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trinity news thursday february 1S--page twoUSIT Confusion ChargesFilm aloneis a vitalRelaxation of the Governmenttravel ban has brought in its wakeloud complaints against U.S.I.T.The confusion which resulted fromthe ban reportedly caused lastminutesale of tickets and faultyinformation about schedules andcancellations.Some students have chargedthat their complaints were summarilyignored by U.S.I.T. Eightpassengers apparently found themartBrian McClinton’s p a p e r,"Cinema and the Future of Art,"set out to demonstrate how, traditionalart forms exhausted, thefilm alone offers a complex andvital art form.Distinguished visitors LouisMarcus and John Russel-Taylorlistened patiently, while WilliamMcCartney, Trevor Lawson, DavidRoche and George McAvoy allvigorously defended traditional artforms.Unfortunately, a large attendanceproduced not one of Trinity’scineistes to defend an informativeand fair appraisal of the new art.It was left to the guest speakersto elaborate on modern cinema.Both spoke wittily and at length,but as the meeting was being closedan unknown, middle-aged visitorsprang to his feet to denounce theauthority of the speakers and themorality of the present centurY.News feature by Jacques De Ros6eselves in the London Air Terminalafter joining a purportedly directDublin-Paris flight.The current rash of complaintsfollowed similar dissatisfactionover the organisation of U.S.I.T.’sNorth American flight programmelast summer.Mr. P. Monaghan, head ofU.S.I.T., replied to charges of inefficiencysaying, "U.S.I.T. is providinga service for students. Atthe price, national airline efficiencycannot be expected." Monaghanquoted the figure of 0.2% asrepresenting the ratio of reportedcomplaints among clients. Inresponse to charges of rudeness,one U.S.I.T. mart said: ’Wedon’t mind being rude, as long asit’s the truth."U.S.I.T. is a non-profit-makingorganisation. It arranged transportationfor 17,000 students duringthe last summer vacation alone.Akhough the organisation has expandedquickly over the past fewyears, its methods remain basicallythe same. Tickets are still oftenissued only at the airport andsometimes even en route.Coffee Bar RowThe porters were called to removea man from the Coffee Barlast Thursday afternoon. The man,claiming to be a Trinity graduate,was middle-aged and thought tobe drunk. It was alleged heattempted to steal food from thecounter. After complaining to theAgent and Provost about his illtreatment,he returned to theCoffee Bar and proceeded toharangue one of the staff. Thiselicited rounds of derisive applausefrom students there.HOPEFUL RESULTS OFHAYFEVER TESTSTrinity Pharmacology Departmentarc appealing for peoDesuffering from hay fever to comeforward to test a new treatmentthey have developed for theallergy. A team of researchers,headed by Professor CedricWilson, have been working on thetreatment over the last three yearsand they have now treated about ahundred people; but because ofthe nature of hay fever they havefound it difficult to guage thesuccss of their method.The standard treatment forpeople with hay fever is a seriesof injections of a ten-week period.Professor Wilson’s technique is toplace a large amount of the injectionfluid in a cap attached tothe skin and to let the body soakin the fluid over a period of 24hours.The advantage of ProfessorWilson’s technique is that itdrastically speeds up the process ofWhat is it liketo work for Europe’slargest chemical company?treatment. However, because hayfever victims usually recover aftera few weeks with or without treatmcnt,Prof. Wilson’s results so far,though encouraging, are not statisticallyvalid, because of the fairlysmall sample he has tested.Commons’ tearsTears ran down the cheeks ofstudents on Commons last Monday.The reason was not thequality of the food but the irritationcaused by ammonia gas leakingfrom the fridges unde ~ theDining Hall.After some heated agrumentsinvolving Norman Glass, a finalyearEconomics student, and amember of the Common staff, thewindows were opened whichafforded some relief to the sufferingstudents.wscfaththp:p;ISr(iswtl:y(fewy~isisthotatIEol&wotli~h(stinthOtdid(fumIi!i! I,~ "|!l" ’~j /:’,t~i’i:, ~!(,!!q,~:=! ,: a ’’4,: ", ~ 5" ~d{: !. i!;i;’2:’G{¯’e~’~ I -i’2H .’AnnouncementsLast Week "Trinity News" publishedan article on the CollegeHealth Service which was inaccurate.Dr. O’Brien haspointed out to us that the HealthService is very rarely used exceptin cases of real need andthat the statement that theCollege doctors were called out"on least thirty wild goosechases last year" was misleadingand false.Charlie wants to congratulateBruce and Bertha on their recentspot success. Keep up the goodwork, but drive that Bentleycarefully., For SaleVokeswagen for Sale, bargainprice as owners need moneyquickly. Apply 18.32."Icarus" needs a Secretary tohandle correspondence. Applyto Nick Grene, No. 2.Regrets to anybody concerned--An A.N.C. Representative didnot slanderously call the(defunch) P.A.C. "Communistinspired " in last week’s "T.N."--Only me, M. McC.35 m.m. Camera, Xenar 2.8 lens,coupled range-finder, with case,lens hood and U-V filter. C.£14. M. H. M. 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