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Memorial Service for E. Victor Milione, ISI President Emeritus Dear Judy Kratochvil, ISI has planned an April 12, 2008 memorial service in Washington, DC to honor E. Victor Milione. Victor Milione passed away on February 10, 2008. For thirty-five years, from 1953 to 1988, he was the guiding force of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, serving as executive vice president and then president. For more information on E. Victor Milione’s ISI legacy and memorial service, please visit http://www.isi.org/spotlight/milione/tribute.html “Vic Milione embodied the virtues of honor, integrity, and piety that are the essential human qualities of a free and humane society. His noble spirit continues to enliven the ISI mission. With heartfelt gratitude, we honor his memory.” -T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., President, ISI

R.I.P.: William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008), ISI’s First President For half a century, William F. Buckley Jr. was the most widely recognized and respected conservative public intellectual in America. He had also served in 1953–54 as ISI’s first president. The institute’s current president, T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., said on his passing, “It was William F. Buckley who crafted the intellectual consensus that accommodated conservatism’s warring proponents of freedom on the one hand and of moral order on the other. Freedom, he showed, was the indispensable means for achieving moral order. The success of the modern conservative political coalition would not have been possible except for the antecedent intellectual consensus forged by Buckley in the pages of National Review.” For information on ISI’s tribute to William F. Buckley Jr., including video and audio lectures, articles, images, and more, please visit http://www.isi.org/spotlight/buckley/tribute.html

A Film Guide for the Thinking Cultural Critic ISI Books proudly announces the publication of God, Man & Hollywood: Politically Incorrect Cinema from The Birth of a Nation to The Passion of the Christ Buy now at a 45% discount until March 31st By Mark Royden Winchell List Price: $28.00 Sale Price $15.40 Beginning with D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation and ending with Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, Winchell reveals the politically incorrect notions at the heart of eighteen classic films, including Ben-Hur, Patton, The Deer Hunter, and Gangs of New York. Along the way, he shows how a number of filmmakers, sometimes unwittingly, have produced unconventionally honest explorations of the nature and meaning of shared human experiences. Winchell ends with synoptic assessments of an additional one hundred politically incorrect films, from About Schmidt to Zulu. The result is an indispensable film guide showing that sometimes even Hollywood has done better than we typically give it credit for. Mark Royden Winchell is professor of English at Clemson University, where he also directs Clemson’s program in the Great Works of Western Civilization. He is the author of books on Joan Didion, William F. Buckley Jr., and neoconservative criticism and of authorized biographies of literary critics Donald Davidson and Leslie Fiedler, among other volumes. During the past quarter century he has published over 120 essays and reviews in such periodicals as Sewanee Review, the American Conservative, and Modern Age.

The Eric Breindel Prize for Journalism The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation is again offering a $10,000 prize along with a paid internship at FoxNews or the New York Post to the writer whose work best reflects the values championed by former New York Post editor and columnist Eric Breindel. Read more about the award on its website: www.ericbreindel.org. Entries must have been written and published within the past year to qualify. Don’t feel constrained by the guidelines’ seemingly narrow focus: the judges are open to creativity. Last year’s winner, a Collegiate Network student from Claremont, took the prize with an article that examined homelessness in London in light of Burkean principles. If you would like to read the winning articles from the past two years or have any questions about the award itself, please contact Liz Persing of the Collegiate Network at epersing@isi.org.

Attend the Tuscan Classical Academy Located in a restored Tuscan hilltop estate 25 kilometers north of Florence, the Tuscan Classical Academy is based on long-standing traditions, ideals, and values. The Academy was founded by architectural restorer and educator Lynn Fleming Aeschliman, who started renovating the Capitignano property in the late 1960s. The Academy brings together talented and experienced architects, artists, teachers, and theorists who are devoted to the classical, medieval, and Renaissance traditions in the arts. The Academy Fellows promote the arts as essential to human flourishing and well-being as well as professional competence and growth. The Capitignano estate has several major buildings that contain a library, studio, lecture hall, salon, living and dining accommodations, as well as a swimming pool, tennis court, and lovely terraces. The Academy runs collaborative programs with the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, INTBAU, the Erasmus-Jefferson Summer Institute (University of Virginia), the Boston University College of Fine Arts, TASIS: The American School in Switzerland (Lugano), and for the past two summers with the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America (New York). Independent students are welcome to apply to attend on a credit or non-credit basis. Please visit www.tuscanclassicalacademy.org or email Lynn Aeschliman at lfa@tasis-schools.org for more information.

ISI First Edition Silk Tie Act quickly to add this stunning first edition ISI tie to your wardrobe! Featuring the ISI logo, this classic blue, white, and gold tie is 100 percent silk. It was designed by longtime ISI friend Norma Lipsett, cofounder of the Philadelphia Society and designer of the Adam Smith tie, and handmade by an exclusive tie manufacturer in Brooklyn, New York. Only 200 of these first edition ties exist, so hurry and purchase yours today! Cost: $100 — Order Now Note: The cost of each tie includes a $60 charitable contribution to ISI, for which you will receive a tax-deductible gift receipt.

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