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A bomb scare disrupted Wednesday lunchtime when a parcel, believed to have been an explosive device, was placed on the front desk of the Sherfield Security reception. The incident, described later as a "silly student prank", necessitated the mobilisation of the Bomb Squad. The drama began when at
A record sixteen societies came together under the banner of the Overseas Societies Committee last week for International Night 1997. The event consisted of, as usual, a food fair followed by a cultural show and a disco. International Night has long been the most popular social event in the college
It has been confirmed this week that students will be represented on College committees which consider examination policies. Past complaints over the introduction of a College wide calculator policy has led to acceptance that student reps must have input on these matters. Mr Vernon McClure, Academic Registrar, explained to Felix
Over 1,000 Imperial College students voted in this week’s Sabbatical Elections to reopen nominations for the post of ICU President, the highest vote for New Election ever recorded. Sam Baker, the only candidate for the post, lodged an official complaint detailing her grievances with certain aspects of the
The most outstanding feature of this year’s sabbatical elections was the 40% increase in turnout over the 1996 results. Almost four hundred extra South Kensington students voted, marginalising the St Mary’s vote, which stayed static at just under three hundred, from one third to one quarter of the
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
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.
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
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
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
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
US snack giant Pepsi intends to withdraw completely from the Union of Myanmar (Burma) by 31st May, according to a statement issued by Oliver Wheeler, Pepsico’s UK Head of Public Affairs. In November last year, Third World First and several other student organisations in Europe and America informed Pepsi
