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25th Apr 1997
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The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories

The Charlies, as we like to affectionately call them, have been around for quite some time, since back in 1990 when they were mixed up in the whole ‘baggy’ scene and were accused of being Stone Roses wannabes. Some Friendly soon put these accusations to rest with its quality content

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Friday 25th April

1pm Hamsoc (Regular) Top Floor, Union Building 1pm Photo Soc (Regular) Southside Lounge 1.10pm RAG Meeting (Regular) dB’s 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

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Trans Am - Dingwalls

Trans Am arrive with the baggage of a great deal of critical acclaim around their necks, and a lot of expectations to live up to. Initially, they seem up to the challenge, Cologne is sublime, all warm Arabic squiggles and deft drumming. But further into the set, it becomes apparent

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Letters to Felix

Dear Felix, The loss of the bookshop is a significant loss of funding for the Union. Therefore, the Union should make the best of its current assets. ICU Cinema has a 33mm projector, a new 30ft screen and technically it is one of the best student cinemas in the country.

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Chess team in girlfriend shock

Last Thursday IC 2nd Chess Team, in Division 3 of the Middlesex League, were away at Muswell Hill. Having crushed their opponents 6.5-l.5 at the home match in December, they expected an easy win. On board one, Jeremy Davies whipped up a promising attack with black against a

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Live - Secret Samadhi

It’s about time America sent us over a great band. After all, we gave them Bush, Republica and even the Spice Girls and yet the best they’ve managed recently is a ska-punk band who get to Number 1 with a pop ballad (No Doubt about who I’m

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Kung-fu needs you

Do you think that all Martial Artists are weird psychopaths Do you think Martial Arts is only practied by strong, fast, supple males? How wrong you are! Our style of Chinese Martial Art combines traditional and contemporary training techniques from the South (Nam) and North (Pai) of China. Fitness, flexibility,

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Jolt - Punk Jungle Rules

The page of those rock family trees with Jolt on it makes for curious reading. Senseless Things splits into two: Morgan Nicholls forms Vent 414 with The Wonderstuff’s Miles Hunt (Nicholls then left them last month), while Mark Keds forms Jolt with B B Mets of Mambo Taxi (I

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The 1997 General Election Drinking Game

This game must be played whilst watching the BBC’s coverage on the night. Decide beforehand how much alcohol each ‘penalty’ is worth, depending on an estimate of your personal drinking prowess. Traditionally, one penalty is one ‘finger’ of beer, milk or whatever you intend to see the night through

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Tuesday 29th April

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

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Thursday 31st April

12.30pm Amnesty International (Regular) dB’s 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 (Regular) Room 266 Aero Eng (Follow signs

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Does British science need saving?

Tuesday lunchtime saw representatives from the three major political parties gather for a debate on the future of British science. The meeting, held in the Mechanical Engineering lecture theatre in front of an audience largely consisting of academics, was organised by the Save British Science Society and was aimed at

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