Founded in 1949 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION F R E E !

N o . 386 W E D N E S D A Y (Surpr ise , surpr i se ) , 3 0 T H A P R I L , 1975.

20 MORE RESIDENCE PLACES FOR WOMEN —

SEX DISCRIMINATION? VAT E R R O R

IN 1973, J o s eph Murray, Warden of the A l l e n H a l l of R e s i d e n c e (Un ive rs i t y of Manchester ) re fused to charge V A T on guest room fees dur ing termtime. T h e Government ' s V A T Commiss i one r s d i sagreed wi th h i s att i tude and took h im to court . The r e s u l t i n g V A T T r i b u n a l uphe ld the Warden's d e c i s i o n and ru led that no V A T i s payable on guest room fees on a student area dur ing termt ime.

T h i s came to l i gh t when the Deputy P r e s i d en t , Ron K i l l , was reading through the quart­er ly news le t ter of the A s s o c i a t i o n of C o l l e g e Wardens

C o l l e g e B l o c k

R e - n a m e d

C o l l e g e B l o c k , the admin­i s t r a t i v e core of the co l l e g e wh i ch was opened in December 1969 by the Queen , i s to be re-named at l a s t .

It is to be c a l l e d "The Sheffield Building" in r ecogn i ­t ion o f L o r d Sher f i e ld ' s s e r v i c e s to the C o l l e g e as Cha i rman of the Gove rn ing Body from 1962 — 1974. One suspec t s that the C o l l e g e was wa i t i ng for a prominent C o l l e g e d ign i tary to e i ther die or leave before any re-naming wou ld take p l a c e , but that i s jus t sheer s p e c u l ­a t i on .

A d d i t i o n a l l y , the new hos t e l b l o ck wh i ch was comple ted at the C o l l e g e F i e l d S ta t i on , S i lwood P a r k , in February 1974 is to be named "William Penney Hall" i n recogn i t ion o f L o r d P e n n e y ' s l ong a s s o c i a t i o n w i th the C o l l e g e as a student , staf f member and Rec to r from 1967 — 1973.

in the absence of the T i z a r d H a l l Warden, Dr Geof f E v a n s .

The l ega l reference for the case i s 1 V A T T R 33 1973 and it i s c l ea r that the case was contes ted i n 1973. The guests of students at IC, however, have been paying VAT on guest rooms throughout the session. It i s obv ious that the C o l l e g e B l o c k f i n a n c i a l machinery has s l i p p e d up somewhere a l on g the l i n e . The C o l l e g e ' s popular ' V A T m a n ' , Terry D o o r i s , left C o l l e g e at the end of l a s t term so there i s a state of con fus i on as to how th is a l l happened .

Under tak ings have been g i ven that th is unfortunate s i tua t i on w i l l be sor ted out .

But i n the meant ime, a l l those who have been charged V A T on guest room fees are en t i t l ed to a refund.

T H E C O L L E G E has decided to raise the proportion of women in residence (halls and houses)from 10.7% to 12.3%. This has resulted from theal location of twenty of the thirty-nine new places, which will be available from next October, to women.

It i s C o l l e g e p o l i c y to a l i g n percentage of women i n r e s i d ­ence w i th the percentage of women at the C o l l e g e . I f t h i s i s to be the c a s e , then on present f igures there w i l l have to be near ly 100 more women at IC next year , mak ing a to ta l of over 500. It appears that in recent y ea rs , a greater propor­t i on o f students have been women than the es t imated f igures on wh ich the a l l o c a t i o n of p l aces was b a s e d . ( L a s t year is be ing quoted as an excep t i on s i n c e 10.7% of a i r res idents i n h a l l s and houses were female whereas they only formed 10 .1% of the C o l l e g e ) .

However it would seem that even allowing for this, an increase of20-25%in the female contingent of the College is a major overestimation.

L a d y Anne T h o m e , the Senior Tutor for women, was approached by F E L I X . On our sugges t ion that i t wou ld appear that women were c l e a r l y go ing to be g iven greater preference than men, she r ep l i ed w i th three po in t s : f i r s t l y , the number of women at C o l l e g e does have a genera l upwards trend; s econd l y , a h igh percentage of

R I Z IS T H E N E W D P Y E S T E R D A Y A F T E R N O O N ,

R i z Shak i r , current ly the Fea tu r e s E d i t o r o f F E L I X , was dec la r ed e l ec ted to the post of Deputy P r e s i d e n t of IC U n i o n for the next academic s e s s i o n .

Desp i t e the fact that there were two fu l l y p roposed c a n ­d idates when the nominat ion papers came down on Monday, Mr Shaki r was never the l ess dec la red e l ec ted when h i s

opponent, Graham P a t e r s o n , wi thdrew from the e l e c t i o n .

The resu l t has genera l l y r e l eased s ighs of r e l i e f from ce r ta in sectors of the U n i o n who were conv inced that i f the e l e c t i o n went to a ba l l o t , i t wou ld ce r ta in l y have been inquorate and thus n e c e s s i t a t e d yet another e l e c t i on . The e l e c t i o n i s , of c ou r s e , subject to ra t i f i ca t i on at the next U G M .

women are f reshers , who there­fore tend to soak up a lot of p l a c e s at the e xpense of s e cond and third years ; and th i rd l y ; far more female than male P G ' s w i s h to have to rooms in r e s i d ­ence so once aga in they would tend to soak up the women 's a l l o c a t i o n at theexpense of the second and third y e a r s . Thus the admit ted " o v e r e s t i m a t i o n " i s to he lp out the second and third years .

The opponents of th is scheme say that i t i s i l l - p l a n n e d and that i t does not take into account many a spe c t s of the res idence s i t u a t i o n . The po in t was made that women much prefer s ing l e rooms than double rooms (are fewer s ing l e rooms going to be a v a i l a b l e to men?) and that on the whole there i s a far wider range of a l te rnat i ve accommodat ion f a c i l i t i e s a v a i l a b l e for women than for m e n .

There seems to be a genera l f e e l ing of d i sapp rova l amongst the men at IC and the U n i o n d i d , i n fact , oppose the move but to no a v a i l .

When a s k e d to comment, B i l l Gerrard , the Warden of M in ing House s a i d " / feel a little disappointed that Lady Anne Thome did not take the trouble to personally consult enough people on this matter. There are still some uncertain­ties as to how the scheme may be implemented in practical terms."

T h e f i na l Un i on v i ew on the matter was the expec ta t i on that the p l a c e s w i l l not a l l be f i l l e d next year . A request i s to be made for l e t t i ng men in to the vacant rooms i f th is turns out to be the c a s e .

F E L I X

Michael Williams

T H E FEL IX pilot scheme of producing two issues per week is hereby initiated, but I have to emphasise that the idea is purely experimental and in no way reflects any kind of long term policy for FEL IX . Indeed, if the scheme proves to be impracticable then it may be scrapped in favour of an eight-page weekly".

The idea behind the scheme is simple: producing a twelve page issue requires the collation ("putting together") of three sheets over 2,200 times. Now with exams in the offing, I feel that it is unreasonable to ask the non-sabbatical staff to give up four hours of revision time late on Thursday evening in order to collate FEL IX . However, by producing two four-page issues a week (with the occasional eight-pager) the time-consuming task of collating is largely avoided.

That is the theory anyway. Fingers crossed on the practice!

8 A minor dissent has arisen over the reporting of the

way in which the IC Union delegation voted on the Abortion Bill emergency motion at the NUS Llandudno conference recently". Since I was sitting at the Press table and not with the delegation for the whole of the conference I am unable to confirm either way. I was told of our delegation's voting in good faith by Mrs Gerrard, nevertheless Mr Payne insists that he voted for the motion and did not abstain. In light of Mr Payne's sub­sequent interest in the subject, I am prepared to accept that he did in fact vote for the motion. I apologise for any undue embarassment which the conference report may have caused him.

LETTER Broad Left Bashing

Phys ics 25th April, 1975

Dear S i r , Y o u r c y n i c i s m at the

l eadersh ip proposed by the broad left at L l a n d u d n o in the E d u c a t i o n mot ion i s w e l l founded. The d i s g race fu l t a c t i c s of A l Stewart at Surrey were not the a c t i o n s o f an i n d i v i d u a l but the Policy of the broad left in practice and I fear w i l l be noth ing compared to the i n a c t i v i t y and se l l - ou t s that w i l l come from the broad left next year .

The comp lacency (as you term it ) of the N U S execu t i v e i s a conscious betrayal of the f ight that s tudents have to take up to defend the i r grants , h o u s i n g and educa t i on f a c i l i ­t i es i n a per iod of s l u m p . The huge turn-outs at the N U S demos th i s year were a s l ap in the face f o r the broad left

who moan about C J O . a pa thy . There i s no apathy today—only a vacuum of l e ade r sh ip . T h i s cannot be f i l l e d by c a l l s for more m i l i t a n c y , on ly by a fight for s o c i a l i s t p o l i c i e s w h i c h i s c o n s p i c u o u s by i t s absence from the broad left mo t i ons .

It i s no surpr i s e that the W R P were the f i r s t to warn of the dangers of s lump to the conference i n oppos i t i on to the " b o o m - i n - 7 7 " pos tur ings of the IS ' s l e ad ing economis t John Pa lmer of the Guard ian and to warn that the L a b o u r P a r t y M P wou ld betray en masse a ga ins t the " L a b o u r L e f t s w i l l f i g h t " mouthings of the C P and the B r o a d l e f t -where was the rush to support E r i c Hef fer?

A s for T r e v P h i l l i p s ' appea ls to V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r s to stop v i c t i m i s i n g students— they p l a c e h im on the same c l oud nine as you were before y o u d i s cove r ed the b ias o f the c a p i t a l i s t p r e s s , except that in P h i l l i p s ' c a s e he knows a l l too w e l l the waste o f t ime o f such d i ve rs ionary appeals—he and the r es t of the broad left w i l l P r e n t i c e ' s most t rusted l i eutenants i n the year to c o m e .

A l a s d h a i r C a m p b e l l

P R I Z E C R O S S W O R D

No. 16 Xam

A c r o s s S .Current footballer, a Scot,

nves in and out of water{9). 6. Abstainer traps one in points

dance(5). 9. Salt from iron I treasure(5).

10. Revered a creation of lab veneer(9). 11. Bird accepted the French right due to name(7). 12. It's springy ' t i l case is smashed(7). 13. Joins in and removes a bit (5,4) . 16. A pile of paper is a bore(4)-19. Dip into liquid drab-coloured king(4). 20. Beliefs about people in buildings{9). 22. Regret engineers have code(7). 24. Vis ib le intuition(7). 26. Holding on about shelter, no one retruns(9). 27. "—But a game in it is not appropriate(5). 28. Heads of lunatics, and certainly every youngster, full of holes(5). 29. Causes spasms in plant: let it stand back round(9).

Down 1„ In the year before gallery,

add SOO with comments(9). 2. To tip up a tube(5). 3. I'm not practical, putting fish

before a roll(8) -4. I'm unchanging, putting metal

before one insect(9). 5. Methodist, perhaps? Just for

this occasion(5). 6. P i ck one's way to step round

his head(6). 7. We nine bet, when smashed, to

be like the Goodies?{2,7). 8. The college type of drunkard(5).

14. Cattle twitch after degree of movement{9). 15 .Ten back and forth round one in poles, one between posts (6,3). 17. Incorrectly announces condition in young girl(9). 18. Coming out and turning half-' simple in din(8). 21. F in ish in attempt to be with-it(6). 22. God, old city turns up in the eountry!(5). 23. Put out, I've upped and caught . - . (5). 25.-.. sneak on the lawn{5).

£1 Prize Crossword (N0A6). Entries must reach the FELIX Office no later than noon next Wednesday. The win­ning solution will be drawn from the Editor's Hat. The Editor's decision will be final.

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HON S £ C Policy Statement C o p i e s of th is are a v a i l a b l e from the U n i o n O f f i c e . It i s a c o m p i l ­a t i on of the po l i c y (motions etc.) passed at Un i on meet ings .

A t the A G M on May 22nd the meet ing w i l l be a s k e d to a ccep t the document as a true and accura te record . T h i s does not mean that you have to agree w i th the context of the p o l i c y , just that it agrees v ith the minutes . Y o u c a n of course , a t any Un i on meet ing put lor./ard a motion w h i c h w i l l change the present p o l i c y .

Elections There are s t i l l v a c a n c i e s for some pos t s . F i l l in a nominat ion pa-rj( or come to the Un ion Mee t ing on May 1st and put your name forward there. I have more d e t a i l s if anyone is in teres ted .

Insurance We have secured a po l i c y for a l l s tudents l i v i ng in H a l l , House , or Un i on F l a t s for next s e s s i o n . T h i s covers you for up to £500 aga ins t theft by any means a s w e l l a s f ire e t c . It a l s o covers you aga ins t personal l i a b i l i t y . The only ca t ch is that each student in res idence must pay £2 per year for the cover , the amount is payab le w i th the f i rst terms rent.

Social Colours These are awarded annua l l y at the A G M . If anyone w i s h e s to nominate someone for an award , p l ease send a note e x p l a i n i n g your reasons to me in the Of f i ce before 14th M a y .

J'.A. Gerrard

F E L I X

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College Union

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REVIEWS R E C O R D S

James Wilkinson

The Radiophonic Workshop (BBC Records)

TH IS R E C O R D of e l e c t r on i c mus i c from the B B C Rad iophon i c Workshop is des i gned to ente r ta in . In do ing so it a l s o demonstrates the who le range of e l e c t r o ­n i c mus i c from the product ion of the sounds s i m i l a r to convent i ona l i ns t ru ­ments, through wierd dr i f t ing mood mus i c ( reminiscent of Tangerine Dream's work) , to sound ef fects and other unholy n o i s e s . E a c h t rack i s credi ted to an i nd i v i dua l composer . My favouri te i s " R o m a n e s c a n R o u t " in w h i c h the stereo f a c i l i t y , sound e f f ec ts , and mus i c s i m i l a r to that produced by convent iona l instruments are a l l merged to good ef fect .

A n interest ing a l bum.

Hie

Roy Buchanan: Rescue Me (Polydor) IN S O M E c i r c l e s Roy Buchanan Is

regarded as the new gui tar -hero , though not n e c e s s a r i l y agree ing w i th h i s a s s e r t i on h imse l f — and r ight ly s o . On th i s a lbum he d i s p l a y s an ex t ens i v e , impress i ve contro l of h i s instrument w i th h i s b lues upbr ing ing a l w a y s to the fore, and an imaginat ion not far behind the t echn ique . He produces streams of f lu id gu i tar phrases a s e a s i l y a s a jagged s t a c c a t o run from w i th in a we l t e r of

s ou l fu l brass and percuss ion (as on the t r ack ) . A l l th i s however is marred by the use of tunes lagging 10 or 20 years behind the t imes , featur ing such e x c e s s ­ive ly drawn-out b lues jams as " C . C . Ryder" and var ious numbers that shou ld have been locked In the c l o s e t ages ago . Obso l e t e sounds d o not s e l l records and Roy B u c h a n a n ' s reputat ion shou ld take a pounding for a l l o w i n g such mediocr i ty to be re leased . T h i s , h i s 4th a lbum, might just as w e l l be h i s 100th for a l l i t ' s i nnova t i ons . It s tands s imp l y as a r ep l i c a of the other three. I t 's a pity that h i s roots are embedded in the overgrown s o i l of the pas t , because h i s a b i l i t y c ou ld have made him an important m u s i c i a n . He has chosen h i s " m e t i e r " however and these days pure b lues have very l i t t l e to s a y .

Tom Abraham

David McLellan: Marx (Fontana)

N E I T H E R d ie -hard ant i - communis ts nor committed marx i s t s w i l l f ind th is book p leasant read ing . M c L e l l a n tr ies to demyst i fy the prophet Marx , and t o some extent he s u c c e e d s . Contrary to popular be l ie f Marx was more o f a soc i o - economic a n a l y s t rather than a latter-day J e r em iah . H i s p ro l i f i c w r i t i n g s , immense in scope , portray a h igh ly i n t e l l e c tua l mind at tempt ing to g rasp the e s s e n t i a l s of human so c i e t y and l i f e . Marx ' s attempts to provide a c ohes i v e and total image of humanity seems to have f a i l ed , because he w a s patent ly unable to draw a l l the di f ferent s t rands of h i s own ph i l o s o ­p h i c a l , s o c i a l and economic thought together . T h i s task was left to h i s d i s c i p l e s who seemed only interested in gra f t ing their own ideas onto the body of

Ma rx i s t p h i l o s o p y . However , on»-

interest ing s i d e effect has been the controversy about how much Marx was in f luenced by Hege l i an p h i l o s o p h y . M c L e l l a n seems to s i d e w i th the George L u k a i n s choo l of thought in ma in ta in ing that both Marx ' s e a r l i e r and latter wr i t ings were in f luenced by H e g e l ' s concept of man 's " a l i e n a t i o n " . T o some extent M c L e l l a n may be right, but one cannot he lp but suspec t that a s a Marx ian s c h o l a r who i s deeply invo lved in h i s sub jec t , he is t ry ing to project h i s own l ibera l humanist be l i e f s onto the marx is t ph i losophy that he wr i t es about.

Summer Vacation Accommodation 1975.

Accommodation wi l l be available from 30th June - 16th September 1975 for Imperial College students and staff in the Ha l l s of Residence, Student Houses and Student Union Flats (mainly shared rooms). Appl i ­cation forms can be obtained from the Residence Office, Room 151, College Block from lst May. The closing date for submitting application forms wil l be Thursday, 15th May, 1975. Students at present in residence in a Hal l , House or Student Union Flat who require accommodation for any period after the night of Saturday, 21st June, 1975 must apply as above.

SHOW Y O U R S U P P O R T F O R B R I T A I N IN E U R O P E !

YOUTH R A L L Y FOR E U R O P E Come and hear:

The R t H o n . E d w a r d Hea th M P . L o r d George-Brown

The Rt H o n . D a v i d S tee l M . P .

T R A F A L G A R S Q U A R E , S U N D A Y M A Y 4th 3 p . m . K E E P IC IN E U R O P E !

COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS T H E 192ND Meet ing of the Imperial C o l l e g e Un i on opened

around 6pm wi th the Pres ident , Mr P h i l l i p s , in the c h a i r . Matters arising from the last meeting:

Regard ing the not ice about a Debat ing contest organised by the New Un i v e r s i t y of U l s t e r wh i ch had been passed on to the E d i t o r of F E L I X to p u b l i s h , it was reported that the not ice had not been printed because the par t i cu la r F E L I X wh ich it would have gone into would have appeared after the c l o s i n g date for a p p l i c a t i o n s to be rece ived . T h u s the not ice was not pr inted. Someone remarked " a very shrewd move" .

French Trip: Mr Branthwai te reported a r e c i p roca l v i s i t had been made by the F r e n c h . He had rece ived no help from C o u n c i l members. The F rench s tudents d id make a nu i sance of them­s e l v e s . Correspondence:

A letter has been rece ived from Madeley C o l l e g e of Educa t i on Students Un ion regarding the v i c t i m i s a t i o n of Mr John Warburton, a teacher who refused to undertake not to ment ion the word or even make reference to ' h o m o s e x u a l i t y ' .

A pe t i t i on of support was handed round for s i gna tures .

President's Business The d i spute at L a n c a s t e r w a s out l ined and support for the

students at the un ive rs i t y there was c a l l e d for, not only ve rba l l y but p h y s i c a l l y a s w e l l .

Weeks Hall: Mr Abraham, the P G A O , a s k e d the Pres ident to make representat ions in C o l l e g e B l o c k to see if it would be p o s s i b l e to keep Weeks open dur ing the summer for P G ' s . A l though the Pres ident opposed, C o u n c i l agreed that he shou ld do s o .

Governing Body/Council Dinner: The d inner as s u c h is now off, but some sort of event was cons ide red to be a good idea in p r i n c i p l e . The P r es iden t i s to persue th is l ine w i th C o l l e g e B l o c k wi th a v i ew to o rgan i s ing some sort of funct ion on June 20 th .

Finance: The Un ion is to a s k for a subven t i on of £82.330 (compared wi th £57,820). The c l a i m amounts (with other income) to a per c a p i t a fee of £20.50 and i s based on s imp ly meeting increased c o s t s .

Student Residence: The Pres iden t reported that in f la t ion is now so high that some co l l ege author i t i es intend to review h a l l rents termly instead of annua l l y .He suggested if th is were to be the c a s e , then grants too shou ld come under rev iew termly . Mention was made of the 20 extra p l aces w h i c h have been a l l o ca t ed to women and the fact that the Un ion opposed the move. It was suggested that a Working Party shou ld be set up to con-

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G E N E R A L M E E T I N G May l s t 1pm

G R E A T H A L L Motion: Third World

E M E R G E N C Y U N I O N M E E T I N G

T O D I S C U S S T H E E E C C O N C E R T H A L L 1.00pm

T H U R S D A Y M A Y 8 T H 1975 Should be fun! !

There are some rooms a v a i l a b l e for the rest of the s e s s i o n at Hamlet Ga rdens . There are some s i n g l e rooms a v a i l a b l e a l s o .

A p p l y to the R e s i d e n c e O f f i c e , Room 161 C o l l e g e B l o c k , or to Mr S Cro f ton , Mech E n g P G

S T O P P R E S S Re : Deputy P r e s i d e n t ' s b u s i n e s s i n " C o u n c i l H i g h l i g h t s " ( this page) . It i s now understood that C o l l e g e maintenance workers have taken the c l o c k from l e v e l Vi i n the Un i on because the f i x i n g of the c l o ck was cons ide r ed to be u n s a t i s f a c t o r y . It i s to be rep laced in the near future "more than adequate­ly a f f i x e d . "

s ide r the work ings of Hamlet Gardens . Overseas Students: The f o l l ow ing motion was presented and

p a s s e d : "Council resolves to oppose the increases in view of its effect on students and especially overseas students. Council calls for the reps to take action to oppose the increases in Governing Body In the appropriate manner." The P res iden t of R S M U , Mr Mort imer, had proposed a 'de le te a l l and insert ' amendment a s k i n g for the matter to be taken to a U G M , but th i s was defeated .

Fellowships: It was reported that the Un i on c an now nominate persons for e l e c t i on a s a Fe l low of Imperial C o l l e g e .

Joint-Council: It w a s recommended that th i s meet ing shou ld be structured as I.Normal b u s i n e s s . 2 .Annua l Repo r t s . 3 . D i s c u s ­s i o n papers . The meet ing w i l l start at 2 .30pm. The Rector has been asked to at tend the latter part of the meet ing, wh ich one member desc r i b ed a s go ing "Down memory lane."

PG Conference: The P G A O gave a verba l report of th is conference, the major top ic of wh i ch concerned the s ta tus of P G ' s . Hon. See 's Business

Insurance: Conce rn was expressed that s tudents might not be w i l l i n g to pay the £2 that they are now expec ted to pay for fu l l insurance coverage .

Reciprocal agreements: About 800 of these have been sent out and around 50 have been rece ived back so far. One ins t i tu t i on d i d not w i s h to be he ld l i a b l e . The i r a p p l i c a t i o n was therefore re jected. It was determined that r ec ip roca l agreements do extend to L i f e members.

Badminton Club: The H o n . S e c . is to approach C o l l e g e re: whi te l ines on the Great H a l l f loor .

Registration Card: A new format was d i s p l a y e d and genera l l y agreed upon . Next year it w i l l conta in a photograph. '

Parking: Many ca rs have been reported park ing in Un ion des ignated areas i l l e g a l l y . The matter i s to be taken up at the Pa rk ing Commit tee .

Finance: The f i nanc i a l statement was presented by Dr Weale . A n item,

the Ex te rna l A f f a i r s Commit tee f igure, was m i s s i n g . The E A O s a i d "I've been purged by the bureaucracy." Deputy President's Business:

The D P reported that the c l o c k on l eve l V2 had been r ep laced . Someone pointed out that the c l o c k had been removed. The D P ' s comment was " W h o ' s bleedin' nicked it??"

Pots: There i s to be a new she l f for pots in the Un i on B a r . There was i n c o n c l u s i v e d i s c u s s i o n on pots, defunct pots, num­ber of pots, presence of personal pots .

Maintenance: There was a request to transfer £150 from the general account into th is account . T h i s was agreed.

Union Cleaning: T h e D P asked to spend £500 on c l e a n i n g the Un ion B u i l d i n g . C o u n c i l approved.

College Safety Committee: Hea l th & Safety at Work A c t . The D P h igh l i ghted the fact that s tudents are cons ide r ed a s neither employers nor emp loyees . They feature in th is l e g i s l a t i on s imp ly a s members of the p u b l i c . The important rami f i ca t i ons wh i ch stem from the A c t were o u t l i n e d . C o u n c i l r eso l ved to support the D P ' s v iew that there shou ld be a C o l l e g e Safety Of f icer . Publications Board Minutes:

Radio: C o u n c i l agreed that i c radio c o u l d use the P . A . sys t em in the Un ion and Souths ide for a t r i a l period of one term. The E x e c is to keep th is cons tan t l y under r e v i e w . The move to incor­porate a d v e r t i s i n g , however, was re jected. Student Residence Report:

C o u n c i l agreed in p r in c i p l e to the se t t ing-up of a Union Laundry , but fe l t that C o l l e g e shou ld pay for i t . The report on the Accommodat ion Conference was referred back on a vote by 11 votes to 10. Campaigning Procedures:

The Hon . Sec . presented her paper wh i ch out l ined var ious aspec t s of campa ign ing procedure (this refers to compaigning for the sabba t i ca l posts ana D P ) wh i ch were thought to be des i r ab l e . There fo l l owed general d i s c u s s i o n . A J 0 . B .

The Student Re s i d ence Of f icer , Mr Sa l i sbu ry , presented a motion concern ing the s e l e c t i o n procedure for res idents in Hamlet Gardens . It c a l l e d for a preservat ion of the present sys tem of s e l e c t i on — apparent ly at the warden 's personal d i s c r e t i on — for th is year and then put down new rules and regulat ion next year , the motion was re jected.

The Ed i t o r of F E L I X , Mr W i l l i a m s , proposed that, in l ight of the t ime-wast ing often a s s o c i a t e d wi th procedural motions be ing moved by reference to the numbering l i s t ed in s tand ing orders, C o u n c i l should in future refer to a procedura l motion (or any s tand ing order) by i ts content and not by i ts number. C o u n c i l agreed.

The meet ing was adjourned at 12.20am (the gu i l l o t i n e hav ing been suspended at 11 pm).