The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at California State University Mon- terey Bay, established with a grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation, is part of a national network that recognizes learning has no age limits. OLLI brings the joy and stimulation of lifelong learning to adults age 50 and better who are interested in university-level education without the pressure of course credits or grades. HOW TO ENROLL: Enrollment Confirmation: You may sign up for individual class offerings OR Confirmations will be sent by email or Become an OLLI Plum Member and receive complimentary tuition for by mail for those without email. three OLLI courses per semester! OLLI Plum Membership costs only $99 per semester or $149 for the entire year! OLLI Refund Policy: You may cancel your order two weeks Additional OLLI at CSUMB Plum Membership benefits include: prior to offering for a 100% refund. One week prior receives a 75% • Invitations to OLLI social events refund. No refund within one week of offering. • Faculty discounts to CSUMB Otter Sports Center, Otter Aquatic Center and CSUMB athletic events Adding or Dropping Classes: • A CSUMB parking pass Members who wish to add or drop a course must call (831) 582-5500 to do Student discount for CSUMB World Theater events • so. Members are not automatically • Use of The Tanimura & Antle Family Memorial Library materials dropped from courses for non-attendance. during published hours; CSUMB.EDU/library There are 2 easy ways to register: Fee Assistance Program: 1. Register online at CSUMB.EDU/olli If you would like to be considered for 2. Register by mail with the registration form on page 15. our fee assistance program, please send a personal letter to: CSU Monterey Bay, COURSE LOCATIONS: Attn: OLLI at CSUMB Unless otherwise noted in the course description, all courses will be held 100 Campus Center in the CSUMB Corporation Building Annex located on campus on the Seaside, CA 93955-8001 corner of Inter-Garrison Road and Sixth Avenue (Building 201). In the letter explain your situation and which courses you would like to take. Directions: Catalog by Arthur Simons From HWY 1 (Monterey & Santa Cruz): rom Salinas: Take LightFighter Exit From Reservation Road, turn west Imjin Road Proceed east to third traffic signal Proceed to second traffic signal Turn left Gen. Jim Moore Blvd. Turn right Abrams Drive Turn right Inter-Garrison Road Where Abrams ends @ stop sign, turn left onto Turn left Sixth Avenue Inter-Garrison Road Make immediate left into parking lot Proceed to Sixth Avenue Cover art is based upon scans of Soviet-era Russian match boxes. OLLI at CSUMB acknowledges our valued partners: 2 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY A GOOD HAIRCUT Sam was handsome and he knew it. His constant grooming produced soft silky hair that highlighted his green eyes. When he walked, he placed one foot directly in front of the other, like a runway model, allowing people to admire his sleek physique and elegant movements. His black glossy hair, always at the right length, reflected light with each move. His teeth were white and naturally straight. No braces for Sam. In my presence, Sam never uttered a single word the entire time I knew him. Barbara said they communicated through eye contact and gestures. They were that close. Barbara assured me that Sam was deep and thoughtful. Stretching his supple spine while turning away, he glanced at me. His yoga moves were elegant, as always. Just once, I wanted Sam to stumble. His every gesture seemed to broadcast THE OLLI WRITERS’ CIRCLES AT CSUMB disdain and ennui for my life. There was something vaguely French about We’re back for another exciting season. Whether you’re a beginning writer Sam. or a published professional seeking constructive feedback, the OLLI Writers’ Sam and Barbara had been together Circles offer a creative, collaborative atmosphere in which to improve your for years. Sam followed Barbara to writing. California and ended up living with me because her apartment was too small. He had no choice. Yet, they seemed This season we’ll be offering two circles. Circle A is for returning OLLI circle to get closer without the stress of living participants. All those who are new to the OLLI Writers’ Circle program are together. Barbara looked for a job and welcome to join us for Circle B. Both circles are invited to a special holiday Sam pampered himself all day. season session to share cookies, read snippets and meet one another. (6 meet- “How cute your cottage is,” Barbara ings per session plus holiday gathering, Dec. 17; 9:30 – 11:30am) exclaimed when the two of them first arrived in August. Date/Time: Thursdays; 9:30 – 11:30am Laughing, I said, “In California this is Circle A: Sept. 10, 24; Oct. 8, 29; Nov. 12; Dec 3 considered a house.” Circle B: Sept. 17; Oct. 1, 22; Nov. 5, 19; Dec 10 “Oh,” she said. Fee: $75 This was our first home. It was an Elin Kelsey, PhD returns for her third year facilitating the popular OLLI writ- eleven hundred square-foot house. Originally it had been a vacation ing circles. Elin is an award-winning author for children and adults. Her new- bungalow for a fortunate San est book, Watching Giants: The Secret Lives of Whales will be released in paper- Franciscan. Now, it was a $ 325,000 back by UC Press in Fall 2009 and was selected as a “Best Reads for 2009” by house on the wrong side of the tracks in Burlingame, California. It was 1989 Canada’s National Public Radio Network (CBC). Elin consults on international and real estate was cheap. No one had environmental projects and is an adjunct professor at Royal Roads University heard of the Loma Preita fault line. where she was recently nominated for the 2009 Kelly Outstanding Teaching “Look at the beautiful plants”, I said. Award. Learn more at www.elinkelseyandcompany.com (Continued on page 5) (831) 582-5500 csumb.edu/olli 3 TAIKO APPRECIATION Taiko is the Japanese word for drum. In North America, this term is used to describe both the Japanese drum itself and the art form of kumidaiko (ensemble drumming with Japanese drums). Join fellow enthusiasts in learning the basics of taiko drumming in a fun and engaging workshop leading to a performance by Monterey’s own Shinsho Mugen Daiko, at CSUMB World Theater on Sunday, Octo- ber 18. All participants learn a song based on fundamental stance, rhythms and technique. No experience necessary! Two pre-performance classes will provide the background and context for viewing this one-of-a-kind event. One post-performance wrap up session concludes the course. Admission to the performance is included in course registration. Enrollment limited to first 12 registrants. (3 Meetings plus Taiko Performance, Oct. 18; 2:00pm) Dates: Tuesdays, Oct. 6, 13, 20 Time: 6:00 - 7:30pm Fee: $60 Ikuyo Conant is a composer and choreographer based in Santa Cruz, CA. She is the Artistic Director of Watson- ville Taiko, and has written and arranged the group’s music and developed the choreography since l992. In 1996, she created Shinsei Daiko, a youth drumming and performing arts group, and in 1999 she established Shinsho Mugen Daiko of Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay. She is the resident teacher for Sandoshin Taiko in Morgan Hill, and has taught Taiko drumming at CSUMB. BACKPACK LIT Do you love to go a wandering? What if you only can bring a backpack? What would you bring to read on such a journey? This course with Ranger B, aka Professor Mossberg, has us shoulder our packs with literature for the trail, as we amble along life’s pathways, waving our hands to all we meet. We will consider great literature to have at the end of the day to soothe our weary muscles and revive our worried minds. We will each design a backpack of literature for our own journeys, the books we cannot leave home without, the works we need to have for whatever valleys and peaks we climb and descend. But we can only choose 4-6! We will learn about what oth- ers like John Muir have put in their backpacks, and we will sing, with our backpacks on our backs. Trail Mix provided. (5 Meetings) Dates: Wednesdays, Sept. 30; Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 2:00 – 4:00pm Fee: $60 Barbara Mossberg is an international authority on Emily Dickinson. Her book, Emily Dickinson: When a Writer is a Daughter, was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the Year. She directs the Integrated Studies program and is a professor of First Year Seminar at CSUMB. Dr. Mossberg is also known as host and creator of the Poetry Slow Down, a weekly talk-news show devoted to poetry and consciousness on KRXA 540AM, www. krxa540.com, Sundays; noon – 1:00pm. She also has a blog to promote poetry, Fat Lady Flying, at barbaramoss- berg.blogspot.com 4 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY THE BEARS OF THE WORLD Much of what passes for fact about bears in reality is not (Continued from page 3) so: bears do not hibernate, most bear species (even young “Here’s a bird of paradise by the front grizzly bears) have no trouble climbing and spending stoop. An avocado tree, a lemon tree, much of their time well above ground in tree tops, and jades are in the backyard. Huge by California standards. You don’t find that and bears, even polar bears, are not strict carni- in New York.” vores. “California is a state of mind,” I said.