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Sports Centre plans thrown into doubt DAVID ROBERTS

P r o p o s a l s f o r Impe r i a l ' s n e w Spor ts

C e n t r e f a c e d a t o u g h r e c e p t i o n

f r o m l o c a l res idents a n d c o u n c i l -

lors w h e n they w e r e put f o r w a r d

fo r p l a n n i n g a p p r o v a l last m o n t h .

W e l l in excess of a h u n d r e d

l o c a l r e s i d e n t s h a v e s u b m i t t e d

wr i t t en o b j e c t i o n s , s t a t i n g

i n c r e a s e d n o i s e a n d t ra f f i c a n d the

loss o f l igh t as t h e i r p r i n c i p l e

o b j e c t i o n s . N o n e t h e l e s s , t h e i r

d e c i s i o n is still f a r f r o m ce r t a i n

e i ther way - the p l a n n i n g c o m m i t -

tee has a g r e e d to c o m e o n a site

visit t o ge t a n i d e a of the pro jec t

fo r t h e m s e l v e s , b e f o r e r e tu rn ing to

m a k e a f ina l d e c i s i o n o n O c t o b e r

1 4 t h .

W h i l s t the m i x e d s u p p o r t w h i c h

the p r o p o s a l s f a c e d w a s no t ent i re-

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ly e n c o u r a g i n g , it hasn ' t d e n t e d

the o p t i m i s m of F rank M u r r a y , IC ' s

Spor t s a n d Le isure M a n a g e r , w h o

has seen a c o n s t a n t s t r e a m of p r o -

p o s a l s i d e a s a n d ske tches fo r the

new C e n t r e drift a c r o s s his d e s k

o v e r the last f ew years , b e f o r e the

cur rent p l a n was d e c i d e d u p o n .

S p e a k i n g to Fe l i x , M r M u r r a y

a d m i t t e d to b e i n g "qu i e t l y o p t i -

m i s t i c " . I C ' s D i r e c t o r o f Estates,

Ian C a l d w e l l , w a s in s i m i l a r m i n d ,

p o i n t i n g ou t that "In C e n t r a l L o n -

d o n i t 's i m p o s s i b l e t o b u i l d a n y -

th ing w i thou t r e c e i v i n g a s tack of

o b j e c t i o n s " .

If p e r m i s s i o n is g r a n t e d , w o r k

wi l l start ea r l y next s u m m e r o n the

y e a r l o n g b u i l d i n g w o r k w h i c h

w o u l d see a seven c o u r t spor ts ha l i

( s u i t a b l e f o r b a s k e t b a l l , b a d -

m i n t o n , f i ve-a-s ide f o o t b a l l , go l f ,

a r c h e r y etc) a n 8 m by 1 8 m c l i m b -

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

g y m , i m p r o v e d c h a n g i n g r o o m s

a n d w e i g h t s t r a i n i n g fac i l i t i es a n d

a ser ies o f s e l f - c o n t a i n e d r e s i d e n -

t ia l f lats e r e c t e d a b o v e the cur ren t

Spo r t s C e n t r e s i te .

W i t h a d e c i s i o n e x p e c t e d w i t h-

in the next f o r tn igh t , w e ' l l k e e p you

p o s t e d wi th a l l n e w d e v e l o p m e n t s .

£36 000 loss to spell end for Summer Balls? DAVID ROBERTS

M a s s i v e l o s s e s o n l a s t J u n e ' s

S u m m e r B a l l s c o u l d resu l t in t h e

a x e f a l l i n g o n these t r a d i t i o n a l

e n d o f y e a r p a r t i e s .

A t o t a l o f £ 3 6 0 0 0 w a s los t

o n the t w o b a l l s , w i th the " o f f i -

c i a l " I C U Ba l l n o t c h i n g u p a £ 1 4

0 0 0 d e b t , a n d t h e M e d S c h o o l

U n i o n Ba l l c o l l a p s i n g £ 2 2 0 0 0

i n t o t h e r e d . L o s s e s o n b o t h

events w e r e d u e to t i cke t s a l e s

f a i l i n g t o r e a c h e x p e c t a t i o n s , w i th

the I C U B a l l , h e l d at A l e x a n d r a

P a l a c e o n the last d a y o f t e r m ,

s e l l i n g o n l y 1 4 0 0 of a p r o j e c t e d

1 9 0 0 t i c ke t s .

A s b o t h b a l l s -had fu l l I C U

b a c k i n g , h a v i n g b e e n o r g a n i s e d

by U n i o n g r o u p s , I C U wi l l n o w be

f a c e d w i th c o v e r i n g t hese losses

f r o m i t ' s o w n b a l a n c e s h e e t .

W h i l s t the M e d S c h o o l l osses c a n

b e r e c o v e r e d f r o m the r e m a i n s of

t h e o l d M e d i c a l S c h o o l U n i o n

Rese r ves , f i n d i n g su f f i c i en t c a s h to

p a y o f f the d e b t o n the o t h e r b a l l

m a y be m o r e p r o b l e m a t i c . I ndee d

the U n i o n m a y be f o r c e d to d i p

i n t o i t ' s s t r a t e g i c r ese rves (bui l t u p

by b a r prof i t s a n d d e s i g n e d to pay

f o r m a j o r c a p i t a l p r o j e c t s ) in

o r d e r t o c o v e r the l o s s . Th i s in

turn w i l l c r e a t e fu r the r p r o b l e m s

f o r t h o s e s e e k i n g to g u a r a n t e e the

n e c e s s a r y f u n d i n g f o r next s u m -

m e r ' s e x p a n s i o n into the b a s e -

men t s o f Beit Q u a d w h i c h the

m o n e y h a d b e e n e a r m a r k e d for.

O n e a l t e r n a t i v e s o u r c e o f

i n c o m e has c o m e to l igh t , h o w e v -

er, a s it is b e l i e v e d tha t c e r t a i n

s e n i o r m e m b e r s o f C o l l e g e staff

h a v e o f f e r e d t o use IC to wr i te-of f

the l o s s e s , in o r d e r to e n s u r e tha t

the S u m m e r Ba l l c o n t i n u e s . H o w -

ever, o n e p r o v i s o h a s a l l e g e d l y

b e e n set - tha t t he r e is o n l y o n e

b a l l . In o t h e r w o r d s , t he r e s h o u l d

b e n o m o r e s e p a r a t e I C S M Ba l l s .

R u m o u r h a s it t h a t a s a resu l t o f

th is c a v e a t t h e I C U P r e s i d e n t ,

N a t a s h a N e w t o n , h a s r e j e c t e d

t h e o f f e r o u t o f h a n d . M s N e w t o n

is a m e d i c a l s t u d e n t .

F o r n o w , h o w e v e r , the future

o f b o t h S u m m e r B a l l s w o u l d s e e m

to be in s o m e d o u b t , w i th the

m o s t l i ke ly o u t c o m e a s m a l l e r

s c a l e e v e n t o r g a n i s e d by I C U ' s

E v e n t s & M a r k e t i n g M a n a g e r .

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Bat t le l ines a r e b e i n g d r a w n

between the two biggest players in

the H i g h e r Educ t ion wor ld over the

fo rmat for the new Q u a l i t y Assur-

a n c e system, due to be in t roduced

na t i onw ide later this year.

In the m i d d l e sits the Q u a l i t y

A s s u r a n c e A g e n c y ( Q A A ) , the body

respons ib le for assess ing a n d report-

ing o n the qual ity of t each ing in al l

HE universit ies a n d co l l eges , wh ich

is in the process of d r aw ing up p lans

to re-invent itself. To on e s ide sits the

C o m m i t t e e of V i c e C h a n c e l l o r s a n d

Pr inciples ( C V C P ) , the owners of the

Q A A , w h o a re d e m a n d i n g that al l

judgements o n t each ing qual i ty are

m a d e verbally. O n the other s ide ,

the H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n F u n d i n g

C o u n c i l (HEFCE) insists that n u m e r i -

ca l scores shou ld be h a n d e d out to

a l l ow easy c o m p r o m i s e s to be m a d e

In Brief SABBATICAL CURSE LIFTED

Ear l y in the s u m m e r it l o o k e d a s if

t h e s o - c a l l e d ' I C U S a b b a t i c a l

C u r s e ' (wh i ch h a s s e e n e l e c t e d

s a b b a t i c a l s f o r c e d to r e s i gn d u e

to f a i l i n g e x a m s in e a c h of the

last t h r ee years ) w a s g o i n g to hit

a g a i n , a s M e d S c h o o l P r e s i den t

B e c k y E n g l a n d f a i l e d he r 2 n d M B

p a p e r s . Th is n o r m a l l y l e a d s to

b e i n g d e e m e d to be in i n su f f i c i en t

a c a d e m i c s t a n d a r d - w h i c h

m e a n s y o u c a n n o t p u r s u e the

s a b b a t i c a l . H o w e v e r , she w a s f o r -

t u n a t e l y a l l o w e d t o res i t the r e l e-

v a n t e x a m s a n d , h a v i n g p a s s e d

th is t i m e a r o u n d , t o o k up he r pos t

in m i d S e p t e m b e r .

S H O W ME THE M O N E Y

M o r e m o n e y s e e m s to b e h e a d i n g

t o w a r d s I m p e r i a l c o u r t e s y o f the

g o v e r n m e n t s new S c i e n c e Ente r-

p r i s e C h a l l e n g e . I m p e r i a l h a s

b e e n s e l e c t e d a s o n e o f e i g h t

N a t i o n a l C e n t r e s o f E x c e l l e n c e

a n d h a s b e e n a w a r d e d £ 2 m i l l i o n

to h e l p " p r o m o t e the i m p o r t a n c e

of e n t e r p r i s e in s c i e n c e a n d t e c h -

n o l o g y " . E x p e r t s w i l l h e l p t o

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

t h e i r i d e a s f r o m c o n c e p t i o n to the

m a r k e t p l a c e a n d a t t e m p t to fos-

between different institutions. They

are be l ieved t be b a c k e d by sen io r

f igures in the g o v e r n m e n t w h o a re

keen to see s t a n d a r d i s e d , m e d i a

fr iendly, University League Tables

const ructed by the Q A A .

Forced into a c o m p r o m i s e , the

Q A A ' s latest p l an is to split assess-

ment up into three distinct a r eas

( teaching & l ea rn ing , student p r o -

gress ion a n d l ea rn i ng resources )

e a c h of wh i ch w o u l d be b a s e d

a r o u n d a four point sca le whe re

e a c h level is desc r i bed in words

rather than numbers . Unsurpr is ing ly ,

the C V C P a re less than impressed

with this c o m p r o m i s e , desc r ib ing it

as " n u m e r i c a l ma rk i n g by the b a c k

d o o r " . The fact that the Q A A p lan to

mark other a reas , such as cu r r i cu-

lum des ign a n d content us ing a s i m -

ple pass o r fai l system has hardly

he lped to br idge the g a p .

The s e c o n d ba t t l eg round is the

ter a m o r e e n t r e p r e n e u r i a l a t t i -

t u d e to e n g i n e e r i n g .

BYELECT ION L O O M S

A s e l e c t i o n of B ig n a m e s a r e

g a t h e r i n g to f igh t it o u t f o r the

c o n s e r v a t i v e n o m i n a t i o n f o r the

K e n s i n g t o n a n d C h e l s e a bye l e c-

t i o n . The b y e l e c t i o n c o m e s a b o u t

as a resul t o f the d e a t h o f A l a n

C l a r k d u r i n g the s u m m e r , a n d

must t ake p l a c e b e f o r e C h r i s t -

m a s . A t p r e s e n t f o r m e r D e f e n c e

Sec r e t a r y M i c h a e l Po r t i l l o is the

h o t f a v o u r i t e t o b e o f f e r e d the

n o m i n a t i o n f o r the s e c o n d sa fes t

C o n s e r v a t i v e sea t in the coun t r y .

ANOTHER O N E GETS AWAY

S o u t h a m p t o n U n i v e r s i t y h a s

b e c o m e the latest m a j o r H i g h e r

E d u c a t i o n ins t i tu t ion to qu i t t he

N a t i o n a l U n i o n of S t u d e n t s . T h e y

jo in U M I S T a n d I m p e r i a l as the

o n l y m a j o r i ns t i tu t ions in B r i t a i n

not to be a f f i l i a t e d to the N U S -

a l t h o u g h the vas t m a j o r i t y o f

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

O x b r i d g e C o l l e g e s h a v e a l s o

c h o s e n not to jo in the n a t i o n a l

s t u d e n t b o d y . H o w e v e r , a s

S o u t h a m p t o n s tuden ts u n i o n left

t h r o u g h a d e b a t e a n d vo te at a

so-ca l l ed " l ight t o u c h " a p p r o a c h ,

whe reby c o l l e g e s a n d universities

with a g o o d track record in Q A A

aud i t s w o u l d u n d e r g o s impl ist ic

" s c r e e n i n g " to see if any further

a c t i on were necessary. The C V C P

fea r that b ig n a m e universit ies w o u l d

a u t o m a t i c a l l y ge t a n easy r i de ,

despi te the fact that s o m e d o not

have n ou t s t and ing assessment h is-

tory - O x f o r d a n d C a m b r i d g e , for

e x a m p l e , have s imply refused to let

the Q A A aud i t t hem in the past,

whilst s o m e universit ies with very

g o o d t e a c h i n g r e co rds have per-

f o r m e d poor l y in the assessment due

to their a d m i n systems.

W i t h the new system supposed l y

set to c o m e o n line next yea r (new

de pa r t m e n t a l b e n c h m a r k gu ide l ines

are d u e fo r re lease in M a r c h ) a year

of petty s q u a b b l i n g , p o w e r b rok ing

a n d pa infu l nego t i a t i on seems cer-

ta in .

u n i o n m e e t i n g , t he N U S h a v e

d e n o u n c e d th is a s u n d e m o c r a t i c

a n d h a v e f o r c e d S o u t h a m p t o n to

h a v e a r e f e r e n d u m in N o v e m b e r

t o d e c i d e w h e t h e r o r n o t to to

c o n f i r m d i s a f f i l i a t i o n .

STUDENTS STAY AT H O M E

T h e n u m b e r o f n e w s t u d e n t s

c h o o s i n g t o l i ve a t h o m e h a s

r i sen d r a m a t i c a l l y , f r o m 2 0 . 8 %

l as t y e a r t o 2 2 . 6 % th i s y e a r

a c c o r d i n g t o U C A S . B i za r re l y , the

f i g u r e r ises to a r o u n d 3 6 % in

S c o t l a n d b u t f a l l s t o 1 7 % in

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e e For as l o n g as a n y o n e c a n r e m e m -

ber, Imper ia l C o l l e g e has b e e n try-

ing to const ruct a new Sports C e n -

tre. S ince the fa r ce wh i ch l ed to the

present bu i l d i n g ' s current f o rm (lack

of p l a n n i n g pe rm iss ion for Ha l l s to

be built o n t o p on ly b e c a m e a p p a r -

ent after work o n the Sports C e n t r e

h a d begun ) it has b e e n o b v i o u s that

a larger, i m p r o v e d faci l i ty w o u l d be

necessary to fully a c c o m m o d a t e the

needs of the C o l l e g e commun i t y .

For starters, runn ing a series of

sma l l e r i n d o o r fac i l i t ies - the s w i m -

m i n g p o o l , S o u t h s i d e G y m , the

We ights r o o m , the U n i o n G y m etc

is fa r less eff icient t han cent ra l i s ing

into o n e new venue (a s i tuat ion

a n a l o g o u s to the spor ts g r o u n d

issue). C o n s e q u e n t l y , m a j o r cos t

sav ings a n d serv ice i m p r o v e m e n t s

c o u l d b e m a d e by b u i l d i n g a new

unitary sports centre .

S e c o n d l y , t he r e s i m p l y isn ' t

e n o u g h s p a c e at present . A l t h o u g h

most c lubs a n d soc ie t ies c a n just

a b o u t squeeze into the exist ing slots,

there ' s very little potent ia l for a

" Spor t for A l l " e thos in wh i ch any

r a n d o m g r o u p of students have a

decen t c h a n c e of f ind ing the f ac i l i -

t ies t hey ' r e after. M o r e o v e r , the

necessity for s o m e c lubs to travel a

c o n s i d e r a b l e d i s tance just to f ind a

su i tab le faci l i ty is hard ly g o i n g to d o

w o n d e r s fo r pa r t i c ipa t ion levels.

O K , that 's why it needs to be

built - the next ques t ion is where . . .

S i nce the m i d e ight ies , a c o n -

stant s t ream of p r o p o s a l s , des igns

a n d p l a n n i n g a p p l i c a t i o n s have

f l oa ted a r o u n d the C o l l e g e a n d the

l o c a l commun i t y , with a variety of

sites, styles, costs a n d faci l i t ies o n

offer at o n e t ime o r ano the r - until

f inal ly it seems that we have s o m e -

th ing o n the tab le wh i ch has the

po ten t i a l to m o v e into p rac t i c e .

Indeed , o n e of the C o l l e g e ' s mos t

power fu l a rgumen t s is that they have

- qui te genera l l y - tried to fit the

C e n t r e into every other o p e n (or not

so open ) s p a c e o n c a m p u s . This is,

qu i te literally, the last op t i on a v a i l -

ab le . . .

The last m a j o r p l a n n i n g at tempt

c a m e b a c k in 1 9 9 6 . H a v i n g h a d

p roposa l s for a c o m b i n e d sports

centre a n d hal ls d e v e l o p m e n t o n

t o p of the tennis cour ts next t o Lin-

stead turned d o w n , C o l l e g e rea l i sed

that the l o ca l residents h a d h a d

e n o u g h of IC 's t r ade m ar k conc re t e

b l o ck bu i l d i ng motif , a n d w o u l d thus

only g ive pe rmiss ion to s o m e t h i n g

" in c h a r a c t e r " . Consequen t l y , the

des igners took a large lateral step

a n d p r o p o s e d s ink ing the ent i re

centre - c o m p l e t e with a mass ive

nine court ha l l - unde r Princes G a r -

dens , poss ib ly l ink ing toge ther the

exist ing s w i m m i n g p o o l with the t en-

nis courts (and beyond ) . Indeed it

was be l i eved that the "Secre t G a r -

d e n " (Princes G a t e G a r d e n s , beh i n d

W e e k s Hal l ) w a s initial ly b o u g h t to

further this project . A l t h o u g h such a

s cheme might n o w s e e m very far

etched, i t ' s worth r e m e m b e r i n g that

it was d r a w n up d u r i n g the in fancy

of lottery f u n d i n g , w h e n h u g e pi les

of m o n e y were th rown at suspect

projects . C o n s e q u e n t l y , it was to

poss ib l e to f und such a mass ive

project .

This p l a n went to commi t t ee late

in A u t u m n 1 9 9 6 a n d , f a c e d with

a r o u n d 2 7 0 ob jec t i ons f r om loca l

res idents - w h o c i ted u n a c c e p t a b l e

d i s rup t ion d u r i n g cons t ruc t ion a n d

inc reased traffic w h e n the C e n t r e re-

o p e n e d - it was flatly re jec ted. . .

A n d three years a n d a few o the r

(less fully deve l oped ) p l ans d o w n

the l ine, here we a r e , awa i t i ng the

o u t c o m e of the latest r o u n d of p l a n -

n i n g d i s cuss i ons .

So wha t ' s the d o w n s i d e ? W e l l ,

b u i l d i n g a new H a l l c o u l d m e a n the

loss of S o u t h s i d e G y m (the

t imesca le w o u l d fit in nice ly with the

S o u t h s i d e r e d e v e l o p m e n t a n d

f i n a n c i n g c o u l d , concep tua l l y , be

f u n d e d by the sa le of o n e of IC 's

three sports g r o u n d s - a l t h o u g h the

sen io r staff i nvo l ved a l l deny a direct

l ink. Anyway , that 's a d i scuss ion for

a n o t h e r day.. .

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F ANATOMY Where Are We?

O n c e a g a i n Felix has m o v e d h o u s e , this t ime into a pa i r of s a l u b r i o u s

p o r t a c a b i n s s i tuated in the c a m p u s ' Latin Q u a r t e r (otherwise k n o w n as

just off the r o a d be tween Sher f ie ld a n d Pr ince C o n s o r t R o a d , nest led

be tween Physics a n d the l iqu id N i t r o g e n tank) . W e ' l l be l iv ing here fo r

the next twelve m o n t h s , until the shiny new U n i o n M e d i a C e n t r e is f i n-

i shed in the ba s e m e n t s of Beit. Unt i l t h en , you c a n expec t to f ind the e d i -

tor (that' l l be me) a n d a eve r-chang ing co l l e c t i o n of assor ted s u b - e d i -

tors , wr i ters , g e n e r a l h a n g e r s - o n a n d squaters g a t h e r e d a r o u n d the

p lays ta t ion a n d / o r c o m p u t e r s ( depend in g o n the day of the week) at a l l

hours of the day a n d night. D r o p by if you ' r e interested in wr i t ing a n d

I'll o f fe r you a co f f ee , a seat o n the so fa a n d s o m e very suspec t a d v i c e

a b o u t wha t you might l ike to d o .

Independence

U n l i k e s o m e student n e w s p a p e r s , Felix benef i ts f r om g u a r a n t e e d i n d e -

p e n d e n c e f r o m both C o l l e g e a n d the U n i o n (despite the fact that a l a rge

par t of o u r i n c o m e c o m e s stra ight f r o m ICU ) . C o n s e q u e n t l y , this a l l ow s

reporters a n d co lumn i s t s to g ive hones t , u n b i a s e d v iews a n d e x p l a n a -

t ions of a l l the b ig issues - we p r o m o t e the U n i o n whe reve r p o s s i b l e , but

the interests of the students a lways have to c o m e first. S imi lar ly , the e d i -

tor isn't direct ly r e spons ib l e to the U n i o n Pres ident (or i n d e e d any of the

sabba t i ca l s ) so Felix has the abi l i ty to s tand a l o n e as a n i n d e p e n d e n t

entity.

The Editor

Lucki ly for m e (and hope fu l l y for the qua l i t y of the f in i shed p roduc t ) , Felix

is run by a full t ime s a b b a t i c a l editor. F rom n o w until the end of next July

I'm b e i n g p a i d by the U n i o n - in other w o r d s you - just to run Felix. S o ,

if y o u don ' t th ink that I'm m a k i n g a par t i cu lar l y g o o d job of it, o r if you

d i s a g r e e with s o m e t h i n g that I've pr inted p l ease get in t o u c h - I n e e d

f e e d b a c k to d o this j ob p rope r l y . I c a n be r e a c h e d at

e d i t o r . f e l i x @ i c . a c . u k , o n ( 0 2 0 7 59 ) 4 8 0 7 2 o r a l ternat ive ly I'm usua l l y

in the p o r t a c a b i n s f r om 9 - 6 M o n d a y to Friday. If you ' r e u n h a p p y with

my reply then the next s tage is to c o m p l a i n to the M e d i a G r o u p C h a i r ,

C h r i s J a c k s o n ( c a j 7 @ i c . a c . u k ) w h o s h o u l d be a b l e to f ind a s o l u t i o n .

WHAT IS FELIX

Yes , o f c o u r s e Fe l ix is the n e w s p a -

p e r f o r s t u den t s at I m p e r i a l , bu t

m o r e i m p o r t a n t l y i t 's t he n e w s p a -

p e r wr i t t en by the s t u d e n t s of

I m p e r i a l t o o . It c a n o n l y f u n c t i o n

w i th a b r o a d b a s e o f w r i t e r s ,

d e s i g n e r s , p h o t o g r a p h e r s ,

r e v i e w e r s , s u b - e d i t o r s a n d

repo r t e r s d r a w n f r o m a c r o s s the

C o l l e g e w h o p o o l t h e i r c o l l e c t i v e

t a l en t s a n d k n o w l e d g e t o p r o d u c e

a p u b l i c a t i o n t o be p r o u d of.

NEWS

T h i n k a b o u t it, if s o m e t h i n g ' s n o t

r e p o r t e d ' i n Fe l ix , w h e r e e l s e a r e

s tuden t s g o i n g to f i n d o u t w h a t ' s

g o i n g o n o n c a m p u s ? C o n s e -

quen t l y , it r e q u i r e s the fu l l a t t e n -

t i on of a c r a c k t e a m of r e p o r t e r s

a n d p h o t o g r a p h e r s to k e e p y o u

up t o d a t e w i th w h a t ' s g o i n g o n in

the U n i o n , in the h i g h e r e c h e l o n s

of C o l l e g e , a n d in the l o c a l a r e a .

W i l l i n g v o l u n t e e r s t o g o u n d e r -

c o v e r a n d i n f i l t r a t e t h e i n n e r

w o r k i n g s of S h e r f i e l d a r e d e s p e r -

ate ly s o u g h t .

SPORT

Th is y e a r ' s spo r t s s e c t i o n s h o u l d

be b i g g e r a n d bet te r t h a n ever .

W e ' r e l o o k i n g f o r a d e d i c a t e d

t e a m o f s p o r t s r e p o r t e r s a n d

p h o t g r a p h e r s t o e n j o y the e x p e n s -

es p a i d h igh- l i f e o f H a r l i n g t o n ,

C o b h a m a n d T e d d i n g t o n , c o v e r -

ing a s m a n y o f I C ' s m a j o r ( an d

mino r ) f ix tures o v e r the c o m i n g

s e a s o n as is h u m a n l y p o s s i b l e .

I n te res ted? C o m e to the o f f i c e

a n d a s k for G u s .

REVIEWS

E n c o m p a s s i n g e v e r y s t y l e o f

m u s i c , f i l m , t h e a t r e , b o o k s , v i d e o ,

g a m e s (on a l l f o r m a t s ) , a r t , m u s e -

u m s , g i g s a n d c l u b b i n g , t h e r e

m u s t be s o m e t h i n g f o r y o u . Wr i t e

a rev i ew , ge t s o m e f ree stuff - it 's

a s i m p l e e q u a t i o n . In p a r t i c u l a r ,

g a m e s r e v i e w e r s a r e cu r r en t l y in

p a r t i c u l a r l y s h o r t s u p p l y , s o d r o p

by o r e m a i l f e l i x @ i c . a c . u k if

y o u ' r e i n t e r e s t e d .

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FEATURES

A n e s o t e r i c c o n c e p t at bes t , f e a -

t u r e s e n c o m p a s s e s just a b o u t

a n y t h i n g y o u c a r e to n a m e . B e e n

o n a n a m a z i n g h o l i d a y tha t y o u

w a n t to tel l the w o r l d a b o u t ?

T h e n w hy no t wr i te a b o u t it. G o t a

b u r n i n g i s sue y o u w a n t to ge t off

y o u r ches t a n d t u r n i n to a C o l l e g e

w i d e d e b a t e ? T h e n I k n o w a g o o d

p l a c e to start . S e r i o u s l y , if t h e r e ' s

s o m e t h i n g y o u w a n t t o wr i t e

a b o u t t h e n just d r o p by a n d h a v e

a c h a t - ' n o ' isn ' t in the s t u d e n t

e d i t o r ' s v o c a b u l a r y .

S C I E N C E

D e s p i t e the f a c t tha t this is o n e of

te w o r l d ' s l e a d i n g S c i e n c e , T e c h -

n o l o g y a n d M e d i c i n e Ins t i tu t ions ,

r e c r u i t i n g a t e a m of s c i e n c e wr i t-

ers a l w a y s s e e m s t o b e s u r p r i s i n g -

ly p r o b l e m a t i c . N o n e t h e l e s s ,

e x p e c t to see r e g u l a r u p d a t e s o n

every m a j o r m o v e m e n t s , p a r t i c u -

lar l y t h o s e c e n t r e d a r o u n d Impe r-

i a l , i n t e r s p e r s e d w i th the o d d

p a n i c k e d re-wri te o f last w e e k ' s

N e w Sc i en t i s t c o v e r story. C o n -

t r i b u t o r s a r e ve r y m u c h in

d e m a n d .

C O L U M N S

D u e t o a s u d d e n ( and very u n e x -

pec t ed ) spu r t o f g r a d u a t i o n a n d

P h D c o m p l e t i o n o n the pa r t of

last y e a r ' s c o l u m n i s t s n o w ' s the

t i m e f o r t h e m o r e c o m m i t t e d

a n d / o r o p i n i o n a t e d o f y o u to

o f f e r y o u r s e r v i c e s . W a n t to s p o u t

off eve ry w e e k a b o u t l i f e , l iberty,

l o v e e tc e t c ? O r h a v e y o u r o w n

s p a c e t o u n c o v e r G o d k n o w s

w h a t h i d d e n se c r e t s o f the r ich

a n d f a m o u s ? T h e n s i m p l y e m a i l

f e l i x @ i c . a c . u k

CLUBS & SOCIETIES

A n y c l u b o r s o c i e t y c a n s u b m i t a n

a r t i c l e d e t a i l i n g r e c e n t act iv i ty ,

p l a n n e d t r ips o r s p e a k e r e ven t s .

Just r e m e m b e r to g i v e at l eas t

s e v e n d a y s n o t i c e if y o u rea l l y

w a n t y o u r p i e c e to g o in a s p e -

c i f i c i s s u e .

1 e

yJohn Simpson, Director of IC's Careers Service, explains why it pays to think ahead when it comes to finding a career.

We l c o m e to I m p e r i a l C o l -

l e g e . The next th ree o r

f o u r y e a r s s h o u l d b e

a m o n g s t the m o s t i n t e res t ing a n d

e n j o y a b l e in y o u r l i f e , p r o v i d e d

y o u m a k e the m o s t o f the o p p o r -

tuni t ies a v a i l a b l e at C o l l e g e . W h a t

f o l l o w s s h o u l d g i v e y o u s o m e

ideas f o r y o u r o w n s e l f - d e v e l o p -

men t .

You c a n p r o b a b l y r e c a l l o n e of

the s i g n i f i c a n t s teps in y o u r life

w h e n y o u e n t e r e d the sixth f o r m o r

went to Sixth F o r m C o l l e g e . C o m -

ing to C o l l e g e is a n e v e n m o r e

s i g n i f i c a n t s t ep . Y o u h a v e m o r e

f r e e d o m , m o r e i n d e p e n d e n c e a n d

m o r e o p p o r t u n i t i e s to d o y o u r o w n

th ing a n d to s u c c e e d o r f a i l . If y o u

d o not m a k e s o m e m i s t a k e s y o u

wi l l n o t h a v e l e a r n t a n y t h i n g ,

l e a r n i n g f r o m o n e ' s o w n m i s t a k e s

is a n i m p o r t a n t par t o f e x p e r i e n c e ,

but d o n ' t was t e t im e r e i n v e n t i n g

eve ry th ing - b u i l d o n the e x p e r i -

e n c e of o the r s - t a k e a d v i c e (it's

usua l l y free) - i g n o r e s o m e o f it,

test it o u t , a c c e p t o r re ject it.

You h a v e a l r e a d y d e m o n s t r a t -

e d s o m e p l a n n i n g ab i l i t y by p a s s -

ing A leve ls - o r the i r e q u i v a l e n t -

suf f i c ient ly we l l t o b e a t C o l l e g e .

H o w a r e y o u g o i n g to p l a n the

next t h r ee , f o u r o r six y e a r s ? A n d

I'm not just t a l k i n g a b o u t y o u r

a c a d e m i c s t u d i e s , I 'm t a l k i n g

a b o u t the start o f the rest o f y o u r

l i fe .

W h a t d o y o u w a n t t o a c h i e v e

this t e r m ? M a k i n g f r i ends is u s u a l -

ly h i g h o n m o s t p e o p l e ' s l ist .

H o w ? J o i n c l u b s a n d s o c i e t i e s ,

a t t end m e e t i n g s , t a k e u p a n e w

spor t , d e v e l o p a n e w interest -

a n y of these a r e l ike ly to b r i n g y o u

in to c o n t a c t w i th l i k e - m i n d e d s t u -

den t s . A n d the r e ' s a l w a y s the b a r

to p r o p up w h i l e s p e a k i n g i n s p i r a -

t i o n .

By the e n d of the s u m m e r t e rm

in y o u r first y e a r y o u a r e f e e l i n g

the f i n a n c i a l p r e s su re s - in o t h e r

w o r d s , y o u ' r e b r o k e ! S o h o w

a b o u t e a r n i n g s o m e g o o d m o n e y

in the l o n g v a c a t i o n . If y o u l e a v e

j o b h u n t i n g un t i l t h e v a c a t i o n

starts y o u m a y b e t o o la te . A l l the

in te res t ing a n d lu c r a t i v e j obs h a v e

b e e n f i l l ed a l r e a d y a n d y o u ' l l b e

lucky if the l o c a l c o u n c i l wan ts

s o m e g r a s s cu t t i ng o r the l o c a l

g a r d e n cen t r e n e e d s a dirty p a i r o f

h a n d s . It's we l l w o r t h w h i l e d o i n g

s o m e p r e l i m i n a r y j o b h u n t i n g

b e t w e e n C h r i s t m a s a n d Easter .

C a l l in at the IC C a r e e r s Se r v i ce

( r o o m 3 1 0 Sher f i e ld ) w h e r e you

wi l l f i n d i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t V a c a -

t i on T r a i n i n g , wr i te to e m p l o y e r s

wi th y o u r C V , c a l l in to s o m e s h o p s

a n d ho te l s a n d see w h o ' s a d v e r t i s -

ing in the l o c a l p ress .

V a c a t i o n j obs c a n b e m o s t

i n f o r m a t i v e . Idea l ly they g i v e you

the c h a n c e to try o u t s o m e type of

w o k o r fu ture e m p l o y e r in w h i c h

y o u a r e i n t e r e s t ed . They g i v e you

e x p e r i e n c e in j ob h u n t i n g , letter

w r i t i ng a n d in te r v i ews , as we l l as a

rea l i ns igh t in to w h a t it 's l ike to

w o r k f o r a p a r t i c u l a r t ype o f

e m p l o y e r . S o m e e ven pay y o u

qu i t e w e l l . J o b s a b r o a d a r e p o p u -

l a r a n d e a r l y a p p l i c a t i o n s a r e

e s s e n t i a l . Start by v is i t ing the IC

C a r e e r s S e r v i c e , w h i c h h a s a

g o o d r a n g e of r e f e r ence b o o k s

a n d a d d r e s s e s .

A t the start o f the s e c o n d yea r

y o u r a i s e y o u r s ights h igher . N o w

is the t i m e t o test y o u r ski l ls in

o r g a n i s i n g s o m e t h i n g - a s o c i a l

e v e n i n g f o r y o u r d e p a r t m e n t ,

l o o k i n g a f te r the f i n a n c e s of a

s o c i e t y o r the f ix tures o f y o u r

t e a m . T h a t s o u n d s f a r t o o m u c h

l ike h a r d w o r k I h e a r y o u say. Yes,

it d o e s t ake s o m e ef for t o n y o u r

par t but , g e n e r a l l y s p e a k i n g , the

m o r e ef for t you put into s o m e t h i n g

the m o r e e n j o y m e n t y o u wi l l ge t

o u t o f it.

C o m m i t t e e w o r k is a n e x c e l -

lent p r e p a r a t i o n f o r life a f ter C o l -

l e g e . Y o u l ea rn to set a g e n d a s ,

run m e e t i n g s , a g r e e a c t i o n s , p e r -

s u a d e o t h e r s tudents to d o t h i n g s ,

w o r k w i th in b u d g e t s a n d e n d u p

wi th a s u c c e s s f u l even t - a party,

a v is i t , a p l a y o r a n e w s p a p e r -

just th ink o w e m u c h effort went

i n to p r o d u c i n g this e d i t i o n of Fel ix.

Y o u s h o u l d start t h i n k i n g s e r i -

o u s l y a b o u t y o u r fu tu re c a r e e r

b e f o r e the e n d of the s e c o n d year.

En if y o u haven ' t a c l u e w h a t you

w a n t to d o , tha t ' s n o e x c u s e f o r

d e l a y i n g f i n d i n g ou t a b o u t the

p o s s i b i l i t i e s . You a r e s u r r o u n d e d

w i th s o u r c e s o f i n f o r m a t i o n -

f r i e n d s , f a m i l y , t u t o r s , c a r e e r s

a d v i s o r s , l i b r a r i e s a n d the internet .

Start l o o k i n g . It m a y be a l o n g

p r o c e s s , but so is l i fe , so it rea l l y is

w o r t h s p e n d i n g m o r e t im e t h i n k -

ing a b o u t y o u r c a r e e r t h a n p l a n -

n i n g y o u r next h o l i d a y o r w e e k e n d

away .

The IC C a r e e r s Se rv i ce is a

g o o d s ta r t ing p l a c e . Pop in a n d

s p e a k to the i n f o r m a t i o n staff.

F ind out a b o u t ' P r o s p e c t (HE) ' ,

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

a n c e sys tem - a n d a l l the i n f o r m a -

t i on b o o k l e t s a n d r e f e r ence f i l es .

H a v e a l o o k at s o m e of the

v i d e o s , a t t end s o m e s e m i n a r s o n

c a r e e r s , get you r se l f so r t ed out .

The M i l k r o u n d is in the s p r i n g

te rm of y o u r f i n a l year . Th i s is

w h e n e m p l o y e r s v is i t c a m p u s e s to

in te rv i ew a p p l i c a n t s o r inv i te y o u

to the i r L o n d o n O f f i c e s . C h r i s t m a s

v a c a t i o n c o u r s e s a r e a p o p u l a r

w a y of f i n d i n g o u t a b o u t c a r e e r s

s u c h as m a r k e t i n g but on l y a f ew

m a j o r rec ru i te rs run t h e m a n d they

a r e n o r m a l l y m a n y t i m e s o v e r s u b -

s c r i b e d .

S t o p ! I'm o n l y a f r e she r - why

a r e y o u t e l l i n g m e th is ? I'm te l l i ng

you b e c a u s e you n e e d to start

p l a n n i n g y o u r l ife n o w , d o n ' t just

drift t h r o u g h C o l l e g e a n d e m e r g e

with a d e g r e e a n d n o t h i n g e l s e .

O f c o u r s e a d e g r e e is i m p o r t a n t

a n d s h o u l d b e y o u r first pr ior i ty ,

but it mus tn ' t be y o u r on l y pr ior i ty .

In the m e a n t i m e , en joy y o u r -

self.

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21 February - 2 March 2000

A journey through

Thailand in aid of NCH Action For Children

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Contact Kevin Terry on:

0171-704 7019 r

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action for chi ldren

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Sabbatical Manifestos At the request of the new Union President, Felix reprints this year's sabbatical manifestoes as a

reminder of what your representatives have promised to do in return for their £14 000 a year. How­

ever, political manifestoes are rarely written in plain English, so to make them easier to understand

we've passed the text through Felix's state of the art Acme Read-Between-The-Lines-O-Meter™.

ICU President Natasha Newton

3 0 0 words to say " m o r e of the g o o d , less of the

b a d " , still, if peop l e are wi l l ing to read this, here 's

what I think ou r Un ion ' s priorities shou ld be. ������������ I know thai getting elected has

nothing to do with manifesto promises...

1. Students

Every report the U n i o n makes within itself a n d

to the rest of the student body shou ld start with what

is be ing d o n e for us students, h o w we will benefit. ������������ I'll show you all how great I am.

2. Students

The objectives for al l meet ings shou ld be ,

. students

2. students

3. students

4 . money, co l l ege ' s o p i n i o n . . . . (give o r take

legality and other m ino r matters). ������������ Pot the students first. And second.

And third. But we need to make some money. And

we have to do what College tell us.

S imple examp le , U n i o n peop le shou ld cont in-

ue he lp ing correct budgets . After all which students

are he lped if a c lub doesn ' t get its money. ������������ But losing £36,000 on two s u m-

m e r ba l l is definitely in your interests...

3. Students

The facilities and activities of the U n i o n are

ava i lab le to al l of us a n d that needs to be c o m m u -

nicated. ������������ Please don't take away my sports

ground. . .

N a h , s**t, I a p p e a r to have ment ioned c o m -

mun ica t ion , here we g o , the s tandard unreal p r o m -

ises yet, year after year it barely gets better. But for

what it's worth, here are my pract ical ideas in a d d i -

t ion to the obv ious ema i l , Felix a n d the U n i o n struc-

ture.

[translafionj ERROR READING DATA ERROR

ENGLISH N O T RECOGNISED INPUT ERROR

Keep it s imple ! L ike . . . .

The hardware : As a c c o m m o d a t i o n officer, I a m ,

at the moment , a r rang ing m o d e m s a n d PCs for W i l -

son House and seeing co l lege about internal IC

lines. The same cou ld h a p p e n in other outlying halls. ������������ But none of my friends live in Eve-

lyn Gardens, so they can walk into College.

The info: Every week a list of the meet ings tak-

ing p lace a n d s o m e contac t detai ls needs posting

o n al l U n i o n notice boa rds , in Felix a n d Stoic text.

Then if there's someth ing that may affect y o u , you

have a c h a n c e to talk to the peop l e involved a n d

find out the o u t c o m e . ������������ You won't want to get involved so

I'll tell you what to do.

So thanks for read ing a n d (this is the cheesy

bit...sorry) remember , a vote f o r T a s h a Newton is a

vote for students c o m i n g first. C o n t a c t 0 9 5 8 7 0 7

4 1 5

[translation! Help...too...many...jokes.

Deputy President (Clubs & Societies) - Tim Trailor

N e x t y e a r w i l l b e o n e of the m o s t c h a l l e n g i n g

yea r s f a c e d by the ( C & S ) . ������������ As I will have to clear up the

mess last years DP(C&S) left, ad the one

before, and the one before that etc. etc.

A l l c l u b s a n d s o c i e t i e s a r e f a c i n g a n

u p h e a v a l o f o n e k i n d o r a n o t h e r . ������������ Be it moving into portacabins

or being forced to shut down as a result of not

following Health & Safety regulations.

M a n y o f the s o c i e t i e s b a s e d in S o u t h K e n s -

i n g t o n w i l l b e a c q u i r i n g n e w f a c i l i t i e s c o u r t e s y

of the U n i o n s e x p a n s i o n in to w h a t w a s unt i l

r e cen t l y the B i o l o g y d e p a r t m e n t , ������������ And the acquisition of a cou-

ple of s p o r t s fields courtesy of the

College...best not to mention them though.

But p r o b a b l y the b i g g e s t c l o u d st i l l h a n g -

ing o v e r the h e a d o f next y e a r s (C&S ) w i l l

b e the I C S M m e r g e r i s s u e . ������������ Bloody medics.

W h a t wi th the I C S M R F C h a v i n g s h o w n

t h e m s e l v e s to be a f o r c e to be r e c k o n e d w i th

it is n o w as i m p e r a t i v e as eve r that the u n i q u e

ident i t y o f I C S M a n d I C U t e a m s is p r e s e r v e d . ������������ Especially as the ICU Rugby

team kicked medical ass in the University of

London Gutteridge Cup competition.

A s a m e m b e r o f the I C U H o c k e y C l u b

Exec a n d as a r e - a p p (in a ha l l c o n t a i n i n g

m a n y m e d i c s )

[ t r a n s l a t i o n ] S o m e of my friends are

medics, honest...

I h a v e b e e n w e l l p l a c e d o v e r this p a s t y e a r

to o b s e r v e w h a t y o u w a n t f r o m y o u r c l u b s a n d

s o c i e t i e s . I b e l i e v e tha t it is e s s e n t i a l tha t next

yea r s (C&S ) is s o m e o n e w i th a g r e a t d e a l

o f k n o w l e d g e c o n c e r n i n g the m e r g e r a n d the

p o s i t i o n that m o s t s p o r t i n g c l u b s at I m p e r i a l

w i l l f a c e o v e r the next 1 8 m o n t h s . A n y b o d y

t a k i n g o v e r a s (C&S ) w h o d o e s n ' t h a v e a

f i rm b a c k g r o u n d w i t h i n a s p o r t i n g c l u b w o u l d

no t h a v e the ab i l i t y t o r e p r e s e n t y o u a n d y o u r

U n i o n a p p r o p r i a t e l y to o r g a n i s a t i o n s s u c h as

B U S A a n d U L U .

[translation] Hockey, hockey, ra ra ra. Who

cares about those other clubs anyway?

I b e l i e v e tha t I h a v e g o t the n e c e s s a r y

g r o u n d i n g w i t h i n the s p o r t i n g f ra te rn i t y to r ep-

resent t h e m w e l l a l o n g w i th the d e s i r e to l isten

to a n d s u p p o r t the o t h e r c l u b s a n d s o c i e t i e s . It

is t hese q u a l i t i e s a l o n g w i th a p a s s i o n a t e

d e s i r e to d o this j o b , a n d d o it w e l l , that w o u l d

m a k e m e a n e x c e l l e n t c a n d i d a t e f o r the j ob -

so vo te f o r m e f o r ( C & S ) !

[translation] I believe I have acquired the

necessary skills during my hockey career to

communicate with the other sports sabbaticals

in London during our drunken meetings, and

to pull whatever random teenagers I ULU

sports sabbaticals make themselves available

to me... Anyone seen any seventeen year old

girls?

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Deputy President (Finance & Services) - Ian Clifford

You m a y ask why you shou ld vote for Ian C l i f f o rd .

[translation] You've never heard o f m e a n d /

have no real policies...

Firstly, I have exper ience of the U n i o n f i nance

system. As treasurer of the City & G u i l d s C o l l e g e

U n i o n I work with c lubs & societ ies , assist ing them

with budgets , c l a ims a n d unrave l l ing red tape . I

have f a ced the d r e a d e d U n i o n budge t i ng rounds

a n d w o n .

[translation] The crowning glory of my two

terms as C&G treasurer was the successful pur-

chase of silly hats for our bar nights.

I have p repa red the f inances of the C & G U as

a who le . I know h o w the U n i o n runs f rom a c lub

f inance side as well as the services s ide.

[translation] The job title's got the word servic-

es in, so I'd better mention them somewhere.

Secondly , I have been a student at Imperial for

five years and a m e m b e r of several c lubs inc lud ing

the M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b , P iml i co C o n n e c t i o n a n d

the C a t h o l i c Soc ie ty

[translation] If you have any spa re ropes , text

b o o k s or crucifixes, please donate them to Ian Clif-

ford c/o the Union Office. W e have no money after

buying the hats and purchasing sabbatical T-shirts.

I work in the U n i o n Resource Cen t re , he lp ing

both students a n d un ion staff - I will be as

a p p r o a c h a b l e as a sabba t i ca l like I a m as a m e m -

ber of staff. Personal contact a n d interest is i m p o r -

tant in establ ishing a g o o d work ing re lat ionship.

Deputy President (Education & Welfare) - Kevin Butcher

Final ly I C U has c r e a t e d a s a b b a t i c a l r e s p o n s i b l e

for e d u c a t i o n a n d we l f a r e . I feel c o n f i d e n t in t ak-

ing o n a n u n d e f i n e d ro le a n d c rea t i ng a j ob

desc r ip t i on - e n c o m p a s s i n g a l l aspec t s of e d u -

ca t i on a n d we l f a re .

[translation] It was very kind of the Union to

provide me with a "job description" and then for

the president to take it away...

S ince c o m i n g to Imper ia l as a p o s t g r a d u a t e

s tudent I've b e e n i n v o l v e d in the u n i o n : c h a i r o f

Imper ia l Q u e e r s a n d S C C t reasure r this year.

Be fore Imper ia l I w a s i n v o l v e d with c l ubs of

O x f o r d a n d Aberys twyth a n d was a vo lun tee r for

O x f o r d N i g h t l i n e . This e x p e r i e n c e has g i v en m e

the necessary m o t i v a t i o n , l i s ten ing ski l ls , p e o p l e

sk i l l s , a p p r o a c h a b i l i t y a n d f a i r j u d g e m e n t

r equ i r ed fo r D P (E&W) .

[translation] Trust me, I'm fluffy enough for

this job.

I have three m a i n a i m s . Firstly ! in tend to

work o n the we l f a re c o m m i t t e e ' s j ob d e s c r i p t i o n .

This wi l l be in consu l t a t i on with a l l the re levant

U n i o n a n d C o l l e g e commi t t ees ( A c c o m m o d a -

t i on , we l f a re , A c a d e m i c Af fa i r s , S tudent D e v e l -

o p m e n t etc.) the current s abbs a n d va r ious c o l -

lege off icers ( inc lud ing the Pro-Rector for E d u c a -

t i ona l Qua l i t y ) .

[translation] Come on, you have to vote for

me - I know the n a m e s o f all the College staff

and everything.

S e c o n d l y I in tend to ask as m a n y of the E & W

s a b b s a c ross the count ry a b o u t their ro le , their

c o n c e r n s a n d h o p e s . The first two w o u l d be

c o m p l e t e d be fo re the new a c a d e m i c year.

[translation] I'll go on lots of e x p e n s e s p a d

" fac t finding" missions.

Third ly , start ing the new term with this b a s e ,

I wil l consu l t as m an y students as poss ib l e . D P

(E&W) wil l wo rk best if as m a n y p e o p l e as p o s s i -

b le a re m a d e a w a r e of the e d u c a t i o n a n d w e l -

fare brief a n d it the job is t a i l o r ed to the needs of

the students . I w o u l d unde r t ake a regu la r sec t ion

[translation] And we all know how friendly the

Union staff are

Next year I a im to:

• Increase c o m m u n i c a t i o n s & tra in ing with

treasurers

[translation] You might be able to read the

finance manual without falling asleep.

• O p e n up the un ion to m o r e students

[translation] Don't know where we're going to

put them though - we can't afford any more space.

• Reform fund ing , payments a n d s tandard ise

subsidies

[translation] Coincidently giving more money

to C&G, Mountaineering, Pimlico Connection,

Catholic Soc iety . . .

in Felix a n d the C C U p a p e r s .

[translation] I am the only sabbatical actual-

ly intending to get something done this year...

A w a r e n e s s events ( abou t two pe r term) wi l l

c o i n c i d e with students e x p e r i e n c e s (eg a c c o m -

m o d a t i o n w e e k w h e n s tudents a re th ink ing

a b o u t h o u s i n g , a sexua l hea l th week to c o i n c i d e

with W o r l d A IDS Day, a stress buster to c o i n c i d e

(as c l o se as poss ib le ) with e x a m s a n d a menta l

hea l th week . I h o p e to c o n v i n c e C C U off icers

a n d the d e p reps to ensure that s tudent repre-

senta t ion is fa i r a n d a d e q u a t e a c r o s s a l l d e p a r t -

ments .

ftrans/afion] Hopefully the CCU officers and

dep reps won't be quite as useless as u s u a l . . .

Felix Editor - Dave Roberts

Fel ix is the p r i m a r y s o u r c e o f i n f o r m a t i o n f o r

s tudents at I m p e r i a l , s o it's v i ta l that it p resents

e n o u g h m a t e r i a l fo r s tuden ts to r e a c h the i r o w n

o p i n i o n s o n key issues - whi ls t the r e p o r t i n g

itself r e m a i n s u n b i a s e d .

[translation] Felix is the primary source of

scandal and manipulative articles at Imperial

College. I will use subliminal messaging to get

my views a c r o s s . Your opinion means nothing.

To this e n d , I'll i n t r o d u c e r e g u l a r i n-dep th

f ea tu res o n the m a j o r s tuden t issues - l ike U L U ,

fees a n d C o l l e g e e x p a n s i o n - so tha t e v e r y o n e

has a c h a n c e to u n d e r s t a n d what ' s rea l l y g o i n g

o n . P r o p e r d i s s e m i n a t i o n of i n f o r m a t i o n a l s o

m e a n s p r o p e r d i s t r i b u t i o n , so I'll e n s u r e that

Fel ix hits every c a m p u s o n the s a m e day , a n d

a p p e a r s o n the w e b every w e e k .

[translation] Because at Imperial we really

care about ULU, fees, and College expansion.

Bollocks more like.

C l u b s a n d s oc i e t i e s s h o u l d h a v e the o p p o r -

tunity to tell e v e r y o n e w h a t they d o . C o n s e -

quent ly , I'll p r o v i d e s p a c e f o r every c l u b to write

rev iews of events o r p rev i ew u p c o m i n g activity.

S i m i l a r l y , s p o r t s c o v e r a g e n e e d s t o b e

i m p r o v e d , with a d e d i c a t e d t e a m of repor te r s

a n d p h o t o g r a p h e r s to c o v e r m a t c h e s at H a r -

l i n g t o n , C o b h a m a n d T e d d i n g t o n .

[translation] Look, s e e - / k n o w the names

of the sports grounds.

F ina l ly , b o t h I C U a n d the C o n s t i t u e n t C o l -

l e g e U n i o n s s h o u l d be g i ven s p a c e to repor t o n

the i r ac t i v i t i es a n d justify t h e m s e l v e s - thus m a k -

ing o u r r epresen ta t i ves m o r e a c c o u n t a b l e .

[translation] ICU and C C U ' s justifying them-

selves? I'll eat my copy first. Please, keep your

bullshit down to a minimum of 100 words.

Felix is a c l u b , a n d l ike any o the r at Imper-

ia l it m u s t b e o p e n t o a l l . A s we l l a s i n c r e a s e d

p u b l i c i t y ( e spec i a l l y d u r i n g F reshers W e e k )

the re n e e d s to b e m o r e f r e e d o m fo r p e o p l e to

write o c c a s i o n a l a r t i c l e s , f ea tu res o r short s to-

r ies , r a the r t h a n h a v i n g to d e d i c a t e the i r l ives to

the n e w s p a p e r .

[translation] I love Felix. I'm in the office all

day, every day and every night. Come in and

say hello and write something. Please. I'm des-

perate

I'll a l s o have week l y m e e t i n g s at St Mary ' s

a n d C h a r i n g C r o s s , to e n s u r e a s w i d e a r a n g e

of c o n t r i b u t o r s as p o s s i b l e .

[translationj B e c a u s e / n e e d the m e d i c s to

vote for me...RAH RAH TEDDINGTON

I b e l i e v e that these c h a n g e s a r e n e c e s s a r y to

e n s u r e that Fel ix m a i n t a i n s its ro le as the news-

p a p e r fo r the s tudents a n d of the s tuden t s , a n d

h a v i n g b e e n i n v o l v e d fo r the best par t of three

years - as a writer, rev iewer , A d v e r t i s i n g M a n -

age r , F i lm Editor , a n d n o w Ass i s t an t Ed i to r - I

have the ab i l i t y to put these c h a n g e s into p r a c -

t i ce .

[translations] I write in very, very long sen-

tences.

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MEach week we hand over a page to one of IC's four faculty unions, and this week it's the turn of the

Sabbatical Med School Union President, Becky England, to explain who she is and what she does. W e a re n o w w e l c o m i n g o u r s e c -

o n d i n t ake o f s tuden ts in to the r e l -

at ive ly n e w site at IC . T h e n e w

freshers s h o u l d bene f i t f r o m the

input f r o m last yea r s first y ea r s

e n a b l i n g us to m a k e life e a s i e r f o r

t h e m . Last y e a r w a s a p a r t i c u l a r l y

h a r d y e a r f o r a l l o f o u r s tuden t s

w i th in I C S M . O l d w e r e w e l c o m i n g

in t h e n e w w h i l s t t h e m s e l v e s

b e c o m i n g u s e d to a n e w e n v i r o n -

m en t a n d m e d i c a l s c h o o l s t ru c-

tu r e ; a n d the f reshe rs w e r e not

on l y d e a l i n g with the u s u a l ' f r e s h -

ers n i g h t m a r e s ' bu t a l s o c o p i n g

with b e i n g the first i n t ake of a n e w

c o u r s e w i th in a new b u i l d i n g .

Th i s y e a r w e h a v e a re la t i ve l y

f r e sh s t u d e n t s u n i o n , a l t h o u g h

s o m e f a c e s have not c h a n g e d . . . .

J o M a n s o n has t a k e n the ro l e o f

V i c e P r e s i d e n t I n t e rna l M a r y ' s ,

w i th L izz ie R o b i n s o n n o w V i c e

P r e s i d e n t E x t e r n a l a n d W a d e

G a y e d has b e c o m e E d u c a t i o n r ep

for C h a r i n g C r o s s . I myse l f h a v e

not b e e n a d i r e c t m e m b e r o f the

s tuden t s ' u n i o n a l t h o u g h I w a s

h e a v i l y i n v o l v e d in I C S M R A G

W e e k 1 9 9 9 . T h e rest h a v e a l l

b e e n i n v o l v e d w i th the o r g a n i s a -

t ion of v a r i o u s even ts a n d c l u b s

t h r o u g h o u t the M e d S c h o o l a n d

I'm su re a r e g o i n g to d o a f a n t a s -

tic j ob o v e r the next year .

To b e g i n w e h a v e o u r F R E S H -

ERS ' W E E K , r u n n i n g f r o m the 3 r d

to the 9 th of O c t o b e r . O u r S o c i a l

S e c r e t a r i e s , A n n a a n d C h e w y , w i th

the h e l p o f S u s i e ( T r e a s u r e r ) ,

M a r i s s a (Secretary ) , A l i s o n ( C l u b s

a n d S o c s ) , A l i a (VPI C h a r i n g

C r o s s ) a n d J o ; h a v e put t o g e t h e r

w h a t l o o k s to be a w e e k of s h e a r

fun a n d g a m e s , (not t a k i n g in to

a c c o u n t the m o r n i n g a f te r e x p e r i -

e n c e s a w a i t i n g a n y p o o r u n f o r t u -

nates ) . De t a i l s a r e g i v e n in the

f r e s h e r s ' h a n d b o o k a n d o n

pos te r s a r o u n d the c a m p u s e s . O n

O c t o b e r 16 t h w e a r e h o l d i n g the

I C S M F reshe r s ' Ba l l at C h e l s e a

F o o t b a l l C l u b , with a p a r t i c u l a r

f a v o u r i t e o f m i n e as the

t h e m e " A u s t i n P o w e r s " (watch

o u t f o r g i r ls w i th w e a p o n s w h e r e

you m i g h t not e x p e c t , b o y s , y o u ' d

bet ter h o l d o n t o y o u r m o j o l ) . T i ck-

ets wi l l be o n sa i l at the m a j o r

c a m p u s e s w h e n t e rm b e g i n s .

T h r o u g h o u t the yea r we h o p e

to h o l d a l l the t r a d i t i o n a l s o c i a l

events the M e d S c h o o l expec t s

a n d a l s o to a d d s o m e m o r e . A n y

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

d i r e c t i o n ! W e in tend to host the

s e c o n d I C S M S u m m e r Ba l l in the

first w e e k of July, a f i rm da te wi l l

be set in the n e a r f u t u r e ; a n y o n e

in te res ted in s t a n d i n g f o r S u m m e r

Ba l l c h a i r s h o u l d w a t c h ou t fo r

e l e c t i o n i n f o , g o i n g up in the first

f ew w e e k s of t e r m .

C l u b s a n d Soc i e t i e s w i l l , as

a l w a y s be a n in t eg ra l par t of M e d

S c h o o l l i fe , wi th a c l u b fo r 9 9 % of

p e o p l e s tas tes . T h e O p e r a Soc ie t y

wi l l be s t a g i n g ' C r a z y For y o u ' in

D e c e m b e r , the D r a m s o c I'm sure

w i l l b e ac t i ve at v a r i o u s po in t s

t h r o u g h o u t the y e a r a n d the m u l t i -

t ude of m u s i c soc s wi l l be sure to

m a k e the i r p r e s e n c e felt. Spor t s

c o n t i n u e to f l ou r i sh at I C S M with

o u r 1st Rugby t e a m d e s t i n e d f o r

E u r o p e . Fo r i n f o r m a t i o n o n a n y of

the c l u b s e i ther c o m e a l o n g to the

F r e s h e r s ' F a i r o n T u e s d a y 5 t h

O c t o b e r at the A l e x a n d e r F l e m i n g

B u i l d i n g in the a f t e r n o o n , o r c o n -

tact myse l f o r the C l u b s & S o c s

r e p , A l i s o n O g i l v i e .

T h r o u g h o u t the c o m i n g y e a r

m a n y issues c l o s e to the hear ts of

the m e d i c s wi l l a r i s e T h e fu tu re o f

o u r c l i n i c a l s i tes ; the fu ture of o u r

spor ts g r o u n d s ; the p r o s p e c t of

m e r g e r of the spor t s t e a m s a n d

the d e v e l o p m e n t o f the n e w

c o u r s e a n d the r e p e r c u s s i o n s o n

bo th the o l d a n d new students .

The s tuden t s ' u n i o n a i m s to r e p r e -

sent the s t u d e n t s ' v i e w s , a n d

t h e r e f o r e a n y i npu t wi l l be read i l y

r e c e i v e d .

A s p r e s i d e n t ( f ina l l y , a f t e r

s c r a p i n g t h r o u g h the n i g h t m a r e of

2 n d M B ) , I w i l l b e b a s e d p r i m a r i l y

o n the S o u t h K e n s i n g t o n C a m p u s ,

in the A l e x a n d e r F l e m i n g B u i l d i n g

( former ly the B M S ) . H o w e v e r , my

p l a n , (subject to c h a n g e ! ) is to

s p e n d T u e s d a y m o r n i n g s at St

M a r y ' s , W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g s at

C h a r i n g C r o s s a n d every s e c o n d

T h u r s d a y l u n c h t i m e at T h e

C h e l s e a a n d Wes tm ins te r .

P l e a s e fee l f r ee to c a l l wi th any

q u e r i e s , p r o b l e m s o r g e n e r a l

g r u m b l e s .

Contacts Contacts

President - Becky England Vice Presidents Officers

M o b i l e : 0 7 7 1 3 7 4 1 0 0 3

O f f i c e : 0 1 7 1 5 9 4 8 0 7 9

E m a i l : r e b e c c a . e n g l a n d @ i c . a c . u k

V P ( Internal) St M a r y ' s - J o M a n s o n

V P ( Internal) C h a r i n g C r o s s - A l i a F a m m y

V P (External ) - L izzie R o b i n s o n

C l u b s & S o c i e t i e s - A l i s o n O g i l v i e

T r easu re r - Sus i e B l o c h

Sec re ta r y - M a r i s s a S ee

1 n 1

The State of the Union By Natasha Newton, Imperial College Union President

He l l o , to a l l the new s tu-

de n t s , w e l c o m e b a c k to a l l

the o l d . W e l l , w h a t a s u m -

mer ! To the F reshers , let m e i n t ro-

d u c e the c o l u m n . Th is is a week l y

u p d a t e of w h a t the U n i o n is u p t o ,

wha t we as y o u r r ep resen ta t i ves

a re d o i n g f o r y o u a n d qu i t e o f t e n ,

why.

S o , w e ' v e b e e n busy, d a V i n c i ' s

has h a d a b i g face l i f t a n d I h o p e

you a g r e e n o w l o o k s tasty. It has

b e e n a c o n s t a n t bat t le as the d e m -

o l i t i on w o r k g o i n g o n in the rest of

Beit has o v e r sp i l l ed in to this e n d

of the b u i l d i n g . Hones t l y , it w a s l ike

a F r ench f a r ce at o n e p o i n t , cu t

wa te r p ipes sett ing of f i re a l a r m s ,

but t h e n they cut t h r o u g h the

e lec t r i cs f o r the fire a l a r m ! ! You

s h o u l d have seen the size o f the

ho l e in the men ' s to i le ts c e i l i n g !

What ' s this a l l a b o u t , t h en ?

W e l l , wi th the c r e a t i o n of

a n e w E d u c a t i o n a n d

W e l f a r e S a b b a t i c a l - tha t ' s m e -

c o m e s a g r e a t e r p r o m o t i o n of the

n o n - c o m m e r c i a l s e r v i ces o f f e r e d

by I C U a n d the r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

u n d e r t a k e n o n y o u r beha l f . A ful l

b r e a k d o w n of the serv i ces a v a i l -

a b l e to you a n d the r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

u n d e r t a k e n o n y o u r b e h a l f c a n be

f o u n d in the S tuden t H a n d b o o k

( a va i l ab l e f r o m the U n i o n R e c e p -

t ion) . Impor tant issues r e l a t i ng to

y o u , w i th in the E d u c a t i o n & W e l -

fare remit , wi l l be a i r e d he re . So

here g o e s

• M e n i n g i t i s

A l l f irst y e a r s t u den t s h a v e

b e e n e n c o u r a g e d to get v a c c i n a t -

e d fo r men ing i t i s be fo r e a r r i v i ng at

C o l l e g e . H o w e v e r , t w o po in t s n e e d

to be m a d e :

Firstly, o v e r s e a s s tudents l i v ing

in H a l l s a r e e s p e c i a l l y e n c o u r a g e d

to visit IC H e a l t h C e n t r e f o r a v a c -

c i n a t i o n .

S e c o n d l y , the v a c c i n a t i o n o n l y

protects a g a i n s t type C men ing i t i s -

w h i c h o n l y r e p r e s e n t s 3 0 % of

men ing i t i s c a s e s r e p o r t e d in the

U K . T h e r e f o r e if y o u h a v e b e e n

v a c c i n a t e d but still h a v e f lu-l ike

s y m p t o m s - p l e a s e visit a d o c t o r o r

ca l l a n a m b u l a n c e to be safe a n d

D o w n to b u s i n e s s . Let's start

s o m e w h e r e f a m i l i a r , the re h a v e

b e e n s o m e b i g c h a n g e s in the

s h o p this s u m m e r , sadly , we have

lost s o m e o l d f r i ends , but we have

g a i n e d two new p e r m a n e n t m e m -

bers , A n d r e w the f l o o r m a n a g e r

a n d D a n i e l the System a n d stock

c l e r k . W e l c o m e g e n t l e m e n , w e

h o p e you surv ive F resher ' s w e e k !

The H e a l t h C e n t r e . P rogress

i n d e e d , the U n i o n a n d the cent re

n o w h a v e r e g u l a r mee t i ngs to d i s -

cuss p r o b l e m s o u r s tudents , the i r

pa t i en t s , encoun te r . If you have a

p r o b l e m with t h e m , you s h o u l d talk

d i rec t to the i r P rac t i ce M a n a g e r in

the first i n s t an ce , but you c a n still

c o m e to us. D u r i n g the s u m m e r

i C U su r veyed the o the r Un ivers i ty

ask a f i r end to l o o k after y o u .

D o n ' t a s s u m e y o u c a n ' t h a v e

men ing i t i s pure ly b e c a u s e y o u ' v e

b e e n v a c c i n a t e d - this is N O T the

c a s e .

If you have not b e e n v a c c i n a t -

e d a n d a re w o r r i e d then IC H e a l t h

C e n t r e wi l l be a b l e to adv i s e a n d

a r r a n g e fo r v a c c i n a t i o n .

• S tudent S u p p o r t S c h e m e

First a n d s e c o n d years a r e n o w

f u n d e d v i a the S tudent S u p p o r t

S c h e m e , w h i c h i n c l u d e s m e a n s -

tested he lp t o w a r d s tu i t ion fees .

U n d e r the new rules s tudents have

a d e a d l i n e by w h i c h they must

a p p l y f o r s u p p o r t , o the rw i se they

wi l l not be e l i g i b l e fo r any f i n a n c i a l

s u p p o r t in future years of study. The

d e a d l i n e is the e n d of the first t e rm

of the i r first year.

Even if you th ink you a re not

e l i g i b l e f o r any he lp with you r

tu i t ion fee you still n e e d to app ly . If

y o u d o not w ish to take ou t any of

the l o a n : app l y , be assessed fo r

s u p p o r t a n d then ask fo r £0 . The

S tudent Loans C o m p a n y wil l then

have y o u r de ta i l s a n d in future

years y o u wi l l be a b l e to app ly .

• W e l f a r e at S i l w o o d Park

O v e r the s u m m e r the p r o v i s i o n

of L o n d o n c o l l e g e s with the i r o w n

H e a l t h C e n t r e s to see h o w they

c o m p a r e to ou r s . W e a re n o w d i s -

c u s s i n g t h e s e resu l ts w i th the

H e a l t h C e n t r e , w h o have t a k e n a

rea l interest.

In a b ig . p a p e r p u s h i n g exer-

c i se , we have e x t e n d e d a n d u p d a t -

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

you r U n i o n c a r d wi l l g a i n you

acces s to even m o r e Un ivers i t i es

t han ever b e f o r e . W e have a l s o

d o n e s p e c i a l d e a l s fo r the s tudents

at S i l w o o d that they wi l l be a b l e to

g o o v e r to Roya l H o l l o w a y to party.

As you wi l l s e e , o u r s a b b a t i c a l

man i f e s to s have b e e n i n c l u d e d in

this issue if Fel ix, s o , fo r the 3 0 0 0

o d d of you w h o d idn ' t h a ve a

c h a n c e to vote fo r us, you c a n see

of we l f a re fac i l i t ies at S i l w o o d were

r e v i ewed . S u p p o r t l inks be tween

S i l w o o d a n d I C U a r e b e i n g

s t r e n g t h e n e d a n d C o l l e g e h a s

a g r e e d p r o v i s i o n for extra C o u n -

se l lo r t ime , a l l o w i n g fo r a r e g u l a r

visit to S i l w o o d by o n e of the C o l -

l ege C o u n s e l l o r s . This is a g o o d

start to i m p r o v e d p r o v i s i o n at S i l -

w o o d .

• Registry

The A c a d e m i c Registrar , Ve r-

n o n M c C l u r e , wi l l be a v a i l a b l e in

his o f f i ce ( 3 3 9 Sherf ie ld ) o n M o n -

d a y s d u r i n g t e r m - t i m e f r o m

1 . 3 0 p m to 2 . 0 0 p m . N o p r i o r

a p p o i n t m e n t is necessary . This is to

d i scuss matters o ther t h a n those

you w o u l d ra ise with y o u r D e p a r t -

ment o r rout ine enqu i r i e s that the

Registry c a n he lp w i th .

• A n d f inal ly . . .

P l ease feel f ree to c o n t a c t M a r -

tin (the U n i o n Adv i so r ) o r m e with

any ques t i ons o r q u e r i e s - you ' l l

f ind my p h o n e n u m b e r a n d e m a i l

a d d r e s s be low . In par t i cu la r , if y o u

have ques t i ons o r answers to p r o b -

lems you fee l o t h e r s tudents c o u l d

benef i t f r o m , p l e a s e get in t o u c h

a n d the p r o b l e m a n d s o l u t i o n m a y

wel l a p p e a r he re in future e d i t i o n s .

wha t we p r o m i s e d a n d if y o u d o n ' t

l ike it the next s a b b e l e c t i o n s

a r e in F e b r u a r y ! F ina l ly , a s p r o m -

ised at hus t i ngs , I h a v e a jar of f ree

lo l l i es o n my desk a n d here is the

list o f the up a n d c o m i n g m e e t i n g s

f o r the w e e k :

- This Week's Union Meetings -

• W e d s 6 th O c t o b e r : M A D S A C

U n i o n P res ident meets c o l l e g e a n d

the H e a l t h C e n t r e fo r d i s c u s s i o n s

re the se rv i ce they p r o v i d e etc.

• Thurs 7th O c t o b e r : I C U Exec

T h e s a b b s , C C U p re s i den t s a n d 4

m e m b e r s of c o u n c i l (to be e l e c t ed

1 2 th O c t o b e r ) mee t to d i s cuss the

week-to-week m a n a g e m e n t of the

U n i o n .

• Fri 8 th O c t o b e r : R C C C h a i r s

a n d t r easu re r s m e e t i n g .

Essential Contacts

- Kev in Bu tche r -

interna l ex tens ion 5 8 0 6 4

d p e w @ i c . a c . u k

- M a r t i n T h o m s o n , U n i o n A d v i s e r -

(020) 7 5 9 4 8 0 6 7

m . m . t h o m s o n @ i c . a c . u k

- N i g h t l i n e -

(020) 7 6 3 1 0 1 0 1

- IC C o u n s e l l o r s -

(020) 7 5 9 4 9 4 3 0

- IC Tutors -

(020) 7 5 9 4 6 4 3 0 / 6 2 3 8

- IC H e a l t h C e n t r e -

(020) 7 5 8 4 6 3 0 1

- S a m a r i t a n s -

0 3 4 5 9 0 9 0 9 0

- A IDS H e l p l i n e -

0 8 0 0 5 6 7 1 2 3

- A l c o h o l H e l p l i n e -

0 8 0 0 9 1 7 8 2 8 2

- A l o n e in L o n d o n -

(020 ) 7 2 7 8 4 2 2 4

- Q u i t l i n e -

0 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0

Welfare Update By Kevin Butcher, Deputy President (Education & Welfare)

2 k x

FELIX Editorial Staff

Edi lor. : : ! '< berts

Deputy Ed i to r . . . . .Ma r i e N i c o i a o u

Asst Ed (Reviews) V a c a n t

Asst Ed (Layout) V a c a n t

N e w s A r i d re w O f o ri;

Pho tograpy . J o n a s L idsay

Sports „ O u ' P a f i

S c i e n c e V a c a n t

M u s i c p l s | J a m e s & Joe l ;

F i lm H e l e n C l a r k

Arts Ben Fisher

B o o k s V a c a n t

D inrv V a c a n t

ulc.her,

ccy Fng-

T h a c k e r

C o n s o r t

nee

vw . su . i c . a c .uk/

Lond i L C I N 71

F e l l

1 0 4 0 - 0 7 1 1

MIND YOUR VAT

Towards the e n d of last te rm Bas ics ,

the Sou ths ide p izza p l a c e started to

c h a r g e VAT to students p u r c h a s i n g

f o o d f r o m there . Bas ics staff were

instructed by their m a n a g e r s not to

p r o m p t students f o r p roo f of stu-

den t identity, a n d to c h a r g e VAT if

ID was not vo lun tee red . Basics

staff r epor ted to Kevin that this

c h a n g e in p r o c e d u r e resulted in

m a n y students pay ing too m u c h for

the i r P izza . Kevin warns students

that they wil l be o v e r c h a r g e d in this

way by m a n y outlets run by both the

U n i o n a n d C o l l e g e unless they

act ively wave their U n i o n c a rd at

the pe r son serv ing t hem.

NOVELTY GREEN-

HOUSE

Sir N o r m a n Foster, arch i tect of the

B M S b u i l d i n g h a d s o m e p r o b l e m s

with a n o t h e r of his projects , the

G e r m a n g o v e r n m e n t bu i l d i ng the

Re ichs tag , c o m p l e t e d shortly after

o u r o w n g r e e n h o u s e . G o v e r n m e n t

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

shortly after m o v i n g in they no t i ced

that the roof was l eak ing . A

s p o k e s m e n for Foster r e s p o n d e d to

the c o m p l a i n t with the statement :

"It w a s a lways the intent ion to a l l o w

water i n " . This leaves Kevin w o n -

de r ing what arch i tec tura l novelt ies

may have been d e s i g n e d into the

South Kens ing ton b u i l d i n g .

VIDEOCONFERENCE

MADNESS

The G r e a t H a l l is to be used for the

R C S freshers ' w e l c o m e , with the

' s h o w ' re layed to those w h o c a n

A Mostly Harmless Column by

Kevin, a random entity who

knows nothing about nothing

not fit in by v i d e o c o n f e r e n c i n g

t e c h n o l o g y to the P ippa rd lecture

theatre in Sher f ie ld . C a n s o m e o n e

f ind the prat w h o is o b s e s s e d with

a l l this v i d e o c o n f e r i n g a n d

v i d e o t e a c h i n g , a n d remote l e a r n -

ing nonsense so we c a n shoo t h i m .

The Royal G e o g r a p h i c a l Society,

wh i ch was used last yea r is a m u c h

m o r e i m p r e s s i v e v e n u e , m o r e

important ly it a l so has the capac i t y

to h o l d a l l the students .

NEW SABBATICALS...

Kev in judges any U n i o n O f f i c e r by

their behav iou r , a n d suspects he

wil l not be the on ly o n e u n i m -

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

their new- found p o w e r to let their

c ron i e s into so ld-ou t events for

free. It is l ikely that the first t ime

m a n y i m p r e s s i o n a b l e first years see

their s a b b a t i c a l s wi l l be w h e n they

a re usher ing the i r mates past them

into p a c k e d f resher ' s week c a r n i -

vals o r c o m e d y n ights .

In Kev in 's o p i n i o n M i s s N e w t o n

is con f i den t that she is suitably

trendy, yet student-y e n o u g h to l ead

a S tudent ' s U n i o n . Kevin expects

her to be u n c o n c e r n e d with her

i m a g e , be l i e v ing that she has go t

the w h o l e s tudent th ing sor ted .

M o s t of her t ime wil l be spent c o n -

cent ra t ing o n the eff ic ient runn ing

of her o r g a n i s a t i o n . If she suc-

ceeds in p rov i ng herself c a p a b l e of

d o i n g this , it wil l be useful to her

later in life as t o d a y ' s med i c s a re

expec ted to be exce l lent m a n a g e r s

as wel l as doc to r s .

The PopTarts a re in the toaster,

a n d la i r ing to g o .

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THE TEMPLATE

In the a b s e n c e of any a c t u a l letters

to pub l i sh this week , he re ' s a handy

g u i d e to h o w to p r o d u c e you r o w n :

D e a r D a v i d / Fel ix / Ed i to r / S i r /

M r Roberts (circle one)

I a m wr i t ing t o express m y : (circle)

- a m a z e m e n t at the qual i ty of your

n e w s p a p e r

- a n n o y a n c e ove r the a b s e n c e of

a n y r ea l news a n d excess ive level o f

c o v e r a g e g i v en o v e r to reviews

(music in part icu lar ) a n d sport

- c o n c e r n that my c lub ' s recent

s p e c t a c u l a r p e r f o r m a n c e s have no t

b e e n r epor ted in you r m a g a z i n e

- c l ient ' s w ishes that you no l o n g e r

refer to her as a " b r a i n l e s s s l a p p e r

with the I Q of a g a m e s t e a c h e r "

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k n o w that t hey ' r e g o i n g to ge t r i p p e d to

shreds by s o m e bru ta l a n d un fo rg i v i ng gu i t a r

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the G o m e z s o u n d . W h i l e e a c h t rack is d i s t i nc-

tive a n d di f ferent in its o w n r ight, there ' s a n

ove ra l l s o n i c a p p e a r a n c e that ' s h a r d not to

no t i ce . It's this f lu idi ty that is Liquid Skin's

strongest se l l ing po in t .

F o l l o w i n g up o n Br ing it On was never

g o i n g to be easy - mass i ve sa les a n d cr i t ica l

success b a s e d a r o u n d a very d is t inct ive a n d

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cia l ly as the o r ig ina l i t y na tura l l y s e e m s to van i sh

w h e n you m o v e into s e c o n d a l b u m n territory.

N o n e t h e l e s s , Liquid Skin h o l d s to the s a m e v a l -

ues that m a d e Bring it On a c l a s s i c , a n d whi lst

the o u t c o m e might not be o n qu i te the s a m e

p l a n e , it 's still n i ce to see that char t success a n d

m a s s i v e e a r n i n g s h a v e n ' t d e n t e d G o m e ' s

p roud l y lo-tech s o u n d .

The b e g i n n i n g is s i g n a l l e d by H a n g o v e r , a

m e d i o c r e start that isn't d i s a p p o i n t i n g in that it

serves a s a gen t l e r i pp l e o f w h a t ' s t o f o l l ow . Rev-

o lu t i ona r y Kind p l o d s o n a n d bu i lds itself up

m u c h in the s a m e way Whippin' Piccadilly d id

on Bring It On, a lbe i t in a less ec lec t i c way. It's

cer ta in ly o n e that 's easy for a u d i e n c e s to m a r c h

a l o n g to . The first of a few a u r a l waves then

r ea ches a p e a k with the first s ing le off the a l b u m

a n d p r o b a b l y the first to be n a m e d after you r

p r e v i ou s a l b u m . O r was it the o ther way

a r o u n d ?

The m u s i c a l h igh po in t is Rosalita, a c h a r m -

ing a n d add i c t i ve a c o u s t i c b a l l a d . " Y o u ' v e lost

your pa t i ence . I see myself sink in your e s t i m a -

t i on . Just p l ease talk to me . I won ' t portray

myself so pit i ful ly," a re l ines that m a k e m o r e

sense a n d have m o r e re l evance to m e than

" Y o u say it best w h e n you say no th ing at a l l . "

B lue M o o n Rising sees the t ide g o out u n d e r

cove r of da rkness . A t m o s p h e r i c a n d f i l led with a

k ind of late n ight C o l o m b i a n m o o d i n e s s , it's

seduct ive ly attract ive. Las Vegas D e a l e r then

he ra lds the b a n d s o u n d i n g like they ' re real ly

en joy i ng themse lves a n d I think that this is the

key to their a p p e a l .

T h e y ' r e l ike the p rove rb i a l b i g g e r brother.

The y o u n g kid c o u l d g r a d u a t e with h o n o u r s ,

l and a job with respect a n d shed- loads of

d o u g h but w h e n e v e r there 's a party or fami ly

get-together, it 's b ig b ro ther with his h a p p y exis-

tence that e ve ryone seems to l ike a n d wan t to

have a cha t with. G o m e z m a y not be heavy-

we igh t p layers but they have a w a r m c h a r i s m a

a b o u t t hem that m a k e s y o u wan t to keep on l is-

t en i ng . You c a n t ake G o m e z o r you c a n cut

t hem out . You don ' t have to have a c lue of wha t

they ' re o n a b o u t . You c o u l d d i smiss Liquid Skin

as Bring It On Again. But m e , I'll try any th ing

tw ice .

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Ocean Colour Scene

One for the Modern

Supergrass

Supergrass ��—r

Did y o u h e a r Profit in Peace d u r i n g the

h o l i d a y s ? C h a n c e s a r e tha t y o u d i d .

H o w e v e r , i t 's c o n c e i v a b l e tha t y o u

d i d n ' t g i v e n tha t i t 's r e l e a s e w a s a s l o w key as

a r e - a p p o n the S a t u r d a y n o w g o n e , w h e n

c a r s w e r e j a m m i n g i n t o P r i n c e ' s G a r d e n s a n d

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

the v a r i o u s H a l l e n t r a n c e s . S t r a n g e tha t ,

s i n c e m u s i c a l l y it w a s q u i t e r a d i o - f r i e n d l y -

f o o t s t a m p i n g l y a l i v e a n d a m i l i t a r y rhy thm

s i g n a l l i n g tha t they a r e r e a d y to start m a r c h -

i n g ( a l r eady ) r o u n d t h e U K l ive c i r cu i t o n c e

a g a i n . Lyr i ca l l y , h o w e v e r , set a g a i n s t the

b a c k d r o p of r e cen t e v e n t s in East T i m o r a n d

yet a n o t h e r m a s s - m u r d e r i n g t e e n a g e s h o o t -

ou t in the U S , " T h e r e ' s n o p ro f i t in p e a c e ,

b o y s , s o y o u m u s t f i gh t s o m e m o r e , " p r o b a -

bly l e a v e s t o o s o u r a tas te in s o m e p e o p l e ' s

m o u t h s .

O n e F r o m The Modern is r e c o g n i s e d by

m a n y a s the i r t h i r d a l b u m (except t h o s e tha t

a r e e i t h e r e x t r e m e l y e a r l y f o l l o w e r s o r p a r t i c -

u l a r l y p e d a n t i c m u s i c a l know- i t-a l l s ) a n d i t ' s

no t ha l f b a d . T h a t ' s no t to say tha t i t 's ha l f

g o o d , t h o u g h . T h e r e a r e a f ew utter ly un-

m e m o r a b l e o r is it i m - m e m o r a b l e ? A n y -

way , t he r e a r e a f e w c o m p l e t e l y f o r g e t t a b l e

t r a c k s , w i th N o One At All a n d Families b e i n g

n o t a b l y g o o d e x a m p l e s of a l b u m f o d d e r .

T h e r e ' s n o i m m e d i a t e i m p a c t l ike the River-

boat Song riff (see TFI Fr iday) o r Hundred

Mile High City (see L o c k , S t o c k a n d Two

S m o k i n g Barre ls ) but if y o u ' r e l o o k i n g f o r

s o m e t h i n g a k i n to a C r a d d o c k g u i t a r r u s h ,

t h e n the o p e n i n g of July w i l l e a s i l y su f f i ce -

sure l y i t 's a l r e a d y w h i r l i n g r o u n d the B B C as

a n e w c o n t e n d e r f o r the G o a l o f the M o n t h

s i g n a t u r e t u n e .

T h e r an t-d r i v en / Am The News is a n

o b v i o u s s i n g l e . The g o r g e o u s l y s i m p l e Step

By Step is a less o b v i o u s c h o i c e . N o t leas t

b e c a u s e it m a y be m i s t a k e n fo r a N e w K ids

O n T h e B l o c k cove r . J a n e She Got Excavated

a n d / Won't Get Grazed are u n d e r s t a t e d

q u a l i t y s o n g s . T h e p r o b l e m , t h o u g h , is tha t I

c a n ' t s p o t a n y ' m o m e n t s ' . N o m a j o r riff e x h i -

b i t i o n . N o e m o t i o n - f i l l e d a c o u s t i c b a l l a d

a n t h e m . P e r h a p s these m o m e n t s wi l l r e v ea l

t h e m s e l v e s w i th t i m e . T o o o f t e n , t h o u g h , the

m o r e w e w a i t the m o r e d i s a p p o i n t e d w e

b e c o m e . A n d w h e n t h e r e ' s a f a i r few o t h e r

o p t i o n s o u t the re - just l o o k a c r o s s t hese

p a g e s f o r e x a m p l e s - w h o wan t s to w a i t ?

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You don ' t know it yet but you ' ve been wait-

ing for this a l b u m . You 've s a m p l e d the

cheeky absurd i ty of Pumping On Your

Stereo a n d exper ienced the sho tgun chorus of

M o v i n g . A n d a l though this shou ld have been a

warn ing shot that some th ing fairly spec ia l was to

fol low, there were other th ings g o i n g o n that

diverted your at tent ion. W e l l it 's t ime you got

back in the swing of th ings, so sit up , sharpen

your penc i l a n d start tak ing s o m e notes. Point 1:

Supergrass have re leased their third a l b u m . Point

2 : It's the best a l b u m this year so far.

If In It For The Money saw s o m e sort of t ran-

sit ion f r om bum-fluff p o p artists to ser ious m u s i -

c ians , then Supergrass re inforces doub le- fo ld the

fact that this transit ion is wel l a n d truly comp le t e .

This is the s o u n d of a b a n d hitting its peak.

The singles have been fantast ic. What Went

Wrong (In Your Head) will p robab l y join t hem, as

the initial s ing ing of the title l ine is the o n e of the

most m e m o r a b l e m o m e n t s of the a l b u m . Var ied

a n d p r o u d , contempla t i ve ( M a m a <& Papa) a n d

somet imes s loganeer ing-ly silly (Jesus C a m e From

Outta Space), Supergrass have c rea ted a piece of

work that ho lds itself up with i m p e c c a b l e ba l ance .

The kids aren' t just a l r ight ; they ' re ou ts tand ing !

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w i th ' e x p e r i m e n t a l j azz j u n g l e ' ( that ' s

h o w they d e s c r i b e it in the m o v i e , a n d I

c a n ' t t h i n k of a n y t h i n g m o r e a p p r o p r i a t e ) .

N o w r e m o v e the e a s y g o i n g Irish se t t ings a n d

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

d a y S o u t h East L o n d o n a n d a m i x e d b a g of

j u n k i e s , e g o m a n i a c s , w a s t i n g n o - h o p e r s a n d

a s m a t t e r i n g of g o o d a p p l e s . F i n a l l y a d j u s t

the l eve l a n d the style o f the c o m e d y to c o r -

r e s p o n d to th is n e w s e t t i n g . A n d , h o p e f u l l y ,

w h a t y o u ' r e left w i th s h o u l d n ' t b e a m i l l o n

m i l e s a w a y f r o m the p i t c h f o r GMT.

L i ke a l l the b e s t l o w b u d g e t B r i t i s h

m o v i e s , the cas t is p a c k e d w i th u n k n o w n s

a l o n g s i d e the o c c a s i o n a l r e c o g n i s e d f a c e

w h i c h p r o v o k e s a n a u t o m a t i c " w h a t the he l l

a r e they d o i n g t h e r e " r e s p o n s e . In th is c a s e ,

tha t r e s p o n s e w i l l u n d o u b t e d l y a p p l y to the

m u s i c a l c a m e o s o n s h o w , w i th H i n d a H i c k s

a r r i v i n g a s the g r o u p s v o c a l i s t a r o u n d h a l f

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

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m i n u t e s . H a r d l y A l ist , a d m i t t e d l y , but a c l e a r

p o i n t e r to the rea l s t r e n g t h of the m o v i e - i t 's

m u s i c . J a z z j u n g l e m a y w e l l no t b e y o u r t h i n g

(is it a n y b o d y ' s ? ) b u t t h e h a u n t i n g , a l

e n v e l o p i n g s o u n d t r a c k is h a r d to f o r g e t o r

d i s m i s s eas i l y . M o r e o v e r , a s the b o d y of the

cas t cons i s t s en t i re l y of n e w c o m e r s y o u ' r e

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

a r e p e r f o r m i n g in f ron t of y o u ( i n d e e d that

m a y w e l l be the t ruth) . C o n s e q u e n t l y , the t r a -

d i t i o n a l f a i r y t a l e r ide f r o m o b s c u r i t y to m a s -

s ive l ive sets a n d a l b u m d e a l s is s u r p r i s i n g l y

b e l i e v a b l e a n d r e a l i s t i c , a v o i d i n g the

e x t r e m e l y c l i c h e d a p p r o a c h tha t y o u a u t o -

m a t i c a l l y e x p e c t w i th m o v i e s of this t ype .

A n d so to the m o v e itself . H a l f - a - d o z e n

k i d s f r o m v a r y i n g S o u t h L o n d o n b a c k g r o u n d s

( l one j u n k i e p a r e n t s , b r o k e - b u t - l o v i n g p a r -

en t s , the r i ch k i d , the t o k e n b l a c k guy.. . ) f i n -

ish s c h o o l in tent o n m a k i n g it b i g . A f ew yea r s

l a t e r we r e j o i n t h e m , a l itt le o l d e r , no t m u c h

w ise r , a n d not m u c h f u r t he r t h r o u g h the i r

c a r e e r s . H o w e v e r , the r e a l i s a t i o n that l i fe is

c a t c h i n g u p wi th t h e m - a n d u l t i m a t e l y a t r a g -

ic a c c i d e n t - s p u r t h e m in to a c t i o n , r e s u l t i n g

in the u s u a l s e l e c t i o n of m a k i n g u p , b r a k i n g

u p , f i gh ts a n d a r g u m e n t s . A n d as they s l i d e in

a n d ou t of the p r o t e c t i v e e n v i r o n m e n t of the

g r o u p ( and the f r i e n d s h i p s i n e x t r i c a b l y l i n k e d

to it) so the i r l i ves c o m e t o g e t h e r o r f a l l

a p a r t .

It's c e r t a i n l y d i f f e r e n t t o m o s t o t h e r gr i t ty

Brit f l i c k s y o u ' v e s e e n r ecen t l y , e m b o d y i n g a n

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

(g i ven a d e c e n t m a r k e t i n g c a m p a i g n b a s e d

a r o u n d the s o u n d t r a c k a l b u m it m i g h t just

wo rk ) yet i t 's a l s o f a i r l y p r e d i c t a b l e a n d

g e n e r i c . T h e s to r i e s m i g h t b e t o l d in a d i f f e r -

ent way , bu t t h e y ' r e st i l l t h e s a m e s t o r i e s . T h e

c h a r a c t e r s w e a v e in a n d o u t of e a c h o t h e r s

l ives in a nea t l y o r c h e s t r a t e d way , yet the i r

i n d i v i d u a l d e s t i n i e s a r e n e v e r r e a l l y in d o u b t .

A n d o f c o u r s e , th is b e i n g a b a n d m o v i e ,

t h e r e ' s o n l y r ea l l y o n e p o s s i b l e e n d i n g . . .

S o w h a t ' s left? A very w e l l m a d e m o v i e

f o r s u r e . T h e cas t p r o b a b l y a r e n ' t d e s t i n e d f o r

g r e a t t h i n g s ( m u s i c a l c a m e o s a s i d e ) , bu t the

d i r e c t o r c e r t a i n l y h a s p o t e n t i a l . G M T c e r t a i n -

ly h a s the a b i l i t y t o i m m e r s e y o u in a f o r m o f

m u s i c w h i c h y o u p r o b a b l y w o u l d n ' t n o r m a l l y

g o o u t of y o u r w a y to l i s ten to - a n d wh i l s t

tha t m a y u l t i m a t e l y b e i t ' s d o w n f a l l at the bo x

o f f i c e , it d o e s g r e a t c r e d i t to the d i r e c to r . Yet

u l t i m a t e l y th is just l e a v e s y o u l o o k i n g f o r a

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

a n d , s a d l y , t h a t ' s w h a t G M T s q u a r e l y re fuses

to de l i v e r .

1 m 9

I

Analyze This

Starring: Robert de Niro, Bill Crystal, Lisa Kudrow

Director: Harold Ramis

ft

Ro b e r t D e N i r o ' s status a s a s c r e e n i c o n is

l o n g s i n c e a s s u r e d - there mus t be c o u n t -

less s t u d e n t h o u s e h o l d s a r o u n d the

w o r l d a d o r n e d wi th the m a n i c a l l y g r i n n i n g

i m a g e of Travis B i c k l e i n q u i r i n g if w e a r e ,

ra ther unwise ly , l o o k i n g at h i m . H o w e v e r , it

seems that the f ire in the bel ly o f the you th fu l

D e N i r o r e s p o n s i b l e f o r his in tense s c r ee n

p r e s e n c e has d w i n d l e d to b a r e l y a s m o l d e r , as

he s e e m s con t en t to p h o n e in p e r f o r m a n c e s in

pretty u n d e m a n d i n g ( and very lucrat ive ) ro les

a n d s c a r p e r w i th a fat c h e q u e . W h y e lse d i d he

b o t h e r with W a g the Dog o r Ron/'n? B o b b y f ans

wi l l r e j o i c e , t h e n , a s Analyze This f ea tu res the

m a n in t o p f o r m - a l b e i t in a s l ight ly u n e x p e c t -

e d r o l e .

T h o u g h h is bes t k n o w n p e r f o r m a n c e s

s h o u l d be f i l ed u n d e r p a i n s t a k i n g m e t h o d

r e a l i s m , he has o c c a s i o n a l l y s t r ayed in to the

r e a l m of c o m e d y , n o t a b l y with the h i l a r i o u s

Midnight Run. H i s la test f i lm f inds h i m a i m i n g

fo r l a u g h s o n c e a g a i n , t h o u g h t r a d i n g heav i l y

o n his i m a g e as e v e r y o n e ' s f a v o u r i t e m a f i a

h a r d m a n .

H e p lays Pau l V i t t i , h e a d of a N e w York

c r i m e f am i l y a n d a m a n u s e d to i n s p i r i n g f e a r

in his f r i ends a n d e n e m i e s a l i k e . N o t rea l l y a

ne r vous in t rospec t i ve c a n d i d a t e fo r p s y c h o -

a n a l y s i s , but w h e n the p ressu re of o u t m a n e u -

v e r i n g his r iva l m o b s t e r s b e g i n s to c a u s e a n x i -

ety a t t a c k s , he is f o r c e d to seek the he lp of a

psych ia t r i s t . The re luc tan t sh r ink , D r Ben S o b e l

( p l ayed by a n in f o r m Billy Crysta l ) r ap id l y has

to get used to his new pa t i en t ' s hab i t of tu rn-

ing up with a b o d y g u a r d a n d a g u n ra ther

t han a n a p p o i n t m e n t , a n d very s o o n his p r i -

vate life is a f f e c t e d . M o s t notab ly , his f i a n c e e

(Lisa K u d r o w , o f f e r i ng up a p e r f o r m a n c e w h i c h

c o u l d p r o b a b l y have b e e n c o b b l e d t o g e t h e r

f r o m a s e l e c t i o n of Friends ep i sodes ) ce r ta in l y

isn ' t t o o k e e n o n Ben c o n s o r t i n g with m e m b e r s

of the c r i m i n a l u n d e r w o r l d .

C r u c i a l l y , the o n s c r ee n p a i r i n g of D e N i r o

a n d C r y s t a l is a h u g e s u c c e s s , bo th expert ly

h a n d l i n g the o n e l iners a l o n g with the d e v e l -

o p m e n t of the i r u n u s u a l d o c t o r / p a t i e n t r e l a -

t i o n s h i p . This is the w o r k of two maste rs of

the i r craf t h i t t ing t o p f o r m a n d b o u n c i n g off

e a c h o t h e r - a n d thus the result is neve r in

d o u b t . T h o u g h the p lo t l o o k s a little f l imsy at

t i m e s , the jokes a re the sort w h i c h m a k e y o u

l a u g h ou t l o u d - a n d isn't that the mos t e f f ec-

tive f o r m of t h e r a p y ?

Simon

I

I

Competition

Analyze This

Ne w to L o n d o n ? T h e n y o u w i l l s o o n

f i n d o u t h o w e x p e n s i v e the c i n e m a is

o n w e e k e n d s . But f e a r n o t ! T h e k i n d

p e o p l e at the K e n s i n g t o n O d e o n (at the f a r

e n d of H i g h S t ree K e n s i n g t o n - the N o 9 , 1 0

a n d 4 9 b u s e s s t o p r i g h t o u t s i d e ) h a v e

t e a m e d up wi th us to g i v e a w a y f ive pa i r s o f

t i cke ts to see A n a l y z e Th i s f o r f r e e .

To w i n a p a i r o f t i c ke t s , a l l y o u h a v e to d o

is w o r k o u t the a n s w e r to the f o l l o w i n g s i m -

p le q u e s t i o n :

w

d

E m a i l y o u r a n s w e r to f i l m . f e l i x @ i c . a c . u k .

E n t r i e s m u s t a r r i v e b e f o r e m i d d a y next

W e d n e s d a y (the 6 th ) . W i n n e r s n a m e s w i l l be

p r i n t e d in next w e e k ' s e d i t i o n of Fe l ix .

sH a v e y o u r e a d the r e v i ews a n d t h o u g h t 'I c a n

d o be t te r t h a n tha t ! ' ? T h e n p r o v e it. C a l l in to

the Fe l ix o f f i c e a n d a sk f o r H e l e n .

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1 E N •

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y

R u g b y W o r l d C u p

E n g l a n d v Italy l ive in

d a V i n c i ' s f r o m 5 p m .

W e l c o m e N i g h t

8 p m - l a m ( m i d -

n i g h t b a r ) . G i v e -

a w a y s , c h i l l o u t

r o o m a n d d a n c e

f l oo r . F ree entry t o a l l

a n d sundry .

E y

L i v e F o o t b a l l

W a t c h C h e l s e a t a k e

o n M a n U in dBs o r

d a V i n c i ' s . K i ck off

4 p m

J a z z N i g h t

Ge r r y LeStrange trio

live in dBs f rom 8-

1 0 : 3 0 p m , with eock-

tait bars Free : :eniry.

V y

F r e s h e r s Ba l l

The U n i o n g o e s ret ro ,

w i th C a r w a s h a n d

The B i k in i B e a c h

B a n d , p lus

l a s e r q u e s t , T h a '

B o m b , cock ta i l s a n d

Sony g i vaways .

9 p m - 2 a m ( l a m

bar) , Entry £7 (free

with Entscard) .

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N y I

C o m e d y

A l M u r r a y l i ve o n

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S T A T r i v i a

W i n £50 o r a crate of

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B f r e e

A lcoho l free ents. 8 p m .

F r e s h e r s F a i r

2 5 0 - o d d c l ubs p lus

two d o z e n c o m p a n i e s

p i tch the i r stal l a n d try

to lure you into the i r

s h a d o w y w o r l d .

A c r o s s the Sou th Ken

c a m p u s f r o m 2 p m -

ful l m a p s a n d de ta i l s

in s u p p l e m e n t a r y s e c -

t ion

C o m m o n P e o p l e

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n igh t f a y r e in d B s

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O S C D i s c o

O v e r s e a s Societie W e l -

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ets at Freshers Fair.

S p o r t s T r i a l s

H o c k e y , f o o t b a l l a n d

r u g b y p loye r s g a t h e r

in Beit Q u a d at m i d -

d a y for first t r a i n i n g

a n d tr ia ls s e s s i o n of

the year . Turn u p fo r

y o u r f ree i n t r o d u c -

t ion to the w i n d s w e p t

d e l i g h t s o f H a r l i n g -

t o n .

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R o n n i e S c o t t ' s

C h a r i t y G a l a

A qua l i t y l i ne-up

a s semb l e s at the Bar-

b i c a n . Very pr icey -

check for returns.

A n a l y z e T h i s

D e N i r o a n d Crys ta l

return to fo rm with this

ta le of a m a f i a h i tman

a n d his shr ink. It's not

h a r d to g u e s s w h o

plays w h o .

M a t c h o f t h e D a y

B B C 1 , 1 0 : 3 0 p m

S o m e h o w , despi te n o

live footba l l a n d no

Des , the BBC still have

the best cove rage . . .

D e s i g n i n g i n t h e

D i g i t a l A g e

Part icu lar ly we l l suit-

e d to IC students as

it 's bo th g eek y a n d at

the V & A . Free to stu-

dents

G o

O n e of the year ' s most

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consists of three inter-

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by D o u g " S w i n g e r s "

L iman .

C h e l s e a v M a n U

Sky Spo r t s , 4 p m

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c h a n c e to s top Un i t ed

w r a p p i n g u p the title

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C a n d i d e

Three hours of m u s i -

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H i g h qual i ty N a t i o n a l

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E l e c t i o n

M a t h e w B roder i ck a n d

Reece W i t h e r s p o o n

star in this a c c l a i m e d

ta le o f a n o - m o r a l s

h igh s c h o o l brat a n d

her teacher.

J e r r y S p r i n g e r U K

Jerry visits L o n d o n

a n d offers a few les-

s o n s in the art of

i n s i g h t m e n t to r iot

a n d street f ight ing.

Pos t I m p r e s s i o n s

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Brit ish L ibrary ent i t led

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s t a m p " can ' t poss ib l y

b e m i s s e d ? U n s u r -

pr is ingly f ree .

T h e B e t a B a n d

H o w little is there on

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S o u t h P a r k

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Kenny, C a r t m a n et a l ,

you ' l l love it.

T h e M a r k T h o m a s

P r o d u c t

C h a n n e l 4 , 1 1 : 0 5 p m

M r T h o m a s returns to

scare the hell out of

'the establ ishment ' .

G u m b o o t s

Six guys f r o m S o w e t o

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Sadly , not up to any-

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real s h a m e .

A l l y M c B e a l

C h a n n e l 4 , 1 0 p m

Is there any c h a n c e

of a c h a r a c t e r w h o

c o u l d be d e s c r i b e d

as " n o r m a l " ? N o .

A l f r e d H i t c h c o c k &

C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t

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1 n

D A Y y

Cabaret

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A lcoho l free ents in the

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T h e H a u n t i n g

Q u i t e p o s s i b l y the

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nineties. But then wha t

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T h e S o p r a n o s

C h a n n e l 4 , 1 Opt

<_ruely ovc

the Emmv

D e r R o s e n k a v a l i e r

J o n a t h a n M i l l e r ' s

reworks S t rauss ' b i t-

ter-sweet c o m i c

o p e r a at the E N O .

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' C a r n i v a l of the

Bizarre ' with fire eaters,

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plus serious tunes in

the C o n c e r t Ha l l , c a s i -

no in the g y m , ka raoke

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entscard).

S t a n d a r d U n i o n l i ne-

u p ge ts u n d e r w a y ,

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p lus the STA b a r qu iz

o n Tuesday a n d the

t r a d i t i o n a l c o c k t a i l s

o n T h u r s d a y n i g h t .

C h e c k next w e e k ' s

Fu l l p r o g r a m m e of

sports a n d soc iet ies

activity gets u n d e r w a y

- con tac t you r c l u b

ch a i r / c a p t a i n .

Full f ixtures for the

new s e a s o n wi l l (ULU

a n d B U S A permit t ing)

a p p e a r in next w e e k ' s

Felix.

N e t a i d

event

spent.

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T h e G e n e r a l ' s A m e r i c a n P i e

D a u g h t e r

We l l m a d e

ing) po tbo ik

Mass i v e in the Sttes,

b e c a u s e it

m a n a g e s to f ind a

new level of

l a rge l y

m a n a c

w h o l e

lowest c o m m o n

denomina to r . Sick.

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Sky O n e , 8 p m

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a g e to d o so we l l ?

V a n D y c k

R o y a l

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Spor t , spor t & m o r e

spor t cou r t esy o f the

R u g b y W o r l d C u p ,

c o u n t l e s s f o o t b a l l

c o m p e t i t o n s a n d lots

of U S spor t o n C 5 .

N e w seasons ac ross

the b o a r d as gal ler ies

a n d theatres g e a up

for the i r m i l l e n i u m

runs . Expect m u c h

Y 2 K i n sp i r ed n o n -

sense to be unve i l ed .

NoteWeek One : The Basics

We l come to the first in a new

series of Felix c o o k i n g

c o l u m n s . I'm g o i n g to

attempt the imposs ib le - to provide

someth ing for everyone. C o o k i n g

really is easy. To prove the point, this

c o l u m n will bui ld up slowly, reach ing

a full roast before Chr i s tmas .

For most c o o k i n g , you only

need a few simple rules. In the Basic

Skill sect ion I intend to cover a smal l

step a l ong the way each week. The

M e a l S u g g e s t i on wil l then g ive

instructions for m a k i n g a who l e

m e a l , w i thout us ing any th ing

beyond the skills covered so far. For

the more adventurous, there will

a lso be a n A d v a n c e d Tip conta in ing

a n interesting idea or technique.

The Basic Skill

Boiling Water

To start off, this is a really bas ic but

very important ski l l . First, a few

words abou t pans. Obv ious ly , the

main distinction is between non-stick

and ordinary. For the nov ice , n o n -

stick is probably the best cho i ce ,

a l t hough there a re s o m e things

which are difficult to d o with a n o n -

stick pan (eg ach iev ing a g o o d g o l d -

en brown finish). The other impor-

tant characteristic is the thickness of

the base - in genera l , pans shou ld

have a moderate ly thick base .

C o n t r o l l i n g the t empe ra tu r e

under a pan is on e of the most

important skills to learn. If the heat is

too great, f o o d will burn , or c o o k

unevenly. If the heat is t oo low, you

may not get the f o o d hot e n o u g h for

the desired effect. The key to most

tasks is to vary the temperature.

W h e n boi l ing a pan of water,

start by turning the heat up as far as

possible. Loads of heat is required at

first to raise the temperature of the

water. As a genera l rule, you shou ld

never turn the heat so high that gas

f lames o r an electric g l ow are visible

round the edge of the p a n . W h e n

the water is bo i l i ng , a d d the f o o d

you want to bo i l . You will still need to

heat the pan fairly ha rd , because

now the f o o d needs to be raised in

temperature. At the point where the

water is bo i l ing , with the f o o d in the

p a n , you will need to lower the t e m -

perature, so that a m o u n t of heat

app l i ed matches the heat wh ich is

be ing lost. In this way the pan will

bo i l gently, without so m u c h e v a p o -

ration that the pan may boi l dry.

Meal Suggestion

Pasta with Pesto

Pasta is great. It is easy to c o o k , full

of energy, a n d c a n be really cheep -

a n d you don't necessari ly have to

m a k e a comp lex sauce to g o with it.

Pesto is the genera l n a m e for a

paste, m a d e with ol ive o i l , gar l i c ,

a n d either hard cheese o r nuts. You

can buy a bas ic green basi l pesto in

a jar, f rom supermarkets . M a n y

shops a lso sell red pesto, which has

a d d e d toma to . You c a n mix pesto

straight in with pasta , for a g o o d

va lue , tasty m e a l .

Boi l the pasta as desc r ibed

a b o v e , a d d i n g a p inch of salt to the

water. After the pasta has been

c o o k e d for the t ime speci f ied on the

packet , d ra in the p a n . If poss ib le ,

a d d s o m e butter of ol ive oi l to the

p a n , and mix into the pasta . Finally,

s imply stir in a b o u t a t ab l e spoon per

person of pesto.

Advanced Tip

Rosemary and Stilton Pesto

Rosemary a n d stilton c o m b i n e really

well in a pesto wh ich is idea l with for

pas ta , stuffing m u s h r o o m s , o r tick-

ing u n d e r the skin of c h i c k e n

breasts. M a k i n g pesto is great fun -

I'm sure there a re scientific ways of

d o i n g it, but I normal l y just shove al l

the ingredients in a blender. Just be

careful not to over-blend the stilton.

It is idea l to use on e of those

mini f ood processors , o r a h a n d

b lender with an enc losed a t tach-

ment. For two peop l e , b lend the f o l -

l ow ing , until s m o o t h :

5 0 g Pine Kernels (or Cashews)

3 t ab l espoons O l i v e O i l

1 large c h o p p e d gar l ic c love

a smal l c l u m p of fresh rosemary

a few drops of l emon juice

salt a n d peppe r

To f in ish, c h o p 6 0 g of stilton into

smal l chunks , then a d d to the pesto.

B lend for a further 1 0 seconds .

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Exploation Society FRISBEE 99

N i g e l T h a c k e r a n d S i m o n

H i c k s l ed the i r f irst m a j o r e x p e d i -

t i on this s u m m e r to P a k i s t a n w i th

f o u r o t h e r I C s t u d e n t s . W h a t f o l -

lows is the i r r epo r t o f a very s u c -

cess fu l v e n t u r e .

D i a r r h o e a , a l t i t u d e , f o o d p o i s o n -

i n g , i o d i n e , b l i z z a r d s , g l a c i e r s , b i g

r i ve rs ; s u m m e r m u s t h a v e a r r i v e d

a n d m a n y h a v e f o u n d t h e m s e l v e s

yet a g a i n o n E x p e d i t i o n . A n d so it

w a s f o r the six o f us a s w e set o f f

in to P a k i s t a n .

E ve r y th i ng w e n t w e l l o n o u r

d e p a r t u r e f r o m L o n d o n , a n d

I s l a m a b a d s o o n l o o m e d u p o n u s ;

w e r e a l i s e d h o w m u c h f a i th w e

h a d put in o u r Tour A g e n t s ; w e

h o p e d they w o u l d be t h e r e !

A t 3 a m o u r first m o v e t o o k us

to a s m a l l h o t e l in R a w a l p i n d i , the

o l d e r c i ty n e i g h b o u r i n g I s l a m -

a b a d . H e r e o u r g u i d e r e c o m -

m e n d e d w e wa i t t i l l t he f o l l o w i n g

m o r n i n g to c a t c h the for ty m i n u t e

f l ight u p to S k a r d u , bu t n o ! W e

we re f a r to k e e n . W a i t twenty f o u r

h o u r s in o n e p l a c e ! D i d t hey t h i nk

we w e r e m a d ? P e r h a p s fat lazy

A m e r i c a n s ? N o , w e w e r e y o u n g

e a g e r s t u d e n t s a n d c e r t a i n l y

we ren ' t g o i n g t o s t a n d st i l l f o r a

day . I n s t e a d w e m a n a g e d t o

n e g o t i a t e a bus f o r i m m e d i a t e

d e p a r t u r e u p o n the twenty f ive

h o u r d r i v e at 3 5 c e n t i g r a d e a l o n g

the K a r a k o r a m H i g h w a y . I th ink

w e w e r e d o u b l y c h u f f e d not to

h a v e to p a y ext ra fo r this s u c c e s s .

Twenty e i g h t h o u r s later, a n d

p r o b a b l y a s m a n y l itres in swea t ,

w e a r r i v e d in S k a r d u . The s cene r y

h a d b e e n q u i t e f a n t a s t i c w i th

s h e e r d r o p s of 1 0 0 0 m , to be

f o u n d o n l y in the g r e a t e r r a n g e s ,

a n d w e felt w e h a d g o t to k n o w

the c o u n t r y a l itt le. S t i l l , a f ter fifty

h o u r s in t rans i t o u r e ag e r- s tu den t

o u t l o o k w a s f l a g g i n g , a n d w e

w e r e p e r h a p s b e g i n n i n g to jo in

the A m e r i c a n c a m p . I n d e e d o u r

next ho te l w a s fu l l o f exac t l y the

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

we f i t ted in f i ne .

The trek (wh ich in te res t ing ly is

a l w a y s i n t e r c h a n g e a b l e f o r

" a d v e n t u r o u s w a l k " ) wen t w e l l ,

c o v e r i n g a m a z i n g l y c h a o t i c i ce

f i e lds b e f o r e e m e r g i n g o n t o the

' i c e h i g h w a y ' o f the B i a f o G l a c i e r .

W e h a d o p t e d to a l l o w p lenty o f

t i m e so a s to b e a b l e to b e a b l e to

c l i m b s o m e m o u n t a i n s en- rou t e .

O u r d r e a m s h a d b e e n of l o n g

s n o w c o v e r e d r i d g e s that w e c o u l d

a s c e n d , p e r h a p s i ce-axe in o n e

h a n d , t o o u r g l o r y at m a y b e

7 , 0 0 0 m . Ins tead w e f o u n d m a n y

r o c k sp i r e s a n d s h e e r f a c e s that

p e r h a p s c o u l d b e c l i m b e d by

Br i t a in ' s best c l i m b e r s ; we w o u l d

h a v e t o g i v e it a f e w y e a r s .

D e s p i t e this d i s c o v e r y w e w e r e

p l e a s e d to m a k e s e v e r a l a s cen t s

u p to 5 8 8 2 m , c l a i m i n g o n e

u n c l i m b e d p e a k a s " F r i s b e e

B r a k k " .

K a y a k i n g w a s a h u g e s u c c e s s

t o o with two m a j o r r i vers , the

S h y o k a n d the H u s h e b e i n g p a d -

d l e d a n d s w a m in l a r g e s e c t i o n s .

T h e w a t e r w a s very fast - p e r h a p s

3 0 m p h in p l a c e s - a n d p r o v e d

very p a i n f u l to t h o s e w h o s w a m .

O n e e p i c e n d e d in us l o s i n g a

b o a t a n d p a d d l e , t h o u g h the b o a t

w a s la ter r e c o v e r e d a n d w e c a r -

r i ed a s p a r e p a d d l e .

O t h e r h i g h l i g h t s o f the tr ip

i n v o l v e d s c e n i c to i l e t s i tes , a l m o s t

k i l l i ng H i ck s y (a l a r g e f a l l i n g ice-

b l o c k g r a z e d his he lmet ) a n d the

r e v e l a t i o n tha t o u r staff h a d b e e n

t h r e a t e n e d with the s a c k s h o u l d

o u r g r o u p c o m p l a i n . S u r p r i s i n g l y

h i g h s t a n d a r d s f o l l o w e d !

M y f i n a l m e s s a g e f r o m this

e x p e d i t i o n w o u l d be that if y o u

w a n t to d o s o m e t h i n g , D O IT!!

H a d w e f o l l o w e d the we l l m e a n t ,

p r e - d e p a r t u r e a d v i c e f r o m the

m a n y ' e x p e r t s ' we s p o k e to we

s h o u l d not h a v e v i s i ted Pak i s t an

this y ea r ( F a b r i z i o ' s f r i ends h a d

b e e n sho t at p o i n t b l a n k o u t t he r e

last year ) , w e w o u l d c e r t a i n l y not

c l i m b a n y t h i n g ( Rob h a d h a d

extens i ve e x p e r i e n c e in the a r e a

a n d k n e w it w a s a l l t o o t e c h n i c a l ) ,

the por te rs w o u l d sure ly c o n us

(an i n e v i t a b l e a s p e c t o f the d i f f i -

cu l t p e o p l e in the a r ea ) a n d as fo r

c a n o e s , h u h ! , d o n ' t e v e n b o t h e r

p u t t i n g t h e m o n the p l a n e (every

r iver w i l l b e s t o p p e r e d to 1 5 m a n d

l e tha l ) . O f c o u r s e n o n e of these

p r o b l e m s p r o v e d t o o h a r d t o

o v e r c o m e , a n d wi th a little de t e r -

m i n a t i o n a n y e x p e d i t i o n c a n h a p -

p e n , a n d o u r s d i d .

M a n y t h a n k s t o C a s c a d e

D e s i g n s f o r w a t e r f i l t e r s a n d

The rm-a-Res t s , D a l l o z Fa l l P ro tec-

t i o n f o r Trol l a n d G r i v e l c l i m b i n g

g e a r , a n d B r i d g e d a l e 2 0 0 0 f o r

s u p p l y i n g the t e a m wi th s o c k s .

T h e e x p e d i t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d

by I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e ' s E x p l o r a t i o n

B o a r d , the D o r s e t E x p e d i t i o n a r y

Soc ie ty , a n d the Y o u n g E x p l o r e r s '

Trust o f the Roya l G e o g r a p h i c a l

Soc ie t y .

To f i n d o u t h o w t o j o i n a su i t-

a b l e e x p e d i t i o n o r l e a d y o u r o w n ,

c o m e a l o n g to the E x p l o r a t i o n

S o c i e t y ' s I n t r o d u c t o r y t a l k o n

T h u r s d a y 14 O c t o b e r at 1 2 : 3 0 ,

v e n u e T B A . S p e a k e r s i n c l u d e Prof.

B o b S h r o t e r f r o m ICs e x p l o r a t i o n

b o a r d , a n d S h a n e W i n s o r f r o m

the Roya l G e o g r a p h i c a l Soc ie ty ,

b o t h g i v i n g p r a c t i c a l a d v i c e o n

p l a n n i n g a n d f u n d i n g y o u r v e n -

tu re . If y o u a r e u n a b l e to a t t e n d ,

o r w o u l d l ike m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n

a b o u t the s o c i e t y ' s o t h e r l e c tu res ,

p l e a s e c o n t a c t N i g e l at

n i g e l . t h a c k e r @ i c . a c . u k .

To place an article about your society

contact David Roberts at felix@ic.ac.uk.

1 s 3

Pugwash Womens Football

P u g w a s h is a w e l l - k n o w n i n t e r n a -

t i o n a l o r g a n i s a t i o n ( w w w . p u g -

w a s h . o r g ) , c o n c e r n e d wi th g l o b a l

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

i s s u e s . It e n c o u r a g e s s c i en t i s t s

a n d e n g i n e e r s to t a k e r e s p o n s i b i l -

ity f o r the i r a c t i o n s . P u g w a s h a n d

its p r e s i d e n t J o s e p h R o t b l a t

r e c e i v e d the N o b e l P e a c e Pr ize in

1 9 9 5 f o r t h e i r e f fo r t s t o w a r d s

n u c l e a r d i s a r m a m e n t . T h e S t u -

den t P u g w a s h g r o u p is g u i d e d by

the g o a l s a n d p r i n c i p l e s o f " T h e

P u g w a s h C o n f e r e n c e s o n S c i e n c e

a n d W o r l d A f f a i r s " . It is c o n -

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

s c i e n c e a n d s e e k s w ay s t o p r e v e n t

its m i s u s e . It is a l s o c o n c e r n e d

w i th r e d u c i n g t h e d a n g e r o f

a r m e d c o n f l i c t a n d s e e k s c o -

o p e r a t i v e s o l u t i o n s t o g l o b a l

p r o b l e m s , a n d t h e r e b y t r ies t o

ave r t the i m m i n e n t th rea t s t o c i v i l -

i s a t i o n .

T h e IC S t u d e n t P u g w a s h

g r o u p a i m s t o ra i se the a w a r e n e s s

o f o u r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y to h e l p to

r e d u c e a n d , w h e n p o s s i b l e , to

e l i m i n a t e the a c t u a l a n d p o t e n t i a l

h a r m f u l e f fects o f the sc ien t i f i c

a n d t e c h n o l o g i c a l r e s e a r c h a n d

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

events s u c h as l e c tu res , d i s c u s -

s i o n s , w o r k s h o p s a n d s e m i n a r s in

a r e a s l ike a r m s c o n t r o l , d i s a r m a -

m e n t ( p a r t i c u l a r l y w e a p o n s o f

m a s s d e s t r u c t i o n ) , , s u s t a i n a b l e

e n v i r o n m e n t a n d o t h e r e t h i c a l

i s s u e s . N o b e l P e a c e l a u r e a t e

J o s e p h Ro tb l a t w i l l g i v e the i n a u -

g u r a l l e c t u r e , a n d w o r k s h o p s o n

the f o l l o w i n g t o p i c s a r e env i s-

a g e d : m i l i t a r y r e s e a r c h at IC ,

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

w a r f a r e , e n v i r o n m e n t a l i s s u e s ,

i n t e r n a t i o n a l s e cu r i t y , a r m s

e x p o r t , a n d e th i cs in s c i e n c e .

Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n o n the

I C U P u g w a s h g r o u p , o r if y o u

w o u l d l i ke to ge t i n v o l v e d with o u r

w o r k , p l e a s e c o n t a c t C a r s t e n

R o h r at c . r o h r @ i c . a c . u k o r c h e c k

o u t o u r w e b s i t e a t

w w w . s u . i c . a c . u k / p u g w a s h .

Women's footbal l at IC is about

fun, compe t i t i on and team

work. W e welcome anyone, no matter

what your nationality, discipl ine or

ability, and strive to accommodate any

enthusiastic player.

The team competes in the U niver-

sity of London league and cup com-

pet i t ion on Sundays, and in the

national British Universities Sports

Assoc ia t ion ( B U S A ) competit ion on

Wednesday afternoons. Last year we

reached the quarter finals of the

B U S A compet i t ion, and the year

before we lost on penalties in the

semi-final of the U L U cup. A l ongside

the main competit ions are a range of

five-a-side tournaments arranged by

other Universities which we also com-

pete in.

Moreover , we hope to d o even

better this year with the influx of more

medical and off-campus students into

what was previously a purely Imperial

team.

W e train once a week on M o n -

day nights with a qualif ied football

coach to prepare for the games.

Wednesday nights are when the wom-

ens team gets together in the bar to

talk tactics and encourage team bu i ld-

ing through our shared love of beer.

W e are also keen to maintain relations

with the men's club - we have joint

Christmas and Annua l Dinners, where

we get together to reminisce about

the seasons highs and lows.

So , when your course gets you

d o w n , and stress is at an all time high,

share the burden and take it out on

some other university on the footbal l

p i tch . If you love footba l l , fun and

frolics, join the womens football club

and enhance your time at Imperial

Co l l ege .

For more information on the club

find us at the Freshers Fair (you ' l l find

our stall in the M D H ) , turn up for

training at midday on W e d nesday, or

contact this y e a r s captain, A n n e

Kerr, at anne.kerr@ic .ac .uk . Results,

fixtures and loads more useful info can

also be found on our webs i t e :

www.su. ic .ac .uk/ladiesfootbal l .

SATURDAY 2ND 5PM RUGBY WOULD CUP

If

PLUS A CHANCE TO WIN CALDERS

& TETLEYS POLO SHIRTS ALL AFTERNOON

SUNDAY

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24 t x

Welcome to the Wide World of Sport In t rue n e w s p a p e r s ty le , th is b a c k

p a g e is r e s e r v e d f o r t h e m o s t e l e -

g a n t , d y n a m i c , p e r c e p t i v e r e p o r t -

ing e m e r g i n g f r o m I m p e r i a l C o l -

l e g e . Y e s , i t ' s t h e s p o r t p a g e s ,

a n d th is y e a r y o u c a n e x p e c t t o

see the resu l ts o f I m p e r i a l ' s f i nes t

c l u b s c h u r n i n g t h e i r w a y t h r o u g h

w h a t e v e r the m e d i o c r e U n i v e r s i t y

of L o n d o n t e a m s c a n t h r o w (or

k i c k , h i t , pass ) at t h e m . A g a i n .

T h e Br i t i sh U n i v e r s i t i e s S p o r t s

A s s o c i a t i o n c o m p e t i t i o n k i c k s off

o n W e d n e s d a y 1 3 t h O c t o b e r w i th

o u r M e n ' s F e n c i n g l o o k i n g t o

d e f e n d the i r B U S A C h a m p i o n s h i p

t i t le f r o m the l ikes o f O x f o r d a n d

L o u g h b o r o u g h . M e n ' s V o l l e y b a l l

m a y g o o n e bet te r this y e a r to

c l i n c h the tit le a f t e r r e a c h i n g the

f i n a l s last year. In the Un i v e r s i t y o f

L o n d o n l e a g u e s , M e n ' s F o o t b a l l

a r e l o o k i n g to d o the d o u b l e

a g a i n , w h i l e the Lad i e s t e a m a r e

sti l l s e a r c h i n g f o r t he i r f irst t i t le in

any c o m p e t i t i o n . W h a t e v e r y o u r

s p o r t , Fel ix w i l l b r i n g y o u the la t-

est r e su l t s , m a t c h r e p o r t s a n d

t e a m i n f o r m a t i o n o n M o n d a y

m o r n i n g s , f o r y o u r l e c tu r e t i m e

r e a d i n g p l e a s u r e .

M a t c h r epo r t s (in p l a i n E n g -

l i s h , o n p a p e r , not s c r a w l e d i l l e g -

ib ly o n the b a c k o f a b e e r mat)

a r e a l w a y s w e l c o m e o n a

W e d n e s d a y n i g h t . W e ' r e a l s o

l o o k i n g f o r e a g e r s p o r t s

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

a n d p h o t o g r a p h e r s , s o if y o u

f a n c y y o u r s e l f a s the next J o h n

M o t s o n , B a r r y D a v i e s , T r e v o r

B r o o k i n g o r M u r r a y W a l k e r

( p o t e n t i a l J i m m y H i l l ' s n e e d not

app l y ) a n d w a n t t o e x p e r i e n c e the

c o m b i n e d e x c i t e m e n t o f l ive spo r t

a n d a n e x p e n s e a c c o u n t d r o p

i n t o t h e o f f i c e o r e m a i l

f e l i x @ i c . a c . u k .

United stride away while Hakkinen nudges ahead

challengers falter at first of Irvine in race for title Football Formula One

O h dear . O n c e a g a i n Un i t ed a re

g o i n g to wa lk a w a y with every th ing ,

aren ' t they. W h a t l o o k e d like b e i n g

a relatively o p e n s e a s o n - a three

horse race at the very least - l ooks

like a fairly safe bet a l ready . T h e

Premiersh ip w o u l d s e e m to b e in

ser ious d a n g e r of tu rn ing into the

Scott ish Premier, with Un i t ed on ly

hav ing to turn up to w a l k a w a y with

the s i l verware , at least until A r s e n a l

c a n r e c a p t u r e the i r t r a d e m a r k

st inginess a n d a r r o g a n c e , C h e l s e a

c a n learn a little cons is tency , Leeds

c a n a f ford a c o u p l e of truly w o r l d

c lass p layers o r L i ve rpoo l c a n a f ford

to buy the o ther half of the c o a c h -

ing m a n u a l (the sec t i on o n d e f e n c e

wou ldn ' t g o amiss ) .

A l l we c a n real ly h o p e fo r n o w

is f o r s o m e t h i n g nasty to h a p p e n t o

D a v i d B e c k h a m , thus putt ing h i m

out for the rest of the s e a s o n a n d

spa r i ng us h a v i n g to h e a r the w o r d s

"this is def ini te ly B e c k h a m terr i tory"

every t ime the o p p o s i t i o n c o n c e d e

a free kick in their o w n half. M e a n -

whi le they ' re a lmos t certa in ly g o i n g

to be the only British t e a m m a k i n g

a n y p r o g r e s s in E u r o p e (unless

B o b b y Robson ' s m a g i c reaches new

he ights o r Spurs get lucky a n d

G i n o l a starts s h o w i n g off). O h we l l ,

at least Un i t ed can ' t w in the C u p

this s e a s o n . . .

Fu r ther d o w n the d i v i s i o n ' s ,

however , there ' s a m u c h m o r e inter-

est ing c h a l l e n g e in progress . I'm

ta l k ing a b o u t the eterna l quest to

ach i e ve the holy gra i l of League

F o o t b a l l . Af ter years of the Thi rd

D i v i s i o n effect ively b l o c k i n g any

p r o m o t i o n into the League , us ing

s t ad ium qual i ty as their just i f icat ion,

a l l the b ig C o n f e r e n c e teams now

have g r o u n d s that w o u l d d o the

League p r o u d . C o n s e q u e n t l y , f ou r

o r f ive years after first w inn ing the

C o n f e r e n c e , S t evenage f inal ly l o o k

l ike they ' ve got a decen t c h a n c e of

m o v i n g up into the heady w o r l d o

"rea l f o o t b a l l " . The fact that it might

be at the expense of O r i e n t just

m a k e s it even sweeter...

A s the 1 9 9 8 / 9 9 s e a s o n d r a w s to a

c l i m a x , the scene is set fo r a d r a -

ma t i c f in ish to both the Dr ivers a n d

C o n s t r u c t o r s c o m p e t i t i o n s .

D e f e n d i n g c h a m p i o n , F inn M i k a

H a k k i n e n , 3 1 , c l i n c h e d a vi ta l two

po in ts at last w e e k e n d s E u r o p e a n

G P in w h i c h D a m o n Hi l l e n d e d his

d i s s a p o i n t i n g s e a s o n in a f itt ing

m a n n e r in a n a c c i d e n t i n vo l v i ng

J a r n o Trull i a n d Rubens B a r r i c h e l l o

o n the first co rne r . The N u r b u r -

g r i ng in G e r m a n y m a d e fo r a n

exc i t i n g , a c t i o n p a c k e d r a c e with a

first p l a c e jinx s t r ik ing f o u r t imes .

W i n n e r J o h n n y He rbe r t t o o k a first

S t e w a r t - F o rd G P w i n a f t e r t i t le

c h a l l e n g e r s H e i n z - H a r a l d Frentzen

a n d D a v i d C o u l t h a r d ret i red in a

race p l a g u e d by i n c l e m e n t w e a t h -

er. I t a l i an G i a n c a r l o F i s i c h e l l a

s p u n ou t h a v i n g t a k e n first p l a c e

after C o u l t h a r d l o c k e d up af te r

o p t i n g to take his c h a n c e s in the

r a i n . In a race w h i c h s a w Ferrar i

p e r f o r m the worst pit s top of the

s e a s o n , l e a v i ng Edd i e Irvine l a n -

g u i s h i n g just o u t s i d e a po in ts p o s i -

t i o n , the re t i r ement of J a q u e s V i l l -

n e u v e c r e a t e d a n e w ba t t l e

b e t w e e n Irvine a n d H a k k i n e n fo r

6th p o s i t i o n - a n d a m u c h n e e d e d

c h a m p i o n s h i p p o i n t . H a k k i n e n

s p r u n g in to a c t i o n desp i t e r a c i n g

ha l f-hear ted l y fo r m u c h of the r a c e

f o l l o w i n g the s t r a t egy m i s t a k e s

o r i g i n a t i n g f r o m the M c C l a r e n

e n g i n e e r s . H a k k i n e n ' s first o v e r t a k -

ing a t t empt s a w h i m run off the

t rack , but a la te r m i s t ake by Irvine

as the p ressu re bu i l t up a l l o w e d

the F inn to t ake 6 th p o s i t i o n with

th ree l aps to g o .

W i t h t w o r a c e s t o g o , H a k k i -

nen n o w l e a d s the dr ivers c h a m p i -

o n s h i p by 6 2 p t s to Irvine's 6 0 p t s ,

with H e i n z - H a r a l d Frentzen sure ly

ou t o f the r u n n i n g in th i rd o n

5 0 p t s . The a c t i o n n o w m o v e s to

M a l a y s i a a n d J a p a n wi th a l l the

po ten t i a l f o r a n i n c r e d i b l y d r a m a t -

ic f in ish - it just r e m a i n s to be seen

h o w v i ta l t hose t w o po in t s turn ou t

to b e .