The Daily Bruin

Student leaders from Quaere Verum and the International Justice Mission clubs, as well as the Center for Peace and Justice, have made a proposal to ASC for subsidized student registration for the upcoming Justice Conference in Portland on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.

The conference will take place at the Convention Center in Portland and will feature many world-renowned speakers on theology and social justice. Among those are: Francis Chan, Walter Bruggeman, Miroslav Volf, John Perkins, Shane Claiborne, Rachel Lloyd, Richard Twiss and Lynne Hybels. More than 500 organizations, nonprofits and NGOs will be represented as exhibitors, including George Fox Evangelical Seminary and the university’s Center for Peace and Justice.

Student registration is normally $79, but with ASC’s support students will pay only $30 (after a reimbursement).

If you would like to attend this conference for a subsidized price, please contact Nick Ogle (nogle07@georgefox.edu) or Melanie Newell (mnewell@georgefox.edu) so your name can be added to the list and you can receive further information.

We need names by Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m.

Conference Website: thejusticeconference.com
Trailer: vimeo.com/thejusticeconference/loveisathread

An all-employee meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, in Hoover 105.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at this stream site. A chat room has also been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Tickets are now available for the university’s fall theatre production of Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling.

The play opens Thursday, Oct. 27, and runs Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 27-29, and again Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 3-6, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, Nov. 6, performance, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.

Come to the box office, now located at the information desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center, to redeem your complimentary student and employee tickets and purchase additional tickets. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Stop by, call 503-554-3844 or e-mail boxoffice@georgefox.edu with any questions. Tickets may also be purchased at theatre.georgefox.edu.

Play Synopsis: Chinquapin, Louisiana. 1988. In the midst of wedding plans, divorces, births, funerals, new beginnings and profound endings, six women find a haven in the comfort of Truvy’s Beauty Salon. As they tackle the challenges of life with laughter, charm, tears and grit, we are reminded that while they are as lovely and fragile as magnolias, they are also as tough and unflinching as steel.

This Wednesday the second issue of The Crescent will be in all student, faculty and staff mailboxes.

Included in this issue: football stadium relocation, Cultural Celebration Week and a two-sided opinion piece about Halloween.

Please join the spiritual life office and the religious studies department tonight (Tuesday) as we explore the role of women in ministry. The panel will include women and men and invite questions from the audience.

Chapel credit is offered. We’ll meet in Hoover 105 beginning at 7 p.m.

Questions? Contact Jamie Johnson at jejohnson@georgefox.edu.

Career Services is hosting a Seminary Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Hoover Atrium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A number of seminary representatives will be present to connect with prospective students who desire to be equipped for ministry through graduate education.

This event is a great opportunity to meet with recruiters to investigate different career choices and seminary opportunities for the future. Check BruinCareers on MyGFU for a list of seminaries attending.

Join in celebrating cultures of the world during the university’s Cultural Celebration Week, scheduled Oct. 23-27.

Here’s the schedule:

• Sunday, Oct. 23
  • Coffee and Culture, Pennington lobby, 7 p.m.
• Monday, Oct. 24
  
  • Chapel with Jamie Johnson, 10:40 a.m., Bauman Auditorium
  • Play: We Are Witnesses, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Cap & Gown Room
• Tuesday, Oct. 25
  
  • Cultural Fair, 4-6 p.m., Bruin Den
  • Shalom, 9-10 p.m., Cap & Gown
• Wednesday, Oct. 26
  
  • Chapel with Kevin Neuhouser, professor of sociology, Seattle Pacific, 10:40 a.m., Bauman Auditorium
  • World’s Got Talent show, 8-10 p.m., Bauman Auditorium (doors open at 7:30 p.m.)
• Thursday, Oct. 27
  
  • State of Diversity Address, Joel Perez, 3:30-5 p.m., Hoover 105
  • International Coffee House, 7-10 p.m., Foxhole

Our theme this year is “Living Outside the Box.” Please feel free to join in as many of these activities as your schedule allows. Questions? Contact Shelley Yonemura at syonemura@georgefox.edu.

George Fox will host a presentation of the Holocaust drama We Are Witnesses at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the Cap and Gown Room. Admission is free and the public is invited.

Presented by the STAGES Performing Arts Youth Academy, We Are Witnesses is the true account of five Jewish adolescents whose lives are depicted during Hitler’s regime. The story is based on five diaries of Jewish teenagers who died during the Holocaust and is the true account of their lives.

The youth recount how the war affected them and how they saw the world. The play presents their innocence and hope for the future by bringing their diaries alive.

STAGES is based in Hillsboro and focuses on education, offering a variety of theatre classes to children in grades K-12. Classes focus on basic theatre education and include some specialty classes such as musical theatre.

For more information on the visit, contact Melanie Newell at mnewell@georgefox.edu or ext. 2686.

What kinds of legal pitfalls do businesses and ministries face today?

An Oregon attorney with extensive experience will provide a brief overview at the Tuesday, Oct. 25, Newberg meeting of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest. Guest speaker Tyler Smith will provide a focus on such issues as employee-employer relations, wage claims, independent contractors, business registrations, contract basics, administrative regulations and more.

The meeting is from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Villa Academic Complex.

Smith is managing attorney for Tyler Smith & Associates,Rural Business Attorneys. The Canby firm represents business clients on property matters, contracts, administrative law, estate and financial matters, regulatory compliance issues and more. Smith has substantive election law experience and frequently battles governments at all levels to keep them accountable to the people.

Coffee, tea and pastries will be available at the meeting, which is free for newly renewed Chamber members who R.S.V.P. at cccnw.net. A $5 donation is suggested from non-members and guests who R.S.V.P.

Participants in the Learning New Languages program, which started on Oct. 5, are going to meet again this Wednesday (Oct. 19) from 7 to 9 p.m. at the International House. Please join us if you are interested in learning some basic Chinese and making some Chinese friends.

Don’t worry if you missed the first class section because we are going to review what we learned last time while also learning something new.

All students and faculty are welcome. Please come and see what we Chinese students have to contribute to the diversity of the George Fox community.

Questions? Please contact Lishan Zeng at lzeng09@georgefox.edu.

We are looking forward to spending the day with you during the 2011 Staff Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.(note updated times) at Newberg Christian Church.

You are already registered to attend. Please go to this link for the Pre-Conference Accommodations Form, where there are a couple of questions to help us better prepare for our day together. Your username will be recorded when you submit this form. Please complete it by today, Monday, Oct. 17.

For your breakfast beverage enjoyment, a barista will be on site selling coffee drinks for just $2! As well, coffee, juice and water will be served with breakfast.

If you are unable to attend, please check with your supervisor and have them e-mail rpowell@georgefox.edu.

See you then!

– Staff Development Committee

The Academic Resource Center is busier this year than ever before, with more than 410 visits to the ARC so far this year (compared with 290 at this point last year). Because of the demand, it’s critical that students schedule appointments in advance.

Students often need to schedule two to three days ahead to ensure an appointment; one can also schedule a week – or even a month – ahead. Appointments for writing, learning strategies, academic coaching, or general tutoring can be scheduled by e-mailing the_arc@georgefox.edu, calling ext. 2314, or stopping by the ARC during hours of operation (1-10 p.m., Mon-Thur; noon-4 p.m., Fri). A schedule of labs for subject tutoring is available online.

More information is available at arc.georgefox.edu.

If you know of students who would benefit from a workshop on writing research papers, please encourage them to attend an Academic Resource Center workshop, “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper,” at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, in EHS 125.

Gary Tandy, professor of English, and Jane Scott, public services librarian, will walk through research paper steps and guide attendees to campus and Internet resources.

All George Fox employees can purchase Entertainment® 2012 Books at a discounted employee price of $20 (retail $35). Enjoy $30 in bonus savings cards with each edition.

Choose your book – either Portland or Greater Oregon– and purchase it at the Information Desk in the Stevens Center (or contact Barbi Doran to send one to you).

The university community is invited to hear Diane Randall, executive secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation – the largest team of registered peace lobbyists in Washington, D.C. – present a free lecture from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, in EHS 102.

Randall will speak on “The Privilege and Responsibility of Faithful Citizenship.” Her visit is being sponsored by George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice.

Randall’s background includes many years as an executive director of statewide advocacy organizations, a passion for rebuilding the democratic system in our country, a record of achievements in lobbying and citizen engagement, and a spiritual grounding in the Religious Society of Friends.

In addition to her evening presentation, Randall will lecture in an 11:40 a.m. political science class in Hoover 103 and again at 1:40 p.m. in a philosophy class in Stevens 209. She also will introduce the FCNL internship program to interested students during lunch beginning at 12:35 p.m. in the Klages Dining Hall.

You can read more about Diane and the FCNL here. Contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686 or mnewell@georgeefox.edu for more information on her visit.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Oct. 25, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The university’s career services office is organizing a seminary fair for students and others interested in furthering their religious education. The fair is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Hoover Atrium on the Newberg campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

There will be a variety of seminaries represented to connect with prospective students who desire to be equipped for ministry. This event is a great opportunity to meet with recruiters to investigate different career choices and seminary opportunities for the future.

Contact the Career Services office at 503-554-2330 for a list of seminaries attending.

There will be no courier service to the Portland Center on Friday, Oct. 14, due to the mid-semester holiday.

Normal service will resume on Monday, Oct. 17.

The Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will both be closed on Friday, Oct. 14, for the mid-semester holiday.

Due to the mid-semester holiday, Bon Appetit’s hours of operation will change slightly over the weekend, as follows:

Friday, Oct. 14
Breakfast, 8:30-10 a.m.
Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 15
Continental Breakfast, 9-10 a.m.
Brunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 16
Continental Breakfast, 9-10 a.m.
Brunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Dinner, 5-7 p.m.

Normal hours of operation resume on Monday, Oct. 17.