The Daily Bruin

The Newberg campus will be closed Friday, Oct. 8, for the mid-semester holiday. All offices, the Bruin Bookstore and the library will be closed.

The George Fox Behavioral Health Clinic is offering a free eight-week parenting class for parents of ages 1-18. Build better relationships with your kids and get better behavior, too! Snacks provided. Sorry, no childcare is provided.

Sessions last from 5:30 to 7 p.m. each Monday from Monday, Oct. 11, through Monday, Nov. 29. Classes meet in the new Behavioral Health Clinic building next to the Villa Academic Complex on Villa Road in Newberg.

Questions? Contact Joel Gregor at jogregor@georgefox.edu.

Do you love talking about sports? Do you want your voice to be heard by listeners around the world? Join our Sports Broadcasting team, help is needed for calling basketball games!

Email Chris at clumsden09@georgefox.edu for more information

Career Services invites you to an open house. Come visit our new space on the first floor of the Stevens Center on Wednesday, Oct. 6, between noon and 5 p.m. Enjoy light refreshments and test your career savvy with some interactive games. All are welcome!

WINTER SERVE IS HERE!

Winter Serve applications are available now! You can pick them up right outside the Christian Services office in the Bruin Den.

If you are interested in leading a trip those applications are available as well in the same spot.

If you pick up either application please write down your email on the sign-up sheet so I can follow up with you throughout the application process.

Any questions? Email me at sstoecker07@georgefox.edu or stop by Christian Services office.

I hope to see lots of you apply and participate for Winter Serve 2010!

Have a wonderfully short week!

Shawnte Stoecker
sstoecker07@georgefox.edu
Serve Trip Coordinator

The IJM chapter at GFU deals in large part with the issue of sex-trafficking on both a global and local scale, and what steps we can do to combat it. Two major focuses of the chapter are prayer, as well as how we can get involved in the community. Please join us Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 8:50 p.m in the Le Shana Lobby.

Questions? amcdonald07@georgefox.edu

The Fitness Center in the Wheeler Sports Center will be closed Thursday, Oct. 7, at 5 p.m. until Monday, Oct. 11, at 6 a.m.

Tickets are now available for a Wednesday, Oct. 27, concert featuring musical guest Gungor in Bauman Auditorium. Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert can be purchased at the Bruin Bookstore for $10 (faculty and community). The event is free for George Fox students. Tickets will also be available at the door.

Gungor is a musical band born out of a journey of learning what it means to be a follower of Jesus. Their philosophy is that their music would serve as a means to an end, to change people, and be a part of God’s kingdom. According to Michael Gungor, the group’s music speaks to the spiritual journey that happens when we follow God in trusting him to “make beautiful things out of the dust in our lives, that God will somehow use us, use our obedience and love, our feeble human effort, and build himself a kingdom.”

To listen to their music, visit gungormusic.com, or check out their latest song, “Beautiful Things” on YouTube.

Gmail has announced the option of turning off the conversation view in your e-mail. Tired of related e-mails being “stacked” into one message? Simply click on “Settings” in the upper-right corner, then the “General” tab. The sixth option on the list will turn off conversations and let every e-mail you receive remain independent in your in-box.

Attention all freshman through senior students considering graduate school within the next few years: Please come to Career Services’ Getting into Graduate School Workshop from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Stevens 109.

Topics will include if graduate school if right for you, choosing your schools, writing your essays, picking letter writers, taking the admission tests, and more. To sign up or get more information, visit this link.

Faculty, please encourage those students who are interested in graduate school to attend.

Do tests drive you crazy? You read the book, did the assignments, studied the night before, and still didn’t do as well as you wanted on your test; what else can you do? In this session, Rick Muthiah (Learning Support Services) will cover several strategies for improving performance on tests.

Tuesday, Oct. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in Stevens 208

Questions: rmuthiah@georgefox.edu

Are you interested in the upcoming May Serve Missions Trip in 2011?

Come to an informational night on Monday, Oct. 4, at 9 p.m. The meeting will be in Lemmons 8 and is open to all students interested in May Serve. Applications for the trip will also be available at this meeting.

Contact Andrea Crenshaw at acrensha@georgefox.edu for more information.

The lost and found items will all be in the Bruin Den between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Please stop by between those times if you are missing an item. All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

This weekend the Outdoors Club is heading to The Circuit rock climbing gym. We’ll be meeting in the Bruin Den on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. No experience necessary. Since this a bouldering gym, no harnesses are needed either! It’s $10 to get in, $4 for shoes. There’s a group discount, as well as a first-time discount. We’ll be back around 11 p.m.

Questions: E-mail dwulff09@georgefox.edu

Come join us Friday morning for First Friday Worship in Bauman Auditorium from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. We will worship together with creative prayer and music. We look forward to worshiping with you!

Don’t forget about the Disney Carnival Friday night (Oct. 1) at 8 p.m. on the track. Prizes include Disneyland tickets, a 32-inch TV, an iHome, and best costume prize. Lots of games and food!

This Monday, Oct. 4, Dr. Anita Weiss will speak on the lives of women in Pakistan and Afghanistan for the university’s Liberal Arts and Critical Issues Forum. Weiss is a professor of international studies at the University of Oregon and specializes in development issues and gender. She is currently working on two books, Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan, and Pathways to Power: The Domestic Politics of South Asia.

Weiss will present in two sessions: from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Next week, the university will host the biennial meeting of the Conference on Faith and History (CFH) Oct. 6-9. The theme of this year’s conference is “The Search for Peace, Justice and Equality.” Approximately 170 attendees will be presenting more than 150 papers on a variety of historical subjects.

For location, content and cost information, visit the university’s history webpage, the society’s web page or contact Caitlin Corning.

Experiential Ministries is hosting its first event of the year- a day hike at Silver Falls State Park! Bring your own lunch and meet at the Bruin’s Den at 9:00 on Sunday, October 3rd. We will be back no later than 5:00. Drivers and vehicles are needed. Liability forms are located outside the ASC offices.
Contact Paige Copenhaver at pcopenhaver09@georgefox.edu

Please join us in the Bruin Den or Villa Cafe this Tuesday, Oct. 5, when representatives from Starbucks will be on campus serving free coffee samples, featuring their new Starbucksâ„¢ Shared Planetâ„¢ blends as well as some new seasonal drinks. Samples will be served from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

– Bon Appetit