September 2009 Entries
Auditing classes at CLU is one of the educational privileges of living at UV. Most classes meet two or three times a week for a semester. Auditors participate as "students," but are not required to take tests and do not receive credit. Of the several residents who have audited CLU classes, three share their experiences and enthusiasm.
Holly Lamb and Art Posner audited Contemporary Philosophy. Six students (3 from CLU and 3 auditors) studied with the head of the department, with stimulating discussion but no exams or term papers. Holly called it "fabulous...it keeps your mind going and is well worth...
Without a long-ago classroom encounter, Ida and John O'Donoghue could not have hosted their recent gala celebration of several milestones, including their 34th wedding anniversary and Ida's retirement. But that's getting ahead of the story.
John, the seventh of thirteen children, was born in 1929 into a fieldstone home with two staircases, central heating, refrigerator and telephone, a pony and maids and a touring car. Seven years later, his depression-stressed parents relocated his six older siblings with family members; John, at age seven, became the "oldest" of seven brothers and sisters. In a small, one-bedroom house, he was responsible for bringing...