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Topics covered include: Alcohol consumption; Country and Western Fans Debate Picaro Opinion; International Community Network; Picaro Publishing Board; Student housing in Halifax; Building Math Confidence; Steven Ascroft, new business professor; Photopool; 1985-86 Student Council; Electronic polling; Mount's first Double Decker concert series; Diverse Perspectives exhibit at Art Gallery; Mount campus tennis court
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Topics covered include: More than 15 grand worth of electronics stolen from Mount; The Picaro's accountability contract-so far so good; Council passes constitutional changes; New online scholarship database free to students; NSCAD on strike; Open Campus Days; Student leaders want province to allot a lot of cash towards education; Campus security to beef-up measures; Brain drain to sunny south a hoax-Statistics Canada; Federal bill recognizing same-sex spouses defeated; 30 Hour Famine; United Arab Emirates; Campus Sound Explosion's Battle of the Bands on Feb. 3; Cher; She's All That (film); Athlete Profile - Anna Rhymer
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Topics covered include: Public Order Temporary Measures Act (P.O.T.M.A); Search Committee; Ann-Dolores Wall; Charles DeGaulle; Student Union; Marijuana Legalization; the Nova Scotia Council of University Faculty Associations; Salaries; Quebec; Canadian University Press; Parking Permits
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Topics covered include: Vinnies' Bar Manager Ken Cormier fired; MSVU council takes position on Gulf War; Arab Students Harassed by CSIS; Reproductive Technology; Coverage of contraceptives; Non-traditional students; SWAP (Student Work Abroad Program) - Australia 1989; The Super Bowl; Mount High School Tournament A Success; Basketball; Volleyball; Skiing; Blue Rodeo (band)
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This newsletter contains information on Jubilee scholarship pledges, Heritage Week, exhibits at the Art Gallery, a Picaro editor's reception of the Murray-Pottie award, a profile description of Dr. Margaret James, a research equipment tip, proposals for CRIAW (Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women), the necessity of feedback as well as practical experience in education, and travels, publications, activities, sabbaticals, and fundraising conducted by faculty and students. There are also sections on donations, campus life, graduation, the Friends of Schizophrenia society, enthusiasm as driver of success in a business conference, Francophone distance education, and a mini trade fair by the Mount's business society. The newsletter discusses the 13th annual University Community Art, Craft, Baking, Hobby and Talent Show, Victor Pittman's verse for the English Competency Test, the Caritas Day University Banquet, increased government efforts for women urged by the CACSW (Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women), a non-smoking advertisement, and a discussion by The Peace Beat on the 'Nuclear Free Ontario' campaign. The newsletter concludes with sections on smoking on campus, the Mount's basketball team's representative at the Canada Games, and social scientists' disapproval of the public-private sector matching grants policy for the funding of research and development.
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Topics covered include: Art's Pond (comic); Parking; Co-operative Education; Equipment shortage; Corner store hours; Mothers in University and child care; Study skills; Lisa Chippett - Student Union VP Finance; NSCAD faculty strike; Anne Lindsay - Coach of the Year; Canada's Arms industry; Nuclear war; Sherlock Holmes; John Cougar Mellencamp; Valdy; 54.50 (band)
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This newsletter contains information on the 23rd scholarship initiated by Dr. Catherine Wallace amounting to $1,000, alumnae awards of distinction conferred at a government house ceremony, a profile description of Muriel Donohoe Duxbury, the 25th anniversary of Janet and Jack Murray, the creation of the Jubilee scholarship named after Maureen Mantin Johnson, the establishment of a journalism prize, a list of scholarships created after names of prominent members of the Mount community, a discussion of the creation of a scholarship named after Sister Mary Lua Gavin, and recipients of honorary degrees of Doctor of Humane Letters. The newsletter includes pictures from the Jubilee Gala and Presidents' Dinner from October 1985, as well as sections on the annual Fun Run, the honoring of Sister Agnes Berchmans, a letter from the president regarding appreciation for alumnae support of the Jubilee Celebration, and class notes for students who graduated from the university with degrees from 1926 to 1984. The newsletter concludes with an in memoriam section for the deaths of various alumnae of the university.