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Category Archives: PUC
Wayne Judd – Energy Star
I never met a cooler man at Pacific Union College (PUC) than religion teacher Wayne Judd (b. 1942). He was high-energy, hilarious and his family hosted my family many times in the late 70s to watch wholesome things on TV. … Continue reading
Chuck Evans and the Sacred Body
Spring comes late to Howell Mountain. Pacific Union College sits above the Napa fog, and in March 1980 the grass on the ball field still holds the cold past nine in the morning. I am thirteen. I came to America … Continue reading
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Decoding Pacific Union College
ChatGPT says: Pacific Union College is best decoded, through Alliance Theory, as a small institutional enclave designed to preserve a bounded moral alliance in a world that increasingly penalizes it. Start with Pinsof’s premise. Institutions are alliance technologies. They exist … Continue reading
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Pacific Union College wins ‘most beautiful’
This is where I grew up and this is a place I love. I know this will sound crass, but Seventh-Day Adventist girls are hot. Seventh-Day Adventism is a feminine religion. Women account for about two-thirds of the church. The … Continue reading
Seventh-day Adventist college fracas proves that local coverage is often better
Every group has rules — written and unwritten — and if you violate them sufficiently, you get kicked out. Seventh-Day Adventism is high intensity religion. If you take it seriously, it tends to take over your whole life. Because of … Continue reading
Photos: Pacific Union College Demonstration
Many of my happiest memories are from my time at Pacific Union College (6th thru 12th grade). There would not be such intense conflict if people didn’t love so much. It is a very good sign for Adventism’s future that … Continue reading
Pacific Union College Salaries
My dad taught at Pacific Union College from 1977-1979, and I have frequently returned there over the years because I love the place. I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: … Continue reading
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My Search For Substitute Father Figures
At age 12 at Pacific Union College in the Napa Valley, I took up jogging, eventually completing five marathons (with times of over four hours each). I bonded with other marathoners at the college, most particularly with David Nieman, now … Continue reading
Romeo & Juliet
I remember spending a few days with the Thompsons (friends of the family from Avondale College) at Pacific Union College. I think it was the summer of 1982. I think it was a Sunday. Eye of the Tiger was playing … Continue reading
You Can Ring My Bell
When’s disco coming back? I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist. Disco was a sin. I came to California from Australia in May of 1977. I was 11 years of age. I think it was the summer of 1978 when I … Continue reading