The Daily Bruin

1. “Perceptions of the hijab”

My name is Jennifer Salame and I am part of the Islam and the West Class. My research group including Brittany Wick, Bethany Muhr, Hannah Fisher, and Man Ho Wong would like to send out a survey titled “Perceptions of the hijab” to the student body.
Below is the link for our survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YJZRFG6

2. Newberg Downtown Survey

The Downtown Newberg Coalition has hired our marketing research class to generate responses from four different groups: students, shoppers, visitors and local businesses. Our specific group is targeting undergraduate and graduate students at the Newberg campus.

Kate Shepherdson, Kassie Wymore, Jackie Hamlin & Rita Yi (kshepherdson07@georgefox.edu)
BUSN 450 – Marketing Research & Planning

Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey about shopping, restaurants, and attractions in the Newberg area, specifically Downtown. We want the student perspective on what businesses YOU WANT HERE! It takes about 5 minutes. As a thank you, you’ll receive $1 off ANYTHING at Chapters! Look for it in your mailbox.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/georgefox.edu/viewform?formkey=dGNiTl9NbndaOF9wQS05NzY4YUdySVE6MQ

3. Did you know that there are as many Muslims in China as there are in Afghanistan?
We are researching American and Chinese students’ opinions about Muslims in China. We’d love to get your opinion!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H3WLKX8

David Masulis (dmasulis@yahoo.com), Kaitlin Christenson, Kirsten McCammon, Kelong Yan
Jackie Hamlin, Kate Shepherdson, Kassie Wymore and Rita Yi
BUSN 450 – Marketing Research & Planning

4. This is a very short survey for Senior Capstone about how people feel about the Christian church.
It is completely anonymous and it only takes about two minutes.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H36N9KW

Mikaela mchristman07@georgefox.edu
Sarah
Jingjing
Justin

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Don’t forget: World’s Got Talent is Wednesday night (Nov. 17)! For those of you who have your tickets, head on over to Wood-Mar Auditorium for an exciting show!

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Be there first for the best seats. Show starts at 8 p.m.

We have extra mums in various fall colors from Bruin Preview for sale. You can purchase the chrysanthemum flowers for $5 in the admissions office (second floor of Stevens Center).

They make great Thanksgiving centerpieces!

Cinema & Media Communications students need a male actor to act in a film project for the Camera & Lighting class. It’s a short, comical script about what happens when a Twilight-obsessed girl meets a real vampire. Shooting is expected to take place this weekend, November 19-20.

If you are interested, please let me know as soon as possible! Thank you.
Sarah Tremayne
stremayne06@georgefox.edu

The Department of Performing Arts invites you to James Pick’s senior piano recital this Saturday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The program will include compositions by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Muczynski. Violinist Kathleen Lavengood and cellist Jerry Bobbe will join James onstage for Muczynski’s First Piano Trio.

Ever thought about how Hollywood and the media portray Arabs? Come watch Reel Bad Arabs in Hoover 210 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, and join our GEED 490 class in thinking about how Hollywood has vilified a people. We look forward to seeing you there. And bring a friend or two!

Questions? E-mail Lindley King at lking06@georgefox.edu. You can also preview the film by watching the trailer.

There will be an Information Meeting for ALL May 2011 Juniors Abroad students on Wednesday, November 17 in Lemmons 8 from  6:00-6:45 PM.

Please make every effort to attend.  If you cannot, due to class, make sure that someone takes notes for you.

Submitted by Lynn Scott: lscott@georgefox.edu

Come join the fun at the Cultural Fair Tuesday, Nov. 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Bruin Den (new location this year). George Fox students will be sharing their cultures through music, dance, videos, pictures, crafts, games, and, of course, the all-time favorite: food. All students and George Fox employees are invited.

Correction to Cultural Celebration Week schedule: The Invisible Children “Face-to-Face” Tour event is not Wednesday, but is Tuesday, Nov. 16. This event is co-hosted by the Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies and Invisible Children. The evening will include a showing of the 40-minute film Go!, which documents three American students who traveled to Uganda, met students their age, and through these relationships saw their lives changed.

In addition, two Ugandans, James and Robert, who have lived through the war and have been involved with Invisible Children’s partner school program, will share their stories and address ways in which students can respond and participate in advocating on behalf of northern Uganda’s children. This will include a talk-back session with a question-and-answer time following the film.

Please join us Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.

The university’s Symphonic Band and the Newberg Community Band will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in Bauman Auditorium.

The Symphonic Band will perform Dies Natalis, by Howard Hanson; Ave Maria (Angelus Domini), by Franz Biebl, arranged by Robert C. Cameron; and Commando March, by Samuel Barber. The band is directed by Pat Vandehey. The Hanson piece is a small preview of the upcoming Christmas Concert.

The Newberg Community Band, directed by Dick Elliott, will perform Loudoun Praises, by Brian Balmages; Colonial Airs and Dances, by Robert Jager; and Symphonic Fanfare, by Mark Camphouse.

Tuesday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Corban, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Friday, Nov. 19, 5:30 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Southern Oregon, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Friday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Corban, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Saturday, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Northwest, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Sunday, Nov. 21, 2 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Chapman, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

These are the only home games until Jan. 8. Ticket prices for George Fox basketball games are $6 for adults and $3 for non-GFU students and seniors 55 and over. Children 6 and under who are not in school are free. George Fox faculty, staff and students are admitted free with valid university ID; the ID covers immediate family members for all employees.

Additional basketball schedule cards are available in the department of athletics, ext. 2910. For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit gfubruins.com.

The university community is invited to a free presentation of Waiting for Godot by students in French and British literature classes. Join us at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Important reminders:

*Deadline for campus competition: THIS WEDNESDAY, November 17th at 5 PM.

*If you need shoeboxes/labels and live on campus, contact your RA. If you live off campus, you can pick up a box in the ASC offices.

*You do not need to include funds for shipping.

*Please completely fill your boxes! We want to send the kids as much as we can right?

*The campus packing party is THIS SUNDAY, the 21st at 2 PM in the EHS atrium. Just bring yourself and come have fun packing boxes! If you want to volunteer for the event, contact Jessi Fink (jfink09@georgefox.edu) or sign up in the Bruin Den.

The Battle for the Blue Goose (powderpuff football tournament) sign-ups are available on the intramural sports bulletin board between the two windows of the bookstore. Anyone interested in participating as players or coaches can sign up there. We are particularly in need of junior women to sign up to fill out their team’s roster.

The event takes place on Sunday, Dec. 5, with games beginning at 1:30 p.m. and the championship game to follow at 2:45 p.m. on Colcord Field (the track field).

The Battle for the Blue Goose is hosted by Bruin Heritage Society. Contact bruinheritage@georgefox.edu with questions.

God created us in his image with such variety and color. Cultural Celebration Week is a celebration of the cultures God created. Join us in celebrating God through the events of this week.

Monday
Chapel: Ben Sand & Anthony Jordan, Portland Leadership Foundation Executives
10:40-11:30 a.m., Bauman Auditorium

Coffee and Culture: Students sharing about their culture. Snacks provided.
7-9 p.m., International Center/Cultural House

Tuesday
Cultural Fair: Students share food, crafts, information from their cultures.
4-6 p.m., Bruin Den

Wednesday
Chapel: Ben Sand & Anthony Jordan, Portland Leadership Foundation Executives
10:40-11:30 a.m., Bauman Auditorium

Chapel Talk-Back: Discussion with Ben Sand & Anthony Jordan. Bring your own lunch.
Noon-1 p.m., Cap & Gown Room

Reflecting the Diversity of God’s Kingdom at George Fox: Joel Perez shares about diversity at Fox.
3:30-5 p.m., Hoover 105

Movie: Invisible Children
7-9 p.m., Hoover 105

World’s Got Talent: Performances by George Fox students from all over the world.
8-10 p.m., Wood-Mar Auditorium

Thursday
Open House: See the newly remodeled International Center/Cultural House (used to be Moore House). Refreshments will be served.
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., International Center/Cultural House

Shalom: Engage in spiritual formation of reconciliation.
9-10 p.m., Cap & Gown Room

The worms are arriving on Friday. It took the worms longer to crawl to campus than expected, but they have arrived. Come to the front of the Student Union Building between noon and 1:30 p.m. today (Friday) to pick up your worms, if you have already signed up for a worm compost bin.

If you haven’t signed up, there may be extra worms for you. Also, you can pick up some worm T-shirts for just $10. Happy worm-herding!

– Creation Care Committee

Come hang out with Experiential Ministries and get some climbing in too! This is a time for anybody to come and climb on the wall, spend time with friends, and get to know some new people. Whether you’ve climbed your whole life or never before, you’re welcome to come. There will be both top-rope climbs and traverses. Every other Monday from 6-8, including this coming Monday, November 15. Meet at the Miller Gymnasium Climbing Wall.

Questions? Contact Paige at pcopenhaver09@georgefox.edu

Come see Fox play against Warner Pacific in the annual flag football game! Kickoff is 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, at the Austin field. Join the tailgate party in wearing your BlueZone T-shirt.

Students, staff, faculty and alumni are invited!

Need to be planning for your internship?  Because your academic internship could lead directly to employment after college, it is important enough to bring your A-game to that opportunity.  Career Services offers a one-credit, online course spring semester designed to help you become prepared.  Sign up for GEED 216-Becoming Workplace Familiar-through General Education in the course schedule.

Questions?  Contact Career Services at x. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu.

This Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies will co-host an event with Invisible Children as part of their “Face to Face” tour. The evening will include a showing of the 40-minute film Go!, which documents three American students who traveled to Uganda, met students their age, and through these relationships saw their lives changed.

In addition, two Ugandans, James and Robert, who have lived through the war and have been involved with Invisible Children’s partner school program, will share their stories and address ways in which students can respond and participate in advocating on behalf of northern Uganda’s children. This will include a talk-back session with a question-and-answer time following the film.

Please join us from 7 to 9 p.m. in Hoover 105.