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7 Mar 1997 — 1 min read

According to Cosmopolitan magazine "Imperial College is Britain’s ideal courting campus" with 71.4% males. The article includes a map showing places that provide supreme meeting/matching/mating opportunities. What they don’t take into account is the quality of the male specimen. One female IC student commented, "We have quantity, but quality - well, that’s debatable. The Cosmo article was obviously penned by someone who hasn’t been to the campus to see the sorry state of affairs."

RCSU ELECTIONS

Amongst a set of immaterial votes for uncontested RCSU Executive Committee posts, the contest for Royal College of Science President stood out as the only ballot with a majority of less than 140. The effect of single-transferable voting was demonstrated to the full when Karl Stand turned an eight vote deficit to Charlie Joynt into a five vote majority in the second round. First round totals of 132 for Joynt and 124 for Stand became 135 and 140 votes respectively on the second count., when the 39 counts for New Election were redistributed. This pushed Mr Stand two votes past the 138 quota necessary for victory. Returning Officer Duncan Robertson described the turnaround as "One of the most surprising results I’ve ever seen".

Elsewhere, first years Poppy Buxton and Mo Mansoori took landslide victories as Academic Affairs Officer and Honorary Secretary respectively. Nick Swain took 214 out of 295 votes cast to be re-elected as Honorary Junior Treasurer for 97/98, and Rob Park and Eric Wratten combined to take the post of RCS Vice-President by an overwhelming majority of 186. However, with all these posts uncontested and none of the candidates expressing extremist opinions, the victors were never in doubt

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Anger at hustings debacle

The low turnout for both of this week’s sabbatical election hustings, on Tuesday in South Kensington and on Wednesday in St Mary’s, with few impartial observers attending has once again demonstrated the lack of student interest in Union affairs. Jeremy Thomson, standing unopposed for the position of Felix

Tower cranes and scaffold mask the BMS site, but underneath, the building begins to take shape

Despite difficulties with the winter frosts, the Bio-medical Sciences building will be on schedule for it’s internal fit out to start in June confidently predicts Schal Construction Manager, Phil Hilton. Fears that the work wouldn’t meet the strict timing targets have been assuaged by rejigging of the work.

Professor Bryan Coles dies aged 71

Bryan Randell Coles FRS, Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow of Solid State Physics from 1991 died suddenly on Monday at 2 am. Born in Cardiff in 1926, Bryan Coles attended Cardiff High School and achieved a first in Metallurgy from the University of Wales in 1947. He came to

Dramsoc ripped-off?

Recent attempts to publicise Dramsoc’s upcoming production of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II have run into difficulties after over forty posters were ripped off the Sherfield walkway notice boards. Speaking to Felix Mike Wyer, Dramsoc’s publicity officer, described how an evening’s work was mysteriously censored overnight. With

Environment

Q&A: Will the UK have blackouts like in Spain & Portugal?

Severe blackouts disrupted the Iberian Peninsula for 16 hours on 28th April. We answer common questions on blackouts and how renewables will affect energy grids and a new report from Spain shares the latest in their analysis of the causes of the blackouts.

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Fires and fascism

“I’m positive. I’m always positive. When people talk about collapses, that’s great opportunity to actually change stuff”, Fernando explained to me. He had recently narrowly escaped his house burning down in a wildfire in Portugal. In Europe, increasingly severe wildfires are creating space for change. However, unless

The coffee theory

Felix writer Emily explains their theory about coffee and the personality of their drinker.

Steaming hot vs raw cuts? Black pepper with turmeric? Let’s discuss food absorption.

The chosen method cooking and the combination of ingredients not only define taste & texture, but absorption of beneficial micronutrients.

RCSU ELECTIONS

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Anger at hustings debacle

Tower cranes and scaffold mask the BMS site, but underneath, the building begins to take shape

Professor Bryan Coles dies aged 71

Dramsoc ripped-off?

Q&A: Will the UK have blackouts like in Spain & Portugal?

Fires and fascism

The coffee theory

Steaming hot vs raw cuts? Black pepper with turmeric? Let’s discuss food absorption.