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Founded in 1949 The Newspaper of Imperial College Union
NO MORE
WANKING
IN WEEKS
-OFFICIAL
Senior W a r d e n D r D o n M o n r o
has proposed plans to house two
students in single rooms in Weeks
H a l l , of w h i c h he is also W a r d e n ,
next year.
Weeks H a l l is a m i x e d H a l l
w i t h 64 single rooms a n d it is
proposed to " d o u b l e u p " eight of
these . T h e p l a n w i l l i n v o l v e
p u t t i n g b u n k beds in the rooms
and has been put forward as a
means of offering a l l freshers a
place in residence.
T h e r e has been widespread
objections to the idea on the
grounds that the rooms are m u c h
too smal l .
I C U President M r N i c k M o r
ton was to ld oi the scheme several
w e e k s a g o a n d a g r e e d " i n
p r i n c i p l e " . N e i t h e r he nor D r
M o n r o consulted any students. It
was only when a student became
aware ol the scheme a n d objected
that the U n i o n dec ided to oppose
i t , a l t h o u g h t h e y c o u l d n o t
formulate po l i cy as C o u n c i l was
inquorate on M o n d a y .
U n i o n W e l f a r e O f f i c e r M r
N i c k P y n e discussed the scheme
at yesterday's H a l l s S u b - C o m
mittee meeting, but the outcome
is u n k n o w n at the t ime ol go ing
to press.
President-elect Steve G o u l d e r
said " I t ' l l stop on J u l y 1st," whi le
as an alternat ive to testing the
s c h e m e o n s t u d e n t s , F E L I X
E d i t o r M r M a r k S m i t h suggested
t h a t D r M o n r o a n d his s u b -
w ar de n test the scheme t h e m
selves by s h a r i n g a r o o m d u r i n g
the s u m m e r (hence fac i l i ta t ing
the use o f t h e i r fiats for the
S u m m e r L e t t i n g Scheme too).
M o r e details should be a v a i l
able next week.
REFECTORY TO CLOSE!
A plan to close the Union Lower Refectory and open a pub-style food outlet in the Union Lower Lounge was revealed by IC Union President Nick Morton late last week. The proposals, first discussed as long ago as February, include the possibility of demolishing the recently built partition in the Lower Lounge.
Morton brings house down Residents of the Montpelier St. Hall have at last gained the
support of the Union President Mr Nick Morton over their
complaints about the current state of the building.
A typical Montpelier St bathroom; note view to room below (right) and mallet (foreground). Photo Jane Williams.
T h e discovery o f d ry rot in the H a l l has led to extensive repair work,
i n v o l v i n g serious noise a n d dust problems d u r i n g the v i t a l e x a m i n a t i o n
per iod .
M r M o r t o n was in formed over two weeks ago that a group of
residents h a d wr i t ten to Student Services c o m p l a i n i n g about the
current work a n d the lack of facilities in the H a l l . Some h a d refused to
pay rent but M r M o r t o n to ld F ' E L I X that " I ' m go ing to do abosultely
no th ing for them u n t i l they come up to the U n i o n Office to see
me—and you can quote me on t h a t ! "
E a r l i e r this week a resident approached the President w i t h a copy of
their letter a n d he f inal ly agreed to act on their behalf.
W h e n F E L I X visited the b u i l d i n g on Tuesday w o r k m e n from the
Phoen ix Restorat ion C o m p a n y showed us the extent o f the rot. T h e y
are at present c o m p l e t i n g work on the kitchens a n d bathrooms on one
side of the b u i l d i n g up to the second tloor, w h i c h have been out of use
•for over a m o n t h . W h e n these are in use aga in they w i l l start on the
same areas in the other side o f the H a l l .
T h e process of restoration involves r i p p i n g away plaster a n d wood,
t reat ing affected surfaces a n d then rep lac ing these materials . T h i s
results in a certa in amount o f very unpleasant dust, as wel l as noise a n d
inconvenience. D r y rot, we were in formed does spread very q u i c k l y
a n d the w o r k m a n said it was necessary to treat it as soon as possible
before m a n y floors a n d ceilings became unsafe.
T h e proposals or ig inate from the
Co l l ege Refectory C o m m i t t e e ,
c h a i r e d by D r R . Schroter a n d
w e r e the s u b j e c t o f e x t e n s i v e
discussions yesterday afternoon
b e t w e e n M r N i c k M o r t o n ,
A c t i n g D P M i s s C h r i s t i n e T e l l e r
a n d c o n c e r n e d p a r t i e s i n t h e
Col lege a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . These no
doubt inc lude Refectory M a n a
ger V i c t o r M o o n e y , the manager
o f t h e L o w e r R e f e c t o r y a n d
representatives from the Estates
department (who w o u l d employ
p e o p l e t o k n o c k d o w n t h e
par t i t i on w h i c h they e m p l o y e d
people to b u i l d last summer ! ) .
T h e c los ing of the L o w e r Refec
tory w o u l d , i n N i c k M o r t o n ' s
eyes, be favourable , he thinks
that the space can be used by the
LInion for other purposes i n c l u d
i n g sports (table tennis, b a d m i n
ton, etc.) a n d the usual use for
discos.
T h e o l d c l oakroom at the foot
of the centra l U n i o n staircase
w o u l d be used as a k i t chen a n d a
h o l e k n o c k e d i n t o the L o w e r
L o u n g e to act as a serving area.
T h i s w o u l d m e a n that the games
m a c h i n e s w o u l d h a v e t o be
moved a n d , under the current
p l a n , these w o u l d be p laced in
the Ents R o o m whi le Ents w o u l d
be moved to the L o w e r Refectory
k i tchen .
Eff ic iency of service under the
new scheme w o u l d have to be
very good; a p u b style outlet
w o u l d have to satisfy the large
n u m b e r o f students who current ly
arr ive in the L o w e r Refectory
a r o u n d 12:30pm. N o details of
M r M o o n e y ' s plans are k n o w n at
the t ime of go ing to press, but it is
c l e a r t h a t t h e m o v e w o u l d
invo lve substantial problems for
a m a n w h o cannot adequate ly
| r u n the present system.
No. 615 Friday May 21,1982 Free!
Dear Mark
I feel it's about time the
events of the South Atlantic-
got a mention in the pages of
F E L I X . M a n y of the more
i g n o r a n t a n d i l l - i n f o r m e d
students around College think
they are only here to get a-
degree so wider po l i t i ca l issues
are irrelevant to their self-
contained, insular cocoon of
self delusion and wel l worn
platitudes. I wou ld like to
point out to those people that
they are l i v i n g i n the real
wor ld an d its about time they
grew up and opened their
eyes to this fact; College is an
i d e a l f o r u m for i n t e l l i g e n t
d e b a t e o f t h e i m p o r t a n t
po l i t i ca l issues w h i c h concern
each and every one of us.
R e t u r n i n g to the Falklands ,
I fail to see why this anachron-
. i s t i c r e m n a n t o f b y g o n e
Brit ish Imperial ism has to cost
this country thirty odd lives to
d a t e , a n d s e v e r a l b i l l i o n
pounds which could be far
better spent elsewhere, not to
m e n t i o n the l ives of three
hundred Argentinians, who
are, after a l l , only pawns in
t h e p o w e r s t r a t e g y o f a
contemptible fascist regime
g u i l t y of i n n u m e r a b l e v i o
lations of human rights.
T h e g o v e r n m e n t has, o f
course, as with a l l its policies,
a c t e d h i g h h a n d e d l y a n d
without due consideration of
the consequences, motivated
solely by the desire to reflate
its popularity in the hope of
w i n n i n g the next e l e c t i o n .
T h e decision to send the task
force fits into the predictable
pattern of events one is now
condit ioned to expect from
the emotionless zombies who
are c l inging to power by any
means they can.
T o them, it seems perfectly
natural to waste ^ l O b i l l i o n
pounds on a ludicrous naval
exercise around the F a l k l a n d
Islands rather than spending
it to create employment for
some of the 3m unemployed.
T h e y chose their present
h i g h h a n d e d m i l i t a r i s t i c
course of action, which puts
them in a comparible league
as the A r g e n t i n i a n j u n t a ,
rather than over a sensible
and peaceful solution. T h e
Islanders should have been
g i v e n the c h a n c e of b e i n g
evacuated and flown back to
B r i t a i n and then sovereignity
immediately handed over to
the islands rightful owners,
the Argentinians , instead of
w h i c h the government has
d u g us i n t o a n u n t e n a b l e
p o s i t i o n w h i c h it is t r y i n g
through its intransigence to
mainta in . I would hope that a
m o t i o n i n s u p p o r t o f the
A r g e n t i n i a n s c l a i m to the
Falklands w i l l receive support
from al l the th ink ing members
of this College at the next
U G M .
Yours
R . S . A lexander
Dear Sir
Last Saturday's R a g Fete
was a great success, and I 'd
like to thank everybody who
came along but in part icular
the Minesmen who not only
had a good turnout of stalls
( inc luding the peep show!)
but seemed to be the only
students spending money, and
carry ing off most of the Rafl le
prizes. Cheers lads.
Yours
J o h n ( R S M V P )
P S : T h e p o o r M o g g i e ' s
been on paracetamol a l l week
and stil l isn't the better for the
28 passengers she carried.
Dear Mark
Isn't it about time that R a g
changed its charity . F o r the
three years that I 've been
here, the money has always
gone to the N a t i o n a l Deaf
C h i l d r e n ' s S o c i e t y . I t ' s a
worthy cause I ' m sure, but
there are also many other
worthy charities.
So w h y has the N D C S
r e c e i v e d so m u c h s u p p o r t
from Rag? Is it that the R a g
Committee is so busy try ing to
stay i n tack a n d suppress
internal squabbl ing that it
hasn't any time to decide to
whom the money should be
given; or is i t that they are so
unimaginative that they can't
think of another charity.
I ' m told that there is a
meeting at which a l l this is
decided; i f so, it's never been
sufficiently advertised. If the
R a g C o m m i t t e e e x p e c t s
p e o p l e to p a r t i c i p a t e i n
collecting and raising money,
then it ought to al low them to
have some say in where it
goes.
Yours sincerely
Graeme Shaw-
PS : O K — s a y it's not con
structive cr it ic ism, but I ' m
w i l l i n g to provide suggestions,
i f t h e y t e l l me w h e n the
meeting is.
Dear Mark
I have to protest about the
lack of controversy in F E L I X
614. Y o u have left me wi th
nothing to correct or compla in
about. I have nothing against
accurate factual reporting in
principle but I do appreciate
the regular opportunity to
s c r ibe y o u a note . K i n d l y
ensure this does not happen
again.
Yours
N i c k
Obituary
Richard Tate
R i c h a r d T a t e , a research assistant in the
Department of Comput ing , was hit and killed
by a train on Wednesday, M a y 12, at the age of
31.
O n graduating from Brasenose College,
O x f o r d , where he was awarded an M A in
mathematics, he worked at Cortaulds for
several years before moving to Zambia to join
a mining firm. Returning to England in 1978 he
took an M S c in Comput ing at IC and was
placed top in his year. H e then worked for
Sc i con for a short while before returning to the
Department as a Research Assistant.
Richard possessed considerable musical and
artisitic abilities about which he was almost
embarrassingly modest. A s well as singing lead
in the barbershop quartet 'Four to a Bar ' , well
k n o w n to I C s t u d e n t s , he p l a y e d s e v e r a l
musical instruments well and was a talented
composer and arranger. While in Zambia he
was musical director of a production of Oliver,
a job which involved rearranging the entire
s c o r e to su i t the r a n g e a n d a b i l i t i e s of
musicians available. His skills as a graphic
artist will be remembered not only by those
who visited his flat or received a Christmas
card from him, but even by anyone who
passed by his office door.
But he will be remembered best for his sense
of humour and friendliness towards everyone.
W h o but Richard would compose and record a
musical jingle for his telephone answering
machine? His openness about his own life
made it easy for his friends to share any of
their problems with h im. H e will be missed by
everyone he came into contact with.
MST
Richard Tate had shown himself to be a person
of outstanding promise. H e had already made
a major contribution to the research work of
the department. For nine months he was a
leading member of the Augusta project team,
work which culminated in papers presented at
a conference at the N P L where Richard's
contribution was widely considered to be the
most outstanding. H e had already actively
entered into the planning of a new project
showing great insight and judgement.
H e h a d a l s o d e m o n s t r a t e d a f la i r f or
teaching both in lectures, where his artistic
talents were used to the full, and in supervising
projects. H e will be sadly missed by all his
colleagues.
VAD
Page 2 FELIX, May 21, 1982
Council cancelled again!
Last M o n d a y ' s I C U C o u n c i l meet ing failed to open due to inquoracy ,
as over 50% of the 47 members of C o u n c i l fa i led to t u r n up .
T h e meet ing was to have discussed several impor tant matters,
i n c l u d i n g the proposed l inen service for H a l l s , the p l a n to r u n a n
experiment housing two people in Weeks H a l l rooms a n d the a w a r d i n g
of colours.
U n i o n President M r N i c k M o r t o n ca l l ed the absent members " a
bunch of miserable shits" a n d said " t h e y ' d better t u r n up on M o n d a y ,
M a y 24, when we ' l l try to have another m e e t i n g . " H e confessed that
some important Col lege committees were meet ing this week for w h i c h
C o u n c i l s h o u l d h a v e d e c i d e d U n i o n p o l i c y . H o w e v e r , i n a
meg lomaniac outburst he said " I f no other fuckers can be bothered to
t u r n up then C h r i s t i n e T e l l e r a n d I w i l l m a k e some b i - l a t e r a l
decis ions!" T h i s obviously indicates that M r M o r t o n d i d not wish to
ho ld in formal talks w i t h the twenty C o u n c i l members who did t u r n up
on M o n d a y or even consult H o n o r a r y Secretary M r M a r c o L e d w o l d .
Next M o n d a y ' s C o u n c i l meet ing w i l l also discuss a mot ion r e m o v i n g
depar tmenta l representatives from I C U C o u n c i l a n d transferr ing
their duties to C C U academic al lairs officers. T h i s mot ion has been
prompte d by the fact that only two dep reps attended last M o n d a y ' s
meeting.
The Southside Brothel T h e l i n a l conversion of the lounge area of the Southside Bar to
V i c t o r i a n style should be completed w i t h i n the next month .
T h i s conversion is be ing f inanced by brewery loans a n d was started
in J a n u a r y . Presently a l l the seating area needs to be upholstered a n d
the l i gh t ing work has sti l l to be f inished.
T h e wood pane l l ing a n d flock wa l lpaper is already completed
a l though it is hoped to h ang some pictures on the walls. H o w e v e r Bar
M a n a g e r M r H a r r y M a g n a y w o u l d l ike the pictures to change o n a
two mon th ly basis.
A l l the work is be ing done by outside firms a n d (the lack of) co
o r d i n a t i o n between these, a n d general adminis t rat ive delay is be ing
given as the reason for the extended complet ion date.
A lmost a l l of the s tructural work beh ind the bar has been finished
a n d is a great improvement on the o ld real ale bar, w h i c h is adjacent
the V i c t o r i a n bar a n d is now only used for functions. T h e modif icat ions
have a lready i m p r o v e d condit ions l or bar staff a n d the qua l i ty of the
beer, l ead ing to an increase in turnover .
At present there a ie l ive real ales avai labe (one from each brewery
f inanc ing the conversion) and it is hoped to have a sixth p u m p on soon.
In add i t i on to pics a n d rolls current ly avai lab le H a r r y , an I C m i n i n g
graduate , intends to stock p loughmans lunches a n d hot food soon a n d
also to increase the range of wines a n d cocktails . Several cocktails ,
i n c l u d i n g some exclusive to Southside, are a lready avai lab le a n d
inc lude a green var iety , Windscale.
There are also ambi t ious plans to show l i lms , more live bands a n d
perhaps even plays but these are un l ike ly to material ise before next
October . These w o u l d be financed by the B a r Ameni t i e s fund w h i c h is
p a r t i a l l y f u n d e d by the prof i ts o f v ideo games a n d poo l tables
be longing lo the refectories (who r u n a l l Col lege bars).
T h e current alterations do not seem to be caus ing undue discomfort
lo the patrons, a l though one customer was heard to say " I t ' s changed
again ; it's l ike a b r o t h e l . "
Guilds win Gala
G u i l d s beat R C S by 111-81 in
the ' i n t e r - C C U s w i m m i n g gala
last M o n d a y . T h e event was held
in the sports centre a n d a sizeable
c r o w d a t t e n d e d d e s p i t e t h e
fai lure of M i n e s to field a team.
R C S w o n the mens race 52-42
but G u i l d s easily w o n the ladies
race a n d also w o n the water polo
match to give them a comfortable
v ictory .
T h e r e was also a n executive
race w h i c h d i d not count towards
the compet i t i on points a n d this
was w o n by R C S .
Let's get
physical T h e t h i r d Physics O p e n D a y
w h i c h was held last F r i d a y was
a n u n q u a l i f i e d s u c c e s s w i t h
a l m o s t f o u r h u n d r e d s i x t h -
formers at tending .
P r o f B u t t e r w o r t h , H e a d o f
D e p a r t m e n t , gave a short w e l
c o m i n g speech a n d D r M e i k l e
gave a short lecture on astro
nomy.
T h e O p e n D a y was first held
in 1980 a n d is always organised
by p h y s i c s u n d e r g r a d u a t e s ,
p r i n c i p a l l y the d e p a r t m e n t a l
representative who this year is
M r D o n a l Bradley .
M a r k S m i t h , current ly F E L I X
E d i t o r , organised the event in
1980 a n d this year gave a short
talk about life at university .
A major part of the O p e n D a y
is a d isplay o f first year l a b o r a
tory projects a n d this year they
inc luded biophysics, computer
s imulat ions o f radio -act ive decay
a n d R u b i k ' s C u b e , ho lography
a n d a study of the t ime of a r r i v a l
o f s t u d e n t s f o r t h e i r e a r l y
m o r n i n g lectures.
Rag Fete
Sucess
I C U n i o n R a g Fete took place on
S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n o n t h e
Queen 's L a w n . A b o u t 400 people
a t t e n d e d a n d o v e r £ 4 0 0 was
raised for char i ty . T h e fete was
o p e n e d b y the R e c t o r , L o r d
Flowers .
T h e Queen ' s T o w e r was open
for those w h o wanted to pay 30p
to go u p it a n d other enter ta in
ments inc luded the r i t u a l shav ing
o f P r e s i d e n t - e l e c t M r S t e v e
G o u l d e r .
A n o t h e r a t t r a c t i o n was the
s o g g y - s p o n g e t h r o w i n g s t a l l
w h i c h gave an oppor tun i ty for
part ic ipants to release their pent-
up frustrations. F i n a l l y , L a d y
F l o w e r s a n d I C W i v e s C l u b
o f f e red h o m e - m a d e j a m s a n d
preserves for sale on their stal l .
Who gives
a damn
about Mike? T h e r e has been absolutely no
progress in the search for the I C
U n i o n mascot M i k e . In fact there
has b e e n n o ef fort e x p e n d e d
whatsoever.
T h e 1701b micrometer , w h i c h
w e n t m i s s i n g f r o m t h e I C U
Office in the early hours of M a y
6. seems to have been forgotten
a b o u t a l r e a d y . T h e A c t i n g
D e p u t y President. M i s s C h r i s t i n e
Te l l e r has quite r ight ly left the
matter for the President a n d H o n
Sec to deal w i t h as they were
r e s p o n s i b l e f o r l e a v i n g M i k e
unattended in the U n i o n Office.
H o w e v e r , I C U President N i c k
M o r t o n to ld F E L I X " D o you
th ink a n y b o d y real ly cares about
the t h i n g ? "
An apology
F E L I X w o u l d l ike to apologise for a serious omission w h i c h occurred in
the M a y 7 issue. A m i d s t the excitement of the loss of the U n i o n mascot
M i k e , we failed to c a n y a report on the U G M w h i c h took place on
Tuesday , M a y 4. H o w e v e r , our on-the-spot reporter N . W i l l s o n has
managed to recal l the f o l l owing about this exc i t ing a n d extremely
important occasion.
About twenty boring farts gathered for the non-event of the term, the I'GM in
the (ireat Hall on Tuesday. May 4. Some fat bloke with a moustache, or maybe
the fat slob with the beard, opened the meeting several minutes late. Quorum was
challenged and the fat slob with the beard ignored it. At a second attempt at
challenging quorum the bearded slob tried lo wiggle out of it by demanding to see
the challengers' unioncards. even though one of the challengers (me) was known to
him by sight. Ian House, the other challenger, showed his card. The meeting
closed aflei one minute anil twenty-fire seconds.
T h e I C U A n n u a l G e n e r a l meet ing w i l l take place on Tuesday , M a y
25, at 1:00pm in the Great H a l l — s e e you there!
FELIX, May 21, 1982 Page 3
A Science Student's
Discomfort
by Tim Larcombe
Have you ever in your studies of science asked
yourself any of the following questions? W h y
a m I here? W h a t is this I'm studying? What 's
the purpose of this lab report? W h a t is the
lecturer saying? W h y is he saying it? W h e r e did
it c ome from? W h y should I believe it? W h y is
it so d i f f i cu l t to l e a r n ? W h y a r e s c i e n c e
students as they are? H o w do I relate science
• to the world? Is it valid or a big c o n tr ick? Is it
the truth? Is it the absolute truth? — G o d ' s
truth if you like. If you haven't asked any of
these questions, stop here.
If they have crossed your mind , have you
got s a t i s f a c t o r y a n s w e r s to t h e m ? T h e s e
questions have constantly arisen in this, my
first year at Col lege. They didn't arise before at
school , because I d id other things apart from
sc ience — therefore I d idn ' t have to feel
comfortable with it. But as we know things are
different now.
I believe the root of these questions lies in
the fact that I could not put science and
technology in a context relating to the whole
wor ld . T r u e , you see manifestations of science
and technology everywhere but that does not
explain what they are.
After a lot of sou! searching such a context
s u d d e n l y d a w n e d o n m e . It m a y not be
completely true but I think it has elements of
truth in it. A l s o I think it answers some of those
questions and makes me feel happier with
what I'm doing. The purpose of this piece of
writing is to describe that context . It is not
researched, studies or anything like that and in
describing it I may not fully justify what I say,
but it is my gut reaction. I want to convey and
so please bear in mind these qualifications.
M y aim is to share.
First ly , science. W h a t is it and is it true? I
now view it as mankind's attempt to describe
nature ; to quanti fy nature ; to u n d e r s t a n d
nature; to answer one of the eternal questions:
" W h e r e a m I ? " ; p o s s i b l y a n a t t e m p t to
manipulate nature. F o r instance Nature says
"There is a quantity" — of grass perhaps, or
anything. It is man who counts the blades of
grass. Nature says "If this thing whizzes round
too fast it will break" . M a n says that the
centrifugal force will stress the shaft beyond its
shear strength and it will fracture in a certain
way. H e makes his measurement, does his
maths and predicts what will happen and why
on the basis of past experience.
Nature doesn't have to explain why things
happen in the order they do — man does —
entropy he calls it.
So that's what it is. Science is the abstract
description of nature. Science is one of man's
inventions to understand the universe.
But is science true? M y answer is yes and no
— h o w convenient! It is true that it seems to
work consistently, but it is not the absolute
truth. If that were the case then it would be the
one and only description, totally different.
However , having said that, let us not forget
that the inventors of science, the people who
d e s c r i b e , w e r e t h e l i k e s of P y t h a g o r a s ,
Gal l i leo , N e w t o n , Einstein — geniuses and
thousands of other "sub-geniuses" following
on . These people were "one in a mi l l i on" and
their work merits great respect.
What about the study of technology? In this
c o n t e x t it b e c o m e s a n a b s t r a c t i o n of a n
abstraction. M a n inventing uses of science
which he invented to describe nature, and the
beautiful thing is that it works—things do
happen as predicted—space shuttles.
If one views science in this way, effectively
you are removing yourself from involvement
a n d seeing it for what it is, which is m u c h more
comfortable. W h a t are the implications of this?
I do not pretend to have thought these things
through thoroughly but let our imaginations
wander. B y removing yourself from involve
ment and seeing things for what they are, are
you not widening your capacity for creativity
a n d l a t e r a l t h i n k i n g ? D o y o u f ee l t h a t
technology is sometimes used solely because
one knows how to do it and that knowledge is
given as justification for its use? I also wonder
that if science was taught in this context rather
than being battered into you ( "You 'd better
believe it or else you won't pass.") , perhaps the
a w f u l b a r r i e r s b e t w e e n s c i e n c e a n d a r t s
wouldn't exist.
V i ew ed in this light, I think science and
technology will become easier to accept, learn
a n d use, given what it is. N o w get back to
lectures and revision and your future. H o w do
you feel? G o o d luck with your exams?
Travel Insurance This perennial role as harbinger of d o o m and gloom is not something I
approach with great delight, but as part of preventative welfare it seems
useful if only to catch one or two of you who may go abroad this summer
without adequate insurance cover, particularly those relating to possible
medical expenses. T h e following, rather bizarre as well as cautionary list,
is a random sample from the claims settled by one insurance company
during the past year.
U S A
appendectomy
meningitis
major heart attack*
back trouble
Netherlands
fall*
Austria
Fractured femur
Greece
fractured clavicle
Switzerland
fractured back and arm
Hong Kong
ear infection
.Japan
stomach operation
Trinidad
funeral
Canada
fractured leg
£3,360
£2,900
£20,000
£3,600
£850
£1,800
£1,800
£2,400
£1,400
£1,450
£1,000
£3,000
France
gall bladder £2,400
Germany £2,400 fractured hip £2,400
appendectomy £1,200
Italy £3,680 knocked over by a car £3,680
Egypt £2,160 stomach upset £2,160
Iran £5,500 limb injury, with amputation £5,500
Algeria £1,470 car crash £1,470
Saudia Arabia £6,000 hit by rocks* £6,000
Kenya £1,200 appendectomy* £1,200
India £5,000 ulcerative colitis* £5,000
Brazil
insect bites £900
Visits to a doctor and routine medication can cost around £75 in N o r t h
A m e r i c a and f rom £30 to £60 in Europe .
If you are visiting another E E C country you can get medical treatment
on exactly the same terms as its own insured people, so long as you meet
certain requirements a n d apply for the appropriate form ( E l 11, for which
you need to fill in leaflet S A 3 0 , obtainable from any D H S S office or
Student Services). T o be eligible you need to be a U K national, a national
of another E E C country , a stateless person or a refugee, and also to be
either under 19yrs or to have been insured as an employed person at
some time during the last two tax years. Unfortunately this leaves some
people, including many students, without recourse to any free medical
treatment in the E E C . Even those w h o are covered will benefit from extra
insurance since some countries still require individuals to pay quite a
substantial contribution. In France and Belgium for example patients
must pay around 25% of all treatment costs.
In addition there are reciprocal health care arrangements with Austr ia ,
Bulgaria, the Channe l Islands, Czechos lovak ia , G e r m a n Democrat ic
Republic , Hungary , M a l t a , N e w Zealand, N o r w a y , Po land , Portugal ,
Rumania , Sweden, U S S R and Yugoslavia . D H S S leaflet S A 3 0 gives
details of the free services available to any traveller with a U K passport
and/or N H S card. Hospi ta l treatment is usually free, but not necessarily
medicine, dental treatment or treatment at a doctor 's surgery.
M o s t insurance companies have increased the medical expenses limit
dramatically in the last year or so without an equivalent increase in
premiums. It's not easy to give any general guidelines to the most
economical schemes since they tend to vary considerably according to
the type and duration of cover required, but it is well worth comparing
policies; one may be best for a two week trip to Europe while another
may be more economical for six weeks in N o r t h A m e r i c a . W e do have
some examples which can be looked through at this office, including
some of those arranged by the main banks , such as N a t W e s t . W e also
have Endsleigh's application forms; although they specialise in student
insurance they are not necessarily the most advantageous.
If you are already covered by a work camp abroad, in a group or
package travel arrangement it is advisable to obtain precise details since
certain risks may not be included, or not sufficiently covered. M o s t
insurance policy application forms only contain a brief summary of the
cover provided, so when arranging your o w n it is also advisable to inspect
the full policy, with all the conditions and exclusions which apply, prior to
purchase.
Student Services Office, 15 Princes Gardens.
• 3 Queen tickets, 6hr concert, Milton Keynes, June 5, £9ono. Contact S. Halbard via Chem 1 letter-racks. •Squash rackets: Classic 003, £12ea. Contact D.V. Molesworth, 370-1817, MRE racks, Sports Centre, Squash Club noticeboard.
•Stereo music centre and speakers,
Sanyo G2711 super. Excellent condi
tion, £95ono. Apply 222-4754 (eves) or
Cilia Collis, Health Centre, ext 4209.
•Found: blue pullover after Silwood
Ball. Write to C. Fuller, Physics 2.
•Single room available for female
student in flat of 7 (3 male, 3 female) in
Hamlet Gdns next year. £17.50pw,
gas and electricity extra. Contact
Erica Fuller, Physics 1.
• C o s i n a 200mm 13.5 M42 fit lens, with
case £35. Excellent condition. Contact
S. Carter, Chem Eng 3.
• B i c y c l e , gents , 3 gears , perfect
mechanics but looks a little untidy—
doesn't catch thieve's eyes! £27ono.
Contact Glen Sansom, 312 Falmouth
hall, 589-9207/9217.
• 2 car seats—head rests, reclining, tilt
forward, mustard coloured cloth, new
c o n d i t i o n , £ 4 2 o n o . C o n t a c t G l e n
Sansom, 312 Falmouth Hall, 589-9207.
•Queen tickets at Milton Keynes, Sat
June 5, six hour concert and includes
Teardrop Explodes. Contact Q.P .
Granger, RSM letter-racks or 373-
4092 evenings.
Page 4 FELIX, May 21, 1982
Bookshop News
T h e f o l l o w i n g n e w t i t l es are p u b l i s h e d by " V a n N o s t r a n d
Re inho ld " during M a y / J u n e .
Plastics, materials & processes -Schwartz & G o o d m a n , £46.30
Mircoprocessors & microcomputer systems 2nd e d - G u t h i k o n d a
V . Rao , £31.05
Introduction to quartz crystal unit design-Virgi l Bo t tom, £22.55
Modern automotive structural ana /ys i s -Kamal & Wolf , £29.35
Valve engineering-Zimmerman & Hart , £20.85
Network s ys tems -Sharma , De Sousa & Ingle, £25.45
Applied multidimensional systems r h e o r y - N . K . Bose , £25.10
Encyclopedia of management-Carl Heye l , £48.90
New in Paperback Operating sys tems-Harry K a t z a n , £10.15
Dictionary of logical terms & s ymbo / s -Caro l K o r n Greenste in ,
£8.45
Your small business c o m p u t e r - D o n a l d Shaw, £9.30
Practical management for productivity-John Minr i chs , £8.45
General New Titles Vogue young beauty-Browwen Meredith, Allen Lane, £9.95
Ce/ebr i fy -Thomas T h o m p s o n , Al len Lane , £7.95
The voice of experience-R.D. La ing , A l l e n Lan e , £7.50
Soul of a new machine—Tracy Kidder , A l l en Lane , £7.50
IC Radio
Congratulations to the valiant six
members of the T e n Tors team
w h o f o u g h t h e a t , e x h a u s t i o n ,
b l i s t e r s a n d l a c k of w a t e r to
complete the 55 mile course. Wel l ,
five of them completed it, and the
sixth only dropped out at the ninth
tour with the "biggest blister seen
all weekend" according to the
medical post covering his heel. A
pity it was the captain, but that's
how things go.
M a n y thanks also to the people
w h o h e l p e d at the R a g F e t e ,
especially F iona , and to those who
a t t e n d e d t h e S w i m m i n g G a l a
when it finally happened.
D o n ' t forget to s tar t a s k i n g
C h a s about the Freshers ' Dinner
tickets, F i ona about her wonderful
Rag events, and K a r l about taking
his clothes off at barnights and
other unsavoury activities in the
Bar .
Photos and articles will still be
accepted for the handbook, black
and white pictures only please,
especially if they're like the ones
we have of N i c k M o r t o n in action.
osc
There will be elections and an
A G M in M e c h E n g 220 on W e d ,
M a y 26 at 12:30pm. Please attend,
there will be some refreshments as
well. Nominations for the various
posts should be written on the
sheet outside the U n i o n Office.
S C C
The papers for S C C C h a i r m a n ,
H o n Sec and Asst H o n Sec are
n o w up i n t h e U n i o n L o w e r
Lounge. The A G M will take place
on June 3 preceded by an exec
meeting on Ju ne 1.
If anyone knows of a member of
staff willing to act as our Honorary
Senior Treasurer will they please
contact me.
Stephen Goulder
City & Guilds
The fun event this week is the trip
to the seaside this Saturday, M a y
22. Tickets for this secret destina
tion with a spanking new 'roller-
coaster ' are £1.50 available from
Gui lds U n i o n Office. F u n to be
had by all. Later this term, after
the exams, we hope to have a trip
to Brussels . S ign up in the U n i o n
Office. See you Saturday.
S u m m e r Le t t ing S c h e m e
Students and staff at IC wanting
summer accommodation in Halls
and student Houses can apply now
on forms available from the Student
Services Office, 15 Princes Gardnes.
Closing date for applications is May
28. R e n t s same as t e r m t i m e .
Students already in College accom
modation can move in from June 27.
Others can move in from July 5.
Period extends to September 25.
•Summer sublet: flat for 2 in K i l b u r n , very near tube and buses to West E n d . A v a i l a b l e f r o m m i d - J u l y , £ 1 9 p w . Con tac t B. Perk ins , G e o l o g y 2. • A College flat tor 2-3 students is a v a i l a b l e n o w in F u l h a m . £ 5 5 p w . F u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m S t u d e n t Serv ices Off ice . 15 Pr inces Gardens . •Wanted: P G to t e a c h , p a r t - t i m e , compu te r studies to O Level next year. V e r y s m a l l i n f o r m a l c l a s s . S o m e exper ience , e.g. P i m l i c o C o n n e c t i o n , wou ld be an advantage. Contac t J o h n C o z e n s , E lec E n g . int 3138 for further in format ion
G r e e t i n g s , m u s i c l o v e r s ! (I
thought that a really corny phrase
w o u l d be a g o o d w a y to s t a r
because then the quality of the
article can only improve.) Y e s , IC
R a d i o is s t i l l a l i v e a n d w e l l ,
contrary to a recent Argentine
military communique. There are
e v e n i n g p r o g r a m m e s , w h i c h
include information about enter
tainment in and around College
(for those who want a break from
revision) also there is the request
p r o g r a m m e , w h e r e y o u t h e
listener can choose the music.
However , Monday sees the return
of the world-famous (well about)
IC Radio Breakfast Show. It
includes music to get you ready
for the day, what's on in College
and lots of other stuff, so tune in
s o m e t i m e b e t w e e n 8 :00 a n d
9 : 1 5 a m o n M o n d a y . A n o t h e r
programme to watch out for is:
" J a s p e r o n S u n d a y — I t ' s what
S u n d a y ' s been m i s s i n g " , w h e n
Jasper plays loads of 'great' a lbum
music almost non-stop on Sunday
afternoons starting at 3:00pm.
F i n a l l y , if y o u t h o u g h t that
reception of IC Radio was a bit
bad in Southside last term, I hope
that you will be pleased to learn
that during the vac, our trans
mitter went to transmitter hospi
tal; after several hours in surgery,
it is now feeling much better and it
is quite a lot easier to listen to IC
Radio on 301m (999kHz) medium
wave. T a ta for now, see you next
, week!
The Clash?
Will all club and society presidents
and secretaries please note that I C U
U G M s h a v e b e e n set for the
following dates: Thurs Oct 7; Tues
Nov 9; Tues Dec 7; Tues Feb 1;
Thurs March 3 (Hustings); Thurs
March 10 (Results); Tues May 3;
Tues May 24 ( A G M ) . Could you
please try and avoid events clashing
with these dates.
I would also like to know the dates
of a n y m e e t i n g s that y o u are
organising so that a large calendar
can be made for consultation by
other clubs and societies to avoid
c lashes of major funct ions . T h i s
calendar will be on display in the
Union Office.
Any ideas for Freshers Week? To
recap Phil's suggestions: Monday:
C C U U G M s , N e w Year ' s Party ;
Tuesday: Freshers ' Fair H a l l / C l u b
nights out. etc.; Thursday Ents big
film double bill; Fr iday: J C R Party;
S a t u r d a y : R a g S t u n t , S p o r t s ,
medium-sized band or barbeque.
Th an ks and good luck with your
e***s!
Mary Freeman
ICU Hon Sec Elect
S u b w a r d e n
A s s i s t a n t S u b w a r d e n s
F a l m o u t h / K e o g h H a l l s
Successful applicants would nor
mally be postgraduates, but applica
t ions f r o m o t h e r s c o n s i d e r e d ) .
Applications including a concise but
informative curriculum vitas to Dr P
W Jowitt, C iv Eng dept. Closing
date May 28.
IIDESHOP
Opposite Southside Main Entrance Groceries, Sportswear, IC Regalia are on sale. Opening Hours Mon-Thurs 8-30-2-30 3-30- 6 00 Fri 8-30-2-30 4-30-6-00 Sat 8-30 - 2-30 3-30 - 6 00
FELIX, May 21, 1982 Page 5
Marco's Swedish Beano
Last week I attended the sixth International Conference of Students of
T e c h n o l o g y at the U n i v e r s i t y of L u l e a S w e d e n , the n o r t h e r n m o s t
Institute of Technology in the world . There were a total of 28 delegates
from G r e e c e , Yugos lav ia , Po land , the Nether lands , Ireland, F in land ,
USSR and Sweden . I was the only delegate from the U K .
W e arrived in L u l e a on M o n d a y , M a y 10 for the official opening of the
conference after which we were allocated to students who would be our
hosts for the week . T h e fo l lowing day saw the start of a hect i c
programme that left everyone shattered by the end of the week. W e had
to be at the Col lege at 8:00am most mornings and discussion sessions
normally went on until 9:30pm.
Tr ips were organised to a steel factory, a research centre and an iron
ore mine. These visits consisted of a lecture and then a tour. T h e size of
the ore mine was stunning; we toured 600m below ground in a coach on
asphalted roads a n d h a d lunch in their canteen 500m d o w n . O t h e r trips
were arranged to a conference centre, around the city of Lulea and to a
skiing resort—across the arctic circle. Unfortunately we were too late to
be able to ski as there was not enough snow and we were too early in the
year to be able to see the midnight sun although we were quite close with
only V/2 hours of darkness .
A t various points dur ing the day we would split up into groups for
discussions. A t first there was a large amount of information exchange on
how o u r respective educat ion systems w o r k e d and our students unions.
W e went o n to discuss technical development with specific reference to
comput ing and the effects on society both positive and negative. A l l
sessions were minuted and a booklet will be produced and forwarded to
participants with a s u m m a r y of these discussions. A t the end of the week
all the delegates put together a F ina l D o c u m e n t with a statement from
the conference stating that " I N C O S T 82 agreed that it is important that
the technologist takes his or her responsibility for the technology that
they develop. It was also agreed that in these days when development is
more important than ever, it is necessary to put more resources into
technical educat ion and research . "
Union Honorary Secretary Marco Ledwold has just returned from a £200 all expenses paid trip to Sweden on the Union! He reports his findings.
Since dr inking is frowned upon in Sweden the nights were not spent in
bars but in saunas where informal discussion would continue together
with singing sessions, the repertoire ranging from Morning Has Broken
to Four and Twenty Virgins. T h e week ended with the tenth anniversary
dinner of the university attended by many local celebrities and over 500
students and members of staff.
I enjoyed the conference immensely and made many friends and I was
s o r r y to have to leave at the end of the week. I w o u l d s trongly
r e commend that we continue to participate in I N C O S T which gives
students internationally a chance to meet each other as people and
discuss issues of technological importance , and not as politicians as is the
case with other international student conventions.
Marco Ledwold
ICU Hon Sec
Beit Hall
Subwarden
A p p l i c a t i o n s a r e i n v i t e d f r o m
female postgraduates for the post
of Sub W a r d e n in Beit H a l l .
T h e S u b W a r d e n w i l l w o r k
t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e m a l e S u b
W a r d e n , the Hal l Bursar and the
H a l l C o m m i t t e e , a s s i s t i n g the
W a r d e n in the organisation of the
social life of the Hal l and helping to
maintain a n atmosphere of co
operative responsibility within the
resident community .
Self-contained accommodat ion
s u i t a b l e for a s ing le p e r s o n is
provided for the Sub W a r d e n who
will generally be a postgraduate in
the first year of a course of study.
T h e post is tenable for a period of
t w o y e a r s in c o m p l i a n c e w i t h
statutory regulations.
Appl icat ions in writing, including
a brief resume of activities and
experience, should be sent to D r .
C . Hal ls , W a r d e n , Beit Hal l .
C l o s i n g date: Ju ne 4 1982.
Please note: As from June 1 a l l
stationery (gestetner stencils, paper,
etc.) and postage from the Union
Office must be paid for in cash.
H . G . W e l l s S o c i e t y
proudly presents
L a d v Flowers a n d the I C Wives C l u b invite you to a F R E E
B E E R A N D B A N G E R S i n the Rector ' s P a d (170 Queensgate)
on Wednesday , M a y 26. N a m e s to J e n by 5:00pm, T O D A Y .
Techniques in Modern Medicine M O N D A Y 24 MAY
7:30pm
Eiec Eng 408
Page 6 FELIX, May 21, 1982
BRUM
Rowing
H a m m e r s m i t h Regatta — A p r i l 24
H a v i n g spent a week at Hen ley in preparat ion
the squad were ready (?) for compet i t ion .
V I I I — e n t e r e d Senior C and Senior B.
After a good race in the semi- f inal of Senior C
the e i g h t m o v e d a w a y f r o m R e a d i n g
Un iver s i ty in the final to w i n by 3 lengths.
I n S e n i o r B the u b i q u i t o u s T i d e w a y
condit ions took a hand (the boat filled up
w i t h water) a n d from being a length up the
eight were rowed d o w n by 2 / t length by the
L e a R . C . (Rats!) .
(Coxless) I V — t h e senior four had a good
race but as in times to come, the steering
proved rather w a y w a r d , a n d they lost to
eventual winners, R e a d i n g U n i v .
Putney A m a t e u r — M a y 1
V I I I — d o u b l e d up again Senior C a n d Senior
B. T h i s t ime no mistake.
Senior B was against Westminster School
and the eight pounced on a n early mistake
and went away lo w i n easily.
S e n i o r C — the final was r a t h e r m o r e
d i f f i c u l t a g a i n s t S h i p l a k e C o l l e g e b u t a
m a r g i n of 2 / 3 length was mainta ined .
I V — t h i s time coxed, a n d steering better
the four produced a gutsy row to come
behind to w i n by ' / 2 length over a fast
Gravesend crew. (Champion ! )
C o a c h Pete Summers showed us a l l the
way by w i n n i n g novice sculls (at last!).
M e t r o p o l i t a n — M a y 2
V I I I — n o w at Senior B the eight flushed w i t h
success produced a 'monster ' row in the 4-
lane straight final to leave the L e a R C for
dead a n d a v. fast St. E d w a r d s crew by 2
lengths. T h e time was not far (1 second) off
C a m b r i d g e Univers i ty ' s w i n n i n g Senior A
and elite t ime.
I V — a g a i n they were coxed but left their
late burst too late and lost.
Ghent (Belgium) — M a y 8 and 9
F o l l o w i n g an idea of our boa tma n we went to
Ghent Internat ina l Regatta .
V I I I — b e c a u s e of a couple of over-age
elements we had to row senior eights both
days. But the experience of r o w i n g against
crews l ike the Fr en ch nat ional squad was v.
beneficial.
The London to Brighton Bike Ride Saturday 22nd M a y 1982
Leav ing C l a p h a m C o m m o n at 7 .00a .m.
M e e t B e i t A r c h 6 : 3 0 .
I V — o n Saturday they were disqual i f ied
(they decided to 'take a T o b y ' . O n S u n d a y
they h a d a straight f inal a n d obviously felt
they hadn ' t seen enough of the course the day
before, so they explored most of a l l 5 lanes on
the way down.
T h a m e s Dit ton and Putney T o w n —
M a y 15
N o v i c e g i r l s d i d the C o l l e g e p r o u d b y
w i n n i n g their event at Putney T o w n .
M e a n w h i l e back on the farm (Thames
• Di t ton ) .
V I I I — t h e eight doub led up in Senior B
a n d Senior A . T h e y bit off a bit more than
they cou ld chew (5 races was just too many)
and they lost their two finals in close, fast
races.
I V — t h e S e n i o r A f o u r a g a i n w e r e
w a y w a r d o n s t e e r i n g ( t h i s is g e t t i n g
monotoneous) a n d cou ld not quite make up
the deficit.
J o h n O ' B r i e n came close in the scul l ing ,
but suffered from some odd steering requests
from the umpire .
V e s t a Dashes — M a y 16
I V — J o h n (fat man) U r r y d i d it again , a n d
after two attempts the I V were disquali f ied
by a rather a m a z i n g u m p i r i n g d e c i s i o n — " I
was a m a z e d " — J o h n .
Ladies I V — t h e girls looked good for a w i n
but a bad start left them too m u c h to do over
the sprint course.
V I I I — Senior A eights was entered w i t h a
scratch crew; the I V plus others from the
eight and J . O ' B . T h e final was so close that it
was ca l led a dead heat and we had to re-row,
the boys made no mistake and came through
off a stormer of a start to w i n by / 2 length.
C r e w s
G i r l s : B. A l i s o n 2, V a l 3, J u l i a 4, D o m i n i q u e
cox.
V I I I : Bow J e r r y 2, Eugenio 3, A n d y 4,
Stuart 5, P a d d y 6, M a r k / W . G . (the o ld men)
7, M a r t i n stroke. Pete cox. Ian.
I V : Bow C h r i s 2. J o h n 3. G r e g stroke, A l .
(This was the order sometimes.)
E p i c Vesta Dashes:
Bow J o h n f — i n g h-11 O ' B r i e n
2 Eugenio ' K n o b b e r ' M e n d e z
3 A n d y ' M o a n e r ' M c C o n n e l l
4 A l ' C h a m p i o n ' Rowe
5 G r e g ' M a r v i n ' H a r d i n g
6 C h r i s ' P r a y i n g M a n t i s ' A d a m s
7 J o h n 'Let ' s G o ' U r r v
8 Pete 'Headache ' A l l e n
C o x S imeth 'come on you b ds' A g a l a -
ten-watts.
Tennis
As man\ of you w i l l know by now, the
L ins tead courts arc being resurfaced. T h e
surface w i l l be tarmac and the nets and posts
w i l l be replaced. It is not expected that the
courts w i l l be rcadv before J u n e 16. E v e n
t h e n , use w i l l be r e s t r i c t e d because the
surface must be al lowed to harden.
The men's team have a strong squad of
players to choose from this season, and is now
through to the second round o l the Midd lesex
C u p . Spec ia l credit must go to the team
superstars C . L a n g e r v i n . R. D a o u d a n d G .
Pike .
It is hoped that a men's open tournament
may be arranged for the end of term. A n y o n e
i n t e r e s t e d s h o u l d see the t e n n i s c l u b
not iceboard in the Sports Centre .
Cricket IC vs Inst of E d
H e i g h ho! N e v e r d i d the cornflakes taste
better, never d i d the eggs taste fresher or the
bacon crispier i n the Bussey household last
T h u r s d a y morn ing . W h y you ask? W e l l w h e n
the chips were d o w n for the I C C r i c k e t team
on that fateful Wednesday afternoon, y o u n g
Steve Bussey (he admits to be ing only 42)
scored two runs off the lost b a l l to secure
v i c t o r y for I C a g a i n s t some I n s t i t u t e of
E d u c a t i o n celebrating afterwards w i t h h a l f a
shandy Steve said " I remember the last t ime
I scored a r u n . It was just after the W o r l d
C u p (1966) w h e n I delicately snicked the b a l l
past the wicket-keeper for s ingle . "
Af ter another hal f a shandy Steve was put
to b e d , w a k i n g n e x t m o r n i n g to r e a d -
headlines i n The Sun about his activities w i t h
the V i c a r ' s wife.
T h e only other notable performance i n this
m a t c h was H i n m e r ' s b o w l i n g l ike a m a n w i t h
no arms a n d E a s t l a n d being hit for six onto
the m a i n r u n w a y at Heathrow.
T e a m : White, Simpkin, Bell, Helsby,
Eastland, Marsden, Bussey, Farmer, Tear,
I Hinmers, Heptinstall.
Score: Institute of E d u c a t i o n 125 for 8, I C
126 for.8.
IC vs St. Peters Oxford
ILast Saturday saw another memorable I C
victory against St. Peters Col lege, O x f o r d .
In i t ia l problems began w i t h most of the I C
team setting off for C a m b r i d g e a n d by the
a p p o i n t e d s t a r t i n g t i m e o n l y f o u r I C
members were present, ad journment to the
local pub was then decided as the best course
of action. T h r e e hours later a c r u m p l e d I C
team took to the field. East land opened the
bowl ing w i t h his donkey drops a n d daisy
cutters ac companied at the other end by that
eloquent co l on ia l H i n m e r s , b o w l i n g l ike a
m a n e m b a r r a s s e d a b o u t h i s u n d e r a r m
o d o u r s . F a i r l y s o o n w i t h w i t h s o m e
b e n e v o l e n t u m p i r i n g , S t . P e t e r s w e r e
reduced to 22 for 5. It wou ld have been for six
except for that remarkable slip fielder Be l l
(who inc identa l ly bears a str ik ing resem
blance to H e n r y the H i p p o , that w e l l - k n o w n
ballet star), who proved that he was a dab
h a n d at d r o p p i n g catches (a qu ick ment ion^
for his sponsors, Tef lon) . Bussey then got the
sixth by b o w l i n g a straight ba l l , but Eas t land
made up for this unsport ing show by a i m i n g
for Bel l at second slip, who not be ing as
stupid as most of us wou ld have h i m , moved
da int i ly out of the way of the b a l l , onto the
skipper's foot, who was not impressed (how
could he have been w i t h that weight on it!?)
F i n a l l y we a l l trooped off w i th opposit ion
dec lar ing of 124 for 8.c
As our innings began, it started to r a i n a n d
W h i t e decided that he d id not want to get
wet, so he got out. H e n r y the H i p p o then
went i n , scored a few runs, and then retired
w i t h a n o r e x i a n e r v o s a , due to his vas t
amount of r u n n i n g between the wickets. N e x t
out was ' O o h - aar - me - bac k ' S i m p k i n a n d he
was fol lowed by the infamous I C m i d d l e
o r d e r c o l l a p s e , o n l y to be s a v e d b y the
coolness of T e a r a n d W a t e r , who turned
certain defeat into definate v ic tory by two
wickets.
Scores: St Peters Col lege , O x f o r d 124 for 8;
I C 125 for 8.
FELIX, May 21, 1982 Page 7
What's On
Is Nick Morton Insane? Bumbl ing mascoteer N i c k M o r t o n is showing
his true co lours again! O l d peabrain spent
M o n d a y evening screaming about people not
turning up to IC C o u n c i l , and yet which little
schemes crop up this week? O n l y the closing
of the L o w e r Refectory, demolit ion of the
partition and the sharing of W e e k s Hal l rooms.
H e says that he and the Archange l Teller will
have to make all the decisions that C o u n c i l
didn't . However , he's k n o w n about all these
important items since February and only sees
fit to mention then now, while people are busy
with exams.
C r i k e y N i c k , give us a break! If you were
really bothered about student opinions (which
you obviously aren't) you would have told us
earlier. So shut you fat gob and sit down!
Montpelier St.
Further evidence of M o r t o n ' s premature senile
decay comes with his haughty I'm not doing
anything for Montpelier St. until they come to
me attitude.
H e was elected to serve student interests
and yet for the second time he is willing to sit
on his backside in the U n i o n Office until
Montpel ier St . c ome crawling to the Mighty
M o r t o n , cap in hand. It's amazing how M o r t o n
m a i n t a i n s that he ' s r e p r e s e n t i n g s t u d e n t s
considering that he's spent the best part of the
year helping College, to rip-off and deceive
these same students.
But then again, I hear that he does want a
place on the College staff and a wardenship
next year
Annual Reports
T h e A G M o n T u e s d a y s h o u l d be a r e a l
wheeze! The annual reports of the great three
are enclosed in this issue and, as you can see,
they are the normal m i s h m a s h of boring
rubbish and half-truths. If you manage to read
them end to end and attend the A G M on
Tuesday I hear you'l l get social co lours !
VGA
A t Tuesday 's A G M the President will award I C
U n i o n Genera l A w a r d s to a lucky few who
(supposedly) have given a great deal for the
U n i o n . H e says that he's had sleepless nights
deciding these, so here's a helping hand:
N i c k M o r t o n : you're joking!
Chr is t ine Teller: a dead cert (and she'll
get a U G A ) .
Barney M c C a b e : 1,000—1
M a r c o Ledwo ld : (Who he?—Ed.)
The Rector and why not? He ' s given
J o h n Smi th them everything else.
Scaramouche : Wel l , if Chr is t ine Teller
gets one and J o h n
S m i t h doesn't, a d d 4,
think of a reason why
N i c k should give
himself one and you'l l
win a haircut from
Mend-a -Bike .
N . Wi l l son : 2—1 (services to litera
ture).
Bo b Hold ing : 3—1
Wil l iam C o r t a z z i : 99—1
J . M a r t i n Taylor : 2,000—1
Competition Time
The winner of last week's competit ion is one
N . Wi l l son of Physics 2 whose suggestion for
the whereabouts of M i k e is:
Martin S. Taylor has it-he's using it to
measure the size of his head!
H e wins a Jingles haircut voucher (on the
condit ion that Mart in and I can attend the
shearing and take photos).
This week's competiton: seeing as people
may be doubling up in W e e k s H a l l , I think it
needs a new name. A Jingles hair cut voucher
for the wittiest suggestion (plus a weekend for
two in Weeks Hall ! ) .
Credits
Th an ks to Peter, Dave , Soheel , Jane , Pallab,
N . , Lesley (welcome back!) , M a r t i n S., Jes ,
R a m z i , Stuart (to be cont inued ), Paul Bailey
and co. , and all the collators.
Friday, May 21 •Soup Run, 10:30pm, Falmouth Kitchens.
Monday, May 24 •Inaugural meeting of the club provisionally known
as the 373 Club, 5:45pm, meet in the Union Lower
Lounge. A n y ladies who are students, members of staff,
or officers of the Imperial Col lege of Sc ience and
Technology and who are interested, in discussing the
formation of this club in the tradition (not the practice) of
existing L inks , '22 and Chaps , are invited to attend.
• Wellsoc proudly present "Techn iques in M o d e r n
Medic ine" by-dr Shallice, 7:30pm, EE408.
•Dancing club advanced class, 7:30pm, J C R .
Tuesday, May 25 •Jazz Club A G M , 1:00pm, Jazz Rm.
•Badminton A G M , 7:30pm, O l d Chemistry Building.
C o m e and elect next year's officers.
•Soup Run, 10:30pm, Falmouth Ktchns.
Wednesday, May 26 • O S C A G M , 12:30pm, M e c h Eng 220.
•Dancing club intermediate class, 7:30pm, J C R .
Thursday, May 27 •Yacht Club A G M , 12:30pm, Bot /Zoo C o m m o n Rm.
•Turn It O n Again (second of three programmes), 1:00
and 6:00pm, J C R , Southside T V Lounge, Beit, Linstead,
Weeks and Garden Halls. A browse through the S T O I C
archives , featuring material recorded over the last
academic year.
T H E PHOENIX 1982
Available free from
FELIX Office
IC Union Office
Bookshop
Haldane Library
Just over a year ago I descr ibed the intriguing
telephone system in the East E u r o p e a n town
of Kuratowsk igrad . Y o u will remember that
there is no central telephone exchange, and
you can only phone one house from another if
there is an independent underground cable
j o i n i n g the two h o u s e s . N o u n d e r g r o u n d
cables cross , and no cable passes under a
house; each cable serves only the two houses
at its ends.
N o w when I set the puzzle , I mentioned that
a f r i e n d w h o l ives in the t o w n ' p r o u d l y
informed me that he is connected to six of his
friends, and no one in the town is connected to
less than five others' . This means there must
be at least fourteen houses in the town (see
diagram). But my friend has since written to
point out a slight inaccuracy: while I was right
in saying that no one is connected to less than
five others, I should have said that my friend is
the only p e s o n c o n n e c t e d to e x a c t l y s i x
others.
So now what is the smallest number of
houses there could be in Kuratowskigrad?
S h o w your answer is possible by drawing a
possible network of telephone lines.
Solutions, comments, criticisms to me at the
FELIX Office, please. £5 (donated by Mend-a-
Bike) for the best solution received by
Wednesday 1:00pm.
Last Week's Solution
O k a y , so it was easy, but in the summer term
they have to be easy or no one enters. A n d
although it was pretty trivial several people still
took nearly half an hour to find the solution. O f
forty-three entries, the winner is C . N . G o h of
Elec Eng 3 and he can collect his cheque on
M o n d a y afternoon.
FELIX is published by the Editor for and on behalf of the Imperial College
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FELIX 1982. Editor: M A Smith, Advertising Manager: S M Giblin.
ANNUAL REPORTS President's Annual Report
University Cuts
T h e most impor tant i ssue of the year was p robab ly
the government ' s mass ive cu tback in univers i ty
fund ing . A l t h o u g h med ia ted by the Univers i ty G r a n t s
C o m m i t t e e ( U G C ) , the cu ts were c lear ly gove rnmen t
po l i cy and not a s u d d e n w ish to ra t iona l ise by the
univers i t ies themse lves .
T h e cuts wi l l have se r ious ef fects o n al l un ive rs i
t ies, i nc l ud ing Imper ia l C o l l e g e , and I t r ied to convey
the gravity of the s i tuat ion to the s tudent body . My
s u c c e s s was l imi ted but I C U d id s e n d over one h u n
dred letters to M P s and a lso m a n a g e d a token pre
s e n c e o n t h e m a r c h a n d l o b b y of P a r l i a m e n t
in November . T h e repl ies to s o m e of the letters was
e n c o u r a g i n g .
T h e ac t ion taken by I C U was hardly ex tens ive and
left me w o n d e r i n g how to c o n v i n c e ou r s tudents
tha t a m a j o r a t t a c k o n t h e u n i v e r s i t i e s w o u l d
ser ious ly affect their s u c c e s s o r s , if not themse lves .
However , we were on ly a sma l l part of a mass ive
nat ional c a m p a i g n inco rpora t ing s tudents , t rade
u n i o n i s t s , a c a d e m i c s a n d a d m i n i s t r a t o r s . T h i s
c a m p a i g n has not s u c c e e d e d in revers ing the cuts
but has ensu red further cu ts are not i m p o s e d .
O n a loca l level , we have seen var ious at tempts to
save money a round the C o l l e g e . T h e c r u n c h here
wi l l c o m e after I have left as the major item of
expend i tu re in C o l l e g e is sa lar ies . Wi l l vo luntary
res igna t ions and ret i rements be e n o u g h , or wi l l
there be c o m p u l s o r y r e d u n d a n c i e s ? If there are,
pe rhaps ind iv idua l s tudents wi l l wake up to the
reality of government educa t i on po l i cy . Never m ind
l i m i t e d a c c e s s to l i b r a r i e s , o r f e w e r p r a c t i c a l
c lasses , how wi l l s tuden ts feel when their favour i te
lec turer is axed?
Queen Elizabeth College
O n e response to the cuts in L o n d o n has been the
cons ide ra t i on of C o l l e g e mergers . O n e or two may
wel l c o m e to f ru i t ion, ta lks between B e d f o r d and
R o y a l H o l l o w a y be ing par t icu lar ly wel l a d v a n c e d .
O n e merger c o n s i d e r e d was between Imperial
and Q u e e n E l i zabe th . The init ial ta lks star ted in
ear ly N o v e m b e r a n d I repor ted this to a U G M on
N o v e m b e r 10. T h e meet ing n o d d e d their heads and
sa id no th ing . A week later I repor ted to C o u n c i l that
a wo rk i n g party had been set up to c o n s i d e r the
merger . In that report I s tated that I felt no th ing
w o u l d c o m e of the ta lks b e c a u s e of a c a d e m i c
oppos i t i on . C o u n c i l n o d d e d its co l lec t i ve head and
sa id very little.
A b o u t three weeks later it b e c a m e c lear that the
most l ikely " a r e a of c l ose r c o l l a b o r a t i o n " was in the
life s c i e n c e s . S u d d e n l y R S C U and espec ia l l y the
b io log is ts were up in a rms. What was go ing o n ?
W h y hadn' t the Pres iden t to ld us about all th is? I
n o d d e d my head and sa id very little.
T h e init ial c o n c e r n of ou r s tudents s e e m e d to be
over the future of the A R C S and the h is tory of R C S
t r a d i t i o n s . E v e n t u a l l y s a n i t y p r e v a i l e d a n d an
e m e r g e n c y U G M d e c i d e d it s h o u l d be more wor r ied
a b o u t s t a n d a r d s , s t u d e n t n u m b e r s a n d c o u r s e
op t ions wi th in the Univers i ty . I C U adop ted the
po l i cy that if we were fo rced to live wi th the cuts , we
s h o u l d offer the hand of f r i endsh ip to another
C o l l e g e (albeit under cer ta in cond i t i ons ) . Whether
o r not they took up the offer was up to them.
Eventua l ly the offer was not taken up b e c a u s e the
cond i t i ons agreed by I C U and a large body of
Imperial a c a d e m i c s were too str ingent for Q E C . T h e
a c a d e m i c d i f fe rences between the two co l l eges
were too large. A Q E C / K i n g s merger is now be ing
d i s c u s s e d .
Grant Cuts
A n o t h e r way of sav ing money on h igher educa t i on
is to cut s tudent grants . A 4% r ise for next year
together wi th no c h a n g e s in the levels at wh i ch
parenta l con t r ibu t ions are ca l cu la ted is obv ious l y a
cut in real terms.
The re s e e m s little a n y b o d y can d o to pe rsuade a
non- l i s ten ing government that we are a p p r o a c h i n g
poverty. T h e one g l immer of hope has c o m e f rom
the C h a i r m a n of the H o u s e of C o m m o n s E d u c a t i o n
C o m m i t t e e , M r C h r i s t o p h e r P r i ce M P . H e has s h o w n
an interest in the resul ts of our C o s t of L iv ing survey
and I hope S i m o n R o d a n can make an effect ive
c a m p a i g n out of this over the next f i f teen mon ths . It
is qui te obv ious that IC s tudents are not go ing to
c a m p a i g n by m a s s e d demons t ra t ions on the streets,
s o it is f o r t u n a t e tha t I b e l i e v e w e l l - r e a s o n e d
a rguments put to M P s are a far more ef fect ive
c a m p a i g n i n g tact ic . T h a n k s S i m o n and g o o d luck !
T h e governmen t has she lved the idea of part ly
rep lac ing grants with a loan s c h e m e as they w o u l d
be unab le to get the deta i led leg is la t ion necessa ry
th rough this Par l iament . T h i s is g o o d news but may
on ly be a tempora ry repr ieve as they sti l l be l ieve it is
a g o o d idea. I don't .
Overseas Students
The numbers of overseas s tudents at IC c o n t i n u e d
to dec l i ne as a result of h igh fees.
A m inor c o n c e s s i o n on th is front was that the
gove rnmen t d id not inc rease the fees for ove rseas
s c i e n c e and eng ineer ing s tudents .
A loss for overseas s tudents was that in future
most of them wi l l have to pay fees for hosp i ta l
t reatment du r ing the first year of their stay in the
U K .
M o s t of t h i s r e p o r t s o f a r h a s b e e n r a t h e r
dep ress i ng . T h e s i tuat ion is ser ious and the mora le
of the h igher educa t i on sec tor is low. However , it is
not all bad and I C U had a major s t roke of luck in the
c a m p a i g n aga ins t "Fu l l C o s t " fees for overseas
s tudents :
Open Door
T h a n k s to the init iat ive of R o g e r S to tesbury two
years ago , I C U was presented with the c h a n c e to
make a T V p r o g r a m m e for B B C 2 on the sub jec t of
ful l cost fees for overseas s tudents .
I w a s q u i t e p l e a s e d w i t h t h e e n d r e s u l t ; t h e
p rog ramme made its point in a reasoned fash ion
wi thout resor t ing to sensat iona l is t te lev is ion . T h e
feedback I have had f rom C o l l e g e staff, s tudents
and one ex-s tudent agrees it was a we l l -p resen ted
case . Unfor tunate ly I have on ly had two letters f rom
comp le te s t rangers . I thought more peop le w o u l d be
interested in further in fo rmat ion on the top i c (there
is cer ta in ly a lot to offer). St i l l , the aud ience s h o u l d
have been a round the mi l l ion mark and if we have
made just a few peop le more aware of the p rob lem
then we have ach ieved our a im.
It was cer ta in ly qu i te fun to make the p r o g r a m m e
but none of it w o u l d have been poss ib le wi thout the
team. T h a n k s to G o r d o n Quar tey , N i c k L a m b r o u
and M a r c o for their research , Barney for f ind ing a
supe rb quo te f rom Henry II! and a very spec ia l
thanks to L a w r e n c e Wind ley w h o gave up a great
deal of h is t ime to help in research and p roduc t i on .
Some Jolly Bits
C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s are due to our Un ivers i ty C h a l l e n g e
team for w inn ing three t imes to qual i fy for the
knock -ou t part of the compet i t i on . Regre tab ly , th is
report was wri t ten before the quar ter- f ina l against
St. A n d r e w s was reco rded .
I was very p leased that the R u g b y C l u b and
F o o t b a l l C l u b b o t h w o n t h e i r U n i v e r s i t y C u p
compet i t i ons .
It was a p leasure to host the Br i t i sh Univers i ty
C h e s s C h a m p i o n s h i p a n d a U n i v e r s i t y C h e s s
in ternat ional in the U n i o n . (All the o rgan isa t ion
br i l l iant ly car r ied out by T im Wright.)
Thank fu l l y , these sort of events remain an integral
and important part of s tudent life at IC.
Academic Affairs
L i ke my p redecesso r , I bel ieve the U n i o n ' s work on
the a c a d e m i c front is c ruc ia l .
F o r t h e u n d e r g r a d u a t e , w e o b v i o u s l y w a n t
lecturers with the best qual i ty lec tu r ing sk i l l s . I hope
t ra in ing c o u r s e s wi l l con t i nue to be taken ser ious ly
by p roba t ionary lecturers, even as the money for
s u c h c o u r s e s d e c r e a s e s . H o w e v e r , I b e c a m e
c o n c e r n e d with more e x p e r i e n c e d lecturers. H o w
do we tel l them the m e s s a g e is not get t ing a c r o s s to
t h e s t u d e n t c o n s u m e r ? T h e a n s w e r w a s t h e
in t roduc t ion th roughou t C o l l e g e of ques t ionna i res
o n e a c h cou rse . T h e s e have had s o m e s u c c e s s in
p h y s i c s where lecturers have noted d issa t i s fac t ion
wi th their s p e e d , handwr i t ing or whatever. I hope
the sys tem wi l l work in every depar tment but it is
very m u c h up to the A c a d e m i c Af fa i rs C o m m i t t e e to
ensure it does .
O n the ques t i on of s tudent feedback , I was most
imp ressed by the open d i s c u s s i o n of an M S c c o u r s e
in the g e o l o g y depar tment I a t tended. T h e frank
e x c h a n g e of v iews was h igh ly cons t ruc t i ve . F o r
sma l l g r o u p s this sys tem is ideal and m a y be wor th
cons ide ra t i on in other depar tments .
R e s e a r c h pos tg raduates have a very di f ferent
p rob lem (c lose to my heart, th is one!) . T h e over
r u n n i n g o f r e s e a r c h t i m e h a s a t t r a c t e d t h e
cons ide ra t i on of staff, s tudents , admin is t ra to rs a n d
the nat ional press th is year. B e c a u s e p ressu re is
c o m i n g f rom many quar ters, improvements o n the
sys tem are be ing found . B o a r d of S tud ies at IC
passed p roposa l s to take greater care with se l ec t i on
of s tudents , to inc lude the p rogress of a lec turers '
r e s e a r c h s t u d e n t s w h e n r e v i e w i n g a l e c t u r e r ' s
p romo t i on , to l imit the number of s tudents per
superv i so r and to press for a c l o s e p lann ing of the
third year between student and superv isor . T h e s e
c h a n g e s are s teps in the right d i rec t ion . At G r a d u a t e
S t u d i e s C o m m i t t e e , I C U p r e s s e d f o r c l o s e r
mon i to r ing of a research s tudents p rogress at the
end of the first year. It is better to leave then than drag
on the p rob lems . Fo rma l mon i to r ing is O K , but most
usefu l w o u l d be a c h a n g e in att i tude. N o s t i gma
shou l d at tach to a research s tudent w h o leaves after
o n e y e a r . T h e c h a n g e f r o m u n d e r g r a d u a t e to
pos tg raduate is a mass ive one and it is inevi table
that it wi l l not suit everyone .
I was less p leased wi th the B o a r d of S tud ies d e c i
s ion to l imit the wr i t i ng -up per iod to 3 months . D o u g
A rms t rong and I t r ied to warn P G s this w o u l d
h a p p e n b o t h t h r o u g h the p a g e s of F E L I X a n d
through depar tmenta l con tac ts . D id a n y b o d y seem
to ca re? No . T h e d e c i s i o n s l i pped by u n o p p o s e d .
Residence
Th is sub jec t made me rather unpopu la r in many
parts.
I w e l c o m e d the C o l l e g e ' s pu r chas e of a new Hal l
in Mon tpe l i e r Street. I h o p e (when f i nances have
eased again) that I C U wi l l con t i nue to adopt the
cons t ruc t i ve long- te rm v iew that it is r ight to ob ta in
more C o l l e g e a c c o m m o d a t i o n .
However , there is no doub t that s u c h p u r c h a s e s
can br ing shor t - te rm f inanc ia l p rob lems a n d these
were obv ious th is year. T h e pr ice of b u y i n g and
conver t ing Mon tpe l i e r Street c o m b i n e d wi th h igh
interest rates and a su rp r i se inc rease in heat ing
charges meant the r es i dence a c c o u n t w o u l d not
ba lance for 1981/2. T h e ac t ion taken w a s to cut
d o w n o n f u r n i s h i n g s a n d r e d e c o r a t i o n s a n d
inc rease rents. W h e n su rveyed , the major i ty of Ha l l
res idents sa id they w o u l d prefer a rent i nc rease to a
further cu tback in fu rn i sh ings , etc. Re luc tan t l y I
agreed to the rent increase. T h e on iy o ther c o u r s e of
ac t ion open to me was to o rgan i s e a rent st r ike. Th i s
op t ion was not cons t ruc t i ve as eventua l ly future
res idents w o u l d bear the c o s t — m o n e y wou ld not
sudden l y appear f rom C o l l e g e or anywhe re e lse to
subs id i se our rents. Indeed, h idden subs id i es f rom
C o l l e g e wi l l be d i sappea r i ng over the next few years
w h i c h is g o i n g to m a k e b a l a n c i n g the s t u d e n t
res idence a c c o u n t i nc reas ing l y dif f icult .
( Incidental ly, most of the m o n e y lost t h rough the
refectory boycot t a few years ago a lso had to be
r e c l a i m e d f r o m t h e c o n s u m e r . H o w e l s e a r e
boycot ts or s t r ikes f i n a n c e d ? S a c k a lecturer or
two? A r e shor t - te rm benef i ts to one year 's s tudents
wor th the long- te rm losses to future s tuden ts?
W h e n wi l l s tuden ts rea l ise that there is no mag ica l
fund to cover these th ings?) .
S o what to the future of res idence? The heat ing
p rob lem wi l l be dealt wi th wi th in a year as we take
t h e r e s i d e n c e s o f f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f t h e
Env i ronment ' s heat ing supp ly . T h e deco ra t i ng and
re furb ishment p r o g r a m m e must be re instated. Let
us hope that the money is w ise ly spent , it has not
a lways been in the past, e.g. the insta l lat ion of
doub l e power socke t s in s o m e S o u t h s i d e rooms this
year for no apparent reason . The re are s h a b b y and
posi t ive ly unsa fe areas and fac i l i t ies are not up to
t h e s t a n d a r d s r e q u i r e d b y t o d a y ' s s t u d e n t .
Hope fu l l y interest c h a r g e s wi l l s tab i l i se (Fa l k land
I s l a n d s p e r m i t t i n g ) , a n d w e h a v e m a d e m a j o r
sav ings for next year in the removal of the l inen
serv ice . T h e sav ings wi l l be in the fo rm of n o n -
rep lacement of ret i r ing c leaners as wel l as ac tua l
laundry bi l ls. A l l th is means the inc rease for next
year 's rents shou l d be rough ly the s a m e as the
inc rease in the grant.
A s f a r as o b t a i n i n g m o r e a c c o m m o d a t i o n is
c o n c e r n e d , pe rhaps the answe r at p resent l ies in
H e a d T e n a n c i e s w h e r e no great cap i ta l out lay is
invo lved . T h i s year M i c h a e l A r t hu r has p i c k e d up the
o d d p roper ty wi th one o r two major proper t ies in the
p i p e l i n e at p r e s e n t . M i c h a e l a l s o h a s a m o r e
amb i t i ous pro jec t for a s tudent v i l lage. I w o u l d
adv ise my s u c c e s s o r to fo l low this idea as it has
great po tent ia l .
D o n M o n r o is ret i r ing as S e n i o r W a r d e n and
dese rves the U n i o n ' s t hanks for the work he has
d o n e , even if we don' t l ike his s ty le of d o i n g it.
Welfare
Whi ls t half o n the sub jec t of S tuden t Se rv i ces , al l
we l fa re mat ters s e e m to have been hand led in
P r i n c e s G a r d e n s . I h a v e h a d v e r y f e w w e l f a r e
p rob lems a c r o s s my desk th is year. I have a lso had
no comp la in t s about S tuden t S e r v i c e s s o I a s s u m e
t h e y h a v e s u c c e s s f u l l y h a n d l e d a l l w e l f a r e
p rob lems . T h a n k s to M i c h a e l and to S u e Te l l i ng .
In the w ide r sense , the U n i o n has been act ive in
the wel fare f ie ld. N i ck P y n e (with a little he lp f rom
me) s u c c e e d e d in get t ing the insta l la t ion of secur i ty
bo l ts in S o u t h s i d e . T h i s w a s a ma jor s tep fo rward in
the p reven t ion of rape a n d poss ib l y theft. N i c k a lso
o r g a n i s e d We la re Week . W e l l o rgan i sed and badly
a t tended, h is efforts were was ted o n IC s tudents . I
h o p e o u r We l fa re C o m m i t t e e can p r o d u c e a wel fare
book le t th is year w h i c h wi l l be ano ther s tep forward.
T h e Hea l th C e n t r e is under f i nanc ia l p ressure and
m e t h o d s of m a i n t a i n i n g a l l f a c i l i t i e s a r e b e i n g
e x a m i n e d . T h e r e have been no c o m p l a i n t s to me
abou t the Hea l th C e n t r e , a p leasan t c h a n g e f rom
f o u r o r f i v e y e a r s a g o . C r e d i t m u s t g o to t he
D i rec to r , D r H a i n e s I regret he is m o v i n g o n to new
pas tu res .
Morton ' s Mystery
I t hough t I w o u l d put th is in here to c h e c k how m a n y
peop l e real ly read the w h o l e report . T h e r e is a
s c h e m e of ma jor impo r t ance to the U n i o n under
d i s c u s s i o n in C o l l e g e . It may c o m e to l ight du r ing
my term of o f f ice or it may be left to next year 's
execut ive .
Bars
I have real ly en joyed my job as B a r C o m m i t t e e
C h a i r m a n th is year.
Wi th a dec l i ne in the d r inks indust ry na t ionwide ,
C o l l e g e bars have he ld up very wel l . T h i s is part ly
d u e to s e n s i b l e p o l i c y o n p r i c e s i n c l u d i n g an
O c t o b e r d i scoun t and to the guest a le s c h e m e . I
h o p e t j iese po l i c i es wi l l con t inue .
S u c c e s s h a s a l s o b e e n d u e to c h a n g e s in
ind iv idua l bars.
Ove r the s u m m e r , B a r n e y , the ba rmen and I
d i s c u s s e d the poss ib l e c h a n g e s to the U n i o n Lower
L o u n g e . A l l of us set to di f ferent aspec ts of the
c h a n g e s a n d we e n d e d up w i th a par t i t ion, a new
carpet , h a n d p u m p s and decen t beer. A l l p roved
s u c c e s s f u l a n d the bar has been o p e n for most of
the year. T h e m u c h ma l i gned part i t ion, " M c C a b e '
Fo l l y " , has great ly imp roved the a t m o s p h e r e of the
d r i nk ing area.
B i g g e r c h a n g e s c a m e in S o u t h s i d e . B r e w e r y
loans were ob ta ined a n d a great dea l of redecora t ion
w a s car r ied out . I be l ieve S o u t h s i d e s h o u l d be a real
s h o w p i e c e b a r by t h e e n d o f t h e y e a r . T h e
s u r r o u n d i n g s wi l l be very p leasant w h e n al l the work
is c o m p l e t e a n d p ic tu res ob ta ined (and thereby
hangs a tale!). A d d to th is g o o d qual i ty beer, bar
s n a c k s , p leasant ba rmen and o c c a s i o n a l enter ta in
ment a n d the bar s h o u l d real ly do wel l .
M y t h a n k s t o R o y a n d t h e r e s t o f t h e B a r
C o m m i t t e e . A l s o to e v e r y b o d y e lse w h o of fered
sugges t i ons for improvemen ts (both b ig and smal l )
in the bars. F ina l l y my thanks to the ba rmen but
e s p e c i a l l y D i r t y H a r r y In S o u t h s i d e . H i s l ist of
s u g g e s t i o n s w a s v i r t u a l l y e n d l e s s a n d h i s
e n t h u s i a s m to i m p l e m e n t t h e m w a s ( n o r m a l l y )
equa l l y inf in i te.
Refectories
T h e U n i o n s tar ted the year wi th a survey. T h i s
Involved a vast a m o u n t of work but all w a s p robab ly
wor thwh i le . T h e resul ts were both use fu l and used.
A new range of s a n d w i c h e s and sa lads was put in
t h e B u t t e r y . T h e f e e d b a c k , i n c l u d i n g w r i t t e n
c o m p l i m e n t s in the s u g g e s t i o n s a n d comp la in t s
box, w a s al l g o o d about the new range.
T h e survey a l so th rew up (!) the fact that s imp le
matters l ike the c o o k i n g of vege tab les in S o u t h s i d e
a n d t h e S h e r f i e l d m a i n r e f e c t o r y w e r e b e i n g
m i s h a n d l e d . T h e s e c o m p l a i n t s were all f o l l owed up
by M r M o o n e y and s h o u l d have led to improve
ments .
F i n a l l y , t h e s u r v e y b r o u g h t t o l i g h t m a n y
c o m p l a i n t s abou t the ca te r ing in L i ns tead . Mark
G i l le t te and the rest of L i ns tead Ha l l C o m m i t t e e
f o l l owed these up. A cessa t i on of ca ter ing in the Ha l l
is poss ib l e but was not wan ted by the major i ty of
res idents . Instead Mark has negot ia ted a number of
c h a n g e s in the serv ice , i nc l ud ing a cafeter ia s ty le
se r v i ce o n trial th is term.
T h e S o u t h s i d e Refec to ry was moved d o w n a f loor
ove r Easter . Th i s idea c a m e f rom the Refec to ry
C o m m i t t e e C h a i r m a n a n d w a s l a r g e l y to s a v e
m o n e y . S a v i n g m o n e y is impor tant as it wi l l be
re f lec ted in the pr ices . I C U hopes that the move wi l l
a l so improve qua l i t y by put t ing the outlet nearer the
k i t chens .
T h e U n i o n Refec to ry has lost a lot of cus tomers
s i n c e I first c a m e to C o l l e g e . G o n e are the days
w h e n there is a q u e u e a r o u n d three wa l l s of the
r o o m . T h e r e are b ig c h a n g e s under cons ide ra t i on at
present . T h e p roposa l is to c l os e the lower refectory
a n d use the L o w e r L o u n g e as a ca ter ing out let. T h e
s ty le of se rv i ce wi l l c h a n g e , p robab ly towards a wy ie
bar t ype serv ice . I th ink these c h a n g e s wi l l great ly
imp rove ca ter ing in the U n i o n .
If t hese c h a n g e s take p lace, tak ing over the L o w e r
Re fec to r y b e c o m e s an irrelevant i ssue . However , I
d i d s a y I w o u l d i n v e s t i g a t e t h i s m a t t e r in my
man i fes to last year . I have s p o k e n to a n u m b e r of
U n i o n P r e s i d e n t s in o the r c o l l e g e s a b o u t the i r
c a t e r i n g . I h a v e a l s o s e e n c a t e r i n g a c c o u n t s
p repa red by other univers i t ies. S o m e of the losses
are spec tacu la r ! P W P v is i ted a c o u p l e of v iable
out le ts in L o n d o n but o n ba lance I th ink it w o u l d be
a f i nanc ia l d isas ter to attempt a takeover . Bes ides ,
the C o l l e g e p robab ly w o u l d not a l l ow it.
F ina l l y , the U n i o n s h o u l d thank Dr S c h r o t e r for his
work as Re fec to ry C o m m i t t e e C h a i r m a n over the
last three years . I bel ieve he has a lways w o r k e d with
the interests of the c o n s u m e r at heart, he is acu te ly
aware of the s o c i a l role of ca ter ing in this C o l l e g e
and he has a lways been keen to co -ope ra te wi th the
U n i o n . T h a n k s B o b .
U G M s and Council Meetings
At the t ime of wr i t ing , s ix out of eight U G M s have
been quora te at one s tage. Th i s is an improvement
a n d I don' t ca re why that is; if we need to d i s cus s
R a g M a g s every meet ing then that 's f ine by me. The
impor tant point is to get peop le to meet ings so they
c a n see what the U n i o n is all about .
U G M s have of ten been fun but rarely has a
mee t ing g iven me an idea to c h a s e up. Indeed, the
on l y manda te I reca l l f rom a mot ion was to c h e c k up
o n ou r C h a n c e l l o r ' s behav iour in N e p a l .
S im i la r l y C o u n c i l has g iven me little to do but
C o u n c i l meet ings have had the added d rawback of
l a c k of i n t e r e s t by i ts m e m b e r s . T w o C o u n c i l
mee t i ngs to date have ended inquorate . St i l l , they
h a v e b e e n f u n at t i m e s a n d it h a s o f t e n b e e n
a m u s i n g to observe po l i t ica l backs tabb ing f rom
s o m e members .
Rag
O h dear ! I w o u l d have l iked to be able to report the
e x e c u t i v e t o o k an a c t i v e p a r t in p r o m o t i n g
co l l ec t i ons . Regre tab ly my invo lvement has on ly
been to negot ia te wi th civi l servants at S c o t l a n d
Y a r d a n d w i t h v a r i o u s f i n a n c i a l b o f f i n s o v e r
a c c o u n t s and l i cences .
R o n y n e M a c D o n k e y and his commi t tee have
w o r k e d very hard to sa lvage some th i ng f rom the
mess and I hope we wi l l see R a g back on a s o u n d
foo t ing next year .
FELIX
In genera l F E L I X has been l ively but has o n c e or
tw ice s l i pped into sensa t i ona l i sm . However , I know
Mar k presents s tor ies the way he feels s tudents w ish
to read them. Ma rk ' s ed i tor ia ls have genera l l y been
w e l c o m e d as cons t ruc t i ve c r i t i c i sm and on ly o n c e
d i d I feel he w a s be ing unfair . O n e regret about
F E L I X was that the layout was exac t l y the same as
the year before and th is may lead peop le to look
b a c k o n M a r k ' s y e a r a s a n e x t e n s i o n o f h i s
p redecesso r ' s .
Mark Smi th deserves the Un ion ' s thanks. H e has
w o r k e d h a r d at w h a t is a r g u a b l y t h e h a r d e s t
sabba t i ca l job. I hope it hasn' t wo rn him down too
m u c h !
Personnel
It has been a p leasure to add J o H e w a n i c k a to our
staff. S h e has proved to be to lerant and cha rm ing
and has many admirers .
O the r pe rsonne l matters have involved negot i
a t ing w a g e r ises for ou r staff and keep ing them
happy ! For tunate ly , this has not been too dif f icult .
Last s u m m e r I was invo lved with a long ser ies of
w a r d e n s h i p i n t e r v i e w s . T h e s e g e n e r a l l y p r o v e d
i n t e r e s t i n g a n d I t h i n k t h e r i gh t p e o p l e w e r e
a p p o i n t e d . H o w e v e r , b e c a u s e o f p e r s o n a l
invo lvement I canno t c l a im to have ac tua l ly en joyed
most se lec t i on p rocedu res .
Barney McCabe
O n e of the most newswor thy events of the year was
B a r n e y ' s r e s i g n a t i o n f r o m t h e p o s t of D e p u t y
Pres iden t . T h i s d e c i s i o n was prec ip i ta ted by a no
c o n f i d e n c e vote at C o u n c i l . However , there was
m u c h more beh ind the d e c i s i o n than just a few
h a c k s g e t t i n g u p s e t . T h e d e c i s i o n w a s o n l y
Ba rney ' s . I th ink the job had c e a s e d to enter ta in h im
and th is made him lazy. Ba rney felt very s t rong ly
that I C U s h o u l d be more fun and enter ta inment .
P e r h a p s he was right but there wi l l a lways be bor ing
aspec ts to the D P ' s job, it canno t all be fun. Ba rney
w a s not very g o o d at the bor ing bits and left one or
two in terest ing tang les over f i nance , etc., b e c a u s e
he had not taken the t ime and care wi th the bor ing
bi ts. Ba rney ' s love of enter ta inment o c c a s i o n a l l y
made h im fun a r o u n d the of f icer but at o ther t imes his
p lay ing of ban jos , etc., was b loody irr i tat ing.
St i l l he was an o c c a s i o n a l s o u r c e of nove l ideas
and a lways loyal to me, M a r c o and the U n i o n and for
that, at least, I thank h im.
I must report o n three aspec ts of his job w h i c h I
have been invo lved wi th e i ther before or after his
res igna t ion .
Finance and Clubs and Societies
W e have spent a lot of money th is year. Last year 's
o f f icers left us a heal thy ba lance and we have made
great in roads into this. Th i s has been a p leasure as it
has been a lmost ent i re ly d u e to new act iv i t ies wi th in
c l u b s and soc ie t i es or comp le te l y new c l ubs . I have
sa id it be fore but invo lvement wi th in c l ubs and
soc ie t i es is poss ib l y the most impor tant part of I C U .
Wi th the other of f icers of the U n i o n , I p repared the
es t imates for next year 's budget . T h e p rob lems all
c o m e o n the i n c o m e rather than the expend i tu re
whe re s u b - c o m m i t t e e cha i rmen and C C U P r e s i
dents s h o w e d great restraint. At the t ime of wr i t ing, I
am not su re how m u c h the C o l l e g e wi l l a l loca te us
so the extent of the p rob lems is unde te rm ined .
W e have conso l i da ted the five year p lans and we
h a v e a v e r y c l e a r p i c t u r e of w h e r e e q u i p m e n t
expend i tu re is g o i n g over the next few years .
Shop
Over the summer , Ba rney and I i ndependen t l y c a m e
up wi th the idea of a U n i o n S h o p . Af ter ta lks and
fur ther though ts it was d e c i d e d to go into a joint
venture in the S o u t h s i d e S h o p with the refector ies.
Esta tes d id the conve rs i on qu i ck l y and all was ready
for the start of term.
Tee th ing p rob lems a rose f rom our end in the re
o rde r i ng of s tock and the p romot ion of spor ts
g o o d s . It was very d i sappo in t i ng that the s tudents
were unaware that we were se l l ing s o m e of the
cheapes t g o o d s in L o n d o n .
However , the s h o p wi l l st i l l make a t rad ing profit
th is year and with s o m e work f rom s u c c e s s i v e D P s
s h o u l d make a real is t ic annua l return on the init ial
investment .
C e r t a i n l y t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e s h o p h a s
improved and the refector ies have benef i ted f rom
the joint venture.
Games Machines
The re were a number of reasons why the U n i o n lost
m o n e y th is year on ou r vend ing opera t ion . Ba rney ' s
b igges t mis take w a s that he d id not ac tua l ly real ise
th is was happen ing .
However , it won' t happen aga in . C h r i s t i n e Te l le r
a n d I h a v e n e g o t i a t e d a d e a l w i t h a d i f f e r e n t
c o m p a n y o n w h i c h it is v i r tual ly imposs ib l e for us to
lose out.
Bureaucracy and Fiddly Bits
I have spent a vast amoun t of t ime dea l ing with
enqu i r ies and p rob lems f rom students and many
o ther peop le . T h e s e c o m e in the form of te lephone
ca l ls , letters or pe rsona l vis i ts. It was inevi table that I
w o u l d s p e n d a lot of t ime o n s u c h matters and
thankfu l ly they have been var ied e n o u g h to remain
in terest ing. A l l these enqu i r ies and p rob lems are
e i ther too rout ine or too de l ica te to report here.
T h e C o l l e g e bu reaurc racy does of ten take t ime to
chu rn out response but it has not been too bad this
y e a r , e s p e c i a l l y as m a n y s e c t i o n s h a v e b e e n
u n d e r s t a f f e d t h a n k s ( a g a i n ) to U G C c u t s .
Su rp r i s i ng l y , the U n i o n is equa l l y bad and it has
often taken ages to sort out f inanc ia l or other
matters w i th c l ub or un ion of f ices.
Me
At the end of a very lengthy report, I thought I might
add a few pe rsona l c o m m e n t s . I have tho rough l y
en joyed th is year. Apar t f rom the month of A p r i l , I
have w o r k e d ex t remely hard both in te rms of hours
and product iv i ty (but y o u on ly have my word for it).
O n l y o c c a s i o n a l l y has the j ob got to me and I
apo log i se to t hose w h o have suf fered f rom my
s u d d e n d i scove ry that I am capab le of l os ing my
temper .
It is in my charac te r to be a p e a c e m a k e r and a
d ip lomat w h i c h is one reason I s t ood o n a p lat form
of coope ra t i on wi th C o l l e g e . T h e other g o o d reason
is that the more I th ink about it the more I be l ieve the
on ly way fo rward is by coope ra t i on . I of ten feel
C o l l e g e o f f i c e r s a n d c h a i r m e n o f C o l l e g e
commi t tees are m i sunde rs tood by s tudents as be ing
" t h e m " aga ins t " u s " . This- is w r o n g , most of them
have the g o o d of the s tudents at heart. Un fo r
tunate ly they a lso have the p rob lem of ba lanc ing the
books , a n d vir tual ly every th ing c o m e s d o w n to
money in the end . I h o p e next year 's execu t i ve wi l l
be to lerant and aware of the p rob lems f a c e d by the
C o l l e g e as a w h o l e and I hope they can main ta in
g o o d re la t ionsh ips wi th the C o l l e g e admin is t ra t ion .
Af ter that d iat r ibe above, I must thank the many
peop le o n the " C o l l e g e s i de " , espec ia l l y J o h n Smi th .
A l s o I must thank the U n i o n of f icers w h o have, in
genera l , w o r k e d hard , espec ia l l y at the start of the
year, and they have been very g o o d about keep ing
me in fo rmed of what they are up to. T h a n k s a lso to
my po l i t ica l adv isers i nc lud ing " T h e Th ink Tank " ,
C h r i s W e b b and C o l i n . A b ig thank -you to peop le
f rom a w h o l e range of s o u r c e s , too n u m e r o u s to
men t ion , w h o have kept me enter ta ined over a beer
or two. T h e more soc ia l s ide of the job has been a
p leasure .
S p e c i a l thanks to
T h e '22 C l u b for their con t i nued insp i ra t ion.
Ph i l i p Na than for res tor ing my c o n f i d e n c e on two
separate o c c a s i o n s .
C h r i s t i n e Te l le r for do ing a huge amount of work
both before and after Ba rney ' s demise . (This is
b a c k - s l a p p i n g amongs t hacks.)
M a r c o for his s o u n d and re l iab le suppor t .
K e n Wea le for con t i nued ded i ca t i on to the c a u s e
desp i te p rob lems wi th U n i o n jun ior t reasurers .
J e n , J o and Pat w h o s e efforts and g o o d nature are
b e y o n d desc r ip t i on . I have fa l ien in love with all
three.
Nick Morton
President
1981/2
Deputy President's Annual Report
Introduction
M y c la im to write this report is t enuous at the least.
At present I am the act ing Depu ty Pres iden t for a
t e r m of t h r e e m o n t h s o n l y a n d o n l y by t h e
agreement of f ive peop le at that, but I have been
invo lved in many aspec ts of the D P ' s job th roughou t
t h e y e a r a n d I t h i n k t h e r e s h o u l d b e s o m e
a s s e s s m e n t of t h e y e a r e v e n if it is g l a r i n g l y
i ncomp le te .
Finance
Th is has been a hard year f inanc ia l l y main ly due to
the loss of ea rn ings f rom severa l s o u r c e s and the
r u n d o w n of H o u s e and F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e funds.
Th i s wi l l ref lect next year in a further dec reas e of
f l ex ib i l i t y in a l m o s t a l l a r e a s a n d I p a r t i c u l a r l y
sympa th i se wi th those smal l c l ubs and soc ie t ies
w h o wi l l p robab l y suffer most.
O n e of the areas of f i nance that has a lways
wor r ied me is the cor re la t ion be tween the a l loca t ion
of large a m o u n t s of m o n e y and an e loquent or loud
mou th (a past A C C C h a i r m a n be ing a pr ime s inner
in th is respect) at U F C major c l a ims meet ings . N i ck
and I in i t iated a new sys tem ear l ier this year based
o n the set t ing up of f ive year p lans star ted by Rae .
W e have rep laced major equ ipmen t c l a im s by five
year p lans in o rder that ou r major expend i tu re can
be a s s e s s e d in advance . I hope th is wil l remove the
persona l i t ies aspec t of major c la ims , t hough I th ink
five years is too long a per iod , two or three years in
advanc e w o u l d be suf f ic ient , and wi l l make the
set t ing up of p lans less daun t ing for c lubs . I hope
that c l a im s wi l l now be a s s e s s e d more on their
meri ts. T h e r e wi l l st i l l be a fund for un fo rseen
e m e r g e n c i e s so no one wi l l lose out.
House Committee and internal Services
I have been very d i sappo in ted at the pe r fo rmance of
these two commi t tees . I have sat on both of them
th roughou t the year and have felt the meet ings to be
a was te of t ime. T h e low a t tendance and comp le te
d i s i n t e r e s t of m e m b e r s a t t e n d i n g the m e e t i n g s
con f i rms my s u s p i c i o n s that peop le s tand for these
commi t tees in o rder to add another tag to a list of
commi t tees for their o w n se l f i sh a ims. In the case of
H o u s e C o m m i t t e e the interest of the other o rd inary
m e m b e r s in b o t h l o n g a n d s h o r t t e r m i s s u e s
af fect ing the U n i o n Bu i l d i ng s e e m e d non-ex is tan t
and even with Internal Se rv i ces (where apart f rom
the E x e c and P W P , e a c h member is s u p p o s e d l y
respons ib le for a par t icu lar area) a t tendance and
c o n s t r u c t i v e i n t e r e s t w e r e m i n i m a l , w i t h s o m e
not icab le excep t i ons . Th i s is par t icu lar ly wo r r y i ng
s i nce many of the p rob lems this year were in areas
s u p p o s e d l y cove red by Internal Serv i ces .
A n y w a y , N i ck and I wi l l p ropose a c h a n g e in the
s t ructure of both of these commi t tees that I hope to
see th rough next year. A l l I can say to peop le w h o
s t a n d f o r c o m m i t t e e s w i t h o u t t a k i n g t h e p o s t
ser ious ly is B E W A R E .
H o u s e C o m m i t t e e has made several major and
con t rovers ia l pu rchases th is year. We 've added a
part i t ion to the L o w e r L o u n g e and upg raded the
fu rn ish ings , c h a n g e d the key sys tem in the U n i o n
Bu i l d i ng , bought a baby g rand p iano for the C o n c e r t
Ha l l , recarpeted S o u t h s i d e Te lev i s ion L o u n g e and
decora ted the C o n c e r t Ha l l d ress ing rooms. There
have a lso been many smal l but important add i t ions
to the fu rn ish ings , par t icu lar ly we've bought several
c u p b o a r d s though at present I'm hav ing t roub le
t rac ing their whereabou ts . T h e lockers in the G y m
have a lso been rep laced and we've spent all yea r
t ry ing to buy new typewr i ters . I'm present ly t ry ing to
f ind out whether we had a redecora t ing a l l owance
f rom C o l l e g e and if s o what Ba rney d id with it!
Internal Serv i ces has done virtual ly noth ing this
y e a r , t h o u g h w h e t h e r t h e f a u l t l i e s w i t h t h e
commi t tee or the Depu ty Pres ident is a matter of
con jec tu re . Internal Se rv i ces covers areas l ike the
L i b r a r i e s , B o o k s h o p , B a r s a n d a m u s e m e n t
mach ines , and more recent ly the S h o p . Desp i te
p ressure f rom the Commi t t ee , no s u m m a r y of the
state of the S h o p was fo r thcoming f rom Ba rney so
little po l icy was dec i de d upon . However this is in
hand now.
Union Building, Bookings and Defects
T h e U n i o n Bu i l d i ng is in a sad state of repair , the
rooms are shodd ie r and c u t b a c k s in the C o l l e g e
redecora t ing p rog ram are def in i te ly s h o w i n g . G o o d
areas at the momen t are the U p p e r L o u n g e and
Lower L o u n g e , a par t icu lar ly bad area is the S C R
w h i c h is v ir tual ly un fu rn ished . Th i s room has great
potent ia l as a large commi t tee meet ings room and
I'm sure is wor th improv ing .
T h e b o o k i n g sys tem has been chao t i c with the
c o m p e t i n g interests of so many g roups and severa l
par t icu lar ly t r oub lesome ou ts ide book ings . T h e
v i c i o u s c i r c l e of a n i n c r e a s i n g l y u n a t t r a c t i v e
bu i l d ing and a greater need to generate i n c o m e f r o m
externa l b o o k i n g s is b e c o m i n g a major p rob lem.
Th i s is c o u p l e d wi th a lack of meet ing and s to rage
space for o w n c l ubs . For tunate ly major c h a n g e s are
in the air!
T h e defec ts I have dealt with have been many and
var ious rang ing f rom the d e c a y i n g mens toi lets
ou ts ide the Bar and their ef fects on the basemen ts
(my thanks to the var ious men who prov ide me with
deta i led repor ts of the state of the toi lets) to the
d i s t u r b i n g b r e a k - i n s In t h e G y m s t o r e , m o s t
p robab ly f rom an ou ts ide body l ook ing for one of
those b loody masco ts .
Amusement Machines
By Easter , the a m u s e m e n t mach ines were vir tual ly
unusab le and had c l o c k e d up a def ic i t of £500. Wi th
the add i t iona l cos t of get t ing rid of the in famous
cof fee mach ine , this area of the a c c o u n t s was
l ook ing d i sma l . N i ck and I negot ia ted a cont rac t , wi th
a new f i rm, that is safer for low turnover but less
lucrat ive for large earn ings in an at tempt to c o m b a t
loss of ea rn ings th rough b reak- ins and vanda l i sm
( t he c a u s e s B a r n e y a t t r i b u t e d to t h e l o s s of
earn ings) . T h o u g h it is ear ly days , the m a c h i n e s
seem more s u c c e s s f u l , there have been no b reak- ins
and the se rv i ce we have rece ived has been g o o d .
Southside Shop
Th is is p robab ly the greatest innovat ion in the
D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t ' s a r e a s i n c e the j o b b e c a m e
sabba t i ca l , and was a marve l lous idea c o n c e i v e d by
Ba rney and N i ck . Howeve r p rac t ica l d i f f icu l t ies and
the neglect of ted ious day - to -day aspec ts s u c h as
reorder ing have lead to a rather tough first year. T h e
S h o p n o w h a s a p a r t - t i m e m a n a g e r a n d t h e
o rgan isa t ion f ina l ly s e e m s to be set t l ing d o w n . Th i s
is the a rea to w h i c h I have devoted the greatest
p ropor t ion of my t ime a n d I hope to see th ings on a
f i rm bas is by the end of J u n e , there is sti l l p lenty of
s c o p e for deve lopmen t over the next two or three
years .
A S h o p C o m m i t t e e has been fo rmed and I hope to
see an independen t rep s i t t ing o n th is commi t t ee
and the rehashed Internal Se rv i ces . I'd l ike to thank
those peop le in C o l l e g e w h o at t imes have s e e m e d
more c o n c e r n e d over the fate of the S h o p than the
U n i o n has itself, espec ia l l y L i n a P e l h a m , R o y H i c k s
and Dave S m i t h .
College and Union Committees
I h a v e h a d v e r y l i t t l e c o n t a c t w i t h C o l l d g e
commi t tees as Ba rney and I never d i s c u s s e d t hem
and Ph i l has a l ready s tepped in here. I'm su re most
s tudents aren't in terested anyway .
S imi lar ly , my con tac t with U n i o n commi t t ees that
I d i d n ' t a l r e a d y s i t o n h a s b e e n m i n i m a l . M y
apo log ies .
Council
What a waste of t ime, pe rhaps w h e n C o u n c i l is
c o m p o s e d of o f f i c e r s w h o f ee l s o m e s e n s e of
respons ib i l i t y to the U n i o n and to the s tudents they
serve, C o u n c i l wi l l earn s o m e respect . A first move
in this d i rec t ion must be to remove s o m e of the
members , the obv ious c h o i c e s e e m s to be the Q e p
R e p s w h o w i t h a c o u p l e o f e x c e p t i o n s h a v e
con t r ibu ted no th ing this year and seem to me to be
amply represented by the A c a d e m i c Af fa i rs Of f i ce r
and the three C C U A A O s . T h e other b o d y I w o u l d
l ike to see removed is P W P .
Odds and Sods
Severa l areas I've had little con tac t wi th:
T ranspor t—th is s e e m s fairly s tab le now and is
runn ing to break even t hough we are not p rov id ing
enough vans to meet all our needs.
B o o k s h o p — t h i s is vast ly improved th is year. I am
sorry that last year 's p rob lems have not reso lved
themselves.
Finally
I'd l ike to thank all those who 've suppo r ted me in my
unp receden ted s i tuat ion, espec ia l l y Mat thew T o n k s
who has under taken many prac t ica l jobs for me, the
Un io n staff (heroes) , M a r c o (par t icu lar ly for h is he lp
with the no t i ceboards ) and f inal ly that d runken
degenera te N i ck , the on ly Pres iden t under w h o m I
wou ld have cons ide re d s u c h a r id i cu lous p ropo
si t ion (?!).
Christine Teller
Acting Deputy President
March-June 1982
Honorary Secretary's Annual Report
International Conference of Students of Technology
Th is year 's I N C O S T , the s ixth he ld s o far, was
origir fal ly in tended to be he ld in P o l a n d in K a t o w i c e
but unfor tunate ly after the onset of mart ia l law
c o m m u n i c a t i o n was imposs ib le and I heard no th ing
f rom P o l a n d for months . The S w e d e s w h o were to
be the al ternat ive o rgan ize rs if P o l a n d c o u l d not
host the c o n f e r e n c e then took on the task A l t h o u g h
hav ing little t ime they set to the task wi th great
e n t h u s i a s m s e t t i n g up a s c h e d u l e of w o r k i n g
g r o u p s , t o u r s a n d f u n c t i o n s a n d a m a z i n g l y
ob ta in ing e n o u g h s p o n s o r s h i p f rom indust ry to
make the c o n f e r e n c e free apart f rom return fare to
the count ry . A t the t ime of wr i t ing the c o n f e r e n c e
has not yet been held but I sha l l report o n my return
what I am sure wi l l be a most s u c c e s s f u l and usefu l
c o n f e r e n c e w h i c h I hope IC wi l l con t i nue to suppor t
by c o n t i n u i n g t o s e n d d e l e g a t e s a n d m a y b e
genera t ing interest in o ther U K univers i t ies w h o
have not par t i c ipa ted act ive ly in the past.
Elections
i) Sabbatical T h e sabba t i ca l e lec t ions this year
were a great s o u r c e of con t rove rsy wi th c o n f u s i o n
all r ound over e lec t ion p rocedu re , interpretat ion of
the v o t i n g s c h e d u l e a n d m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g of
te rm ino logy . L u c k i l y in the end sense prevai led and
peop le rea l ised that the e lec t ions had not been
u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l y r u n o r b i a s e d to a n y o n e
cand ida te a n d were therefore fair and c o u l d s tand .
T h e ma in point of con ten t ion was whether or not a
cand ida te has to pass quo ta . O u r vot ing s c h e d u l e
states that if there is on ly one post then it is not
necessa ry to pass quo ta and th is is on l y a level set
w h i c h o n c e p a s s e d , i n d i c a t e s tha t n o f u r t h e r
rea l loca t ions need take p lace.
In one s e n s e it is lucky that th is has o c c u r r e d
b e c a u s e it has resu l ted in many peop le tak ing an
i n t e r e s t in t h e e l e c t i o n s a n d a l s o o u r v o t i n g
schedu le poss ib l y wi th a v iew to rev iewing it. T h e r e
have even been s u g g e s t i o n s of not u s i n g S T V but
u s i n g t h e f i r s t p a s t t h e p o s t s y s t e m , s u r e l y a
g o d s e n d for future H o n Sees ! !
ii)Others There have been many elections at various
U G M s throughout the year quite a few of which
have been contested; which is good to see, even if
the contestor is only a joke candidate; because then
the candidates have to fight for their post rather
than blithely sail in.
For some of the elections I placed job descriptions
in FELIX and I think this was quite useful in
attracting people who would not normally have
stood because they would not have known what the
positions entailed.
Discipline
The Union Disciplinary Committee will only have
met once this year which either means you've all
been very well behaved or have been too crafty to be
caught. In the case of thefts from the pinball
machines earlier this year the latter applies despite
attempts at surveillance.
Gestetners and Photocopiers
There have been many times this year when I have
nearly resorted to physical violence with these
machines. Anyone who has been in contact with
either will understand the frustration of trying to
gently coax one of these machines into operating
properly when they are being stubborn. Unfor
tunately I have many dealings with these machines
in producing papers for meetings and it is amazing
how the administration of the Union clogs up when
they are inoperative. If anyone at IC could produce
an infallible desk top photocopier they'd become
millionaires overnight.
Parking Permits
These are allocated in the first two weeks of the
autumn term and appeals in the third week. Then
there are no more permits available for allocation
unless somebody returns their permits. Try as hard
as I could to explain this, there are some people who
cannot take no for an answer and have to be told to
s - off!
I appreciate the parking problems in London and
the expense of a residents parking permit but
unfortunately we only have a limited number of
parking spaces for offer. Next year the situation will
be worse due to the construction of an automatic
barrier by the Exhibition Road entrance and other
construct ion work in the Co l l ege the Union's
allocation has to be reduced by 17 spaces. Half of
these will be returned the following year when some
work is finished but students must be made to
realise the scarcity of parking space before they
bring their cars down to College, preferably with a
note in the Union Handbook and thus only those
with most need for a car will bring them down.
Union Directory
This publication produced by the Hon Sec lists all
the Union's clubs and societies and the names of the
people who run them plus the names of the Union's
officers, the C C U officers and others such as FELIX,
Student Services, etc.
This is an enormous help in guiding people in the
right direction when they ask how they can join a
club or when we want to contact clubs for other
reasons. But the Directory depended on newly
elected club officers to bring/send their names to
the Union Office which I would appeal to you to do
this year for your own benefit as well as ours.
I must thank Mark Smith for having it printed and
folding it before the beginning of term when he was
busy with production of the Freshers' edition of
FELIX.
Exec News and U G M s
This year I have pasted up Exec News in the FELIX
Office and it has been printed as an insert in FELIX.
It was thought originally that this would encourage
more people to come along to U G M s as each person
would be individually notified and also they would
know exactly what business was to be discussed
which would enable them to participate more
actively in the meeting. Unfortunately this has not
always been the case with what must be classed as
the worst ever attended and shortest U G M on
record being held in the Great Hall on May 4 1982.
The attendance was around 30 and the meeting
lasted less than a minute before the quorum was
cal led, and rightly so! There were factors that
definitely detracted from attendance such as
societies organising meetings at the same time,
having visiting MPs and lab sessions starting before
they should. But on the other hand the meetings
that have been best attended were those discussing
major internal issues such as the Rag Mag, or the
sabbatical hustings and results UGMs.
Steps should be taken in future to ensure that
societies do not organise meetings that clash with
U G M s . Next year's Exec plan to have a large
calendar on which all clubs and societies can place
the date and times of their meetings and I consider
this to be a step in the right direction to having
better attended UGMs.
The problem of content of a U G M is more difficult,
if there is nothing of interest being presented or
be ing d i s c u s s e d then people will not attend
meetings even if there is nothing else to attend.
Hopefully though the day will never come when a
U G M has nothing to discuss and the record set on
May 4 will stand unbeaten for a long time to come.
Commemoration Ball
After all my panicing this was a very successful
function enjoyed by many ex-students, for most
probably their last major College function. I really
enjoyed organizing the Ball and would like to thank
Jen for working out the seating plan, the wine
waiters, and the heroes who stayed till early hours of
the morning and helped me clear up.
My predecessor Liz Lindsay put in to operation a
plan to get the Blue Book on floppy disc in the
College Publications department, but unfortunately
when I went over with a copy they baulked at the
size. They stated that in the present financial climate
they were short of staff as they could make no new
appointments, and therefore could not spare the
time to type the document onto disc. So I was back
to square one and started to hunt around the
College for other facilities. Eventually I was offered
the use of the word processor facilities in College
Block but I had to find people who would be willing
to do the actual typing in once they had been
trained by a member of the department. Two
volunteers came forward, Fiona Owen and Stephen
Bleazard and I would like to thank them for all the
work they have put in and are still putting in, into
typing up the Blue Book.
Open Door
I enjoyed taking part in the production of the Open
Door programme and seeing behind the scenes in
the B B C .
Most of the credit must go to Nick Morton,
Lawrence Windley and Nick Lambrou who put a
tremendous amount of effort and work into its
production. I must say thank you to Mac and Val of
the B B C for putting up with us and I hope they
enjoyed making it as much as we did.
Insurance
I have made an effort to get as many clubs and
societies inventories updated as possible. This is
essential to ensure that lost or defunct equipment is
no longer insured and also that new items of
equipment are insured, more importantly the latter
which is most common and costs the Union most
money in the event of an accident. This has resulted
in an increase in our premium over the lasi year
and also there have been several major items
bought that have been added to the po l icy .
Commercial Union, our insurers have this year
refused none of our claims which have been
numerous ranging from £9 for a board game to over
£200 for a set of water polo sweatshirts.
There have been several small claims on our
Endesleigh Block Halls of Residence Policy which
have been settled but unfortunately there was one
for stereo equipment stolen out of a Southside
basement. Due to there being access to many
people basements are high risk areas for theft and
therefore are not covered and people place their
belongings there at their own risk. Bear this in mind
if you wish to store possessions over the summer
vacation.
Vans
We have a fleet of four transits for use by clubs and
societies and also for private hire. Unfortunately this
year we have been plagued with breakdowns
resulting in large repair bills and also loss of
revenue while the vans are off the road. Thus the
Transport Account is not as healthy as it could be.
Accidents have also eaten away at our no-claims
bonus which has dwindled the account further.
Hopeful ly now that the vans have had major
overhauls we should be able to pull in some income
which will be needed for the future when a van
needs replacing.
Sports Day
This year for the first time Sports Day was organised
by the Athletics Clubs Committee rather than the
C C U s as in the past. This proved to be a step in the
right direction with many people taking part on the
day, ranging from good athletes to people just
taking part for fun. Overall the day was a great
success and credit must go to Kev Reeve, Lesley
Horrocks, Mary Harrington and Jane Hillyer for ail
the effort they put into organising the event. All the
winners will be presented with medals at the A G M
together with trophies for the best all-round male
and female athletes.
Most of the Sports Day trophies were stolen in
1980 and I have been replacing them this year using
the money received from the insurers. Nearly all the
trophies have been replaced but unfortunately it is
not possible to engrave the names of the past
winners as this would be far too expensive, in most
cases more than the actual cost of the trophy. All
that remains to be done is to have photographs
taken of the trophies for our records in case they are
stolen or lost.
Rag
This year Rag has almost come to a standstill beset
by problems inherited from previous years. A lot of
groundwork has been done to clear up the mess and
set a firm base from which to move forward in the
coming years although slowly at first, still being
shackled by having no licences. There are various
ideas afoot to collect on charities licences and also
Rag Week itself will be moved to the second term to
give the committees more time to organise bigger
and better events.
Although there are no collections going on at
present at the time of writing the Rag Fete is coming
up and I am sure it will be very successful if the
amount of work put in by the Rag Chairman Ronan
MacDonald is anything to go by. He also deserves
credit for taking on the sinking ship that Rag was
and setting it on the right course for future success.
Cologne
In February Jezebel the motorized mascot of R C S , a
1916 Dennis Fire engine went over to Cologne to
take part in its famous Karnival together with about
20 R C S students and myself. Jezebel took part in
two c a r n i v a l s ; o n e of w h i c h was t e l e v i s e d
throughout Europe. Everyone enjoyed the weekend
tremendously and it is a memory of this year that
will stand out. I hope RCS Motor Club will continue
to participate in the Karnival in future years!
I've greatly enjoyed my year as Hon Sec, though
it's been very hard work at times, it's been an
experience that I wouldn't have missed.
I would like to thank Nick, a President with
incredible patience, one who it has been a pleasure
to work with and drink to excess with.
Also Barney for his raspberries, roller skating
sessions, conker fights, gin and tonics, curries and
every time he stopped playing the flute.
I couldn't forget Christ ine who has done an
incredible job at the same time as revising for her
finals.
Last but definitely not least I would like to thank
Jen, Pat and Jo three wonderful people without
whom I couldn't have made it through the year. .
Marco Ledwold
Honorary Secretary
1981/2
VIEWS
IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION
A N N U A L G E N E R A L MEETING
M A Y 25th M E C H E N G 220 1pm
1 Jfim?*es of the Last Meeting.
2 Matters A r i s i n g from the Minutes
3. P r e s i d e n t ' s Business.
4. Deputy P r e s i d e n t ' s Business.
5. Honorary S e c r e t a r y ' s Business.
6. CCU Reports.
7. Other O f f i c e r s ' Reports.
8. Motions.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Some of my r e p o r t i s rehashed from the emergency meeting on
25th March but I w i l l s t a r t w i t h a matter which must be
minuted:-
Deputy P r e s i d e n t .
Barney McCabe r e s i g n e d with e f f e c t from A p r i l 2nd 1982.
The E x e c u t i v e h e l d an emergency meeting on 25th March and
appointed C h r i s t i n e T e l l e r as A c t i n g Deputy P r e s i d e n t . It
i s both i m p r a c t i c a l t o run an e l e c t i o n t h i s term and
r i d i c u l o u s t o expect anybody t o stand f o r the post of
Deputy P r e s i d e n t f o r a couple of months when exams are
looming. We must remain with an a c t i n g Deputy P r e s i d e n t .
I make the f o l l o w i n g recommendations to t h i s UGM:-
i ) Endorse the E x e c u t i v e ' s appointment of C h r i s t i n e as
A c t i n g Deputy P r e s i d e n t .
i i ) In view o f the work l o a d , o f f e r some reward, not i n the
form o f a s a l a r y but i n the form o f p a y i n g the r e n t f o r
58 B e i t H a l l where C h r i s i s now l i v i n g . ( I n c i d e n t a l l y
t h i s was the arrangement b e f o r e the post was made
s a b b a t i c a l ) .
i i i ) A u t h o r i s e t h a t C h r i s t i n e ' s name i s engraved on the
Deputy P r e s i d e n t ' s pot and added to the Honours Board
i n the Union D i n i n g H a l l .
S i c k Bay.
The h e a l t h s e r v i c e i s under c o n s i d e r a b l e p r e s s u r e to reduce
c o s t s ( l i k e the whole C o l l e g e ) and the area most th r e a t e n e d
i s the s i c k bay. The p r o p o s a l i s to charge f i r s t year
r e s i d e n t s a compulsory i n s u r a n c e premium (about £10) on
t h e i r f i r s t h a l l b i l l . T h i s w i l l e n t i t l e i n d i v i d u a l s t o
f r e e s i c k bay treatment f o r 3 years. F i r s t y ears not i n
h a l l w i l l be a b l e t o j o i n v o l u n t a r i l y . A system w i l l be
worked out f o r second and t h i r d y e a r s . I was i n i t i a l l y
a g a i n s t a compulsory insurance but have changed my mind
s i n c e i t i s t h a t o r no s i c k bay. I propose we accept the
idea i n p r i n c i p l e .
Redundancies.
The Rector presented a p l a n at the l a s t Governing Body
f o r redundancies, again emphasizing that they may not be
necessary i n the near f u t u r e . The C o l l e g e branch of the
AUT have id e a s f o r r a i s i n g or s a v i n g money to prevent
redundancies. Some of these ideas d i r e c t l y a f f e c t s t u d e n t s
so I sent my comments i n w r i t i n g t o Governing Body.
C h a n c e l l o r ' s G l a s s .
I attended a r e c e p t i o n f o r the C h a n c e l l o r , HRH P r i n c e s s
Anne, at ULU and c l e v e r l y o b t a i n e d the very g l a s s from
which she was d r i n k i n g , (Coke!). I hope the Rag Chairman
w i l l be a b l e to r a f f l e t h i s m a g n i f i c e n t trophy at t h i s
meeting.
C h a n c e l l o r ' s Behaviour.
T a l k i n g of HRH I s t i l l have not s a t i s f a c t o r i l y r e s o l v e d
the b u f f a l o / t i g e r a f f a i r but i t i s i n hand.
Residence.
The i d e a of paying r e n t over the v a c a t i o n as d i s c u s s e d l a s t
term has been s h e l v e d .
aners i n the h a l l s are r e t
r e p l a c e d . The c u r r e n t s t
ned with a s l i g h t drop i n
and l a n d i n g s but the l i n e
s means d i r t y sheets and p
c l e a n ones as happens at p
i o n s are c o n t i n u i n g on the
d I would l i k e t o see a ce
T h i s way students w i l l
b r i n g i n g t h e i r own. T h i s
ce i s s u b j e c t to the p r o v i
y which should be of benef
et s a v i n g s on laundry b i l l
o u t l i n e d above w i l l be bet
r e n t .
i r i n g t h i s summer
andards of c l e a n i n g
the frequency of
n s e r v i c e w i l l
i l l o w c a s e s w i l l not
r e s e n t on a weekly
p r o v i s i o n of the
n t r a l v o l u n t a r y
have the c h o i c e of
proposed w i t h -
s i o n of a c e n t r a l
i t t o the whole
s and c l e a n e r s
ween 7 and 8% of a
A number of c l e
and w i l l not be
w i l l be m a i n t a i
c l e a n i n g s t a i r s
d i s a p p e a r . T h i
be r e p l a c e d by
b a s i s . D i s c u s s
l i n e n i t s e l f an
h i r i n g f a c i l i t y
h i r i n g l i n e n or
drawal o f s e r v i
laundry, f a c i l i t
C o l l e g e . The n
from the s t e p s
students weekly
R e f e c t o r i e s .
The Southside R e f e c t o r y has f i n a l l y moved downstairs. It
i s e s s e n t i a l that the Union gets feedback from s t u d e n t s on
the q u a l i t y of the food i n the new set-up. P l e a s e i n f o r m
me or Marco o f any c o m p l a i n t s , s u g g e s t i o n s or even
compliments. I f the complaints box has moved downstairs,
simply use t h a t .
And now a few words about the o u t s i d e world:-
Cost of L i v i n g Survey.
If you are amongst the lucky 200 who have been randomly,
s e l e c t e d f o r t h i s survey, p l e a s e f i l l i t - i n and send i t
back to the Union.
T h i s has become p a r t i c u l a r l y important s i n c e C h r i s t o p h e r
P r i c e , M.P., Chairman of the Commons S e l e c t Committee on
Education i s keen to l e a r n the r e s u l t s .
Thanks to Simon Rodan f o r c o - o r d i n a t i n g t h i s survey.
Student Loans.
The government has once again s h e l v e d plans f o r i n t r o d u c i n g
loans as p a r t replacement l o r student g r a n t s . T h i s i s not
because they have gone o f f the i d e a but because the
l e g i s l a t i o n i s too c o m p l i c a t e d and would probably not get
through Parliament d u r i n g t h i s governments l i f e time. What
ever the reasons, the s h e l v i n g i s good news.
Overseas .Students and the NHS.
And now the bad news, (but i t c o u l d have been worse).
Overseas v i s i t o r s r e g i s t e r i n g with a d o c t o r a f t e r October
1st 1982 are to pay f e e s f o r H o s p i t a l treatment. It seems
G.P. treatment w i l l remain f r e e t o Overseas Students though
w i t h ot h e r v i s i t o r s t h i s w i l l be up to the G.P. h i m s e l f .
The c o n c e s s i o n i s t h a t v i s i t o r s ( i n c l u d i n g s t u d e n t s ) who
have been r e s i d e n t i n the U.K.,. f o r more than 12 months w i l l
get. f u l l NHS treatment. T h i s i s of l i t t l e use to students on
one year M.Sc. c o u r s e s . '
My a p o l o g i e s f o r not r e p o r t i n g t h i s t o an e a r l i e r meeting.
It i s an important i s s u e anrl UKCOSA are c o n t i n u i n g to look
i n t o i t .
REPORT OF ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT
Shop.
The shop w i l l be having a s a l e of s p o r t s goods s t a r t i n g on
May 10th at 11am. There are many items reduced i n c l u d i n g
squash, badminton and t e n n i s r a c k e t s and footwear. An
i n c r e a s e i n p u b l i c i t y and the range of goods should improve
the shop c o n s i d e r a b l y t h i s term.
Vending.
New machines have now been i n s t a l l e d i n the Lower Lounge
under s l i g h t l y more f a v o u r a b l e c o n d i t i o n s . I s h a l l be
c h e c k i n g them r e g u l a r l y . I s h a l l be r e p o r t i n g to I n t e r n a l
S e r v i c e s and UFC on the s t a t e of the vending account.
U n i o n B u i l d i n g .
At the b e g i n n i n g of term, the b u i l d i n g was reasonabl y
ordered with c h a i r s e t c . , i n t h e i r c o r r e c t rooms. The s t a t e
of f u r n i s h i n g s i s however not good at p r e s e n t . C l e a n i n g
m a t e r i a l s (mops, brooms, dusbin l i n e r s e t c . ) are once more
a v a i l a b l e . To use them you. w i l l have to leave your Union
Card or a d e p o s i t with me which w i l l not be r e t u r n e d u n t i l
the room y o u used and the c l e a n i n g cupboard have been
checked.
N o t i c e Boards.
These have i n g e n e r a l been t i d i e d up and I have a l l o c a t e d
areas to a l l those c l u b s who requested them e a r l i e r i n the
s e s s i o n . There are now forms a v a i l a b l e f o r s o c i e t i e s who
would l i k e an area but missed out b e f o r e . I s h a l l
r e a l l o c a t e areas at the end of the s e s s i o n .
There are s t i l l l a r g e areas t h a t w i l l remain f o r general
use. P l e a s e do not s t a p l e i n t o n o t i c e b o a r d s , I w i l l p r o v i d e
drawing p i n s on request. ( P l e a s e send a l l complaints about
the s t a t e of n o t i c e b o a r d s to Marco Ledwold)
5-Year Plans.
I would l i k e updated or new plans as soon as p o s s i b l e ( t o
Nick or m y s e l f ) . These should be up t o s e s s i o n 86/87 and
estimates should i n c l u d e d e t a i l s as to whether VAT i s
i n c l u d e d or not.
EXAMS.
I have a couple t h i s term and t h e r e f o r e w i l l o n l y be i n the
o f f i c e 12.00 - 2.00 and 5.00 - 6.00. Jen and Jo w i l l cover
f o r the r e s t of the day and I can always be contacted i n
emergencies.
AWARDING OF
SOCIAL COLOURS
AND
SPORTS DAY MEDALS!
M O T I O N S
MOTION ON SOUTH AFRICA Proposed by A n t i A p a r t h e i d Group
Seconded by L i b e r a l Club
Labour Club
S o c i a l i s t S o c i e t y
ICU Notes:
1. The South A f r i c a n system of government i s r a c i s t ,
r e p r e s s i v e , and i n d i r e c t c o n t r a v e n t i o n of the U n i t e d
d e c l a r a t i o n on Human R i g h t s .
2. The South A f r i c a n f o r c e s are i n i l l e g a l o c cupation of
Namibia and p e r p e t u a l l y make a t t a c k s a g a i n s t
n e i g h b o u r i n g c o u n t r i e s such as Angola.
3. B r i t i s h Nuclear F u e l s L t d . has a c o n t r a c t to r e c e i v e
uranium between 1977-84 from the Rossing mine i n
Namibia, and the B r i t i s h - b a s e d t r a n s n a t i o n a l Rio T i n t o
Z i n c has the l a r g e s t e q u i t y h o l d i n g i n Rossing. T h i s
i s a l l i n c o n t r a v e n t i o n of the UN p o l i c y on Namibia.
4. The c o l l e g e Careers Advisory S e r v i c e c o n s t a n t l y
i n v i t e s companies such as RTZ and Anglo-American, or
i t s s u b s i d i a r i e s , t o I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e and helps i n
t h e i r e f f o r t s t o r e c r u i t white st u d e n t s t o work i n
South A f r i c a .
5. 1982 i s the UN I n t e r n a t i o n a l Year f o r the M o b i l i s a t i o n
of S a n c t i o n s a g a i n s t South A f r i c a .
ICU B e l i e v e s :
1. A p a r t h e i d i s wrong and every e f f o r t should be taken to
end support of the regime.
2. The c o l l e g e Careers A d v i s o r y S e r v i c e i s wrong i n
i n v i t i n g companies to the c o l l e g e to r e c r u i t s t u d e n t s
to work i n South A f r i c a , permanently or d u r i n g a
v a c a t i o n , and should be d i s c o u r a g e d .
ICU I n s t r u c t s :
1. The Union and E x e c u t i v e to take a c t i o n t o prevent the
c o l l e g e ' s Careers A d v i s o r y S e r v i c e from i n v i t i n g
companies i n v o l v e d i n r e c r u i t i n g s t u d e n t s to work i n
South A f r i c a and f o r the E x e c u t i v e t o r e p o r t back t o
the next UGM.
2. The Union and E x e c u t i v e to support the UN I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Year f o r the M o b i l i s a t i o n of S a n c t i o n s a g a i n s t South
A f r i c a , by p u b l i c i s i n g i t .
AMENDED MOTION ON SOUTH AFRICA
Del e t e ICU I n s t r u c t s 2. and i n s e r t 3:-
"The Union and E x e c u t i v e to support the UN I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Year f o r the M o b i l i s a t i o n of S a n c t i o n s Against South
A f r i c a " .
and i n s e r t 2:-
The Union to p r o v i d e a l t e r n a t i v e c a r e e r s i n f o r m a t i o n to a l l
Union members who are b e i n g i n t e r v i e w e d by companies that
are r e c r u i t i n g f o r South A f r i c a and Namibia.
MOTION ON SEALS.
Proposed by: A. Delamore.
ICf Notes:
That the European Parliament have voted i n favour of a ban
being p l a c e d on the import of Harp and Hooded s e a l s k i n s and
other products to n a t i o n s of the European Community.
W<? a l s o note that f o r t h i s ban to be e n f o r c e d i t must f i r s t
bo r a t i f i e d by m i n i s t e r s of the C o u n c i l of Europe.
ICU B e l i e v e s :
That The European Parliament should be c o n g r a t u l a t e d on i t s
d e c i s i o n to recommend the ban.
We f u r t h e r b e l i e v e that the U n i t e d Kingdom's r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
in the C o u n c i l of Europe should vote t h a t the ban be
r a t i f i e d and e n f o r c e d r i g o r o u s l y .
U T I n s t r u c t s :
That the P r e s i d e n t of the Union w r i t e to the Prime M i n i s t e r ,
and o t h e r s as may be thought a p p r o p r i a t e , to express the
view of the ICU as embodied i n t h i s motion.
We a l s o i n s t r u c t that help be f r e e l y g i v e n to a l l Union
members who wish to w r i t e to t h e i r M.P.'s or otherwise
support the b e l i e f s expressed by t h i s motion.