The Daily Bruin

This Pizza Chat will focus on how to select a major and the resources available to students deciding what to major in. Pizza is provided!! Participants are asked to sign-up in advance by going to your MyGFU page. Click on Career Services and then Bruin Careers.  Create an account and search “Career Events.”

Thursday, October 14th from 12:00-1:00 PM in the Career Services office on Stevens 1.

The 2009-10 yearbooks are in! The books will be available in the SUB starting Wednesday, Oct. 13, and will continue to be available until at least Friday, Oct. 15. These books are free to sophomores, juniors and seniors and are available on a first-come, first-served basis (once they’re gone, they’re gone). You are responsible to get your own book (just look for the table with the yearbooks on it and pick one up).

Employees, if you work in an area (such as the library or alumni relations) that gets a book for the office every year, please contact Hannah Wilcox at hwilcox06@georgefox.edu, and we will make sure that you get one. Thank you!

Questions? E-mail Hannah at the above address.

An exhibit of drawings by John Calabrese, titled “Black and White: Mood Images,” is now on display in the Lindgren Gallery. The pieces, inspired by film noir, will be up through Nov. 12. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Abby Rine will share her research on the subject “Is Sin Sexed? Luce Irigaray on Sin and Feminine Subjectivity” at an “Intellectual Feast” hosted by the Department of Religious Studies on Tuesday, Oct. 12. Come join us for good conversation and refreshments. The presentation runs from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 250.

The university community is invited to a public lecture by a Rutgers professor, Andrew Murphy, who will present “Persecuting Quakers? The Politics of Conscience in Early Pennsylvania” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in Hoover 105.

Murphy has written about religious liberty in general and on Quakers and religious liberty more specifically. Among his many publications are: Prodigal Nation: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11, Conscience and Community: Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America, and The Political Writings of William Penn. He is currently writing a book entitled Liberty, Toleration, and Law: The Political Thought of William Penn.

Questions? Contact Mark David Hall (Political Science) at mhall@georgefox.edu.

Career Services will host a Graduate School Emphasis Week Oct. 18-22. The week will include a “Getting Into Graduate School” presentation from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Stevens 109; a George Fox graduate schools fair from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Hoover lobby; packets of information for students; and a discussion blog on Career Services’ website.

Registration for the Oct. 20 presentation is available on Bruin Careers and is limited to the first 40 people.

Interested in seeing what some of our theatre alumni are up to? Come see the staged reading of “Rabbit Hole” by David Linsay-Abaire at the Hillsboro Actors Repertory Theatre in Hillsboro Oct. 15-16. The show stars George Fox theatre alumni Tara (Strever) Beanblossom, Jordan Beanblossom and Jessie (Sarver) Pick, and is directed by Stephen Pick. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. shows are $8 at the door. The venue is located at 185 S.E. Washington St., in Hillsboro.

Please come and support your theatre alumni!

The sex talk originally scheduled by Spiritual Life for Tuesday night (Oct. 11) has been postponed until the spring. We still look forward to seeing you in Wednesday’s chapel, when we will be hearing from faculty panels on “What I Wish I Would Have Known” at various locations on campus.

For details on what panel is meeting where, visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu. We look forward to worshiping with you.

The 2010 Back to School issue of Student Health 101 was distributed to subscribing student email addresses last week. If you did not get the email and would like to receive the online health magazine, it can be accessed at http://readsh101.com/georgefox.html or you can find a link on the Health & Counseling page of the GFU website.

ASC is now accepting proposals for additions to campus through the Student Project Fund. The Student Project Fund is a fund set aside to see student initiated ideas executed on campus through ASC. Examples have been the Ampitheater and the currently being built fire pit.

They are due October 22.

Questions? Contact Brady Mordhorst at bmordhorst07@georgefox.edu

This Pizza Chat will focus on how to select a major and the resources available to students deciding what to major in. Pizza is provided!! Participants are asked to sign-up in advance by going to your MyGFU page. Click on Career Services and then Bruin Careers.  Create an account and search “Career Events.”

October 14, 2010 from 12-1 PM in the Career Service Office on Stevens 1.

Interested in living or working overseas, but not sure how to do it? The Big Guide can help. The Office of Career Services has a subscription to this great interactive website that allows you to access its abundant resources for free.

Visit careers.georgefox.edu and find the link under “News and Updates” to activate your free account. Once registered, you can network with others interested in living or working abroad, both inside and outside of George Fox, and can access numerous videos and text resources to help you prepare for your upcoming adventure.

If you have any questions, contact Career Services at ext. 2330, via e-mail at careers@georgefox.edu, or in person at our new location on the first floor of the Stevens Center.

The annual Salsa Dance is going to be held next Saturday, October 16th from 8pm-10pm in Wheeler Sports Center. The dance will feature live instruction for the first hour for those interested in learning. Refreshments and dance contest prizes will be available.

Please Shane Gill at sgill09@georgefox.edu for further information.

The Dance Committee has reposted the applications to select individuals to participate on the committee. The applications are going to be posted outside of ASC on the ASC board. Please review the application and fill it out if you are interested in participating. Applications are due October 22nd by 5:00pm.

Please contact Shane Gill at sgill09@georgefox.edu for further information.

The university’s annual Salsa Dance is set for next Saturday, Oct. 16, from 8 to 10 p.m. in Wheeler Sports Center. The dance will feature live instruction for the first hour for those interested in learning. Refreshments and dance contest prizes will be available.

Questions? Contact Shane Gill at sgill09@georgefox.edu.

Copies of the voters’ pamphlet for the Oregon general election are now here. Pick one up from the counter by the Associated Student Community offices and Bruin Den or get one from the counter in the hallway of Mail Services. The pamphlet has information about the canditates running for office as well as the different measures that are on the ballot.

As in previous years, we are slightly modifying our dining hours in Klages over fall break weekend. They will be as follows:

Friday, Oct. 8

Breakfast: 8:30-10 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 9

Cont. Breakfast: 9-10 a.m.
Brunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5 – 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 10

Cont. Breakfast: 9-10 a.m.
Brunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5-7 p.m.

The Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will be closed on Friday.

Saturday, Oct. 9, 11 a.m. – Men’s golf in George Fox Invitational, Chehalem Glenn Golf Course

Saturday, Oct. 9, noon – Women’s soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran, Austin Sports Complex

Sunday, Oct. 10, 7:30 a.m. – Men’s golf in George Fox Invitational, Chehalem Glenn Golf Course

Sunday, Oct. 10, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s soccer vs. Pacific, Austin Sports Complex

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the Bruins’ athletics website at gfubruins.com.

If you have not yet chosen a major- please plan to come to the Majors Fair Friday October 15th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Hoover and EHS atriums.  Representatives from each department will be available to answer questions in an effort to assist you in making a good decision.

Questions? Contact Stephanie St. Cyr sstcyr@gmail.com

For the first time in George Fox history, the Multicultural Department is bringing to you World’s Got Talent. A night of cultural celebration with performances from around the world.

Do you have a cultural performance you would like to share with Fox? Let us know about it! All talents are welcome; dancing, singing, acting, poetry, spoken word, etc. If you are interested, please e-mail Anya Frolova at afrolova08@georgefox.edu.

Auditions will be held November 2, 2010. Location and more information to follow.