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F O U N D E D IN 1949 N E W S P A P E R OF IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION
N o . 428 Monday, 4th October 1976 F R E E
Human errors on Handbook-IC Union foots £200 bill
Dear Fresher letter Sabbatical Handbook Editor at Harrods-storm brewing Mix-ups between the C o l l e g e Regist ry , IC Union Handbook
Editor Paul Ekpenyong, IC Union E x e c u t i v e , and the F E L I X
Off ice have cost IC Union £185'. T h i s sum fs for overtime
work by F E L I X litho-printer Ian Morse, who in one week
put in 57 extra hours, necessary to enable the Handbook
to be f inished by its deadl ine of 13th August'.
T h i s date was given to Mr Ekpenyong and F E L I X by
Registry v ia IC Union Honarary Secretary John (Chalky)
White; it transpired after complet ion that Registry did not
in fact require the Handbook until 20th August'. However
the Union E x e c u t i v e dec ided to trim a week off the
available time, so that they could study the Handbook in
depth, and then write a F r e s h e r s ' letter to be included in
the Registry mailing'. With this extra week at the F E L I X
unit's d i s p o s a l , it is unl ikely that overtime payments
would have been necessary; as it i s , the Handbook has
over-run its budget of £ 2 0 0 by twice that figure'.
Furthermore it seems l i k e l y
that furore w i l l deve lop over
the ac tua l content of the
Handbook; two C C U s , the
Roya l Schoo l of M ines U n i o n
and C i t y & G u i l d s U n i o n ,
d id not submit en t r i es , nei ther
d id many Un ion c l u b s . Deputy
P res iden t Der r i ck Evere t t
summed up the fee l i ngs of the
Union O f f i c i a l s , 'It's not so
much what was in it, but what
was left out that mailers'.
Many o f f i ce rs , i nc lud ing
Peter Teague ( las t y e a r ' s
P res i den t ) and C h a l k y White,
are unhappy that the edi tor
was work ing in Har rods dur ing
the l as t four weeks of h is
F e l i x s a b b a t i c a l . T h i s they
c i t e as the main reason for the
rushed ed i t i ng that has
resul ted in what they term a
' shoddy ' handbook. Whi ls t
acknow ledg ing the ef fect of
h i s a b s e n c e , Mr E k p e n y o n g
was keen to point out 'That one
of the main sections of the
Handbook, Welfare, did not
come in to be typeset until
four days before printing
actually finished.
Nearly blank pages
At one po in t , the U n i o n E x e c u t i v e was debat ing whether or not to send out the Handbook in the R e g i s t r y ma i l i ng to f reshers . T h i s year was the f i rs t i n recent t imes
that the Handbook had been
sent to f reshers pr ior to term;
this c o i n c i d e d w i t h a new
format to the p u b l i c a t i o n .
D e s p i t e t h i s , P r e s i d e n t N i c k
B r a y s h a w f inds i n e x c u s e a b l e
'the nearly blank pages, the
spelling mistakes in headlines
and the lack of cohesion in
major sub-committee articles.'
Censure motion The f i r s t pub l i c s i g n s of
anger are l i ab l e to come at
T h u r s d a y ' s U n i o n G e n e r a l
Meet ing , where a censure
mot ion against Mr Ekpenyong
i s e x p e c t e d . The f inanc ing o f
the Handbook w i l l a l s o be
d i s c u s s e d at a meet ing of the
U n i o n ' s P u b l i c a t i o n s Boa rd
next T u e s d a y . A t both meet ings
Mr E k p e n y o n g w i l l c l a i m that
'the Handbook budget was
paltry. In comparison, we're
Continued on page three
Photo-Booth A n ins tant photo-booth w i l l
be pos i t i oned at the ent rance to the Un ion L o w e r R e f e c t o r y from the beg inn ing of term.
•The booth, w h i c h p roduces 4 passpor t s i z e d photographs for use on U n i o n , N U S and Student R a i l c a r d s , w i l l be there for an exper imenta l per iod of 6 months to eva lua te demand.
I Z Z Y C A P T U R E D B R U N E L U n i v e r s i t y ' s mascot
Izzy i s now at I .C . f o l l ow ing
a weekend ra id in Augus t on
Brune i Students U n i o n .
The masco t , a s i x foot h igh
green and y e l l o w f i b reg lass
d inosaur , normal ly r e s i d e s i n
B r u n e l s beer garden at the
centre of the Students U n i o n ;
un l i ke Mike, the I .C. masco t ,
Izzy was on d i s p l a y twenty-four
hours a day . It had been c o n s i d
ered i m p o s s i b l e to grab s i n c e
the d inosaur i s u s u a l l y f i l l e d
w i th s a n d .
However the sand had recen
t ly been removed to enab le
repa i rs to be ca r r i ed out . T h e
I .C. s tudents on the ra id were
aware o f t h i s a n d s o j u s t w a l k e d
in and snatched the m a s c o t ,
w i thout any r e s i s t e n c e . T h e
only other peop le in the U n i o n
were a band, who 'Only practise
here on Saturdays'. B rune i la ter
c l a i m e d that one o f the i r V i c e -
P r e s i d e n t s saw the who le
opera t ion .
Izzy was later taken to the
Un ion Ba r for the even ing , bed
e c k e d in Cons t i t uen t C o l l e g e
U n i o n t i e s . IC U n i o n had d e c
l i ned to take r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for
G U I L D S V P
B E C O M E S
A M I N E R E x a m i n a t i o n r e s u l t s have
forced the current C i t y and G u i l d s U n i o n V i c e P r e s i d e n t , Dave L o r d , to enter the Meta l lu rgy department in R S M . D a v i d , who was las t year res i t t i ng h i s f i r s t year i n the C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g depart ment, in tends to remain as C & G U V P . E v e n though he i s reg is te red a s a s tudent i n M ines the C o l l e g e does not force h im to jo in R S M U .
the ra id , so the who le opera t ion
had become an a l l - C C U a f fa i r .
A charac te r known as ' M i k e '
has c l a i m e d r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for
the ra id and of fered to return
the masco t i f £50 i s donated to
the I .C. R a g c h a r i t i e s , and 150
p in ts o f b l o o d i s g i v e n by B r u n e i
s tudents at the beg inn ing o f
term. L a s t yea r s tudents there
gave 97 p i n t s . F o r every p in t
l e s s than 150 an ex t ra 50p w i l l
have to be g i ven to R a g . T h e
dead l ine for the handover o f
Izzy has been set a s November
l s t ; so far ' M i k e ' has not rec
e i v e d a reply from B r u n e i .
i n s i d e -
• S P E C I A L F R E S H E R S ' *
* F E L I X *
C o l o u r P h o t o Supplement-
- s e e cent re pages
F e l i c i t y - t h e F e l i x gu ide
to wha tson-see other
centre pages
F o o t b a l l P r e v i e w - a n
ndependent look at Who 's
Who at \C-see pages 6 A 7
Spor t -see pages 14 & 15
felix
2 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976
Whi ls t you ' ve been away many th ings have been happen ing and F E L I X has done i ts bes t to keep everyone at IC i n the p i cu t re . There have been two P o s t Graduate ed i t ions of F E L I X , one on Ju l y 30th and the other on September 17th.
Summer Accomodation The f i r s t of these ed i t i ons reported
that the C o l l e g e Summer Accommodation
Scheme, whereby Sou ths ide and L i n s t e a d H a l l rooms are le t out to tou r i s t s and conference g u e s t s , was b e i n g run on new l i nes to ensure that the scheme w a s more f i n a n c i a l l y water t igh t , than had hi therto been the c a s e .
However there were teeth ing t roub les , as our front page story repor ted. P r e va len t amongst these was the ques t i on of unused meal t i c k e t s . When tour i s ts book a room at Sou ths ide they have to buy a £1 meal t i cke t w h i c h they exchange for b reak fas t in the re fec to ry . Many v i s i t o r s leave unused t i c k e t s in their rooms when they f i na l l y depar t . These t i cke ts had i n the pas t been used by student c l e a n e r s . A m i d s t some con fus ion th i s p r a c t i c e was s topped by Domes t i c Secretary Cap ta in L i n d l e y .
There was a l s o some uncer ta in ty at to how much the c l eane rs shou ld be p a i d ; at the end of the f i r s t week they got 7p l e s s than l a s t year ! N e v e r t h e l e s s p ra i se has been for thcoming on the d e c i s i o n to appoint a permanent S A C Manage ress , T r i c i a W i g f a l l , i n s tead of the usua l nine month appointment .
Sport Term had ba re l y ended when news of
a d i f ferent sort f i l t e red through from H e n l e y and Mon t rea l . T h e B o a t C l u b had a most s u c c e s s f u l year at the Hen ley R o y a l R e g a t t a , w i t h our l s t VIII reach ing the quarter f i n a l s of the L a d i e s P l a t e and the 2nd VIII be ing beaten only
Whilst you were away
OR
SUMMER NEWS ROUND-UP
Montreal At the Montrea l O l y m p i c s T i m C r o o k s
a former pos t graduate s tudent i n the M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g ' s L u b r i c a t i o n L a b o r a tory, won a s i l v e r medal i n the row ing e igh t s . T w o other members of the department, N e i l Keron ( c o x l e s s fours , rowing) and Dr Graham P a u l ( fenc ing) were not as s u c c e s s f u l .
Student Houses Dur ing the v a c a t i o n rennovat ion work
was ca r r i ed out on some o f the student houses owned by the C o l l e g e . D e l a y s i n commenc ing the work brought fears that 51 and 69 E v e l y n G a r d e n s , together w i t h 14
Queensbury P l a c e wou ld not be ready for student o c c u p a t i o n at the start o f term. In the second P G F e l i x we reported that qu ick ac t i on by C o l l e g e o f f i c i a l s and Un ion P r e s i d e n t N i c k B r a y s h a w had unexpec ted l y enab le d the work to be speeded up, T h e work has now f i n i s h e d in E v e l y n Gar d e n s , and students s tar ted mov ing in l a s t week .
Tricia Greenwood
R e s i d e n c e O f f i c e r T r i c i a Greenwood res igned i n A u g u s t . T a l k i n g to F e l i x about her d e c i s i o n she comp la ined about the unders ta f f ing of R e s i d e n c e O f f i c e and the re fusa l of C o l l e g e Admin i s t ra t i on to do any th ing about i t .
Blazes T h e f i rs t of two main f i res took p l a c e
o n J u l y 15th, when a fau l ty l i f t motor caught f i re , c a u s i n g the who le of Sou ths ide to be evacua ted for 30 m inu tes . Damage was minor . T w o months la te r the s tage of the U n i o n Concer t H a l l was be ing sanded when one of the dust bags b e i n g used caught f i r e . P a n d o r a T h e a t r e ' s Andy Stephenson and I C Un ion D P Der r i c k Evere t t were the he roes , whose prompt a c t i o n c o n f i ned damage to four square feet of s tage f loor .
Clem R S M U n i o n mascot C l e m , a 1926 Morr is
Commerc ia l lo r ry , is off the road f o l l ow ing t r a n s m i s s i o n fa i lu re at Po r t smou th . C l e m had gone South to take part i n the Is le o f Wight R a i l w a y C e n t r e ' s Summer Show. A t the t ime this meant that a l l three C C U motor i sed masco ts were of f the road .
RCS' It was w i th regret that F e l i x had to rec
ord the deaths of two we l l - known R C S U
p e r s o n a l i t i e s , R o n K i l l and J a n V i n c e n t .
O n both a C o r o n e r ' s ve rd ic t of a c c i d e n t a l
death was recorded.
IMPORTANT VISA INFO O v e r s e a s students are now a d v i s e d to
app ly for a new v i s a to s tay i n B r i t a i n at l e a s t 14 days before t h e i r o l d v i s a e x p i r e s . F o l l o w i n g a recent court c a s e , the Home O f f i c e requires that any v i s a appea l ( in the c a s e o f an u n s u c c e s s f u l a p p l i c a n t ) must be he ld before h i s p resent v i s a e x p i r e s . L a t e app l i can t s now face the r i s k of d e p -or t ion shou ld there be i nsu f f i c i en t t ime to to hear their a p p e a l . Fur ther d e t a i l s from the IC Un ion O f f i c e .
F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976 - 3
NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION
NEW FORMAT Let 's get the formalities over; Welcome to IC- this is F E L I X or This is IC, and you're welcome to FELIX.(At least
one of those should be in the right
order!) To those who are new here, I hope that this rag, which appears weekly during term-time, will be as a guiding light through the mists of Union and College affairs. And for those hardy perennials (told you the
fiver would work—P-P), hope you like the new format. You'd better, 'cause we've paid for it now.
Seriously though, this edition represents a double first for F E L I X , the first issue to use full process colour and the first litho-ed UG issue to use a colour cover. The colour on the front, and the new banner (doesn't
it look sweet!—varitypist) will become a permanent feature, paid for by the advertising-the rate of which amazes even the bank manager.
Money Matters Many people have been pressing
for an end to the U G C self-balancing regulations on catering and residence accounts, amongst them our own Sir Brian Flowers. It seems odd that once again the U G C , a Government body, should ask universities to perform a stunt that no Government installation has recently pulled off. A stunt indeed for universities to juggle with money they don't possess. The new measures are n o t h i n g m o r e than a self-administered placebo.
For the first time in three years, refectory price increases do not hog the headlines of the Fresher's F E L I X . Mr Mooney's catering has come in for severe criticism in the last year. It's all very well knocking his efforts, but few could do better in his position—it's not half as easy as it looks. Food quality has improved in the last year, although there is still no room for complacency; many outside concerns provide comparable bounty without the long queues.
Constitutionally The Honarary Secretary's article
came into F E L I X barely a week ago,
literally as the paper went to press. I learnt then of his d e c i s i o n to include far-reaching constitutional changes in the agenda for this Thursday's Union General Meeting. These would enable the Union to sack officers, including sabbaticals, if circumstances arose where IC s t u d e n t s wished to do so. The measures also define the jobs* of sabbatical officers, particularly with regard to holiday periods. I welcome the advent of such measures, although at the time of writing, I have not been shown a full copy of the proposed changes.
H o w e v e r , I am amazed at the Honarary Secretary's timing. Sabbatical job descriptions and sabbatical contracts were last discussed at Council over two years ago. 1 can't remember these matters being raised at UGM, and certainly this year's Executive have not asked for Council or Union advice in preparing the changes. The late arrival of Mr.White's article precluded any extensive discussion in F E L I X on these changes.
At most there will be half an hour spent discussing the changes before voting at the UGM. That's hardly enough time to air the subject fully. Moreover, large numbers of freshers at the meeting will not know enough about the Union to assess the merits of the changes.
I don't question Chalky's good intentions in bringing up these measures, they have been sorely needed for some time. Discuss them at Thursday's UGM, but let's not vote on them until a fuller discussion has taken place.
Discount Discount
Full marks to ICU for undercutting NUS on the student discount scheme and passing on half of the commission (25p) to the students buying the cards. But where does the other half go?—to cover admin costs, says ICU. The permanent staff are salaried and are paid no extra to handle the cards. Telephone bil ls don't come into itfthey are paid by College anyway)—surely it can't cost 25p per card to post details of card purchases to Endsleigh Street. Is it a g e n u i n e saving for students or two fingers to NUS?
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Safer Insurance
Many of you wil l , no doubt, be replying to some of the adverts appearing in F E L I X , particularly the two insurance companies'. A few years ago there were some rogues in the business who spoilt the show for the respectable operators. ICU has banned the leaf-letting of halls, and other measures have weeded out the baddies. Furthermore, when you write to these companies you are under no obligation—you have only asked for details. When answering any advert in F E L I X it helps both us and the company to quote the paper's name.
Our Plug
This illustrious, illustrative, and illuminous (cor!) newspaper would be half the size and twice as late but for a deadicated (sic) band of volunteer staff. F E L I X tries very hard, but is not a clique. A n y o n e , w h e t h e r interested or not, be they an academic, a secretary or a student-, is welcome to join us. Any degree of involvement is invited, from writing letters to pasting up articles to collating after closing time. After al l , it 's your newspaper and if you want to help out on it, great! Just pop into the office, or see us at the Freshers' Fair.
HIHfWIHlU«IWitH»iimill l l l lrU^IIIHIMmmilRUU4l ^
Editor - C l i v e Dewey B . S c . A R C S .
P u b l i s h e d by the E d i t o r on behal f of the ^
Imperial C o l l e g e Un ion P u b l i c a t i o n s
Boa rd . P r in ted o f f se t - l i t ho on the Un ion JJ*
p remises .
Many thanks to G i l l M c C o n w a y , Ian
Morse , V a l e r i e B e e r , J e n Hardy-Smi th ,
E x - e d . M i L J e W , E x - e d . P i n g p o n g ,
Duncan S u s s , D a v e C . K n i g h t s . Ter ry
WeStoby, Dave F o x a l l , Howard Chee tham.
Spec ia l thanks to Steve Bngh tman and
K e v i n ( from M i n e s ) for the co lou r
p h o t o s .
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F E L I X Of f i ce , Imperial C o l l e g e Un ion , iJx
Pr ince Consort Road, London SW7 2 B B W
T e i 0 1 - 5 8 9 5111 ext 1048/1042/1043
I n t e r n a l 2881 %'V
FRESHER'S LETTER (Cotinued from front page)
spending about 10% of the
budget of many other unions*
he to ld F e l i x . 'Even the CCUs
are given substantially greater
sums from ICU to spend on
their handbooks'. R C S U
d id in fac t spend £800 on their
handbook th is year , w i t h the
R o y a l C o l l e g e of Sc ience
A s s o c i a t i o n adding a further
£400. L e e d s U n i v e r s i t y , who
l ike TC, produced 3,000 cop ies
of thei r handbook, expec t to
subs id i se it to the tune of
£4,000 a year .
Impossible schedule
C o l l e g e P u b l i c a t i o n s
Department agreed to the over
time prov ided that the Un ion
guaranteed to re imburse them;
P r e s i d e n t of the U n i o n , N i c k
B rayshaw , agreed to t h i s . In
eight d a y s , Mr Morse turned i n
57 hours overt ime to get the
Handbook f i n i s h e d ; as F E L I X
Ed i to r C l i v e Dewey s a y s :
'We had eight working days to
complete the magazine, since
by 2nd August FELIX had
recieved none of the Handbook
artwork—impossible without
extensive overtime.'
On the n a i l , the Handbook
was d e l i v e r e d . One month later
it was s t i l l in R e g i s t r y wa i t i ng
to be put into the m a i l i n g .
J i m L e a c h , in charge of the
ma i l i ng at R e g i s t r y , e x p l a i n s
the s i t ua t i on ; 'Normally
I tell everyone to get items
for the mailing to me by mid-
• C C C C ' C C C C ' C ^ C C August. This gives me a Jwo
week leeway before we put the
items actually into the mailing.
This year I was on holiday
until 13th September, so the
mailing wasn't started until I
returned.
Stunned
Nei ther Mr White nor Mr
Dewey knew of th is leeway.
Mr Dewey a g a i n : ' / was rather
stunned to hear that all our
work had been for nothing. Even
one extra week would have
made all the difference. More
over, I'm certain that it would
have enabled Paul to produce
a much better publication.
'Obviously his working in
Harrods didn't help matters,
but even so the overtime could
have been avoided if we at the
FELIX unit had been better
informed by the Union. As it
was, this office was fully
stretched on the Handbook, and
we relied implicitly on the
information from Mr White.'
Incompetance
Mr E k p e n y o n g takes a more
acr imon ious l i ne : 'It shows
a marked degree of incompet
ance, on the part of the
Honorary Secretary, that he was
unable to give the correct
completion date. This was
despite my protestations at
the time that Registry had
given me a different final
delivery date. The Union
Executive has once again
shown its low financial
priority on Union publications —
except where things go wrong.'
4 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976
Sxecutwc
W e l l , th is is it! A f te r the long hot
summer wh i ch saw most of you wa i t ing
for ' A ' leve l r esu l t s , U C C A forms, c o l l e g e
le t ters , and the start of term, we can
now look forward to the Autumn term.
A s you s i t reading th is F r e s h e r ' s
ed i t i on of F E L I X , it is a sober ing
thought for you tha t . . .you have just
entered one of the true B a s t i o n s of
s c i e n c e and techno logy . E x a m i n e r s ,
L E A ' s , magis t ra tes and parents w i l l i n g ,
you w i l l spend at least three yea rs here
in the search of knowledge , truth and a
degree. Your three yea rs at U n i v e r s i t y are
often the most format ive yea rs of your
l i f e , so le t ' s start fo rming . . .
F i r s t l y , l e t ' s form some ideas about
me, the P r e s i d e n t . The days of Tom
Brown, F l a s h m a n and Rugby Schoo l
don' t ex tend to IC U n i o n . Be fo re I was
e lec ted to th is heady p o s i t i o n , (ac tua l l y
everyone s a i d ' H e r e ' s a l i k e l y look ing
mug' and then the buggers voted for me),
I was a student in M a t e r i a l s S c i e n c e ,
and , wi th a s k e t c h y , beer -soden bra in
and set of lecture no tes , managed to
sw ing a 2:2 degree . Remember, | am an
ordinary student w i th the same ideas
and problems as a l l of you - I l i ve in
the student h a l l s ( L i n s t e a d ) , I eat in the
same re fecs (If I must) , d r ink in the same
bars (usua l l y the Un ion) and , most
important, sc rape a l i v i ng off the same
grant as you. S o , d o n t be s c a r e d of coming
up and in t roduc ing you rse l f , ' c a u s e I'll
ta lk to anyone for a pint of ' E ' . S e r i o u s l y ,
I fee l that i t ' s important for the P res iden t
to be approachab le and that i s one of
my a ims - to meet a s many people as
p o s s i b l e .
PRES CUTTINGS by IC Union President
Nick Brayshaw
Now l e t ' s get down to some s e r i o u s
Un ion b u s i n e s s ( I ' l l keep it br ie f ) .
F i r s t l y , the Un ion i s not someth ing
from wh ich you can d i v o r c e yourse l f .
Without y o u , the U n i o n , by i t ' s very
name, does not e x i s t . Y o u are a member
of the Un ion and in the same way as you
w i l l draw benef i ts from be ing a member,
the Un ion draws benef i t from your
membership . T h e i s s u e s in wh i ch I
become invo lved must, by n e c e s s i t y , be
those wh i ch are of importance to y o u .
Remember that when I make a s tand on
R e f e c t o r i e s , H a l l s , f ees or whatever , I
need your support in prov id ing a plat form
for my s tand . Y o u know what the next
sen tence i s go ing to s a y , because I
cannot implore you st rongly enough to
attend Un ion mee t ings . Before you come
to the f i rs t meet ing (on Thursday) don' t
bi i l Id up a preconcept ion that the Un ion
i s fu l l of h a c k s and that a U G M is
where we plan s i t - i n s or send telegrams
to A l l e n d e , or Vo rs te r . A U G M has two
func t i ons :
(1) I try to e x p l a i n ( in t wo - s y l l ab l e
words) what the h e l l I have been up to.
If you agree w i th what I have been do ing ,
or propose to d o , g i v e me the support to
con t inue .
(2) A U G M is an opportuni ty for you to
te l l me what to do (in both s e n s e s ) and to
chop me down if I go as t ray . The U G M
is an arena where a l l you have to do to
get me, or the Un ion c o l l e c t i v e l y to do
someth ing , i s to put your hand in the a i r
and speak your m ind .
Remember, your language won ' t shock
me - if you want to s tand up and te l l me
what a l ousy , foul -mouthed rat-bag I am
then go ahead ( you ' l l get a h e l l of a
rep ly , by the w a y ) . A l s o if you want to
throw bouquets (or money) then fee l f ree .
A l l you have to do i s come to the meet ing
and put your hand in the a i r . Enough of
th is Un ion b u s i n e s s . . .
L a s t l y , I try to wr i te these a r t i c l e s
every week — some week s they are
ext remely bor ing , the other week s i t ' s
just p la in bor ing . R e a d it though, at
least y o u ' l l know I'm s t i l l a round.
Another way y o u ' l l know I'm around i s
if you see someone w h i z z past you wi th a
red A u s t i n M in i or no c l o t h e s or bo th . . . i t ' s
me.
WELFARE MATTERS T h e Welfare Cent re i s
s i tua ted at the top of the
U n i o n B u i l d i n g (turn left on
emerg ing from the l i f t ) , and i s
open 12.30 to 1.30pm Monday
to F r i d a y . T h e r e y o u c a n f i nd
in format ion on t op i cs ranging
from land lord prob lems to
con t racep t i on - from get t ing
lega l a i d to student d i s c o u n t s .
We a l s o have a s u p p l y of tube
and bus maps . Mondays ,
Wednesdays and F r i d a y s it i s
s ta f fed by student(s) and on
T u e s d a y s and T h u r s d a y s by
Don A d d l i n g t o n , the Student
C o u n s e l l o r . E v e r y Wednesday
l aw s tudents from the L S E
come a long to give free a d v i c e .
The U n i o n S o l i c i t o r can a l s o
be c o n s u l t e d v i a the Cen t re or
The U n i o n O f f i c e . The Cent re
i s a l s o on the phone —
in te rna l : 2898.
The re w i l l be a s t a l l at the
F r e s h e r s F a i r ( l s t f loor)
where you c a n see the k ind of
in format ion the Cen t re h a s .
Help P l e a s e drop by i f you wou ld
l i k e to he lp out at the Centre
once a week . Another somewhat
important point — our in tended
Welfare O f f i ce r , hav ing f a i l e d
to re turn, l e a v e s one of our
most v i t a l Un ion pos t s v ac an t .
T h e job c o u l d bes t be f i l l e d
by 2nd yea rs upwards . A n y o n e
who ' i s i n te res ted come and
have a cha t w i th me about
what i s i n v o l v e d . I c a n be
found v i a the Cen t re or the
U n i o n O f f i c e .
SUE KALICINSKI
'Acting' Welfare Officer
WARNING The National Westminster Bank, local Police and
Security Officers at Imperial College are becoming
increasingly concerned at the number of thefts of
cheque books, cheque cards and credit cards taking
place on the College Premises. In the main thefts
occur from jackets left unattended in offices and
lecture rooms.
We ask all customers to ensure that all such items
are kept quite separately on their persons and that
every precaution is taken to safeguard them at all
times.
Imperial College
Underwater
Club
Introductory
Meeting.
Films,
Talk, etc.
6pm.
Tues. 12th Oct.
Zoology Study Area
(Follow notices in
Biet quad)
Pool will be open
afterwards. /jj^
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Booking rooms A l l Un ion rooms are booked through
mysel f or through J e n , the P r e s i d e n t s '
A s s i s t a n t . They are the f o l l o w i n g : -
Union Building ( capac i ty )
Commi t tee Room A (Brown) T o p f loor 20
Commit tee Room B (Green) " " 10
Commit tee Room C (Orange) " " 10
Concer t H a l l 2nd " 280
(stage is booked sepera te ly )
Common Room 1st " 50
Lower Refec tory Ground 100
Union E v e n i n g R 'm O p p o s . F e l i x Of f . 60
Sherfield Building Junior Common Room L e v e l 2 200
There is normal ly no charge for the
booking of these rooms by IC s tudents
but a depos i t is usua l l y requi red for
private par t ies and s i m i l a r f unc t i ons .
The ICWA lounge is s u i t a b l e for sma l l
part ies, (capac i t y about 40) and c a n be
booked through Isobel D o n n e l l y , ICWA
Pres ident . 98 B e i t Ha l I.
Procedure It you want to book one of the above
rooms, drop into my o f f i ce ( f i rs t f l oo r ,
Union) ask for a B o o k i n g s F o r m . Please
read the section marked "Conditions ot
use". Take particular note of the c l a u s e s :
(1) " T h e person in whose name the
rooom i s booked s h a l l be to ta l l y r e s p o n s
ible for the behav iour of the g u e s t s and
should ensure that they l eave the room
after the f u n c t i o n " .
(2) (A) " M e s s e s of a human nature
(excreta, vomi t , e tc ) must be c l e a r e d u p " .
(The D i s c i p l i n a r y Commi t tee took a very
dim v iew of ce r ta in v i o l a t i o n s of t h i s
rule last s e s s i o n ) .
(8) " R e p a i r s or res t i tu t ion resu l t i ng
from any damage done to property in the
bu i ld ing and in e x c e s s of the amount of
the depos i t s h a l l be pa id for by the
a p p l i c a n t " .
P l e a s e a l s o note the a d v i c e about s p e c i a l
f a c i l i t i e s (eg s tage l igh t ing) , insurance
and performing r ights l i c e n c e s g i ven on
the form.
F u n c t i o n s w i l l not normal ly be a l l o w e d
to cont inue after midnight excep t in the
J C R , wh ich is often bookab le unt i l 2am.
Discipline & security matters T h i s rather d i f f i cu l t top ic f o l l ows on
natura l ly from the book ing of rooms,
s i n c e it is af ter func t ions that un
p l e a s a n t n e s s often o c c u r s . I wou ld warn
everyone us ing the Un ion that the E x e c
ut ive are not amused by exc re ta and
vomit in the rooms, by broken furni ture,
graf f i t t i on w a l l s , forced doo rs , smashed
c l o c k s and v a n d a l i s e d te lephones that
too f requent ly accompany the use of
Un ion rooms, e s p e c i a l l y by ce r ta in c l u b s
and s o c i e t j e s ( w h o s h a l l remain name less ) .
We a l s o take a d im v iew of the defacement
of nominat ion papers, the tear ing down of
n o t i c e s and " s t r e a k i n g " through the
Un ion bu i Id ing .
My own powers and r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s are
set out in the Un ion B y — L a w s . I may
suspend any member ot the Union from
the use of Un ion f a c i l i t i e s for up to
24 hours . Once I have done th i s , I
expec t the i nd i v i dua l s concerned to
leave the bu i ld ing at once. I s h a l l then
O R A N G E
M O L E use what the law d e s c r i b e s as " r e a s o n a b l e
f o r c e " to ev i c t the m i s c r e a n t s ; s i n c e I
a m ' of rather s l i gh t bu i ld and not as
muscu la r as large F o o t b a l l / R u g b y p layers
(oops! ) , I hope that other members of
the Un ion w i l l a s s i s t me. B rendan , the
Ba r Manager , is very handy w i th the
hur l ing s t i ck wh ich he keeps behind the
bar, s o I don ' t fo resee any d i f f i c u l t i e s
t h e r e ! O N L Y UNDER THE MOST SERIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES WILL I CALL THE
POLICE. The last th ing I want i s to
g i ve the Un ion a reputat ion a s a rough-
house — anyone who th inks that th is
i s in fact what it i s , had better keep
away from the U n i o n before h e / s h e i s
suspended .
Noticeboards etc. P l e a s e respect the Un ion no t i ceboards
both old and new. See C h a l k y ' s a r t i c l e
for the P u b l i c i t y R u l e s — these app ly to
a l l U n i o n a reas . P l e a s e make sure that
pos te rs are removed after the event -
otherwise you will be fined.
Beit Quadrangle Unfor tunate ly , dur ing the next twe l ve
months the Quad w i l l look rather
uns igh t l y , s i n c e the g rass -mud areas
are to be dug up and new d ra inage ins ta l l ed .
Then the g r a s s w i l l be reseeded around
E a s t e r and th is shou ld be look ing good
by next Oc tober . P l e a s e keep off these
areas wh i l e the work i s under way .
Committee rooms The Un ion has spent a great dea l of
money (over £16,000) in bu i l d ing and
fu rn ish ing the Wel fare Cen t re and
Commit tee Rooms . The latter are the
" B r o w n R o o m " , " G r e e n R o o m " and the
" O r a n g e R o o m " , as above . T h e s e rooms
should be used for commi t tee meet ings
and sma l l gather ings — p lease do not ask
for the common room, u n l e s s you need
a room for about 50 p e o p l e .
Defects & complaints If you have any comp la in t s about the
bu i ld ing or f ind that someth ing w i l l not
work, eg doors , taps , p inba l l m a c h i n e s , or
if you come a c r o s s damaged furni ture of
any k ind , p l ease come to my o f f i ce and
enter the problem In the " d e f e c t s b o o k " .
Keys
C o u l d a l l ho lders of keys to U n i o n
rooms p lease g i ve me a l i s t of the keys
in your p o s s e s s i o n ; eg O p s o c , D ramsoc ,
S t o i c , J a z z C l u b , A C C , S C C , R C C ,
S c a b , Gra f f i t t i , e t c . I am par t i cu la r l y
in terested to know which ' k e y s have been
lost.
Fire & emergency The C o l l e g e are pa r t i cu la r l y wor r ied at
present by the danger of bombs be ing
planted in or near the c o l l e g e . If it i s
announced over the pub l i c a d d r e s s that a
bomb is s u s p e c t e d in the U n i o n , for
goodness s a k e — get out(!) through the
nearest ex i t and round to the other s i de
of the A lbe r t H a l l , where one i s reasonab ly
she l tered from a b l a s t . A f te r the recent
f i re in the Concer t H a l l , w e ' r e a l i t t l e
concerned about f i re p recau t i ons .
P l e a s e take care - no smok ing in the
Concer t H a l l , e s p e c i a l l y on s tage , do
not tamper wi th any e l e c t r i c a l apparatus
and use the ash t rays s u p p l i e d for your
dog e n d s . It is a d i s c i p l i n e o f fence to
tamper w i th f i re e x t i n g u i s h e r s or hoses
p l e a s e s top others from us ing them;
you have been warned!
Union facilities P l e a s e note the improvements we have
made in the Un ion th is summer; the new
Poo l T a b l e , the Pho to B o o t h , the P i n b a l l
M a c h i n e s and (I hope) the repai red
t e l e v i s i o n (parts are due to ar r ive any
day at t ime of wr i t i ng ! ) . P l e a s e look
after these i tems! If they do not work,
p lease ref ra in from k i c k i n g them — or I
might k i c k you !
Derrick Everett, Deputy President of ICU
Important Customs & Exercise notice College Administration has asked F E L I X to publicize the
following notice about the temporary exportation of goods:
From the 1st J u l y 1976 the regula t ion cove r ing temporary
expor ta t ion of equipment for repai r , mod i f i ca t i on , up-dat ing e t c ,
has been a l tered to br ing it into l ine w i th other E E C c o u n t r i e s .
The new regu la t ion requ i res that au thor isa t ion from HM
Customs & E x c i s e must be obta ined before the equipment is
d ispatched from C o l l e g e . F a i l u r e to comp ly , w i l l resu l t in
d i f f icu l ty in get t ing the equipment back into th is count ry , and
is almost ce r ta in to i nvo l ve the payment of duty and V A T . T h e
new forms requi red are C & E 1152 and C & E 1153.
Equipment be ing temporar i ly exported for use on s c i e n t i f i c
projects abroad c a n s t i l l be expor ted on the form X S 140 (XS
140A if being sent by post ) . T h i s form is used to f a c i l i t a t e e a s y
re-entry through cus toms in th i s country but does not cove r the
cus toms fo rma l i t i es of the country the equipment is be ing taken
into.
A n A T A Carnet is used to cove r fore ign C u s t o m s requirements
in c a s e s where equipment is t ransported a c r o s s one or more
f ron t ie rs . Depar tments shou ld note that at leas t seven d a y s '
no t i ce is requi red to arrange a Carne t .
If your department i s send ing equipment abroad p l e a s e con tac t
the Fo re ign Order Sec t ion w h i c h can offer a d v i c e on t ranspor t
(quotat ions e t c . ) , supp ly the necessa ry forms, and make sure the
current regu la t ions are obse rved ; they a l s o hand le incoming
cons ignmen ts , and w i l l he lp wi th a l l HM Cus toms and E x c i s e
prob lems, e x c l u d i n g V A T .
Fo re ign Order S e c t i o n , Room 407 , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . Irft. 3038 .
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l}The College
All - Stars
Sir B r i a n
cap ta in of
F l o w e r s , Rec to r : Dynamic
the C o l l e g e team, d e s c r i b e d
in the Sunday Times as a " p o l i t i c a l
• h e a v y w e i g h t " . Ma in ta ins h i s p o s i t i o n by
h i s amaz ing a b i l i t y to o s c i l l a t e from
left to r ight w ing at such a speed that
he appears to be on nei ther . E n e r g e t i c a l l y
su i t ed to the r o l e , he has an atomic shot
and i s a member of both the B r i t i s h and
' Eu ropean Squads .
Wears a roll-neck jersey.
Ambition: to win the European Cup.
It
M i c k e y D a v i e s , Secre tary : Un f l appab le
i ns i de right w i th the unusual a b i l i t y
' of be ing ab le to mesmer ise the o p p o s i t i o n
w i th a s ing le g lance w h i c h , i t i s repu ted ,
. c a n a l s o f reeze water . H a s a dynami te
shot and has scored many goa l s in pas t
ma tches .
Wears a Welsh international rugby shirt.
' Ambition: to write a book entitled "How
to smile whilst cutting budgets and win
friends."
P e t e r Mee , Reg i s t r a r : F o o t b a l l e r of h igh
renown and longt ime co l l eague of the F A .
G e t s lo ts o f t a c t i c a l adv i ce from Don
R e v i e and puts th is to use in the ma t ches .
Supremo of ta lent spot t ing i n i t i a t i v e s ,
he a l w a y s bears i n mind a l te rna t ive
p r o s p e c t s .
Wears an Old Kingsburian jersey
Ambition: to save money on the printing
of prospecti.
A F T E R L A S T y e a r ' s moribund g o a l - l e s s
draw, the pund i ts are a l ready c o n v i n c e d
that t h i s y e a r ' s annual spec tacu la r
s e r i e s of games between the C o l l e g e and
U n i o n A l l - S t a r s w i l l produce the goa l s
and the magic wh ich have cha rac te r i sed
so many of the pas t meet ings between
these two cha r i sma t i c teams. The
C o l l e g e ' s undoubted supremacy on the
right w ing seems to have been re in forced
by the t a c t i c a l s i gn ing l as t year of a
re t i red nava l c a p t a i n , wh i l s t the in jury-
prone Un ion team has no fewer than
f i ve new f a c e s on i ts bench , one of whom
i s a mystery p layer whose ident i ty i s for
the moment unknown.
Be fo re any more ado, let us take a
look at the two teams.
Cap t L i n d l e y R N (retd), Domes t i c
Secre tary . A stern o l d mariner wi th a
de f in i te d i s l i k e for C u b a n stamps and
" r e d r e v o l u t i o n a r i e s " . P l a y s hard on the
r ight w ing and i s d i f f i cu l t to b lock and
t a c k l e . L i k e s a strategy to be water t igh t ,
but somet imes ends up in a m e s s . C o u l d
be e x p l o s i v e i f the word " r i d i c u l o u s " i s
men t ioned .
Wears navy blue.
Ambition: to become the anchor man of
his team and to avoid being hijacked
to Cuba.
V i c t o r Mooney , Re fec to ry Manager :
P e r f e c t e d h i s body swerve by dodg ing
around the Souths ide k i t chens c h a s i n g
c o c k r o a c h e s . T r i e s to cater for the
o p p o s i t i o n wi thout much s u c c e s s .
P r o b a b l y des t i ned for the thank less
p o s i t i o n of goa lkeeper w h i c h w i l l keep
h im r ight in the f i r ing l i ne . A poor
ch ipper of the b a l l .
Wears a pork pie hat.
Ambition: to get his yacht repaired.
C a r l Seaford , Domes t i c Manager : Demoted
las t yea r from mid- f ie ld dynamo to r ight-
b a c k , but manages to pretend that th i s
makes no d i f f e rence . A ve teran of many
hard-fought matches in prev ious y e a r s .
H a s yet to score a c o n v i n c i n g g o a l .
Wears a Cambridge blue hockey jersey.
Ambition: to be on good terms with
both teams and one day to return to
Rhodesia.
The Union All-Stars
N i c k B r a y s h a w , P r e s i d e n t : T h i s y e a r ' s
Un ion A l l - S t a r s cap ta in and last y e a r ' s
b igges t drunk i n the league . Budd ing T V
star , renowned streaker and pub l i c
re la t ions o f f i cer to the L i b y a n E m b a s s y .
H i s notor ious record has in no way
af fected h is genuine and abso lu te
integr i ty as a foo tba l l ing maestro.
P l a n s to throw every th ing ( inc lud ing
empty mi lk bo t t les ) into a t tack .
Wears nothing at all.
Ambition: to grow a beard.
Der r i ck Evere t t , Deputy P r e s i d e n t :
Amateur p layer who wants to turn
p r o f e s s i o n a l next year i n order to lead
7 7 / 7 8 ' s team. H a s to prove h imse l f a
match w inner and cou ld probably do so .
Of f the f i e l d a p ro l i f i c wr i ter o f memos
and le t te rs . Hopes to br ing the C o l l e g e
team to i ts knees w i th an inexorab le
torrent of post -match cor respondence.
Somet imes mis taken for a l i nesman
because he p lays so c l o s e to the right
w ing touch l i ne .
Wears a moustache and shocking green
socks.
Ambition: to score.
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F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976
John (Cha lky ) White, Hon . Secre tary .
Strong, s i len t , in tense ly uncon t rove rs ia l
and se l f - s ty led Mr N i c e G u y . A g luey
sort of person and sometimes a s t i c k l e r
for the ru les , he shou ld g ive a lot of
cohes ion to the Union A l l - S t a r s team
th is year, by gum. A great passe r of the
bal l and a midf ie ld dynamo to boot. One
of the best centre-hal fs in the game, h is
shoot ing power might be suspec t because
he wears p l imso les .
Ambition: to dispel the myth that he is
just a soap powder.
C h r i s Mor re l l , R C S U P r e s i d e n t : The
Un ion ' s secret weapon; so secret that no
one rea l ly knows, not evett C h r i s he rse l f .
G igg les at random and thus i s c o n s i d e r e d
to have a large d is t rac t ion po ten t ia l on
the f i e l d . Would probably be sent o f f i f
she t i t tered wh i ls t a penal ty was be ing
taken. T ipped for stardom next year
(st i r , st i r) .
Used to wear knickers.
Ambition: to discover who "ripped off"
her knickers in the first place and
kindly donated them to the Union Bar.
Steve Dear ing , C & G U P r e s i d e n t : T h e
Un ion A l l -S ta rs pet g o r i l l a . Rumoured to
have d i f f icu l ty in th ink ing and k i c k i n g
the ba l l at the same t ime. Has a lot o f
potent ia l , but is expected only to put in
guest appearances due to e x c e s s i v e
commitments wi th his home team.
Wears a wig.
Ambition: to overcome his precarious
position's jinx and actually get an ACGI.
A . N . Other , R S M U P r e s i d e n t : The U n i o n
team's mystery p laye r . T r a g i c a l l y due to
bra in damage, Mart in L e v y the R S M U
P r e s i d e n t - e l e c t , has had to pu l l out of
the squad at the request of h is home
team's board of d i rec to rs . A great p i t y .
Had p lanned to change the refreshment
at ha l f - t ime from oranges to a f i r k in of
beer per man. Would have been the b igges t
drunk in the league.
Wore a girdle once only.
Ambition: to get back into Mines?
Spectators L e t us now make a qu ick p e r u s a l through
the l i k e l y spec ta to rs who w i l l probably
be wa t ch i ng the matches w i th av id
in te res t .
J e n Hardy -Smi th , P r e s i d e n t ' s A s s i s t a n t .
R e f u s e s to take s i d e s desp i te much
p l e a d i n g from both c a m p s . B r i n g s on the
oranges at hal f - t ime and ca r r i es off the
wounded when in ju r ies occu r . T remendous ly
s k i l l e d at nu rs ing and rev i v i ng dead
and dy ing e g o e s .
Wears a tie every Friday.
Ambition: to get home regularly from
Council meetings before 10 pm.
Brendan C l e m e n t s , U n i o n B a r Manager :
Semi-bearded leprechaun from D u b l i n ' s
fa i r c i t y . T a l k s a lo t , but wou ld probab ly
argue a l l night that he does not . R e f u s e s
to take s i d e s desp i te much c a j o l i n g . Of f
the f i e l d he i s shy and re t i r ing excep t at
Chem E n g F r e s h e r s ' D i n n e r s . Removes
h is lef t boot when l o s i n g at C o c k - a - l e e k y .
Wears the same five ties ever week.
Ambition: to retire one day and become
a professional Guiness drinker.
C l i v e D e w e y , E d i t o r of F E L I X . Screams
to take the f i e l d for the U n i o n A l l - S t a r s
but so far without much s u c c e s s . A n
incons i s ten t header of the b a l l . Wr i tes
co lou r fu l and sensa t iona l match reports in
h i s spare time when not shout ing
encouragement from the touch l i ne .
B e l i e v e s in l i a i s o n whenever it i s
p o s s i b l e .
Wears a FELIX T-shirt.
Ambition: to produce at least thirty-five
match reports this year and hence set a
new record.
T e d F i s h e r , former N U P E Secre tary : H a d
apparent ly been under c r i t i c i s m from
cer ta in d i s s a t i s f i e d sec t i ons of h is own
team for a l l eged ly and n e e d l e s s l y he lp ing
the C o l l e g e A l l - S t a r s . A veteran s t r i ke r ,
he rs an asse t to every team that he i s
a s s o c i a t e d w i t h .
Wears a parking warden's hat.
Ambition: to get a new hut.
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The Author : ( B l u s h ) R e s i d e n t c y n i c . X
N o b o d y ' s f r iend (sob) . The most unpopular T*
man in the league when th is a r t i c l e has £
been read (wa i l , sob) . P r o m i s e s not to
wr i te any more nas t y , sp i t e fu l cont ro- -^C
v e r s i a l a r t i c l e s for F E L I X desp i te the i r
j o u r n e r l i s s i c eggse r l ense (extended
throaty w a i l , sobj i Is reputed ly open to
br ibes however .
Wears armour plating from now on.
Ambition: to prevent just one person in
his department from identifying him as
the author of this load of drivel.
i
So there it i s : the crowds have returned
and the two teams are coming out of the
d r e s s i n g rooms just rar ing to g o . A po in t
worth not ing i s that a l though both the
teams are on the p i t ch wa i t i ng for the 4c
k ick -o f f , some members may try to deny C
a l l knowledge of p l a y i n g footba l l or T*
even c r i c k e t . In the event of th is happening J
humour them p o l i t e l y .
W.M. (anag).
8 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976
F a r too much emphas is has been p l a c e d on nuc lea r deve lop ment and far too l i t t l e on a l te rnat ive t e c h n o l o g i e s , s a y s the R o y a l C o m m i s s i o n on Env i ronmenta l P o l l u t i o n , whose s i x t h repo r t . 'Nuc lea r P o w e r and the E n v i r o n m e n t ' , was p u b l i s h e d in mid-sepember . T h e report was prepared under the cha i rmansh ip of S i r B r i a n F l o w e r s .
A s expec ted the C o m m i s s i o n has warned the Government aga ins t nuc lea r e x p a n s i o n un t i l the problems of d i s p o s a l and conta inment of both s o l i d -and l i qu id - t ype w a s t e s has been adequate ly s o l v e d . T h e use of f u e l s , such as P lu ton ium i s f o o l i s h , s a y s the report, when no cer ta in method of e l im ina t i n g env i ronmenta l p o i s o n i n g e x i s t s .
N u c l e a r e x p a n s i o n , s ta tes the report wou ld imply the
N u c l e a r c a u t i o n
u r g e d by R e c t o r use of fast -breeder reac tors on a large s c a l e , and a 'p lu ton ium economy ' in wh i ch th is e lement wou ld prov ide a p r i n c i p a l fue l for energy supp l y . T h e deve lop ment wou ld a l s o have po ten t ia l i m p l i c a t i o n s of another k i n d . World growth in nuc lea r power wou ld be l i k e l y to f a c i l i t a t e the p ro l i fe ra t ion of nuc lea r weapons . There wou ld be the r i s k of ter ror is t ac t i on aga ins t nuc lea r i n s t a l l a t i o n s us i ng f i s s i l e ma te r i a l s , e s p e c i a l l y p lu ton ium, as threats aga ins t s o c i e t y . S i r B r i a n has made c l e a r before h i s o p i n i o n that the ques t ion i s n o t , whether
te r ror is ts might s e i z e a nuc lea r i n s t a l l a t i o n or cons ignment of p lu ton ium, but when . T h e t igh ten ing of p resent secu r i t y measures i s s t rong ly urged.
So the F l o w e r s report does not see the need to expand
nuc lear power to the l e v e l of a major energy producer in the near future. I ns tead , it recommends reseach into and the employment of a l t e rna t i ve means of energy p roduc t i on . T h i s , says the C o m m i s s i o n , shou ld be regu la ted by a new Government body set up s p e c i f i c a l l y wi th t h i s o b j e c t i v e .
If music be the food of love, why can't rabbits sing? My a r t i c l e in the last F E L I X was en t i t l ed Practical Rabbit, however , on tak ing psych ia t r i c and legal adv i ce (the P l a y b o y Corpora t ion d idn ' t l i ke me us ing thei r rabb i ts ! ) I f ind that my a r t i c l e s must hencefor th be c a l l e d White Lies, wh ich cou ldn ' t be further from the t ruth. . .honest !
Practicalities
Onward ho to the p r a c t i c a l i t i e s . I see my job as one in wh i ch I am here to a s s i s t you in whatever way I c a n ; pr imar i ly by ensur ing that the U n i o n , and a l l i ts integral parts, run smoothly and e f f i c i en t l y and u l t imate ly by ensur ing that your best in teres ts are a l w a y s the prime cons ide ra t ion in any ac t i on taken on your behal f . I look upon " W h i t e L i e s " as an opportunity to g ive you p rac t i ca l informat ion w h i l s t a l s o f i l l i n g you in on what w e ' r e " g e t t i n g up to in the Un ion O f f i c e " . If you think we shou ld be concent ra t ing on one area as opposed to another then p l ease t e l l u s . ' c o s J imminy C r i c k e t may be an a l te rna t i ve to C a p i t a l R a d i o but even he runs out of new ideas sooner or la ter ! ! ! A n y w a y . . .
Crash Pad
With th is y e a r ' s unprecedented shortage of accommodat ion the Un ion has fel t it necessary to run a C r a s h P a d Scheme. T h i s scheme w i l l ensure that nobody is den ied a p lace to s l e e p or wash w h i l s t they are s e e k i n g d i g s . If you are one of these un lucky home less people then come to the IC Un ion O f f i ce at 23.00 and we w i l l prov ide you wi th a campbed and wash ing f a c i l i t i e s . There w i l l be a nominal charge of 10p per night and there w i l l be a male and a female dormi to ry . Anyone w i s h i n g to a s s i s t th is scheme p lease come and see me in the O f f i ce (during day l i gh t hours pre ferab ly ! ) . Fur thermore, IF YOU ARE PREPARED TO HAVE SOMEONE SLEEP ON YOUR FLOOR OVERNIGHT PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MY INTERNAL TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 2488.
Panting
P a r k i n g Permit A p p l i c a t i o n forms are a v a i l a b l e from the Un ion O f f i c e . The comple ted forms must be returned by 17.00 ON THURSDAY 7TH OCTOBER. A l l app l i ca t i ons w i l l be cons ide red by the IC Un ion P a r k i n g Commit tee and a l is t of 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 pub l i shed in the F E L I X of F r i day 15th Oc tober . P l e a s e note that a l l a p p l i c a t i o n s are cons ide red in the l ight of a set se lec t i on p o l i c y , the g u i d e l i n e s ou t l ined therein are f irm and they w i l l be adhered to s t r i c t l y . A s a l w a y s I must remind you that, once the scheme has commenced, THE PARKING OF VEHICLES NOT DISPLAYING PARKING PERMITS IS PROHIBITED.
WHITE LIES by John White
IC Union Hon.Sec
Union Directory In order to ensure s t rong l i nes ot
communica t ion between Un ion O f f i c e r s , C l u b s ' and S o c i e t i e s ' Commit tee Members , Un ion Members and C o l l e g e A d m i n , too the Un ion p r o d u c e s a U N I O N D I R E C T O R Y . T h i s e s s e n t i a l l y c o n s i s t s of each se c t i o n / g rou p / c I u b / s oc i ety / c omm i t tee g i v i ng a l is t of their key members, their pos i t i ons , their departments and yea rs and an address a n d / o r te lephone number at w h i c h they may be c o n t a c t e d .
The Deadline For Copy For The Directory Is 17.00 On Thursday 7th October. A l l copy rece ived after t h i s date w i l l not appear in the d i rec to ry .
I must inform everybody that the E x e c u t i v e w i l l be pursuing a po l i cy of " n o name in the d i rec to ry , no r o o m " when tak ing book ings for a l l Un ion R o o m s .
P l e a s e send a l l copy to the H O N S E C . I C U .
Elections What a wonder fu l year tor exam
r e s u l t s ! ? !
I am cur ren t ly ac t i ng - Hon Junior Treasurer,' Welfare Officer, VP ICU (Mines Presidents post), Student Residence Officer, Overseas Students Committee Chairman, Carnival Co-ordinator, Mech Eng Dep Rep and a few other pos i t i ons too! If you wou ld w i s h to become one of these O f f i c e r s for real then put your name up on a nominat ion paper in the Un ion Lower Lounge (Counc i l No t i ce Board) and persuade some f r iends to second y o u ; 'nough sa id?
A t a recent p r e s s con fe r
e n c e , Si r B r i a n s a i d that s o c i e t y
shou ld be p l a c e d before the
energy race ; he c l a i m e d that
the government tends to p l a y
down the hazards of nuc lea r
techno logy . A p u b l i c a i r i ng of
the matter, he s a i d , i s urgent ly
needed .
A comp le te l y d i f f e r e n t v iewpo in t i s taken by the Un i t ed K ingdom A tom ic E n e r g y Au tho r i t y , w h i c h a c c u s e d the C o m m i s s i o n of ove rp lay ing the env i ronmenta l h a z a r d s . B r i t a i n , it s a y s , is s tead i l y be ing lef t
beh ind in the f i e l d of nuc lea r power. It a s k s that more atomic power s ta t ions be bu i l t immedia te l y , and s t r e s s e s the need for nuc lear power . It de r ides a l te rna t ive sources a s , at bes t , be ing capab l e of p rov id ing a minor por t ion of the na t i on ' s future energy n e e d s .
Gestetner demos
The Un ion has recent ly bought some new d u p l i c a t o r s . The general use dup l i ca to rs are s i tua ted in the Outer F e l i x O f f i c e , Un ion A r c h w a y . In order to be ab le to use these dup l i ca to rs you must attend a demonstrat ion of thei r usage to be he ld at 13.00 ON FRIDAY 8TH OCTOBER. Those present w i l l be reg is te red as permit ted to use the mach ines and w i l l be en t i t l ed to s ign out the keys to the mach ines . Pape r and ink is a v a i l a b l e from the Un ion O f f i c e if reuu i red .
Publicity rules OK
P l e a s e note that there is a " C o d e of P r a c t i c e " wh ich you are a s k e d to adhere to when p u b l i c i s i n g anyth ing on IC Un ion N o t i c e Boa rds . A copy of these ru les i s a v a i l a b l e , on request , from myse l f . F a i l u r e to comply wi th these ru les may render the poster p r o d u c e r s / d i s t r i bu to rs l i ab le to ac t ion by the ICU D i s c i p l i n e Commi t tee .
IC Union General Meeting
There w i l l be the f i rs t U G M of term on Thursday (7th October) at 13.00 in the Great H a l l , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g .
The main item of b u s i n e s s w i l l be changes to the Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n By L a w s . My own f ee l i ngs on th is sub jec t are that I would l ike to change the By L a w s into a form whereby the Un ion i s brought up to date and has a cleaner slate from wh ich to p rog ress .
The By L a w s are inc luded as an insert in th is F E L I X . Look at them! Th ink about them!
Do you not th ink that there shou ld be a f a c i l i t y whereby you can d i s m i s s a Un ion O f f i ce r sabbatical or otherwise if he is seen to be not performing h is job? A t the moment you c a n ' t . Do you not th ink that the Sabba t i ca l O f f i ce rs shou ld have a job desc r ip t i on la id down t i n wh ich wou ld be their r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , their p a y " , their ho l iday leave and so on? A t the moment there i sn ' t . Do you not think that a U G M should be ab le to mandate i ts o f f i ce rs to carry out the w i s h e s of the Un ion Members? A t the moment you c an ' t .
These are just some of the i s s u e s i nv o l v ed . If you want to see your Un ion s t ra ightened out and take part in th is p rocess of se l f -determinat ion then p l e a s e come a long
Matters a l s o to be d i s c u s s e d w i l l inc lude our mot ions to be submi t ted to the NUS Con fe rence .
T h a t ' s a l l I've got for now.
gWhitbread Trophy Bitter The pint that thinks it's a quart!
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F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976 - 9
Union Bar - A PERSONAL VIEW FROM A P.A.
T o put it p l a i n l y , in words of
not more than two s y l l a b l e s ,
the Un ion Bar l i v e s in the
bottom r ight hand corner of
the Un ion B u i l d i n g , but, as you
may e x p e c t , there i s more to it
than just that. In a c o l l e g e
wh ich boas ts more bars than
any other in the count ry , (and
that i n c l u d e s the un i ve r s i t i e s )
there has to be a good reason
for one in par t i cu la r to be
s ing led out as ' T H E B A R ' .
On sw ing ing through the
double doors , of w indowed
p l ywood and oak ( r e s p e c t i v e l y )
the R o m a n t i c ' s immediate v i e w
i s s tunn ing . T w o la rge oak
tab les , a coup le o f sma l le r ones
and many bare wooden s t o o l s ,
in front o f a bar spann ing the
width of the room. But it i s
beh ind the bar that th i s Roman
t i c ' s eye w i l l t rave l f i rs t , for
it i s there, beh ind th is much
used counter , wi th i ts ample
d i spensa ry o f a l e s and lage rs ,
that you w i l l see the f ines t
arrangement of pewter -ware,
not jus t in a c o l l e g e bar, nor
L o n d o n , but 'to be sure, to be
sure' in the wor ld .
F o r in th is U n i o n B a r , the
array of pewter pots represents
every c l u b c a p t a i n , cha i rman ,
p res ident and member. A n d it
i s not on ly for the ' o l d members '
of C o l l e g e that these exa l ted
p o s i t i o n s are h e l d . There
a lways seems to be room on
the s h e l v e s for ' your ' pot .
On a few rare days e a c h
year , you may be w i t n e s s to
strange s i g h t s ; peop le be ing
sk idded ac ross the aforemen
t ioned oak tab les (take heart ,
you shou ld be so l u c k y , or so
proud) as part o f ' i n i t i a t i o n '
ce remon ies .
T h i s preamble sounds l i k e
an i nv i t a t i on — or maybe a
t rave l brochure — and that i s
what it was meant to be.
The f requenters of the bar
do not, however , take note of
the decor , nor in teres t in the
pa rapherna l i a . They are here
s imp ly to en joy , in the p resence
of f r i ends , a dr ink . The re i s no
thought o f t ry ing to l i v e up to,
or down to any s tandards —
beyond 'Don't take yoiurglass
outside, if you please.' T h e y
are jus t r e v e l l i n g in a w e l l
earned, w e l l se rved drop of
thei r favour i te t i pp l e . In the
Un ion Ba r you can dance , you
can s i n g , you c a n do anything—
or your own thing— and no-one
w o r r i e s .
And I shou ld know. I've
been here a l o n g , long t ime.
I s ign myse l f ,
P A
KNIGHTSBRIDGE SW3
10 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976
S o c i e t i e s
Page
Dram soc
Bit of a giggle -but give it a whirl
I C D S , known (o a l l as D r a m s o c ,
inhab i ts a room on the 2 ' i f l oor o f the
U n i o n B u i l d i n g , c a l l e d the Storeroom,
a l though at F r e s h e r ' s F a i r we w i l l be on
d i sp lay i n a l l our g lory on the stage in
the Concer t H a l l . D ramsoc i s ded ica ted to
j o l l i f i c a t i o n ; for both the peop le who
watch our p roduc t ions and the peop le
who put them o n , and we need Y O U
(but b e , w a r n e d , hard work i s i nvo lved) .
We need you i f you are in te res ted in
a c t i n g , l i g h t i n g , d i r e c t i n g , b u i l d i n g ,
sound , cos tumes (p lease ! ) or even just
pa in t i ng se ts .
In one year we do a large p roduc t ion
at C h r i s t m a s and usua l l y a s l i gh t l y
sma l le r one at E a s t e r . L a s t year our
p roduc t ions were ' T h e C a p t a i n o f
K o p e r n i c k ' by Z u c k m a y e r and ' T w o
Gent lemen of V e r o n a ' at C h r i s t m a s and
E a s t e r r e s p e c t i v e l y .
T h i s y e a r ' s C h r i s t m a s p roduc t ion is
' B e c k e t t ' by J e a n A n o u i l h . In add i t ion
we are hoping to do some short luncht ime
p l a y s and a l s o work w i th S T O I C , w h i c h
c o u l d l ead to g lory on I L E A channe l 7.
Y o u c o u l d f ind jo in ing Dramsoc a
bit of a g igg le — g ive it a wh i r l anyway .
See you at F r e s h e r s F a i r .
Dani Sa lvador i
Filmsoc
Cheap and on the level
B e i n g at un i ve rs i t y in L o n d o n you
have a l l the oppor tun i t ies to have a
resource fu l and en joyab l e t ime, and one
way of r ea l l y t ak i ng advantage of
L o n d o n is through the c i nema .
IC F i l m S o c i e t y s p e c i f i c a l l y ca te rs
for the i n d i v i d u a l who wants to see good
f i lms cheap ly and on the l e v e l . Our
f i lms are c h o s e n so that they do not
c l a s h w i th those sc reened e l sewhere in
the c a p i t a l . T h e current trend i s to show
f i l m s , such a s Night Porter and The ���������� w h i c h have been r e l e a s e d a
few years ago, but w h i c h are no longer
be ing shown in L o n d o n .
The re i s a l s o a s e l e c t i o n of go lden
o l d i e s , such as Casablanca and The ��� � f i lms w h i c h have become c l a s s i c s
for a l l t ime. A l s o the Soc ie ty t r ies to
put on a va r ie ty of fore ign f i l m s , some
we l l - known l i ke C h a b r o l ' s Le Boucher and R a y ' s Company ���� ���� wh i ch w i l l
i n te res t an E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g aud ience .
The re are even some b ig f i lms , s u c h as
Summer of ����One way or another F i l m s o c t r ies to
put on a v a r i e d show, so how about
coming to the F i l m Soc ie ty s t a l l at
tomorrow's F r e s h e r s F a i r to f ind out
more about the f i lms and the S o c i e t y .
A Chodo rowsk i
Opsoc
Musical society
with a difference O P S O C is a m u s i c a l soc ie t y wi th a
d i f f e rence . Our main ra ison d'etre i s ,
of cou rse , to put on operas (usua l ly
G i lbe r t and Su l l i van ) wh ich we do tw ice
a year . One show takes p lace at IC in
February , then in J u l y the c a s t , o rches t ra
and s tage-c rew a l l descend on the
o therw ise quiet s e a s i d e town of Bud le igh
Sal ter ton to put on a product ion there,
in 1976, the shows performed were
"UtopiaLimited" by G i lbe r t and S u l l i v a n ,
and "The Zoo" by S u l l i v a n and R o w e .
R e h e a r s a l s are he ld on Tuesday even ings
throughout IC terms.
But that is on ly hal f the s tory . Fo r
examp le , last yea rs a c t i v i t i e s a l s o
inc luded c o n c e r t s , caro l s i n g i n g , an
opera workshop , s i ng ing through a l l
th i r teen G & S operas non-stop for char i t y ,
and lots of pa r t i es . Come and see the
Opsoc s tand at F r e s h e r ' s F a i r , or turn
up at a rehearsa l in the A s s o c i a t e d
S tud ies b u i l d i n g , 53 P r i n c e ' s Ga te , any
Tuesday at 7 .30pm. Fo r more in format inn,
contac t O p s o c ' s cha i rman; T im F r a i n
(Phys ic ' s 3) .
Photsoc
Get in focus L e t me take th is oppor tuni ty
to jo in in the chorus of
Welcomes you ' ve been
r e c e i v i n g ; pa r t i cu la r l y to
the F r e s h e r s , whom I w i s h a
p leasan t stay at Imper ia l
C o l l e g e ; I hope y o u ' l l ach ieve
a l l you want to.
Now to the Pho tog raph i c
Soc ie t y . IC P h o t s o c e x i s t s to
promote and deve lop in terest
in photography amongst members
of the C o l l e g e . It has two
we l l -equ ipped darkrooms for
the use of c l ub members,
and o rgan i ses va r i ous a c t i v i t i e s
for them.
A l s o i n the p i p e l i n e i s a
portrai t s e s s i o n , where an
expert w i l l be on hand to
adv i se on l igh t ing t echn iques ,
t h e ma in , and annual
compet i t ion takes p l a c e in
March .
The Soc ie ty has a young ,
but a c t i v e , co lour group
whose a c t i v i t i e s p lace c o l o u r
p r o c e s s i n g w i t h i n e a s y reach
of every member, mater ia l
c o s t pe rm i t t i ng . T h e P h o t s o c
Se rv i ces group ca te rs for
those in te res ted in commerc ia l
work. Con tac t me for further
Included in the activities already organised for this term are:-
12th October — Alan Gittings AIIP shows and discusses some
interesting shots on a variety of subjects.
— Black and White beginners' weekend.
— Colour beginners' weekend.
— Visit to the Kodak factory and museum at Harrow.
16 - 17th Oct
23- 24th Oct.
10th Nov.
T h e a c t i v i t i e s i n c l u d e
lec tures by in te res t ing
s p e a k e r s , darkroom demon
s t ra t ions , v i s i t s to p l a c e s o f
photograph ic in teres t , work
shops on s p e c i a l t e c h n i q u e s , '
and compe t i t i ons . We u s u a l l y
meet at 7pm on T u e s d a y s i n
the Geo logy lec ture theatre
(RSM 2028).
The Soc ie ty i s cur rent ly
p lann ing a se r i es of monthly
compet i t i ons where pr in ts c a n
be judged at 'open mee t i ngs ' .
T h i s shou ld enab le members
to see how judges work.
d e t a i l s .
In sp i te of the economic
p rob lems , drought, e t c .
a f f l i c t i n g the country , we are
set for a boom year . We
on l y require the s e r v i c e s of
two t roub le -shoo te rs , namely a
Secretary (to o rgan ise meet ings)
and a P u b l i c i t y O f f i ce r . T h i n k
y o u c a n do it? T h e n contac t
me i n M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g
Room 481 .
If y o u just want to j o in
the Soc ie ty then come a long
to our s ta l l at F r e s h e r s F a i r
or pop into our f i rs t meet ing.
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F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976 - 11
STOIC - fast becoming a celluloid legend
^ 1 We/ 'Blazing Saddles' Brooks
on STOIC
Glenda Jackson
L e g e n d has it that there are
hoards of S T O I C hounds who
l i e i n wa i t i n Wardour St for the
next unfortunate f i l m star to
p a s s . We are to ld that be i s
q u i c k l y bundled into a w a i t i n g
Un ion van and d r i v e n , bound
hand and foot, to an obscure
back door to I C ' s E l e c t r i c a l
E n g i n e e r i n g department. H e r e ,
s o the story goes , the wretched
star i s l ed to a h e a v i l y sound
proofed room 108, where he is
sea ted in a soft cha i r — the
e lec t r odes ca re fu l l y h idden
from v i ew .
T e r r y - T h o m a s , D i r k Boga rde ,
Pe te r C u s h i n g , Gregory P e c k
and Ch r i s tophe r L e e to name
but a few, have suf fered the
same h ideous fate — the STOIC
interview. One by one they
have come , had ex t rac ts from
their p rev ious f i lms shown and
held in e v i d e n c e aga ins t them.
One by one they leave the
s tud io s h a k e n , somewhat the
worse for the exper ience for
the s o l a c e of St Geo rge ' s
H o s p i t a l .
S T O I C deny a l l ; the court
appearances , unp leasan t n o i s e s
from the E l e c E n g basement —
they ' re a l l l i e s . In va in S T O I C
point out that L e s l i e P h i l l i p s
has appeared on nat iona l T V
s i n c e h is S T O I C in te rv iew and ,
contrary to popular o p i n i o n ,
none of the marks show. They
a l s o point to Bar ry Humphr ies
( a l i a s Dame F.dna F.veredge)
who actually cane back for more,
s c a l d i n g h i s in terv iewer wi th
Behind the scenes
hot t ea i n the p r o c e s s .
A l l th is i s rather unfa i r ;
S T O I C i s r e a l l y qui te a ser ious
p ropos i t i on , and i t is in v i e w
of the qua l i t y of S T O I C t rans
m i s s i o n s that w e l l known
p e r s o n a l i t i e s grace the camera
w i t h s u c h regu lar i ty (without
payment) .
The re are two major se r ies
cur rent ly produced by S T O I C :
Film Talk, in w h i c h the
aforement ioned f i lm s tars have
appeared , i s a h igh l y s u c c e s s
fu l p r o g r a m m e . It i s
t ransmi t ted not on ly in C o l l e g e ,
but a l s o to s c h o o l s , po l y
t e c h n i c s , e t c , v i a the Inner
L o n d o n E d u c a t i o n Au tho r i t y ' s
( I L E A ) Channel 7 t e l e v i s i o n
network.
The second p roduc t ion ,
Lunchbreak, is S T O I C ' S
r a i son d ' e t re . P r o v i d i n g a
few shy people h a v i n g thei r
in t rover ted coa t i ng s t r i pped .
A p p e a r i n g on S T O I C is an
e x p e r i e n c e d t r a n s c e n d i n g
verba l d e s c r i p t i o n , un t i l
you ' ve t r ied you cannot
understand what makes a good
in te rv iewer . " A sp i r i t of
adventure must be a p re requ is i te '
and a m a s o c h i s t i c nature i s a
he lp i f you are to see reco rd ings
of you rse l f p l ayed b a c k . One
hea l thy aspec t at S T O I C i s
that no-one w i l l b i te your
head of f i f you make a
m i s t a k e , les t the same th ing
shou ld happen to them.
It t akes guts to make an
in te rv iewer ; you have to keep
cont ro l o f i n t e r v i ew by
c o n s i d e r i n g the r e p l i e s to your
q u e s t i o n s , fo rmula t ing your
next q u e s t i o n , l i s t e n i n g to the
d i rec tor in the earphone and
T h e Student T e l e v i s i o n of Imper ia l C o l l e g e (referred to as
S T O I C ) were not t ransmi t t ing in C o l l e g e l a s t term a s the t e l e v i s i o n
s tud io was moving house . However , the i r t r a n s m i s s i o n s on the
I L E A T V network to s c h o o l s , p o l y t e c h n i c s and other L o n d o n
c o l l e g e s has cont inued to at t ract a t ten t ion . T h e most recent
came in the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) w i th
an ar t ic le by Je remy C l i f t .
With the resumpt ion of programmes in C ^ ' l e g e , some exp lana
t ion i s in order." L i k e a l l med ia at I C , S T O I C i s not a s o c i e t y
but a p u b l i c a t i o n .
Stand-by Studio
w e e k l y n e w s , v i e w s and
magaz ine programme, Lunch-
break rounds up the more
unusua l a s p e c t s of IC l i fe —
such_ as p res i den t i a l s t reaks
around the A lbe r t H a l l (captured
fu l l f ronta l by S T O I C on a
portable v ideo- tape recorder ,
union e l e c t i o n s and Haro ld
W i l s o n ' s v i s i t .
S T O I C members tend to
set t le into two d i s t i n c t groups
— inf ront and beh ind the
camera . The t e c h n i c a l s ide
(behind camera) c o n s i s t s o f
s l i g h t l y unexpec ted occupa t i ons
s u c h as ca r toon ing and graphic
d e s i g n . The other s ide i s the
preserve of presenters and
in te r v i ewe rs . It shou ld be s a i d
that those who th ink they w i l l
be good i n front of a camera
have not a l w a y s turned out s o ;
the reverse i s a l s o true w i th a
a v o i d i n g the temptat ion of
l o o k i n g down at any no tes .
Most of S T O I C ' s programmes
are recorded (a fac t they wou ld
never d i v u l g e to anyone) ,
a l though there are of ten l i v e
programmes. T h i s i s because
there are jus t too many
parameters i n v o l v e d i n mak ing
a T V programme.
T e l e v i s i o n p r o g r a m m e
produc t ion an unusua l past ime,
one w h i c h few w i l l have the
opportuni ty to repea t . F o r the
v iewer student t e l e v i s i o n i n
I C has shown i t s e l f to prov ide
a k ind of programme wh ich c a n
on ly be p roduced i n an
enivornoment s u c h a s I C ,
whether the sub jec t matter i s
U n i o n e l e c t i o n s or G l e n d a
J a c k s o n .
James Sinclair
STOIC Chairman
12 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976
OPSOG SELL OUT A report by Roger Woodward on O p s o c ' s Summer Tour (July 24th - August 6th).
On Saturday J u l y 24th , 80 members
of O p s o c set out for the i r , now fam i l i a r ,
tour venue — B u d l e i g h Sa l ter ton i n E a s t
D e v o n . O n a r r i va l the l o c a l papers had
gone to town w i th some very w e l c o m e ,
and more impor tant ly , F R E E p u b l i c i t y .
T h e l o c a l p ress hoardings read " P i r a t e s
at B u d l e i g h " and we knew we were in
for a fan tas t i c recep t ion .
T h e opening n ight , normal ly on ly
h a l f - f u l l , w a s comp le te l y s o l d out and the
open ing night recept ion when a l l the
aud ience was i n v i t e d to 'meet the
company ' was an u n c a l c u l a t e d s u c c e s s .
T h e response was ma in ta ined throughout
the fortnight and for the f i rs t t ime, we
managed to s e l l 2250 t i c k e t s — the
maximum.
A s u s u a l the midd le weekend was
o c c u p i e d by rehea rsa l and performance
of our Cha r i t y C o n c e r t . T h e Cho rus
performed the E a s t e r Hymn from C a v a l l e r i a
R u s t i c a n a by M a s c a g n i , w i th the s o l o
sung by Sa l l y H e s l o p . There f o l l owed a
s e r i e s o f exce rp t s from ' T h e Water
M u s i c ' and a group of madr iga ls sung
by members of the S o c i e t y . T h e second
part of the Conce r t opened w i th H a y d n ' s
' L o n d o n ' symphony and c l o s e d w i t h
V a u g h n W i l l i a m s ' chora l mas te rp iece
'Serenade to M u s i c ' , S o l o i s t s De l i t h
B r o o k , Deborah K e m p , T i m Johnson and
John Bar ra t t ; so lo v i o l i n D a v i d G r e e d .
T h e shows t h e m s e l v e s were a roar ing
s u c c e s s under the baton of M i c h a e l
Wi thers , an e x - I C chemis t and the
s k i l l f u l p roduc t ion of P e t e r M i l l s ,
we l l - known to O p s o c e n t h u s i a s t s as a
performer rather than a man behind the
s c e n e s .
There f o l l ows a t ranscr ip t of a
revue p u b l i s h e d in the Exmou th &
E a s t Devon Journa l on Saturday Augus t
7 th : -
The Zoo was the one-act curtain
raiser. It is a slight piece intended as a
satire on Grand Opera. However the
libretto of BC Stevenson lacks the
trenchant humour of Sullivan's more
usual collaborator, and although it was
pleasant entertainment, its presentation
was mianly of historical interest.
I think it was a very wise move to
set the scene in 1905, (the opera was
first produced in 1875) as that era of
decaying empire seems wholly appropriate
to the melodramatic proceedings. 1
thought I could detect a hint of the
music-hall in some of the staging, but it
may have been coincidence.
Although chorus and soloists all were
in good voice, Delith Brook as the lovely
Laetitia deserves especial mention. Her
quasi-Mozartian coloratura flourishes
were delightful.
The main work of the evening was of
course "The Pirates of Penzance and
and it was a first-rate production. My
hero of the evening was Roger Woodward,
who sang the Major-General's song at
such an impressive rate of knots that the
orchestra were hard pressed to keep up
with him. Teresa Quinn was a charming
Mabel and Max Taylor a convincing
Frederic.
All in all it was difficult to find faults
of much consequence, and the enthusiastic
capacity audience generated a feeling
of well-being which 1 am sure must have
been felt on the other side of the foot
lights. The producers, Roger Woodward
and Peter Mills and musical Director
Michael Withers are to be congratulated
on the high standard they have achieved,
and I feel sure that the Society's next
visit to Budleigh Salterton will he
keenly anticipated.
Perhaps local producers of plays and
operas could take a lesson from the
Imperial College production on achieving
maximum effect from the minimum of
scenery and props.
T o n i Ho l l owa y — Exmouth Journa l
T h e next O p s o c P r o d u c t i o n w i l l be
" O r p h e u s in the U n d e r w o r l d " b y Of fenbach
at IC i n February .
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Love and affection all the way I ' V E S E E N Joan l i ve three t imes in the
last s i x months; each t ime s h e ' s impressed
me a s an up-and-coming ar t is t who
dese rves to make the b ig t ime. Pe rhaps
I shou ld say J o a n ' s l i ve work is mesmer ic ,
her con t ras t ing reper to i re of fo lk and
camp-f i re odes l eav ing a u d i e n c e s wi th a
strange s e n s e of fu l f i lment - someth ing
you don' t expec t from a support a r t i s t .
G i v e n that Joan Armat rad ing is
pr imar i ly a s tage a r t i s t , I suppose I'm
at a d i sadvan tage when rev iew ing her
latest L P s i n c e I've heard most of the
mater ia l l i v e . However G l y n Johns (a
famous producer no less ) and Joan have
succeeded in rec rea t ing her stage
atmosphere on at leas t hal f of the L P ,
namely the f i rs t s i d e .
Another s u c c e s s of the product ion is
that J o a n ' s voca l and gui tar work are
both w e l l h i g h l i g h t e d . T h e latter i s
Joan A r m a t r a d i n g ' - A & M Records
extremely good and together w i th J o a n ' s
c rea t i ve a b i l i t y in v o c a l , l y r i ca l and
m u s i c a l depar tments g i v e s her a rare
set of t a len ts .
The a lbum presents songs of vary ing
tempos and moods from the p rovac t i ve l y
asse r t i ve 'Down To Zero' wh ich opens
the L P , to more gent ly romant ic b a l l a d s
l i ke 'Help Yourself and 'Love and
Affection'. The latter i s my favour i te ;
it must be the most natural song on the
L P , wi th the s tage atmosphere p r e c i s e l y
reproduced. T h e song gradua l l y u n v e i l s
i t s e l f j s l o w l y engu l f i ng y o u . J o a n ' s deep
c roak ing v o i c e i s eve r present (P ingpong
thought the s inger was N i i s s o n1
) :
saxaphone adds the s c i n t i l l a t i n g touch of
mag ic .
The on ly t rack on the f i rs t s i d e that
perhaps doesn ' t just manage to mani fes t
Revamped oldie fails to please IN T H E 'es t two yea rs the re ' s been
qui te a glut of records s o l e l y con ta in i ng
re - re leased mate r ia l , e s p e c i a l l y when an
ar t is t has changed label and become
s u c c e s s f u l . My normal po l i cy is to g i ve
a t rack l i s t i ng and throw in a few
pert inent comments . A f t e r a l l if people
wanted the mater ia l they would have
bought it on f i rs t r e l e a s e .
H a v i n g been s l i g h t l y favourab ly
d i s p o s e d to A n d y ' s recent e f for ts I was
prepared to g i ve th is L P a second g l a n c e ,
desp i t e the lack of s l e e v e notes on
m u s i c i a n s and i r respec t i ve of my patchy
mus ica l memory for the '70—71 era
from wh ich these cu ts are taken .
'Andy Fairweather L o w ' — R C A
Out of the L P ' s nine, songs only
four are worth t a l k i ng about . The best
'/ Hear You Knocking' f Y e s that one ) i s
the a l b u m ' s las t t rack; by that t ime I'd
got su i tab ly naused-of f af ter many a
second-ra te t rack . T h i s t rack though i s
superb just for F a i r w e a t h e r ' s v i r t uoso
gui tar p l ay ing — l i t e ra l l y from the word
go . V o c a l s aren ' t bad e i ther . O v e r a l l
the cu t i s marg ina l l y better than Dave
Edmunds ' for exc i tement .
Other good ie s are 'Natural Sinner';
'nuff s a i d and ' L a y It On Me , wh ich
e s s e n t i a l l y i s Natura l S inner Mark 2 .
'Beginning From An End', a f ine b r a s s /
i ts s tage e x c e l l e n c e i s 'Water With The
Wine'. Nevermind one can ' t expec t
m i r a c l e s .
In compar ison to the f i rs t s i d e the
second is a l i t t l e s h a l l o w in f e e l i n g ,
al though J o a n ' s somewhat innate s e n s e
of rythm, prevalent throughout the L P ,
comes to the fore in th i s s e c t i o n . T h e
best t rack here i s 'Like Five' ab ly
i l l us t ra t inq her voca l and qui tar dex te r i t y .
Sch s Roses? Whi ls t a ided and abetted by a f ine set
of m u s i c i a n s J o a n ' s ta lent shows through
remarkably w e l l on th i s L P , and the
L P ' s ce r ta in ly worth pu rchas ing . One
smal l point i s that the album gradua l l y
w a l k s up behind you and grabs you
to ta l ly and wi thout warn ing after about
s i x p l a y s . So beware IT GROWS O N Y O U .
Clive Dewey
gui tar instrumental number comple tes the
en joyab le t r a c k s .
The rest of the L P is rather s ec ond -
rate, drab and ted ious and my ears
were p leased to see the back of i t . Not
an album I'd recommend, even though it
does have i ts moments. Genera l l y if the
L P was go ing to s e l l w e l l it would have
done so in 1971 .
Clive Dewey
Side One : - Natural Sinner; You Ain't No
Friend; Looking for the Red Label; Road
To Freedom.
Side T w o : - Lay it On Me; God Cried
Mother; Don't Mess With Cupid; Beginning
from an End; I Hear You Knocking.
F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976 - 13
F i lm Editor Paul Ekpenyong looks at some of the Summer's better f i lms
Film crop unscorched despite
long hot Summer It has been a good summer, the sun
has shone long and con t i nuous l y ,
unfortunately c a u s i n g a drought. Y e t
d e s p i t e , or i nsp i t e , of th i s there has been
a good y i e l d from the f i lm c rop th is
summer.
The Omen s tands out the most at the
moment because of the m a s s i v e pub l i c i t y
surrounding it s i n c e i ts recent r e l e a s e .
C r i t i c a l l y a c c l a i m e d by the p r e s s , it
s tands out a s the most f r ighten ing f i lm
s i n c e " P s y c h o " . St rangely c o m p e l l i n g ,
the tens ion and terror i s de f t l y , and
s l ow l y bui l t up unt i l s t r a i ned , taught
nerves come near to break ing po in t .
De f i n i t e l y not a f i lm for c h i c k e n s
— even strong men w i l l come away
pe rsp i r i ng .
The Omen s ta rs Gregory p e c k and L e e
R e m i c k .
L e s s st renuous and m i l es more
en te r ta in ing , Bugsy Malone must rank
as the oddest and most lovab le m u s i c a l
tha t ' s ever been made. Set in the gangs ter
3 0 ' s wi th a l l the parts p layed by
" F U T U R E W O R L D " (Brent Walker, A )
directed by Richard T Heffron;
starring Peter Fonda and Blythe
Danner.
Imagine that your w i l d e s t f a n t a s i e s
have been made p o s s i b l e by techno logy .
That you c a n , s a y , joust w i th med ieva l
kn igh ts , f ight w i th Roman g l ad i a to r s ,
sa t ia te your every s e x u a l p leasure or
even sk i on the red s n o w s of M a r s . Then
you have D e l o s , a ho l i day cent re that
makes B u t h i n s look l i ke some pr imeval
throw-up.
D e l o s has been rebui l t af ter the
carnage at Westwor ld when sunsh ing ing
robots went out of cont ro l and shot-up
g u e s t s . The new set -up i s dec la red
to ta l ly sa fe by i ts c rea tors who inv i te
the media to look round the es tab l i shmen t .
It i s thus that two h a c k s of the
med ia , T r a c y B a l l a r d (Blythe Danner)
and C h u c k B rown ing (Peter Fonda)
f ind t h e m s e l v e s exoe r i enc i n g the d e l i g h t s
of Futureworld and themse lves at D e l o s .
Many important p o l i t i c a l and pub l i c
f igures a l s o pa t ron ise th is ' U t o p i a of
t h r i l l s , sp i f fs and bangs .
Be fo re they depar t , however , C h u c k i s
approached by F r e n c h y , a D e l o s t e c h n i c i a n ,
who warns h im of s i n i s t e r go ing-ons at
D e l o s . Unfor tunate ly the bad ies snuff h im
out before he c a n s p i l l any more b e a n s .
Anyway,- our two in t rep id reporters
(s ic) a r r ive at D e l o s and after much
cavor t ing about in Futureworld they
bump into Har ry . Harry i s one of the few
remaining humans at D e l o s and w a s
c h i l d r e n (none of whom are o lder than
15), it is a superb sa t i re of th i s genre
of m o v i e s . It wou ld immeasurably s p o i l
your f i lm to t e l l you any more about it
except to sugges t you go and see the
f i l m ' i t s e l f .
On the other hand, however , I w i l l not
mar your enjoyment of C l i n t E a s t w o o d ' s
The Outlaw Josey Wales by t e l l i n g
you that i t ' s about a man out for revenge.
Wales i s a s imp le homesteader who
jo ins a band of renegades to hunt down
the men who k i l l e d h i s w i fe and s o n
and des t royed h i s property. Y e t behind
th i s d e c e p t i v e l y s imp le story are many
face ts of l i fe w h i c h are subt ly brought
out . A powerfu l e x p l o s i v e and often
touch ing f i lm , J o s e y Wales i s d e f i n i t i v e
of E a s t w o o d as an actor and a l s o g i v e s
proof of h i s d i rec to r i a l t a l e n t s .
E q u a l l y powerful and d is tu rb ing Is
M i c h a e l S o c e s e ' s Taxi Driver. C l i m a x i n g
in devas ta t i ng , a lmost s e n s e l e s s , k i l l i n g ,
Taxi Driver g i v e s a b leak port rayal of
what l i fe in N e w Yo rk i s a l l about . The
F r e n c h y ' s f r i end . The t r io team up to
f ind out what i s go ing o n , Harry
even tua l l y ge ts murdered and in a
fa i r l y s p e c t a c u l a r end ing , C h u c k and
Tracy f ight it out w i th the i r d o u b l e s .
On the who le , a reasonab ly enter
ta in ing f i lm a l though the a c t i n g i s
somewhat nondescr ip t . There are
o c c a s i o n a l high spo ts in the f i lm , for
i ns tance , when Tracy at tempts to make
a pass at one of the D e l o s t e c h n i c i a n s —
un luck i l y for her he is not progtammed
to respond to s ens ua l s t i m u l i . A s a
seque l to Westworld it is p a s s a b l e ; the
more so wi th the re-appearance of Y u l
Brynner a s the gunsh ing ing robot.
Futureworld w i l l be on r e l e a s e in Oc tobe r .
Paul Ekpenyong
A B B O T A L E
T h e Abbot Dr inke rs A s s o c i a t i o n s t i l l
l i v e s . Anyone in te res ted in j o i n i ng
th is merry bunch of peop le i n the i r
cavo r t i ngs around L o n d o n and surro-
ound ing d i s t r i c t s , p l e a s e get in
touch w i t h N i c k Mor ton ( B i o c h e m 2)
or D a v e N i c k s o n (Bo tany P . G . )
C O N C E R T T I C K E T S
T i c k e t s for the current s e r i e s of B B C
R a d i o c l a s s i c a l conce r t s are now
a v a i l a b l e from J e n i n the U n i o n O f f i c e
The conce r t s feature the B B C Symp
hony O r c h e s t r a and are a l l at s tud ios
in M a i d a V a l e .
s e x , v i o l e n c e , degrada t ion , f i l t h , drugs
poverty are brought into s tark focus
through the e y e s of a cabby , b r i l l i an t l y
p layed by Robert de N i r o .
If th i s i s a l l ge t t ing a bit too heady
for y o u , then take a break and pop
a long to see N e i l S i m o n ' s Death by
Muder. Not only i s the t i t l e absu rd , s o
is the f i l m . I mean, what c a n you do
but laugh yourse l f s i l l y when a deaf and
dumb maid burs ts into the room and t r ies
to scream about the dead but ler? R e a l l y ,
I heard of b l ack humour, but th i s is
p o s i t i v e l y the l im i t .
There are two other f i l m s worth ment ion ing . They are H i t c h c o c k ' s Family Plot d e s c r i b e d by i ts pub l i c i t y as d i a b o l i c a l l y en ter ta in ing — more l i ke d i a b o l i c a l l y se l f - i ndu lgen t if you ask me. I've heard of b l ack humour, but t h i s i s p o s i t i v e l y the l im i t , s tar r ing Anthony Q u i n n , seems not much more than the " s p e c t a c u l a r " it i s ! B y e for now and have a good t ime .
Refreshing - but
cover versions likely P h i l l i p Goodhand-Tai t - ' O c e a n s
Away ' - C h r y s a l i s C H R 1 1 1 3
P h i l l i p G o o d h a n d - T a i t ' s 'Oceans
Away' i s one of the most re f resh ing
a lbums to break onto the s c e n e for qu i te
a w h i l e , and as such w i l l no doubt reap
many "cover v e r s i o n s ' from i t s t r a c k s .
A l r e a d y the t i t l e song has been recorded
by two w e l l known pop personages , Gene
P i t ney and Roger D a l t r e y . f b e l i e v e that
O l i v i a Newton-^John has a l s o recorded
'Old Fashioned Love', a rather beau t i f u l ,
but haunt ing , ba l l ad from the L P .
P h i l l i p G o o d h a n d - T a i t , o s t e n s i b l y a
songwr i te r a s opposed to a performer,
happens to wr i te some of the most
amaz ing songs , w h i c h , had they been
wr i t ten twenty years ago , wou ld ce r ta in l y
rate as s tandards today .
Oceans Away i s h i s f i rs t record ing
in two years and marks h i s f i rs t a lbum for
the C h r y s a l i s l a b e l . The L P features ten
songs , each of wh i ch has been wr i t ten in
the o ld s t y l e of songwr i t ing - w i th the
accen t on melody and poe t i c l y r i c s .
Standout t racks are ' O l d F a s h i o n e d
L o v e ' , ' L o v e ' s L i k e A S o n g ' , ' J e w e l ' a n d
the t i t l e t rack. M ing led w i th the songs are
some in teres t ing s t r ing arrangements,
cour tesy of Rober t K l r by , together wi th
some f resh product ion from John B u r g e s s .
The album does not f a l l into the usua l
s inger -song wr i te rut and makes easy
l i s t e n i n g . If you want to get a better
idea of P h i l l i p ' s mus i c come a long to
the F r e s h e r ' s concer t tomorrow even ing
and hear h im p lay .
Nigel Davis
Nondescript acting
mars perfect world
14 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976
FELIX SPORT Croquet
Croquet
Success IC Croquet C l u b won the
Home C o u n t i e s Nor th L e a g u e
th is s e a s o n wi thout c o n c e d i n g
a match. The C l u b w i l l now
play the Southern L e a g u e
w inners for the Home C o u n t i e s
C u p .
The L e a g u e i s p l a y e d
between f ive l o c a l c l u b s , e a c h
team p lay ing the others t w i c e ,
one home and one away match .
I C star ted c a u t i o u s l y by
drawing thei r f i rs t match
aga ins t U n i l e v e r . T h e next two
matches were w i n s for I C
aga ins t S i l v e r Wings and the
ce l ib ra ted Harrow O a k ; the
rest of the matches were
d raws . The two w i n s , however ,
were enough to beat our
nearest opponents , P a r s o n ' s
Green , by one po in t . IC now
p lay a team from I C I at
B r a c k n e l l (the Southern L e a g u e
w inners ) for the C u p .
England champion A s i d e from w inn ing leagues
the C l u b ' s main . a im i s to
prov ide the f a c i l i t i e s and an
informal atmosphere in w h i c h
to p lay croquet . F r ee c o a c h i n g
i s p rov ided by our P r e s i d e n t ,
P r o f e s s o r B G N e a l , who was
A l l - E n g l a n d champion in
1972—73. We are very fortunate
to have two lawns c l o s e at
hand s i tua ted next to the
Queen ' s Tower . T h e s e are
open weather permi t t ing, from
A p r i l to September.
If you are in te res ted in
jo in ing the C l u b or are jus t
cur ious in th is ignoble game
come and see us at the F r e s h e r s
F a i r or contact P Walker C i v
E n g 2 or E A Wyatt and N
Greatorex E l e c E n g P G s .
Team members:- Mike Roberts,
captain: Austin Harrup: Tom
Fortescue; Salah Sadek; Mike
Lea: Nigel Greatorex
Nigel Greatorex
Cricket
Summer tour
runs , hav ing bowled out the
o p p o s i t i o n for 146. T h i s w a s
fo l l owed by an en joyab le game
aga ins t Babbacombe , the
resu l t of wh i ch was los t i n the
post match c e l e b r a t i o n s .
After the revelry
T h e 1976 c r i c k e t s e a s o n
began very a u s p i c i o u s l y for IC
wi th a 234 run v ic to ry over
B a l l i o l , Ox fo rd , on May 1st.
Together w i th the next fourteen
games th is produced 11 w i n s ,
3 draws and 1 defeat . T h e s e
resu l t s were due main ly to
e x c e l l e n t seam bowl ing by
M e s s r s M i l l a r d and B ram ley and
a bat t ing l ine-up wh ich scored
c o n s i s t e n t l y w e l l .
T h i s good run ended on
9th June when we lost to
K i n g s t o n P o l y . T h i s marked the
start of a bad run for the team,
much weakened by examina t ion
a b s e n t e e s , wh i ch only ended on
19th June aga ins t Whitton i n the
league , IC winn ing by 7
w i c k e t s . T h i s put us in a good
frame of mind for the summer
tour.
Enthusiastic tour party Al though not pa r t i cu la r l y
s t rong, the tour ing party was
very e n t h u s i a s t i c and we
an t i c i pa ted do ing reasonab ly
w e l l . However we star ted off
d i s a s t r o u s l y at Southampton,
hav ing bow led the oppos i t i on
out for 123 (Mi l l a rd 5 for 57).
IC were then bow le d out for
69 . We d i d improve on th i s
per formance at Y e l v e r t o n and a
draw was a c h i e v e d . T h e next
game, aga ins t E x e t e r C C , saw
one of the bes t per formances
from IC throughout the s e a s o n .
E x c e l l e n t f i e l d i ng ensured that
E x e t e r , the 1975 D e v o n league
champ ions , were res t r i c t ed to
141 o f f -35 overs (M i l l a rd 3 for
60 and Sprake 3 for 54) . H a l l
was respons ib le for two
run-outs. Our c h a n c e s of
v ic to ry were los t w i th the
w i c k e t s of Ghosh and P a u l .
However a c red i tab le 105 for 8
(off 35 ove rs ) was a c h i e v e d .
Best match P r o b a b l y the bes t match o f
the tour was aga ins t B r i n h a m .
IC dec la red at 154 for 8
(Sparke 4 1 , G h c s h 26) se t t i ng
the o p p o s i t i o n 155 runs in 2
hours . On a p i t ch of low bounce
they a c h i e v e d th is target in the
las t ove r Jo reach 157 for 7 ,
G h o s h taking 3 for 39 .
A f te r four matches on
c o n s e c u t i v e days a t i red IC
team lost to P l y m s t o c k by 79
New but successful N E W L Y F O R M E D , R i d i n g C l u b
had *a very s u c c e s s f u l start
l as t s e s s i o n . The a im of the
c l u b was (and is ) to ca te r for
as w ide a range of r i d ing
t as tes as p o s s i b l e , w h i l s t
m i n i m i s i n g the s t ra in on
members ' p o c k e t s . L a s t year
we operated every Wednesday
af ternoon, running both
beg inne rs ' and ' a d v a n c e d '
l e s s o n s and a l s o a hack .
T h i s s e s s i o n we w i l l
co n t inue to m e e t o n Wednesdays ,
our probable programme be ing
advanced team l e s s o n s in the
af ternoon and n o v i c e s ' l e s s o n s
i n the e v e n i n g . Our teams
w i l l be compet ing in the
U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n league —
the matches i n v o l v i n g a
d ressage test and a show-
jumping c o u r s e .
So i f r id ing in te res ts y o u ,
whether you ' re a comple te
beginner or an 'exper t ' come
a long to pur stand at E r e s h e r s '
F a i r and to the f i rs t c l u b
meet ing on Thursday October
7th at R o o m 4 0 7 A in E l e c t r i c a l
E n g i n e e r i n g .
O the rw ise Con tac t : -
Adam Rawicz-Szcerbo (Elec-Eng 2)
Nicola Whitehead (Zoology 2)
Steve Jackson (Elec Eng 2)
After the reve l ry we were
back to c r i c k e t aga ins t South
Devon . They ba t ted f i rs t
sco r i ng 160 for 7 d e c l a r e d .
There was no e f fec t i ve
r e s i s t a n c e from I C apart from
53 by G h o s h ; IC were a l l out
for 86 . A t Y e o v i l another
landmark was p a s s e d when
A l a n Wat l ing s c o r e d h i s f i rs t
runs of the tour. Though IC
sco red only 105 Y e o v i l were
hard p r e s s e d to f i n i sh at 107
for 8. Whi ls t the tour d idn ' t
produce the r e s u l t s we had
hoped for, it was en joyed
thoroughly by a l l .
League century Af ter the tour we returned to
the league in L o n d o n . A g a i n s t
Motspur P a r k ' s 217 for 8, IC
reached 176 for 9, G h o s h 76
and Mark L a w l e s s 29 be ing
the main sco re rs . The f o l l o w i n g
week saw an IC p laye r score a
century for the f i rs t time in
two y e a r s , Jeh B e s h a w sco red
126 in a par tnersh ip wi th
R o b Y o u n g (68). IC f i n i s he d
at 237 for 4 d e c l a r e d .
Morden, to their c red i t ,
went for the runs, but were
a l l out for 184 (D B o y d 5 for
45). T h i s proved to be I C ' s
best w in in the league and
we even tua l l y f i n i s h e d
midway . T h e rest of the
season con ta ined a few
good per formances, notably
aga ins t London Transpor t
and Eas t Barnet V a l l e y .
O v e r a l l the 1976 s e a s o n
has been more s u c c e s s f u l
than most , main ly due to the
tremendous en thus iasm of the
f reshers , severa l o f whom
p layed in the f i rs t team.
Tom Ghosh
Cr icke t Capta in
R C C T R A N S P O R T The R C C Transpor t Sub-Commi t tee runs f i ve Ford T rans i t
v e h i c l e s on behal f of the IC U n i o n . T h e s e are a v a i l a b l e for hire
by any c o l l e g e soc i e t y or i n d i v i d u a l . A l l d r i ve rs must ho ld a fu l l
l i c e n c e and be over 21 yea rs of age, u n l e s s they had a fu l l l i c e n c e
on January 1, 1976. Inc lus ion on the d r i ve r s ' l i s t is sub jec t to the
sa t i s fac to ry comp le t ion of a test d r i ve arranged by the Transpor t
Sub-Commit tee and payment of a £10.00 d r i ve rs secur i t y (returnable).
A t present R C C f r a n s p o r t has two twe lve seater m i n i b u s e s , two
thi r teen sea te r c r e w b u s e s , and one v a n . T h e s e v e h i c l e s are
a v a i l a b l e for hire both at weekends and dur ing the week, though
pr ior i ty is g i ven to ce r ta in c l u b s for weekend use .
The s c a l e of cha rges is as f o l l o w s : -
Weekend (6pm F r i to 9am Mon) Minimum 200 m i l es £10.00
F i r s t day 6.00
F o l l o w i n g 4 d a y s 4.00 per day
Af ter 5 days 3.50 per day
5 hour per iod (8am - 1 pm: 6pm - 11 pm) 4.00
Per hour 1.50
D i s t a n c e charge (2.175p per km, 1km - 0.6214 m i les ) 0.03' / 2 per mi le
D r i v i ng test fee 0.75
A l l enqu i r i es concern ing hire to the B o o k i n g s Of f i ce r , Andy
Weir, T i z a r d H a l l , room 414.
R C C d r i v ing t es t s may be arranged through N i c k T a k e l , room
E 2 0 7 , Chem E n g ( internal 3776) .
Richard Szczepanski,
R C C Transport Chairman.
September 3 , 1976
F E L I X , O C T O B E R 4th 1976 - 15
FELIX SPORT
Water-polo team returns successful by Colin Dale
T H E I C water-polo C l u b
comple ted a very s u c c e s s f u l
s e a s o n w i th the annua l f i ve -
match tour of Dorset in wh ich
they were unbeaten .
T h e team ar r ived on a
c o l d , b reezy Saturday afternoon
at an outdoor swimming poo l
in L y m i n g t o n . T h e sa l t water
poo l was s i tua ted j us t above
the harbour and the s ight of the
one foot waves on the su r face ,
combined w i th the ra in before
the match, sent A m i r s c u r r y i n g
for the brandy.
I C immed ia te ly se t the
pat tern for the res t of the
tour, runn ing out w inne rs by
6 goa ls to 1.
In the f i rs t two quarters
Andy Smith and Rory L e w i s
combined w e l l upfront, Andy
sco r ing the f i rs t two goa ls
and Ro ry f o l l ow in g up w i th the
th i rd . C l i f f Spooner and P a u l
H i n d l e con t ro l l ed the game
from m i d f i e l d , wh i l e A m i r
A b d u l l a together w i t h Mark
T a y l o r i n de fence con ta ined
the few L y m i n g t o n a t t a c k s .
Before ha l f - t ime w a s up
Andy had comp le ted h i s
ha t - t r i ck .
With the genera l consen t
of a l l c o n c e r n e d , the res t
pe r iods were cut short and the
second ha l f got underway w i th
Mark (showing h i s usua l
en thus iasm for c o l d water) and
Ami r r e p l a c e d by Dave
P a r k i n s o n and C o l i n Da
'e
-
Rory h a d soon comp le ted
h i s hat - t r ick w i th two more
g o a l s , L y m i n g t o n i n the
meantime sco r i ng w h i l e be ing
a man up.
In the even ing the team
ret i red to base -camp at
Osming ton , or more s p e c i f i c a l l y
The Smuggler's Inn where
they cou ld be found p l a y i n g
darts aga ins t the l o c a l s ,
A f te r c l o s i n g t ime a combined
effort was made to stagger
back to the ca ravan s i t e in
the dark , where the team
p l a y e d ca rds in to the ea r l y
hours of the morn ing. T h i s
procedure seemed to become
standard p r a c t i c e a s the week
went by .
O n T u e s d a y morn ing the
team t r a v e l l e d to Bournemouth
ready for the even ing match .
T h e change i n weather enab le d
everyone to add sunburn to the
b r u i s e s o f the p r e v i o u s d a y ' s
foo tba l l match on the b e a c h .
T h e team, s t rengthened by
the a r r i va l of J im Wi l l i ams and
M i c h a e l M c C a r t n e y , were
r e l i e v e d to be back to warm
water in an indoor p o o l .
Memor ies o f the p r e v i o u s
y e a r ' s punch-up were soon
forgot ten a s I C took con t ro l
of the match to beat Bournemouth
by 12 goa l s to 4.
M i c h a e l immed ia te ly made
h i s p resence fe l t by s c o r i n g
a ha t - t r i ck . Rory and C l i f f
ob ta ined the i r usua l quota of
g o a l s . Ian B a l e s (our goal
keeper for the who le tour)
made up for an ea r l y m is take
w i th two b r i l l i an t po in t -b lank
saves i n the second part of the
game. A f t e r the match I C
were generous ly t reated to a
round of d r i nks by the Bourne
mouth team i n the bar of a
l o c a l fire s t a t i o n .
T h e new members of the
c l u b l ooked forward to the
match aga ins t Br idpor t w i th
some anx ie t y , hav ing been
g i ven a v i v i d desc r i p t i on by
7976 IC Water-polo Club Tour Team
keep the goa l d i f f e rence . In
the th i rd quarter we a l l had
the p l easu re of wa tch ing a
h i s t o r i c even t - J i m ac tua l l y
sco r ing h i s f i r s t goa l on tour.
T h i s was the on ly goa l i n the
quarter, everyone o b v i o u s l y
overawed by the momentus
o c c a s i o n . In the las t quarter ,
B r idpor t sco red three goa l s
wh i l e Ro ry comp le ted h i s
ha t - t r i ck . C l i f f f i na l l y rounded
off the score — another v i c to r y
for IC by 10 g o a l s to 5.
In the meantime Rory had
arranged another match at
B o v i n g t o n A r m y T r a i n i n g
C a m p . Indeed the match turned
T h e c lub meets at the swimming poo l in the Sports Cen t re ( P r i n c e s
Gardens ) from 7 - 9 pm on both Mondays and F r i d a y s and wou ld
we lcome new members. It p rov ides f a c i l i t i e s for sw imming and
water -po lo . Y o u don ' t have to be another Shane G o u l d / Mark
S p i t z to j o i n — a l though i t would h e l p !
second quarter Andove r s tar ted
their come-back , s c o r i n g two
goa ls w h i l e I C added on ly
one by P a u l . A n d o v e r drew
l e v e l at the beg inn ing of the
th i rd quar ter , but C l i f f put I C
b a c k in f ro tn .
A n d o v e r r e p l i e d w i t h two
more g o a l s and so I C went
into the f i na l quar ter beh ind
for the f i r s t t ime on the tour
by 5 g o a l s to 6. In an e x c i t i n g
f i n i s h C l i f f used a l l h i s v a s t
expe r i ence to w i n the match
for I C w i th a ha t - t r i ck i n the
l a s t quar ter . ( IC 8 A n d o v e r 6)
A n d s o , e x a c t l y one week
from the s tar t , a j a d e d ,
s e m i - c r i p p l e d , sunburnt but
v i c t o r i o u s group of swimmers
made the i r way back home.
the more e x p e r i e n c e d members
o f the ' s u b - z e r o ' temperatures
in w h i c h p rev ious matches
were p l a y e d . Howeve r , due to
the hot s p e l l of weather , by
the t ime T h u r s d a y even ing had
a r r i ved the r iver was r e l a t i v e l y
warm, a l though s l i g h t l y g reen .
T h i s w a s i n d i c a t e d by the
absence of 'B r i dpo r t i n j u r i e s '
normal ly sus ta i ned jus t before
the match . C l i f f immed ia te l y
set to work on the o p p o s i t i o n ,
comp le t i ng h i s ha t - t r i ck i n the
f i r s t quarter. T h i s , together
w i t h goa ls from P a u l and
Rory (from a pena l t y ) , gave I C
a commanding l e a d . B r idpor t
came b a c k w i th two g o a l s
i n the s e c o n d quarter but
Ro ry and M i c h a e l managed to
out to be l i t t l e more than a
t ra in ing s e s s i o n for I C , who
e v e n t u a l l y ran out e a s y w inne rs
by 16 goa l s to 4. Y o u n g Ian
Spooner i n h i s f i rs t game on
the tour p l a y e d ex t remely w e l l ,
se t t i ng up A m i r for h i s f i r s t
g o a l . D a v e sco red a h a u t r i c k
and C l i f f showed h is c l a s s ,
s c o r i n g from a l ong -d i s tance
b a c k - f l i p w h i c h le f t the
goa lkeeper rooted to the spot
in amazement .
T h e f i n a l match of the
tour at A n d o v e r was the
hardes t . I C s tar ted i n the
u s u a l manner , C l i f f , A n d y , and
P a u l e a c h s c o r i n g a goa l in
the f i r s t quarter, desp i t e
Ro ry u n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a l l y m i s s
ing a pena l t y . Howeve r i n the
SEX N O P R O B L E M ;
C O M E A N D P L A Y
H O C K E Y
4 M e n ' s teams
1 L a d i e s ' team
P l e a s e con tac t :
A l R o s s ,
(Mines II)
Jane t C o x a g e ,
(Bo tany III)
L i m i t e d number of t i c k e t s
are a v a i l a b l e for a new B B C
R a d i o s e r i e s en t i t l ed You,
the Jury. E a c h programme
w i l l debate a current c o n
ten t ious i s s u e . D i c k Tave rne
is the judge and the aud ience
the ju ry .
T i c k e t s and d e t a i l s from
Jen in U n i o n o f f i ce ( int. 3915).
ULU presses for
catering price cuts T h e U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n
has a d v i s e d i t s cons t i tuen t
s t u d e n t un ions to app ly
immedia te ly for reduc t i ons in
res idence f ees and re fec tory
p r i c e s for the coming term."
T h i s f o l l o w s a U n i v e r s i t y
Gran ts C o m m i t t e e ( U G C )
memorandum to u n i v e r s i t i e s that
from 1st Augus t 1976 more
expendi ture may be charged to
un i ve rs i t y genera l a c c o u n t s , as
opposed to the consumer .
The U G C , a Government adv iso ry body on un i ve rs i t y f inance, had formerly expec ted ca te r ing and r e s i d e n c e a c c o u n t s to be se l f b a l a n c i n g . Up u n t i l the end of J u l y , u n i v e r s i t i e s were ab le to c h a r g e on l y ce r ta in i tems to thei r genera l accoun t s ; these i n c l u d e d rent , ra tes , i n s u r a n c e , c l e a n i n g , hea t i ng , repa i rs a n d redecora -t i o n s .
They w i l l now be a b l e , in add i t i on , to charge cen t ra l
Student survivor I C undergraduate student
P a u l Mower w a s amongst the 32 surv ivo rs from the wooden m inesweeper Fittleton, w h i c h sunk w h i l s t pa r t i c i pa t i ng i n a N A T O e x e r c i s e two weeks ago . The Fittleton c o l l i d e d w i t h the fr igate Mermaid dur ing the m a s s i v e e x e r c i s e i n the North S e a ; ten of the Fittleton's
c rew of 42 los t the i r l i v e s as the 22 yea r o ld minesweeper p lumeted to the bottom of the s e a .
• The Fittleton was manned a lmost en t i re l y from the L o n d o n d i v i s i o n of the R o y a l N a v a l R e s e r v e . Some of the c rew, i n c l u d i n g P a u l Mower had jo ined the R N R bare l y four weeks before .
Comment ing on h i s ordea l P a u l , wrfo today s tar ts h is second year in the Mathemat ics department, s a i d : 7 thought I
was going to die. The ship
turned turtle and I was trapped
underneath. I was wearing a
life jacket because I couldn't
swim. I held my breath and
grabbed anything that came
to hand. It seemed like an
eternity but finally I bobbed
to the surface. The rescue
boat arrived within minutes
and I was pulled out of the
water".
Break in There was a break- in at
the U n i o n Refec to ry dur ing the h o l i d a y . No damage was done and noth ing was s t o l e n . However the intruder(s) d id leave a con t racep t i ve d e v i c e in the t i l l . . P e r h a p s they were fee l ing"shor t changed .
admin is t ra t i ve work (such a s accoun t ing ) and the sa la ry of one ca te r ing o f f i ce r to genera l a c c o u n t s . F u r t h e r m o r e , in ca te r ing un i t s , the c o s t of hea t , l i gh t , power and water , together w i th m i s c e l l a n e o u s c o s t s - c l e a n i n g m a t e r i a l s , s ta t ionery and laundry- can now be cha rged to genera l a c c o u n t s . A t I C th is amounts to £20-25,000 on the ca te r ing s ide a l o n e .
No excuse S t u d e n t l eaders a n d
un i ve rs i t y au thor i t i es have p r e s s e d for th i s type of r e l a x a t ion i n f i n a n c i n g for some t ime. F o r the las t few y e a r s , the U G C has turned a b l i n d eye to the b latant f l ou t ing o f i t s regu la t ions by u n i v e r s i t i e s , i nc lud ing I C . T h e at t i tude of the memorandum i s that now there i s no e x c u s e for d e f i c i t s on these a c c o u n t s .
T h e new measures have been c a u t i o u s l y we lcomed by I C o f f i c i a l s . N i c k B r a y s h a w commented: 'The way these two
accounts have been handled
at IC to date means that the
new measures will make little
or no difference.' IC U n i o n i s not expec ted to fo l l ow the U L U l i ne on p r i ce d e c r e a s e s . Ne i t he r does it support the U L U campa ign for greater s u b s i d i e s on these a c c o u n t s . Mr B r a y s h a w v i e w s s u b s i d i e s as a temporary measure n e c e s s a r y b e c a u s e students 'simply cannot afford
the charges required to make
these items economically
viable.'
T h e Rec to r p o i n t s out that no ex t ra recurrent grant for genera l accoun ts w i l l be forth-
Exam fai lures
C r i p p l i n g exam r e s u l t s ,
w h i c h las t year dec ima ted the
ranks of G u i l d U n i o n o f f i ce rs
have th is year been t ransferred
to M i n e s U n i o n . T h e lat ter
start the term without a
P r e s i d e n t , after the departure
of Mar t i n L e v y .
The other ma in c a s u a l t y
from M i n e s i s B o b Longman
who was to be I C U C a r n i v a l
Co-o rd ina to r . T w o other I C U
p o s i t i o n s , Welfare and Student
R e s i d e n c e , are now v a c a n t
f o l l ow ing the fa i lu re o f
G u i l d s m e n Dave C h a n c e and
Dave K n i g h t s , r e s p e c t i v e l y ,
to get back to I C .
R C S U d id not suf fer any
ser ious c a s u a l t i e s , desp i te the
departure o f former B roadshee t
E d i t o r N i g e l Red i t t ( P h y s i c s 2) .
However Honorary Jun io r
T reasure r C a r o l i n e P r e s t o n ,
who p a s s e d her exams in
P h y s i c s , has now d e c i d e d to
leave I C .
coming from the U G C . T h e p o s i t i o n for I C has not therefore changed much , s i n c e i t has s t rugg led for some yea rs to keep i t s genera l a c c o u n t s in c red i t .
In the nex t yea r , earnes t at tempts w i l l be made by the Refec to ry Commi t tee , under the new cha i rmansh ip o f P r o f e s s o r E i l o n , to e l i m i n a t e d e f i c i t makers in the ca te r ing s y s t e m . L a s t yea r , the es t ima ted l o s s by re fec to r ies w a s £57,000. A surp lus of £17,000 on the bar and c e l l a r accoun t s brought th is down to £40,000. T h e Govern ing B o d y hopes that the bar pro f i ts w i l l top £25,000 th i s year . D e s p i t e U n i o n o p p o s i t i o n , p r i c e s have been r a i s e d by 2p a p int and 2p a tot ( on sp i r i t s ) to a c h i e v e t h i s .
The U G C measures mean that refectory d e f i c i t s w i l l h a v e to be trimmed by £7-12,000 for the ca te r ing account to a c h i e v e s e l f - s u p p o r t i n g s t a t u s .
L A D I E S
L O O S Dur ing the Summer v a c a t i o n
a l te ra t ions have been made to the l a d i e s to i le t in the U n i o n B u i l d i n g to prevent a reoccur -ence of l as t y e a r ' s rape there. T ime s w i t c h e s , operated on ly by a key , now cont ro l l i g h t s in the E a s t s t a i r c a s e of the bu i l d ing and in the l a d i e s to i l e t i tsel f . "
There are a l s o a larm b e l l p u s h e s in the to i l e t . B e l l s for these , wh ich are d i s t i n c t from those for the f i re a la rms , are p l a c e d i n the Un ion B a r , the Dramsoc s toreroom, the Un ion o f f i ce and Cen t r a l Secur i ty in the Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g . Un ion o f f i c i a l s s t r ess that these a larms shou ld not be abused or the new measures w i l l become ine f fec t i ve .
N U S 'organ 1
rationed I C U N I O N has ordered on ly
f i ve c o p i e s of N U S ' s National
Student for the for thcoming
academic year . T h i s f o l l o w s a
d e c i s i o n by N U S to charge
Student un ions l p a copy for
the paper . Fo rmer l y I C U had
rece i ved 500 c o p i e s of each
i s s u e .
In mak ing thei r d e c i s i o n
both th is y e a r ' s and l as t y e a r ' s
I C U E x e c u t i v e fee l that the
U n i o n a l ready p a y s enough to
N U S (£5,000 th is year) and
that more f ree s e r v i c e s shou ld
be emanat ing from N U S for
th is money. C o p i e s of future
ed i t ions of National Student
w i l l be a v a i l a b l e for read ing
in the U n i o n O f f i c e .
Super-
cheap
discount
card A s p lans for a nat ionwide
student d i scoun t scheme m a t e r i a l i s e , IC U n i o n i s prepar ing to undercut the N U S scheme by \2Vi%.
The scheme i s based on a d iscoun t c a r d , to be s o l d by large student un ions ( such as I C U ) together w i th a handbook, l i s t i n g t raders and s e r v i c e s o f fe r ing student d i s c o u n t s . T h e idea i s that the unions wou ld buy large numbers of these ca rds and s e l l them, w i th the i r a s s o c i a t e d handbooks , to thei r members at £2 . The un ion concerned w o u l d then send de ta i l s o f card buyers to N U S , who wou ld g ive the union a 25% c o m m i s s i o n (50p) for each card s o l d .
IC U n i o n w i l l be s e l l i n g the cards at £1 .75 , tak ing on ly 25p to cove r p o s t a g e , co r res p o n d e n c e ' a n d o t h e r admin is t ra t ive c o s t s . In coming to this d e c i s i o n U n i o n leaders c o n s u l t e d their Sen ior T reasure r , D r Ken Weale .
T h e move is l i k e l y to have l o c a l r epe rcuss ions s i nce a l l of N U S ' s 90 T r a v e l and Insurance shops w i l l be s e l l i n g the cards at £2 . T h i s i n c l u d e s the N U S T r a v e l o f f i ce in IC Un ion and the E n d s l e i g h o f f i ce in O l d Brompton R o a d .
N e v e r t h e l e s s it seems un l i ke l y that N U S w i l l take ac t i on aga ins t I C U for under-cu t t i ng i t s s e r v i c e o r g a n i s a t i o n s . In a let ter to l a s t y e a r ' s I C U P r e s i d e n t , Pe te r T e a g u e , d iscoun t scheme o rgan ise r Pe te A n w y l s a i d that w h i l s t the p o s s i b i l i t y of r e ta i l i ng the ca rd at l e s s than £2 had not been c o n s i d e r e d , 'it is up to
each Constituent Organisation
(of N D S ) what they wish to do
with the ?5% ( c o m m i s s i o n ) ' .
The student d i scoun t ca rd w i l l prov ide students w i th an average 10% d iscoun t at some 11,000 re ta i l ou t le ts throughout the count ry . T h e s e i nc lude branches of WH Smi th , V i r g i n R e c o r d s and Ryman L t d . S e r v i c e s such as the R A C and the B r i t i s h Schoo l of Motor ing are a l s o covered by the scheme.
Sma l l e r student un ions , such as the one at L ' Ins t i t u t F r a n c a i s , who do not have admin is t ra t i ve resou rces , w i l l operate a di f ferent sys tem for ob ta in ing d iscoun t c a r d s . T h e s e un ions w i l l d is t r ibu te order forms to thei r members, send ing comple ted forms b a c k to N U S , who w i l l i s s u e the cards d i r ec t . In th is c a s e a commiss i on of 5 - 1 0 % w i l l be p a i d .
I C Un ion has i n i t i a l l y ordered 200 d i scoun t ca rds and hand b o o k s , and these are now a v a i l a b l e from the U n i o n O f f i c e .
Imperial College Union By-Laws
1 . Ob jec ts The Imper ia l C o l l e g e Un ion (referred to hereafter in these B y - l a w s as ' the U n i o n ' ) has for i ts ob jec t s : a The promot ion of s o c i a l in tercourse between
present and pas t s tudents and a c a d e m i c s ta f f of the Imper ia l C o l l e g e .
b The encouragement of in terest by students in matters outs ide the C o l l e g e c i r r i c u l u m , e s p e c i a l l y cu l t u ra l and a th le t i c in terests .
c The p r o v i s i o n of a corporate body of s tudents of the Imper ia l C o l l e g e to represent and to safeguard and advance the in teres ts and welfare of the students of the Imper ia l Co l lege.
2 . Membership Membersh ip of the Un ion s h a l l be of f i ve g rades : a Full Membership. R e g i s t e r e d students of
Imper ia l C o l l e g e and research a s s i s t a n t s who are not members of the C o l l e g e Sen io r Common R o o m , s h a l l be F u l l members of the U n i o n . F u l l members s h a l l be en t i t l ed to the use of a l l f a c i l i t i e s and amen i t i es prov ided by the U n i o n .
b Life Membership. A person s h a l l be en t i t l ed to become a L i f e Member of the U n i o n if : He is a member of the academic teach ing s ta f f , or
He is a member of the admin is t ra t i ve s ta f f and un ivers i t y t ra ined ; s u c h a p p l i c a t i o n to be sub jec t to the approva l of C o u n c i l , or He has been a fu l l member of the U n i o n for at leas t one complete s e s s i o n .
T h e s u b s c r i p t i o n for L i f e Membersh ip of of the U t ' o n s h a l l be as set out in Append i x B .
L i f e Members s h a l l be en t i t l ed to the use o f a l l f a c i l i t i e s and amen i t ies provided by the U n i o n , w i th the excep t i ons that they s h a l l not represent Imper ia l C o l l e g e in any team or vo te .
c Honorary Membership .The C o u n c i l s h a l l have the power to e l e c t as honorary members of the U n i o n , w i thout payment of s u b s c r i p t i o n , persons of s p e c i a l d i s t i n c t i o n or persons who have conferred some s p e c i a l benef i t on the U n i o n . Honorary members s h a l l be acco rded p r i v i l eges def ined at the time of the e l e c t i o n .
d Temporary Membership. O ld students and academic staf f on shor ' - t ime at tendance may become temporary members-of the Un ion for a per iod voted by C o u n c i l , u p o n payment of £0.25 per ca lenda r month, or part thereof , or for the per iod of one term and the e n s u i n g v a c a t i o n , upon payment of £ 0 . 5 0 .
O ld s t uden t s , part-t ime s tudents and members of the academic s ta f f may become temporary members upon the payment of £1 .50 a n n u a l l y .
Temporary members of the U n i o n s h a l l be en t i t l ed to the use of the Lounge and R e f e c t o r y f a c i l i t i e s o n l y . Temporary members s h a l l not be en t i t l ed to vote for any of f i cer of the U n i o n or U n i o n C l u b or S o c i e t y , nei ther s h a l l they ho ld s u c h o f f i c e . Temporary members s h a l l not represent the Imper ia l C o l l e g e in any team.
e Reciprocal Membership. Members of other U n i v e r s i t i e s and C o l l e g e s w h i c h have s i gned a R e c i p r o c a l Membersh ip Agreement w i th Imper ia l C o l l e g e Un ion s h a l l be granted use of such f a c i l i t i e s and amen i t ies as s h a l l be wr i t ten into the R e c i p r o c a l Membersh ip Ag reemen t .
1 . S u b s c r i p t i o n s A l l membership s u b s c r i p t i o n s are payab le in a d v a n c e .
4 . O f f i ce rs The Of f i ce rs of the U n i o n s h a l l be :
The Pres iden t The Honorary Secretary T h e Honorary T reasu re r
The P r e s i d e n t s of the Cons t i t uen t C o l l e g e U n i o n s , who s h a l l be V i c e - P r e s i d e n t s of the U n i o n .
The Deputy P r e s i d e n t The E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s O f f i ce r The A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s Of f i ce r The Welfare O f f i ce r The Student R e s i d e n c e O f f i ce r The P . G . A f f a i r s O f f i ce r The Jun io r T reasu re r The Communi ty A c t i o n Cha i rman The Cha i r m a n of the A t h l e t i c C l u b Commi t tee The Cha i rman of the R e c r e a t i o n a l C l u b s Commi t tee
T h e Cha i rman of the S o c i a l C l u b Commi t tee The Cha i rman of the S o c i a l , C u l t u r a l and Amusements Board The Chai rman of the S i l w o o d Pa rk Commi t tee The P r e s i d e n t o f the Women's A s s o c i a t i o n The Cha i rman of the O v e r s e a s Students Commi t tee
5. Management . a The management of the U n i o n s h a l l be ves ted
in a C o u n c i l , wh i ch s h a l l be e l e c t e d annua l l y and c o n s i s t of: The Of f icers
One Represen ta t i ve each from: The Department of Ae ronau t i c s
The Department of C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g & C h e m i c a l T ec hno log y
The Department o f C h e m i s t r y The Department of C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g The rtepartment of Comput ing and C o n t r o l The Department o f E l e c t r i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g T h e Department of G e o l o g y The D i v i s i o n of L i f e S c i e n c e s The Department of Mathemat ics The Department of M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g The Department of Meta l lu rgy & Mate r ia l S c i e n c e
Department o f M ine ra l R e s o u r c e s E n g i n e e r i n g .
The Department o f P h y s i c s
One representa t ive from e a c h of the C o n s t i t u e n t
C o l l e g e Old Students A s s o c i a t i o n s The A c a d e m i c O f f i ce rs of the C o n s t i t u e n t C o l l e g e s S ix representa t i ves e l e c t e d by and from the Imper ia l C o l l e g e Un ion G e n e r a l Mee t ing T h e C a r n i v a l Coord ina to r
b The P r e s i d e n t and the H o n . Sece ta ry may choose to have a Sabba t i ca l Y e a r , the f i nances for w h i c h are the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of Un ion C o u n c i l . N o student may have two Sabba t i c a l Y e a r s as an Of f i ce r of Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n .
6 . E l ec t i ons a T h e Honorary Secre tary s h a l l be the Re tu rn ing
O f f i ce r for a l l e l e c t i o n s under c l a u s e s 6b, 6c
and 6d of these B y - L a w s . In the event of the Honorary Secre tary w i s h i n g to take part in an e l e c t i o n , an a c t i n g Re tu rn ing O f f i ce r s h a l l be e lec ted by C o u n c i l .
b The P r e s i d e n t , Deputy P r e s i d e n t and H o n . Secre ta ry and E d i t o r of F e l i x s h a l l be he ld in the Spr ing Term of each year before the f i n a l Un ion G e n e r a l Meet ing of that tuTm.
In the event of a vacancy occu r r i ng for one of these p o s t s , a n e l e c t i o n s h a l l be he ld w i t h i n 3 C o l l e g e w e e k s . C o u n c i l s h a l l have the power to appoint an ac t i ng P r e s i d e n t or H o n . Secre ta ry pending the e l e c t i o n .
A l l members of the Un ion s h a l l be en t i t l ed to nominate c a n d i d a t e s , who s h a l l be F u l l Members of the U n i o n . Nomina t ion forms s h a l l be posted 15 C o l l e g e days before the e l e c t i o n and nominat ions s h a l l c l o s e 5 C o l l e g e days before the e l e c t i o n . E a c h nominat ion s h a l l i nc lude the s ignatures of the proposer and 20 s e c o n d e r s . In the event of there be ing no
candidate for a post, the nominations shall remain open until a candidate is nominated. Nominations shall then remain open for a further three College days after the first nomination. An election shall he held after a farther S College days.
In the event of there being only one candidate for a post after nominations have closed, he shall be declared elected. In the event of there being more than one candidate for either post a hustings shall be held between the closure of nominations and the election. The ballot shall be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on two consecutive College days. A member of Council or another nominated by the Returning Officer, who shall not be a candidate or proposer, shall be at each ballot box at a l l times when the ballot is open. The positioning of ballot boxes shall be at the discretion of the Returning Officer.
r The Academic Affairs Officer, the External Affairs Officer, the Junior Treasurer, the Student Residence Officer, the Welfare Officer, the Community Action Chairman, shall be elected by and from the last Union General Meeting of the Spring Teim. The Representatives from the Imperial College Union, and the University of London Union Representative shall be elected at the first Union General Meeting of the summer term.
A l l members of the Union shall be entitled to nominate candidates, who shall be Ful l Members of the Union. Nomination papers shall be posted 10 College days before the election and nominations shall close after 8 College days. Each nomination shall include the signatures of the proposer and 10 seconders.
In the case of a vacancy ot curing for any of these posts, nomination papers shall be posted within 5 College days . The election shall take place at the first Union General Meeting after nominations have closed. Council shall have the power to appoint acting officers pending the election, except in the case of the Representatives from the Imperial College Union. In the case of there being no candidate for any of these posts, nominations be accepted at the Union General Meeting. If no nominations are received at the Union General Meeting, nominations shall remain open until a candidate is nominated and then until the next Union G e n e r a l M e e t i n g , at which any further nominations shall be received and an election he ld .
A l l the elections refer red to in this clause 6c shall be carried out by paper ballot.
d The Imperial College Union Department Representatives shall be elected by ballot during the Spring Term. Members may only stand or vote for the post of Representative of their own Department as listed Clause S . In the event of a vacancy occurring for one of these posts, an election shall be held within 4 College weeks .
Nomination forms shall be posted in the Department 15 College days before the election and nominations shall remain open for 8 College days. Each nomination shall include the signatures of the proposer and 10 seconders. In the event of there being no candidate for any post, nominations shall remain open until a nomination is received. Nominations shall then remain open for a further 3 College days after the first nomination. An election shall be held after a further 5 College days.
In the event of there being only one candidate for a post after nominations have closed, he shall be declared elected. The ballot shall be open form 10 a m . until 5 pro. on one College day. The current representative of a
department shall be the Deputy Returning Officer for the election of the representative of the same department. The Returning Officer shall supervise all the elections referred to in clause 4c .
e In elections under clauses 6b, 6c, and 6d.
canvassing shall be allowed but posters and other publicity shall not be displayed until nomination forms are posted.
f A l l elections referred to under clauses 6b, 6c,
and 6dand in aII elections for Impeiral College Union d e l e g a t i o n s to N a t i o n a l student conferences, the Single Transferable Vote with Quota system shall be used.
The Single Transferable Vote with Quota system shall be operated as defined in the Voting Schedule appearing in the Blue Book. Amendments to the Voting Schedule shall need the approval of a two-thirds majority at any Imperial College Union General Meeting to become effective.
In any election of President, Deputy President and Honorary Secretary, if the number of deliberate (written-in) abstentions shall exceed the votes cast for the candidate receiving most votes before any subsequent re-allocation, the elections shall be declared invalid, and nominations shall be reopened for a further ten College days. The election shall then take place within the next five College da\ s .
A "College day" is defined as a weekday during term time. A "College week*' is a week during term time.
x The Presidents of the Constituent College Unions, the President of the Imperial College Women's Association, the Chairman of the Imperial College Union Recreational Clubs Committee, the Chairman of the Imperial College Social Clubs Committee, the Chairman of the Social, Cultural and Amusements Board, the Chairman • of the Silwood Park Committee and Representatives of the Old Students' Associations shall be elected according to the Constitutions of the respective Organisations before the Joint Council Meeting. The Chairman of Imperial College Union Entertainments Committee shall be elected by the Entertainments Committee, this election being ratified by the meeting of Joint Council .
h 1 he P .O. Al lans Otitic! mi l be elected i.> a meeting of the ICPGG held before Joint Counci l .
i The Honorary Treasurer shall be a member of the academic staff of Imperial College by the Rector, after consultation with the President of Imperial College Union. The Honorary Treasurer shall be ex officio, an honorary member of the Union with the privileges of a Ful l Member. The appointment shall be reviewed every three years.
7. Council Meetings The Council shall meet at least twice per term. The Agenda shall be publicly posted and circulated to Council members at least one week before the Council meeting. The Chairman shall have a casting vote only.
8 . Term of Office The Council shall be in office from the Ist day of August to the 31st day of July of the following year. The last meeting of Council in the Summer shall be a joint meeting between the new and retiring Councils .
Sub-Committees and C ammtssioms
9. Major Sub-Committees a The major sub-committees of Council are the
Imperial College U n i o n A t h l e t i c Clubs C o m m i t t e e , the Imperial College U n i o n
Recreational Clubs Committee and the Imperial College Union Social Clubs Committee and the Imperial College Social Cultural and Amusements Board. The clubs and societies of the Union shall be administered by the Athletic Clubs Committee the Recreational Clubs Committee, Social Clubs Committee and Social Cultural and Amusements Board Committee who shall appoint officers according to their Constitutions.
b No alteration may be made to the constitution of the major subcommittees without the approval of Counci l .
1 0 . The Executive Committee
The President, the Deputy President, the 3 Vice-Presidents, and the Honorary Secretary shall form the Executive Committee. The Committee (4 members shall form a quorum) shall meet at least once per week in term time, and as required during vacation. It shall concern itself with domestic matters and matters of urgency only. At each meeting of the Counci l , the Honorary Secretary shall report on all action taken by the Executive Committee.
1 1 . Silwood Park Committee
The Silwood Park Committee of Imperial College Union is elected according to its constitution for the purpose of managing Union activities at Silwood Park F e l d Station.
1 2 . The Academic Affairs Committee
The Academic Affairs Committee shall be elected according to its constitution to investigate and recommend improvements on all matters relating to the purpose and structure of the degree system and its means of assessment.
1 3 . The External Affairs Committee The External Affairs Committee shall be elected according to its constitution to investigate and give advice on all matters external to the College which affect the students of Imperial Col lege.
1 4 . The Accommodation Commttee The Accommodation Committee shall be elected to its constitution to investigate and recommend improvements on all matters concerning the accommodation of the students of Imperia 1 College, whether resident in College, Union, or private accommodation.
1 5 . Welfare Committee The Welfare Committee shall be elected according to its constitution to investigate and recommend improvements on all matters affecting the welfare of students at Imperial College .
1 6 . The Community Action Group The Community Action Group shall be elected according to its constitution to promote student awareness and involvement in programmes of community service and action of all kinds.
1 7 . The Carnival Committee
The Carnival Committee shall be elected according to its constitution to promote student involvement in charity fund-raising programmes of all kinds .
1 8 . Other Sab-Committees
1 9 . Ex Officio Members The President, the Deputy President and Honorary Secretary of the Imperial College Union shall be ex officio members of all Imperial College Union Sub-Committees and Commissions.
20. Representation on Joint Committees Imperial College Union Council is responsible for the election of the Union representatives to Imperial College Joint Committees and other
bodies, except where this responsibility is delegated by Council to a Sub-Committee. The decisions and findings of these Committees shall be communicated to Council through THESE
representatives .
Genera I Heelings
21 .GENERAL MEETINGS
At least one General Meeting of the Union SHALL
be called each term. Fourteen days' NOTICE OF ALL
such meetings shall be given, and the AGENDA
posted on all Union notice boards. T H E ANNUAL
General Meeting of the Union, at WHICH the President's Report and the REPORTS OF THE
Chairmen of the Imperial College Union ATHLETIC
Clubs C o m m i t t e e , the I m p e r i a l COLLEGE
Recreational Clubs Committee and the IMPERIAL
College Union Social Clubs Committee SHALL BE
presented, shall be held in the summer TERM.
Council shall have the right to cal l FURTHER
General Meetings . A quorum shall consist OF 3 0 0
Ful l or Life Members of the Union.
2 2 . EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS
An Extraordinary General Meeting of the UNION
may be held at any time on receipt BY THE
Council of a petition signed by not LESS THAN 1 3 0
members. Such a meeting shall be held within 4
College weeks after receipt of the petition.
2 3 . MOTIONS
At least one weeks notice of any MOTION TO BE
proposed at a General Meeting SHALL BE G I V E N .
Other motions shall be accepted at THE DISCRETION
of the Chairman. A motion shall BE CARRIED B Y A
simple majority unless it relates to A CHANGE IN
these By-Laws. Motions passed BY A GENERAL
Meeting may be returned once ONLY BY COUNCIL
for reconsideration. Such reference B A C K MUST BE
made within one College MONTH.
Finance
2 4 . ADMINISTRATION OF F I N A N C E
The Finance of the Union SHALL BE ADMINISTERED
by the Imperial College Union COUNCIL, WHICH
shall allocate grants to the MAJOR SUB-COMMITTEES
AND authorize other Union EXPENDITURE.
2 5 . ACCOUNTS
The Annual Statement of Accounts AND B A L A N C E
Sheets of the Union shall be IN RESPECT OF THE
YEAR ending 31st July and shall B E AUDITED B Y
THE COL le ge A ud itors. The Balance Sheets, previously DISPLAYED FOR
ONE week, shall be presented AT A GENERAL
Meeting OF the autumn term BY THE HONORARY
Treasurer. The Audited Accounts OF the UNION SHALL be presented to the Governing BODY OF THE IMPERIAL
College through the Rector BEFORE THE END OF
October following each financial YEAR.
Union Buildings
2 6 . The Governing Body have SET A S I D E , FREE OF RENT
certain rooms for the US E OF the U N I O N . T H E S E
rooms are listed in the Appendix.
2 7 . O P E N I N G of Union
The Union Buildings, with the EXCEPTION OF THE
Bar, shall be open during TERM from 8 A M . TILL
I 2pm . on week-days and from 9am. till 1 2 P M ON
Sundays, unless the permission OF THE E X E C U T I V E
Committee is given for an EXTENSION. DURING
vacation, except for the month OF A U G U S T , NOT
more than 12 days at Christmas AND NOT MORE
than 1 2 days at Easter it shall NORMALLY BE O P E N .
2 « . D I S C I P L I N E
a The maintenance of discipline in THE UNION IS
delegated to the Executive AND SUPERVISED B Y
the Deputy P r e s i d e n t or h i s nominee . "The Depu ty P r e s i d e n t s h a l l make arrangements for one of the members of the U n i o n to be on duty dur ing every even ing in term-time on w h i c h the U n i o n is o p e n .
bThe Un ion D i s c i p l i n e Procedure i s ou t l ined in the Un ion D i s c i p l i n e Document appear ing in the B l u e B o o k . Amendments to th is Document s h a l l need the app rova l of a two- th i rds major i ty at any Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n G ene r a l Meet ing to become e f f e c t i v e .
2 9 . Payment for Damage
Paymen t w i l l be in acco rdance w i th the U n i o n
D i s c i p l i n e Procedure C o d e .
General
3 0 . Imper ia l C o l l e g e Women's A s s o c i a t i o n A l l women s tudents s h a l l be members of the Imper ia l C o l l e g e Women's A s s o c i a t i o n and the A s s o c i a t i o n s h a l l be run a c c o r d i n g to i ts C o n s t i t u t i o n . A por t ion of the Un ion bu i l d i ngs s h a l l be set as i de for the use of the members of the Imper ia l C o l l e g e Women's A s s o c i a t i o n .
N o a l te ra t ion s h a l l be made to the Cons t i t u t i on of the Imper ia l C o l l e g e Women's A s s o c i a t i o n w i thout the approva l o f C o u n c i l .
3 1 . T h e Imper ia l C o l l e g e P o s t Graduate Group A l l postgraduates s h a l l be members o f the I C P G G and the group s h a l l be run a c c o r d i n g to i ts c o n s t i t u t i o n . Its a ims are to promote a c t i o n on af fa i rs conce rn ing P G ' s and to support and f i nance departmental P . G . g roups .
3 2 . R e f e c t o r y C l u b . A l l members of the Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n are
members of the Imper ia l C o l l e g e Re fec to r y C l u b .
33 .Owne rsh ip of Proper ty T h g equipment purchased by any C l u b or S o c i e t y in the Un ion s h a l l be the genera l property of the U n i o n who s h a l l be respons ib le u l t ima te ly for main tenance and p ro tec t ion . A n inventory of a l l U n i o n property s h a l l be drawn up at the end of e a c h f i n a n c i a l yea r . C l u b s and S o c i e t i e s s h a l l not h i re U n i o n property from one C l u b or S o c i e t y to another .
34 . U n i o n B y - L a w s N o a l te ra t ion in the B y - L a w s of the U n i o n s h a l l be made wi thout the approva l of a two-th i rds major i ty at two Genera l Meet ings he ld not l e s s than 28 C o l l e g e days but not more than 40 C o l l e g e days apar t .
3 5 . A copy of these B y - L a w s and an appropr iate
membership card s h a l l be supp l i ed to each U n i o n
member.
3 6 . T h e s e B y - L a w s c a n c e l a l l p rev ious v e r s i o n s .
j£ P e r s o n a l P r o p e r t y of S t u d e n t s l« 2 Your belongings will often be left unattended, and doors are seldom locked. You
W UJ will use Union Premises, Lecture Rooms, Lodgings and Halls of Residence.
<*> 5 No College or University authorities can take responsibility for the safety of
£ u
" your property, and normal policies do not cover these risks.
<! We therefore wish to bring to your notice, for action in good time, the special
v> o Block policy which is available to all students, giving insurance protection as
<j | - scheduled overleaf for the very low premium of £2 p.a. (up to £500 cover).
_j In addition to covering your belongings in term-time, the Insurance includes :
°- Baggage insurance for holidays in Europe, up to 60 days in a year.
^ ANY place of residence in U.K. including hotels, boarding-houses, etc.
-fa Transit within the U.K. between your home and term-time address,
•̂ r; Also your Personal Liability to third parties, including for instance any
accident you might cause on the sports field.
NOTE Since the scheme is operated through Insurance Brokers, you have the
free use of their services in the event of a claim : they regard you as their
client and represent your interests without charge. (They cannot, of course,
help if your claim is invalid : see conditions overleaf).
FIRST PERIOD OF INSURANCE IS 12 MONTHS—RENEWAL WILL
T H E N BE INVITED BY POST
To be included in this Block Policy, please send £2 with this completed form, to
B.P.I. Dept., HARRISON-BEAUMONT Ltd., (Insurance Brokers),
69b HIGH STREET, WITNEY, OXFORD, OX8 6LR
(cheques payable to " Harrison-Beaumont Ltd.") Tel.: (0993) 3251
Harrison-Beaumont is associated with the E.Harrison student insurance specialists.
N.B. You should write without delay to Harrisons at their Cambridge office if you
are considering starting any sort of LIFE Assurance: through the Student
Life Assurance Scheme (est. 1951) yon can obtain a Grant of £ 2 0 - £ 1 5 0 to
help you with the early premiums. This includes all the normal policies of
most leading Insurance Companies, and is available to all full-time students
only through Harrisons, 13 Round Church Street, Cambridge, CB5 8AE.
PLEASE CUT ALONG THIS LINE
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Please inc lude me i n the B l o c k Student P o l i c y a n d f o rwa rd m y Cer t i f ica te . 1 unders tand
that any i n d i v i d u a l i tem w o r t h over £50 must be spec i f ied ; a lso that I can i f I w ish
insure speci f ied i tems, o f whatever va lue , against A L L R I S K S (wh ich inc ludes damage ,
0 b reakage, etc. , as we l l as s imp le fire a n d thef t ) ; and I have stated any i tem under these
w two categor ies i n the approp r ia te space overleaf.
1 enclose p r e m i u m as f o l l o w s :
(a) fo r the bas ic cover £2-00
(b) fo r A l l - R i s k s sec t ion , ( o p t i o n a l , see over lea f ) , at the rate
*2 o f £ 1 5 0 per £100 va lue o r par t . (n .b . £ 1 5 0 m i n i m u m )
1 H T o t a l p r e m i u m enc losed h e r e w i t h : £
z at D m T e r m A d d r e s s T e l .
(2 Home Address T e l .
F u l l N a m e D a t e of B i r t h
I am in the year o f a year course at Coll./Univ.
READ OTHER SIDE FIRST
General conditions -. (a) Personal property is insured against Fire and Theft in a student's
lodgings or College Rooms or his room in a hall of residence or whilst in any private house,
hotel or other place of Temporary residence within the U . K . and by extension is also
insured against f i r e and Theft anywhere on the premises of the insured's Col lege, University
Department, Student U n i o n , Bui lding or H a l l of Residence during term-time, or whilst in transit
within the U . K . between the Insured's home and term addresses (the first £5 of every loss
being excluded): or whilst accompanying the Insured on holiday travel anywhere on the
continent of Europe for the first sixty days of such travel in any policy year (the first £10 of
every loss excluded). General exclusions : losses other than from the premises as above
defined; losses of money, securities for money, stamp collections, medals and coins; motor
vehicles and their accessories and any theft f rom an unattended motor vehicle; pedal-cycles;
l ivestock; property more specificallv insured
Sum Insured: £500
lb personal l iabi l i ty: covers liability at C o m m o n l a w for accidental injury to persons or damage-to property caused by the Insured's negligence as a private individual. Exclusions are the normal ones for this type of pol icy: claims arising f rom use or possession of cycles, vehicles, vessels, animals other than dogs and cats; claims by servants or members of one's family: claims arising out of business activities of the Insured or the ownership or occupation of land or buildings.
Sum Insured Any f ine Accident: £250.000
P R E M I U M £2 p.a.
This insurance is arranged on a block basis, the Master Policy being held by E , Harr ison
L td . , and a certificate being issued to each student on payment of his premium. F o r more
comprehensive types of Property insurance, see the A l l - R i s k s extension, or consult the
Brokers. The College Office cannot enter into any discussion on these matters.
Higher cover under (a) can be arranged on a pro-rata basis. Please notify the Brokers if your personal belongings are in excess of £500 in value, because failure to declare this fact may result in under-compensation in the event of a claim.
If any item is individual ly worth over £50 please specify below and show value (left-harsd column).
A l l claims dealt with by Harrison-Beaumont L td . , Witney, Ox fo rd .
Please specify here any items which are
to be included in the basic insurance
(i.e. wi th in the £2 premium and at no
extra charge) but which are individual ly
worth more than £50.
ITEM. V A L U E .
A L L - RISKS SECTION : List any items
which you want to insure separately
(i.e. excluded f rom the run-of-the-mil l
cover) against ail-risks such as loss,
damage breakage, or fire and theft
anywhere in the U . K . or Europe. T o
insure these 'terns wi l l cost £1.50 per
£100 value, and the min imum premium
is £1.50.
I T E M . V A L U E .
Tota l Value
Addi t iona l premium enclosed £ ..
Please be specific in your descriptions, and include serial numbers if possible
S E E O V E R
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