Melissa Melanson

Topics covered include: Budget increases post secondary funding; Loan program transition seamless according to report; includes The Sicaro (parody)

Topics covered include: New study suggests educational imbalance across Canada; Students' Union slashes spending; Perspectives on the non-funding of the student newspaper; So you want to work in the entertainment industry?; Keegan John Dawson - Man on the Mount; Dave Scholten - Mount Superfan Is Star of the Game

Topics covered include: Fifteen minutes with a student lobbyist - CASA's national director chats with The Picaro; Another fifteen minutes with another student lobbyist - CFS's national chair adds his two cents; Mount deals with return of computer virus; Entrepreneurship Alive and Well at the Mount; Mount Student Joins Fight Against Muscular Dystrophy; Aa Campaign Aimed at Stopping Local 'Brain Drain'; Montreal newspapers pull escort agency ads; Women unfairly represented in business magazine's advertising, says prof; Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau dead at 80; Getting the message out: Mount Saint Vincent takes a step towards breast health education; Cabaret (musical); 20th Atlantic Film Festival

Topics covered include: February 2nd Day of Action; Students will head to the polls over CFS membership issue; Charity Ball a success; Atlantic universities need more government funding: report; St Fx. - Student arrested for posting threatening messages to website; Staff Profile: Ray McKinnon, security official; All the colors of the Gay Pride Rainbow; The Morality of Fantasy; Hamlet (play); I Mother Earth (band); Conference Standings; Player Profiles - Rob Turnbull, Dennis Wright, Jayson Taker

Topics covered include: Marijuana Party campaigns to decriminalize Cannabis; Homeless granted suffrage; The 25th Annual Mount Community Art Show; Learning From Tragedy: What the Montreal Massacre has taught us; Andrew Bottomley - Man on the Mount; Serial Joe (band); Nova Scotian Olympians Honoured While up and Coming Athletes Gain Money; Career Information on the Web for Busy People; The Picaro Says Goodbye to Ted

Topics covered include: Anonymously posted survey mocks Academic Appeals Committee; MSVU prepares to comply with Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; Jennifer Smith - The Premier of Bermuda sits downs with The Picaro; Nova Scotia considers more oil and gas exploration; CFS releases election report card; Alliance's first -- gay candidate speaks out; Working and Studying Abroad

Topics covered include: 15 Minutes with a Pulitzer Prize Winner - Carol Shields; Students' Union selects VP Finance, search for a General Manager continues; Newscorp - Universities forge link with media mogul to offer on-line courses; Student survey their peers' drinking habits; Nova Scotia Music Week sets the stage for the up and coming talent; MPPA Action Heats Up; Mystics Stay on Top; Chad Oliver - Man on the Mount; Mooseheads (QMJHL)

Topics covered include: Canadian government takes over student loans; Big Decisions at MSVU - Students' Representative Council Spring Elections; Federal budget disappointing for students; International Exhibit a Huge Success; MSVU gets contract with Trinidad and Tobago; UCCB and UPEI - Students caught in the middle in two separate faculty strikes; Hackers break into York U server; McGill students vote against Coke deal in referendum; Mature students; The Picaro; Blue Rodeo visits Halifax; Men's basketball team says good-bye; Mystics lose at ACAA playoffs

Topics covered include: Public Relations program gets a facelift; Low-key Caritas Day anticipated; Online registration in the works; China frees jailed Canadian professor; An interview with a P3 School Teacher; What kind of learner are you?; Mike Geislinger - Man on the Mount; New Year's resolutions means more gym goers

Topics covered include: Student Union elections (parody); Pub Manager (parody); New Security Officials Come Up Swinging (parody); Mount Creates a New Degree but Nobody Cares (parody); The Second Annual Sicaro Awards (parody); Forced onto the streets: Coke addicts on campus (parody); If we ran The Mount ... (parody); Cory Hart, new DJ at the Mount (parody); Six Degrees of Scott MacKay (parody); Not for the faint of heart: Mount ping-pong association calls for members (parody)