The Daily Bruin

Pass/No Pass option still available this week in the Registrar’s Office for Juniors & Seniors. Stop by the registrar’s office in Stevens Center anytime Thursday or Friday to fill out the form.

Friday, February 4th is the last day to change your class to the pass/no pass option.

Requirements for Pass/No Pass eligibility are:

Junior or senior standing, which is 62 credits or more

Must earn a C- or higher in the class to receive credit for the course

Saturday, Feb. 5, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Lewis & Clark, Wheeeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Lewis & Clark, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

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

Are you interested in missions? We will be hosting Mission Year’s Sara Mendoza Thursday (Feb. 3), and she will be available to answer any questions about the organization (missionyear.org).

If you’re interested in what they do, we welcome you to come talk with Sara. She will be available at lunch in the Bruin Den or at 3:30 p.m. in the Spiritual Life House (on the corner of Sheridan and Meridian). She also will speak in Shalom at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. We hope to see you there!

Come join us this morning (Wednesday) for chapel to hear Steve Sherwood (Religious Studies) speak on the topic of Wise/Wounded. We look forward to worshiping with you!

Get Spiritual Life Credit for watching a “trashy movie.” Our Faith and Film Series for Wednesday night (Feb. 2) is Garbage Dreams. Follow the story of these Egyptian “Trash boys” to find out why there is a revolution taking place in Egypt right now. Come watch this short film (53 minutes) and then we can do a little trash-talking about how this affects us and our trash here in Newberg.

Join us at 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.

With housing selection coming up in just over a month, there are a few details students should be aware of for the 2011-2012 selection process.

1) Students 21 years old or older and students with senior status (93+ credits) as of the first day of classes (August 29, 2011) will be eligible to live off campus.

2) A $150 non-refundable housing deposit will be paid in order to be eligible to go through housing sign ups.

Details about the housing deposit:

1)     You will be able to pay your deposit now through March 11^th in order to go through housing selection.

2)     You will need to have a current account (as determined by Student Financial Services) in order to pay your housing deposit.

3)     The deposit may be refunded if you withdraw it prior to housing selection or do not go through housing selection. If you withdraw your deposit prior to selection, then you will not go through selection.

4)     Once you have received a housing assignment your deposit will then be applied toward your fall charges.

5)     The housing deposit will be forfeited if you cancel your housing after receiving an assignment.

6)     If you will be living with an RA or chosen by an RA to live in a house you will need to submit your housing deposit in order to keep your housing assignment.

Note: Students who are eligible to live off-campus and do not submit a housing deposit will automatically be designated as off-campus for the fall.

3) In order to be considered for Le Shana Hall, your group will need to have 6 people. Groups of 5 will not be considered for Le Shana. Groups of six that are not able to make it into Le Shana will be placed in either two adjacent Weesner Village apartments or three adjacent Coffin Hall rooms.

4) Coffin Hall, one floor of Coffin Hall will be available for returning female students. There will not be any rooms in Coffin for returning male students.

For information about housing selection, please visit the Housing and Residence Life website: reslife.georgefox.edu

The February issue of Student Health 101 has been sent out and has some great articles including:
– Learn the keys to healthy and happy relationships
– Get to work on your future right now
– A great spring break without getting burned
– Eating disorders: Do you know the signs?
– Learning to appreciate people’s differences
– Immunization information if you are doing a Junior’s Abroad trip or traveling overseas
-and much more!
Go to http://readsh101.com/georgefox.html for more information.

Are you interested in volunteering for Kaleo?  Free Kaleo t-shirts given to each volunteer! Volunteers will be used at various times during the event on February 26th.

Please contact Amy Lorenz if you are interested. alorenz@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2134

It’s not too late to GET SMART! Career Services will be hosting a FREE GET SMART Job Search workshop on February 5th from 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m. in the Villa Academic Complex.

Registration ends Thursday, February 3rd. Register via Bruin Careers (mygfu>Career Services> BruinCareers).

For more information, please contact Angela Doty at adoty@georgefox.edu.
Thanks!

The Center for Peace and Justice will host a special guest and a symposium this Thursday, Feb. 3. Here are the details:

Global Urban Mission Leader Visits
Viv Grigg, international director, Urban Leadership Foundation
Faculty/Staff Roundtable Conversation
9-10:30 a.m., Executive Dining Room

*Peace Theory Course: “Considerations of alternative pedagogies along the lines of Jesus’ seminary in the slums and in relation to Grigg’s graduate urban leadership program.” 4:10 – 5:25 p.m., Ross 141

*Class is open to the public

Viv Grigg has been used to prophetically initiate many urban ministries while following Christ by living in numerous poor communities around the world. He is an assistant professor and author of numerous articles and books.

Peace and Justice Symposium (Spiritual life credit available for attending)
Speakers: Fred Gregory, special assistant to the president, international development expert, 1966 George Fox alumnus
Dot Tobey, undergraduate admissions counselor, 2008 George Fox alumna

7:15 – 8:30 p.m., Quaker Heritage Room – Second Floor Library

Join us for the third of four peace and justice symposia this academic year. Fred Gregory will take us on a journey through his 40-plus years in international development. Hear his amazing stories, learn from his experience, and be inspired by his courage and insight. Dot Tobey will share her experience working in inner city youth ministry. Hear from a recent college graduate serving God through youth ministry.

The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (S-AAC) will be doing a coin drive for the flooding in Pakistan that the country is still attempting to recover from.

Collectors will be going to dorms, houses, and everything in between from 7 to 9 p.m. on this Thursday, February 3.

Staff and students: With the rising gas prices and recent drier weather, more of you are biking to school. Please remember to always lock your bike with the thickest chain and lock you can buy.

If you have an expensive bike, you might want to consider bringing a less expensive bike to campus, or to store your bike elsewhere, as it is very tempting to thieves. We have had a few reports lately of stolen bikes, so please check on your bike frequently and keep it locked!

The security department also offers free bike registration at the security office. Just bring your bike over during office hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday) and we can register your bike with the Newberg Police Department.

Thank you,
Security Services

Freaking out because you don’t know APA style for citations? If so, we have a workshop just for you: “Using APA Format Effectively,” scheduled for 10:40 a.m. this Friday, Feb. 4, in Lemmons 8.

Sue O’Donnell, associate professor of psychology, will cover American Psychological Association citation and reference formatting, along with several guidelines for writing in APA style.

Both graduate and undergraduate Financial Aid Counselors will be away from the office Wednesday, February 2nd through Friday February 4th. If an appointment is needed, please email your counselor to set up a time next week.  For immediate assistance, please call our office at 503-554-2300.

The all-new Bruin Madness is this Saturday, and we want you there!

The Bon opens early at 3:30 p.m. for our first-ever indoor tailgate party. Don’t miss the incredible tailgate dinner and spirit activities. There is also a special KidZone for the little ones so bring your family along too! Students on meal plans just need their ID card to get in.

After the tailgate party, head over to Miller Gym to cheer on the Bruin basketball teams in the biggest games of the year!

Tomorrow (Feb. 2) is the last day to preregister and save on tickets to the indoor tailgate party and basketball games for adults, seniors and non-GFU students.

To find out more, to register, and to get discounted tickets, visit the Bruin Madness site.

Non-discounted tickets can also be purchased at the door.

We will be conducting a test of our emergency notification system, FOXALERT, sometime this week.

The following message will be sent via e-mail:

This is a test of the George Fox University, Newberg Campus, emergency notification system: FOXALERT.

This is ONLY A TEST.

If this were a real emergency you would be directed to a website or phone number where more information would be available.

THIS IS ONLY A TEST.

Thank you for your participation.

The following text message will be sent if you have opted into the SMS system via MYGFU:

THIS IS A TEST OF FOXALERT.

Please check your e-mail for more information or go to georgefox.info.

If you have not done so recently, please update your contact information by signing into MyGFU.

• Login to your MyGFU account
• Click on SELF SERVICE
• Click on CAMPUS PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Click on PHONE NUMBERS
• On the PHONE TYPE pick list, choose the phone type you are registering.
• Type in your contact information
• Click SAVE
• If you need to add a number, first click on ADD A PHONE NUMBER
• Make sure you click SAVE after each change.

Your safety is very important to us. Thank you for your participation! If you have questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

Sincerely,
Brad Lau, VP for Student Life

Those with intermediate-advance level dance experience are invited to audition to be a member of the George Fox Dance Company.

Auditions are Sunday, Feb. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Wheeler Dance Room 211 of the gym. Please be prepared for an intermediate-advance level jazz/lyrical dance class.

Pick up applications in the Wheeler Dance Room from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, and bring your application to the audition. If you are unable to make it to the dance room at this time or have any questions, please contact Mary Lane at mlane07@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget that Doubt, the theatre’s winter drama, opens this week in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 3-5, and Sunday at 2 p.m. It also runs next week, Feb. 10-12, at 7:30 p.m.

Students get in free both Thursdays, and one complimentary ticket is available for each employee in the bookstore.

Come audition for the spring play, Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew! Sign up for a group audition time and an individual audition slot on the audition board in Ross. Have a 90-second monologue (any style) memorized and polished and be prepared for movement!

Auditions start at 9 a.m. , Saturday, February 5th.

On Tuesday night (Feb. 1) spiritual life will host “Doubter’s Forum – a Conversation About Life’s Hard Questions.” It will be held in Hoover lounge at 7:30 p.m. On the panel will be Steve Sherwood and Sarah Baldwin. We look forward to seeing you there!