Abstract
This newsletter contains information on the arts and crafts sessions of the March Break day camp, whether or not universities do or should operate year-round, sixty years of memories at the Mount, the inclusion of Novanet at the Mount to link its libraries to others, a 'Flash' section highlighting Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's moment of 'making history,' a Women's Studies lecture series, The Host Family Progran, and a 'Something New and Different' section highlighting a 'tongue-and-cheek' mockery of courses that could be offered at community colleges. There is also a 'What's Going On' section regarding faculty activities, workshops, and discussions, as well as an opinion piece regarding affirmative action being used beyond public service and an alumnae update regarding the Mount's Diamond Jubilee. The newsletter includes a classified ad for a house wanted, as well as sections on Adsum House, a debate over a retroactive policy to be adopted by the Council of the School of Graduate Studies, a survey on the effectiveness of the newsletter 'The Connection,' the role of first impressions in the Dalhousie Arts Centre, and the successes of the Mount's Volleyball team. There is also information on upcoming events from Interuniversity Services, Inc., the impacts of the Dalhousie faculty strike, open campus days, student financial aid, and the necessity for university financing changes. The newsletter also includes information on the lack of teacher training, a 'Café Français (French Café) at the Marillac residence, and advertisement for the MSVU Happy Hour, a lecture by feminist historian Roach Pierson, and a 'Trying Something Different' section highlighting Mexican and Lebanese food, and other options available at the Mount's Food Fair. The newsletter concludes with sections on the reasons behind a Peace Studies course, an in memoriam section mourning the deaths of relatives of Mount community members, Daffodil Day, Another Women's Studies chair appointed, and issues of smoking in the workplace.