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Issue 1078

7th Feb 1997
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Medics secure independence

Medical students at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School were celebrating this week after securing the future students’ union’s financial independence. During a question and answer session for medical students last Monday, Professor Alan Swanson, Deputy Rector of Imperial College, said that he saw no reason why the Student

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End in sight for AUT pay dispute

The end may be in sight for the long-running pay dispute between the Universities and Colleges Employers Association and eight trade unions, led by the Association of University Teachers, which threatened to disrupt exam and admissions procedures for universities in the United Kingdom later this year. The dispute started in

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Friday 7th February

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 1.30pm Felix reviews and Science meeting 5.30pm Fitness Club (Regular) STEP Aerobics (advanced), Southside Gym

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The Boo Radleys + Warm Jets

Most bands have always had a ‘sound’, a gimmick even, something in their music that very swiftly marks it out as being created by a particular group. Very often, it’s most noticeable in the voice; no one could mistake Iggy Pop or Liam Gallagher for anyone else. And so

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Tuesday 11th February

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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Sport in brief

Last Sunday Imperial played a friendly against BUSA championship hosts Warwick. After consecutive wins against Cardiff, Southampton and Bristol, IC were looking to keep up their red-hot form. For the A team Jon led the way, winning 5-0 and finishing one frame with a 60 clearance. Wins followed from Simon

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Give it away!

Chances are you already have done all you need to do in order to be half-a-grand better off and generally richer in kudos. Some of you will have kept a diary in the past, writing down intimate secrets and shocking revelations that only your dear diary could be party to.

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Fourth team not perfect - shock

Despite winning, IC fourths cannot be happy with this performance which, to be honest, was dire (rear!) It was perhaps our worst performance of the season but at least three points were achieved to maintain our place at the top of our division. If we can play this badly yet

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Super Furry Animals + Bis + Kenickie + Dweeb

Having heard numerous R & B albums over the past year, which mostly failed to break out from the mould of predictable loops and beats, this debut album from Martine Girault is definitely a breath of fresh air. Entitled ‘Revival’ it is also the name of her first single, which

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Trans Am - Surrender To The Night

After a couple of underground albums, this is the big sell out, major label, career make-or-breaker for this group from Idaho. It’s certainly ambitious, stubbornly so. Every song registers at over five minutes, which is no crime in itself of course, but don’t come here expecting short sharp

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Editorial

‘Medics secure independence’ is a grand headline for a stirring story of triumph in the face of adversity. The medical students of St Mary’s and Charing Cross medical schools have succeeded in ring-fencing up to Ł80,000 a year for the students’ union of the Imperial College School of

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The Latest Score

Earlier this week UEFA decided to back Germany as the European bid for the World Cup in 2006. Although it is FIFA that decides it is likely that they will be heavily influenced by the decision. The only other nation even interested is Brazil and the World Cup has been

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