The Daily Bruin

Don’t forget to drop by the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS Thursday (Dec. 9) to check out the engineering program’s seventh annual “Wobble-Off” engine competition from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The demonstration will feature a variety of oscillating steam/air-operated engines built by freshmen students. It is the culmination of the students’ first-year studies in engineering design, solid modeling and machining.

The engines will compete in a variety of categories, including maximum speed, minimum vibration, maximum coast, cost efficiency and creativity/craftsmanship. All are welcome.

One last reminder: The deadline for submissions to the William Stafford poetry contest is Wednesday, Dec. 8, at midnight. This is an excellent opportunity for students to become published in an upcoming anthology of poetry honoring Stafford. As well, each of the three finalists will receive $50 compensation for their work.

We have received some submissions already, however we would like to see more! Submissions should be electronically sent to william.stafford.poetry@gmail.com.

For more information, click this link. Questions? Write peaceandjustice@georgefox.edu

Mark your calendars for the library’s annual wassail party! Please take a break on Monday, Dec. 13, and join us in the MLRC multipurpose room between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. for free cookies, wassail and coffee.

The International Justice Mission chapter at George Fox invites you to our next meeting at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, in the Le Shana lobby. The IJM 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 and how we can get involved in the community.

Please come and see how you can get involved as well!

A student worker is needed to assist the Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies for spring semester. This is a paid, 10-hour/week position.

Students engaged with and passionate about issues of peace and justice are encouraged to apply. There is a preference for those with international experience (i.e. study abroad, travel, missions).

Please apply via the new Bruin Careers website. For more information, contact Melanie Newell at mnewell@georgefox.edu.

Faculty and staff members: Please encourage those students whom you feel would be interested in this position to apply.

Thanks to all who participated in the advocacy week for the Morong 43 last week. We gained nearly 200 signatures for our petition letters, which were faxed and mailed out early Monday morning.

Please continue to pray for these 43 prisoners as they enter their fourth day of a hunger strike. The prisoners, their families and friends are calling for their release by Dec. 10, which is deemed International Human Rights Day.

For further updates, please click here to read a recent article. The Morong 43 have now been detained for 305 days. Please continue to pray and spread awareness about this injustice.

Thank you,
Melanie Newell (Center for Peace and Justice)

The Meal Plan form is now activated on MYGFU under University Forms.

There are two things that you need to know before proceeding:

1 ) If you plan to complete enough credits to move into a lower meal plan you will need to wait till grades are posted to your academic record before making the change.

For example – for students on the 21 meal plan: If you have 25 credits completed now and took 15 credits this fall, then 6 of those credits will need to post before you can choose the 14 meal plan.

The absolute deadline for making changes to your meal plan is Friday, January 21, 2011. If there are extenuating circumstances pertaining to getting your grades posted by this deadline, please contact Jere Witherspoon immediately.

2) The system rolls all meal plans over, EXCEPT for the 35 block plan and the All Flex Plan since the meals/points on these two plans carry over from Fall to Spring. If you want to add these additional plans to your account you will need to re-select them in MYGFU in University forms.

Details about Meal Plans can be found on the Student Life website: Meal Plan Options

Students are responsible to confirm their meal plans each semester and make any changes prior to the 2nd Friday of each semester – January 21, 2010.

Students who fail to confirm their meal plans, and if eligible, make any changes, will be charged for the meal plan applied to their account even if they did not use the meal plan.

To select your meal plans on MyGFU:

· Log in to your account.

· Click on SELF SERVICE.

· Under GFU Resources click on UNIVERSITY FORMS.

Please address your questions to:

Jere Witherspoon

Student Life Office

jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu

503-554-2316

Need a ride to and from campus for Christmas break?  We are offering transportation service of $20 per way.  Must sign-up and pay in the Student Life office, Stevens 3rd floor by Friday, Dec. 10th at 5:00 p.m.

Sponsored by:  Multicultural Student Programs Office, Shelley Yonemura, syonemura@georgefox.edu

Don’t miss out on an amazing conference!  Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR) is an opportunity for students to learn and grow in their Christian understanding of diversity.

Application deadline has been extended to this Friday, Dec 10th at 12 noon.  Information and application available here:  http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student-life/multicultural-services/SCORR%20Conference.html

Contact Shelley Yonemura (syonemura@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Come to Ten!Ten!Ten! and watch Fox students perform in the directing class’s ‘ final project–a ten-minute play festival! There will be 12 shows total: 6 on Wednesday and Friday, and the other 6 on Thursday and Saturday.

All will be held at 10:10p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. $1 donation to Alpha Psi Omega for admission.

The university’s Center for Peace and Justice will host an evening with Liberian speaker Saah Joseph, who will present “From Liberia with Love: Experiences of War/A Life of Peace” from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 8, in the Cap and Gown Room.

Joseph grew up as a Christian in Liberia, left his family at a young age, and escaped from the war to Sierra Leone when he was 12. After encountering another war, Joseph fled through three more countries until ending up at a refugee camp.

Joseph has worked with humanitarian organizations, including the Red Cross, for which he helped reunite war-torn families. He returned to Liberia and started to set up schools for refugee children. Currently, Joseph works at an organization called PLAN for the Children Humanitarian Aid. The organization recently started a school in a refugee camp, Mount Barcley, which enrolls 900 children.

In addition to Joseph’s presentation, the evening will include a special musical performance by Lasana “Lazso,” who will sing African gospel songs before and after Joseph’s talk. He too escaped war in his native country and survived persecution, poverty and personal failure.

Questions? Contact Melanie Newell at ext. 2686 or mnewell@georgefox.edu.

The university’s engineering program will host its annual engine competition on Thursday, Dec. 9, when freshmen students showcase the projects they’ve built at the seventh annual “Wobble-Off” from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Ron Gregory Atrium in EHS.

The demonstration will feature a variety of oscillating steam/air-operated engines. The event is the culmination of the students’ first-year studies in engineering design, solid modeling and machining.

The engines will compete in a variety of categories, including maximum speed, minimum vibration, maximum coast, cost efficiency and creativity/craftsmanship. All are welcome.

Please check your spiritual life credits on MyGFU to see if you need any more. At this point in the semester, you should have almost all of your credits done. If you do not think you will have enough credits by the end of the semester, you should begin watching podcasts and filling out the spiritual life credit forms as soon as possible (these can be found on our website). All credits need to be completed by Dec. 10 at midnight (a fee of $20/deficient credit, not to surpass $240) will be placed on students’ accounts who are still deficient after that date.

All undergraduate students who have fewer than 93 credits and were not 22 by the beginning of the 2010 fall semester must earn 21 spiritual life credits by Friday, Dec. 10. If you do not think you will be able to do that, visit our website at spirituallife.georgefox.edu for an overview of our deficiency policy. Please note: You may only earn up to 10 credits via podcast and form submission.

Questions? Please e-mail Kayin Griffith at: spirituallife@georgefox.edu

Is there someone at George Fox who has made a difference in your academic career? Someone who ignited a spark to make you want to learn or attend class or who has acted as a role model? Take a moment to write an e-mail, e-card, or traditional “thank you” card to that professor (or other person). Try to be specific as you describe how this person has contributed to your life.

Use your own card or stop by the Student Life front desk to pick up a blank card.

Sponsored by the Academic Resource Center.

Students, if you are changing housing over Christmas break to a different side of campus or on/off campus, you will need to exchange your parking permit on your last day before Christmas break. Please scrape off your permit (single edge razor blades are available in the security office) and bring your current permit to the security office to make the gratis exchange. Thanks!

Questions? Contact Security Services at ext. 2090

Looking for on-campus employment, an internship, or full-time employment? Check out BruinCareers, a new interactive job-posting system for students and alumni. In MyGFU, click on Career Services > BruinCareers. New users must create a new account.

Questions? Contact Career Services at careers@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2330.

Hi, My name is Autumn and I am doing a survey for a class that I am enrolled in. I’m really hoping to get some good information, so please answer questions honestly and if at any time you feel like no longer answering the questions feel free to exit the survey.

Thanks!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7F3N8NT

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.

Registration is now open for the MLK Day of Service happening on Monday, Jan. 17. Visit this link and fill out the registration form.

MLK Day of Service volunteers must be available from 6:45 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 17 in order to participate. We are also looking for van drivers for this event.

Please e-mail Shelley Yonemura if you would be available to drive or for further information.

Just a reminder: The Bruin Bookstore’s buyback is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, Dec. 13-17, in the SUB.