Abstract
This newsletter contains information on a Papal visit, a signage system for the Mount's 'corporate image,' Russian scientists to visit the Mount, centralizing the Mount's Co-op office with help from Dalhousie University, an Alumnae Fair, the success stories of the Mount Playhouse, an alumnae fair, help for an emergency food depot, and an opinion piece on social, economic, and technological changes in higher education. The newsletter discusses bridging the music gap, drivers for volunteering at the International Education Centre at Saint Mary's University, expanded Youth Science funds, community use of the Speakers Bureau, and local representatives' input into National Universities Week of 1985. There are sections on how playtime can be used for learning in children, Project Ploughshares peace talks, a report on the usage of 'her' and 'his' by the Nova Scotia Confederation of University Faculty Associations Status of Women Committee, and self portraits and Halifax Storm Portraits displayed in an exhibition. The newsletter includes information on market mechanisms in university competitions, neighborhood self-reliance, the establishment of a women's resource centre, the second annual 'For the Run of It' event, closing university doors and computer dollars. There are discussions of faculty accomplishments, the nature of rape and the harm that it causes, security as it relates to CAUT (the Canadian Association of University Teachers) and Chinese reflections on campus. There is a discussion of partnerships, buying computers, senate meetings, a letter to the editor requesting permission to use materials, a Functional and Diagnostic (FUND) work on enclosure project, and ideas wanted for Dr. Jane Gordon's work in the Sociology Department.