Osher Lifelong Learning Institute - UC San Diego

OSHER LIFELONG 

LEARNING INSTITUTE 

Winter 2013 

Register online at olli.ucsd.edu

OSHER ETIQUETTE 

We are proud of our good fellowship and our common intellectual curiosity. Inquiring minds want 

to know. Here are just a few reminders to keep our learning experiences pleasant and courteous. 

Name Badges: 

• Please wear your name badge so we, as well as our lecturers, can speak to you by name. 

• Additionally, since Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is a membership organization, wearing your 

name badge helps validate your current registration. 

Food and Drink: 

• No food is permitted in Classroom 129. 

• Beverage containers must have a cover. 

• Please take your empty cups and beverage containers with you when you leave. 

Cell phones / iPads / Smartphones: 

• Do turn OFF ringtones, email alerts, and any other sounds before classes or lectures begin. 

• If you are expecting a call, please put your phone into the “vibrate” mode and sit near a rear exit 

so that you can take the call outside of the classroom. 

Seating: 

• The winter quarter and our Master Classes are particularly crowded. You may reserve a seat for 

yourself by placing an object on a chair. 

• Please do NOT reserve a seat for someone who is not yet physically on the campus. 

• If you arrive late, please enter the classroom through the rear of the room and take a seat near 

the back. 

• If you need to leave early, please sit near a rear exit so as not to disturb your classmates or the 

speaker when you leave. 

Questions: 

• We all have questions. However, do not ask them until the question period after the presentation 

and the “break”. 

• Be sure you have the microphone when you ask your question. 

• Remember, a question is not a speech. Keep it short. Ask only one question at a time. 

• During the break please keep your interchange with the lecturer brief if others are waiting. 

Patio Seating: 

• The patio is public space. 

• Usually some tables are “reserved” for Osher members at lunchtime. 

• Occasionally, some of the other students will occupy them. 

• Use this as an opportunity to get acquainted with individuals from another country; or better yet, 

sit with them at some of the other tables. 

Thank you.

Message from the President, 

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute 

‘Tis not the winter of our discontent—not by a long shot!!!! The Bard, 

in fact, would have looked upon our initiatives for our winter quarter with 

exquisite ecstasy. To satisfy Shakespeare’s love of the written word, our 

“Literaturg” in residence (to borrow a term from the theater), Michael 

Caldwell, is going to treat us to a series on the incomparable William 

Faulkner, whom he has called the American Shakespeare. Shakespeare the philosopher would 

definitely tune in on one of our most popular lecturers, Steven Cassedy, as he opines about Sciences 

as the new secularism. Ever the historian and scientist, William S. would pay close attention to the 

Master series on the History of Neurology and Neuroscience offered by Professor Michael Rafii (and 

of course he would be fascinated with the Karen Dobkins lecture on Shame and Sexuality which 

will add unique diversity to the Rafii Series). Was the Bard into Scandals???? You bet—big time. 

So he wouldn’t miss one of Dan Dinan’s summaries of the Watergate debacle. How about better 

understanding the political climate? Yep—throw in a celebrity presenter and Shakespeare is all ears 

for Richard Dreyfuss as he discusses his Civic Education project. Finally, under the category of 

“The play’s the thing,” how could Shakespeare possibly miss the Osher World Premier of the musical 

OKLAHOMA, which will cap off a great Theater World season? 

So, you might ask, “Is this all there is?” (that would be a pretty dumb question wouldn’t it). 

Well certainly there is much more, because the Osher experience is much more. There is getting 

reacquainted with our snowbird friends who fly in every year for the winter quarter. There is bridge 

(yes, the card game, every Saturday morning). There are social luncheons to be shared, live music 

to enjoy, first rate movies to watch and review, serious poetry and short stories to discuss, lunches 

and friendly debates with peers out on the patio, audio and visual equipment to master as your 

contribution to the members enjoyment (private joke), and self governing to be proud of (of the 115 

Oshers in the United States, we are almost the only one which is totally self-directed by volunteer 

members). 

The goals of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, as created by our magnificent benefactor, Bernard 

Osher, are Happiness and Wellness. Our winter line-up will offer satisfaction of these goals. Your job 

is to participate. I look forward to seeing you. 

Thank you! 

Reed Sullivan 

President 


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Osher—For Adults Who Thirst for Knowledge 

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute invites all who are retired or semi-retired and 50 years of age or older to 

renew their enthusiasm for learning in a relaxed environment. Designed and run by its members, Osher offers 

a stimulating program of classes, seminars, lectures, and discussion groups, entirely free of the pressures of 

grades and exams. 

Classes are taught by distinguished faculty, scholars, and community and national leaders in an array of 

subjects: history, art, science, literature, economics, politics, medicine, and many more. Live drama, music, 

and movies add to the choices. Osher members choose as many or as few activities as they wish; there are 

no requirements. 

Learning for the love of it—that’s Osher. 

Membership benefits include: 

• Use of UC San Diego’s libraries, cafeterias, 

and other facilities 

• Discount on some UC San Diego Extension courses 

• Eligibility to audit many regular UC San Diego 

courses on a no-fee, space-available basis with 

permission from the instructor 

• Quarterly catalog of all courses, programs, trips, 

and special events 

• Some university events at discount rates 

• With a UC San Diego student affiliate ID card 

(available to all Osher members for just $15 in 

building C), members are eligible for various local 

discounts 

For more information about becoming an Osher 

member at UC San Diego, contact the Osher office: 

Location: 

Office 

Hours: 

9600 N. Torrey Pines Road 

UC San Diego Extension Campus 

Rubinger Center Bldg. D 

La Jolla, CA 92093-0176 

Monday–Friday 

8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Telephone: (858) 534-3409 

Fax: (858) 534-4928 

Email: 

Website: 

Class 

Hours: 

olli@ucsd.edu 

olli.ucsd.edu 

Monday–Friday 

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 

1:00–3:00 p.m. 

Prorated Annual membership: $215 

Quarter membership: $150 

Parking permits may be purchased in the Osher 

office. See page 41 for information. 

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Osher Council and Committees 

Officers and Executive Committee 

Term Ending June 2013 

President: Reed Sullivan 

Vice President Administration: Martha Kaplan 

Vice President Programs: Jim Wyrtzen 

Secretary: Kim Davies 

Treasurer: Vivian Leahy 

Immediate Past President: Dick Dahlberg 

Council Members 


Jane Gibson 

Barbara Greer 

Colin Holman 

Doug Webb 

Fran Zimmerman 


Peter Levine 

Mel Pinney 

Judy Russell 

Henry Williams 

Harry Zimmerman 


Kay Bodinger 

Grace Lee 

Barbara Leondar 

Neil Perl 

Madelyn Reina 

Ex-Officio Member 

James Forcier, Representative for the 

Dean of UC San Diego Extension 

Office Manager 

Gloria Smith 

Curriculum Committee 

Chair: Marsha Korobkin, 

Steve Clarey, Dick Dahlberg, Joel Dimsdale, Mark 

Evans, Stanley Faer, Pat Fleming, Jack Holtzman, 

Bob Johnston, Lyle Kalish, Marsha Korobkin, 

Barbara Leondar, Rita Petrella, Christine Sullivan, 

Reed Sullivan, Doug Webb, Jim Wyrtzen 

Newsletter: Janice and Marvin Alper, 

Jim Wyrtzen, Editors 

Public Relations & Marketing: Ilene Hubbs 

Website: Vivian Leahy, Gloria Smith 

Activities Committee 

Chair: Mary Sasso 

Hospitality: Valerie Elkon 

Potluck Lunch: Marilyn Brown 

TLC: Elizabeth Hayden 

Finance Committee 

Chair: Vivian Leahy 

Dick Dahlberg, Reed Sullivan, Jim Wyrtzen 

Membership Committee 

Chair: Elaine Olds 

Lu Almgren, Kay Bodinger, Mike and Zoe 

Cavanaugh, Valerie Elkon, Jane Gibson, 

Joan Jacobs, Martha Kaplan, Al Korobkin, 

Grace Lee, Darlene Palmer, Joyce Quintana, 

Phyllis Rosenbaum, Reed Sullivan, Marcia Wyrtzen 

Osher Catalog Editors 

Mark Evans, Stanley Faer, Marsha Korobkin, 

Juanita LaHaye, Barbara Leondar, Gloria Smith, 

Reed Sullivan, Jim Wyrtzen 

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Table of Contents 

1 Message from the President 

2 Osher—For Adults Who Thirst for 

Knowledge 

3 Osher Council and Committees 

5 Distinguished Lecture Series Summary 

Monday 

6 Inside Politics 

6 Parlons Français 

7 William Faulkner 

7 World Music and the Search for Difference 

8 Grow Your Mental Ability with Algebra 

9 Distinguished Lecture Series 

10 Europe, 1850-1914 (Part II) 

Tuesday 

11 Early Bird Exercise 

11 Peer Presenters 

12 Science and Medicine Series 


14 Memoirs 

14 International Relations Series 


17 Science and Medicine Series 

18 Modern and Contemporary Authors 

18 Best Short Stories 

19 Beginning French 

See class calendar on pages 22-23. 

Wednesday 

20 A History of Neurology and Neuroscience 

21 Cal Eye Tee Too 

24 Cal Eye Tee Too 

24 Wednesday at the Movies 

25 Wednesday at the Movies 

25 Theater World 

26 Campus Connection: 2013 

26 Conversational Yiddish 

Thursday 

27 Science — The New Secularism 

and the Meaning of Life 

28 Current Events 

28 Reading Poetry 

29 Law and Society Series 



33 Member Dialogue 

34 Inquiring Minds 

35 La Jolla Playhouse Winter of New Work 

Friday 

36 Secrets of the Watergate Scandal 

36 Deliberative Dialogue 

37 Live Music Program 


38 Conversational Yiddish 

General Information 

39 Classroom Locations 

41 UC San Diego Parking Permit Application 

43 Enrollment Form 

44 2012 Osher Institute Member Information 

Classes are subject to change. 

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Distinguished Lecture Series Summary 

Our distinguished lectures include prominent speakers from government, academia, law, the living arts, 

journalism, religion, science, medicine, and other disciplines.. 

January 14, Monday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Diane Kane, Ph.D., AICP 

“Architecture: Modernism and the Non-Western World 

— A Century of Progress?” 

January 17, Thursday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Richard Dreyfuss 

“Common Sense is Not Common: A Conversation with 

Richard Dreyfuss” 

(Price Center Ballroom B) 

January 22, Tuesday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Professor Edward Brown 

“Choosing Wisely — A Discussion of Evidence-Based 

Medical Practice” 


William Widdowson, Ph.D. 

“Metaphor: Freight or Fuel” 

January 29, Tuesday @ 10:00 A.M. 

Rolly Crump 

“Learning from Walt” 


Ellen Cassedy, M.F.A. 

“We Are Here — Memories of the Lithuanian 

Holocaust” 

February 4, Monday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Mary Beebe 

“The Stuart Collection” 

February 5, Tuesday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Donald Vieth, Ph.D. 

“The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Disposal 

Dilemma” Part I 


Harry Katz 

“Significant Events in American History: Pictures and 

Images” Part I 

February 14, Thursday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Professor Partrick Drinan 

“Opus Dei: Myth and Political Reality” 

February 25, Monday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Irwin Jacobs, Sc.D. 

“Plaza de Panama Project, Balboa Park” 


Donald Vieth, Ph. D. 

“The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dilemma” Part II 

February 28, Thursday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Elisabeth Pace, Ph.D. 

“The Dance of God: Theological Implications of 

Baroque Dance in J.S. Bach’s Sacred Cantata” 

March 5, Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. 

Professor Susan Narucki 

“We were Here Yesterday”—The Search for Nora Lear 

March 5, Tuesday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Harry Katz 

“Significant Events in American History: Pictures and 

Images” Part II 

March 11, Monday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Rob Sidner 

“Art of the People” 

March 14, Thursday @ 1:00 P.M. 

Andy Nosal, Ph.D., Kate Jirik, M.S. 

“Sharks: Life, Habits, and Conservation” 

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Monday 10:00 a.m. 

Inside Politics 

Classroom 129 

Facilitator: Al Korobkin 

Devoted to the political issues of the day, this class 

will discuss the results of the presidential election. 

How did the winner manage to prevail? Will the 

country see more of the gridlock in Washington 

D.C. that has existed during the last two years? Did 

the lame-duck Congress of November/December 

2012 succeed in preventing us from going over the 

“fiscal cliff” on December 31, 2012? Please join this 

popular political discussion class. All opinions are 

welcome and encouraged. 

January 7, 28, February 11, March 4 


Parlons Français 

Classroom 128 

Instructor: Françoise Shah 

Ce cours demande une bonne base de vocabulaire 

et connaissance de la syntaxe de la langue française 

pour pouvoir suivre la progression des leçons. Ce 

cours se penche de surcroit sur les differents aspects 

de la culture. Etude de la grammaire et révision du 

vocabulaire sont conseillées avant chaque encontre. 

several conversational French workshops and taught 

music and conducted workshops at the French- 

English Academy known as La Petite Ecole. 

Tous les lundis 

Françoise Shah graduated with a master’s degree in 

music from Le Conservatoire de Musique de Paris. 

She taught music and French to American personnel 

in Paris; she also taught French at St. Andrews High 

School in Pasadena and at Ramona Convent High 

School in Alhambra, California. Shah has conducted 

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Premier Class 


William Faulkner 

Classroom 129 

Instructor: Michael Caldwell, Ph.D. 

Coordinator: Christine Sullivan 

Arguably the most important writer of the 20th 

Century, William Faulkner created one of America’s 

most sustained contributions to world-class 

literature. The breadth and depth of his achievement 

makes him our American Shakespeare, a writer of 

exquisite beauty, elegance, and subtlety. This course 

will examine that achievement in four extraordinary 

novels: As I Lay Dying; Go Down, Moses; The Sound 

and the Fury; and Absalom, Absalom. The class will 

focus on Faulkner’s experimentation with unique 

narrative strategies, the significance of land and 

property in his conception of America, his comic 

and tragic treatment of race, and his rendering of 

the South as a defeated cultural backwater. 

Michael Caldwell holds a Ph.D. in British literature 

from the University of Chicago. He is a multiple 

award-winning former assistant director of the 

Revelle Humanities Program at UC San Diego. 

Currently, he is working as an independent scholar 

on a number of different projects, teaching parttime 

at various campuses in the San Diego area, 

including UCSD Extended Studies. 

January 14, February 4, 25, March 11 

Premier Class 

Monday 1:00 p.m. 

World Music 

and the Search for Difference 

Classroom 129 

Instructor: Professor David Borgo 

Coordinator: Christine Sullivan 

This course will offer an introduction to the field 

of ethnomusicology and introduce traditional and 

popular music from around the world. It will also 

investigate the discourse and marketing practices 

that have surrounded the “world music” category 

since its inception in the mid-1980s. In addition 

to expanding one’s own musical horizons, the 

course aims to provide insight into the complex 

relationship between musical practices and cultural 

understandings as they are embedded within 

overarching dynamics of historical, social, and 

ecological change. 

David Borgo is professor of music at UC San 

Diego with degrees in jazz performance (B.M.) 

and ethnomusicology (Ph.D). His book, Sync or 

Swarm: Improvising Music in a Complex Age, won 

the Alan Merriam Prize in 2006 from the Society 

for Ethnomusicology. As a saxophonist, Dr. Borgo 

has released seven CDs and one DVD. He has 

performed widely, including concerts in Sweden, 

Holland, Armenia, Hong Kong, Macau, Mexico 

City, and Sao Paolo. He has appeared as a guest in 

the Bronowski Art & Science Forum. 

January 7: Introduction to Ethnomusicology: 

What is World Music? 

January 28: Africa and Its Diaspora 

Feburary 11: Asia and Its Diaspora 

March 4: Transnational Music and Markets 

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Classroom 128 

Instructor: Flossie Riesner 

This will be a continuation of “Problem Solving 

with Algebra” from winter 2012. The class will 

continue learning Algebra — essentially Algebra 

II — to problem-solve whenever possible. There 

are no prerequisites — one need not have taken 

the previous course. Just have a basic love of 

mathematics and a desire to use one’s mind again 

in a way one may not have in recent years. There 

will be homework! 

Grow Your Mental 

Ability with Algebra 

Flossie Riesner, B.S., M.S. (mathematics), has 

been a member of Osher for over four years 

and is a resident of San Diego. She taught high 

school and college mathematics for many years 

before entering the field of dentistry as an office 

administrator. For the last 13 years she has been 

traveling throughout the U.S., consulting on 

practice management with dentists and their 

staffs. 

January 7, 28, February 11, March 4 

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Distinguished Lecture Series 

Classroom 129 

January 14 

Diane Kane, Ph.D., AICP 

Architecture: Modernism and the Non-Western 

World — A Century of Progress? 

Architectural Modernism anticipated that mass 

production and technology would raise universal living 

standards and out-perform traditional construction 

methodologies. This lecture includes a lively review of 

how these ideas have played out over the past century 

in developing locales from Africa, the Middle East, 

and Asia. Traditional materials and building practices 

have anchored social and economic interactions. 

What happens when these sustainable systems 

are interrupted with abrupt shifts in scale and the 

introduction of technology and new materials? Will 

Modernism allow for cultural, geographic, climatic, 

and social diversity, or will globalization inevitably 

result in homogenization of our built environment? 

Formerly a professor in the New School of 

Architecture, San Diego, Diane Kane has also taught 

at San Diego State University and the University of 

Redlands. She has written extensively on historical 

preservation and served as the president of the 

Southern California chapter of the Society of 

Architectural Historians. Her Ph.D. in architectural 

history was awarded by UC Santa Barbara in 1996. 

Coordinator: Steve Clarey 

February 4 

Mary Beebe 

The Stuart Collection 

The Stuart Collection at UCSD is a unique 

collection of site-specific works by leading artists 

of our time, integrated with the campus and 

its buildings. The project is a cooperative effort 

involving the University’s Visual Arts Department, 

the Stuart Foundation, Friends of the Stuart 

Collection, and the National Endowment for the 

Arts. This lecture will focus on the project’s 18th 

and latest addition, Falling Star, installed on the 

seventh floor of Jacobs Hall at the Jacobs School 

of Engineering. The artist, Do Ho Suh, expresses 


his perception of cultural displacement and the 

need to readjust after arriving from Seoul, Korea, 

in 1991. This class will learn about the piece’s 

inception, planning, and installation. 

Mary Beebe has been director of the Stuart 

Collection at UCSD since its 1981 inception. She 

graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a bachelor 

of arts degree and later studied at L’Ecole du Louvre 

and the Sorbonne in Paris. She was previously 

director of the Portland Center for the Visual Arts. 

Coordinator: Pat Fleming 

February 25 

Irwin Jacobs, Sc.D. 

Plaza de Panama Project, Balboa Park 

For decades it has been a civic goal to remove cars 

from the Plaza de Panama in Balboa Park. In 2010 

Dr. Irwin Jacobs, with the encouragement of Mayor 

Jerry Sanders, underwrote a committee to seek City 

approval and raise private monies to facilitate this 

goal. The Plaza de Panama Project was approved by 

the San Diego City Council in July 2012 and is moving 

forward toward construction. Completion is targeted 

for 2015, the centennial of the Panama-California 

Exposition. The project will construct a new bridge at 

the eastern end of the Cabrillo Bridge, allowing traffic 

to continue to access Balboa Park from the west 

across the Cabrillo Bridge while bypassing the Plaza. 

The project includes a new underground parking 

structure topped by a 2-acre park. Dr. Jacobs and the 

Committee committed to raise $31 million in private 

funds, with the remaining $14 million to be funded 

by a self-supporting revenue bond. In this lecture, 

Dr. Jacobs will discuss the project’s genesis, design 

features, and public benefits, as well as some of the 

controversies and other challenges that it has faced. 

Irwin Jacobs founded Qualcomm and Linkabit. He 

earned his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from 

Cornell University and his M.S. and Sc.D. degrees in 

electrical engineering and computer science from 

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a 

professor of computer science and engineering at UC 

San Diego. 


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Monday 1:00 p.m 


March 11 

Rob Sidner 

Art of the People 

Founded by Martha Longenecker, Mingei International 

Museum has brought art to the people of San Diego 

since 1978. This presentation will start with the 

museum’s beginnings at University Town Center and 

will trace its myriad contributions as an art institution 

dedicated to the “arts of daily life,” located since 1996 

in Balboa Park. The museum’s exhibitions present 

historical (from third century BCE) and contemporary 

folk art, craft, and design from 141 countries 

comprising Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. 

Museum. He received a B.A. in English from Saint 

Meinrad College, a bachelor of sacred theology from 

Gregorian University in Rome, and an M.A. from the 

University of Notre Dame. He joined the Mingei staff 

in 1993 as membership coordinator and served as 

director of public relations and assistant director of the 

museum before becoming director in 2005. 


Rob Sidner is director of the Mingei International 

Monday 1:00 p.m 

Europe, 1850-1914 (Part II) 

Classroom 128 

Instructor: Neil Heyman, Ph.D 

This class will consider the second half of the 19th 

century by examining the career of Otto von Bismarck. 

The text used will be Jonathan Steinberg’s recent 

biography Bismarck: A Life. This book has stirred 

controversy with its critical approach to Bismarck, but 

has received praise from noted scholars who have 

called it “a remarkable achievement” and a “masterful 

study of Prussia-Germany’s Iron Chancellor.” 

The book is available in the public library and from 

Amazon. 

Neil Heyman received his B.A. in history from Yale, 

summa cum laude, and his Ph.D. from Stanford. 

He is a specialist in modern European history with a 

particular interest in 20th-century Russia and Germany, 

World War I, as well as history and film. He has written 

six books and dozens of articles and reviews. 

January 14: Introduction, Chapters 1 through 4 

February 4: Chapters 5 and 6 

February 25: Chapters 7 through 9 

March 11: Chapters 10 though 12 

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Early Bird Exercise 

Tuesday and Friday 9:00 a.m. 

Classroom 129 

Join Herb and Laura Wolfson in starting the 

morning two days each week with some limbering 

and stamina-building exercises. 

Peer Presenters 

Classroom 129 

Coordinator: Doug Webb 

Dates: January 8, 22 

Neil Wolf, Ph.D. 

Light in Art and Science 

We are immersed in light. Light makes life possible. 

But what is light? Priests, philosophers, and scientists 

have tried to answer this question. We know the 

physics and have many useful applications of light, yet 

some aspects remain mysterious. How can light exist 

as a “point particle” and an “infinite wave?” Why do 

humans respond to it with such emotion? Why have 

artists struggled to express it? This presentation will 

discuss the history of the vital connections between 

the science and art of light. Works of art from ancient 

Egypt to modern America will be presented to aid our 

comprehension of light’s elusive nature. 

Neil Wolf has a Ph.D. in plasma physics. He taught at 

Dickinson College for 30 years, while doing research 

at UC Irvine and General Atomics. After retiring in 

2004, he became a full-time painter in watercolor and 

acrylics. 

February 5 

Edward Goldberg, M.D 

The Tortuous Road to Hiroshima 

This presentation will acknowledge the great 

controversy that continues over the atomic 

bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It will 

highlight some differences between the United 

States and German approaches to building the 

bomb. Time will be spent on the important battle 

Tuesday 10:00 a.m. 

for the Marianas in the summer of 1944, but the 

major focus of the lecture will concern the summer 

of 1945, especially Harry Truman’s incredible journey 

to Potsdam. 

Edward Goldberg is a retired physician who has 

been a “snowbird” member of Osher for the past 

ten years. Although his career was in medicine, he 

majored in American studies as an undergraduate at 

Cornell University. This led him to the study of the 

health of U.S. Presidents — a lecture topic that he 

presented at the Brandeis University Osher. His study 

of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in particular, led to his 

interest in the Manhattan project. 

February 19 

Paul Page 

Tales and Tidbits from 35 Years of Flying 

This class begins with an overview of the United 

States Air Force pilot-training program. Page will 

then discuss his adventures flying military transports 

all over the world. Some of his destinations will 

surprise people, as will the reasons he selected those 

destinations. After his military service, Page took to 

the friendly skies of Pacific Southwest Airlines, which 

subsequently became U.S. Airways. Find out what it 

is like to spend a career as a professional pilot. 

Paul Page is a one-year Osher member. He grew up 

as an Army brat, living all over the U.S. and in Japan 

and Germany. After graduating from Texas A&M, 

he went into Air Force pilot training. Five years later, 

he left the Air Force to work for Pacific Southwest 

Airlines. 

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Science and Medicine Series 

Classroom 129 

Professor Peter Fedders 

Coordinator: Jack Holtzman 

Elements of Modern Physics 

This series of four lectures will be a nonmathematical 

presentation of ideas in modern 

physics that stress the history, basic physical 

concepts, philosophy, and current areas of 

investigation. Where possible, analogies will be 

used to explain the science. This presentation will 

be aimed at the level of the intelligent layperson. 

January 15 

Special and General Relativity. Special relativity 

deals with particles traveling near the speed of light, 

while general relativity deals with matter and light 

in intense gravitational fields such as in proximity to 

black holes. Both of these extremes mix space and 

time into what is now referred to as “spacetime.” 

February 12 

Quantum Mechanics. Quantum Mechanics unites 

both the particle-like and wave-like properties of all 

matter, including light. It has led to an understanding 

of atoms, molecules, chemistry, modern electronics, 

molecular biology, and virtually all phenomena at the 

submicroscopic level. 

February 26 

Particle Physics. Particle (high energy) physics 

seeks to describe nature and to unify all matter in 

terms of a few fundamental entities. Entities such 

as quarks, gluons, strings, the Higgs, and other 

exotic-sounding names will be discussed. 

March 12 

Cosmology. Probably the part of physics (or 

even science) most enticing to the public today 

is cosmology, or the study of the universe. Topics 

including dark energy, dark matter, the beginning 

of the universe, and its ultimate end will be 

presented. 

Peter Fedders is professor emeritus of physics 

at Washington University in St. Louis and was 

a consultant on fusion at Laurence Livermore 

National Laboratory. He also consulted on clean 

energy at the University of Hawaii. He is currently a 

docent at the Museum of Natural History in Balboa 

Park and for decades has been interested in and 

followed the evolution of man and the nature of 

the universe. 

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Classroom 129 

January 29 

Rolly Crump 

Learning from Walt 

Rolly Crump will enlighten and entertain with an 

“insider’s” slide presentation, opening a window to 

the legendary Walt Disney design process. He will 

recount his early education, the process by which 

he became a designer for Disney, and some of the 

lessons he received from Walt Disney himself. This 

lecture is a chance to see behind the scenes of “the 

Magic Kingdom,” and to understand the philosophies 

that created “The Happiest Place on Earth.” 

Rolly Crump was hired by Walt Disney Studios to 

work in animation in 1952. He helped to create 

scores of films, including Peter Pan, Lady and the 

Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty. In 1959 he did design 

and sculpting for the Tiki Room and the Haunted 

Mansion, and was the supervising art director and 

designer for “It’s a Small World” at Disneyland. 

Crump has also done design work for Busch 

Gardens, Welch Foods, and Westfield Shopping 

Plazas. He now grows avocados and flowers 

Coordinator: Lyle Kalish 

March 5 

Professor Susan Narucki 


“We Were Here Yesterday”—The Search for 

Nora Lear 

“Lear on the Second Floor” is a contemporary 

opera based on Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” 

Professor Narucki will discuss the challenges of 

portraying Nora Lear, a brilliant scientist whose 

complex relationship to her three daughters is 

exacerbated as she is afflicted by the early onset 

of dementia. Professor Narucki will also discuss 

the singer’s process and offer insights into the 

miraculous and cathartic act of performance. 

Grammy Award winning soprano Susan Narucki 

has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, Los 

Angeles Philharmonic, Netherlands Opera, on the 

Great Performers Series at Lincoln Center and at 

Carnegie Hall with conductors such as Boulez, 

Levine, Salonen, and Tilson Thomas. A dedicated 

advocate of the music of our time, Professor 

Narucki has given over one hundred world 

premieres. In March 2013, she sings the role of 

Nora Lear in Anthony Davis’ “Lear on the Second 

Floor” and in May 2013, presents Cuatro Corridos, 

a chamber opera about human trafficking across 

the U.S. Mexican border. Professor Narucki 

serves as professor and associate chair of the 

Department of Music at UC San Diego. 

Coordinator: Joel Dimsdale 

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Memoirs 

Classroom 128 

Facilitators: Aurora and Bob King 

Why write memoirs? Have you ever wondered 

about your forebears and what it was like to 

live in their times? If only they had written 

something down! So we write for future eyes 

— about people, places, and events that have 

been important to us; about our roots and the 

adventures that define our lives. 

Whether you are an aspiring writer or a seasoned 

pro, this is the group for you. Prepare to be 

inspired by the range of human experience shared 

in this classroom through the use of notes written 

in a journal, the verses of poetry, or other free-style 

formats. No stylistic requirements are imposed 

here. Members find their own styles, encouraged 

by the warmth and support of classmates. Join 

us as a welcome listener or contributor, but be 

forewarned: the stories you will hear, set in places 

the world over, reflect times of extraordinary 

changes and may stir long-dormant memories in 

your minds! 

January 8, 22, February 5, 19, March 5 

Tuesday 1:00 p.m. 

International Relations Series 

Classroom 129 

Coordinator: Steve Clarey 

January 8 

Dean Peter Cowhey, IRPS 

Post-2012 Election Assessment of U.S. Foreign 

Trade Policy 

In this lecture, Dean Cowhey will discuss post 

2012-election priorities for the President-elect and 

the new Congress in the Pacific Rim countries. 

Peter Cowhey is the dean of the School of 

International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC 

San Diego. In 2009, he was the senior counselor to 

Ambassador Kirk in the Office of the United States 

Trade Representative under President Obama. He 

serves on the bi-national experts group appointed 

by the U.S. and Chinese Governments on 

innovation policy. Dean Cowhey is the vice chair of 

the California Council on Science and Technology. 

He was awarded his M.A. and Ph.D. from UC 

Berkeley. 

January 15 

Professor Richard Feinberg 

A Post-Election Pragmatic Approach to U.S.- 

Cuban Relations 

The paradox of the Cuban revolution is that while 

it endowed its citizens with abundant human 

capital, it has sadly left them without the tools or 

incentives to fully employ their acquired talents. 

The Cuban government has embarked on a 

process of gradual economic reform to promote 

the private sector and foreign investment. How has 

U.S. policy reacted to these changes in Cuba — 

and what more could the U.S. do to spur positive 

economic change on the island? 

Richard Feinberg is a professor of international 

political economy at the School of International 

Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego. An 

authority on U.S.-Cuban relations, he served as 

special assistant for national security affairs under 

President Clinton and as senior director of the 

National Security Council’s Office of Inter-American 

Affairs. He was awarded his Ph.D. from Stanford 

University. 

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International Relations Series 


February 19 

Ambassador Charles Shapiro 

U.S.-Latin American Relations 

With U.S. foreign policy focused on the Middle 

East, North Africa, South Asia, and the Pacific, 

Latin America has endured three years of U.S. 

neglect. As many countries have prospered 

economically on Chinese demand for agricultural 

commodities and raw materials, and with access to 

inexpensive Chinese exports, many governments in 

Latin America are convinced that cooperation with 

the United States is not as important as it used 

to be. Can Latin American countries build lasting 

economic prosperity and development without 

the U.S.? What are the long-term hemispheric 

implications for such neglect? 

Charles Shapiro is president of the Institute of the 

Americas. His diplomatic career focused primarily 

on Latin America, and he served as United States 

ambassador to Venezuela from 2002-2004. 

He subsequently served as the principal deputy 

assistant secretary of State for Western Hemisphere 

Affairs and as the Head of the Western 

Hemisphere Trade Task Force. 

March 12 

Jon Lindsay, Ph.D. 

The Myths and Realities of Cybersecurity 

The rise of the Internet has enhanced global 

economic productivity but has also created new 

strategic risk: military and industrial infrastructures 

are vulnerable to a new generation of cyber 

weapons. Cybersecurity, like international security 

in general, is a relationship between technical 

means and political ends. This lecture examines the 

logical relationship that enables us to distinguish 

the improbable myths of cyber doom from the 

widespread irritants of the prominent actors in the 

global cyber community. 

Jon Lindsay is a postdoctoral fellow at the 

University of California Institute on Global 

Conflict and Cooperation where he studies 

the impact of the information revolution on 

international security, including military innovation, 

cybersecurity, and Chinese information security. 

He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as 

an M.S. in computer science and a B.S. in symbolic 

systems from Stanford University. 

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Classroom 129 

January 22 

Professor Edward Brown 

Choosing Wisely: A Discussion of Evidence- 

Based Medical Practice 

Medical care is expensive. Senior citizens have 

all had the experience of getting a complete 

physical with time spent talking to the physician, 

an examination, myriad lab tests (EKGs, x-rays, CT 

or MRI scans) — and then comes the astonishing 

bill. This discussion explores the evidence-based 

medicine movement of the last few years. The 

“Choosing Wisely” campaign is an example of one 

effort to change the way people think and behave 

when they go to a doctor’s office. Evidence-based 

health care is an approach that requires patient 

participation with the physician to find the right 

path of care based on current medical knowledge 

rather than old medical dogma. 

Dr. Edward Brown received his B.A., B.S., and M.S. 

degrees in biology from Stanford University, and 

his M.D. from the University of Virginia. His present 

position is health sciences clinical professor of 

medicine, UCSD School of Medicine. 


February 5 

Understanding the Disposal of High Level 

Radioactive Waste: The Basics 

February 26 

The The History and Status of Yucca Mountain 

This lecture will review how Yucca Mountain was 

eventually chosen, the technical merits of the site, 

the licensing progress for the site, and the political 

opposition in the state of Nevada. Dr. Vieth 

will also discuss President Obama’s Blue Ribbon 

Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. 

Donald Vieth received his Ph.D. from the 

University of Cincinnati in 1972. He worked 

for many years at the Energy Research and 

Development Administration on repository siting 

and development. In 1982, he became a project 

manager for the Yucca Mountain Project, and in 

1987 he became deputy assistant manager for 

Environment, Safety, Health, and Security for the 

Nuclear Weapons Test Program. 

Coordinator: Dick Dahlberg 


Donald L. Vieth, Ph.D. 

The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Disposal 

Dilemma 

In these two lectures, one of the major players in 

the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste disposal project 

will address the difficult challenges in disposing 

of high-level radioactive waste and will discuss 

the background and troubled history of the Yucca 

Mountain disposal site. 

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Harry L. Katz 

Significant Events in American History: Pictures 

and Images 

These lectures will address two important events 

in U.S. history using pictures and images from the 

Library of Congress and elsewhere. 

February 12 

Life of the People: Art and Democracy During 

the Depression 

This discussion will draw on two books published 

by Katz: Life of the People: The Ben and Beatrice 

Goldstein Collection of Realist Prints and Drawings 

(Library of Congress, 1998), and The American 

Scene on Paper: Prints from the Jason Schoen 

Collection (Georgia Museum of Art, 2010). 

March 5 

Picturing Victory: Pictorial Coverage of the 

Spanish American War 

This lecture will cover the well-known roles of 

William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, 

including the use they made of the artistic talents 

of Frederic Remington and William Glackens. 

Harry L. Katz is a specialist in American graphic 

art and former head curator in the Prints and 

Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. 

He is the author of Civil War Sketch Book (W.W. 

Norton, 2012) and editor of Baseball Americana 

(Smithsonian Institution Press, 2009), Herblock 

(W.W. Norton, 2009), and Cartoon America (Harry 

N. Abrams, 2006). Katz lives in Del Mar. 


Science and Medicine Series 

Classroom 129 

Coordinator: Jack Holtzman 

January 29 

Christina Johnson, Ph.D. 

Chemistry — It’s Elemental 

All materials are composed of atoms, but these 

atoms are not all the same. For example, each 

atom has a unique number of sub-particles. If 

one physically examines the elements of carbon 

and gold, one cannot tell how many particles 

are in their respective atoms, but can easily tell 

them apart because they have totally different 


properties. The chemical Periodic Table is the 

cornerstone of describing these properties. It 

tells about the observable properties of elements 

(materials with identical atoms), and it categorizes 

the sub-atomic structure of their atoms, revealing 

why many elements behave similarly to others. 

This lecture will explain how the Periodic Table is 

organized and why it occupies such an important 

place in chemistry. 

Christina Johnson received a B.S. in biochemistry 

from Brigham Young University and an M.S. and 

Ph.D. in biochemistry from UCSD. She currently 

lectures at UCSD in general chemistry, organic 

chemistry, and biochemistry. She is also an adjunct 

professor at Palomar College. 

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Modern and Contemporary Authors 

Classroom 128 

Facilitator: Phyllis Rosenbaum 

During the winter quarter, the class will read 

Regeneration and The Eye in the Door, the first 

two books of Pat Barker’s trilogy of WWI. These 

novels illuminate “with compassion and insight the 

toll the war exacted from Britain’s combatants and 

the world” (New York Times Book Review). The 

New Yorker praises Pat Barker for enlarging “the 

scope of the contemporary English novel” and calls 

Regeneration “an inspiring book that balances 

conscience and the vitality of change against a 

collapsing world.” For her impressive trilogy, Pat 

Barker was awarded the Booker Prize. The class 


will be reading the Plume edition of both novels. 

The ISBN for Regeneration is 0-452-27007-3 and 

the ISBN for The Eye in the Door is 0-452-27272-9. 

January 8: Read Regeneration, Parts 1 and 2. 

January 22: Finish Regeneration. 

February 5: Read The Eye in the Door, Part I. 

February 19: The Eye in the Door, Part II, through 

Chap. 13, p. 175. 

March 5: Finish The Eye in the Door. 

Best Short Stories 

Classroom 128 

Instructor: Barbara Greer 

The text for this series, continued from the 

previous quarter, will be The Scribner Anthology 

of Contemporary Short Fiction, second edition, 

ISBN 10-1-4165-3227-7. These interesting stories 

by great authors will be illustrated on the board. A 

repast will be served mid-class. 

January 15: “Lust” by Susan Minot and “Boys” by 

Rick Moody 

January 29: “The Management of Grief” by Bharati 

Mukherjee 

February 12: “Female Trouble” by Antonya Nelson 

February 26: “The Translation” by Joyce Carol Oates 

March 12: “The Things They Carried” by Tim 

O’Brien 

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Beginning French 


Classroom TBD: (University City Campus) 

Instructor: Françoise Shah 

This French conversation class is offered to 

students who have basic knowledge of French or 

have taken the beginner’s class in the spring and 

summer. The class will increase their vocabulary 

and grammar and learn more about French culture. 

Class meets every Tuesday afternoon during the 

quarter. 

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Master Class I 

Wednesday 10:00 a.m. 

A History of Neurology 

and Neuroscience 

Registration and $10 fee are required for this 

series. Visitors are permitted with payment if space 

is available. 

Classroom 129 

Professor Michael Rafii 

This series provides an understanding of the 

development of neurological knowledge 

concerning what the brain does and how it does it. 

January 9 

The Early History of Brain Science 

This lecture will provide a perspective on the brain’s 

function from ancient times through the mid-19th 

century. 

January 16 

Recent History of Brain Science 

This lecture will present more recent developments 

in brain science from the late 19th century until 

present day, and will discuss future directions in 

neuroscience research. 

January 23 

History of Memory Research 

This lecture will discuss the biology relating to how 

one’s memory captures, stores, and recalls events 

over the lifetime of the brain. 

January 30 

Healthy Brain Aging 

This lecture will describe current research on the 

causes of Alzheimer’s disease and recent advances 

in its treatment. 

Dr. Michael Rafii is co-director of the Memory 

Disorders Clinic at Perlman Ambulatory Care 

Center and assistant professor of neurosciences at 

UCSD. He is also associate medical director of the 

Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study and director 

of the adult Down Syndrome Clinic. He specializes 

in cognitive disorders, including dementias such 

as Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Rafii received his M.D. 

and Ph.D. degrees from Brown University and 

conducted neurogenetics research at Harvard 

Medical School. He did his residency in neurology 

at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. His current research 

interests include clinical trials for Alzheimer’s 

disease and Down Syndrome. 


February 6 

Professor Karen Dobkins 

Shame and Sexuality 

This lecture will discuss a very common human 

emotional state, shame (as well as embarrassment 

and guilt), and its role in human sexuality. The 

lecturer will also discuss some of her recent 

research investigating whether people’s knowledge 

of the physiological basis of orgasms affects their 

ability to experience sexual pleasure. 

Karen Dobkins is a professor of psychology at 

UCSD. She received her Ph.D. in the Neurosciences 

Department at UCSD, studying visual processing 

in adult humans and rhesus monkeys. She studies, 

among other things, brain development in 

“typically” and “atypically” developing infants and 

children. Her most recent research interest is in the 

area of human sexuality. 

Coordinator: Jim Wyrtzen 

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Cal Eye Tee Too 

Master Class II 




is available. 

Classroom 129 

Coordinator: Barbara Leondar 

Calit2 (pronounced Cal Eye Tee Too) stands for 

the California Institute of Telecommunications and 

Information Technology. It is a hive of innovation 

focused on the unexpected and newly emergent. 

It seeks to dissolve the barriers between the 

sciences and the humanities in order to harness 

the strategies of both to address social problems. 

Each lecture in this series will examine either novel 

issues or familiar issues reconceived in novel ways. 

Prepare to be surprised. 

February 13 

David Woodruff, Director, UCSD Sustainability 

Solutions Institute 

Bioneering: Wildlife Conservation and the 

Futures of Life 

Professor Woodruff’s research focuses on animal 

species. He studies the role of population genetics 

and ecology in determining the past and future 

evolution of animal species. A pioneer in the 

development of non-invasive techniques for the 

study of DNA, he has carried out extensive research 

on birds and mammals, especially elephants. After 

completing his doctoral work at the University of 

Melbourne (Australia), Professor Woodruff pursued 

a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard and continued 

there as an instructor and research fellow. He 

joined UCSD in 1979 as the Founding Chair of the 

Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Section of the 

Division of Biological Sciences. He is also currently 

a Trustee of the Zoological Society of San Diego. 

February 20 

Professor Sheldon Brown 

Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination 

Professor of Visual Arts at UC San Diego, former 

Director of the Center for Research in Computing 

and the Arts, and a founding member of Calit2, 

Professor Brown combines computer science 

research with vanguard cultural production. He 

has now added to his titles that of Director of the 

Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination. 

The new Clarke Center spans a wide range of 

disciplines and collaborations among individuals 

and institutions across communities and continents 

in fields such as technology, education, health, 

industry, entertainment and the arts. Its mission 

is to develop, catalyze, and be a global resource 

for innovative research, education, and leading 

edge initiatives drawing upon the under-utilized 

resources of human imagination. The Clarke 

Foundation noted that UCSD’s faculty provides 

“both a practical as well as theoretical framework 

to put imagination under a microscope, to find 

its historic limits and go beyond them, and to 

promote or restore its positive use.” 

February 27 

Benjamin Bratton, Director, Center for Design and 

Geopolitics (D:GP) 

Designing Geopolitics 

A theorist of sociology, media, and design, 

Professor Bratton served as host and guest 

speaker at last year’s Calit2 symposium “Designing 

Geopolitics.” The D:GP, led by Professor Bratton, 

is a think tank devoted to using art and design to 

develop new models to understand how planetaryscale 

computation transforms political, urban, and 

ecological systems. His work intersects political 

theory, computational media, and architectural 

and urban design problems and methodologies. 

Before joining the Visual Arts Department at UCSD 

as associate professor, he taught theory and design 

for a decade at the Southern California Institute of 

Architecture. Dr. Bratton holds a doctorate in the 

sociology of technology from UC Santa Barbara. 

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Early Bird Exercise Tuesday and Friday 9:00-9:45 A.M. 

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 

DATE January 7 8 9 10 11 

A.M. 

129 

Inside Politics PEER PRESENTERS 

Neil Wolf.: Light in Art and Science, Part I 

MASTER CLASS I 

Professor Michael Rafii: A History of Neurology and 

Neuroscience 

PREMIER CLASS 

Professor Steven Cassedy: Science, the New Secularism, 


PREMIER CLASS 

Shirley Fishman. La Jolla Playhouse: Winter of 

New Work 

A.M. 

128 

Parlons Français Memoirs Overflow for Premier Class 

P.M. 

129 

PREMIER CLASS 

Professor David Borgo: World Music and the Search 

for Difference 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SERIES 

Dean Peter Cowhey: Post-2012 Election Assessment 

of U.S. Foreign Trade Policy 

WEDNESDAY AT THE MOVIES 

Double Hour 

LAW AND SOCIETY SERIES 

Professor David Glazier: Drones and Targeted Killing: A 

Legal Assessment 


Professor John Noyes: Governing the Oceans: 

The Challenges of Modern Piracy 

P.M. 

128 

Grow Your Mental Ability with Algebra Modern and 

Contemporary Authors 

UCC :2 p.m. 


Room 120 

Campus Connection 

Member Dialog 

14 15 16 17 18 

A.M. 

129 

PREMIER CLASS 

Michael Caldwell, Ph.D.: William Faulkner 

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE SERIES 

Prof. Peter Fedders: Elements of Modern Physics 



Neuroscience 

Current Events Secrets of the Watergate Scandal 

A.M. 

128 

Parlons Français Reading Poetry 

P.M. 

129 

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE 

Diane Kane, Ph.D.: Architecture: Modernism and the 

Non-Western World: A Century of Progress? 


Prof. Richard Feinberg: A Post-election Pragmatic 

Approach to U.S.-Cuban Relations 

Theater World: Diaries of Adam and Eve DISTINGUISHED LECTURE (Price Center Ballroom) 

Common Sense Is Not Common: with Richard Dreyfuss 

LIVE MUSIC 

Paul Kenyon (piano) and Paivikki Nykter (violin) 

P.M. 

128 

Europe, 1850-1914 (Part II) Best Short Stories UCC :2 p.m. 


Theater World: Green Room Inquiring Minds 

21 22 23 24 25 

A.M. 

129 

PEER PRESENTERS 

Neil Wolf’: Light in Art and Science, Part II 



Neuroscience 

PREMIER CLASS 



PREMIER CLASS 


New Work 

A.M. 

128 

P.M. 

129 

HOLIDAY 

NO CLASSES 

Memoirs Overflow for Premier Class Deliberative Dialog 


Professor Edward Brown: Choosing Wisely: A 

Discussion of Evidence-Based Medical Practice 


Hugo 


William Widdowson, Ph.D.: Metaphor: Freight or Fuel? 

COUNCIL MEETING 

(everyone is invited) 

P.M. 

128 

Modern and 




Campus Connection - Patio (roman) Member Dialog 

28 29 30 31 February 1 

A.M. 

129 

Inside Politics DISTINGUISHED LECTURE 

Rolly Crump: Learning from Walt 



Neuroscience 


A.M. 

128 


P.M. 

129 

PREMIER CLASS 




Christina Johnson, Ph.D.: Chemistry – It’s Elemental! 

Theater World: Rehearsal DISTINGUISHED LECTURE 

Ellen Cassedy, MFA: “We Are Here: Memories of the 

Lithuanian Holocaust 

LIVE MUSIC 

USD Chamber Ensemble 

P.M. 

128 

Grow Your Mental Ability with Algebra Best Short Stories UCC :2 p.m. 


Conversational Yiddish Inquiring Minds 

February 4 5 6 7 8 

A.M. 

129 

PREMIER CLASS 



Edward Goldberg: The Tortuous Road to Hiroshima 


Professor Karen Dobkins: Shame and Sexuality 

PREMIER CLASS 



PREMIER CLASS 


New Work 

A.M. 

128 


P.M. 

129 


Mary Beebe: The Stuart Collection 


Donald L.Veith, PhD: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste 

Disposal, part 1 


The Edge of Heaven 


Professor Jane Henning: Animals and the Law 

Yiddish Music Concert 

P.M. 

128 

Europe, 1850-1914 (Part II) Modern and 


UCC 2 p.m. Beginning 

French 

Campus Connection - Patio (roman) Member Dialog 

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Early Bird Exercise Tuesday and Friday 9:00-9:45 A.M. 

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 

DATE 11 12 13 14 15 

A.M. 

129 

Inside Politics SCIENCE AND MEDICINE SERIES 

Prof. Peter Fedders, Ph.D.: Elements of Modern Physics 

MASTER CLASS II 

Cal IT Too: Professor David Woodruff: Bioneering 


A.M. 

128 


P.M. 

129 

PREMIER CLASS 




Harry L. Katz: Significant Events in Amerian History: 

Pictures and Images Part 1 

Theater World: The Way We Were: 

Memoirs Class Production 


Professor Patrick Drinan: Opus Dei: Myth and Political 

Reality 

LIVE MUSIC 

Neave Piano Trio (piano, violin, cello) 

P.M. 

128 

Grow Your Mental Ability with Algebra Best Short Stories UCC :2 p.m. 


Theater World: Green Room Inquiring Minds 

18 19 20 21 22 

A.M. 

129 


Paul Page: Tales and Tidbits from 35 Years 

of Flying 


Cal IT Too: Professor Sheldon Brown - Arthur C. Clarke 

Center for Human Imagination 

PREMIER CLASS 



PREMIER CLASS 

La Jolla Playhouse: Winter of New Work 

A.M. 

128 

P.M. 

129 

HOLIDAY 

NO CLASSES 

Memoirs Overflow for Premier Class Deliberative Dialog 


Ambassador Charles Shapiro: Venezuela After Chavez 

– US Policy towards Latin America 


Order of Myths 


Professor Laura Berend: Criminal Justice: The People 

and the Process 

COUNCIL MEETING 

(everyone is invited) 

P.M. 

128 

Modern and 




Campus Connection - Patio Member Dialog 

25 26 27 28 March 1 

A.M. 

129 

PREMIER CLASS 





Cal IT Too: Professor Benjamin Bratton: Designing Geopolitics 


A.M. 

128 


P.M. 

129 


Irwin Jacobs, Sc.D.: Plaza de Panama Project 

DISTINGUISHED LECTURER 

Donald L.Veith, PhD: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste 

Disposal, part 2 

Theater World: Rehearsal DISTINGUISHED LECTURE 

Elisabeth Pace, Ph.D.: The Dance of God: Theological 

Implications of Baroque Dance in J.S. Bach’s Sacred Cantata 

LIVE MUSIC 

Anna Belaya (soprano) 

P.M. 

128 



Conversational Yiddish Inquiring Minds 

4 5 6 7 8 

A.M. 

129 

Inside Politics DISTINGUISHED LECTURER 

Professor Susan Naruki “We Were Here Yesterday” 


Cal IT Too: Dr. Shlomo Dubnov: Too Sweet to Be Good? 

The Changing Role of Audience in Story-Telling 

PREMIER CLASS 



PREMIER CLASS 

La Jolla Playhouse: Winter of New Work 

A.M. 

128 


P.M. 

129 

PREMIER CLASS 



DISTINGUISHED LECTURER 

Harry K, Katz: Significant Events in Amerian History: 

Pictures and Images Part 2 


Starbuck 


Professor Abraham Bell: The Challenge of Modern 

Copyright Law 

LIVE MUSIC 

Noah Bailyn (double bass) 

P.M. 

128 

Grow Your Mental Ability with Algebra Modern and 




Campus Connection - Patio Member Dialog 

11 12 13 14 15 

A.M. 

129 

PREMIER CLASS 





Cal IT Too: Ptofessor Gert Lanckriet: Building a Music 

Search Engine 

Current Events Secrets of the Watergate Scandel 

A.M. 

128 


A.M. 

129 


Rob Sidner: Art of the People 


Jon Lindsay, Ph.D.: The Myths and Realities of 

Cybersecurity 

Theater World: Oklahoma DISTINGUISHED LECTURE 

Andy Nosal, Ph.D. and Kate Kirik, M.S. : Sharks: Life, 

Habits, and Conservation 

Theater World: Oklahoma 

NOTE: Saturday, March 16 at 1:00 p.m. 

P.M. 

128 



Theater World: Green Room Inquiring Minds Theater World: Green Room 

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Master Class II 


Cal Eye Tee Too 



is available. 

March 6 

Shlomo Dubnov, Director, Center for Research in 

Entertainment and Learning 

Too Sweet to Be Good? The Changing Role of 

Audience in Story-Telling from Gutenberg to 

Zuckerberg 

Dr. Dubnov graduated from the Jerusalem Music 

Academy in composition and holds a doctorate 

in computer science from the Hebrew University, 

Jerusalem. Prior to joining UCSD, he served as 

a researcher at the Institute for Research and 

Coordination of Acoustics and Music in Paris, 

and later headed the multimedia track for 

the Department of Communication Systems 

Engineering at Ben-Gurion University in Israel. At 

UCSD he teaches in both the Computer Music 

and the Interdisciplinary Computing for the Arts 

programs. 

March 13 

Gert Lanckriet, Director, Computer Audition 

Laboratory 

Building a Music Search Engine 

Professor Lanckriet will discuss the interplay 

between machine learning and applied statistics as 

related to music. His work on music information 

retrieval focuses on the theory and design of 

systems to search large music (or audio) databases. 

In particular, his group studies methods to 

annotate musical content with descriptive tags 

(for example, identifying genres or emotions or 

instruments). Born and educated in Belgium, 

Professor Lanckriet pursued postgraduate work 

at UC Berkeley where he was awarded a Ph.D. 

in electrical engineering and computer science 

in 2005. He joined UCSD as associate professor 

in the Department of Electrical and Computer 

Engineering the same year. 

Wednesday 1:00 p.m. 

Wednesday at the Movies 

Classroom 129 

Facilitator: Darlene Palmer 

January 9 

DOUBLE HOUR (2000), Italy (Italian subtitles), 

96 minutes 

In the wrong place at the wrong time, Sonia takes 

a bullet to the head during an art robbery. She 

survives, but later finds herself haunted by visions. 

Meanwhile, her mysterious past comes to light 

under the watchful eye of a suspicious policeman. 

It’s an Italian thriller that introduces a new wrinkle 

every 10 minutes. 

January 23 

HUGO (2011), USA, 127 minutes 

When his father dies, 12 year-old orphan Hugo takes 

up residence behind the walls of a Parisian train 

station. There he meets Isabelle, the granddaughter 

of filmmaker George Melies, who holds the key to 

Hugo’s destiny. A Martin Scorsese film. 

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Wednesday at the Movies 


February 6 

THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (2007), Turkey 

(German subtitles), 127 minutes 

When his father accidentally kills a prostitute, 

Nejat Aksu (Baki Davrak) seeks out her 27 year-old 

daughter, Ayten (Nurgol Yesilcay,) to make amends. 

Nejat focuses his search in Turkey, but Ayten, who is 

part of a loosely watched activist group, has fled to 

Germany. The lives of four Turks and two Germans 

are soon entwined as a result of circumstances 

beyond their control in this compelling drama, 

which earned Best Screenplay honors at Cannes. 

February 20 

ORDER OF MYTHS (2008), USA Documentary, 

78 minutes 

Dating back to the 1700’s, Mobile, Alabama’s Mardi 

Gras celebration is the oldest in the country — and 

it’s still going strong today. Tens of thousands of 

Theater World 

enthusiastic revelers descend upon downtown 

Mobile each year to take part in a variety of colorful 

parades, balls, and festivities. With this annual event 

as its focus, the documentary explores the city of 

Mobile, its mystical societies, and unusual race 

relations. Margaret Brown’s work was nominated for 

Best Documentary for the Independent Spirit awards. 

March 6 

STARBUCK (2011), Canadian, 103 minutes 

A forty-something slacker’s life is turned upside 

down when he learns that his many sperm 

donations have resulted in more than 500 children 

— 100 of whom are now suing to meet their father, 

who’s desperate to keep his identity a secret. 


Classroom 129 

Coordinator: Al Korobkin 

January 16 

Mark Twain’s The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Edited 

and Adapted for the Stage by David Birney 

Twain wrote Adam’s diary in the 1890s and Eve’s 

diary fifteen years later. Birney combined the two 

diaries for the stage a century later, retaining Twain’s 

wit. Birney also added a love story between these 

two people who were truly made for each other. The 

result is an extremely funny screwball comedy. 

February 13 

“The Way We Were:” Collected Memoirs of 

Osher Members 

Theater World planners, aware of the gold mined 

at every meeting of the Memoirs class, proposed a 

merger. Enjoy the resulting collection of compelling 

stories as presented by those who actually lived 

them. Screenwriters, bring your notebooks! Nothing 

is left out here. 

March 13 

Oklahoma! Music by Richard Rodgers; Book and 

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 

Osher Theater World is proud to present one of the 

great American musicals — Oklahoma. It was the 

first collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein, who 

had many more classic Broadway musicals to follow. 

Oklahoma opened in the middle of World War II, 

and became the longest running show in Broadway 

history at that time — 2,212 performances. This is 

considered the birth of the modern American musical. 

“Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’,” “The Surrey with 

the Fringe on Top,” “Oklahoma,” and all the other 

great musical numbers, will be sung by Curly, Laurey, 

Will, Ado Annie, Aunt Eller, and Jud Fry. Pick your 

performance date and reserve your tickets as soon as 

they become available — this show will sell out. 

Repeat performance on Saturday, March 16, 

at 1:00 P.M. 

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Wednesday 1:00 p.m. Campus Connection: 2013 

Classroom 120 

Instructor: Henrietta Farber 

Note: First Meeting in room 120. Subsequent 

classes will meet on the patio in front of the 

Osher building. 

The opening lecture of Campus Connection 

provides an overview of the entire UC San Diego 

campus with information about the student body, 

the faculty, and all six undergraduate colleges. 

Following this, tours will highlight places of special 

interest. Join the tours for a repeat exploration or 

for an initial “research mission” of this beautiful 

1200-acre campus. 


January 9 : Introduction and overview 

January 23: Loop Bus 

February 6 and 20: North Campus 

March 6: East Campus 

Conversational Yiddish 

Classroom 128 

Instructor: Bella Attix 

A lighthearted exploration of Yiddish conversation, 

this class will invite the practice of idioms and 

anecdotes. Informality is the key. The ability to read 

or write Yiddish is not required, and there are no 

papers or exams. Extra credit is offered for a sense 

of humor. 

Class Dates: 

January 30 and February 27. 

Yiddish concert: 

Friday, February 8, in Room 129 

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Science — The New Secularism 


Premier Series 

Thursday 10:00 a.m. 

Classroom 129 

Instructor: Professor Steven Cassedy 

Coordinator: Reed Sullivan 

The age-old debate about science and faith in the 

United States has taken a strange and fascinating 

turn. The conventional argument between 

Darwinism/evolutionary theory and religious faith/ 

creationism/Intelligent Design has become a 

considerably broader conversation. There are now 

voices representing various “in-between” options: 

non-religious reverence for nature, reverence for 

secularism itself, a non-religious rejection of the 

secular absolutism of the “New Atheists.” This 

series will review the history of the science-faith 

debate in the United States, including the New 

Atheists, and then examine the diverse recent 

contributions to the controversy. 

January 10 

A Short History of the Science-Faith Debate in the 

United States 

January 24 

The “New Atheists:” Richard Dawkins, 

Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel 

Dennett 

Febuary 7 

Atheists Find Something Else to Worship: 

George Levine, Hubert Dreyfus, Sean Dorrance 

Kelly, and Greg Epstein 

February 21 

An Atheist Faces Down Modern Science: 

Raymond Tallis 

March 7 

Do We Know What We Mean When We Say 

“The Meaning of Life?” — Monty Python, 

Charles Taylor, Terry Eagleton, and Julian 

Baggini 

Steven Cassedy is professor of Slavic and 

Comparative Literature and associate dean of 

Graduate Studies at UCSD, and has been an Osher 

lecturer since 2004. His scholarship ranges from 

Russian and other European literatures, Jewish- 

American culture and history, philosophy, the history 

of science, and music. His latest book, Net-Work, 

about American society at the turn of the twentieth 

century, will be published by Stanford University 

Press. He gives lecture demonstrations from the 

piano on musical topics in San Diego and in venues 

across the country. He is currently working on a 

book covering the topics in this series. 

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Current Events 

Classroom 129 

Facilitator: Burt Levine 

Drama, pathos, debate, frustration, humor — it’s 

all there in the daily papers or periodicals. This 

class brings the news to life as the members panel 

selects noteworthy items and issues for audience 

review and discussion. In one of Osher Institute’s 

most enduring classes, views are welcomed, 

whether one already has an opinion or is looking 

for one. 



Reading Poetry 

Classroom 128 

Facilitator: Phyllis Rosenbaum 

This class welcomes all who wish to experience 

the richness of poetry, whether they be longtime 

friends of this genre or new acquaintances. All 

participants are encouraged to share their views. 

Many class members enjoy presenting a program 

of poetry and leading class discussion of the 

material. Their introduction of poems from many 

countries and cultures continues to expand their 

horizons and add depth to their perspectives. 

Reading materials will be available in the Osher 

office at least one week before class so that 

members can familiarize themselves with the 

poems. 

Phyllis Rosenbaum did her undergraduate and 

graduate work at Northwestern University in 

English literature. For 23 years she taught highschool 

English, including 12 years of advancedplacement 

courses. Since 2002 she has been a 

peer facilitator at Osher. 


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Law and Society Series 

Thursday 1:00 p.m. 

Classroom 129 

Coordinator: Mark Evans 

January 10 

Professor David Glazier 

Drones and Targeted Killing: A Legal 

Assessment 

One of the most controversial aspects of the socalled 

“War on Terror” has been the use of drones 

to kill suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens, in 

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen. Initiated 

by President Bush and expanded by President Obama, 

the strikes will almost certainly continue regardless 

of the outcome of the 2012 election. Although the 

Obama administration has made a limited effort to 

justify their legality, there has been no real effort at a 

comprehensive or balanced legal analysis of drone use 

in any public forum. This lecture will endeavor to fill 

that gap. 

David Glazier is a professor of law at Loyola Law 

School Los Angeles. He served for twenty-one years 

as a U.S. Navy surface warfare officer before retiring 

to attend law school at the University of Virginia. 

Professor Glazier’s legal scholarship focuses on the 

law of war. He has testified before Congress on the 

use of drones. 

January 11 

Friday at 1:00 p.m. 

Professor John Noyes (See copy pg. 38) 

February 7 

Professor Jane Henning 

Animals and the Law 

Courses in animal law have become standard fare at 

many law schools over the past ten years, although 

some skeptics question the need for such a class. Yet 

there are a surprising number of legal issues involving 

animals, many of which affect people’s daily lives. 

These include the potential liabilities in owning pets, 

municipal breed restrictions, the status of companion 

animals in marital dissolutions, regulation of factory 

farming, and ownership of exotic animals, to name 

just a few. This lecture will address some of the 

most interesting and topical legal issues concerning 

animals. 

Jane Henning is professor-in-residence at the 

University of San Diego School of Law, where she has 

taught since 2005. She received her J.D. degree from 

UCLA in 1985. In addition to animal law, she regularly 

teaches civil procedure and cyberspace law. 

February 21 

Professor Laura M. Berend 

Criminal Justice: The People and the Process 

This lecture will track the progression of a felony 

case through the San Diego trial courts from arrest 

through sentencing. Professor Berend will explain 

bail reviews, preliminary hearings, motion hearings, 

trials, and sentencing hearings. She will discuss jail 

procedures after an arrest, methods of posting 

bail, interviewing and establishing relationships 

with witnesses and defendants, discovery and 

case evaluation, plea negotiation, trial preparation, 

and sentencing preparation. She will also examine 

the functions and perspectives of other people 

involved in this process, such as law-enforcement 

officers, prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges, and 

defendants. 

Laura M. Berend is professor of law at the University 

of San Diego School of Law, where she teaches 

criminal trial practice and evidence. Before joining 

the USD faculty in 1982, she practiced as a criminal 

defense attorney in San Diego. She is the co-author 

of Criminal Litigation in Action, a book designed 

to prepare law students and new lawyers for the 

practice of criminal law in the trial courts. 

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March 7 

Professor Abraham Bell 

The Challenge of Modern Copyright Law 

With the growth of information technology, copyright 

law has become one of the most dynamic, challenging, 

and controversial areas of the law. Copyright law is 

in constant revision, as it unsuccessfully races to keep 

up with technology and to conform to international 

trends. At the same time, copyright law is facing 

growing criticism from analysts who claim that it 

has gone too far and is stifling creativity rather than 

promoting it. 

This lecture will provide an overview of the law 

relating to rights in expressive works and then 

will touch on the central areas of controversy: 

international harmonization, digital protections, and 

legal remedies for infringement. 

Abraham Bell is professor of law at University of San 

Diego School of Law, where he teaches and writes in 

the areas of property and copyright law. He received 

his J.D. from the University of Chicago and an S.J.D. 

from Harvard. 

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Price Center, Ballroom B 

January 17 

Richard Dreyfuss 

Common Sense is Not Common: A Conversation 

with Richard Dreyfuss 

Richard Dreyfuss is Founder and President of the 

Dreyfuss Initiative (TDI), a nonprofit organization 

committed to revitalizing America’s civic culture. 

TDI is a non-partisan public corporation whose 

mission and vision is a nationwide effort to renew, 

elevate, and enhance the teaching of civics in 

schools. Its objective is to provide their youth 

and society at large with the tools necessary 

to be effective stewards of their representative 

democracy, to make all aware of not only 

their rights under the constitution, but their 

responsibilities as well. This conversation with Mr. 

Dreyfuss will be a free flowing discussion of the 

problems created when school systems failed to 

see the critical importance of including civics in 

their curriculum. 

Richard Dreyfuss serves on the American Bar 

Association’s Education Committee and the Board 

of the National Constitution Center, is a member 

of the Council on Foreign Relations, and was 

Senior Research Advisory Member of St. Antony’s 

College, Oxford University. 

This presentation will be recorded for broadcast by 

UCSD-TV. 

Coordinator: Stanley M. Faer 

Classroom 129 

January 24 

William Widdowson, Ph.D. 

Metaphor: Freight Or Fuel? 

Keeping abreast of developments in science 

can be challenging in the best of circumstances. 

As scientific ideas evolve, the language used 

to formulate and communicate those ideas 

doesn’t always keep pace. For example, even 

though Copernicus has been dead since 1543, 

people continue to refer to the “sunrise” and the 

“sunset.” A more specific and contentious example 

is the concept of the “selfish gene” introduced by 

Richard Dawkins. The use of metaphor in scientific 

speech and writing in evolutionary biology provides 

an especially rich field. Since metaphors sometimes 

facilitate and sometimes hinder one’s attempts 

to understand and communicate complex ideas, 

a critical analysis of their role should prove both 

interesting and useful. 

William Widdowson is a professor emeritus at the 

University of Cincinnati. He earned an M.A. from 

Rice University and a Ph.D. from the University of 

Pennsylvania. 

Coordinator: Jim Wyrtzen 

January 31 

Ellen Cassedy, M.F.A. 

We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian 

Holocaust 

Ellen Cassedy’s new book, We Are Here: Memories 

of the Lithuanian Holocaust, tells the story of her 

personal journey into the Jewish heartland of 

Lithuania — the land of her Jewish forebears — 

and then expands into a larger exploration. How 

does a country scarred by genocide move forward 

into the future? Can one honor their heritage 

without perpetuating the fears and hatreds of the 

past? Probing the terrain of memory and moral 

dilemmas, Cassedy will ask challenging questions 

and shine a spotlight on fragile efforts toward 

mutual understanding. Her book carries a cautious 

message of hope. 

Ellen Cassedy, a Washington, D.C.-based journalist, 

has explored the world of the Lithuanian Holocaust 

for ten years. She is a former columnist for the 

Philadelphia Daily News whose articles have 

appeared in Hadassah, Ha’aretz, The Forward, 

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Huffington Post, 

and other publications. 


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February 14 

Professor Patrick Drinan 

Opus Dei: Myth and Political Reality 

It has been almost a decade since Dan Brown caught 

the public imagination with the Da Vinci Code and 

implications of grand conspiracies. But what do people 

really know about Opus Dei? Professor Drinan will 

explore the surprising twists in the political history of 

Opus Dei from its origins in Franco Spain until present 

times. This examination of Opus Dei will provide 

compelling glimpses into the paths to democratization 

that have common relevance for many countries 

undertaking such journeys. 

Patrick Drinan received an M.A. in foreign affairs and 

a Ph.D. in government from the University of Virginia. 

After joining the USD faculty in 1981, he served as 

chair of the political science and international relations 

department and later as the dean of the College of Arts 

and Sciences. His most recent research and publications 

have been on public policy issues in higher education, 

especially management of academic integrity issues, for 

which he received a lifetime achievement award from 

the international Center for Academic Integrity. 


February 28 

Elisabeth Pace, Ph.D. 

The Dance of God: Theological Implications of 

Baroque Dance in J.S. Bach’s Sacred Cantata 

The Aristotelian foundations furnished to the 

nascent Lutheran Church by its co-founder, Philipp 

Melanchthon, found felicitous rhetorical expression 

through the elegant and sophisticated rhythms of 

French Baroque Dance. This lecture will describe how 

the fusion of these two venerable traditions became 

the beating heart of J.S. Bach’s musical oratory. The 

presentation will include audio-visual examples of both 

music and historical Baroque dance. 

Dr. Elisabeth Kotzakidou Pace earned her Ph.D. in music 

theory from Columbia University and her M.M. from 

The Juilliard School. She trained in cognitive science 

at Princeton and UCSD. She was a finalist in the 2002 

competition of the Princeton Society of Fellows in the 

Liberal Arts, and a 2003 U.S. Department of Education 

Language and Area Studies Fellow in Germany. She 

has presented invited colloquia at Harvard and Yale, 

and conference papers at American and European 

musicological societies. She is the founder of the 

chamber ensemble Musical Oratory. 


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Classroom 129 

March 14 

Andy Nosal, Ph.D., Kate Jirik, M.S. 

Sharks: Life, Habits, and Conservation 

The shark — fearsome, man-eating machine or 

soon-to-be extinct species? Experts from Scripps 

Institution of Oceanography and Birch Aquarium will 

dispel misconceptions about sharks while presenting 

biological facts and technologies that aid in 

conservation. Topics will include shark classification, 

common characteristics, husbandry techniques 

for the seven species of sharks swimming at Birch 

Aquarium, and threats to shark populations in the 

world’s oceans today. Participants will have the 

opportunity to touch shark egg cases, skin, and bone 

and hear from the experts in shark husbandry and 

research. 

Member Dialogue 

Dr. Nosal’s studies focus on the physiological ecology 

of elasmobranches in the Southern California Bight, 

in both the U.S. and Mexico, and the implications 

for bi-national efforts to conserve these species. Ms. 

Jirik is a scientist/educator at Birch Aquarium. Her 

interests in ecology and the behavior of marine fishes 

has yielded opportunities to work with endangered 

sawfish, pregnant stingrays, and great whites. 

Coordinator: Rita Petrella 


Classroom 128 

Facilitators: Patricia McCabe, Madelyn Reina 

This is an informal group in which timely topics that 

are of broad interest to Osher members are discussed. 

Digressions are acceptable, even encouraged, and 

member suggestions for future discussions are always 

welcome. Topics will be selected and group members 

will be informed by e-mail prior to classes. This is a 

great way to get to know fellow Osher members. 

Patricia McCabe, MSW, spent her career as a clinical 

social worker. She has worked with individuals and 

groups in social work agencies and as a group cotherapist 

with a psychiatrist. 


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Classroom 128 

Co-Facilitators: Esther Lynn Dobrin and Howard Hyman 

During the winter quarter, the class will be reading 

and discussing Richard Reeves’ biography John Stuart 

Mill, Victorian Firebrand, published by Atlantic Books, 

ISBN 9781843546443. Mill is considered to be “the 

most influential English-speaking philosopher of 

the nineteenth century” (Stanford Encyclopedia of 

Philosophy), and his ideas are still relevant today. 

He was also an ardent supporter of many reform 

Inquiring Minds 

causes, particularly advocacy for women’s rights and 

opposition to slavery. 

January 17: Prologue – Chapter 4, p. 1 – 105 

January 31: Chapters 5 – 8, p. 106 – 203 

February 14: Chapters 9 - 11, p. 204 – 306 

February 28: Chapters 12 - 13, p. 307 – 412 

March 14: Chapter 14 - Epilogue, p. 413 – 487 

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La Jolla Playhouse: 

Winter of New Work 

Premier Series 

Friday 10:00 a.m. 

Classroom 129 

Shirley Fishman, MFA 

Coordinator: Barbara Leondar 

The La Jolla Playhouse has a treasured history of 

developing new plays and musicals, many of which 

have gone on to Broadway with national and 

international acclaim. This year the Playhouse has 

embarked on a new initiative — Winter of New Work 

— to present barebones workshops and readings of 

exciting new plays and musicals written by a diverse 

range of established and emerging writers who have 

interesting, provocative, and entertaining stories 

to tell. Shirley Fishman, resident dramaturg at the 

Playhouse, along with guest artists from the Winter 

of New Work series, will discuss how the Playhouse 

finds, chooses, and develops new work. 

January 11 

This class will present an overview of the Playhouse’s 

history of commissioning and developing new plays 

and musicals from its earliest days to the present. 

January 25 

The education and outreach wing of the Playhouse 

will introduce its 2013 POP Tour, which annually 

visits San Diego elementary schools, reaching 14,000 

students in grades 2 through 8. A special guest will 

be Ernie Nolan, playwright of The Lonely Boy’s Guide 

to Survival and Werewolves. 

February 8 

This lecture will provide an overview of the first 

Winter of New Work musical-in-development, to be 

directed by Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director of 

the Playhouse. 

February 22 

Two new plays scheduled for workshop production 

at the Playhouse will be introduced, as will five new 

plays planned for one-time-only presentation. 

March 8 

The Playhouse’s Without Walls will be introduced. 

Planned for next October, this unique festival will 

feature site-specific projects at locations in and 

around La Jolla developed by regional, national, and 

international artists. 

Director of Play Development and Resident 

Dramaturg, Shirley Fishman earned an MFA degree 

from Columbia University’s Theatre Program. Before 

joining the La Jolla Playhouse, she served as co-curator 

and dramaturg at New York’s Public Theater. Among 

her other credits are creative advisor/dramaturg at the 

Sundance Theater Lab; dramaturg, Native Voices at 

the Autry; and dramaturg, UC San Diego Baldwin Play 

Festival. She writes a monthly blog, Behind the Red 

Curtain: Backstage at the La Jolla Playhouse. 

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Secrets of the Watergate Scandal 

Classroom 129 

Instructor: Dan Dinan 

It is over 40 years since the Watergate scandal 

burst on the American political scene. What was 

first described by some as a “third-rate burglary” 

blossomed into a full-scale scandal that captured 

the rapt attention and imagination of the entire 

country. This class will proceed in an informal 

seminar style, using the “Socratic-Don Rickles” 

educational approach, to unearth the controversies 

surrounding and embedded in the story. Recent 

revelations provide a treasure of fascinating, often 

bizarre insights into this major historical event. To 

balance the view of the Nixon presidency, his major 

accomplishments regarding improved relationships 

with the Soviet Union and China will also be 

explored. Included in the class will be many newly 

available illustrative and entertaining video clips. 

Dinan is a former executive with the Department 

of Defense, NATO, and General Dynamics 

Corporation, specializing in international security 

and intelligence matters. 

January 18, February 1, 15, March 1, 15 


Classroom 128 

Facilitator: Henry Williams 

Deliberative Dialogue engages the class in 

discussion of intractable political problems 

using structured dialogue and deliberation 

methods. The intent is to have a dialogue where 

participants first gain an appreciation of other 

points of view, identifying and focusing on the 

values and emotions that are key to individuals’ 

attitudes about the issue, rather than debating 

contentious and uncertain facts and statistics. 

Deliberative Dialogue 

Then the participants work through the conflicting 

choices and tradeoffs. It is not about winning an 

argument, but about understanding and learning. 

Each class session will address one subject. The 

subjects will be announced by email. 

January 25 and February 22 

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Live Music Program 

Friday 1:00 p.m. 

Classroom 129 


January 18 

Violinist Päivikki Nykter and pianist Paul 

Kenyon will present a program of sonatas by 

Beethoven, Schumann, and Fauré. 

Päivikki Nykter is a graduate of the Sibelius 

Academy in Helsinki. She has held positions 

in many orchestras, including the Helsinki 

Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms. Nykter served as an 

artist-in-residence at the UCSD Music Department 

from 1994 to 2006. She is now a freelance violinist 

maintaining a busy concert schedule. 

February 1 

University of San Diego Chamber Ensemble 

Angela Yeung will again bring to the Live Music 

program a thoroughly professional ensemble of 

chamber musicians, as she has so many times in 

the past. Whether Yeung comes with her cello 

ready to participate, or simply coordinates the 

musicians, one can be sure to see an hour of top 

quality classical performance. 

February 15 

Neave Piano Trio 

The Neave Piano Trio, an SDSU Artist Diploma 

Ensemble-in-Residence, will present an exciting 

program of classical trio masterworks. The Trio has 

won several significant music prizes, with recent 

appearances at the American Dvorak Society 

Debut and recitals in Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital 

Hall), Jordan Hall in Boston, and Kodak Hall at the 

Eastman Theatre. 

Mikhail Veselov (cello) holds a bachelor of music 

diploma (Moscow Chopin Academy), graduate 

performance diploma (Longy School of Music of 

Bard College), and master of music degree (Longy 

School of Music of Bard College). 

Anna Williams (violin) holds a bachelor of music 

degree (Manhattan School of Music), graduate 

performance diploma (Longy School of Music of 

Bard College), and master of music degree (Longy 

School of Music of Bard College). 

Toni James (piano) holds a First Class Honours 

bachelor of music degree (Royal Conservatoire of 

Scotland), performing certificate diploma (Royal 

Conservatoire of Scotland), and master of music 

degree (Eastman School of Music), and is currently 

a candidate for a doctor of musical arts degree 

(Eastman School of Music). 

March 1 

Anna Belaya, Soprano 

Anna Belaya has performed twice for Osher. She 

is an incredibly gifted operatic soprano and will 

share with us the current progress of her efforts 

to make opera her ultimate career. She will be 

performing with the support of a Russian pianist, 

Irina Bessonova. The program will consist of 

pieces by Rossini, Purcell, Mozart, Grieg, Poulenc, 

Tchaikovsky, and Barbieri. 

March 8 

Noah Bailyn (Double Bass) 

Noah Bailyn, 13, is an 8th grader at the Orange 

County School of the Arts (OCSA) in Santa 

Ana and a protégé of Bert Turetzky. He is the 

principal bassist (and youngest student) in the 

OCSA Symphony Orchestra. In June 2011, Bailyn 

won second prize in the International Society of 

Bassists biennial solo competition as the youngest 

competitor. Bailyn has performed solo concerti 

with both the San Diego Youth Philharmonic 

Advanced Orchestra and the San Diego Young 

Artists Symphony. Bailyn will perform: 

Bottesini, Fantasia ‘Lucia du Lammermoor’ 

Bottesini, Concerto No. 2 in A minor 

Berio, psy per contrabasso solo 

Dragonetti, Waltz No. 7 

Koussevitzky, Four Pieces for Double Bass and Piano 

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Classroom 129 

Coordinator: Mark Evans 

January 11 

Professor John E. Noyes 

Governing the Oceans: The Challenge of 

Modern Piracy 

Modern pirates seize huge tankers, holding the 

ships and their crews for tens of millions of dollars 

in ransom. Businesses incur significant costs in 

trying to avoid pirate attacks, and innocent sailors 

lose lives to pirates. The upsurge in modern piracy 

is but one of many challenges facing the oceans. 

This lecture will introduce some of those challenges, 

focusing especially on piracy, and will explore 

the roles of international law and international 

organizations in regulating activities in the vast 

global common space we call the oceans. 

John E. Noyes is the Roger J. Traynor Professor of 

Law at California Western School of Law. He is 

the author of more than 50 book chapters, lawreview 

articles, and essays on the international 

law of the sea, international dispute resolution, 

and other topics. Professor Noyes is the immediate 

past president of the American branch of the 

International Law Association. 


Conversational Yiddish 

Classroom 129 

February 8 

Yiddish Concert 

Part of the Conversational Yiddish class. 

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CAREER INFORMATION: Principal positions that comprised your working life, beginning with the last position 

you had before retirement. 

___________________________________________________________ Date Retired_______________________ 

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Are you currently involved in any San Diego community associations or 

organizations? Have you been in the past? What organizations, and what was your level of involvement? 

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Do you have distinctive skills that you would like to contribute for the continued enrichment of the Osher 

Institute? Please specify. 

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Do you have any suggestions for programs that would interest you? 

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I authorize the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC San Diego, and its Executive Committee members or 

their designated representatives to have access to this information. 

Signed:___________________________________________________________ Date:_______________________ 

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OSHER 

LIFELONG 

LEARNING 

INSTITUTE 

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC San Diego 

9500 Gilman Dr., Dept. 0176-A 

La Jolla, CA 92093-0176 

Non-Profit Org. 

U.S. Postage 

PAID 

San Diego, CA 

Permit No. 1909 

Not Printed at State Expense 

OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE 

olli.ucsd.edu 

Become a Member Today! 

On average the Osher Institute features over 

120 courses, plus tours and social events each 

year. Courses offered include art, science, 

medicine, literature, computing, history, theater, 

distinguished lectures by national and local leaders 

in government, and live musical performances. 

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members enjoy: 

• Convenient daytime class hours 

• No prerequisites, grades or tests 

• Opportunity to audit most UC San Diego classes 

• Free use of the UC San Diego libraries 

• Social opportunities 

For more information: 

call (858) 534-3409 

e-mail olli@ucsd.edu or 

visit olli.ucsd.edu 

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