E News of Significance

JIIfE, 1988

I wi1-L speak at "The Power of Reason" conference, to be held July 30 - August 6 at Wagner College, Staten Island, NY. Dr. Peikoff's l-ecture, "Certainty and Happiness: Achieving Success in Ttrought and Actionr" will be followed by a general question period and wiLl be open onl-y to those enrolled in the conference. For further inforrnation, vrite: Conceptual Conferences, 305 E. 72nd St. Suite 15G, , NY 10021 or leave your name and address on the answering ' (2L2) machine at 249-7674 any__{qy_berween!Z noee and lo_,p--.m.-E_.g.T,

I The Jefferson School announces one-day, regional seminars for t,he fall- of 19gg: September 17 in Los Angeles and October 29 in . The scheduled speakers peikoff and topics: Leonard ("The Logical Structure of "); George Rlisman ("Everyone's Stake in CapitaLisrn II"); Edith packer ("Toward a Lasting Romantic Relationship"); and ("The 1988 Presidential Carnpaignand Related Issues"). For further information, writ,e: The Jefferson Schooi, p.O. Box 2934, Laguna Hills, CA 92654

I Spectacor Films Ennounces that John HilL has been hired to write the screenpLay for the movie of . HiLL's credits incl-ude a number of television and theatrical movies, including L:lurrfg Nikita and Quigley Down Under. He brings to the task' in his ovn words, "twentlr lreirs of unrere@or Atlas Shrugged.

I An Op-Ed article, by Edwin A. Locke, of ARI's Board of Advisors, attacking the "animal rights" movement has been distributed by ARf to the nine!,y highest- circulation newsPapers in the . The article has so iar b"en published in the Orange Co:III (C,A) Register and the Chicago Tribune, the latter generating a radio debate on WBBMbet,ween Tioil Locke and aninalEEEts activist Cleveland Amory. Other Op-Ed articles are being readied for distribution.

I recentLy debated "slow growth" proponents in Qrange County (CA), whefe slow-growth iniEiiiEves fhreaten economic deveLopment. On A-tiif- 21, Dr. Reisman debated Ralph Catalano, a U. of Cal-ifornia (frvine) professor of urban planning and the mayor pro-tem of Irvine. Ofl ltlay 24, he debated Russ Burkett, a leading slow-growth activist. More than 150 people attended each debate. Both events were organized by the UCI Objectivist club and financed by Objectivist businessnen, who are using videotapes and other publ-icity in an attempt to infl-uence upeoming ball_ot initiatives. r Phil-osophical fssues in Aristotl-e's Biology, edited by and James Lennox, has been published in hard-cover and paperback by Cambridge University Press. Professors GottheLf (Trenton State College) and Lennox (U. of pittsburgh) are Aristotelian scholars and recent additions to ARI's CampusClub Speakers Bureau, This coLl-ection of essays is highly technical, intended for advanced students of Aristotle not for a general- audience. Although the book makes no reference ' to , it does show the inpact of Objectivism: not only were both editors 1ed to study Aristotle by 's recomnendation of him, but their vork has been aided by their understanding of Objectivism. This book is part of a renewed acadenic interest in Aristotl-e's biology and Aristotl-e in general and represents an encouraging sign for the future. I CampusObjectivist cl-ubs have recently been forned at the following schools: Arizona, Georgia State, Hawaii (Uanoa), Houston, Hichigan State, Oregon, Rice, Southern Mississippi, Tulane, Wayne State, Will-ian and Mary. In Canada: Queens U. and the U. of Victoria. fn Australia: U. of Nev South l{ales.

I The Yale University debate, featuring and and originally schedul-ed for April 27, vas postponed until- the fall- semester. Details wil-l- be published when available.

Ayn Rand's lrctures on Fiction t{ritirg (FW) and leonard Peikoff's courses, the PH.losopty of Objetivism (PO), Llnderstandirg Objetivism ([n), Objective Comunicatian (0C), Irtrodr:ctist to Lognc (IL), Arnient Philosot'ry (AP), and l{odern Ptrilosoflry (}lP) are starting in the fol-lowing areas: Area Course Contact C.A: Los Argeles ALt CoIJR^SES Phil Coates 27.3436-4444 Palo Alto ALL COT'RSBS Rose Walker 408-996-L444 San Ansel-mo Att cotrR.sEs Bobby Sandler 415-459-6680 San Francisco MP Jeff Scott 41.5-851-5108 FL: Tampa Bay --- PO, OC Stuart Daw 813-393-1171" KY: Campbellsville PO Theresa Chambers 502-465-346s MO: Chesterfield oc Ray Perry 3L4-469-Lzr4 Kansas City 0c llichael Conger 816-753-1102 I.IY: New York AP Robin Field 2L2473-738,8 Nev York tD, 0c Liz Caputo 2L2-249-7674 OR,: Eugene MP Ernie Ross 503-34s-9379 PA: Philadelphia m Stuart Feldnan 2L5442-9n5 IX: Beaunont AP lbry Heinking Dixon 409-8664576 Houston MP l{arren Ross 7L3-45U2256 Wf: Madison tr Frank Loreti ffi8-25647L7 CAMDA: il,lfrfF6?ripeg l,{P F'l1sn lbore 234-943-5449 ONT: Kingsto'n FW Rodrny Busch 613-542-8091 Toronto Att @t RSES Dan St. Ammt 4L5-29L-9689 OVERSEAS: AU-ffi Melbourne AtL @TJR^SES John Dawson 03-578-5083 EI.IGLAND:Binnirgham UP Suresh Patel ozL-55L-2208 NORWAY:Oslo Att CCJRSES l0aus Nordby 02.-2LL983 SWEDEI{:Stockholn ALt Co['RSES Henrik Unre 08-913196

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