On at least 13 previous occasions, should our numbering system be believed, Imperial College Science Fiction has run, with varying success, a one day convention. This Sunday coming, March 2nd, we are running number 14. The flavour of our convention changes, as it inevitably must given the fact that it
Well, I was brought up in Watford. At school I guess I was a scientist. I suppose the place to go was IC. But you wouldn’t, nobody ever did, it was too close to home. When I was in the lower sixth, my Chemistry master mentioned that he had
You know the feeling. You’ve been clubbing all night, your head feels like it’s going to explode and all you want to do is sleep. But you can’t. Your head’s still buzzing and all you need is something to relax to. But what are your options?
A defeat in BUSA spells the end of a glorious run, but the fourths need to pick themselves up from this defeat and concentrate on the league. It all went pear-shaped in the first few minutes when our keeper misjudged a routine shot, and then another defensive mistake put IC
Talvin Singh Presents... is not simply any old compilation album. He both writes, plays and produces on several of the tracks, and the album’s diversity stems from the fact that this has been compiled only under the heading Asian Underground. Anokha is the club night that has become synonymous
Andie MacDowell sings, John Travolta dances, Bob Hoskins cockney accent gets progressively more suspicious - what more could you possibly want? Hopefully not a plausible plot, as that’s certainly one thing that Michael doesn’t supply. Michael (Travolta) is an angel on his last visit to Earth, who communicates
The Royal School of Mines won the "bottle match" against the Cambourne School of Mines last Saturday. That evening, the Union bar was packed, and some of the fixtures sustained a significant amount of damage. Two tables were trashed, one with its top smashed, the other had its
Tony Cragg is probably the most significant British sculptor of his generation. The core of the exhibition consists of large scale sculptures. In Spirogyra, the freshwater algae is transformed into an impressive spiral from which protrude dozens of bottles of different shapes and colours. Secretions turns out to be a
A dozen shooters went to Hawley in Kent to try their hands at clay pigeon shooting. After a brief introduction, the motley crew settled down to a twenty-five bird sporting layout (for the uninitiated: bird = clay pigeon; sporting layout = one way of positioning the clay pigeon launchers and timing of
Lord Grade, cigar smoking supremo and the TV moguls TV mogul, once had a dream. It was at the time that Jesus of Nazareth had been made, and Lew was trying to sell it to the American networks. One night he had a vision seeing a large ‘25’. This, he
The result of next week’s Imperial College Union Sabbatical Elections hangs in the balance today, following the shock withdrawal of one of the two Presidential candidates. Omar Kheir, considered by many as the favourite for the job, confirmed his withdrawal from the elections yesterday leaving Samantha Baker standing agianst
1pm Hamsoc (Regular) Top Floor, Union Building 1pm Photo Soc (Regular) Southside Lounge 1.10pm Islamic Soc (Regular) Friday Prayer, Southside Gym. 1.15pm Labour CLub (Regular) Southside upper Lounge 5.30pm Fitness Club (Regular) STEP Aerobics (advanced), Southside Gym 9pm Bust-A-Gut comedy An evening of mystery and magic -
