Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Nice hair, eh? That look of confidence Drawing by Joe Big Guy Dougherty spring ler status. Throughout this edition of The Cauldron we will be covering the life of Joe and how he comes to deal with eality of himself, life at NU and trying to discover if dogs really do talk to ans. But first we must fill you in on Joe ' s background . . . tvcr since Joseph M. Bagoonya was dropped off in a basket on a doorstep Ohio (he ' s believed the stork story ever since) life was rough. usually replied. slowly built up his vocabu- And so, life began for Joe rather abruptly, as I lary. He also developed a keen sen ' e Joe around the neighborhood, usually until Joe reached the one and only tree on the block. He panted to himself once, I wish there were more frees around here. And that ' s when his love for forestry began. itly. They had to be. Their home was a small, log cabin in the heart of downtown Cleveland. Joe was forced to ... .he bathroom where he had the most unusual alarm clocP- quite effective: he either got up or he ' d drown, and if that didn ' t mother would just start to take her shower on hi couldn ' t afford those slip grip shower mats so I guess Joe would have to do. For Joe this was a great foretelling of his life ahead. You see his father was a male stripper who worked every joint on Prospect Avenue, but eventually called the Pink Flamingo Lounge home. It was said that in his prime the elder Bagoonya had great legs. Lola Bagoonya, Joe ' s mom, was a slightly portly woman of 430 lbs. and an accountant at a small advertising agency. Kevin, Joe ' s oldest brother, was a former member of the Hare Krishna thing. He happened to be the first person ever suspended from this Eastern activity. His suspension came after his arrest for possession of heavy quan- tities of Preparation H. He later insisted it had nothing to do with his feelings toward the group. Kevin is now an account executive at the same agency that employs his mother. Like his brother Bob, Kevin changed his surname so as to avoid any familiar link with the Bagoonya family. Chico (Bob Gross) was Joe ' s other brother. Bob led a somewhat neglected childhood. At four he ran away from home at the urging of his parents. To make ends meet he held various part time jobs including elephant mainten- ance at the zoo, sweeping the floors of the Cleveland Press and a brief stint of teaching swimming in Lake Erie.l He would ' ve tried his luck at the Flamingo Lounge but his father insisted he didn ' t have enough hair on his chest or any tattoos in those special places. Joe himself was somewhat industrious. But it seems he could never hold a job. There was always some conflict of interest. You see Joe had pledged himself to work for the welfare of trees throughout the world. Hence his I forestry my life. He lived his pledge daily by ver since he saw the Smokey the Bear ( the most ■ercials, where