The following was taken from the October, 2006 issue of “The Explorer.”

The following is a sampler of some of the field trips and courses offered this past fall at the Lifelong Learning Institute at James Madison University in Virginia.

• Trip to Strasberg Museums
• Tour of Bridgewater College
• Computer Security
• Ingredients of American Musical Theatre
• Hawthorne and Thoreau: The Symbolist vs. The Naturalist
• Toward a Better Understand of Homosexuality
• Shakespeare
• Intermediate Bridge Level 2
• Women in the Bible
• The Democratic Republic
• The Chemistry Around Us
• Living Taoism II: Eight Steps to World Peace