The Daily Bruin

Come cheer on the Bruins as they take on the Bowdoin College Polar Bears this afternoon (Friday) in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Tournament. We will set up a live streaming of the game beginning at 2 p.m. in Lemmons 8. The game is being contested at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va.

The winner of Friday’s contest between third-ranked George Fox (29-0) and Bowdoin (21-7) will play the winner of Friday’s other sectional match-up – between Mary Washington (29-0) and Lebanon Valley College (26-3) – on Saturday beginning at 4 p.m. (Pacific Time). If George Fox is playing in that game, we will host live streaming in the Klages Dining Room.

For Friday’s game, the Alumni Association will provide free popcorn. Pop and candy will be available for purchase from athletics.

The Center for Peace and Justice will host Akol Sylvia – one of 16 Ugandans showing Invisible Children’s newest film, KONY 2012, around the country – at 8 p.m. Monday, March 12, in the Cap and Gown Room.

Sylvia has lived through a brutal conflict in Uganda and is now advocating on behalf of the three countries that are still terrorized by Joseph Kony’s rebel force, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). An Invisible Children scholarship student and who is attending college in Uganda, Sylvia had friends who were abducted from their school by the LRA.

The 24-minute documentary, KONY 2012, explains the importance of civic engagement and tells youth how they can help stop the man who is arguably the worst war criminal in the world.

Invisible Children is encouraging students to use social media to engage influential culture makers and policymakers during KONY 2012. Students will also be encouraged to set up or attend meetings with their members of Congress. Invisible Children believes that, whether Republican or Democrat, arresting the world’s worst war criminal is something we can all agree on.

For more information, contact the Center for Peace and Justice at ext. 2686.

The university community is invited to hear author Naseem Rakha speak on questions of forgiveness, crime and punishment – specifically related to the death penalty in Oregon – this Monday, March 12, from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Rakha will present “On Being Witnesses: In the Aftermath of Crime.” The presentation is the latest installment of the university’s spring lecture series, “Christians and American Culture,” hosted by the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues program.

Rakha, an award-winning journalist who has been heard on NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace Radio, Christian Science Monitor, and Living on Earth, is the author of The Crying Tree. Set in southern Illinois and central Oregon, Rakha’s novel relates the story of a mother who must overcome the hate, grief, and secrets that surround the murder of her 15-year-old son, and defy church and family as she attempts to stop the execution of the man who killed her boy.

With the heart of a storyteller, Rakha explores the death penalty and forgiveness with her audience through the lens of our justice system, her experiences as a reporter for public radio, as well as subsequent interviews with crime victims, inmates, corrections officials and exonerated death row prisoners.

The capacity to forgive the unforgivable has long intrigued Rakha. She has witnessed it in her work as a teacher and consultant for Native American tribes, as a mediator in the clean up of the nuclear site that created the Nagasaki bomb, and as a reporter covering state-run executions.

For more information on Rakha’s visit, contact Elizabeth Todd at 503-554-2648.

Feeling stressed? The Academic Resource Center is hosting a workshop, “Managing Stress,” today (Friday) from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in EHS 125.

This workshop will give effective and concrete tools to help college students manage the stress of college. Topics will include time management, test anxiety, insomnia, roommate and relationship issues, and utilizing stress to your advantage. Our presenter will be Laura Helmer from the Health and Counseling Center.

We need your feedback! We’re trying to figure out the next steps to take regarding the Bruin Directory, a student publication funded by ASC. Please help us by answering a few short questions on our questionnaire. It will only take a minute and will help us out a lot!

Thank you!

We have helium balloons available for purchase. Perfect for events and campus gatherings! Come by the university engagement office in Pennington House and pick from an array of balloon colors and ribbons.

• Helium, 11-inch balloon and ribbon – 75 cents each
• Helium, your own balloon and ribbon – 60 cents each

Note: If you want to fill an order larger than 20 balloons, please call ahead of time, ext. 2134. Payment can be accepted via IDC’s or using exact change.

Stop by and take advantage of this wonderful and convenient party decoration! Questions? Contact Mary Monahan (mmonahan@georgefox.edu or ext. 2134).

The Staff Development Committee is sponsoring a spring worship event on the Newberg campus next week! Support staff will gather on Tuesday, March 13, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in VAC 117. Please plan to join us for worship, praise, fellowship and snacks.

Questions? Contact Vicki Tschan at vtschan@georgefox.edu.

Today (Thursday) is International Women’s Day! This holiday is celebrated all around the world for the purpose of showing women that they are loved and appreciated.

Ladies: Stop by the Bruin Den today between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and pick up some free chocolate!

Gents: Let your female friends know that you appreciate them today. Give a hug, a big smile, or even some flowers to women who mean a lot to you!

If you should spill your coffee or pop or whatever, please call the plant services office as soon as possible. No, it’s not that we need more work. Actually it saves us time to get that spill right away. If we can address the spill immediately it won’t get sticky, pick up other dirt, or attract ants.

Call the office at ext. 2010 and we will get that spill as soon as we can.

Thank you,
Plant Services

Are you a business major looking for an upper-division course for next academic year? Are you a non-business major who might have a particular interest in a specific business topic?

The School of Business would like to highlight several new(er) courses that are being offered fall 2012:

ECON 485 – Environmental Economics
Students will explore the relationship between the economy and the environment. The efficient management of natural resources, impacts of pollution, and sustainability issues will all be considered. To account for economic growth concerns the scope of analysis includes both the developed and developing world. The primary objective of the course is to increase students’ understanding of policy-relevant, incentive-based solutions to environmental issues.

• Prerequisites: Either Econ 201 (Principles of Microeconomics) or ECON 202 (Principles of Macroeconomics), or permission of the Instructor
• Taught by Nate Peach

BUSN 303 – Personal Finance
This course is designed to prepare students to think critically about their relationship with money, develop their own personal financial philosophy and implement practical application of personal financial management. Topics include relationship with money, biblical financial foundations, budgets, loans, spending, housing, insurance, investments, and taxes.

• Prerequisites: None
• Taught by Ryan Halley

MKTG 485 – Consumer Engagement and Social Networking
Marketing is all about connecting … connecting with your customer, connecting with management, connecting with money (budget), and connecting with retail. What is our business? Who are our customers? What does the customer value? Consumer engagement is not a single source of contact but an ongoing “conversation” – developing brand positioning, leveraging user-generated content, and creating a word-of-mouth social audience, all resulting in customer loyalty and influencing behavior. The questions haven’t changed BUT how we tell the story has.

• Prerequisites: BUSN 110 (Intro to Business) and MKTG 260 (Principles of Marketing)
• Taught by Laurie Koehler, Consumer Campaigns Manager, Intel

The 14th annual Fox Film Festival is fast approaching. Your Film Festival Committee is hard at work preparing for a spectacular event. We have some awesome new ideas this year and are looking forward to some fun marketing phases for the event (be on the lookout for a golden ticket in your mailbox).

The dates of the festival are as follows:

• March 27: Submission deadline, 5 p.m.
• April 13: Cameo screening, 4:30 p.m.
• April 14: Bauman Award Ceremony (hosted by Robby Larson and Valerie Rogers), 5:30 p.m. (red carpet appearances), 6 p.m. (ceremony begins)

To get a submission form, please e-mail filmfestival@georgefox.edu. Questions? Contact Carissa Hoffman at choffman09@georgefox.edu.

The International Club is hosting a Chinese class from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday). All are welcome!

Join us in the International House/Cultural Center, where we had the Chinese class last time. We will spend the first 30 minutes getting to know each other and reviewing what we have learned before, and the main learning time is from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. So, if you have work until 7:30, you can still come.

I hope to see you there. I enjoyed the company of each of you last time!

Yali He (yhe11@georgefox.edu)

The article “8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees” has been posted to the Employee Council website. Take a minute to read the article, then respond to our mini-survey question: Who is a remarkable employee you’ve seen at Fox, and what makes that person a remarkable employee?

Responses to the mini-survey are visible on the site, as are minutes from past meetings. You are always welcome to contact the Employee Council by e-mailing us at employeecouncil@georgefox.edu or by directly contacting an individual on the council (see the website for a list of members).

Benefit-eligible employees, half time and above, have an opportunity to enroll in a new group plan with lower rates and a guarantee-issue (no need to qualify medically).

Come to Stevens 202 on Thursday, March 8, to meet with Paul Frampton, our Aflac representative. He will be making presentations at noon and at 1 p.m. for about 15 minutes each time, and will be available after presentations for questions and drop-in visits.

Additional information on these plans is available on the Benefits web page.

Join us for chapel today (Wednesday) as we welcome Jey Mbiro, a Christian music DJ representing Compassion who, as a child in the slums of Kenya, received care through Compassion’s child sponsorship program.

See you at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium!

Join us for an International Coffee House event! Come down to the Foxhole, grab a cup of coffee and get to know how different cultures think about the topic “women around the world.” We’ll meet from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight (Wednesday).

Everybody is welcome. The purpose of the International Coffee House is to build connections between people all over the world.

Questions? Contact Kaleb Olsen at olsenk10@georgefox.edu.

The second annual George Fox International Photo Contest is here. Submit your photos taken outside of the United States to join this event. Winners will receive a cash prize of $50, $25 and $15 (for first-, second- and third-place winners). The Best of Show will receive $75.

Three categories of the photos you can submit:

• People – locals of where the photo was taken, or you and your friends abroad
• Landscape and Architecture
• Culture – subjects outside the first two categories that reflect cultural creative/artistic qualities

Contestants must e-mail the photo to:

• Lishan Zeng (lzeng09@georgefox.edu) if you are a student
• Alice Gozal (agozal10@georgefox.edu) if you are an employee

All entries must be submitted with the following information:

• Your name and identity as student or GFU employee
• Category in which you wish to have the photo judged
• Title of photo
• Location the photo was taken (city, country, etc.)
• Description of the photo (story behind it)

For more information, please contact Lishan Zeng or Alice Gozal at the above e-mail addresses. Please remember that the deadline for submission is coming soon, so take some time to look through your album and decide which photo you want to show to the Fox community.

Please join with other students, faculty, alumni, parents and friends of George Fox University for a time of joint prayer this Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to noon. We will begin in Klages Dining Hall with one of our chapel worship bands, followed by a time of prayer, both in groups and on a walking tour of campus. Prayer is powerful and effective!

If you have questions, please contact Nancy Almquist, director of parent relations, at 503-554-2114 or nalmquist@georgefox.edu.

We’re doing more tree planting! This week we will be planting more dogwood and a wide variety of native wildflowers in the Hess Creek forest on Thursday, March 8. Meet at the gazebo fireplace next to the suites at 3 p.m., or come join us when you can. We plan to plant until 5 p.m. Hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Evan Watson at ewatson@gmail.com.

Do you have students who are strong writers, solid scholars, avid learners, and who love helping others uncover their potential? Please consider recommending them for a position as a consultant at the Academic Resource Center (ARC). Each year, more than 500 students schedule over 1,500 appointments with ARC consultants. Our consultants help struggling students improve their work and helping strong students get even stronger.

Consultant application materials for the 2012-13 academic year are available at this link. Completed materials are due by Friday, March 9. Contact Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu; 503-554-2314) if you have questions.