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Peikoff Radio Show Now Daily Objectivist club at the university.According to Dr. Hull: "He noticed that the Objectiviststudents were the most knowledge. Show Airs Between Two Popular Talk Shows able and kept giving cogent argumentsfor their views-while "The Show" now airs Monday through the other students,those interested in Continentalphilosophy, Friday from 2:30to 3:30p.m. (still on stationKIEV 870 AM, were confusedand continually appealedto emotions.Thus, he in Los Angeles),This time slot lies betweenKIEV's two most was impressedwith the qualii of the students,and attributed popular daily talk shows. this to 'sideas." The exceptionaltime slot becameavailable unexpectedly, when the previous host accepteda nationally syndicatedshow. Ayn Rand and.,. The station offered the slot to "The Leonard Peikoff Show." ...Professors The (November)newsletter of the Ohio and we moved quickly to secureit, Although a daily show chapter of the American Associationof University Professors dramaticallyincreases the demandson Dr. Peikoff'stime, he featured a quote attributed to Ar.n Rand. (A bit more evidenct saw it as an opportunity we could not passup. As Richard for that in the wall.) Ralston,the show'sproducer, remarked: "When Cecil B. "roik DeMille pulls up his car and offersyou a ride, either you get ...Doctors The President'sAddress at the annualmeet- in or you don't" (referring to Ayn Rand'schance introduction ing of the Associationof AmericanPhysicians and Surgeonsin to DeMille the day after she arrivedin Hollywoodin 1926). October,by Lois J. Copeland,M.D., containeda long quote ARI plansto seeknational syndication for "The Leonard from Atlas Shru.ggedon the evil of comproinise. Peikoff Show,"but first we must developit into a commer- ...lnvestors The Financi,alPrirsacy Report reprinted ciallyviable product, ftnancedby advertisements rather than Francisco's"money speech" from Atlas Shruggedas a pamph- by the Institute.(Currently, the programis madepossible large- let (includinga blurb on ARI), and enclosedit with its news- ly by trvo major donationsto ARI.) The first stepis to establish Ietter to over 8,000subscribers. As part of our fundraising and document a substantiallistening audience in Southern programs,ARI had offered copiesof our own pamphlet ver- California. Broadcasting daily rather than weeldy,in an excel- sionof the speechto tens of thousandsof businessmen- Ient time "The slot, LeonardPeikoff Show"will build that which is how it came to the attention of the Repon. audiencemuch more rapidly. Publications Univ. of Michigan Teaches Obiectivism New Edition of //We the Campus CIub Motivates Professor to Teach Course Livingo A 60th anniversaryedi- The philosophy department at the University of Michigan tion of We the Lioing was recent- is offering a courseon ObjectMsmthis term. Althoughsimilar ly releasedby PenguinUSA, From courseshave been taught by Objectivistsover the years,it is a new introduction by Leonard significant that this courseis being taught by a non-Objectivist Peikoffi"Ayn Randwrote... 'I be- who considersAyn Rand'sideas important. The courseis open lieve that man will alwaysbe an only to juniors and seniorsmajoring in philosophy.Among the individualist.whether he knows it required texts:Objectioism: The Philosophyof Ayn Rand and or not, and I want to make it my Intro duction t o Obje ctioist Epistemology. duty to make him lcrow it.' Do Leonard Peikoff observedthat "This is the {irst time-to we know it yet, even this late, as my knowledge-that a philosophydepartment at a top univer- the millennium nears?If we do sity hasoffered a seriouscourse on .As such,it is at all, it is thanks in large part to a signi{icantindication of a crack in the wall that academia the works of Ap Rand." erectedagainst Objectivism." Gary Hull, who recently met with the courseinstructor, Ayn Rand in the Media commented:"Although far from being an Objectivist, he thinks Ralph Lauren Lauds Ayn Rand on CNN In an in- that Ayn Rand has interesting,well-reasoned argumentson the terviewwith CNN (December29), fashiondesigner Ralph important issuesin philosophy." Lauren said that he has loved The Fountai,nheadever since his But the primary factor in the instructor'sdecision to teach youth. While the camerapanned acrossa copy of the book, he the coursewas that he was impressedwith a number of stu- describedthe characterof Howard Roark and stated that dents who were members of the ARl-supported campus Roark'sintegrity has been an inspiration to him.

Pubf isher: The , 4640Admiralty Way, Suite 715, Marina del Rey,CA 90292,(3f0) 306-9232,fax (310) 3064925. Editor: David Bombardier.All rights reserved@1996. lmpact is published monthly and is complimentaryto all current contributors- Berliner Op-Ed Reprinted Michael Berlinert anti- Washington,D.C.; April 27. For information on speakers,call environmentalismOp-Ed was reprintedinThe Lima (OLI) (360)876-5868. Narus(December 3). Summer Conference SecondRenaissance Conferen- From the Archives ceswill hold a summer conferenceJune 29-July 14 in Mcl-ean, Virginia (just outside of Washington,D.C.). Principal faculty "From the Archives" is a new section in Impact and will membersare Leonard Peikoff and .Other appear occasionally.In this section,we will inform readers faculty include Andrew Bernstein, M. Northrup Buechner, about interesting information containedin Ap Rand'spapers, Gary Hull, Edwin Locke, , Peter Schwartz,and which are now housedat ARI. Mary Ann Sures.For details,call (203)79I-I755.

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