NEWSLETTER.

This is the first issue of the newsletter of the Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) International Sociology Honor Society. This issue presents the names of the newly elected representatives of the National Council of the AKD for 1984. This issue also presented the results of the first AKD Student Paper Contest. New institutional members for 1984 were also listed in this issue. It reported on discussion at the council meeting that centered on the proposal to change the requirements for institutional memberships. The proposed change would reduce the number of sociologists required on the institution's faculty from three to two, to enable some of the smaller colleges to establish chapters. No decision was reached, but the Council will act on the proposal at next year's meeting pending further study. A call has been announced for manuscripts and book proposals. Manuscripts and proposals for annotated bibliographies, handbooks, and sourcebooks in specific branches of sociology and on issues of contemporary interest are solicited.