The Daily Bruin

Urban Services meets every Friday to send students into Portland and Salem to meet and build relationships with the homeless. Urban Services begins this Friday, Sept. 16! The groups will meet in the Bruin Den. Salem meets for dinner at 4:30 p.m. and departs at 5 p.m.; Portland departs at 5:30 p.m. Come join us and help serve our neighboring homeless community.

Questions? Contact Heather Mabry at hmabry07@georgefox.edu or Mary Owen at mowen10@georgefox.edu

The short film Beautiful, a story about discovering one’s unique beauty as a woman of God, is having auditions this Saturday, Sept. 17, at 3 p.m. in the university’s Media Center on the Newberg campus. It is a statement video about expressing beauty as a woman and not being afraid of it or just copying what the media portrays as beautiful.

Two roles are being cast:

• A young woman (18-26 years old) who is very conservative in the ways she expresses her beauty and tends to go unnoticed in large crowds and tries to be invisible.
• A second young woman (18-26 years old) who is very elaborate and flashy in the ways she expresses her beauty and tends to be judged in the Christian community because of what she wears.

Shooting will be conducted the weekend of Oct. 7-9 in Newberg. There is no pay, but meals will be provided during the shoot, a DVD copy will be given after completed, and a great seat at our premiere will be reserved for you.

If interested, please show up between 3 and 4 p.m. at the Media Center. If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail the producer, Carissa Hoffman, at choffman09@georgefox.edu.

Sophomores! You are invited to the Evening of Black and White this Friday, Sept 16. Come to the Stevens Center dressed in your best black and white for an evening of dessert, karaoke, Wii, photo booth and good times. Doors open at 8 p.m. First 50 sophomores receive a T-shirt!

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month today! Join the Latino Heritage Club (LHC) in its first meeting of the semester at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in the Cultural House.

LHC has weekly meetings and special events planned throughout the year, too. See multicultural.georgefox.edu for the calendar.

Questions? Contact Shelley Yonemura at syonemura@georgefox.edu.

Reminder: George Fox’s Gospel Choir, the Voices of Praise, will host an information meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, in Ross 208 (Choir Room). All are invited!

If you are interested in worship through singing, dancing or playing an instrument, we encourage you to come learn more about Gospel Choir.

Join us for a day of revival Wednesday (Sept. 14) with AJ Swoboda, pastor of the Theophilus Church gathering in the Hawthorne District of Portland. AJ will share both in our morning chapel (10:40 a.m.) and at an evening gathering at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Valley Repertory Theatre’s opening of Walk A Mile is this Thursday, September 15th.

The show runs Thursday-Saturday, September 15-17 and 22-24 at 7:30 pm.

Sunday matinees will run September 18 and 25 at 2 pm.

Performances of Walk a Mile: Stories of Newberg will take place at the Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St. Newberg, OR 97132, just a short walk from the Newberg campus.

Tickets on for students are only $10, however, Thursday night performances are ‘pay what you will.’

All tickets are for general seating and will be sold at the door, beginning thirty minutes before each show. Adult tickets are $15, seniors are $12 and students are $10. All Thursday performances are “pay what you will.” Cash, check and cards accepted. A $1 processing fee will be added to card transactions. Seating is limited. Reservations may be made in advance by contacting Valley Rep at 971-832-9202 or tickets@valleyrep.org.

All the details are here: http://valleyrep.org/productions/walk-a-mile/

Founders Stephen Pick and Caleb Thurston, recent graduates from George Fox University, have directed for schools and theatres in the Portland-area before establishing this theatre in the community they had grown to love while attending college.

VRT is committed to the highest artistic standard, Valley Repertory Theatre engages and unites its community through honest, relevant storytelling, calling both the artist and the audience toward growth.

The Theatre Honor Society, APO, is holding general auditions for our student one-act festival, opening later in November.

Auditions will be held on Saturday, September 17, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

If you’re interested, sign up for an audition slot in Ross and prepare a 90-second contemporary monologue to present at auditions.

Join us. It’s going to be a good time.

Do you like eating dessert? Are you interested missions? Why not combined the two by coming to the 2011 Missions Welcome Back Dessert? This dessert is for anyone who is interested in missions, grown up in missions or has participated in missions. Its a time when you can ask about the missions opportunities on campus and/or share about your past experiences in missions. Come and hang out with others who also share a heart for missions Wednesday, September 14 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Cap and Gown room. We would love to have you there!

Have questions?
Contact: Pieper Wise
Missions Coordinator
missionsatgfu@gmail.com

Students, staff and all of the George Fox community (as well as the Newberg community) are invited to a special event reflecting on the impact of the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

On Tuesday, Sept. 13, a panel of George Fox professors will share and discuss their views on “9-11: Ten Years Later, What Have We Learned?” Please join us in Hoover 105 at 7:30 p.m.

Questions? Contact Michael MacLeod (mmacleod@georgefox.edu).

On Wednesday (Sept. 14), immediately after chapel, the Newberg Fire Department, invited by Residence Life, will be conducting its fifth annual Burn in the Quad. This is our shortest program but one of the most engaging educational experiences of the year. They will demonstrate how quickly a residence hall room can become consumed by smoke and flames.

The event will happen in the clock tower quad; the fire will start by 11:40 a.m. and it will probably be over by 11:45 a.m. Our apologies if this causes some classroom disruption.

Questions? Contact Dave Johnstone at djohnstone@georgefox.edu.

We are continually refining Serve Day and want your input to make it better for the years to come. Please fill out the Serve Day evaluation at tinyurl.com/3hj467j.

After we receive your evaluation, you will be entered into a drawing for a coffee gift card!

A beautiful ring was turned in to the security office, and it was found on Serve Day. Please call ext. 2090 to identify all the details of this ring!

– Security Services

After a couple of weeks of working out the bugs, Bon Appetit is ready to announce our new website. Here you’ll be able to read our weekly menus for both Klages Dining Room as well as the daily special in the Bruin Den.

You’ll also find information regarding our kitchen principles, nutrition, commitment to socially responsible purchasing, upcoming special events and much more.

Visit cafebonappetit.com

Please take a moment to check it out. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let me know.

Denny Lawrence
dlawrenc@georgefox.edu 

In preparation for implementing a new point of sale and inventory management system at the Bruin Bookstore, we are beginning the process of returning textbooks to publishers. If you have not yet purchased your textbooks for this semester, we encourage you to do so now. Books will begin leaving the store by the end of this week, so make sure you have purchased what you need.

Questions? Contact John Stewart at jstewart@georgefox.edu.

We have organized a program designed to match international students with American students to learn about global perspectives and differences between cultures. Through a regular meeting time to share about your culture and learn about another with your partner, you will gain a broader cultural awareness, not only learning about another culture, but also by understanding your own culture from a different perspective as well!

Step out into each others’ worlds …

• Develop relationships and learn about another person’s culture.
• Involves GFU international and U.S. students
• Gain friendship, cultural understanding and shared experiences

Commitment: Students meet for one hour per week for one semester.

Program Basics:

• Please contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu) in the International Student Services office by Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5 p.m.
• There is an ice cream party on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. at the International Center/Cultural House, where you will have the opportunity to meet the cultural partner with whom you have been matched.

Hey sociology majors and friends:

Who: You are invited to a campfire and s’mores get together at Fern Creek!

When: Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. (Meet in the Hoover parking lot at 6:40 and we’ll carpool.)

What: On behalf of Melanie Hulbert, Lisa McMinn and the rest of the sociology office, we would like to extend an invitation to sociology majors, minors and anyone interested in sociology to a campfire at Fern Creek, which is Lisa’s lovely farm.

Come join us for yummy treats and great company! R.S.V.P. if you can so we have an idea of how many of you to expect, and let us know if you can drive. We’ll meet at the Hoover parking lot and make our way together, though directions are below if you need/want to drive out separately.

Directions: Get on 99W heading toward Dundee and turn right on Main Street, which gets you onto Hwy 240 toward Yamhill. Go about 3 1/2 miles on Hwy 240 and turn left onto Williamson Road (it’s a T in the road, and the first left turn possible after Red Fox Road).  Go 1/2 mile up Williamson and turn left at 18703. It’s a gravel driveway, just past Berry Lane and before Williamson turns into a Y. If you look for it you’ll see a Fern Creek Farm sign on the oak tree at the base of the driveway.

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail ecropper09@georgefox.edu.

Bible Survey/O.T. Students:

Do you need help with a Bible paper?
Having trouble citing the Bible?
Receive help through Bible Lab.

Call 503-554-2650 to set up an appointment.

Hoover 230 – Religious Studies Office

Career Services Pizza Chat: Internships discuss the benefits of internships and how to get one while enjoying free pizza!

Thursday, Sept. 15, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Career Services (Stevens first floor)

Sign up via Bruin Careers (in MyGFU or click link below) by Sept. 14.

myinterfase.com/georgefox/event_view.aspx?token=omFdtpOjyNkgVmR9kdYbVw%3d%3d

Are you seeking to understand how God is working in your life right now? Are you trying to discern your giftedness, calling, or vocation? Does faith seem different for you in this season of your life than it was before? Graduate intern Sierra Neiman, from GFU’s seminary, would love to meet with you one-on-one, as a mentor for you in your spiritual journey.

E-mail Sierra to find a time to meet for coffee. ssneiman@georgefox.edu