The Daily Bruin

Friday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. – Volleyball vs. Lewis & Clark, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

The men’s and women’s golf teams will be competing in the Northwest Conference Championships Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 22-23, at the Heron Lakes Golf Course in Portland. The men will play the Great Blue course, the women the Greenback course. Tee times are set for 11 a.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. on Sunday.

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the sports website at gfubruins.com.

Talents from all over the globe will come together on one stage in a night full of glamour, culture and awe. Bring your friends to our World’s Got Talent show and join in this celebration of diversity Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free.

Have you wondered what it would be like to have more freedom with your personal finances? Have you ever been stressed about your financial situation? If so, come find out what you need to know about money. You’ll be surprised how simple this process can be.

Ryan Halley, associate professor of finance, will provide information on a variety of personal finance topics, including budgeting, credit cards and student loans. Join us on Friday, Oct. 21, from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in EHS 125.

The International Club is hosting a car wash fundraiser from 1 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, in the Le Shana parking lot. Proceeds will go toward funding the club’s activities. Any donation you can make would be appreciated. You have the option of leaving your car with us and picking it up 30 minutes later.

Questions? Contact Lishan Zeng at lzeng09@georgefox.edu.

Dr. Steven L. Wilhite, a general surgeon practicing in Springfield, Ore., will give a seminar on medical ethics and technology on Friday, Oct. 21, at 10:40 a.m. in Hoover 105 (please note location change).

Dr. Wilhite attended OHSU after graduating from George Fox as a biology major. This seminar is sponsored by the Department of Biology and Chemistry. All are invited!

Please contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Staff and faculty: Many of you have been ticketed lately for not displaying your staff permit. If yours is broken, please bring the pieces to the security office and we will issue you a new one.

If you lost your permit, just bring $5 cash to the office to purchase a new one. Additional permits are also available for $5 if you usually drive more than one car and don’t want to switch your parking permit from car to car.

Please call security at ext. 2090 if you have any additional questions.

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).