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Issue 1076

24th Jan 1997
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Glorious defeat for IC Virgins

Despite a slow first 10 minutes, the weeks of line-out practice paid off for the Virgins, when Ellen caught an excellent throw in with the superb lifting help from Mo and Lucy. There followed a series of quick penalties by Sarah C., Becky and Ellen leading to an "International

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Voice of reason

For better or worse, the level of debate on Europe seems to be at an all-time high. Much of this can be attributed to the clowns in the Referendum Party, but making this a major campaign issue is highly beneficial at such a important time in the development of the

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Dob - La Lu La Roo

Whether it is the British who have problems understanding the quirkiness of Japanese pop music (Shonen Knife, the Boredoms, etc) or the inability of the Japanese to be anything other than novelty value, is uncertain. Hopefully then, Dob will manage to bridge this gap. Their chief asset in this respect

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Bring Da Ruckus ....A Loud Story

Well, it’s another various rap album, but where are the Outhere brothers and that dodgy remix of the Fugees we’ve all come to expect? Well, and here lies the second surprise, this is a label sampler, all the artists coming from just one record label! "oh dear&

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Student's suicide "bewildering"

College has been shaken by the death of a third year Biochemistry student, Richard Parker, who committed suicide on the last day of term before the Christmas break. Parker, a biochemistry student on a year in industry, died in circumstances that have be described as "bewildering." On Friday

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Lilley lulls the masses

Peter Lilley MP, the Secretary of State for Social Security, visited a meeting of the Imperial College Conservative Society last Wednesday. In an uninspired speach, he denied that his party’s divisions are any worse than those of the Labour Party. He also insisted that he had failed to notice

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Thursday 30th January

12pm Amnesty International (Regular) Southside Upper Lounge, e-mail s.trivedi or ns.trasi@ic.ac.uk 12.30pm Fitness Club (Regular) Body Toning (beginners), Southside Gym 1pm Consoc Meeting (Regular) Southside Upper Lounge 1pm Fell Wanderers (Regular) Southside Upper Lounge 1pm Gliding Club Room 266 Aero.Eng. (follow signs from

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Poetic muse but IC still lose

The football seconds’ early season optimism for a quick return to the top flight has been slowly ebbing away since late November when a slump in form and fortune replaced the zeal and steel, three meals and John Peel. Keen to stop the rot hot-shot, shut-up shop and have a

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Tuesday 28th January

12pm Cathsoc (Regular) Mass and lunch, Leon Bagrit Centre, Lvl 1 Mech Eng 12pm-2pm ‘Fair Trade’ Stall (Regular) Union Building Foyer. Fairly traded goods for sale. Stationary, Coffee, Tea & Chocolate 12.15 Yoga Soc (Regular) Yoga Classes, Southside Gym 12.30pm African-Caribbean Soc (Regular) Weekly meeting, Rm G02, Materials

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Funding bonanza for IC

The Research Council science budget for 1997/1998, released recently, denotes a clear intention to support the implementation of specific key projects, as reported in Felix 1075. This is particularly apparent for research into BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or "mad cow disease") and related diseases, which has received

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The Ghost and the Darkness

In 1896 the race is on to assimilate Africa. Fundamental to this task is the building of the railroad across the plains. Colonel Jeff Patterson (Val Kilmer), an engineer and hunter, is sent to oversee the building of a bridge at Tsavo, the meaning of which is ‘place of slaughter’

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Friday 24th January

1pm Hamsoc (Regular) Top Floor, Union Building 1pm Photo Soc (Regular) Southside Lounge 1.10pm Islamic Soc (Regular) Friday Prayer, Southside Gym. (Brothers and Sisters) 1.15pm Labour CLub (Regular) Southside upper Lounge 5.30pm Fitness Club (Regular) STEP Aerobics (advanced), Southside Gym Free Women’s Minibus Service First run

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