The Daily Bruin

Employees are invited to attend an all-employee meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in Hoover 105. The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available for viewing at stream.georgefox.edu/live/commmtg.sdp. For best results, use Mozilla Firefox for your web browser, and your computer must have QuickTime Player installed. Simply copy the link into the address bar of your browser. If you have any problems, contact the Service Desk at ext. 2569.

A video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing the following day at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

You are invited to attend the graphic design senior presentations sponsored by the Visual Arts Department. Presentations are scheduled at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, in Hoover 105. Come and discover graphic design work at its best.

The Multicultural club is hosting a free showing of the movie Crossing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, in EHS 102. The Wall Street Journal calls the movie “A Schindler’s List for North Korea.” Come watch a movie and ask questions about the crisis in North Korea. For more information, visit linkglobal.org.

When it comes to climate change, many people only think about cars and light bulbs. However here’s a shocking fact — the food system is responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Did you know that:

• Fossil fuels used to provide electricity for refrigerators, stoves & ovens produce carbon dioxide?
• Over-use of fertilizer on our ball fields and excessive irrigation on farms contributes nitrous oxide?
• Ruminant animals (cows, sheep, goats) emit methane gas through their digestive process and their waste?
• The energy used to produce food that is wasted in the U.S. roughly equals the total carbon footprint of Bangladesh, a country of 150 million people.

On Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, at lunchtime, Bon Appetit will be celebrating Low Carbon Diet Day. Klages Dining Room will be featuring more than 10 menu items highlighting low-carbon food choices. Each food area will illustrate a key principle of reducing climate change. You will have extensive choices but will be encouraged to taste new items that are more climate-friendly than some regular features. Check out our featured menu.

We also will showcase Bon Appétit’s online Low Carbon Diet Calculator to help you determine the impact of your individual food choices. This fun, interactive calculator is based on best-available science developed by a multi-disciplinary team of experts.

Please join us on April 22 to learn how you can easily lower your carbon impact. For more information, visit CircleofResponsibility.com.

The Department of Performing Arts will present its Spring Concert, the final performance of the academic year, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, in Bauman Auditorium. The concert will feature the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorale and the Symphonic Band. Please come and support the dedicated work of our music students and faculty as they close the spring performance season.

A nutrition class invites all students and staff to stop by a nutrition expo outside the Cap and Gown Room in the Student Union Building. Student teams have created displays about many current nutrition topics such as eating disorders, obesity, saving food dollars and stocking a healthy pantry, the Vitamin D deficiency epidemic, malnutrition, sugar, and many more topics. The expo runs through Friday, April 24.

Come celebrate Earth Day at the George Fox community garden on Wednesday, April 22. Beginning at 6 p.m., we will be planting and preparing the garden beds for summer crops. Come to find out more about the community garden, located adjacent to the Villa Academic Complex, and how to be involved. All are welcome.

The university’s annual Fox Film Festival is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, April 17, and at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19. Friday’s event is at the Cameo in downtown Newberg and costs $4 (cash only). Lights will go down at 6 p.m., so get there early for a good seat.

On Sunday, films will be shown in Bauman Auditorium free of charge. Refreshments will be served, and DVDs will be on sale.  Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for a small pre-show, and the lights will go down at 6:30 p.m.

Spiritual Life will host a Gathering event from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, April 17, in Bauman Auditorium. Come to worship the Lord with the George Fox community.

Celebrate with our seniors at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, at the senior commissioning and campus celebration chapel in Bauman Auditorium. This is a time to celebrate our seniors and send them off with prayer and worship. The senior slideshow also will be shown as we remember our many great times together at George Fox. So come join the celebration!

Are you tired of Facebook and other online networking sites? Do you want a professional look for your online resume? Have you ever wanted to control your online content but not known how? If so, come to a workshop from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, in Stevens 209 to learn how to create your own digital portfolio. Questions? Contact Andrew Griggs at agriggs05@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to attend a celebration rally for the national-champion women’s basketball team from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 20, in Bauman Auditorium. Students who attend will earn Spiritual Life credit.

The event will include a video tribute of the season and appearances by former Portland Trail Blazer Jerome Kersey and George Fox alumnus Eric Lautenbach, director of college basketball sports marketing at Nike. Also, Newberg Mayor Bob Andrews will proclaim April 20 as “George Fox University Bruins Women’s Basketball Day” in Newberg.

Monday’s morning rally kicks off a full day of festivities that will include a barbecue, parade and evening party. Here are the details:

Barbecue
Klages Dining Hall, 4:30 p.m.
An on-campus celebration barbecue is scheduled from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Klages Dining Hall and, if weather permits, in the Centennial Tower quad. Note: The cost is $7.75 per person (free to students on meal plan).

Parade
Newberg campus and downtown, 6:30 p.m.
At 6:30 p.m., a fire truck will arrive at the Stevens Center to take the team on a short escorted parade around campus and through downtown. The Newberg police and fire departments will escort the team from the center of campus north on Meridian Street, east on Fulton Street, south on Villa Road, west on 99W through downtown and south on Howard Street to the Newberg Public Safety Building, where the Newberg city council will award honorary Newberg citizenship and medallions to the players and coaches at approximately 7 p.m.

Lil’ Cooperstown
705 N. Springbrook Road, Newberg, 7:45 p.m.
The day’s festivities end with a party from approximately 7:45 to 9 p.m. at the Lil’ Cooperstown Restaurant, where the fans can meet the team, request autographs and take photos with the players. The team will be presenting a jersey to be added to the restaurant wall décor.

Visit the celebration events page on the university website for a complete rundown of the day’s activities.

Just a reminder: George Fox will host a national leadership conference, “Spiritual Discernment As Christian Leadership,” May 31 through June 3. The full conference cost of $349 is discounted to $199 for those registering before April 18 and qualifying for a group discount. Register now and save; also, invite church leaders to take advantage of this special opportunity.

See the conference website for more information.

A special price for George Fox students (graduate and undergraduate, no meals or lodging) is $100, and Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) is offering a May Term independent study (1-3 hours) for any interested in attending the conference for credit.

Saturday, April 18
Noon – Softball vs. Pacific Lutheran (2), Morse Field

Sunday, April 19
Noon – Softball vs. Puget Sound (2), Morse Field

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926.

You are invited to come listen to Eric Middleton as he lectures on his book The New Flatlanders at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16, in EHS 102 on the Newberg campus. Eric is a British teacher/lecturer with master’s degrees in natural sciences, psychology and philosophy. In The New Flatlanders, he challenges traditional ways of looking at reality by engaging readers in a “voyage of discovery starting with questions.”

Come support your engineering freshmen as they demonstrate their latest robotics projects at 1:45 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS. Refreshments provided. All are invited!

The university’s annual Engineering Expo is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS. The event will feature high school design projects as well as our own engineering class projects and senior design presentations. Lab tours and refreshments provided!

Due to the cost of materials, the pricing for color wide-format printing (posters/banners) has changed in some instances. Many of the prices have been reduced, but some of the basic prices have been raised. Prior to creating your project, please call Elizabeth Holme (Print Services) at ext. 2550 or send your e-mail to eholme@georgefox.edu.

The Department of Writing and Literature is hosting the West Region Conference on Christianity and Literature April 16-18. The university community is invited to attend the plenary sessions for the conference, free of charge. These sessions include a reading by Brian Doyle, editor of Portland magazine, on Thursday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105; a talk by Amy Frykholm, an editor at Christian Century, on Friday, April 17, at 10:45 a.m. in the Villa Academic Complex; and a reading by poet Jeanne Murray Walker on Friday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

If you have any questions about the conference, please e-mail Melanie Springer Mock (Writing/Literature) at mmock@georgefox.edu.

The theatre department will present its Spring One-Act Festival, featuring the work of the university’s best student directors and designers, April 17-19, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. each night with the exception of the Sunday, April 19 show, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee. Employees receive one complimentary ticket, and students may attend for free on Friday, April 17. Additional tickets are  $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni, and $6 for students and children under 12 years of age.

Tickets may be picked up/purchased in person at the University Store, by phone with a major credit card by calling ext. 3844, or by visiting theatre.georgefox.edu.

The four one-acts will include Cindy Lou Johnson’s Brilliant Traces, directed by Jordan Beanblossom; William Inge’s Glory in the Flower, directed by Stephen Pick; Tennessee Williams’ The Lady of Larkspur Lotion, directed by Caleb Thurston; and In Pursuit, performed and choreographed by the university’s dance company.