This newsletter contains information on Mount president Naomi Hersom inheriting 'a marvelous legacy,' an editor's note regarding the purpose and scheduled release of issues of 'The Connection,' a new tourism and hospitality program starting in the fall, the Public Relations Office as the voice of the university, how to apply for research grants, a non-smoking advertisement, information on the Chancellor, Superior General of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity, and chair of the university's Board of Governors, and information on faculty preaching, activities as co-chair, of the Second Atlantic Conference, workshops, seminars, travels, meetings, and other undertakings. The newsletter includes sections on installation ceremonies, keeping the campus safe, sanitary and attractive, extra staff requirements, chairs for 1986 and 1987, 'no smoking' recommendations, and 'The Pepsi Challenge.' There is information on parking on campus, meals on campus, variety at the book store, programs for Orientation Week, equipment at the Audio Visual office, the Art Gallery as a teaching tool, services for students and faculty, and remarks about bi-weekly pay cheques. The newsletter discusses a new co-ordinator for DUET (Distance University Education via Television), a scholarship named after Dr. E. Margaret Fulton, facilitating supplies collection for the university, the Mount Saint Vincent University Community Happy Hour, and The Peace Beat's discussion of Latin American governments. The newsletter concludes with sections on the Mount's Mission Statement, the work conducted by the office of the supervisor of secretarial services, print shop, and mail room, resource guides available, lecturing on television through DUET, and services offered at the Computer Centre.

This newsletter contains information on a study by Dr. Eileen LeBlanc on the quality of frozen fish fillets, the opening of the new E. Margaret Fulton Communications Centre, Seton Lectures to be delivered by Dr. Peter Paris, a statement of lifelong learning issued by AUCC (Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada), and an advertisement with a schedule of events for National Universities Week at the Mount. The newsletter also discusses Betty Kennedy's reception of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, Nancy Rowell Jackman's speech at the SUNS (Students' Union of Nova Scotia) forum, the 1989 fall Convocation schedule, and a lecture series held by Dr. E. Margaret Fulton. There are also sections on a celebration of Africville spirit at the Art Gallery, the seventh annual 'For the Run of It' event, a major German expressionist exhibit at the Art Gallery, and a new ordinance in place regarding parking on campus. The newsletter concludes with sections on retired administrators honored at a tea event in the Meadows in September, as well as an 'Of Interest' section discussing scholarships, employment positions, conferences, building restructuring, and health and dental claims reimbursements.

This newsletter contains information on the Mount Marketing Society, a profile description of Mae Goodwin, research grants awarded, Dean Susan Clark's and Deborah Poff's travels to Nigerian universities, winners of the 'The Connection parking limerick contest,' works by Group Seven at the Mount's Art Gallery, and the availability of copies of the AAU (Association of Atlantic Universities) funding brief. There are sections on papers invited for conferences in Halifax and Thailand, university closure policies, and an 'Of Interest' section detailing the CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) awards program, financial assistance for graduate students, and Ivan Blake's donation of an antique map to the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. is also an 'On the Move' section discussing scholarships awarded to senior Mount students, as well as faculty publications, conferences, and collaborations on mathematics projects. The newsletter includes sections on New Year's resolutions, fitness for the New Year, parking tips, student receptions of the Floyd Campbell Memorial Scholarship in French, a course on Economics of the Arms Race discussed by The Peace Beat, and survival kits to chase away exam 'blues.'

Topics covered include: Walking safety; Campus Police; Areas of concern for pedestrians; Condom Machines; Availability of Part-Time Faculty for Office Hours; Breakfast On The Hill For Vincent Hall; Campus Security Coverage Eating Disorders; Parker Donham; Daily Apparitions Changing Faith In Yugoslavia; Christmas Daddies; Association of Atlantic Women Business Owners (AAWBO); Tips For.A First Year Student; Living on Residence; Christmas Service Dec.4; The Canadian Federation of Students - Week of Reflection; Post secondary education funding; B.C. Forests; Working Students; The Business Society's 17th Annual Business Conference; The Legacy of Human Rights - book by Rosalie Silberman Abella; Dealing With Stress; Basketball - MSVU Teams Dominate Doubleheader; Skiing; Three Men and a Little Lady (film); The Godfather (film); Lourdes French residence

Topics covered include: Dr. Henry Morgentaler; Abortion; Child Study Students issues with program; Meeting with Child Study faculty; Grad Week '85; Shari Wall, Student Union President-elect; TV impact on exercise; Vinnie's; Love; Teresa Francis Farewell; Sexual offence laws updated; Mount Student Awards; Mount 60th anniversary; Cape Bretoners; Steps around the House (band)

Topics covered include: Rosaria Center; Student Union; Margaret Fulton; Marijuana; Henry Veltmeyer; Student Christian Movement; Art Gallery; Housing Department; Athletics Department; Department of Youth Recreation and Cultural Resources; the Bookstore; the Canadian Child in the Eighties Conference; Dr. Bill Hunter; Awards Banquet; Mount Saint Vincent Females; Bacardi; Atlantic Region Canadian University Press (ARCUP); Poverty; Underdeveloped Countries; Eleanor MacLean; Black Rights; El Salvador; University of Alberta; Corner Store; Quebec; Nestle; English Society; Yearbook Society; English Conference; Vincent Hall; Meal Plan; Entertainment

This issue of Insight is about our three generations Dr. Kenneth Ozmon talks about current issues in aging; there's a report on the university's seminar for retired people. Cheryl Dauphinee tells about some work she and another student did this summer to restore the university's ponds, and Barbara Purdy introduces readers to the new Student Union president. Mrs. Dorothy Jackson understands children's art as something more than lines, and she explains the development of the child through art. This issue is the three generations; the next issue celebrates the semi-centennial and will give you fifty years of history (taken from the back of the issue). Includes art gallery events, "how to read childrens drawings" by Dorothy Jackson, "Meet Anne Derrick" by Barbara Purdy, "From the Cloister to the Marketplace" by Lucian Bianchini, current issues in the aging and the aged, "Ripeness is All", "Oh, Those Cursed Goldfish" by Cheryl Dauphinee, Spilt Ink compiled by James L. Hill, biographical article about Samuel Myers

This issue contains editorial by Dulcie Conrad, interview with Dr. Marguerite Flinn, mount saint vincent fundraising project, student services expansion, biography on Margaret Bannerman, art gallery exhibition "great expectations: the European vision in Nova Scotia 1749-1848", project one financing, the Dominican Republic nutrition and hospitals, interview with Dr. Peter Schwenger, interview with Dr. William Hunter, "insights" current news and updates, co-op education for women, university of Malawi and the mount, awards night, sisters of charity update, sex role stereotyping in broadcast media, media consumers association call, elderhostel program, class notes, alumnae chapters updates, and physical plant coordinator Neita Castle's daily log