You remember David Bugay! Despite what his Linked in page says below, Bugay was Vice Chancellor (not President) of Human Resources at SOCCCD.
—Until, that is, he was fired about a year ago. (See Poof: Bugay bugs out)
Bugay certainly had his detractors. HR had a pretty bad reputation while he was in charge of it.
It didn't help that Teddi Lorch was the "Director" of HR. She's an idiot.
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You'll recall that, way back in 2011, district denizens were informed:
Colleagues and Friends,
You are invited to attend the premiere of
The Naked Turtle Dances
Poem by David Bugay
Music by Daniel Luzko
Choreography by Marie de la Palme
This poetry/music/dance thang was presented at IVC (Luzko teaches and de la Palme taught at IVC).
His poetry is pretty bad. So, what gives?
I guess Bugay had pull up here at the northern college.
Those with knowledge of poetry at the college took a dim view of Bugay's efforts. (See The pious and the poetic, November, 2011.) Not for the first time, we asked: Why all the sub-collegiate bullshit at IVC?
Remember the time our "multiculturalism" event was a showing of 20th-Century-Fox's The King and I?
Our college is best known, of course, for holding that idiotic "Astounding Inventions" competition for kiddies. You know: hats that drop sandwiches into your face.
Remember when the Foundations director wanted to put on a "book burning" to publicize the college? A year or so later, he wanted to present a collection of famous shoes.
Typically, when High Schoolers are invited to the college, Team IVC sets up bouncy-houses. And there're hundreds of blue and white balloons.
WTF?
It's a question we often ask here at Dumbshit College.
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It turns out that Bugay has long pursued a writing career. As writer, he now goes by the pen name "Doc D" (see below). Aside from The Naked Turtle Dances, Doc D has written such works as Backbonology: Tough Decisions at Work, Zombie Dearest: Poems for Young Zombies, and Zombie Dearest: a Two-Act Musical Comedy: |
| From the "Doc the Writer" homepage. "He has found two major obstacles in the skillsets of emerging leaders." Obstacles in their skillsets? |
—And guess what?! TODAY, Irvine Valley College's "IVC Happenings" sports the following page:
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Just who is this La Grand Barr? —Actually, his name is LeGrand (or Le Grand) Barr, and he lives in Aliso Viejo. (IVC publications seems to think his name is "La Grand".)
He's a local musician (piano). Here's his Facebook Page.He tells us that he has "played for different ministries here in South Orange County...."
Uh-oh.
