Abstract
This newsletter contains information on universities co-operating in a library network, Thomas Berger's view of Canada, sixty years of memories at the Mount, the preservation of children's lives in Ethiopia through airlifted supplies, a profile description of Joan Lownie, an opinion piece regarding the promotion of Canadian culture, economy, and society, the Olympics and the media, and the seminars, meetings, workshops, and other events held and attended by Mount faculty. There are also sections on questions raised by the 'Celebration of the Healthy Woman' symposium, the Doctor Franklin Perkins School Day School event, a letter to the editor regarding the benefits of continuing publishing 'The Connection,' and an alumnae update concerning the Alumnae Association's signing of a formal charter with its Toronto Branch. The newsletter also discusses Dr. Muriel Duckworth's achievements and films, a performance of the play 'Touched,' increased enrolment in the sciences, computer committee plans, making the humanities more realistic and relevant to students, increased efforts made by the Mount Playhouse, Women's concerns regarding becoming priests, meetings to create a 'Nuclear-Free Zone,' an information presentation at the World Trade and Convention Centre. There are also sections on MSVU open campus days, statistics on adult participation in Mount programs in 1983, the ways in which nutrition can be 'fun,' a notice on the success of the first MSVU Happy Hour and the continuation of the event, a symposium on peace studies, and a description of the Microcomputer Information Centre at the Killam Library at Dalhousie University.