The Daily Bruin

Graduating seniors

If you did not stop at our table during Exodus (November in Stevens Atrium) or have not responded to my e-mail …

• Please fill out a pink address card found in the wall rack of the lobbies in Beebe, SUB and University Mail Services.
• Return completed address card via campus mail.
• Remember to return your mailbox key before you leave campus ($15 will be charged to your account for non-returned mailbox key).

Withdrawing

• Fill out a pink forwarding address card (found in wall rack in the post office lobbies).
• Return completed address card via campus mail or drop it off at University Mail Services.
• Remember to return your mailbox key before you leave campus ($15 will be charged to your account for non-returned mailbox key).

Going on off-campus study trip?

• You were contacted by e-mail regarding your forwarding address for the semester.

If you have questions, please e-mail Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

The service window at Mail Services (North Street Annex) will be open on the following dates over the Christmas break:

• Dec. 23-24
• Dec. 30-31
• Jan. 2-3
• Jan. 6-10

Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on all open days listed above.

Mail Services will be closed:

• Dec. 25-27
• Jan. 1

Access to student mailboxes

• Undergrad students: You can access your mailbox on all of the open dates listed.
• VAC graduate students: The last day to check your mailbox is Dec. 20, 2013 (until Jan. 6).

Mail that arrives after Dec. 20 will be held at Mail Services’ North Street Annex from Dec. 21 through Jan. 3. You can stop and ask for it on the open dates. Packages can be picked up during the regular window hours on those open dates.

Questions? Contact Linda Sartwell at lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

The list of books for spring semester is now online at gfubookstore.com (search by course schedule). Please wait until Monday, Dec. 9, to begin ordering books, as corrections and changes are being made by faculty this week.

Check this list before you sell your books at Buyback (Dec. 16-20), to make sure you don’t need them for spring courses. Remember that you may also RENT textbooks from us to save money.

The Nursing Club would like to invite you to our next meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, at the Pavilion (fire pit) in the canyon. It will be a fun evening roasting marshmallows, making s’mores, and hanging out with one another.

We hope that all of you can come. Please remember to dress warmly.

For more information, please contact the Nursing Club at gfnursingclub@gmail.com.

Join us for our LAST James Project service event of the semester. We will be partnering with Newberg Habitat for Humanity from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 to help with painting inside & out at their 9th St. location and possibly doing some demolition at their new build site!

If you’re interested in join in, or need more info, RSVP to Miranda D’Agostini at mdagostini11@georgefox.edu

The university’s Jazz Ensemble will perform in the Klages Dining Room today (Wednesday) at 5:30 p.m. Come out to support these talented and hard-working student musicians!

The theatre department invites you to its annual Ten!Ten!Ten! Play Festival Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 11-12, at 10:10 p.m. each night in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Come and enjoy two nights of short plays directed by fellow students! Admission is $1. Each night is a different set of plays, so don’t miss out!

Note: Some plays include mature content.

Questions? Contact Madelyn Larson (mlarson10@georgefox.edu)

Come purchase a chicken bacon ranch panini in the Bruin Den between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. today (Tuesday) only! Come contribute to the success of the Savvy Six team in the Management 260 class, which teamed with Bon Appetit to create the sandwich.

Those who purchase a sandwich can enter a drawing for $15 Amazon.com gift cards. The sandwich is a panini that comes with chicken, bacon, cheese, tomatoes, red onions and a chipotle sauce. It is priced at $5.95 and will include a side of curly fries and a choice of bottled water or medium drink.

The university’s library staff wants to make it easier to access important information and resources using handheld mobile devices – and we need your help.

Please take a few minutes to complete this very short survey on mobile device usage and preferences. You should be able to complete it in less than five minutes. Your answers will help to improve the library’s mobile-optimized homepage.

Thank you!

Join us for a “Table Talk” lunchtime gathering in which George Fox staff, faculty and students dialogue about issues related to cultural diversity.

Everyone is welcome to come and discuss December’s topic on how different cultures celebrate the holidays. Guest speaker Lu Shen will be sharing about Chinese traditions for the holidays.

Come to the Cap and Gown Room on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 12:30 p.m. to join in the discussion. Bring your lunch and a friend, too.

Questions? Contact Aby Cordova at acordova10@georgefox.edu

Bring your old clothing to the Bruin Den and help Bruin Heritage provide support for typhoon victims. We’re collecting clothes between 2 and 4 p.m. each weekday through Friday, Dec. 13.

Questions? Contact Taylor Ellis at tellis12@georgefox.edu.

Tuesday, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Northwest Christian (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Saturday, Dec. 7, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Linfield (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)
Saturday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Linfield (Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym)

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

Can you help me create a coffee table book by uploading pictures of what you are thankful for in your life? This book project is for one of my business classes at George Fox, and I need your help to do it. Anything you upload is helpful (i.e. art, nature, community, etc.).

It’s simple and quick. Just click on the link below.

What I’m Thankful For

Thank you,
Kyle Ingram

The ASC Student Project Fund is open for proposals from now until Friday, Dec. 20. This fund is for sustainable, on-campus projects, which will serve as permanent additions to the campus, as so desired by the student body. Projects for consideration should include those which serve as permanent physical additions.

Examples of projects are the fire pit, electrical outlets in the Bruin Den and the Amphitheater.

Have a great idea? Share it online today at asc.georgefox.edu.

Welcome in the Christmas season by joining Friendsview residents from 6-8 p.m. tonight (Dec. 2) for some holiday festivities. Join Fox & Friends in decorating the huge Christmas tree at Friendsview. Afterwards, we will be enjoy some hot chocolate and caroling.

If you are interested, please meet in the Bruin Den at 5:40.

For more information, please contact Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georgefox.edu.

George Fox’s Students for Life group is hosting its final club event of the year this evening (Monday). It will be a session on apologetics entitled, “Does Social Justice Start in the Womb?”

Please join us for fellowship, snacks, and our guest speaker’s presentation in EHS 125 at 7 p.m. tonight!

Questions? Email Elise at estewart09@georgefox.edu.

The English department is offering an alternative chapel today (Monday) that students can attend for credit. The theme for the chapel is “Books that Changed Me” and features Kathy Heininge speaking about James Joyce’s Ulysses. The talk is entitled “Me. And Me Now.”

Join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 105!

Don’t forget to join us for a “Reflections on Advent” service in the Cap and Gown Room tonight (Monday) at 7 p.m. Students, this counts as a chapel elective!

Join us as the Worship Ensemble and guest speaker Jamie Johnson lead you thoughtfully through Advent themes in celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Christ. Music will range from modern renditions of old hymns to newly written songs about Christ and his Advent.

We will also be joined by George Fox artists from Gary Buhler’s art class who will give artistic impressions to the themes presented.

See you there!

Don’t forget to join us tonight (Monday) to hear George Fox Spanish alumnus James Wolfer share about his work in law enforcement and his current role as fraud prevention officer for First Tech Credit Union.

James will speak from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Lemmons 8. Questions? Contact Debbie Berho at dberho@georgefox.edu.

A featured sandwich will be offered each day during lunch hours in the Bruin Den for the first two weeks of December (Dec. 2-13). The Intro to Management class has partnered with Bon Appetit for the past month to design five unique sandwiches. Each sandwich represents a student group’s project, so stop by and enjoy the “Special Sandwich of the Day.”

Five different sandwiches will be featured, so be sure to try them all!

Thank you for your support,
Intro to Management class