The Daily Bruin

Oregon Voters’ Pamphlets for the May 18 Oregon Primary Election are available for students and employees. They can be found on the table in the hallway at Mail Services.

Notifications of Financial Aid for next year have gone out to many students.  Are you still waiting to receive yours?    This could be due to documents the Student Financial Services office still is in need of to calculate your award.  Please check online at www.mygfu.georgefox.edu within your to do list.  Check to see if tax forms and a verification worksheet will be required from you and your family.  If so, verification will need to be complete before your financial aid is calculated and available for you to view.  Also while online, pay close attention to any other documents listed such as signature requirements or other items as requested by  FAFSA.  If you have any questions, please contact your financial aid counselor.

At the end of every school year, many students leave behind good, usable items, including blankets, clothing, kitchen supplies, small appliances, radios, room decorations, little tables, etc. In an effort to keep the dumpsters from overflowing and to be better stewards of the resources, Plant Services initiated Phase II. We are happy to receive anything that students do not want to take home.

Barrels will be placed in the lobbies of the dorms and central living areas, as well as on the porches of Weesner, Beals, Hoskins, Munn, Wilder, Villa Road Houses and Newlin Apartments. Please do not donate damaged or soiled items or place trash in the barrels labeled “Phase II.” There are drop boxes for your trash located strategically on campus. By law, computers, monitors and TVs cannot go in the trash. They can be placed beside the barrels (please note if broken).

The items gathered are sorted and made available to student summer help and staff, but most of the items are given to different organizations in the local area, including Rescue Mission, Goodwill, unwed mothers’ homes, Love Inc., etc. Donated items will be stored at the Villa Academic Center’s rear section (500 Villa Road) and will be available to employees and summer students May 5.

Please use these barrels as you prepare to leave at the end of school. Have a great summer and the Lord bless you as you go!

– Debby O’Kelley, Phase II Coordinator

Spiritual Life is now accepting applications for next year’s “Spi.L. Assistants” (SLA’s). 

 SLA’s take on the opportunity to build bridges between students and spiritual formation opportunities within the context of your living area relationships. This is a chance to help cultivate the spiritual life of the living area by offering regular group spiritual formation opportunities (i.e. prayer/worship gatherings, Bible studies, floor meals/bonfires, etc.) while serving and learning as a co-pastoral presence with your Resident Assistant.

 SLA’s both report to and receive leadership support from the Spi.L. Chaplain of their Living Area as well as specialized training classes with the Director for Spiritual Formation.

 Applications are available at the SpiL House or on facebook (“SpiL At Fox”).

Graduating seniors, we need a mailing address to which we can send your 2009-2010 yearbook when it arrives next fall.  This will be your LAST REMINDER.  Please fill out this form to get your copy – http://bit.ly/bMoL5K.

 Questions? Contact Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu or stop by the ASC offices in the SUB.

Student Mailboxes will be closed on the last day of finals – – – unless you have made arrangements to have it open all or part of the summer via the yellow summer address card or an email.  If you still need to make a request for your mailbox to remain open for all or part of the summer, please email lsartwel@georgefox.edu.

Mail for the closed mailboxes will be forwarded to the address you provided on the yellow summer address card or to the last known address we have.

If you have questions, please email  lsartwel@georgefox.edu .

University Mail Services

Curious where the Medallion was hidden? Wanna know who found it? What about how to interpret the clues? Come and check out the Medallion for yourself and learn how to crack the clues the right way!

Tuesday, April 20th at 4:30 PM in EHS 102

This fall a new class will be offered at George Fox… Beginning Swing Dance!  The course will cover the basics of 6-count swing, charleston, and lindy hop.  It is going to be taught by Steve Grant and Fox alum, Ronda Wallace.  The course is HHPA 185 and will meet on Wednesday nights.

 Right now, the class is severely lacking in men!  If you are a guy and interested in taking this class, please get on the wait list and you will be added to the class.  If you have any questions, email Ronda at rwallace05@georgefox.edu

Senior graphic design students will present their portfolios at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, in Hoover 105. Each student will present for about 15 minutes.

Presentations will be made in the following order: Kaytt Kojima, Krista Ray, Tiffany Aquinde, Ryan Erickson, James Green, Rachel Belgard, David Griffiths and Rebekah Ruble. Guest reviewers and art faculty will review their work, and the evening will conclude about 8:40 p.m.

The university’s Concert Choir and Symphonic Band are among the groups scheduled to perform at a spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 23, in Bauman Auditorium.

The event also will include a mass choir singing Vivaldi’s Gloria. The choir will include the George Fox Concert Choir and Women’s Chorale, as well as the Newberg First United Methodist Church Choir and members of the university community.

Admission to the event is free and no tickets are required.

The Symphonic Band will perform Mark Camphouse’s Whatsover Things, Jan Van Der Roost’s Tre Sentimenti, and Andrew Boyden Jr.’s Kirkpatrick Fanfare. The Concert Choir will follow with performances of Clausen’s All that Hath Life and Breath; a traditional Appalachian song, Bright Morning Stars; and Stephen Paulus’ God Be With Us.

Career Services and a PsyD research team have collaborated to determine how effectively our senior women transition from college to career and what they need to be successful. The results of the research will be presented at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, in Hoover 103. Please join us for this event, which includes a light meal and a door prize or two.

On Monday, April 19, at 3:40 p.m., Brad Lau, vice president for student life, and a representative from the Newberg Police Department will hold an open forum for students and employees who have questions or would like to know the steps that have been taken in light of the incident that occurred at an on-campus apartment on April 13.

This forum will be held in Hoover 105. For the latest updates on the investigation, please go to georgefox.edu/incident.

This past September, the Student Life Office offered a nine- (9) hour self-defense workshop for interested students. However, in light of last week’s incident on campus, we would like to assess student and employee interest in taking a two- (2) hour self-defense workshop in the next couple weeks (date and time yet to be determined).

If this interests you, please contact Abby Burgess (aburgess@georgefox.edu) in the Office of Student Life by Tuesday, April 20 at 5 p.m. We will also continue to offer the nine- (9) hour self-defense class in September for interested students and employees.

Effective Monday, April 19, all students not wearing shoes will not be permitted into the Klages Dining Room. We have had a significant number of complaints from fellow students who are offended by those who choose to come in with bare feet and disregard the hygienic issues caused by not wearing shoes. Please respect your fellow students and wear shoes, flip flops, sandals, etc.

A commissioning time for all those going on mission trips, serving at camps, or conducting any kind of summer ministry is scheduled during this Monday’s chapel at 10:40 a.m. Please come and participate in this time of commissioning and prayer!

Students, don’t miss your chance to participate in an amazing opportunity to give to Haiti and walk away with a ceramic bowl and a fully belly this Friday 4:30-7:30pm

 The student rate is $10 for a Mr. Bruin ticket and ceramic bowl with soup dinner. Either purchase a Mr. Bruin ticket from a contestant and present that ticket or purchase both at Empty Bowls.

Since mid-January, Bon Appetit has monitored and weighed all the waste coming back to the dishroom on a daily basis and posting the results on a weekly basis. We’re pleased to announce that over the past 12 weeks we’ve seen an overall waste reduction of 30 percent, which far exceeded our expectations.

By everyone’s efforts, this has amounted to more than 20,000 pounds of leftovers and waste not being hauled to the local landfill, which is remarkable. Although it may not seem like much, every ounce kept out of the waste steam counts, especially when we serve close to 15,000 meals each week.

Everyone is to be congratulated. Let’s keep it up, especially as we approach Earth Day next Thursday, when the lunch we will serve will reflect menu items with minimal carbon impact on our environment.

Denny Lawrence,
Bon Appetit

If you are on the meal plan and intend to have dinner on-campus Friday night, please enter through the dish room entrance.  Since available seating is limited to the Foxhole, you will also be able to take your dinner dishes to your rooms or on-campus.

 You are welcome to purchase a ticket for Empty Bowls, however your meal plan will NOT count towards the Empty Bowls dinner.  Tickets are $10 at the door which includes a soup dinner, ceramic handmade bowl and a Mr. Bruin ticket.  Please join us in supporting Haiti!

 Thank you for your patience and understanding as we seek to support the endeavors for Haiti!

 The Associated Student Community (ASC)

Saturday, April 17, 10 a.m. – Track & Field in Rich Allen Classic, Colcord Memorial Field

This is the last home meet for the Bruins this spring. Linfield and Pacific will be the visiting teams.

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

Don’t miss your chance to participate in Empty Bowls: A Night for Haiti and receive a ceramic bowl with a soup dinner for $12 (maximum $48 per family) this Friday, April 16, between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. in the Klages Dining Room. If you haven’t submitted your R.S.V.P. yet, go to georgefox.edu/haiti. Walk-ins are welcome as well.