The Daily Bruin

Valley Repertory Theatre’s opening play of the 2013-2014 season, In the Family Things: Stories of Newberg, opens Thursday, Sept. 19, with a special “pay-what-you-will” performance! Based on interviews with local people, this play uses drama and humor to explore how we define a Newberg family.

This production will run Sept. 19, 20 & 21, and Sept. 26, 27, & 28 at 7:30 p.m. with matinee performances Sept. 22, & 29 at 2:00 pm. Performance location is C.S. Lewis Academy Performing Arts Center, 609 Wynooski St., Newberg. Regular student tickets are only $10. Tickets and more information can be found here: www.valleyrep.org

All community members are invited to the first Common Reading Program book discussion led by Caitlin Corning (Professor of History) tonight (Monday) from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. Incoming students have been given the book Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, by Gregory Boyle, as part of the First Year Seminar program.

Look for posters and future E-nnouncements with information about upcoming Common Reading Program activities.

Contact Rick Muthiah (rmuthiah@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Ralph Beebe, a professor of history emeritus at the university, will host a book reading and signing session to promote his new historical fiction book Cousins at War: A Civil War Novel at 3 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 20, in the second-floor lounge of the Hoover Academic Building. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

Cousins at War is the fictional tale of two cousins, Aaron and Joel Haskins, living in Maryland during the Civil War. They are best friends who share a birthday and just about everything else. As Maryland begins to prepare for the Civil War, they both must decide if they will fight. The cousins end up making different choices that forever alter their lives.

Weaving emotional decisions throughout, the book provides a poignant social commentary about the ramifications of our decisions, our roles in society and our responsibilities to one another. Beebe uses a tragic storyline to question the morality of war and educate readers by presenting an authentic view of the Civil War from both Union and Confederate perspectives.

Beebe has previously authored six books, including The Worker and Social Change: The Pullman Strike of 1894 and The Embargo. Published by iUniverse, Cousins at War is available online through Amazon.

The second Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture of the fall is set for tonight (Monday), when Kazuko Ikeda, an associate professor of Japanese at Pacific University, speaks from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation is the second on the theme “State of the World.”

Ikeda will present “Challenges of Intercultural Communication: Americans and Japanese in Dialogue,” in which she will focus on communication style differences between the U.S. and Japan and touch on the worldviews of Buddhism and Confucianism, highlighting the challenges Americans face whenever they work with people of different languages and cultures.

The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

Greenroom, our Sunday night music gathering, is at the fire pit tonight (September 15).

Feel free to come start the week off by gathering together and worshiping through music.  Greenroom starts at 9 p.m.

Do you like to play basketball?  Would you be interested in playing at the Women’s JV level?

If so, contact GC Hillburn (ghillburn@georgefox.edu). The season runs from October to January.

Do you have a dog? Does he or she love tennis balls? We have a deal for you. Free tennis balls are available in Wheeler 205.

Bring your own container and come on by.

The first meeting of international chapel is today (Friday). International chapel is designed to help us better understand what it means to be a Christian. Everyone is invited to attend. We will sing some songs, David Liu from our business department will share a devotional, then we will have time for sharing and prayer.

You are welcome to join us from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in the International Center/Cultural House.

Please join Student Life as we celebrate Joel Perez for his service to our university. Joel accepted a position this fall at Seattle Pacific University as the dean of student life.

He and his family will be back on campus so that we can send him off in style.

Join us …

Today (Friday)
3 to 5 p.m.
Stevens (Duke) Atrium

Thank you for serving on Serve Day! If you haven’t received your Serve Day discount card, stop by and see Barbi Doran at the Information Desk on the first floor of Stevens.

The Serve Day discount card offers awesome discounts at 15 different local businesses and can be used multiple times until the expiration date of April 30, 2014! The Information Desk is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stop by and pick one up before they’re all gone!

The second Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture of the fall is set for Monday, Sept. 16, when Kazuko Ikeda, an associate professor of Japanese at Pacific University, speaks from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation is the second on the theme “State of the World.”

Ikeda will present “Challenges of Intercultural Communication: Americans and Japanese in Dialogue,” in which she will focus on communication style differences between the U.S. and Japan and touch on the worldviews of Buddhism and Confucianism, highlighting the challenges Americans face whenever they work with people of different languages and cultures.

The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

In celebration of Constitution Day and the inauguration of the university’s William Penn Honors Program, George Fox will host Jane Calvert, associate professor of history at the University of Kentucky, for a presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Hoover 105. The event is free, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Calvert will present “Quakerism, John Dickinson, and the Creation of America’s Two Constitutions.” Drawing from her book, Quaker Constitutionalism and the Political Thought of John Dickinson, Calvert argues that Quaker political ideas had a significant but generally unrecognized influence on the creation of the American republic.

To learn more, see the “Jane Calvert speaks at George Fox” page on the university’s website.

Got warts? The Health Center offers free wart removal clinics every other Tuesday. We are scheduling appointments for Sept. 24. Please call us at 503-554-2340 if you would like to get started!

Marvin Olasky, editor-in-chief of World magazine and the author of more than 20 books and 3,000 magazine articles, will speak on the Newberg campus tonight (Friday) from 7 to 8 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, and there is no charge to attend.

Olasky’s lecture, “Renewing the Christian Liberal Arts,” inaugurates the university’s new William Penn Honors Program, an alternative liberal arts general education program for undergraduate students set to launch in the fall of 2014.

More information about Olasky and his presentation is available on this page.

We are looking for actors interested in performing in Johnny, a short film to be shot for an advanced filmmaking class at George Fox. It’s a thoughtful and dark short film about a teenager who decides, a little too late, that he doesn’t want to die alone. We’re looking for four 16- to 22-year-old male actors for this short three-minute film.

We’re looking for:

• Johnny (17-18), the suicidal teenager
• Eric (17-18), the concerned, protective friend
• Jake (17-18), the angry, emotional friend
• Cole (17-18), the consoling, comic relief

Filming will take place in Newberg for two weekends (Oct. 5-6 and Oct. 12). No pay, but we’ll provide meals and a DVD copy of the film. Auditions will be held this Saturday in the CMCO video studio (brick building across the street from Lemmons) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

To schedule an audition, please contact Sarah Bartolome at sbartolome11@georgefox.edu. We know it’s a bit of a short notice, so if you are interested, but are unable to make the Saturday audition, we would still love to have you audition, so let us know ASAP and we can work out alternate arrangements.

Urban Outreach is looking for people interested in serving the homeless in Portland and Salem. Our weekly ministries offer the chance to minister to those who are in need physically, spiritually and socially.

Interested? E-mail Steven Ching (sching10@georgefox.edu) or David Ween (dween12@georgefox.edu) for more information!

Grace and peace to you through God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Beginning today, all remaining “in store pickup” online orders for textbooks will be available at the textbook annex located at 1109 E. Hancock St.

For more information, please contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

Redeeming Life is a support group for those at George Fox struggling with eating disorders and disordered eating.

Meetings start this Wednesday (Sept. 18) and will meet every other week. We offer a place for those struggling (and this group is not just for females; in the past few years, there have been increasing rates of boys and men affected) to talk about both their struggles as well as their victories as they walk the journey toward healing and wholeness. Hope, healing and complete freedom is possible.

This meeting will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Religious Studies Lounge on the second floor of Hoover.

For more information, please contact Annie Stewart at estewart11@georgefox.edu.

Tryouts for George Fox’s cheerleading squad are scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, in the dance studio in the Wheeler Sports Complex. Be sure that you dress comfortably.

This is a great way to get involved at George Fox for anyone who wants to cheer on the men’s and women’s basketball teams. If you have any questions, e-mail Adina McConaughey at adinam@gmail.com or Lluvia Barragan at lbarragan11@georgefox.edu.

Do you like volleyball? Are you looking to make some extra money?

Chehalem Parks and Recreation is looking for a few referees for seventh- and eighth-grade girls volleyball. All the games are in Newberg on Monday and Wednesday evenings beginning Sept. 16. There is also one Saturday tournament.

You can contact Mike Garrity at mgarrity@cprdnewberg.org or 503-519-7364 for more information.