Topics covered include: Elections; Child Study Society; the Picaro; Rape; Leslie McKinnon; Psych Society; the Picaro Society; Child Study Department; Student Union; Michelin; Don McLean; Student Council; Athletics/Recreation Department; Jazz; Leonard Melfi; Art Show; Art Gallery; Entertainment Events

This newsletter contains information on new Board appointments, a record number of graduates for the 59th Convocation, sabbatical leave granted to faculty for 1986-1987, promotions, the goal of building a world free from the 'three-fold threat,' the third phase of the Mount's longitudinal research project in the Institute for the Study of Women, and Dr. Rosemarie Sampson's presentation of Elizabeth Mann Borgese as 'A woman with an understanding of the world.' There are also sections on the scientist not being divorced from the citizen, justice as 'the essential ground upon which peace stands,' the wife and mother who earned an honorary degree, a profile description of Dr. Susan Boyd, a presentation by Professor Earl Martin of Sister Mary Evelyn Fitzgerald, and many countries represented as foreign students graduated. There is a 'Convocation Highlights' section with photos of Convocation, as well as information on research grants awarded, a 'Flash' section on the installation of Dr. Naomi Hersom as Mount president, a meeting of Home Economists at the Mount, and Carol Goodwin-Hatt's efforts to take down trees from the campus that were dead or dying. There is an in memoriam section for Sister Mary Agnes White, as well as sections on piecing together the future, faculty awards, conferences, lectures, departures from the university, courses, and appointments, 1984-1985 yearbooks, changes in the PR (Public Relations) department, and students receiving NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council) awards. The newsletter discusses a study of unmarried teenage mothers, the Mount Playhouse's Dinner Theatre and Cabaret, and Judy Manchester's valedictorian address.

Topics covered include: Censorship

Topics covered include: Special Report Province will put funding back into N.S. Universities ... But at what cost?; MSVU Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Province; Margaret Wente; The Arts; V-Day; Campus Events; Sports

Topics covered include: Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) Health Plan; Dr. Naomi Hersom announced as new Mount president; Oral contraceptives; Mount's fifth annual Student Union Leadership Conference; Women's Week Supplement; Dr. Joyce Kennedy; Louise Dulude, vice-president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women; Dr. Thelma McCormack, chair of Women's Studies; Bryony House; Mount's Women's Week events

This newsletter contains information on adding parking meters the campus, a new facility for the campus, a memorial mass for deceased Mount Alumnae, a Caritas Day Banquet for the Metro Food Bank, a profile description of Pat Butler, the results of the 'To Your Heart's Delight' nutrition pilot project, last calls for a Community Show, and a 'What's Going On?' section dealing with conferences, Fellowships, Congresses, Travel Canada Cards, and an 'evening of cards' event. There is information on long-service awards, the Mount as 'Everything a feminist scholar could want,' a discussion by The Peace Beat on the children of South Africa, an advertisement on quitting smoking, financial aid for students, a retirement party for Betty Shatford, research grants awarded, an advertisement for an event titled 'Breakaway,' exhibitions at the Art Gallery, a three-week tour of stately homes, and a fitness event at Celebration '87 sponsored by the Mount's Athletics/Recreation Department. The newsletter also discusses a new service for scholars at Saint Mary's University, a French immersion program, a scholarship for women, a tea event held by Naomi Hersom, a student research award deadline, and surveys, workshops, travel, event participation, conferences, and talks held by faculty and the CAFCE (Canadian Association for Co-operative Education).

This newsletter contains information on long-range planning at the Mount, the Planning Day held on February 1st, 1984 by administrators, a table of a strategic planning system, a discussion and chart of the long-range planning process by W. B. Ingalls, Terms of reference and activities of the Committee on Planning and Budgeting relating to the long-term plan envisioned by the university. There are also sections on the internal assessment, the external environment, and institutional research involved in the long-term planning process. Factors cited as internal resource categories include human, financial, physical, program, image, and internal environment; external forces include economic, social, technological, political/legal, demographic, and competitive.

Topics covered include: Marathon of Hope; Resignation of Student Union bookkeeper; Student identification cards; CFS Health Plan; Societies Membership Drive Day; Foreign service seminar; Vinnie's pub launch; Ontario education funding cuts; Apartheid and McGill University; Purchasing a car; Doug and the Slugs (band); Dr. Margaret Fulton; Speaking of Nairobi (documentary); The Fly (film); Drama (band)

Topics covered include: Student Awards; Chris Ferns - errors with grammar and spelling in Picaro; Toronto Maple Leafs; Meech Lake Accords; Mounts Athletes on The Rise; Personal Ads

Featured teams include women's basketball, men's basketball, women's soccer, women's volleyball, and co-ed badminton.