The Daily Bruin

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. at a location to be determined.

“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 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 university’s baseball team lost a member of its family with the recent passing of Kim Hunter, wife of head coach Marty Hunter and mother to sons Taylor and Tucker. Kim has been an avid supporter of the Bruins since Marty began as a coach with the program in 2003.

This Sunday, Jan. 25, a celebration of life service for Kim will take place at 2 p.m. at the Canby High School Fine Arts Center. The university will be providing a bus to take people to the service. If you would like a ride, call Craig Taylor at 503-554-2911 to inform him of your interest. The bus will depart from the Le Shana parking lot at 12:30 p.m.

In addition, a reception will follow the celebration service at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds at 694 N.E. 4th Ave., in Canby. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made at Kim’s “Positivity Award” site at gofundme.com/kimhunter.

To read a message from Craig and Marty about Kim, visit this page.

Please join us for a farewell celebration in honor of Sarah King on Friday, Jan. 23, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

Sarah, who currently works on our data analytics team, will be transferring to Nike to join the company’s emerging markets team. Please join us as we say farewell to Sarah and thank her for her seven years of service to the university!

Join us as we stand for the freedom of over 27 million slaves in the world. The 27-hour stand will begin at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, on the quad and continue until 2 p.m. on Thursday. Stand for a few minutes, or stay for hours.

“The unchecked plague of slavery, rape, trafficking, illegal detention, land theft, police abuse and other brutality against the poor is a global crisis that undermines the well-intentioned fight for their freedom. Unless we STAND against it, nothing will change” (stand-for-freedom.com).

Kingdom Come is hosted by International Justice Mission George Fox Chapter, a student-led club focused on human trafficking. For more information about the events and club, visit facebook.com/gfuijm.

As some of you may know, January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. George Fox is honoring this in a few ways, one of which is hosting an information night on Portland human trafficking awareness.

The event, hosted by the Social Work Club, is set from 6:30 to 8 p.m. this Thursday, Jan. 22, in Hoover 105. We will host two well-informed speakers from the Human Trafficking Division of the Portland Police Bureau: Sergeant Chuck Lovell and Detective Brendan McGuire. They will help us to see a clearer picture of trafficking in Portland and focus on awareness, prevention and action.

Snacks and refreshments will be served, and we will provide an opportunity for Q&A afterwards. Please join us in this important event, and learn what you can do about human trafficking in your neighborhood!

Questions? Contact Patty Blakeslee at pblakeslee11@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to attend an all-employee meeting scheduled for this Thursday, Jan. 22, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. A stream of the meeting will be shown in Portland Center’s Room 160.

Here is the all-employee meeting schedule through the end of June …

• Thursday, Feb. 26, 3:30-5 p.m. in Hoover 105
• Thursday, March 19, 3:30-5 p.m. in Hoover 105
• Thursday, April 30, 3:30-5 p.m. in Hoover 105
• Thursday, May 28, 3:30-5 p.m. in TBD
• Thursday, June 25, 3:30-5 p.m. in TBD

Come and escape to the islands with the Staff Development Committee for the second annual staff lunch luau on Monday, Jan. 26, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room! It will be a great time to escape winter and to have a taste and visual feast from Hawaii.

Bon Appetit will provide a great meal, and they need to know by Wednesday, Jan. 21, how many will be in attendance. Please shoot off a quick email today or tomorrow to Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu to let her know if you can/can’t attend. Cost is just $3 for staff, $12 for faculty/administrators, and there will be great Hawaiian-themed raffle prizes.

See you there!

The winter is a tough time when blood is especially needed! Don’t forget to sign up for the blood drive at redcrossblood.org! The blood drive on campus will be in the Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117 on Wednesday, Jan. 21, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. A free T-shirt is given to all who give!

Questions? Contact Shawn Fisher at sfisher13@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to a free presentation that will discuss the topic of freedom of religion on Wednesday, Jan. 29, in Hoover 105. Guest speaker Nicholas Aroney, professor of constitutional law at the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, Australia, will speak on the subject “Freedom of Religion as an Associational Right Under the Australian Constitution – with U.S. Comparisons.” The presentation is scheduled from 7 to 8:15 p.m.

Aroney, who is also an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, has published multiple books and articles on a variety of subjects, including federalism, constitutionalism, religious liberty, Sharia law and Christian political thought. His presentation is co-sponsored by the George Fox University politics program and the William Penn Honors Program.

For more information, contact Mark David Hall, the university’s Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics, at 503-554-2674.

Interested in learning Chinese? George Fox employees are invited to attend a one-hour Chinese lesson each Friday between noon and 1 p.m. Our visiting professors from China will be presiding as teachers, with the first lesson set for this Friday, Jan. 23, in the International Center/Cultural House.

Questions? Contact Joanna Cox at jcox@georgefox.edu.

Join us tonight (Monday) for the fourth annual Chehalem Valley Community Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Chehalem Cultural Center’s grand ballroom. The event will include time for free refreshments and socializing after.

This is a free, community event for the public. The program will feature performances from George Fox University violinist Simeon Brown, as well as the First United Methodist Church Choir. The event is produced through a cooperation of the Chehalem Park and Recreation District, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg School District and the Newberg Rotary and Kiwanis clubs.

The event follows the annual MLK Day of Service, at which George Fox students and employees will join more than 1,000 in service in Portland.

The Chehalem Cultural Center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St. Questions? Contact Donna Barber at dbarber@georgefox.edu.

Ron Shaw is retiring after 16 and a half years of service to the university. An open house in his honor will take place on Thursday, Jan. 29, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium. There will be refreshments and a time to share memories.

Please remember to follow the procedures outlined on the Expense Reimbursement Request form. Once you open up the form, please go to the “Procedure” tab for detailed instructions.

Following these steps helps ensure we are compliant with George Fox University policies and procedures and IRS guidelines for reimbursable plans.

Questions? Contact Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu.

The Bruins host Whitman College and Whitworth University in what’s sure to be their biggest home games of the season! Mark your calendars and arrive early to make sure you have a place in the stands to see these big games.

• Friday (Jan. 16) versus Whitman College: Women take the court at 6 p.m. and the men at 8 p.m.
• Saturday (Jan. 17) versus Whitworth University (Bruin Madness games): Women take the court at 4 p.m. and the men at 6 p.m.

Five staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Area Coordinator, Residence Life
• Director of Strategic Business Administration, College of Business
• Executive Assistant to the Dean, College of Business
• Software Engineer, Analytics
• Budget Manager, Finance

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Join us this afternoon (Friday) for the first “Turning of the Page” session in connection to The Saint John’s Bible currently on display on campus.

Every Friday afternoon between Jan. 16 and April 24 all are invited to come browse the pages of the Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible – Vol. 6, The Gospels and Acts, and hear Paul Anderson, professor of biblical and Quaker studies, share about the meaning and significance of the text and artwork. Sessions will be in the Murdock Learning Resource Center from 4 to 5 p.m.

Questions? Visit this page or contact Anderson at panderso@georgefox.edu.

Due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 19, all offices, bookstores and libraries in both Newberg and the Portland Center will be closed that day.

Due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, the Bruin Den, Bruin Bites and Villa Café will all be closed that day. They will resume their normal hours of operation on Tuesday.

The hours of service in the dining room for students on meal plans will also change slightly this weekend as follows:

• Saturday: Continental breakfast, 8-10:30 a.m., brunch, 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. dinner, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
• Sunday: Continental breakfast, 8-10:30 a.m., brunch, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. and dinner, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
• Monday: Breakfast, 8-10 a.m., lunch, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. and dinner, 4:30-7 p.m.

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The winter is a tough time when blood is especially needed! Please sign up for the blood drive at redcrossblood.org! The blood drive on campus will be in the Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117 on Wednesday, Jan. 21, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. A free T-shirt is given to all who give! As of this writing, only 19 spots left!

Questions? Contact Shawn Fisher at sfisher13@georgefox.edu.