The Daily Bruin

As the semester comes to a close amid final examinations, projects and papers, this is a great time to make appointments at the Academic Resource Center. The ARC schedule fills up quickly, so if you are planning to make appointments before the semester’s end, please make them soon!

Either send an appointment request to the_arc@georgefox.edu or stop by the Special Collections Room during our office hours: 1-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 4 p.m. on Fridays.

Faculty, please encourage your students to make appointments soon.

This spring, two undergraduate student groups will meet to discuss current events reported in the weekly news magazine The Economist. The seven-person groups will gather on Fridays from 2:45 to 3:45 or 4 to 5 p.m. in the Coffee Cottage meeting room.

Participating students will each receive free copies of The Economist and a $100 gift certificate to buy coffee and treats. Students must be willing and able to attend at least 10 of the 13 meetings.

If you are interested in joining a group, submit a very brief application by Thursday, Dec. 1. For more information, contact Mark David Hall at mhall@georgefox.edu.

Please return packed shoeboxes to the ASC offices by the end of the day TODAY!

Thank you to everyone who has already turned in boxes!

Questions? Contact Jessi Fink (jfink09@georgefox.edu)

Freaking out because you don’t know APA style for citations? This workshop is for you. We’ll cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.

Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will present.

Join us today (Friday) at 10:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Lip Sync 2011 is coming to Bauman Auditorium this Monday, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

This event is free, so invite all of your friends! There will be opportunities to win some great prizes.

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 23, through Friday, Nov. 25, for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Appointments currently scheduled on these days will be rescheduled accordingly.

The ARC will be open for regular hours on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 21-22. Please contact the ARC with any questions: the_arc@georgefox.edu.

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Adapted by Caleb Thurston (GFU graduate)

About the Play
This new adaptation brings Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story to life with an approach appealing to child-like imaginations. Ebenezer Scrooge must be forced outside his own world to see the truth of Christmases past, present and future.

Running 60 minutes without an intermission, VRT’s second full production, A Christmas Carol, is a fast-paced, colorful production that will keep the whole family entertained!

Dates – Extended Run!
The show runs one week only: Tuesday – Sunday, Nov. 15-19 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 19-20 at 2 p.m. Performances of A Christmas Carol will take place in The Central Stage at the Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St.

Tickets
All tickets are for general seating and will be sold at the door, beginning 30 minutes before each show. Tickets are $10 general admission. The Thursday performance is “pay what you will.” Cash, check and cards accepted. A $1 processing fee will be added to card transactions. Seating is limited and advance reservations are recommended. Reservations may be made by contacting Valley Rep at 971-832-9202 or tickets@valleyrep.org. More information available at valleyrep.org.

Parking
The parking lot at the Chehalem Cultural Center is under construction and will be closed during the performances. Alternate parking areas are Sheridan Street (in front of the CCC and east), the library parking lot and adjacent public parking lot, and the Kelly Group lot (215 N Blaine St.).

We are soliciting recommendations for the 2012 First Year Book. Please take a moment to provide us with recommendations. Criteria for the book is provided on the form available at this link. Thank you in advance.

Joel Perez,
Dean of Transitions and Inclusion

Join us for a Spanish chapel from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18, in Lemmons 8. Worship with us and hear a good message in Spanish! Chapel credit provided.

The final event of the “Closing the Gap: Addressing the Mentality Behind Sex Slavery” is scheduled tonight (Thursday). Join us to hear the advocacy band Jubilee at 8 p.m. in the Foxhole.

“Closing the Gap” is hosted by the university’s International Justice Mission club. Contact Lauren Peña (lpena10@georgefox.edu) for more information.

The women of George Fox are invited to a women’s ministry night tonight (Thursday) from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in Room 117 at the Villa Academic Complex.

Come join us in worship and reflection. Olivia Pothoff will lead us in worship, and Melanie Hulbert (Sociology) will share with us her journey of struggle for wholeness.

Questions? Contact Beth Warnock at ewarnock10@georgefox.edu.

John 12:46 – “I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.”

If you are an undergraduate student and do not have a place to celebrate Thanksgiving dinner, please contact the Office of Student Life.

Several families have offered to open their homes for undergraduates who are not planning to return home for this holiday.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Jere Witherspoon in the student life office for more information.

jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu
503-554-2316

An informal meeting about May Serve 2012 is scheduled for today (Wednesday) in Hoover 105 at 7:30 p.m. We will reveal all of the information you need to know about May Serve next semester. Come with questions!

Also, come to chapel Wednesday morning and hear about the Peru May Serve team from last May!

Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes are due this Friday, Nov. 18.

Turn in packed shoe boxes to:

• ASC offices
• Barbi Doran at the Information Desk in the Stevens Center
• Coffin basement on Wednesday, Nov. 16, between 8 and 10 p.m.

If you still need empty shoe boxes or labels, they are available in the Bruin Den during lunch, the ASC offices the rest of the day, or by contacting Jessi (jfink09@georgefox.edu).

For more information, visit our Facebook site. Questions? Contact Jessi at the above e-mail address.

The final two events of the university’s annual event, “Closing the Gap: Addressing the Mentality Behind Sex Slavery,” are scheduled Wednesday and Thursday. The event is hosted by the university’s International Justice Mission.

On Wednesday (Nov. 16), a panel of speakers from the Portland metro area and from George Fox faculty will gather in Hoover 102 at 8 p.m. On Thursday (Nov. 17), the event concludes with a free concert by advocacy band Jubilee in the Foxhole at 8 p.m.

Questions? Contact Lauren Peña at lpena10@georgefox.edu.

Calling all football fans! Ever wanted those field-level seats at the big game? Now’s your chance! The Bruin Heritage Society is looking for referees for this year’s “Battle for the Blue Goose” powder puff football game.

Game time is 2 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 19, on the old soccer field. If you’re interested, please e-mail vtroyer09@georgefox.edu for more information or to sign up to be a ref. No referee experience required – just a love and knowledge of the game.

If you are an undergraduate student and do not have a place to celebrate Thanksgiving dinner, please contact the Office of Student Life.

Several families have offered to open their homes for undergraduates who are not planning to return home for this holiday.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Jere Witherspoon in the student life office for more information.

jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu
503-554-2316

The university’s Center for Peace and Justice presents a free screening and presentation …

Hiding: The Final Cut
Thursday, Nov. 17, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Hoover Academic Building, Room 105

Join us as we bring attention to the plight of those in North Korea, hosting a group from the organization “LiNK” (Liberty in North Korea) for a screening of the documentary film Hiding.

Hiding tells the story of how, in the mid-1990s, more than 1 million people died in North Korea – and hardly anyone noticed. Millions starved, hundreds of thousands were imprisoned in concentration camps, and tens of thousands crossed borders seeking food, money, protection and even freedom that they never knew existed. North Korea was, and continues to be, a land with virtually no freedoms – of speech, assembly, religion or movement.

LiNK was organized out of a desire to spread awareness of the atrocities occurring in North Korea. The organization’s official line is “redefining the North Korea crisis through creative storytelling, while providing emergency relief to North Korean refugees and pursuing an end to the human rights crisis.”

For more information, contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686. To learn more about LiNK, visit this site.

The Center for Peace and Justice is joining in support of an advocacy event, “Human Circles,” at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland this Wednesday, Nov. 16, beginning at noon. In light of a looming congressional deadline to enact major budget cuts, people are gathering at events called “Human Circles” in symbolic support for programs most at risk of being cut.

The event has the support of a broad coalition of Christian denominations and organizations, who have affirmed a document, “A Circle of Protection: A Statement on Why We Need to Protect Programs for the Poor.” To learn more, visit this website.

The goals are to make the poor visible in the debate, stand in prayer for important programs that help the most vulnerable in society, and inform Congress that cutting such programs is not the answer to budget concerns. The Portland gathering is within sight distance of the offices of Sen. Jeff Merkley.

In Portland, the Oregon Center for Christian Values is helping host the event in partnership with Bread for the World and the Office of Life, Justice and Peace of the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland.

If interested in joining Clint Baldwin (Center for Peace and Justice) and others in attending, contact Clint at ext. 2685.

Freaking out because you don’t know APA style for citations? This workshop is for you. We’ll cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.

Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will present.

Join us Friday, Nov. 18, at 10:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.