BRITISH IIBRARV OF POUTIMI 4 ECONOMIC saacE NS'6 ¦T i 1 8Jll 111990 NEWSPAPER or THE LONDON SCHOOL Of ECONOMICS STUDENTS' UNION No. t2flS MARCH t4!h, 197< PP53K pasfijqsIran, n t )[=r R S7ft3! i4s:0 -4# I -SI ,, ^ L'sa -Koger Alford Illustrates staff elitism at LS.i. AGAINST S.CR. MOTION IN 1972 a motion to open the Senior Common Room (SCR) and the Senior Dining Room (SDR) to all members of the School was defeated by a Jarre majority. The present motion proposes to open only the SDR, but its underlying aim is ;he same, and the case against it is essentially the same, as that which led to the defeat of the earlier motion. The SCR and the'SDR both perform a most important function in allowing teachers, distinguished academic visitors, senior administrators and librarians to mix easily together for the discu5wion of academic and other matters of common interest and for occasional relaxation in congenial surroundings. Without this the School would lose son^cthing which most members find very valuable, and the SDR is as important as the SCR for this purpose. All of us v/ish to see student refectory facilities greatly improved, and in due course Strand House will help to make this possible. But because there are about eitiht times as many student.s as there are members of the SCR, any attempt to improve matters in the short run by opening the SDR to students must be expected to lead to a v/orjening of the facililies for rricml/crs of the SCR abe rejeri»>(}. as wa.'i the earlier itiofion. ROCEH ALFOr.D IT is come time — May 19T3 to be precise — since a group of 39 signatories submitted the attached motion to the Senior Common Room Committee asking that it be put to a postal ballot of SCR members. The Committee were not prepared to accept it as it stood and asked that a series of amendments be made ; the signatories felt that it was not the Committee's place to amend or edit motions and asked that it be presented in its original form. This was not agreed to and finally seventeen of the original "Beaver" regards it as essential that a notice be printed reminding everyone at LSE that there are examinations next term. You may be excused if this fact has c&caped your attention. FOR S.C.R. MOTION signatories submitted a request under Rule 9(b) of the SCR calling for a General Meeting of the SCR to discuss the motion. The Committee felt again.it calling a General Meeting and finally agreed to put the motion in its original form ; they reque.sted that this be accompanied by two statements, one for and one against the motion and we. as two of the original signatories, have composed the. brief note which follows in suppcrt of the motion. In 1971 the S.CR. considered and rejected a proposal to admit all registered students of ] the School to full membership. The current proposal is more modest — that full use of the eating facilities on the fourth floor of the main building should be available to all who work or sludy at the School, but that tho S.C.R. proper (the lounge with periodicals) shall ; remain the exclusive preserve I of SCR members and their j guests, as at present. We be-1 lievc that this compromise should meet the need exp!cs>:f\l by many members for a pla^e where confidential ccnverja-tiors may be conducted. The arguments in favour of ending the exclusivity oi SCR eating facilities were discusstd in some detail in 1971. and so need only be touched on heie. They include ; that opportunities for easy and informal contact between staff and students will be markedly improved ; that the gross disparity c-?-tween the facilities ard se-i-vice available to diilerent sections of the School population wit] be reduccd; and that a real source of a sen.se of injustice and a br.r to the development of a sense of community will te removed. We urge our lellow membii" to vote for the proposal, ir.tl so remove an anomaly whjch does the School no credit. MIKE REDDIN JONATHAN ROSENHEAO BEAVER SAYS.. .MR R. F. C. Alford'.s Danvinian-ism is as badly argued as its "litism smells. First he sees an implicit policy ("the underlying aim") where n< liaci to a v.'or.rcning of the facilities for memi»ers of tl.e SCR about eight times as h,eut as thi: unpitjvcment for ••?udents") (''-.plays a self-crnlp'd short^ightcdn^'-K. If staff eat in the refectory which is missing rich students who are in the SDR, do they not benefit? As an Economics freak. Mr Aiford's approach to hfe shows a* certain intellectual schizo'-hrenia. Fourthly, why would the gain to students be only "temporary" ? Fifthly, has the Robinson Room been underused, as he claims? Students on going to the RR at dinnertime have found little foot! left and, most of the seats filled by Ktalf. Mr Aiford's sixth major point is thrft "staff and students arc significantly dilfcrent populations". With students who arc oid»:r than !.ome of their lecturers, stud«.-rit.> who have quali-f^tatiori:; of gi^'ater variety than their "'Uperjors". students who CiKIK^t: — l.Uiury fxirli fvfry nf'-k to AUi'-ni, i'3fl r«-'.i.rn tT'jin l/iU'i/ti. nr» cx'ra f«) ii.iy /."/> ramiiirig r.'.ll^l«y^ ai Mir Dfarlivitl.-'K'! Ill V'fl'M- 15 ii who if: willing to consider th-^ facts, ' What is tho "ideological an u-ment"? He tloesn't say. Wh.'t are the "facts"'? We can't any. Mr Alford "shouUI th<;.-fore be rejected". \!ii: VII s ..muid r''i|iiir") nCSIDENT COUniLRS AKKO \ll I'irms fi'. Itrr(«. MA CJV. lit \ \ rI!, «H ii I tot I'v:I - 1 ui> UD'EHJ MBNS : LETTERS Dear Beaver, I uouM liko to dlMU- uuii" ;itlriUi(i:i lo I'or-tatii (jtscntnin;4t()ry priutn-c-^ in I.SK's own lC'ar«'OtR Aovisoiy Sorvuv. H.uiliu .UU-iidcd tho I.SE in 15)71-2. 1 leci'tUlv vibiicJ llu-in for advice and infoi ni;itu>n .ibviit juhs lu tiiv (ii-Id Tlio uosnan Inhii!*.'. i)io ciosk iinj iiu- that tlu-y only lutd infoiniatuin about Iad jobs wi tliis fu'ld. Hnd biith specitiod " nuMi onh." \VKcii I expressed surpiiso a» llii- f;irt that t!io Caic'oi's Oilico would ai-cepl Mich a liiscii-n.Uory advert. ! uas told *1)111 it" we l•cfu^ec U. H innle student wi'.o miuht liave wanted the job wouldn't luive i\is ciiame." I tht':i y.sked it lliey ever ruecived job acvorts "(I'r wiimen only". The inlorviewei" bvi-^litened . "Oh > os. so \i>u see it is quite fair. " U'eie these iobs of simiisw s.iatiue and/or p.iy. I ask.d. Well, ti'.ey didn't keep records, but ihoy were niostl.v, you know, toachinn and adniinistrLitive assistants (i.e. fancy secretaries), women's kinds ol tilings you see. Could I III least see those "nien'.s jobs" she bad mentioned V It wouldn't hurt tr» apply and see what happened, would it ? Well, they couldn't really do that, you knov/. Their job was simply to pass on to studerits any job notices they received from employers, and whereas "SOME women MKIItr want "men's jobs.' this wasn't rejllv their business, and if that wasn't what the employers had asked for. we!l . . . they are there to serve ALL the students you knov.' . . . don"t want to alienate anyone ..." IS this the kbid cf service that LSE students want? (And—interesting question—dees the Careers Oflice aljo accept notices of jobs "for wliites only"?). Do you. men students at LSE. want to accept jobs that your women classmates were- barred from even applymn for? It is hard cnou.ch fmdini: a decer.t job in this .socitty a:iy\\;»y. and men students lui^ht not wish to further restrict t)\eir chances Whal are ^"OUK piii-ntfes? Have vr a jol> this season" Have you loid them why ? [|>nv many (;t!ur women students or e\-sluc«-nts have had this experience " And how muili aie thry keepini- back I'rom us? liave you e\er asked the Careers Oillee ii ihey weie failiuL; to tell you of vae.uuie> ti'.ey knew abo.it because of your sex ? Other questions need to be asked : Has Unuin. witli Its mate-dominated Executive. <.ven botlseied to pass one ol" Us stjf.dard ""We deplore"" mixtions ot\ the is>ue ct anti-won^en discrimination in LSK ? Much less ever <(u«.s-tioned why only one-third of ISE underi;rads are wometi and only one-tenth of the gradual students? Or wondered ab^ut the paucity of women lecturers I..8E employs, except in Sic Admm 7 (Three cheers for the tir^t to expK-;in why not Soc. Admin.!). Could anyone—maybe the women's liberation gio'jp—investigate the number and typos of job notices that Careers Auviee receives—and passes on—in "male only" and "female only" categories ? Such protests would be the first step onlv. I would suggest tliat one t;oal should be to stop the LSE from propagating any discriminatoiv employment notices. (Students could then move on to LSE's own internal discrimination against wonien!). The LSE as a university docs have a reput. tion. justified or not, and if LSE's Careers Ad\ ice were to refuse to accept such adverts, some employers mi?ht even take notice of it. But have any LSE students taken notice of this yet? In sisterhood. LOUISE JACOB DiSPEeATS mVi!S HEARTLESSLY and viciously cutting out the most demanding of cases. I calculate that the Overseas Students' Fund, NEEDS, at the barest of minima. £958. To be fair to the applicants, the fund should be £3,380: all it commands at the moment Is £550. » After reading the 34 letters. • one feels cruel when judging . betv.'cen the pro\ertv stricken and those too poor to qualify . for the title—especially v.hrn the task of calculating what each deserves it bounded by on artificial upper limit of £129 per person. JACOBS has done nothing other than sugKe^t that one of . .the poorest Stude.nt L'nions in the country transfer money from Us reserves into the P'und. In terms of individual wealth JACOSS is in the f>e.st position to raise the nece.s.-ary loot. If -the Miners' Support Group can be so successful, why not ,• JACOSS? This point becomes j more cogent when one is in- • formed that JACOSS i.s pressing the LSE authorities to lower the | J:l,(X)0 income requirement—the ; only effect that such an action ; could have i.s to increase the i demands on the Fund in l-i/'f) In order for the Fund to '>e in a {KDsition to meet these demands it has to be in a respectable financial slate before 'he beginning of the Oclo'oer term. T; must not be left to that limp-in'? ghostly hope, "charity" lo try to fund the needed rash. One further point—if Union is to be entirely fair a relief fund for UK students is vilal. Another job for that administra' live sloth, (he Executive, in !>ie short term you can do much to help people—please send your donations to (he Union Trea* surer: the fund needs £3,3S0 or more ... SIMMONDS UNIVERSITY BOOKSEI.L£RS Our shop is not tiie bigfjo;d in London, but it amonp the bost. And it's a pU'e vidiial Att.>nt!on. 16 FLEET STREET ((MJP (.'hafi'Ty Lafu;) LONDON. E.C.^ 353 3»07 ENTS NEWS CNTS fill run into som<» rather awkward fmancifti difticulties. Ptan« for further free concerts, and free bar nights have thus had to be postponed, as a result of a lack of funds. The hrst eoncerj of nex( term, however, features the old Americ«n bluefc act who were such a j;reat euccees at L.S-E. on (heir ;atl visit. SOfiNY TERR'r and CftOWtl'C Mc-CHtE. This eorcf.rt is on Wcd-nesc^ay, r.Tay 8th ami It win be an early evening concert start-Inj; «< 7 p.m. Th'* whoU' KP.isoi. of conn*rt:i lof)k i to be rf.illy '•nt;i>ura.".int; With proiiort"'! virtif:, by LIVisR-POOI. SCENE, thf foUovvnu; Wj:A'mi;K iiK-POJt'j on 8;ilur«iiy. Ht .tunc, ar.l tlif FKKTV.AKMKitS on Jijn<' 2!!n'l- It I., h'ipc-'i tli.it I^'i.lv slii- dT-nl:; will support Ihi-./* ton- <'-il . turning t.ul m j.ni;.. mini-b' l'. for "Snriun'i Wanda waves 'bye 'bye To : General Secretary and the Executive Committee and the Students' Union. I HEREBY resign my position as a member of the Executive Committee of this Students" Union. I feel that I can no longer fulfil adequately my responsibilities for the welfare of L.S.E. Students and do sufficient academic work to enable me to remam at the L.S.E. after this summer. Indeed i feel thai my performance of Welfare duties until noA' has fallen short of the demands of the job. I have neglected the accommodation problems of L.S.E. students and the special problems of over.seas sludent.s and disabled students, to concentrate on the nur.sery, the refectory, the establi;;hmcnt of Mteline and the ("ornmunity Koom. Despite doing only my job I have had to ignore my academic work resulting in a threat of expulsion fr-.rn my Department. The demands mad«"i on aii Exfculivo member re.^ponsiblo for Welfare are so great that jt IS impoiisible for any one individual to meet thern aU let alone meeting them all and keeping abreast of flc:.ademic work. I came to the L.S.E. to litudy and not to V an unpaid v.elfare officer and that is what I now intend to do. This re.'.ignalion becnrno'; cfrective Oil 15lh :.?arch. 1!)74. I wi;,h to thfuik Ih^it ;;ma!l but CX-t'-tdingly hirdv.'orking aj:'J I'lyal group of people v.'ho have-K"lp''d iin- t(, hehi'*ve v/h;U little ha-t b'-«-n done f-ir the v/elf;jr«-t>f I.S.K, Slud«-nt:>. V/ANDA BROWf^ Sec "Dii.ivcr" commonl on Page Three. See you Saturday TMCne has been a camp;ii{;n lo stop t'^e Brituh Lions ruj;l)y tour ol South /Africa in operation for a long lime now. fiut il is only since fhe advent of (fio Labour Government (hat il looks as thouRh Die canipai}:n will sticcocd. Several Labour M.Ps have signed a letter calling for (he canccllalion of (he lour ami have pledged that the Government win not supply any money to the Rugby Union lor the tour. Cut YOU have to show thai you are againsi British sportsmen supporling aparlhcid in your name. There will be a denionjiration on Saturday, Match IGth, outside Twickenham ({ugby Ground, starting ai 1 p.m. RE THERE. A street theatre group win be present and demonstrators and spectators alike will be addressed via a loud-hailer. But most important of all, you will be there to make your preicnce count. JULIAN BRUTUS. THE RISE AND FALL OF JULIAN STARDUST THE news that Ziggy Hall was quitting hit the world like a bombshell last week when "Beaver" splashed the drastic expose across its front page. The thought that the man who brought glamour, emotion and theatricality to Union, could leave us must have stunned many a heart. Of course there had been rumours but all were dismissed as promotion stunts. Theatrics were his trademark, yet his farewell was as simple as it was moving: "I have come to tlie conclusion that it is on balance desirable that I should voluntarily relinquish my duties ..." It is indeed typical of a man of so few pretensions that iiis farewell was of only one page. The last despairing breath of "Woodstock nation" : "There has not been a modicum of love in evidence al any Union meeting I have thus far attended." "And he was awful ritce. really Qu.te oaradtse." -I can rccali bc»ng laughed to scorn when . . . l asked whether Walter Aciams was the cntmy ..." ¦'Oon'l take it baby, lay the real thins on me." "I can recalj the hatred and scorn when I exhorted Union rreinbers to donate from thtrr own pockets lo . . . the workers at Con Mech." "Make me t>aby, make me know you really care." "I recall the ridicule whor I su>^K«sted ..." "The bitter comes out tjetter on a stolen guitar." His s;)ell in ofiice may have been short but it v.-as crammed with drama and occasional near hysterical theatricHlily. The Umely Und coolly calculated) outburst of emotion at the election meeting, the ludicrously emotive "that man and that v.oman" speech, the sub.sequent spuriously verbose apology, the tactically cunning introduction of "amendments" (which he well knev.- to be totally unconstitutional) to the payment to Mr Greii; — who could forget those reports, so brief and succinct ? "He took it all too far, but boy could he ptay guitar." And time and again it worked! "So we bitched about his fans and should we crush tiis sweet hands?" P>ehind the showman, there was a conscientious worker. .1* mu-,t !>e empha.sised that he put one hell of a lot of v.ork in ;t3 tr>' and tackle the resjwusibilitics of Senior Treasurer. Before his election the Broad Left tried to scream and shout as loud fcs po^ible that the job had to be sabbatical. At last Julian ha.s agreed, but why. oh why. did he take so long to say ? "So natural—religiously unkind." Why. too. did Renuine political differences have to be transformed into paranoia against the Broad I.«ft which was continued m his valediction? ile correctly quoted ur, a.s pointing to ks "bombastic and verbose assaults on all socialists within the Uiiion and proved our point by a 14-line pedantic attack or. "the B.L. and Ultra Lx;fl" for "f>edt'Strian boredom of demagogic .speeches." "Cfted so much his (ace was wet, then I knew he was not lying." I feel f must reiterate the work put in and point out his skilful handling of Professor Cyril Cr"nve«d and l»is advisors. "Z'V.gy played guitar. Jamming good with Wierd and CHJy." Despite (his, his advice to M^cept £5.4C cap in hand witho<<< even trying to register disapproval, typified his approach to Uniqfl politics. •'So where were the soldiers while Ihe fly trJod to break our balls." "It would bo foolish for me or anyone else to go on t>«iiev(ng that Union will get any stronger . . . presently dwi..dlins attendance ralei." BJiody true; ¦"So inviting -«o enticms to play the part." Perhafw I should apologia* for this article, hut, Julian yoii're nol the only one who can u';o drumatic. ovcr-crnotive terms in this WO; Id. "Hey man schooldays Jnianft." run my work's rtown (he drain." "And I'm fithOnt: up my ^.ams lor the words." ^AUL COCKrn.ELL—wiln •pologies to Oavid Bov'' LI y IN 0110 of the most boring let* lcr8 of rcsi^'iat'on ever tci»-dored by an L'xcrulivu Cotnniit-Ice nicnibor, Wanda Brown (V/cllsrc) has Ihrown In Iho towel, oMcclivc Ironi fVlarcIt 15. V/aiuiu's only duricicncy was a lousy literary stylo. In woik-iato aiul pursunncc of hor duties she Ikis l>con oiio of iho fow clfcclivo ofl'ici'i-s the Union has jvssosscd. U scorns a massive pUy ih.U Wanda has such an ac-utc consoicnoe. Otic of the reasons she* gives for rctiriiuc is that certain ai-cas of the job have been ne>;lcctod to favour others. 'Hus is incvit- iil)!o when t>ne eonxidt.s tlic size t>l tiie Welfare problem. What IS disturi'inK js tlie appalhuj; attitude of the l.SK to Kxeeutive Otlieers- parliciiiarly Welf.ire ones. Jane Ayton, the previous Welfare OlVicer, lias retreated to t)ie country befi«re the j;lo\.evs and threats of her Popartment. Another of W;inda lUiHvns reasons for termin.itinK' her employ was "a threat of expulsion from niy Department." It appeals tlial the LSE is somewhat myopic in its view of student jx^rformanco; they consider tfjc student in isohition, not taking into account the ii iH'neOt students ns a whole <»l>-tai:; from the ev»--tei\ce of Mich hotter motivated fellows. IT tlie LSK is intent on des'aoyi'i;; tiu' Stuiient Union and the studctUs themselves (see the ISV. atul die—sorry, conunit suuide) it has certainly built V5p a store of {Powerful knowlediio in how to exercise its biHS. As an Excciitivo tucmbor yen have a clioico—do the Job and face expulsion cr, be liko the majority ot the Executive, hypocratiso over the Incncctive-nc&& of tho Union. Some peonlc arc bastards, P.T. Anarchists 4 Poperlafis 1 Students 0 REPORT ON A 3-D GAME AFTER the tragic refutation of Professor Itnre Lakatos on February 2nd, at the age of 51, the Philosophy Department has been presented with tiie real world task of replacing the leading light of post-Poppcrian thouF;ht. The problem has been made harder by the lack of following lights, in a field the LSE has rigorously ploughed alone. ANOTHER blow was struck At one point it seemed the , only course of action was to [ invite back Karl Popper, a 1 retrofirade step, aspccially when j Lakatosian criticism of Poppers i latest works, "senik' rambling", was remcn^lx-red. PUZZZLE It now see.ms that a vigorous anti-Poppc-rian-Lakatosian is being invited to bring in the required brio. Kcyarabend is described as an ••epistemological anarchist" and now seems to be inheriting a department that is more in asrcement with his \iews than at Hrst sight was ever suspcctcd. EXISTENCE? The Philosophy Department's main reason for existence is its students. Any definition of that department includ«?s the students. The "department's" invitation purports to come from the department—not so. The students have not been considered. consulted or even spoken to. That seems a little anarchistic. But !>cihaps philosophers don't think too much . . . P.T. agaitisl Mrs V/httehousc and' all Flight-minded people on Monday, March 4th, when a publicity grubbing gnome of dubious intelligence rushed naked around the LSE. This revolting Boltichelli babe, appeared in the "Beaver" Oflice at 10, demanding a camera lor his 1 o'clock stunt. The assembled scoop reporters looked down on this trivial event and informed him, this was not the offices of the "Sun", "Express", "Mail" or "Mirror" but one of a highly respccied thoughtful rag. The gonerific gnome further blotted his copy by speaking in ruins, but that is to be expectcd from emaciated globules. He resorted to his plan of action. For mankind he would rush around displaying his portals to all who saw him com.ing or. his angry infantile powdered-buttocks to those who viewed his retreat. name is unknown, his frustration increased, his antics ignored. He left behind his fishing rod and a bad smell. He also left behind the germ of an idea. Not having any Dettol to hand, it flourished and caii be seen eating people of every hue and inclination. This violent offspring of the magic gnomin-alist has spre.ic through the LSE and begun to sing, viz. "I'm a trol fold-e-roll. I'm a trol fold-e-rol, I'm a trol fold-e-rol and I'll eat you for supper." 'Various people have no'.v ceased to exist, These are to be awarded Distinguished Union Meddles (DUMs) for being distinguished and remembered They are - The Inhabitants of the Library. J. Hall and W, Brown, Mr R. Alfordi it's Dahrcndorf and, All LSE TV stars. That's how the LSE finally been denigrated. has His Further awards announced. are to bo I DO NOT WISH to embarrass that deoioatcd Thinl World Socialist and prepo'.terou'; butToon of Union M«etings. Mr S. K Adsilja, 'iuit 1 do foi-l he should b«' mlv-sed against tfio folly of allowing his so.'uilist prinoiplos lun so wild that they may come to dama»;o his tiiunoial interests, (^nly recently he succeedcd in havirig Hothman's oi.ruvttes banned from the shoKos of Carv-Saunders Mnll on th«» ninpiny whoso .second hu^-e.st export market is S^'uth Africa, and which has a share of 42i per com in African K\ploii\os and Cliemical Induslri«s. n conccrn in its turn having a fullvH^wned subsidiary in Rlnxlesia. I THINK IT HIGH TIME tho students at LSF appreciated how absolutely devoted to tlieir acadcmic well-being our splcridid academics are. Mr Klappliolz, of the Economics Department, is a porf'^ct example t>f dedication to duty. In order to improve his l.imentable knowkdge of economics, he renounced tiie privilege of Uvtu.ing to foveral hundred students between two and three on Tuesday. March Sili. and attended instead a lecture given at the s;imo time by a mysterious Mr Coatcs. Considering Mr Klapphok's undoubted good intentions. 1 am coit.-.iii that the hordes of disappointed undergraduates will ^rgive him for entering the realms of dishonesty by having tliu cancellation notice say he was ill. THE STAUNCHLY LEFT-WING head of the politics department at I./eeds. and author of that tedious book, "The State In Capitalibt Society," Ralph Miliband struck a doublc-fisted blow at the capitalist o^tablishmcnt when he descended from tlie provinces recently to Itcture at LSE. No doubt considering his revolutionary task only half-done by a display of his socialist mastery to a packed Old Theatre, he abo committed the brave and defiant act of parking his communistic maroon Rover 3500, coniplete with personally-initialled number plates, on double yellow lines for the duration of the lecture. Afltr such a subtle denunciation of the v/holo free enterprise system. I hope Professor Miliband spent an enjoyable time at his second home in working-class NWl. I FEAR that plump and affable Professor "Bob" McKenzie will have to look *o his la».>rels if he wishes to retain his well-paid communications work. The notoriously fickle TV world may come to prefer the younger and. if I may say so, more photogenic Dr He.naid Donoaghue of the Government Department, now that the latter seems tohave friends in high places. He was spotted the other day rushing from .Mr Wilson s private jet at Heathrow. One begins to wonder whether the BBC will continue to pay huge sums for Professor McKenzie's highly-scientific "swingometer" (salary for this general election around the i^l0,000 mark) with such an encr-gctic rival on hand. My customary total sympathy with the Women's Liberation movement wavered for a little while when the Editor to!d me some siily girl had complaincd over my usage of the adjective "bespectacled" in reference to Wanda Brown last issue. "He wouldn't usu it if he was writing about a man," slie squealed, assuming at once ihat the writer of the column is a man. I am, of course, but I sti!l think it an idiotic complaint. Comments, dear readeis? ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO S116. DIRECT TO DAVE SHORT OR VIA ANY MEMBER OF "BEAVER" STAFF. Guess who'.s on th<' Editorial Bfi.ad for "Sennet,". la.sl i.ssue includ« d; A Quotat!23. Klouic s^ifid nvi youf (fco toloui biochoie | 1 •rinat'--'; . I L.. _____I rjt. h» WIK. >Um»< Mil.. ('<:> |-4ir ».> PROFESSOR ZIVA ALOES, p&ycholcgist. qr«ndn)othcr And A former HungariAn aristocrat it busy working somo of (ho mobt unconventional "miraclcs" in British Ecluca-tton. The drwil the is puri;lnK it ono that lias only (a riy re* ccntly been nivon a njnic by cducalionaliitt and ptycholo* Ki»U . . . dytiexia or word blindncts; (he inabilKy (o read or wri(e- T*ko fur in^itatjcc c.>ih(ccn-yoaf-clcl Garotli KolvrLs, a bjiK'hl and iTv.itJvc younR Welshman passionately con-ceincd about the pn.>blcms facing; his homeland He has jost taken "A" level English and &violo»:y a; Brj»:h-ton Technical College, and hio for younp :aurnal-Lsls at Cardill. Yet two year^; apo Garclh was written oO as ineijcablc bec3uatience. understanding and not k little faith in herself. Few people have cxp<.-ieneed the misery of being unible to read or write. Picking up a book or idly reading an advertisement are automatic func* tioris for mo&t of us. Ejt our philosophies, technology, work and play are tightly governed by tlii^ il«-!ily niid wilhou! it Hu- nunii rn utMiil ik (-old in-hti;.pi(at>lo pUite. A l.u'k of i't>nununu'.itttiti liM.ls t.i fni«ir.iluMi lMtt«'t- ncsN nhil even d«vp rnu'tmnjl or p-.yihol.ij'.K'ol di>turb.»tuv. Tlic n^'parttncnt »>t Kducatu«*i atui S«.-u'tUtr hit.s ^•^tlnu^^^^ thai up to tivi* iKT ti'nt i»f Hrit;i;n"s ll->e.it-«»lds are lUiter.iie or M*nii-tllit('i jte. Mnd l*.ow nuiny of Iho.se have iiy!4loxia i:> still not known, .vnys the I*rofes>^r. The odd< ajtainst .«urh ehi!d-ren sutxv."i.sfully integratim; into society without help ;tre high indiNxf. Ci»r - m.ijjn.ite Hei\ry Ford and actro.-^^ Su-san Mamp'hin are two dyslexic^ who made Jt. Others are not #o lucky. Seemingly there is no provision in our etlucation systtm for such people. Altl-.ough many of the children have high l.Q.s they are labelled retarded out of ignt'rance. In school they stop abM>rbing formally presented knowledge b^»rause they can t keep up with the reading and writing Overworked teachers give up trying to com-municaie w:ih thoin and very often the children are targets of fun for their class mates. Professor Albes is determined to eradicate such ignorance and has e-tablished a large family group of dyslexic chi'drtn in a small converte .lie not only (ally hler.i'.o l»;tl stii.lvuu f»»r .Tiitl k.mtTN K.uvn AU'ig. l?i. from (Vbhani. Suiiey, IS CSKs .iti«l hi'^K-s to lH.'Conu- M nm"MV Nigel I'.ixtoii from lii'.khton h;io a|>-pluni to joiii ()'.f M<'t«.h.a:il N.ivy; l>»o i>f the are studyiiu; hmticu't-.Jio ot tf\hi\i-c.it coMei;e?»; vr.o ;> tloiiig i.uvh-ntMcal eiigiiKvnin: : otli'. is cater-I'V - . ttll chtUJnMi prev»ou«ly ie»;nuied inetliu-Ole. Professor Allx^ was born mto the Ilunganan anviorracy fvJ vears ago. a p.iit oi her life which she inM>ts has little lele-vance to her preM-nt work . . . i am what you fe 1 am now." Nevertheless, she was o::e of the few women m her country to go to univerMty and graduate in Psychology. She has work<\l with dis-lurl>ed adults and chiUlren for 25 year>. with the Interjiut:oaal Hod Cro.;s arid L,*:::ted Nation/^. ..:'vt I'thei lacililii^s i.I.'MI The Perhaps it was the sight of children desperately needing help streaming out of co?icen-tration camps and into refugee camps which led her to become one of the very f?r»t pioneci*s to vcork in this field. She certainly experienced r-iany oolitical and rocial un-heavals v.hich scarred Europe precipitating much human suffering. "V/hen I cr.me to England I kn"w this is what 1 wanted to do. Not only lecturing, writing and talking, but creating this .jroup here, which can be seen and touched". The small Prighton hotel fitted with beds •hililien, mainly in ihoir tn-'is. .nve I'.iul fo« by i-aieiits. liK'ul a)i:hi>rilies ami iibiuit hnlf niv sub.suliM'd by the Pio(ess(»r. 1^-fore aiceptiiig a ehiUl. the pan'nts have to aitree (o trur.( the ProfesM)r and vever ail e«)m-nmnic;U,.'n with their youngstiT ft>r a luue. Olhoiwise P«ofess<»r Allvs s.iys her work will U* nIu- .i>.'d.\1. hiT face b'o.i.ii rung wiOi pirasute. <\tly M frw of thi- rhilo A.n u giuiip they ;ue so well ndju.»te.| it i-, .ilna- t iin-jMisMble tc> lell whuh >s which The ehiMn'ii ate warm and jHilitr to each e they ne;;ated and the child cv^nfused. "Those p.irents who see the value of our work aie very Ct»-ojvrat:ve with us and we have a very clo>e contact with Ihem." explaiiievi the Professor. Having a-wes.M.-d each child, she sets about solvm,"; their e^lot.onaI and personality difli-culties before attempting to solve their physical dyslexic pioblcm She strip.s down their p^'rson-ahty and helps them to find their confidence and true reives, using environmental therapy. "Do you know some of these children have never crawled or cried before." she says sadly. One teenaj'e boy in her care could not walk d jwnstairs without being held by the hand, when he first arrived. "It's great now just to sec him have the courage to run." have tiecided thi.s i< the way to orgHiiise Ihoir href Newcomers soon lean: )ha: swearing .md rudeness .isn't toleiatcd and a system of derno-ciatic self-
  • <-ipliiie has evolved within the family (juiti-naturally. If any of the children d^ wrong and it worries them, h? or ^he simply calls the group togdlur for a mect»r.g. Without cmbarraviment tho oHence is discus-ed openly, the n^utivcs dissected and a course o: action agreed. Usually tne eiTender is given a small chore if the group thmks a punushment is necessary. * Although this initially 'leeds great courage. Professor firnily believes such hone^tv helpb the children to come to terms with themstlves. A person who broods when they have done wrong eventually btconics convinced he has done nothing wrong at all. and probably aggressively defensive when he Ljy y li y ^vi/j u "50p: pay at the dooj; fake your friends and sit on the floor." Four performances by The Royal Opera: Monday 1 April at 7.00 pm Boris Godunov MussoryalcijIJiimsky-Kijisdlciv Wednesday 3 April ct 7.30 pm 1*1 Iraviatii W nli Thursday 4 April at 7.30 pm Fiddio Bntlioa ii Saturday 6 April at 8.00 pm Salome Richard Tv/o performances by The Royal Ballet: Tuesday2 April at 7.30 prn Symphonic V:iriations FraiiclclAHiitu)! The liito of SjiririK St m vi nsk ijl ,\I(). Further dctaiU:01-liiU l*Jl I (21 hr itiformalioii b"i vice) r * . . 3 •*^'f 0^ 1. ' 1 ¦ > ¦ \ 3 m ft : \ J •* / V / Tht Opent ll'i Rtnal Ojura Hnnsf ff I'ln-rnl HarUtn l.imilnl, . •>v 'H'Mj/iiin U'ifh Titiai^iatl dank •» Jxi.ancint itavwfiift.-f Jftn Th0 Ailn of iirrtti ISrilaii Ill \v» K, M -r. t, n'il. »-»»f fouiKi out. ^;«ys the Professor, orcliniit.ou m ;i str.ojilit lino T1\k \\;a\ tlu' olulJion liMm to fioni duo sni-' t>f l!\o looi.i to • xpvt'ss lhoIn•nds to h'jr own. '"KverythaH: that wo aio suyposod to do and jiot do CHRIS TILLEY V. 0 dx-cuss. \v hotlier U is for the cenerA! benefit or not. \Vc had the problem of sn1okinl^ Wc discussed this and it was the g.eneral consensus that smokinR as sorriOthinjj we didn'l want t> accept here". Havino: learnt to live witli the/nselves and each other tlie next ta.-^k for the chikircn is to c-»me to terms with a world t.iey have always seen as hostile wj their problem. There are normal school activities such as art, drama ar.d p.iusic and discussions on evcry-th;n'4 from politics to sex. . . . ¦'l.ilte tr.e Frost pro^rajnme only better" says the Professor impishly. ¦ Some of the children do need physiotherapy to combat clumsiness cau.«ed by slo-.".' brain reactiotis and Profc.^sor Aloes has devised .special exercises. Fourteen-year-old Paul Suth-erUnd-'vVhite unabashedly gave .a demonstration. Dou*n on all fours he crawled in perfcct co- <.Hhor I'Xerj iM's iiuliuU- writ-iiH' itnvs of ciri'ios ;uui sh.ipes in rhythni lo nuisic . . . lo-or-dinatini; h;tnd jtful brain at.d j^etl.m; Jlow into the han-'-writin^. WluMi it a>ines lo tho cvcn-tnal roa\1in>; and wrilinR, eaeh chilli is Riven a profjramme Koarod to inciivitlual needs. Some dyslexies liavo an optical problem whicli stops tliem rcad-infi tlie alphabet characters — only o!ie-thud of the letter's actual shape may register. One-third of the letter 'C>" couUl be taken for a i), "P" or even an "H". so some of the cliildren have a special alpliabet. Thoy are lauyhi to coiiccntratc three times as lon.q on tiie letter until they get the rest of its shape. To help pull down the barriers they have against words the Profe.-ssor takes the lifeless word oiT the pace and into lhe;r immediate u'orid. Tlie letter 'C is not just the signature character for COW but a world in itself ... it means milk, leather, grass: so while the children are learning to read they are also beint? ijitro-dured to farming, economics and so on. Each child is dearly aware of their individual handicap through discussions with the profes.-^or and illustrated wall charts of the brain. They know they are different, but the difference is no longer unconquerable. When the children take part in further educatioiv classes outside Downlands. the staiT carefully go over the lessons with them, o)u\kii\»; th<'re is noth!Ui{ they luive nnved throtii;h slow-lles^. Th.ey recently built a model v;!;.»,'.o ii-lleetiiu* iiti ideal c»>m-niutiily . . . perhaps for dys-leXKN of ;:ll a«es. And thi-. is the PiH>feti;". In f.«ct the Professor is negotiati:ig t>,> buy a small village on a private estate. Slie faces conipotition from other would-be buyers and i.s still searching for other opportunities. PiX)fessor Albes" drive and stamina is exhausting and awesome. Although she is a small woman with medical problems, her spirits never seem to sag or her charm fade. She svould love to see h.er approach to teaching. allow;i.s( children free 1 expression and democratic res- ) ponsibiiity, in all schools. | She once remarked about 16- j year-old Paul Storey, who was ! rcccntiy sentenced from the ! slums of HanOiwortn, Birming* i ham, to M years in prison for mugging and murder : -Give nie that boy for months and you will not find him the same person." Catching her penetrating gaze it is easy to see why. 1 [: Vtf Yj »/:'¦ ~ £$.] 5 /A\v./ i f\ f j _______ mi SyDGVy-lEEJOOSj-KHiYM iViliKr,wrf^ yN[>\ PKR ^ ?,>jJ-;OELIvWmL WAb,WO'4PEIffiBl/-JTywj..,M Fro.»i March 14 V/ARNER WEST END&RENDEZVOUS FROM IT AM ABCl SHAHESIiURYAVENUE • SCENES 3& 4 SEPARATE FERFORMANCL'S " SEATS BOOKABLE 'tLjU' PnOFrSSOl? ABEL smith of the Social Adir.inistration Depart-nuM.t Is involved in a current b.-each of c^'Uract rase. Tibbitts v. Cambrirtgc University Press. His part in i'e mat'er beg.iii \*.hcrj • asked in the: summer of 197? lo advise on ttic publication value of the "Politics o( Mcdicat Manpower", a critical review by Or Adrian Tibbitts of some of aspects of the National Hoalll. Scrvitc, which includes chapters on the medical hierarchy ; cmijjrnnts sn<< inuiiigrants; the conditions of junior hospital doctors; and Itlcology and doctrine. With the approval i>f the Cambridjie University Press's representative. Mrs Christine Linehan. he took it upon himself to consult a "great friend" of his. a senior doctor in the Dcp.irlment of Health and Soci.il Security, to clieek out "the accuracy ol son^e of what he says". By November 1st, 1972. Professor Abv-l Smith came out against publishing the manuscript in its preseut form.. Dr Tibbitts's negotiations with the C U P. had draggi-'d on since April. 1970 and he had already very bubstantially rc\ isod his criginal manuscript, "Out of Practice" to achieve the forni in which his work was presented to our professor. His cited opinion contrasts uith that of another refeiee, Dr Millgrson of the sociology department at Leeds, who thought even "Out of Practice" worth publishing and commented that Dr Tibbitts haj. "'performed wonders in the original manuscript" in producing '"The Pfilitics of Medical Manpower". Not having received satisfaction over the reason behind the C.U.P.'s reluctance to publish after previously showing interest. Dr Tibbitts went on to bring an action for breach of contract. Letters in the doc's.er on the case show Professor Abel Smith's anxiety not to have revealed lo Dr Tibbitts that the D.H.S.S. haa beeji infoiTnally sounded out. The book contains an "jibra^ive approach" to some aspects of the N.H.S. Both Sir Keith Josef>li and the professor received letters dated February 12th, 1974 from Dr Tibbilts asking for the name of the senior D.H.S.S. dootoi" so he could be called as a witness. Neither has answered. The case continues. DAVE SHORT HOPEFULLY, THERE WILL BE A FULLER REPORT ON THE MATTER IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF "BEAVER". BECAUSE AT THE MOMENT WE ARE STILL SUBJECT TO THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE RULES OF SVB 3VDICK. ALLISTAIR COC is the latest member of the E-C. to hand in his resignation. Pressure of academic work strikes again. Alistair makes it quite clear that it is onJy because he takes his finals in the summer that he Is resigning. Could he not have foreseen that when he stood for the election? "I had not expccted to do quite so much mopping up!" His resignation is elTective from next term because during the holidays he will be fulfilling the duties of Sienior Treasurer, Sitting in the Community Rrship '¦ "Il'i u/» in,.u!t lo L'fiion to s.jv \\c» n'-'-rj e-cjuv? nunc itf the ni'iUon>i passed are very relevant to the students here ? "I thought the appointment yf -1 Welfare Oflicer and the Overseas Students Fund were verj? relevant to students here," he said. (The Welfare Ofiicei'S motion was promoted by the Union Floor not by any members oC the Executive.) What suggestions did he have ? "Sabbatical officers. I';", said it before and I'll say it again. I aliO think that 'B'-^ivcr' suouid take a more constructive line." Constructive ? "Beaver" detests writing about itself but jt has tiled to be helpful, uoalm;; new ideas, introducing di\; u"*-•iionate analysis. "Beaver" .'.a.» triea not only lo leflect ?he 'welter side the and Union, but ha.". attetnj)tcd t^-^ lead and inform. Ac Iho mcmcnt certain ment-ttOrs of the Exccuttvo arc in-dulgins in a circular ar^umerH. "The reason iho CKPCutive if domonliscd !•< becn';sc Ihp Union it in a t>aU state; th^ reason l!-.e Union U in a ba4 state is bccauto the Cxccutivf is demoralised." Actions speak iondcr Ui;)n words. J C.'P.T./J R. V Hi \V! «. Mairti lUh. I-I'.'k' Sis :©L!JiO)^fl8TY IF©^ PO^ICT T@ CEMT. CHAIRWOMAN ; Rt Hon Mrs Judith Harl. M.P. ; GtiN 0R6ANMSEF? : R. Shaikh At Ard : LSt STUOCNTS' REPS. : A- Oppc!, W. Brown. S: Adalja. T A • AFRICA I Gm\m THE African scanriat which our campaign is rnsolvciJ to expose, is already bursting U is a coniptcx scl of harsh ralural coniliuoi»s. conlinuing colonial lc>:acy. a socic-cconotnic, ideological and political tyranny imposed botii froni wiU'.in and without upon liii? African people in most of its artificially created states, leading to mass siarv.ition on a scale never known in history anywhere before. Only weaklings and the v-lcked can fail lo bo aroused to conrtcmnalion and prncrosity. But this appaMtng set-up has now trigecrcd a genuine people's inovetncnt ol Jiberation and progrtss. What wc sec in the student actions, peasant revolts and trade union strikes 1100,000 took part in Elf;iopta) is only the beginning of a movement dctcfniined to repain tiie control and ownership df African resources and place the destiny of Africa in the firm grip of t»!c African ma5.ivf ar.io:ig which is Lonrljo with Us 4:23.8 million m iSlS. Crops have fan«^d ¦"ulir.cst lotally" in large arnas of North Weitcvn. North Cc:'.tral. Kciito and North tastcrn Scatos of Nigeria. The "Lapos I>ajly Tunes" pr;iut-d ..n "SOS" niess;igi; lo the whole world to act. and launchfd its own rchtf appeal. Four million Nigeriai.s are Thric is massive mlgrn;;on of peasants iuid Jicrd^nicn. Sen;-? hr.ve aiready died on the way :o the South. Th»y either .ibfndo;-.-.d their cattle o:. foiccd ;c lake tl.via with them. l.Avc- died, c.tttic and iIL It ii. r«poitcd that ••too<5 i$ avail-able lo tho.: populat.on of Daura, for r.xami'U', "had no :noiiey lo buy any rice. be.~ns or sviinea corn"—according :y their E:r.ir in a talk to tho T>aily Tiniti.'' The authorities, however, have shown a great s:nse of rtsponsi-biUty by suspending some major projects :n ord'r cl«;vote '..-.e sav- // organisations and their respoc- | tivo governments or even the , U.N. j They have recently been ac- j cused of "excessive pride"' and i "undue caution". The facts, j however, are diiTerent These ' countries are rightly abhorrent I of openinji the door any wider i to inipenalibt powers heavily ; rep^e^ented in this so-called re- • lief work. But while they are rightly keeping up this resist- . ance. they are no le&s helpless in alleviating the plight of their ^ 15-million starved (a death toll \ of 1,000 a day) than the seeming j humanitarians and philanthro- ; pists. j These Africans have been ! carrying the burden of com- j municable di.seases and malnu- 1 trition too long to endure a ^ famine that has entered now its ' seventh year. j Should v.'e, then, be eo.ually j hopeless or helpless ? } A grass-root approach and a ! truly genuine a::d concerted ; action can offer a real solution, j' Of course, the ultimate ; answer lies In Africa itself; for only the African masses can free themselves. But the forces of progress, enlightenmcnl and democracy the world over can, : indeed should, do a great d<-al for their brethren in Africa. The civilisation of the We^t is j based upon their labour, to- 1 gether v.iih ihat of v;hat now , constitutes the rank and file oi : its labour movement: it is not ! much to return to Africa a '^hare of the fruit of its own labour, let there be immediate, concretf? rf'lief without strings; let thoie bo also lorg-lnm. in-tere.st-free, absolutely untied technicai and technological a-v sistance. ____ _ Our earnpaign j.<; to rally people around tliis task and to prcond.s uf/on the complet'' di.srnyntling of all imperialist orrang'^mentr;. starting with Africa. Free an«l direct help and sincere soUdarily from the gra.ss root:; of the d<'veloryd countries to the moro severely cxp^iited and f oppressed grass rls of tho undcrdcvclop^.-d rountrie-- arc all that tT.t will he accomplished by the masses ' ^ ^ ^ ''1.\ ¦ , M! A ?> =• i: .. < •A- aftcctcd. rJigfiia has suffered so much cxpSoi^atioji becAuse of its Biafra problem tlir.t it will never forget imperialist "soft" blackmail even at this comparably more critical statje. Tnercfore. oniy genuine solidarity, truoly dismtcrtsted and broth'.-rly, can Iv !u;cf j;ted. ing.s lo famine rt^tf Hut ill tins is totally IniiUfTic.ent." .Su';';n«ion of Uu\ ed inste -c of civinj it free to rhe f.aiviriB ;opi.iiiee. U'.ek of tronsiJosX is anol:.er failure of the auihoiul>*s. is lefjiiiied from us. The of Africa them.selves. On (0 you and your friends; * Fight against the present a*5*ult on the "ir.d.jpendertcc" of Ihe newly-born African countries. * Suppor' the national lit^crallon moverrents of AfricA achieving and txpan'Jing greater indepenuence. * Join Ihe SCDH a? a sluden'. teacher, nurse, doctor or t^aUc unionist J there it a gteat job lo oe c«»rfieiJ out. * Show your jolidarlty, both peiltic.-vMy and Imancially, now. Send your mc'ssa^e$ of vopporl and donatiusis lo our account* managed by th.; flalional Union of Students. A'Jdetl lo all tfis. there i% locu.st placue In the Nor.h lr;.iste.-n State, liii'- f.;e Emir of Kjuio is svjre In-teri.Med m the »-xaetit!ul» of the censui; figurci:. To.iriiii: hi.i »r7iinxte. lie toid /il.s p'.oj>> to i'.Ay their cenrn^; ; r.d he could T.'A force i to do so "llitr»: vas no food In the villac^-" "fJcw Hi>e'-an" dtscr.iyid the situation as xi.t -greatest r.atiort.it «mvr^«ncy <«ncc the civti Mt-'; nieUrci>lof;iiti claim |l,4l 'Kveral inonlfn ol dry weather lit Jhead." The l.ifcric of so'.<«Cy is rtl Kotn>; to ch.int:« cvernishT, cit'ier. Moan-vmife. the srancal in Fthiojila, Kfinya, 0;iantla, a! 4^'i .is th« other counlntn ut th« 2uiio Of |HC WdSttfn cuuhI trj Atri«;a i C('iitinit«t. DONATE NOW : S. PARRY, NUS, 3 ENDSLEIGH STREET, LONDON, WCl. I'rint'd hy l'rin'.<-r^ fiipir- iMc'lyiiro I f.i: litiKlriiu UiiLJii. M C,'ii.«ni s V.(;2A ZAC