with

them at all.

In summary, I have enjoyed most of the

publicity I've personally had at IC , soT'm sure,

have other U n i o n Officers. M u c h of it has been

untrue, but it's all been fun. I wouldn't have let

myself in for all those snotty jobs which are

never individually important or interest ing

enough to mention in F E L I X if it wasn't for the

opportunity of a bit of ego-tripping, nor would

anyone else in their right mind.

M ay I suggest that, should you want to vote,

you vote for proven commitment to helping

others, and vote for technical competance in

every field, from Committee handling through

to duplicator operating to pinball machine

repairing!

Thank-you for reading.

The case against

Apartheid

by Graeme Shaw

1982 has been declared "International Year of

M o b i l i s a t i o n of S a n c t i o n s A g a i n s t S o u t h

A f r i c a " by the Uni ted Nations. The issue about

sanctions is an o ld one. It was first introduced

in about 1957. However , the reason why it has

had little effect is that there has been no

solidarity in the sanctions campaign, there

have always been countries that disobeyed U N

policy, and unfortunately Britain is the worst

culprit. A t the last U N Assembly , fourteen

resolutions were passed on apartheid; only

two countries did not vote for them, one was

the U S A and the other, Britain.

The need for sanctions against S Afr i ca has

come about because of the "stubborn efforts

of the regime to perpetuate racist domination

by an ever increasing dependence on violence

a n d r e p r e s s i o n a n d to c o n t i n u e its i l legal

occupation of Namibia , in defiance of repeated

appeals by the international community and

flagrant contravention of the United Nations

Charter , the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights and the Declaration on Grant ing of

I n d e p e n d e n c e to C o l o n i a l C o u n t r i e s a n d

P e o p l e s " th i s has " c r e a t e d an e x p l o s i v e

situation in Southern Afr ica and constitutes no

longer a threat to, but a manifest breach of

international peace and secur i ty j '

But why hasn't the U N Security Counc i l

taken any action? Simple, because Britain and

the U S A are p e r m a n e n t m e m b e r s of the

C o u n c i l .

The call for sanctions is total and complete,

it includes an effective oil embargo, a cessation

of c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h S o u t h A f r i c a in the

military and nuclear fields, and of investments

in and loans to South Afr ica , it also calls for the

denial of certain supplies, such as electronic

and communications equipment, machinery

and chemicals, as well as technology.

Y o u m a y a r g u e t h a t by i m p l e m e n t i n g

sanctions Britain would be doing more harm to

the b l a c k o p p r e s s e d peop le in S o u t h e r n

Afr ica . The U N recognizes this, but the people

in South Afr ica and the frontline states have

already laid their heads on the line by making

the plea for sanctions, have we the right to say

they are wrong? Sti l l , the U N affirms that the

cost of sanctions is very small compared to the

c o s t of the e x i s t i n g h u m a n su f fer ing a n d

degradation in South Africa and the threat to

international peace.

Alternatively, you may argue that sanctions

would be detrimental to the British economy,

as we depend upon trade with South Afr ica ,

e s p e c i a l l y f o r s o m e m i n e r a l s , s u c h a s

vanadium and tungsten. However , much of

this dependence is false, unnecessary and

foolish; D r Dav id O w e n , when he was Brit ish

Foreign Secretary stated that "we are in a

position of depending on South Africa far more \

than is healthy if we are to pursue consistent

and viable foreign and economic policies."

People also argue that British companies

would do more good by operating in South

Afr ica than by pulling out, but what is the

evidence to support this? The non-whites still

have poor wages, about a tenth of those for

white workers , few amenities, poor education

and housing and barely any political or civil

rights. Even Barclays, which is better than,

most companies, gives fewer opportunities to

its black employees, and although they pay

wages that are h i g h e r t h a n the n a t i o n a l

average, it is of little use when they are actively

s u p p o r t i n g the g o v e r n m e n t , b ? b u y i n g

Government Defense Bonds for example.

South Afr ica is a "democracy" (for whites)

and not all of them support apartheid as

fervently as the government, so it would take

only a little more international pressure to

make a majority of the whites realise that the

time had come to dismantle the apartheid

regime. It wouldn't take long if sanctions were

applied, and Britain could manage without

trading with South Afr ica , for a short while at

least, whether by stockpiling beforehand or else

u s i n g a l t e r n a t i v e s u p p l i e r s . E v e n p a r t i a l

sanctions would have an effect, or cutting off

diplomatic relations—but something must be

done.

Imperial College too is l inked to South Africa.

In 1965 Sir Wi l l i am Penney , C h a i r m a n of

U K A E A and Rector of IC, visited South Africa

"when the Pelindaba reactor went 'cr it ical ' " . In

1979 there was an advert in the Johannesburg

Sunday Times inviting students to apply for a

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

engineering at Imperial College. The Royal

Schoo l of Mines has obvious examples of

collaboration with South Africa; there are

about half a dozen students sponsored by

South Afr ican companies, students work out

there during the summer vacation and some

even go out there to live and lecturers often

visit to give seminars or advise. This is all in

contravention of U N policy.

T h e C o l l e g e C a r e e r s A d v i s o r y S e r v i c e

invites such companies as Rio Tinto Zinc,

Chartered Consol idated Services L t d (part of

Anglo American) and others to the College,

f i e s e c o m p a n i e s c o m e to r e c r u i t whi te

students to work in South Afr i ca , to help boost

the economy and sustain the apartheid regime.

It would do no one any harm to end our

hospitality to these companies; the Careers

Advisory Service could still publicise their

vacancies and graduates could simply treck

a c r o s s L o n d o n for the i r i n t e r v i e w s . T h u s

nobody's freedom would be impeded and we

could show our disapproval of the South

Afr ican government.

So what else can we do? Stop banking with

Barclays is one answer, it is still the biggest

bank in South Africa and supports the Pretoria

regime, far more so than any other high street

b a n k . S e c o n d l y , d o n ' t buy S o u t h A f r i c a n

products and thirdy, go on the National M a r c h

on M a r c h 14. Help end racisim in the world

and help the coloured majority in South Africa

by supporting the U N ' s year for sanctions.

Page 4 FELIX, March 5, 1982

Founded in 1949 The Newspaper of Imperial College Union

Want a sweetie,

little girl?

ELECTION SPECIAL

President: STEVE GOULDER proposed by Pallab Ghosh

The Candidate

Stephen Goulder is a third year undergraduate

in the Biochemistry department. While at

Imperial Co l l ege has taken an active and

constructive role in the Union . A s Social C l u b s

Committee Cha i rman he has encouraged a

s u b s t a n t i a l i n c r e a s e in c lub a c t i v i t y . T h i s

affects a wide range of students, not just

hacks. Steve also spent eight months last year

coordinating the R C S Centenary celebrations.

Steve has proved himself to be an able

candidate for President. H e has the experience

and ability to bring about improvements for

students next year.

Pallab Ghosh

The Policies

Refectories

Little has been done to improve the quality of

food available in College. T o achieve anything

we must demonstrate widespread popular

support for our policies. I intend to do this by

organising a refectory boycott for the first

week of N o v e m b e r . A s P r e s i d e n t I a lso

propose to bring the Union Refectory under

U n i o n control as a profit making concern.

Residence

It is clear that any new student accommodation

must be in the form of Head Tenancies or

short life housing schemes. However , some

conditions in Hamlet and Cambridge Gardens

are appalling. I do not expect students to live in

such conditions, the Un ion will support any

action taken to improve this situation.

External Affairs

W e must have an active voice in the current

reorganisation of London University instigated

by S w i n n e r t o n - D y e r . B e c a u s e of i ts h i g h

proportion of overseas students it is important

t h a t I t a k e a s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t i n t h e i r

increasingly difficult situation.

Academic Affairs

It will be essential for me to take an active role

in Academic Affairs next session when the first

part of the Rector's 20% cut in all departments

is being made. W e must fight any cut in

student numbers and in the quality of learning

at this College.

Stephen Goulder

President: ANDREW LYALL proposed by David Jago

It is a l m o s t u n i v e r s a l l y a c c e p t e d a m o n g

Imperial College students that in recent years

their Un ion has become completely out of

touch with the student body. The small group

of students who traditionally surround the

Executive are not typical of the IC student and

s e r v e on ly to i so la te t h e m f r o m s tudent

o p i n i o n . T h e best way to o v e r c o m e this

problem would be for the President to hold a

regular surgery on , say Monday lunchtime

during which any student, not merely officers

and 'hacks ' will be able to talk with the Union

President about anything that might concern

him/her , be it academic, personal or political.

This , you may think is very simple — it is, but I

m u s t e m p h a s i z e , u n l i k e the g r a n d a n d

exhorb i tant c la ims pres ident ia l candidates

normally make its simplicity means that it will

become a reality.

In my view implementation of such simple

ideas wi l l b r i n g a b o u t the m u c h n e e d e d ,

i n c r e a s e d c o m m u n i c a t i o n w h i c h wi l l itself

bring great rewards in other directions: for a

united student body lead by an informed and

determined President will be hard to resist.

A t first sight, through not having previously

held high office in the U n i o n , it may seem that I

am underqualified for the job of President.

However in my five years at IC (two on my

legs, one in hospital and the last two in a wheel

chair) I have always represented my year

group on the staff/student academic affairs

c o m m i t t e e s , I have t a k e n two degrees in

widely differing subjects , e x p e r i e n c e d two

constituent colleges and their unions and met

a great number of people.

I would like to be the new type of Un ion

President Imperial College desperately needs

in this coming year. T o do it I need your vote.

The choice is yours.

A . Lyall

President: J.MARTIN TAYLOR proposed by Andrew Needham

I decided at the outset of this campaign not to

make unkeepable promises merely to grab

votes. But there's only space for a brief outline

of my intentions, so very quickly.

Grants

I think it's time we stopped burying our head in

the sand. Next year is going to be very difficult

for many students, and we must campaign to

prevent the year after being even worse.

Education Cuts

M a n y of you will have felt their first effects.

Worse is to come. However , we shouldn't just

have blanket opposition to all changes caused

by cuts. W e must play a full part in discussions

s u r r o u n d i n g t h e m , whi l s t m a i n t a i n i n g o u r

opposition.

Refectories

There have been some improvements this

year at the Union 's instigation. W e must keep

on pushing our ideas next year. I won't be

calling for a boycott, because M o o n e y simply

isn't capable of doing his job without our help.

Residence

This year we've accepted mid-session rent

increases without protest. I'm determined to

stop this happening again. Hal l s are very

expensive already and steps must be taken to

hold costs down next year.

In general the President must take time to

gauge opinion, not just rely on the few people

at U G M s . Socialising other than in the U n i o n

Bar is essential.

A l s o , he m u s t s t a n d up for students

i n t e r e s t s , n o t a l w a y s b e n d i n g t o t h e

convenience of the College authorities.

Finally, beware. S o much crap is talked in

these e l e c t i o n s , e v e n by c a n d i d a t e s w h o

should know better. If you want a President

who is experienced (I've been External Affairs

Officer for IV2 years), sees things from a

student (not a College) point of view, and isn't

just out to inflate his own ego or get a cushy

job next year, then give me your vote.

C u t the crap and let's go!

President: ROBERT HOLDING proposed by J.Seymour Cole

The Experience

I C U Externa] Affairs Officer 1978/9*

E d i t o r of S e n n e t (now L o n d o n S t u d e n t )

1979/80*

Cha i rman of the Overseas Students Commit ­

tee 1980/1*

R S M U Newsletter Editor 1979/80

I sat on the Metallurgy dept staff/student

committee for two years

*I am lying about these.

The Bullshit

Basically I am standing for the job of I C U

President because I fancy a year off from my

studies. It must be great to get a grant and a

free room and do bugger all for it. It is obvious

that most of you haven't the nous to work this

out so you might as well vote for me. It is

Y O U R union so Y O U must decide whether

you want one of the self-serving prats who are

standing against me as your President or self-

serving me — at least I'm honest about it and

a m not a prat.

The Policies

I will fight to make sure that my mates are

alright as regards piss-ups, parking permits,

etc. I feel that I would be able to work well with

the other sabbaticals; the people who are

standing are fairly random and so I should be

able to dump all my work on them leaving me

to get on with the real presidents job: getting

pissed, gatecrashing parties and attending

sundry other hoolies.

For a long time we have had Presidents who

have been elected on certain policies and then

done piss all about them. If you look at all the

candidates and all their promises I am sure you

will agree with me that there is only one

choice: A B S T A I N .

Dep. President: PHILIP GREENSTREET proposed by Crispin Dobson

W h y do I think that I would make a good D P ?

W e l l , I feel that I could deal well with all the

aspects of the post. I have a broad experience

of running and sitting on committees, for as

V ice President of R C S I have sat on Finance

Committee , and handled estimates. I have a

g o o d w o r k i n g k n o w l e d g e of the U n i o n

Building, and am well acquainted with the lock

system employed within College.

But there should be more to being D P than

just going through the work. Y o u should be

capable and confident enough to deputise for

the President when the need arises, able to

raise interest in the U n i o n amongst students,

and able to communicate with those around

you.

In their campaigns, various people will tell

you how wonderfully militant they intend to be.

This is a ridiculous attitude to take. I don't

intend to be pushed around by College or the

extremes of student opinion, but if act ion is

needed I will take it.

I i n t e n d to t a k e ' M i k e ' to e v e r y U n i o n

Meeting, and hopefully one or two other items

as well.

Most of al l , I want to know what the average

student wants of the U n i o n , and I shall do my

utmost to find out.

If S imon Shaw's motion to make Deputy

President in charge of IC Ents is passed, thus

m a k i n g E n t s O f f i c e r a s a b b a t i c a l , I a m

confident that I can carry the post.

I may not be the best man for the job, but

I'm the best on offer.

Phil Greenstreet

Deputy President: JOHN WHITE proposed by Alan Edwards

Firstly, if elected I would have to strive for a

good working relationship with those people

around me. especially the President, and H o n

Sec. A n uncoordinated Exec would be of little

use to anyone. Together with this and from my

experiences this year, I have found that one of

the most important, and essential functions of

the Deputy President is to be in the U n i o n

areas for a large amount of time — not only

during the daytime. Thus he would be more

i n f o r m e d a b o u t the U n i o n f i x t u r e s a n d

generally more likely to be able to deal quickly

with any problem which may arise. I propose

to do this, having spent a lot of time in the

U n i o n Building to date.

I also propose to help the executives of each

club and society with the promotion of their

activities, as after all , this is the only contact

most students have with the Union . This will

involve taking a close interest in all the major

subcommittees, and especially the financial

affairs of clubs — through the subcommittees.

The Deputy President is responsible for the

security of the Union areas, and the safety of

those within it. I consider the security of the

Union Building especially, to be poor. A closer

check will have to be kept on the whereabouts

of keys, and possibly restricting the areas in

w h i c h peop le m a y m o v e , e s p e c i a l l y n o n -

students using the U n i o n facilities.

John White

Deputy President: GERARD LIVETT proposed by William Waterson

O v e r t h e p a s t y e a r s , we h a v e s e e n a

succession of sabbatical Un ion Officers who

seem barely capable of doing the job.

Part of the problem as I can see it is that the

candidates who get themselves elected have

become so intwined with the U n i o n heirarchy

that they lose touch with the reality of life on

campus.

It will be my intention as Deputy President

to inject a new and youthful vitality to the

U n i o n .

P e o p l e w i l l a s k me the m o s t o b v i o u s

question: " W h a t experience have you had in

U n i o n affairs so far?"

Dur ing the course of last term, 1 was elected

a member of the Entertainments Committee .

M o s t of my sparetime is now spent helping

with events that the entertainments committee

organise.

W i t h respect to my entertaining committ­

ments students ask me: " W h y doesn't the Ents

C o m m i t t e e stage any b ig concerts?" The

answer to this is quite simple. We (the Ents

Committee) do not receive a large enough

grant from the Union . This is one thing I am

campaigning for, a larger Ents grant. I would

also improve the facilities in the Union, such as

the toilets, the kitchens, etc.

Student welfare is another branch of my

conce(a)rn. It would be my duty to encourage

more students to become aware of what is

available to them. I would also vehemently

oppose any infringement of student liberty and

of their living standards, such as mid-session

rent increases.

For more details see me at the hustings.

Lots of love from,

G e r a r d

Hon."Secretary: NIGEL CRYER proposed by Karl Schmidt

I've known Nigel since I've been at Imperial.

He 's friendly, approachable and well organised

— all the qualities necessary for I C U H o n Sec .

He's well acquainted with the committees and

system of the U n i o n and thus knows a lot

about the job already. A s a consequence, he

realises the responsibilities which you shall

bestow upon him by voting for him as I C U

H o n Sec . H e is the man to do the job and do it

properly. So , for a well organised Union next

year, vote Nigel C r y e r for I C U H o n Sec.

Karl Schmidt

I see the job of H o n Sec in two ways; firstly as

an administrat ive post a n d secondly as a

representative of students. I will take the

administrative responsibilities seriously since,

if the U n i o n does not r u n smoothly, then it

c a n n o t h o p e to e f fec t ive ly r e p r e s e n t the

students on important issues.

I want to see a new role for the Hon Sec — it

has been all too easy for him to remain in the

background but now, with education cuts, we

are being exploited more than ever and the

H o n Sec must come out from the shadows and

actively join in the opposition. Some cuts are

u n a v o i d a b l e but w h e n they are obviously

unreasonable, we must unite to fight them.

In addition to cuts, there are several other

areas which I feel require improvement —

attendance at U G M s needs to be increased to

make them more representative and, with the

possibility of a blind student in M a t h s next

year, the facilities for such cases in College

needs to be investigated.

I have the experience and enthusiasm to do

the job of H o n Sec well so use your vote wisely

and vote for me — by doing so, you are voting

for an influential and well run Union.

Hon. Secretary: MARY FREEMAN proposed by Frank Rowsell

In my three years at Imperial College I have

watched my contemporaries become more

and more remote and isolated from I C U , initial

interest and enthusiasm becoming dampened

down.

I a m campaigning o n Mary ' s behalf because I

a m convinced her election will be a significant,

as well as pleasant, change for the Union . She

is a candidate w h o is amply capable of inspiring

and motivating other people; hard work is no

s t r a n g e r t o h e r a n d s h e is a n e f f e c t i v e

o r g a n i s e r w h o is able to t a c k l e p r o b l e m s

without fuss. M o r e importantly she is a good

listener.

I urge you to give her the chance to show

you this too.

Frank Rowsell

T o be h o n e s t , m y ' h a c k ' c r e d i b i l i t y is

absolutely zero. I have not sat on any of the

f o l l o w i n g c o m m i t t e e s : C o u n c i l , E x t e r n a l

A f f a i r s , E n t s , T U C , C B I , N a t i o n a l F r o n t

Overseas committee. So , if you have never

been on any of these either I am the obvious

candidate for you.

However , I am a serious candidate for this

post, and as H o n Sec my priorities would be

—to carry out all the administrative duties an

H o n Sec is required to do.

—to function as an active member of the Exec

in the political field.

—to thoroughly organise all the paperwork

and minimize the humph (wherever possible).

—to investigate methods of improving the

refectories' service (e.g. requesting that large

displays, giving the opening times and a price

list, be set up; investigating the reasons for the

extortionate food prices).

1 regard a sabbatical post as a full-time job,

and not a 'year off, but I realise that it is not a

straight 9 till 5 job, which means that I am

p r e p a r e d to devo te as m u c h t ime as is

necessary to do the H o n See's job — and to do

it well.

Hon. Secretary: ROBYN MORGAN proposed by Ray Goundry

The job of Honorary Secretary has two sides:

administrative duties and, to quote from the

job description " . . . .a political function as a

member of the Executive committee". The

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e dut i e s range f r o m t a k i n g ,

reproducing and circulating minutes of the

numerous committees on which he sits to

allocating parking permits and being Returning

Officer for U n i o n elections. However , it is the

political function as a member of the Executive

that makes the Honorary Secretary more than

just a nine-to-five administrator. Whilst it is the

President's job to actually represent the views

of students to College, to other students and

to other external bodies , determining the

v i e w s a n d s u g g e s t i n g s o l u t i o n s to a n y

problems must be initiated by all members of

the e x e c u t i v e , i n c l u d i n g the H o n o r a r y

Secretary.

I believe that I have the enthusiasm to

perform the administrative duties required and

The Guff

By now you will no doubt have gathered that

on Monday and Tuesday (March 8 and 9) next

year's sabbatical officers will be elected. Only

Mart in S. Taylor has stood for F E L I X Editor

(so there will be elections for the posts of

President, Deputy President and Honorary

Secretary). His statement of intent will appear

in next week's issue.

H o p e f u l l y y o u w i l l have w i t n e s s e d the

candidates' antics at yesterday's U G M , and

will have seen the bumpf they have produced.

In this special F E L I X supplement you can read

the i r i n d i v i d u a l m a n i f e s t o s , al l p o s i t i v e l y

bulging with wonderful promises and extensive

qualifications.

Before giving some advice on how to choose

a candidate, I will explain the voting system

used.

STV Firstly to vote at all you will need a valid IC

Unioncard . B y showing this you can collect a

ballot paper at any of the ballot boxes, which

w i l l be s i t u a t e d in al l d e p a r t m e n t s f r o m

9:00am to 5:00pm on Monday and Tuesday. T h e c a r d wi l l be p u n c h e d to

the desire to take a full part in the initiation and

execution of ideas as part of the Executive. I

will not be afraid to propose radical changes in

the U n i o n if this is needed but only if it is likely

that such a course of action will serve the

interests of students and has the support of

students. I also believe that experience of the

workings of the U n i o n is, at least, desirable

and, through being a member last year and

chairman this year of the Permanent W o r k i n g

Party and thus having a seat on C o u n c i l , I have

the knowledge to perform my duties efficiently.

T o conclude, I ask you first to use your vote.

This does not of itself guarantee a U n i o n that

reflects its members ' views but it is a step in

the right direction. Secondly, I ask you to vote

for me, for an Honorary Secretary who does

more than his job is worth.

Robyn Morgan

indicate that you have voted. Y o u must cast

your vote immediately and not take ballot

papers away.

T h e v o t i n g s y s t e m u s e d is the Single

Transferable Vote (STV), by which you

express your preference by putting numbers

1, 2, 3 etc. by the candidates' names on the

ballot paper. However , if you only have one

preference put a 1 by that candidates name

and leave the other spaces blank.

The purpose of this system is that if there

are three or more candidates for a post, your

vote is not " lost" if your first choice candidate

is not elected, but can help your second choice

win over a third or fourth candidate.

T o vote against a candidate, leave the space

blank rather than putting a 2 or 3 against the

name.

If you are unable to decide between the

candidates for a post or know nothing about

any of them, then I urge you to abstain by

writing A B S T E N T I O N across the boxes for

that post.

F o r a v a l i d e l e c t i o n 2 5 % of the U n i o n

membership must register a vote. Abstentions

count as votes cast but spoilt papers (i.e.

defaced, blank or with crosses) are not.

The election for a post will be re-run if

s o m e o n e r e g i s t e r s a v a l i d c o m p l a i n t o n

procedure with the Elections Committee , if

less than 25% of the membership vote, or if all

fail to pass quota due to abstentions.

Advice It is important that we elect four sabbaticals

who will perform their duties well. After all,

these people influence the activity of the U n i o n

to such an extent, that you should make an

effort to ensure an informed decision.

Firstly, by reading election handouts and

posters you will be able to find out who is

standing and why.

Hustings are usually a surprisingly good way

of d e c i d i n g — y o u ' d be a m a z e d at how

people's real qualities are revealed during

s p e e c h e s a n d e s p e c i a l l y q u e s t i o n s . If y o u

didn't attend yesterday's U G M then ask a

friend how the candidates fared. But a word of

warning: N E V E R be influenced too m u c h by a

p r o p o s e r . Y o u must r e m e m b e r that the

proposer will not be doing the job and will

normally have been chosen to say the few

things that a candidate's modesty may prevent

him from revealing personally.

A s for the various promises made in the

m a n i f e s t o s (and e l s e w h e r e ) , y o u m u s t be

c r i t i c a l ; d e c i d e what y o u t h i n k that the

sabbatical should do and then find the best

candidate.

Some people warp the truth or lie outright,

but you must try to choose people who intend

to do something and not just keep the Union

ticking over.

Y o u should not be influenced by sex, race or

other asides but choose the best person who

has the ability to perform the duties required.

A l s o do not pay too much attention to strings

of qualifications, but concentrate on why one

person's ideas might be better than another.

Of course you can always abstain if you

think all the candidates are poor. I intend to do

this in the Honorary Secretary election for

instance , because none of the candidates

could possibly convince me that they are

suitable. I will abstain in the hope that the H o n

Sec election will be re-run and somebody who I

c o n s i d e r is s u i t e d for the post w i l l s t a n d

(perhaps a defeated candidate from one of the

other elections?).

S o r e m e m b e r to vote o n M o n d a y a n d

Tuesday, even if you know nothing about the

candidates and merely wish to abstain. Every

vote cast is important in that it gives a measure

of popularity, interest and satisfaction with the

candidates and Union .

o O O f v r l l

Voting

Monday, March 8

Tuesday, March 9

Results UGM

1:00pm March 11

Great Hall

L i

Socialist Soc SF Soc Bookshop News

Grants Cut Action Week Don't forget the march today from

the University of L o n d o n Union to

Hyde Park.

Fares Fair O n Sunday, M a r c h 21, the cost of

travelling on L o n d o n Transport

will double because of the House

of Lords ruling the G L C 'Fares

Fair ' subsidy illegal. L o n d o n will

then have the most expensive

urban transport system in the

world.

Most rational people can see

the necessity of subsidising public

transport Even under the Fares

Fair scheme the public subsidy

that London Transport received

was lower than in many other

European and Amer i can cities.

The only solution is to persuade

the government to change the law.

T h a t ' s w h e r e y o u m a k e y o u r

views known as someone who

lives or works in L o n d o n . Wri te

now to your M P urging him/her to

s u p p o r t the e x i s t i n g low fares

policy. Secondly, join the lobby of

M P s o n T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 11

(meet at Central Hal l , Westmin­

ster between 2:00 and 9:00pm)

and support the march on Satur­

day, M a r c h 13, starting at C o u n t y

H a l l , S E 1 , at 2:30pm.

At last — a Rag Stunt!

This weekend is the annual 1982

R a g R a c e , so get y o u r t e a m

together quick!

Teams of about 3 or 4 leave

College between 3:00 and 7:00pm

T O D A Y to travel to an area of the

country. Here they visit univer­

sities, solve clues, sell magazines

O n Tuesday of next week the SF

Soc will show the film that this

bulletin reported as being shown

last week. This is not my fault, I

only obey orders. It is due to

e x c e s s i v e t h i o n i t e i n t a k e c o m ­

bined with a recent reading of

Slaughterhouse 5 on the part of

the secretary. A l l those of you

who keep back copies of F E L I X

can read my comments of last

week for information on The Big

Bus.

Scout & Guide

N e x t T h u r s d a y ( M a r c h 11) at

12:30pm we are showing a film

entitled " T h e Underground Eiger"

in Mines 303 in conjunction with

Cav ing C l u b . This film was first

shown on I T V in 1976 and is about

a world record breaking attempt

on the longest underwater dive in

K e l d H e a d cave, Yorksh i re . This

is a superb film and gives a very

g o o d i n s i g h t i n t o one of the

world's most dangerous sports.

Not to be missed.

There are also still places left for

the Scotland trip at Easter (March

27 to A p r i l 3). For further informa­

tion contact A . Griffiths, C h e m

Eng 3.

and have fun.

P r i z e s a r c g iven for o r i g i n a l

forms of transport and mascots,

clues solved and money raised for

Rag charities.

So get your team together and

s i g n o n in the U n i o n L o w e r

Lounge between 3:00 and 7:00pm

today.

Anti-apartheid

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

submitted for a Union Genera l

M e e t i n g ca l l ing for an e n d to

I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e c o n t a c t s w i t h

South Afr ica and on Tuesday,

M a r c h 9, the Liberal Peer, L o r d

Beaumont and C o s m a s Desmond ,

a f o r m e r p o l i t i c a l p r i s o n e r i n

South Afr ica will be addressing a

meeting on "Aparthe id and the

need for Sanctions" . This will be a

g o o d o p p o r t u n i t y to hear first

hand about South Africa.

Ents

In Ents we like to play a game. It's

called 'S imon Says' . Basically it

goes like this: If S imon says do

something we immediately jump

to and do it! A n d of course if

Simon says don't do it we are

m o r e t h a n h a p p y to o b l i g e —

"Shaw thing boss!"

Well apart from that we are

honoured to present an 'Alter­

native Entertainments Evening '

with topical comedy revue 'The

Ch ip Shop Show' , four hours of

rock promotional videos and a live

band. Throw in a swinging 'alter­

native' disco, cartoons and the

usual liquid refreshments gives

you a fun filled evening. You ' re not

doing anything else tonight so

bring a pound note and enjoy!

Next week's film is none other

than The China Syndrome. Usua l

place, time and price—be there!

Don't forget the Rugby Sevens on

M a r c h 14.

The Mines / IF Disco is on M a r c h

11. Tickets £1 from R S M U and

social reps.

Election papers are up, so start

thinking about next year's officers.

Gaynor

Y o u voted for them, don't say P h i l

didn't warn you.

Here is the A n n u a l Dinner bit.

In a daring bid to set us free f rom

Mooney , the Dinner will be an

extravagant four course affair held

at the Kensington Close Hote l on

Friday, M a r c h 19. T ickets (heavily

s u s i d i s e d ) a r e £9 :50 a v a i l a b l e

from dep reps and the R C S U

Office.

Wi th the money saved on this

dinner subsidy, you can afford a

delightful weekend in Paris (with

R C S ? ) £25 inclusive of one night

and breakfast in a " c lassy" hotel .

Depart M a r c h 26 — last day of

term. Put your name on the list of

the R C S U Office.

Micro-club Lectures O n Tuesday, M a r c h 9, at 7:00pm in Huxley 145 Dav id Buckley of

Micromouse fame will be telling us of the trials and tribulations involved in

getting an electronic mouse to explore and find the centre of a large maze

in the shortest possible time. Hopefully his own mouse Quester will be

demonstrated. S o all you hardware people out there, this is for you.

Tuesday, M a r c h 16, at 7:00pm in Huxley 145; this is a lecture you've all

been waiting for. After much arm-twisting I N M O S will be giving us a

presentation on different aspects of V L S I and will be talking amongst

other things about H D L — t h e i r chip design language and how Britain's

microchip industry can compete with the Japanese. Hopefully we may

also get an insight into their future productions.

News A s you may already know the Union have granted us the money to buy a

B B C model B micro which will make a welcome addition to the club's

equipment. W h e n this new computer will materialise depends on the

efficiency of A c o r n , but hopefully it will be before the end of the current

academic year. A lso in the pipeline is a donation of an A c o r n A t o m by a

generous benefactor together with, hopefully, a new wire wrap gun. W e

also have a line printer in need of interfacing, and a line to the College's

mainframe.

For further details on joining the M i c r o C l u b drop a letter to Jon

Davies of D o C 2 via internal mail.

The 1982 R A G R A C E

W e are still getting asked for past exam papers. A l l our supply was

handed over to the various departments a year ago, to be given to whom

needed them free.

New Titles

Managing Job Satis /action-Barclay H a n k i n , £3

The author has an honours degree in Communicat ion Engineering from

Imperial College and as a member of the British C iv i l Service Job

Satisfaction Team, he applied his experience for over six years to

pioneering experiments in change. The examples are drawn from this

period.

Fortran 77 -Donald M . Q . M o n r o , E. A r n o l d , £9.50

The author, a resident one, my description. " T h e man you love to hate",

his description. His latest book Fortran 77 provides a comprehensive

introduction for students with a background in programming as wefl as

those learning Fortran as their first language.

Enderby -Anthony Burgess, Penguin, £2.95

Rag f /me-E .L . Doctorow, Pan , £1.50

Solomons S e a / - H a m m o n d Innes, Fontana, £1.75

Loosely Engaged-Christophere Matthew, A r r o w , £1.25

Nancy A s f o r - D e r e k Marlowe, Penguin, £1.75

Gett ing E u e n - W o o d y Al len , Star, £1.25

Dancing Wu Li Masters-Gary Zukav , Fontana, £2.95

1982 Michelin Guide to Great Britain and Ireland, £4.85

Debrett 's Correct Form, Futura , £1.95

IC Radio

Tonight at 8:00pm in Southside Bar IC Radio presents a Viewpoint

Election Special. A l l the candidates for the sabbatical elections have been

invited. Anybody who comes to the bar can ask a question, without all

the fuss and bother of yesterday's Hustings U G M , and in a m u c h more

relaxed and informal atmosphere.

If you can't make it to Southside Bar (which I'm sure you know is now

called Harry 's Bar) at 8:00pm tonight, you can listen in the Halls round

Prince's Gardens on 301m medium wave, or on gallery level in some of

them.

P S : Y o u may have expected this article to contain biting cynicism

about S T O I C , but they simply aren't worth the trouble.

STARTS TODAY! S E E S O C R E P S N O W

FELIX, March 5, 1982 Page 11

Wednesday, F e b r u a r y 24

F o o t b a l l IC I vs Roval Hollovvav I i-2(H) IC III vs Kings II 4-1 (Hj

IC V vs London Hospital II 4-2(A, IC V I vs Guvs III 5-l.(A)

R u g b y (Gutteridge C u p Semi -Final )

IC I London Hospitals

Saturday , F e b r u a r y 27

9-7(A)

F o o t b a l l IC I vs Kings I 2-3(Hj

IC II vs Kings II O-l(H)

IC IV vs Kings III (i-O'A) ic : V I vs Kings IV li-0(A)

Hockey 3-3(H) ic : I vs E T E S S A 3-3(H)

IC II vs E T E S S A 4-0(Aj

B a d m i n t o n ( U L U K O C u p Final )

IC vs Guys 5-f.(H)

Sunday, F e b r u a r y 28

R u g b y (Gutteridge C u p F ina l )

IC vs Q M C fi-3i'Ai

(^Swimming S t i l l smart ing from last week's defeat at the

h a n d s o f B r i s t o l , I C t o o k o n O x f o r d

Univers i ty in our own pool . W i t h the Vars i ty

S w i m m i n g & W a t e r Polo match due next

weekend, they were keen to do " sp i l l ing ly

wel l , what-hor" ' Consequently we were up

against it again. W e destroyed their women's

team, i.e. they were too afraid of our women

(Francoise, etc.) to turn up.

T h e m e n d i d n ' t d o q u i t e so w e l l .

Organ isat i on and preparat ion ol the I C team

were ol the usual high standard and rumours

that some of the team were drunk a n d / o r got

up l a t e are t o t a l l y w i t h o u t f o u n d a t i o n .

O x f o r d were faster and litter (not difficult!)

than we were, a n d our only winner was J i m

Boucher in the breastroke, alter a closely

fought race w i t h one of the O x f o r d machines.

T e a m : J. Campbell, 1. Wilier, A. Kenrick,

II'. Moore', F. Lye, M. fuck, . V. Last, R. Leach,

J. Boucher, (',. Gttrlon, B. Ashwin, l.indsey X.

Judo T h e L o n d o n U n i v e r s i t y T e a m J u d o

T o u r n a m e n t was held for the first time for

three years, we won last time.

In the first r o u n d we drew B r u n e i , a very

strong team and also the ref was going senile

so a l though we put up a very good fight we

were unable to w i n more than two contests

therefore we were knocked out.

T h e r e was also a repercharge operat ing so

B r u n e i carr ied us through (in the end they

won the gold) a n d we fought Mult ico l leges

and showed them a th ing or two. W e won

3-1 w i t h a bye m a k i n g it 4-1.

T h i s took us into the runners up round and

meant we were f ight ing Q M C for a medal .

T h i s looked as i f it was go ing to be a task

because our heaviest p layer was l ighter than

their lightest but we m u d d l e d through and so

came away w i t h a medal .

ft Hockey Seconds

O u t of the land o f the N o r t h came the I C

Second cohort under centurion Stroomus.

T h e y marched reinforced by a group of

senators Forbus , L i l u s and E l d r i g i a n to clear

the colony C h i s w i c k of the Etessan natives.

T h e power a n d tactics of the wel l -dr i l l ed

battal ion showed immediate ly despite the

sticky, recently cult ivated battlefield. M a n y

powerful thrusts on the right flank eventually-

led to a gaol by Forbus , assisted wel l by

E l d r i g i a n who played throughout wi th the

speed of a seige engine and the ski l l of a

batter ing r a m . T h e second goal followed

good work on the right flank by Farmus and

was scored by W y l i a n , a w i l d tr ibesman from

the f r o z e n l a n d f a r N o r t h . I n d i v i d u a l

skirmishes broke out between the armies,

invo lv ing Sharpus and Forbus. M e a n w h i l e

W y l i a n had added to his second goal and

F'armus scored just on ful l - t ime. T h e defense

o f B u t l e r u s , R o e s s i n k u s , P i t h k e t l u s a n d

Sharpus played very wel l but undoubtedly

the ful l praise of the empire goes to Jonus

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

throughout the wor ld for his performance

that day.

T e a m : Butlerus, Roessinkus, Jonus, Pithketlus,

Sharpus, Stroomus, Forbus, Lilus, Farmus,

Wylian, Eldrigian, Birdus.

Ladies

T o our surprise at 1:00 we found we had a

grand total of five players! ! ! Despite being

confident of success w i t h this number we

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

g i v e t h e S c h o o l o f P h a r m a c y p l a y e r s

s u c h a n i n I e r i o r i t y c o m p l e x , w h e n

they lost . F o r t u n a t e l y we were a b l e to

d r a g a n o t h e r p l a y e r f r o m bed s ince the

umpire knew of her whereabouts. Chris(t ina)

also readi ly agreed to play i f we provided h i m

w i t h a skirt.

After on ly five minutes of play we were 1 -0

beh ind due to Chris ( t ina) being overcome by

the opposit ion.

H a l f t i m e oranges (what d i d you put in

them Carol ine?) a n d our captain's usual

insp i r ing team talk soon resulted in three

goals in less than five minutes to w h i c h

another one was later added to b r i n g the

total to four.

Chr is ( t ina) h a d a part i cu lar ly good game,

the S O P team members seeming to enjoy his

physical contact! Caro l ine ' s good h u m o u :

( w o n d e r w h y ? ) a n d C h r i s ( t i n a ) ' s legs

contr ibuted to a n enjoyable game. A l l goals

were scored by A l i s o n , but A l i s o n d idn ' t score

a hattr ick. T h a n k s to Barry for u m p i r i n g .

T e a m : Alison, Alison, Alison, Caroline, Ruth,

Karen, Chris.

Rifle & Pistol A s promised last week, the c lub out ing to

Bisley took place on Sunday , the a i m of the

tr ip was to introduce novices to the subtle art

o f f u l l bo re r i f l e s h o o t i n g . D e n i s S l e a t h

( C l u b C a p t a i n , contact v i a the M e c h E n g

letter-racks) took advantage of this tr ip by

m a k i n g his presence felt by a l l , but this d id

not improve his shooting however, which

showed l itt le overal l improvement .

Some members, notably Steve H a r r i s o n ,

w e r e s l i g h t l y u n s e t t l e d b y the v i o l e n t

activities of the drivers, who were attempting

to take the shortest route possible through ' S '

bends in the country lanes.

It is hoped that some 'elite ' members (those

who shoot for the Llniversity of London ! ) w i l l

be able to shoot in the i n t e r - C C U competi t ion

in two weeks time, again at Bisley over a

range of 900 yards.

Whi l s t not par t i c ipat ing in the Bisley tr ip ,

the skills of new members D e n k - a l - S a l a m

were evident as he pul led out a '96' after

d ropp in g 3 on the first shot.

Football Firsts

Date : Saturday , February 27, 1982

T i m e : 1600hrs

Place: Dressing room 3, H a r l i n g t o n Athe l t i c

Grounds .

Subject: I C A F C 1st X I

C a s u a l t y R e p o r t : A t e a m b a r e l y a l i v e .

Suffered an unt imely relapse at the moment

of recovery (ref 1). W e have the opportunity

to b u i l d the world 's first bionic team. W e

have the technology, we can rebui ld them.

C h i e f Surgeon W a r d w i l l operate behind

closed doors at M o t s p u r Park C l i n i c on

Saturday , M a r c h 6. T h e team w i l l be put out

for pasture lor convalescence at 3:00pm.

R e f 1: C f F A C u p F i n a l 1979 Arsenal v

M a n U t d .

After a r u n of poor results I C Firsts have

e l o p e d to a secret l o c a t i o n for a l t i t u d e

t ra in ing to help them cope wi th the dizzy

heights of the U L U C u p F i n a l . C e r t a i n

players have developed Sktitsophrenia as

follows:

A l l y — c u t t i n g down on the fags

J o h n — a d v i s i n g T i m o t h y H u t t o n on this

weeks performance

S t e v e — p l a y i n g for T w o t i n g

K e v — h o p e s to lose hal f a stone and take the

b ig j u m p from Blackpoo l Beach to Aintree

Steve—look ing forward to it: the game as

wel l

D o u g — s t i l l looking young at 40, owes it a l l to

O i l of* U lay.

A n d y — i n b e d ( w i t h f lu ) a f t e r f a i l i n g

"phys i c s " test

F i l l — ( w h o ) at the Doctors (naughty boy)

D e a n o — l o o k i n g f o r w a r d to t h e t u b e

s t r ike—a day in T h e Stat ion

M a i — h a v i n g nightmares about open goals

G r a y — g o t a virus, wonder i f he caught it o i l

P h i l

G o o d luck to the seconds and hope P l a n

069 works.

P S : Be in bed wi th ten.

S o n g s f o r t h e F i r s t s : T h e F i n a l P r e v i e w

A l e d W i l l i a m s : " Y o u Need H a n d s "

Steve D u n h i l l : " W e Don ' t T a l k A n y m o r e "

J o h n L a y : " D o n ' t Stand So Close T o M e "

K e v Reeve: " W i t h o u t Y o u " (Dedicated to

Steve W.)

Steve W a r d : " F a l l i n g A p a r t at the Seams"

P h i l Nicco l ls : "Message in a Bot t l e "

A n d y Page; " T o o Y o u n g ' ' / " S t u c k in the

M i d d l e w i t h y o u "

D o u g Elsby: " L i f e in the Fast L a n e "

Dave Dean : " I C a n ' t S tand up for F a l l i n g

D o w n "

M a l c o l m C a r r : " W o n ' t get Foo led A g a i n "

G r a h a m R i c k a r d : " I ' m G e t t i n g M a r r i e d in

the M o r n i n g "

F . B . R o l l a : " P a r a n o i d "

Page 12 FELIX, March 5, 1982

Cross Country

Hyde Park Relay

A r a t h e r c h i l l y , c l o u d y "day g r ee ted the

runners i n the race on Saturday in H y d e

Park . T h i s had some advantages in that the

a n n u a l prob lem of spectators on the course

was less than usual. T h e race was quite a

success wi th the fastest t ime for the men's

three mi le laps of 13.17 by D a v e C l a r k e , only

five seconds slower than the record of 13.12

set by H . Jones in 1980. H e was, however,

ineligible for a prize as he is a member of stalf

at the West L o n d o n Institute for H i g h e r

E d u c a t i o n .

Results

Fastest M e n ' s L a p s

13.27 Steve H a r r i s ( W L I H E )

13.29 Geoff W i g h t m a n (Bristol)

13.39 I. A r c h i b a l d (Durham)

Fastest Ladies ' L a p s

11.29 M a r i n a S a m y (Bath)

11.37 A n g e l a Tooby (Univers i ty of Wales)

11.41 Susan T o o b y (Univers i ty of Wales)

M e n ' s T e a m s

84.45 Loughborough

85.32 W L I H E

86.00 C a m b r i d g e

Ladies ' T e a m

47.16 K U L e u v e n (Belgium)

47.47 Univers i ty of Wales

49.16 L o u g h b o r o u g h

Imper ia l Col lege, not w a n t i n g to show

anyone up , had a mens team in 75th position

and a ladies team in 19th position out of a

field of 110 men's teams and 29 ladies teams.

I wou ld like to thank everybody who came

to the event i n c l u d i n g the helpers, runners

and even those who were just spectating.

A lso thanks should go to R i c h a r d S m i t h ,

the organiser of this year's events, without

w h o m it wou ld not have been possible.

Bowling T h e I C Doubles League came to a n exc i t ing

c l i m a x last week w i t h the last b a t c h o f

matches leaving the final table as follows.

Pos. Team Pintail Point

1 H F C 9240 29.5

2 Pot Black 9310 29

3 ' K i n Spiders 9049 29

4 Dragonslayers 8416 29

5 Split Johnies 8344 26.5 6 Rangers 8376 25 7 Smith's Lot 0720 24

8 More Chaos 6019 19 9 Spot-On 8865 16

10 Gra-Fez 7593 16

11 International Rescue 6568 15

12 Handy Cap 4292 9

Congratu lat ions go to R a y C o o k a n d C h r i s

Wel ls , who made up the w i n n i n g team, Cook

also scoring the high game (245) a n d series

(560).

T h e top indiv iduals had the fol lowing

averages.

A n d y M c M u l l a n 172

Steve Bryer 170

M a r t i n H a r r i s o n 152

R a y C o o k 150

K a ' i C h o o n g 150

Rugby Gutteridge Cup Final

T h o u g h far from a classic encounter, the I C

F i r s t s c a m e a w a y f r o m M o t s p u r P a r k

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

Gutter idge C u p F i n a l opponents, Q u e e n

M a r y C o l l e g e , l a s t S u n d a y . S t e v e

Thompson ' s two penalty goals were sufficient

to p r o v i d e a 6-3 w i n i n a g a m e w h i c h

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

hand l ing , but the thrust of Downs and M i l e s

T h o m p s o n was often cut out by the keen

Q M C back-row and three-quarters. H a d the

Gutter idge C u p not been at stake, F'azakerly

might have passed the ba l l to his three-

quarters more often, but sadly this was outside

the tactics of the game. A l l IC ' s points came in

the first-half, w i t h the w i n d in Thompson 's

favour.

Q M C lost two players d u r i n g the battle

and perhaps the front-five of IC ' s pack d i d

give their opposition too m u c h rough stuff.

After the game, A d a m W a r b y , I C ' s m u l t i -

talented skipper, was disappointed to hear

that the E n g l a n d selectors d i d not consider

h i m as a likely choice to fill the full -back

position on Saturday . T h e y felt his k i c k ing

was not up to scratch.

M a n y thanks to a l l the I C supporters who

turned up to watch their idols gain victory.

T e a m : M. Thompson, D. Downs, S.

Thompson, J. Weir, R. Flynn, G. Fazakerley, S.

Johns, J. Manzoni, C. De Rohan, P. Richards, G.

Henderson, P. Verily, W. King, A. Warby, J.

Davies. Subs: J. Austin, A. Davies.

mBadminton W e l l we made it into the final, but were

t h w a r t e d by the L e a v e s sisters o f G u y s

H o s p i t a l . T h e s e two y o u n g lad i es w i t h

v a r i o u s E n g l i s h E u r o p e a n t i t l es to t h e i r

names proceeded to thrash us i n the ladies

doubles and single whereas our wonderful

men annih i lated the opposition wi th very

little diff iculty. T h i s left everything to the

three mixed doubles, which went 2-1 in G u y s

favour, not even the superstar p a i r i n g of

C h r i s Hull'et and Andree M i t c h e l l cou ld

combat the younger of the Leaves sisters

influence. T h e result was 6-5 to Guys .

Stage management, tactical coordinat ion

and plastic cup fetching by our noble leader,

Ian B u l l .

T e a m : A. Mitchell, S. Ridd, B. Ions, L.

Horrocks, H.K. Wong, G. Adamson, S. Willis, C.

Hujflet.

Castaways Cup T h i s is the most important and prestigious

event in the U K sai l ing calendar, it is open to

any team from L o n d o n or C i t y Univers i ty

a n d th is y e a r e l e v e n teams e n t e r e d , I C

entered two teams.

O n S a t u r d a y the s a i l i n g was i n t w o

leagues, the top two teams from each going

through into a league on Sunday to decide

the final placings. T h e " s t a r b o a r d " league on

Saturday was won by I C l who won four out

of five races, w i t h Univers i ty Col lege second.

St M a r y ' s H o s p i t a l s / K i n g s College won the

' p o r t ' league w i t h I C A second, s c r a p i n g

through by beating St. T h o m a s ' Hosp i ta l in a

race where both teams retired by sai l ing one

lap too few a n d Thomas ' took one more

'green' (penalty) than I C A .

O n Sunday the w i n d was excellent ibr

t e a m r a c i n g a n d f u r t h e r i n t e r e s t w a s

provided by a large number of W e m b l e y

S . C . boats who were rac ing r o u n d some of the

same marks as U L . St. M a r y ' s H o s p i t a l

retired after be ing resoundingly thrashed by

I C A and U C . As I C A prepared to sail I C l

the course was changed and had to be sailed

in, the opposite direct ion. T h i s led to the

Lewis epic " p u s h everyone the right side of

the m a r k a n d t h e n s a i l the w r o n g s ide

y o u r s e l f m a n o e u v r e " . F o l l o w i n g t h i s ,

C h a d w i c k leaned out over-enthusiastically

and missed the toe-straps on the beat and

went swimming . A j d e r i a n covering Lewis on

the final beat forced h i m to gybe to break the

cover and gave I C A first, second a n d fifth on

the line..

I C l , sa i l ing excellently, beat Univers i ty

College convinc ingly in both the races they

were to sail against them.

I C A beating U C in a close fought contest

by l l ' / 2 to l l 3 / . , pts, made it clear that the

real competi t ion was between two I C teams.

T h e v i o l e n c e on the l i n e c a u s e d s u r ­

prisingly only one col l is ion and despite five ol

the six boats a r r i v i n g at the w i n d w a r d mark

together, there were no collisions there. T h e

sixth boat, sailed by C u r w e n , had recrossed

the start l ine a n d was some way behind.

Places changed continuously d o w n to the

leeward m a r k where , a g a i n , A d j started

sitt ing on Lewis and general malevolence

eminat ing from a l l quarters meant that by

the second r o u n d i n g of the w i n d w a r d mark

six collisions or infringements had occured,

three by each side. T h e n in a fair(ish) light

I C l won but not by a sufficient amount to

have an overal l w i n over I C A .

T h i s left I C A only to beat U C for the

overal l ittle, they d i d this excellently pushing

one U C boat to the back requ i r ing U C to get

first place to win . O n an excellent final beat

the super h e a v y w e i g h t N i c k A d j a g a i n

pu l l ed through into first place a l l o w i n g M i l l s

who had sailed consistantly wel l throughout

the weekend into th ird race.

Th an ks are due to Castaways for excellent

social and rac ing organisation.

I C A t e a m : S. Curwen, J. Bennett, N.

Ajderian, J. Redman, P. Mills, R. Tostevin.

I C l team: C. Lewis, G. Dalton, G. Kennedy,

A.N. Other, D. Ghadwick, A. Tounghusband.

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rlAUmid

An apology

I apologise for the severe cuts made to articles

t h i s w e e k . I 'm a f r a i d t h a t the e l e c t i o n

manifestos have necessitated a reduction in

the space available for clubs, societies, etc.

Hopefully I've included any vital information

and normal service... .(yawn, yawn).

Letters

It has been suggested that I make up or

commission all the letters! This is absolute

r u b b i s h . M y l e t t e r s w o u l d be far m o r e

interesting than the drivel I've received in the

past few weeks. Where have all the good

letters gone?

The Barclays Bit I must admit that I expected to be challenged

over including a Barclays advert earlier. M r

G a r s i d e ' s letter is to say the least fa ir ly

predictable, but it does merit a response.

First ly , I will happily except adverts from

Barclays for financial reasons. This bank and

others provide a large amount of support for

various publications (and hence indirectly the

Union) by advertising.

Without their support the U n i o n would have

to save in the order of £1,000 elsewhere—

perhaps by abolishing Socialist Society, Ant i -

Aparthe id G r o u p , Labour C l u b , Liberal C l u b ,

etc., etc.? I'm certain that such committed

i n d i v i d u a l s w o u l d r a t h e r fund the i r o w n

activities than take money from Barclays.

H o w e v e r t h i s a r g u m e n t is n o t r e a l l y

sufficient by itself. A more important reason is

personal freedom.

What's On Friday, March 5

•Socialist Society Bookstall, 12:30-2:30pm, J C R .

Books and Campaign Coffee for sale.

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

Lounge.

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

•Christian Union meeting, 6:30pm, Music Rm, 53

Princes Gate. Jesus' relationship with G o d . All welcome.

•Election Special, 8:00pm, Southside Bar. Come along

and ask all the awkward questions you thought of after

yesterday's Hustings U G M .

•Soup Run, 10:30pm, Falmouth Kitchen.

Saturday, March 6 •Nuc lea r Disarmament 'Teach In', 10:00am to

5:00pm, Huxley Building Rm 213. A n opportunity to

d i scuss and learn more about some of the issues

involved in nuclear disarmament. Morning: four eminent

speake rs inc lud ing Ph i l ip Noe l B a k e r . A f t e r n o o n :

workshops to discuss issues in greater depth. Price £2

waged; £1 unwaged (including students with Unioncard).

•West London Chaplaincy sponsored walk, 7:45am,

meet at More House.

Monday, March 8 • H a n g - G l i d i n g c lub meet ing, 12 :30pm, a b o v e

'Southside Bar.

•Badgesoc lunchtime meeting, 12:40pm, S tan 's

Lounge.

• C h e m s o c lecture, 4 :30pm, L e c t u r e Thea t re C .

Professor G .R . Luckhurst (Southampton Univ) speaking

on 'Liquid Crystals'.

I must reiterate that I abhor censorship and

be l i eve in f r e e d o m of e x p r e s s i o n . W h i l s t

sympathizing with the fight against apartheid I

w o u l d not wi l l ing ly e x c l u d e a d v e r t s f r o m

anyone {even vile multi-nationals) as I believe

t h a t i n d i v i d u a l s at I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e are

intelligent enough to discriminate between the

companies and organisations with which they

want to be involved. Students are well aware of

the issues involved in South Afr ica , including

B a r c l a y s ' i n v o l v e m e n t , a n d c a n c h o o s e

whether they wish to bank with them or not.

Perhaps most important of all, Barclays are

a damn good bank and are not the only

investors in South Africa. Unfortunately South

A f r i c a has a t ight gr ip o v e r i n t e r n a t i o n a l

finance due to its mineral wealth and, unless

we wish to trade with the Soviet Un ion for

gold, uranium, etc., we are stuck. Personally I

find the Soviet Union 's system of 'democracy '

equally unacceptable.

By not giving people the chance to choose

we are repressing their own freedom. So come

on Anti -Apartheid persons, stop complaining.

It's just not cricket.

Hustings UGM

T h i s wasn ' t half as exc i t ing or entertaining

as usual . P r e s u m a b l y this was due to the

candidates themselves .

T h e only positive thing to c o m e out of it

was to reaff irm m y c o n v i c t i o n that I s h o u l d

abstain in the H o n o r a r y Secre tary e lect ion,

as none of the candidates s t ruck me as

being outstanding . A s for the others , judge

for yourself by reading their manifestos.

R e m e m b e r t o v o t e o n M o n d a y o r

T u e s d a y a n d br ing your U n i o n c a r d .

Credits

Thanks to N i c k T. , Peter, Soheel, Lesley, Paul ,

Steve, Dave , J o n , Dave R., N i c k W . , Mart in ,

Izy, Jez , Danuta (who I forget last week), all

the collators, M a z and Ian.

• T M Soc meeting, 5:30pm, Huxley 411. All meditators

welcome.

•Wellsoc proudly present the world's leading authority

on vampires. Come at your peril. 7:30pm, Elec Eng 408.

Tuesday, March 9 •Boardsai l ing club meeting, 12:30 and 6:15pm,

Southside Upper Lounge.

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

Nominal charge for lunch.

•3F ' s Scandanavian sausage lunch (bring your own

sausage), 12:30pm, Southside Upper Lounge.

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

•Nat Hist soc lecture, 1:00pm, Botany Basement LT.

Dr K. Dalby (IC) on 'The Biological Monitoring of

Pollution'.

• S T O I C programme, 1:00pm, J C R , Southside and all

Halls. A second chance to see the S T O I C Christmas

Special.

•Speaker meeting: Apartheid and Sanctions, with Lord

Beaumont, Cosmas Desmond, and Mike Terry, 1:00pm,

Huxley 213. Arranged by Left Alliance.

•Mech Eng Soc presents 'From N A S A to space-

b lanke ts—a new techno logy in meta l ised p las t ics ' ,

1:15pm, ME542.

•Anti-apartheid picket of Barclays, 2:00pm.

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

Rm.

•S i r Kenneth Corf ie ld on 'The Fu ture Role of

Engineers', 6:00pm, Chem. Eng Theatre 1.

•Dr Raine lecturing to Astrosoc on 'The Superstructure

of the Universe', 6:30pm, Physics LT2 . Free to members.

• S F Soc Film: The Big Bus, 6:30pm, ME220. 50p non-

members, 20p members. See last week's S F Soc Bulletin

for details.

•Socialist Society speaker meeting: The Ecology

Party, 6:30pm, Green C o m m Rm.

mmrnm T h e r e ' s a v e r y f a m o u s p r o b l e m i n v o l v i n g

twelve coins, all of which look the same, but

one of which is a slightly different weight from

the o t h e r e l e v e n . W i t h just a n o r d i n a r y

balance, which can be used to compare the

weights of two piles of coins, you are asked to

find the fake coin and determine whether it is

too heavy or too light.

In the standard solution to this puzzle, the

second and third weighings you make depend

on the result of the first weighing. What I'm

after this week is a solution to the fake coin

p u z z l e in w h i c h a l l the c o m p a r i s o n s are

specif ied before any of the weighings are

made.

Solutions, comments, criticisms to me at the

FELIX Office, please. There is a prize of £5

(donated by Mend-a-Bike) and two tickets to

the IC Orchestra concert next Friday for the

correct entry selected at 1:00 pm next

Wednesday.

Last W e e k ' s Puzzle

About twenty people got last week's puzzle

r i g h t , a n d a b o u t twe lve of t h e m f o u n d it

remarkably easy, since they'd all made the

same arithmetical slip. I'm reluctant to award

the prize to anyone who got a (quite difficult)

puzzle right just because their maths is faulty,

so I 'm h o l d i n g the c o m p e t i t i o n o p e n for

another week to allow those people who gave

no reasoning with their solution to submit a

few words of explanation.

D r . B e r k s h i r e i n t h e d e p a r t m e n t of

mathematics has pointed out that there is a

s l i g h t i m p r o v e m e n t to the m e t h o d for

balancing dominoes which I described last

week. If you move the top domino slightly

towards the centre of the table, then the

bottom domino can be moved further out over

the edge, allowing a minute extra overhang.

•Dancing club beginners class, 7:30pm, J C R .

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

Wednesday, March 10 • T M society meeting, 1:00pm, Huxley 411. Videotape

of M a h a r i s h i M a h e s h Y o g i t a l k i ng abou t ' L o v e ,

E x p a n s i o n of H a p p i n e s s and Re f i nemen t of the

Physiology'.

• Anti-apartheid meeting, 1:00pm, Un io n U p p e r

Lounge. The Anti-Apartheid Secretary, Mike Terry, will

be speaking.

•Wargames club meeting, 1:00pm, Union S C R .

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

Hal l , Q E C , Campden Hill Rd.

•Dancing club intermediate class, 7:30pm, J C R .

Thursday, March 11 •The Underground Eiger, a film about cave-diving in

Yorkshire, 12:30pm, Mines 303.

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

usual places.

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

Rm, Level 2S, Botany.

• S T O I C programme, 1:00pm, usual places. Election

Special! Live from the Great Hall. Results of Union

elections as they happen. Summary at 6:00pm.

• M O P S O C Lecture T h e use and applications of the

I C L D A P ' by Dr Heather M . Liddell from Q M C , 1:10pm,

Physics L T 2 (level 1). Free to members. Non-members

lOp.

•Dept ot Humanities presents a lunch-hour concert:

David Bogle (violin) and Maureen Parrington (piano),

1:30, Music Rm, 53 Princes Gate.

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

•Real Ale soc meeting, 7:30pm, Union Crush Bar.

A G M and three different beers. S U cards required.

•Mines/IF Party, 8:30pm, J C R . £1.00 from R S M U .

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