The collection contains the volume one, number one, March 1985 issue of the student publication, Debate. The issue contains an interview with Ronald Dorr called "From the Sixties to the Eighties" where he compares the students of the 1970s at Michigan State University with the students of the 1980s. There are also articles on cruise missiles, food aid, and the withdrawal of troops U.S. troops from Europe. The issue also includes poetry, as well as short opinions on various social and political issues.