The Daily Bruin

On Thursday, Feb. 26, our 25Live system will be upgraded to Version 24. This upgrade will greatly increase the speed of entering requests and doing searches. The other thing you will notice is a completely new layout in the Event Wizard. Watch for reminders about the upgrade, which will include when the system will not be available in the early-morning hours of Feb. 26.

Training sessions will be provided for those users new to 25Live and separate sessions for those who just want to explore what’s new. We encourage anyone who uses 25Live on a regular basis to come to one of these sessions. Not only will we show you what’s new, but we’ll provide tips and tricks to using 25Live.

Sessions will be held on Feb. 26 and 27. There will be training on the Newberg campus in our labs. Portland users are welcome to attend a Newberg session or attend a webinar from the comfort of your own office on Friday, Feb. 27.

To sign up for training, please complete our Registration Form by Wednesday, Feb. 25. You must be logged into your George Fox Google account to access the form.

Questions? Email the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join us for the university’s fifth annual Dalton Lecture tonight (Thursday) as Dr. William Phillips, a 1997 Nobel Prize winner in physics, presents at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The free presentation is entitled “Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science,” in which he will speak on the common ground shared between faith and science. A George Fox student research poster session and dessert reception will follow Phillips’ lecture.

Among the questions Phillips will address are queries that can be particularly troublesome for a Christian: “Why is there suffering if God is good?” “What about all the terrible things done in the name of religion?” and “What about all the good people who are on a different path of faith than Christianity?”

Phillips will also speak this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. on the topic “Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe” in Wood-Mar Auditorium (please note location update from Wednesday’s announcement).

The Dalton Lecture Series is sponsored by the Department of Biology and Chemistry. More information can be found on the Dalton Lecture page.

Please join in as a George Fox community on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in honor of Ash Wednesday. We will be holding a service in Bauman Auditorium at 1 p.m. to prepare our hearts and minds as we enter the season of Lent.

All are welcome and encouraged to join us!

Longing for a low-key, low-pressure night full of literary laughs? Then sigh no more: “Bad Poetry Night” is coming on Friday, Feb. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. in Lemmons 8.

“Bad poetry” doesn’t just mean your middle school love poems (though it certainly could include them). It could be a dramatic reading of a song, a Facebook post, or a series of tweets. It could be a truly awful poem you stumbled across on the Internet. It could be spoken word (or something akin to it). Or it could simply be a “bad” reading of a poem traditionally thought to be “good.”

The sign-up sheet will be posted in the Minthorne mail room. The deadline to sign up is this Friday, Feb. 13. The event is being sponsored by the George Fox chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English Honor Society.

Questions? Contact Emily Lund (elund12@georgefox.edu).

The campus community is invited to a Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation, “Confessions of a Public School Teacher (Who Sends his Child to Private Christian School,” this Monday, Feb. 16, in Hoover 105. The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and features Andrew Milton, a public school teacher in DuPont, Wash., and author of The Normal Accident Theory of Education.

Milton will consider the logical and philosophical implications of educational choices that have spiritual implications. He finds that modern education won’t serve the needs of postmodern learners – but not for the reasons that you might think.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to join the College of Business’ Executive in Residence presentation next Thursday, Feb. 19, as Martin Daum, president and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, speaks at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. There is no charge to attend, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Daum will speak on the topic “How Does Christian Faith Help Me in My Business?” He was appointed to his current position at Daimler Trucks North America in June 2009 and is in charge of visionary responsibilities for the company and its affiliated companies.

To learn more about Daum and the Executive in Residence program, visit this page.

Genealogists and family historians of all skill levels are invited to a presentation of the riches of archives for genealogical research. The talk will be followed by a discussion and tour of the archives of George Fox University and the Northwest Yearly Meeting.

Join us at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the Murdock Learning Resource Center’s multipurpose room. There is no charge to attend.

For more information, please contact the archivist, Rachel Thomas, at rthomas@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2415.

Contemplative Worship will be held today (Thursday) in the Prayer Chapel from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. Contemplative Worship is dedicated to setting aside time and space to rest in God’s embrace, ask him questions, give him thanks, or whatever the condition of your heart. Elective chapel credit is available.

Don’t forget to join us for the university’s fifth annual Dalton Lecture tomorrow (Thursday) as Dr. William Phillips, a 1997 Nobel Prize winner in physics, presents at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The free presentation is entitled “Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science,” in which he speak on the common ground shared between faith and science. A George Fox student research poster session and dessert reception will follow Phillips’ lecture.

Among the questions Phillips will address are queries that can be particularly troublesome for a Christian: “Why is there suffering if God is good?” “What about all the terrible things done in the name of religion?” and “What about all the good people who are on a different path of faith than Christianity?”

Phillips will also speak Thursday afternoon, Feb. 12, at 3:30 p.m. on the topic “Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe” in Bauman Auditorium.

The Dalton Lecture Series is sponsored by the Department of Biology and Chemistry. More information can be found on the Dalton Lecture page.

Just a quick reminder that curbs painted yellow are considered as “fire lanes” around campus, and it’s illegal to park by them or to leave a car parked there.

Cars parked outside of marked spots (a line on each side of the vehicle) will be ticketed as parking in a fire lane because emergency vehicles won’t have sufficient room to maneuver closer to a building in case of a fire or emergency.

Please obey this State of Oregon traffic law and park only in marked spaces, especially in the Bauman, Wheeler and VAC lots where it has been problematic.

Thank you!
– Security Services

Join us for a student-directed play coming up on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27-28, when George Fox University theatre’s Alpha Psi Omega Society presents Eleemosynary, a one-act play written by Lee Blessing and directed by Cambria Herrera.

The play begins at 8:30 p.m. each night and runs for an hour and 15 minutes in the Murdock Learning Resource Center. Tickets will be sold for $5 at the door, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Come hear from former University Pastor Sarah Baldwin tonight (Wednesday) in chapel. Sarah now serves as the VP of student development and dean of students as Asbury University. Chapel will be held in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. Chapel credit is available.

For more information, please visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

This is a reminder that all vehicles must be moved out of the Wood-Mar parking lot today (Wednesday) before 5 p.m. Please plan accordingly.

Thank you.

Make plans to attend a free concert commemorating a recent upgrade to the university’s pipe organ in Bauman Auditorium. The Organ Dedication Concert, featuring musicians Dan Miller on organ and Kenn Willson on piano, will take the Bauman stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20. General seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

The university recently purchased a Rodgers Digital Organ. By the use of digital technology, the organ’s original pipes have been connected to the digital organ. In doing so, the university preserved the original pipe organ installed in the early 1980s while greatly enhancing the quality of sound.

The program will include the selections Toccata and Fugue in D-minor by Bach, a patriotic tribute including the Navy Hymn, a medley from The Phantom of the Opera and one piano and organ duet on the tune Lord of the Dance (arranged by Joel Raney).

To learn more about the performers, visit this page.

Tickets are still available for the final shows of our winter musical production, Little Women. The show runs Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 12-15, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday performance, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.

Tickets can be purchased online at theatre.georgefox.edu. The link also provides a synopsis of the show.

Complimentary Ticket Process
George Fox students and employees can reserve their complimentary tickets online at the above link. All university students and employees may receive one complimentary ticket per production. Complimentary tickets are not transferable and require a current GFU ID to be shown at the door. Student complimentary tickets are only available for Thursday’s performance.

Questions? Contact Kathy Harris at 503-554-2670.

Know students who need help with APA style for writing assignments? We have a workshop for them.

Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style, at an Academic Resource Center-sponsored workshop, “Using APA Format Effectively,” tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu.

Proposals for the Friends Association for Higher Education Meetings at George Fox are due Monday, Feb. 16!

This summer, Quaker educators from around the nation will gather at George Fox for their annual meetings June 18-21. Our theme is “Truth and Transformation,” and a special disciplinary focus will be “Quakers and Literature.” As part of the event, essays will be collected for inclusion in a college textbook.

Plan now to join us. George Fox will cover the registration costs of its educators who attend. And please consider proposing a workshop or presentation by this Monday, Feb. 16, at this link: quakerfahe.com.

For more information, contact Paul Anderson (panderso@georgefox.edu), Kathleen Gathercoal (kgathercoal@georgefox.edu), Tom Head (thead@georgefox.edu), Phil Smith (psmith@georgefox.edu) or Ron Mock (rmock@georgefox.edu).

Our software vendor for 25Live will again be making some service upgrades tonight (Tuesday) starting at 5 p.m. You may experience intermittent issues with 25Live between 5 and 7 p.m.

After the upgrades are complete, we encourage you to clear your browser cookies and cache. Any difficulty with your 25Live login following these upgrades should be resolved by that step (or using a different browser).

If you have any questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

You are invited to a retirement party for Sherrie Frost from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the Cap and Gown Room. She has worked in Mail Services at George Fox since 1985. Come share your memories with her and wish her well in her new phase of life.

Come join the Students for Life Club to vote on officers for next year, play pro-life Jeopardy and eat pizza! We’ll be meeting tonight (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. in EHS 125. If you’re unable to make it, you can message us which office you’d like to run for and an explanation of how you qualify.

Check out our Facebook page for details on positions available. Questions about Students for Life? Contact Elise Stewart at StudentsForLifeGFU@gmail.com.