tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post7950515974148316728..comments2024-03-05T09:00:51.695-08:00Comments on DISSENT the BLOG: Gumby CollegeRebel Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00695051285325585662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-15737926547697486412013-06-29T12:50:05.073-07:002013-06-29T12:50:05.073-07:00Yes, we've presented that occasion and his wor...Yes, we've presented that occasion and his words <a href="http://dissenttheblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/ivc-birth-of-college-with-daffy-name.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Roy Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107385463457119300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-56973811056682565272013-06-28T10:38:56.648-07:002013-06-28T10:38:56.648-07:00Those who have been around a while may recall that...Those who have been around a while may recall that Dr. Joshua Smith, then Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, was the guest speaker at the IVC inauguration as a separate college. Yes, there had been a lot of talk, and even controversy, about nomenclature, some arguing that there was no "valley" in Irvine, so why name the new college "Irvine Valley College? But Dr. Smith, in his characteristic acerbic sense of humor, calmly noted that if the dead have their valley, if the kings had their valley, and if the dolls had their valley then, heck, why not give Irvine its "valley" too? End of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com