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I must reiterate that I abhor censorship and believe i n f r e e d o m of e x p r e s s i o n . W h i l s t sympathizing with the fight against apartheid I w o u l d not willingly exclude adverts from anyone {even vile multi-nationals) as I believe that i n d i v i d u a l s at I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e a r e intelligent enough to discriminate between the companies a n d organisations with which they want to be involved. Students are well aware of the issues involved in S o u t h A f r i c a , including Barclays' involvement, and can choose whether they wish to bank with them o r not.
An apology I apologise for the severe cuts made to articles this week. I'm afraid that t h e election manifestos have necessitated a reduction i n the space available for clubs, societies, etc. Hopefully I've included any vital information and n o r m a l service....(yawn, yawn).
Letters It has been suggested that I make u p or c o m m i s s i o n all the letters! T h i s is absolute r u b b i s h . M y l e t t e r s w o u l d b e far m o r e interesting than the drivel I've received in the past few weeks. W h e r e have all the good letters gone?
The Barclays Bit I must admit that I expected to be challenged o v e r including a B a r c l a y s advert earlier. M r G a r s i d e ' s l e t t e r is t o s a y the l e a s t f a i r l y predictable, but it does merit a response. Firstly, I will happily except adverts from Barclays for financial reasons. T h i s bank and others provide a large amount of support for various publications (and hence indirectly the U n i o n ) b y advertising. W i t h o u t their support the U n i o n w o u l d have to save in the order of £1,000 elsewhere— perhaps b y abolishing Socialist Society, A n t i A p a r t h e i d G r o u p , L a b o u r C l u b , Liberal C l u b , etc., etc.? I'm certain that s u c h c ommitte d individuals w o u l d rather fund their o w n activities than take money from B a r c l a y s . H o w e v e r this a r g u m e n t is n o t really sufficient by itself. A more important reason is personal freedom.
Perhaps most important of all, B a r c l a y s are a d a m n g o o d bank a n d a r e not the only investors in S o u t h Africa. Unfortunately S o u t h A f r i c a has a tight grip over i n t e r n a t i o n a l finance due to its mineral wealth a n d , unless we w i s h to trade with the Soviet U n i o n for gold, u r a n i u m , etc., we are stuck. Personally I find the Soviet U n i o n ' s system of ' d e m o c r a c y ' equally unacceptable. B y not giving people the chance to choose we are repressing their o w n freedom. S o come on A n t i - A p a r t h e i d persons, stop complaining. It's just not c r i c k e t .
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T h i s w a s n ' t half as e x c i t i n g o r e n t e r t a i n i n g a s u s u a l . P r e s u m a b l y this w a s d u e t o the candidates themselves. T h e o n l y positive t h i n g t o c o m e out of it w a s t o r e a f f i r m m y c o n v i c t i o n that I s h o u l d a b s t a i n in the H o n o r a r y S e c r e t a r y e l e c t i o n , as n o n e of th e c a n d i d a t e s s t r u c k m e a s b e i n g o u t s t a n d i n g . A s for the o t h e r s , judge for y o u r s e l f b y r e a d i n g their m a n i f e s t o s . R e m e m b e r to vote o n M o n d a y o r Tuesday a n d bring your U n i o n c a r d .
Credits T h a n k s to N i c k T . , Peter, Soheel, Lesley, Paul, Steve, D a v e , J o n , D a v e R., N i c k W . , M a r t i n , Izy, J e z , D a n u t a (who I forget last week), all the collators, M a z a n d Ian.
• T M Soc meeting, 5:30pm, Huxley 411. All meditators welcome.
What's On JCR.
•IC Angling club meeting, 12:30pm, Southside Upper Lounge. • B U N A C meeting, 12:30pm, G r e e n C o m m R m . •Christian Union meeting, 6:30pm, Music R m , 53 Princes Gate. Jesus' relationship with G o d . All welcome. •Election Special, 8:00pm, Southside Bar. C o m e along and ask all the awkward questions you thought of after yesterday's Hustings U G M . • S o u p Run, 10:30pm, Falmouth Kitchen.
Saturday, March 6 • N u c l e a r D i s a r m a m e n t ' T e a c h In', 10:00am to 5:00pm, Huxley Building R m 213. A n opportunity to d i s c u s s a n d l e a r n m o r e a b o u t s o m e of t h e i s s u e s involved in nuclear disarmament. Morning: four eminent speakers including Philip Noel Baker. Afternoon: workshops to discuss issues in greater depth. Price £2 waged; £1 unwaged (including students with Unioncard). •West London Chaplaincy sponsored walk, 7:45am, meet at More House.
Monday, March 8 • Hang-Gliding club meeting, 12:30pm, 'Southside Bar.
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• B a d g e s o c l u n c h t i m e meeting, 12:40pm, S t a n ' s Lounge. • Chemsoc lecture, 4:30pm, Lecture Theatre C . Professor G . R . Luckhurst (Southampton Univ) speaking on 'Liquid Crystals'.
In the standard solution to this p u z z l e , the s e c o n d and third weighings y o u make depend on the result of the first weighing. W h a t I'm after this week is a solution t o the fake c o i n p u z z l e i n w h i c h all the c o m p a r i s o n s a r e specified before a n y of the weighings a r e made. Solutions, comments, criticisms to me at the FELIX Office, please. There is a prize of £5 (donated by Mend-a-Bike) and two tickets to the IC Orchestra concert next Friday for the correct entry selected at 1:00 pm next Wednesday. Last W e e k ' s Puzzle A b o u t twenty people got last week's p u z z l e r i g h t , a n d a b o u t t w e l v e of t h e m f o u n d it remarkably easy, since they'd all made the same arithmetical slip. I'm reluctant to a w a r d the prize to anyone w h o got a (quite difficult) puzzle right just because their maths is faulty, so I ' m h o l d i n g t h e c o m p e t i t i o n o p e n f o r another week to allow those people who gave no reasoning with their solution to submit a few words of explanation. D r . B e r k s h i r e i n t h e d e p a r t m e n t of mathematics has pointed out that there is a slight i m p r o v e m e n t to the m e t h o d for balancing dominoes w h i c h I described last week. If y o u move th e t o p d o m i n o slightly towards the centre of the table, then the b o t t o m domino c a n be m o v e d further out over the edge, allowing a minute e x t r a overhang.
•Dancing club beginners class, 7:30pm, J C R . • I C C A G Soup Run, meet 10:30pm Falmouth Kitchens.
Wednesday, March 10 • B o a r d s a i l i n g c l u b meeting, 12:30 a n d 6 : 1 5 p m , Southside Upper Lounge.
Friday, March 5
There's a very famous problem involving twelve c o i n s , all of w h i c h look the same, but one of w h i c h is a slightly different weight f r o m the o t h e r e l e v e n . W i t h just a n o r d i n a r y balance, w h i c h c a n be used t o c o m p a r e the weights of two piles of coins, y o u are a s k e d to find the fake c o i n a n d determine whether it is too heavy o r t o o light.
•Wellsoc proudly present the world's leading authority on vampires. C o m e at your peril. 7:30pm, Elec Eng 408.
Tuesday, March 9 •Socialist Society Bookstall, 12:30-2:30pm, Books and Campaign Coffee for sale.
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•Catholic mass and lunch, 12:30pm, C h e m 231. Nominal charge for lunch. • 3 F ' s Scandanavian sausage lunch (bring your own sausage), 12:30pm, Southside Upper Lounge. •Riding club meeting, 1:00pm, R m 1009, Elec Eng. •Nat Hist soc lecture, 1:00pm, Botany Basement L T . D r K. Dalby (IC) on 'The Biological Monitoring of Pollution'. • S T O I C programme, 1:00pm, J C R , Southside and all Halls. A second chance to see the S T O I C Christmas Special. •Speaker meeting: Apartheid and Sanctions, with Lord Beaumont, Cosmas Desmond, and Mike Terry, 1:00pm, Huxley 213. Arranged by Left Alliance. • M e c h Eng Soc presents 'From N A S A to spaceb l a n k e t s — a new t e c h n o l o g y in m e t a l i s e d p l a s t i c s ' , 1:15pm, ME542. •Anti-apartheid picket of Barclays, 2:00pm. •IC Amnesty group meeting, 5:30pm, G r e e n C o m m Rm. • S i r K e n n e t h C o r f i e l d o n ' T h e F u t u r e R o l e of Engineers', 6:00pm, C h e m . Eng Theatre 1. • D r Raine lecturing to Astrosoc on 'The Superstructure of the Universe', 6:30pm, Physics L T 2 . Free to members. • S F Soc Film: The Big Bus, 6:30pm, ME220. 50p nonmembers, 20p members. See last week's S F Soc Bulletin for details. •Socialist Society speaker meeting: The Ecology Party, 6:30pm, G r e e n C o m m Rm.
• T M society meeting, 1:00pm, Huxley 411. Videotape of M a h a r i s h i M a h e s h Y o g i t a l k i n g a b o u t ' L o v e , E x p a n s i o n of H a p p i n e s s a n d R e f i n e m e n t of t h e Physiology'. • A n t i - a p a r t h e i d m e e t i n g , 1:00pm, U n i o n U p p e r Lounge. The Anti-Apartheid Secretary, Mike Terry, will be speaking. •Wargames club meeting, 1:00pm, Union S C R . •IC Trampoline society meeting, 5:30pm, Courtauld Hall, Q E C , Campden Hill R d . •Dancing club intermediate class, 7:30pm, J C R .
Thursday, March 11 • T h e Underground Eiger, a film about cave-diving in Yorkshire, 12:30pm, Mines 303. • S T O I C presents News-Break, 1:00 a n d 6:00pm, usual places. •Christian Science group meeting, 1:00pm, Seminar R m , Level 2S, Botany. • S T O I C programme, 1:00pm, usual places. Election Special! Live from the Great Hall. Results of Union elections as they happen. Summary at 6:00pm. • M O P S O C Lecture T h e use and applications of the I C L D A P ' by Dr Heather M . Liddell from Q M C , 1:10pm, Physics L T 2 (level 1). Free to members. Non-members lOp. •Dept ot Humanities presents a lunch-hour concert: David Bogle (violin) and Maureen Parrington (piano), 1:30, Music R m , 53 Princes Gate. •Gliding club meeting, 5:30pm, Aero 254. •Real Ale soc meeting, 7:30pm, Union C r u s h Bar. A G M and three different beers. S U cards required. •Mines/IF Party, 8:30pm, J C R . £1.00 from R S M U .
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