The Daily Bruin

Tickets are still available to see internationally acclaimed pianist Valentina Lisitsa, who will perform for the university’s fourth annual Bösendorfer Artist Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in Bauman Auditorium.

The performance will feature all 24 of Chopin’s Etudes. Each university employee and student is entitled to one complimentary ticket. Additional tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for alumni and seniors, and $6 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets, visit music.georgefox.edu, or call the university box office at ext. 3844.

Lisitsa has toured throughout Europe, Japan, South America and North America. She has collaborated with the Sao Paulo Symphony, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony, and has performed with the likes of Lynn Harrell, Jimmy Lin, Roberto Diaz, Ida Haendel, and Hilary Hahn. For more information, visit valentinalisitsa.com.

Juniors Abroad May 2011 Information Meeting: March 3, 2010 at 6:00 PM in Hoover 105.

 Additional information can be found at juniorsabroad.georgefox.edu Paul Chamberlain, Director of Juniors Abroad,  pchamberlain@georgefox.edu

KFOX has spent some money on upgrading our equipment and we now sound better than ever. Don’t believe us? Check us out at kfoxradio.georgefox.edu.

Listen in anytime, anywhere for music 24/7 as well as student shows and sports broadcasting. Can’t go to a basketball or baseball game? Home and away games are streamed online.

Thoughts, questions, complaints or suggestions for the station? Want to get involved? E-mail the station manager, Aubrey, at  aferguson07@georgefox.edu.

Please fill out this short anonymous survey for The Crescent about the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy surrounding homosexuals in the military.  If the link does not work, you can copy and paste it in a new window.  Thank you, The Crescent Staff.

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Attention Newberg Undergrad Students:  Your opportunity to apply for additional GFU scholarships for the 2010-11 academic year will soon come to a close. March 1st @ 5:00 pm is the deadline.  Student Financial Services strongly encourages you to NOT wait until the last minute allowing for plenty of time to complete the process.  

Log on today at www.mygfu.georgefox.edu.  Look under Student Resources to find “2010 Newberg Undergrad Scholarships” to apply.

So you want to be a nurse!  Come to the informational meeting to learn about: the nursing program, the nursing application process, and what a nursing student does.

 Monday, March 1st in Lemmons 8 from 7-8 PM

Come enjoy FREE dessert while you mingle with Alumni in your prospective career field. Live music, delicious dessert, and a raffle!

Wednesday, March 3rd in the EHS Atrium at 7:45PM

Come support one of the senior business capstone groups at the monthly Community Saturday Market scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 27, in EHS.

There will be food, live music (including Chad Strutz from Just Lions and a local children’s violin group), and a wide variety of goods from local vendors. Participants will include authors Dirk Barram, Jim Foster and Erin Macy, as well as vendors Honest Chocolate and Yamhill Candles. A percentage of sales will go toward the Patrick Kibler Fund and the Women’s and Children’s Shelter of Newberg.

Hope to see you there!

As most everyone knows, when classes started up this semester we began monitoring the uneaten food being returned to our dishroom after each meal. Our reasons for monitoring our waste is based upon the fact that energy used to produce food that is wasted in the U.S. (3 percent of total U.S. energy) roughly equals the total carbon footprint of Bangladesh, a country of 150 million people.

Using the week of Jan. 18 as our baseline, we averaged 6.14 ounces of waste per meal served. With the week of Feb. 20 just completed, the average waste generated has dropped down to 3.94 ounces per meal served, a reduction of 36 percent.

Great job to everyone! Let’s keep it up, as every reduction means less waste going to our landfills.

Denny Lawrence,
Bon Appetit

In our continuing efforts to be good stewards of the resources we manage, starting Feb 1 we entered into an agreement with Standard Biodiesel, which has started picking up our used fryer oils and recycling them into 100 percent renewable biodiesel.

Unlike most waste oil recyclers that transport used cooking oil overseas and make it into animal feed and cosmetics, we’re now going to be converting our waste cooking oils into a source of renewable energy.

We’ve also started supplying some of our used fryer oil again to Brian McLaughlin (IT) who, for the past several years, has been operating his vehicle with filtered used fryer oils from restaurants throughout the area.

If you have any questions, please give me a call.

Denny Lawrence,
Bon Appetit

The Health & Counseling Center would like to remind anyone traveling abroad this spring and summer to prepare early for your vaccinations. We have many openings now, so schedule soon so we can find a time that meets your schedule.

What are employers really looking for in the interview? What steps can you take to stand out in the interview process?

Answer these questions and more at the next part in the iConnect Workshop series hosted by Career Services from 11:30AM to 1:30PM on Tuesday, February 23 in Stevens 220. We’ll discuss interviewing tips and strategies that will help you excel in the interview process. Sign up by email: careers@georgefox.edu.

Career Services is inviting you to GET SMARTER Social Media Workshop Saturday February 27th, 11AM to 12:30PM in Stevens 208. Enhance your job search savvy and take your job search to the next level with this social media workshop, where you will:

 • Discover powerful tools to connect, engage in conversations, build expertise, and land a job • Explore amazing possibilities with LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook • Write a profile that stands out in the crowd and gets your noticed • Create and maintain your professional identity like a seasoned professional

 These tools will be presented by Amy Taylor, an expert in the social media field. Register at careers.georgefox.edu by Thursdsay, February 25th to take advantage of this opportunity.

The Etiquette Dinner is fast approaching on Wednesday, March 3 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room.

 Get tickets now at Career Services or in the SUB from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. this week.  Tickets are $10.00 for meal plan students and $14 for non-meal plan students.

 Remember, if you put your name on the list in Career Services, you still need to pay for your ticket and fill out the registration form.  You are not guaranteed a spot without doing so.

 Please email Kendyl Tarbell at ktarbell07@georgefox.edu or call Career Services at ext. 2330 for more information.

Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2 p.m. – Baseball vs. Corban, Morse Field
Thursday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. – Women’s Basketball vs. Lewis & Clark (NWC Tournament), Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym
Friday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m. – Men’s Tennis vs. Puget Sound, campus courts
Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 a.m. – Men’s Tennis vs. Pacific Lutheran, campus courts
Saturday, Feb. 27, 10:30 a.m. – Men’s & Women’s Track in Frank Haskins Double Dual Meet, Colcord Field
Saturday., Feb. 27, 11 a.m. – Baseball vs. Menlo (2), Morse Field
Saturday, Feb. 27, Noon – Softball vs. Eastern Oregon (2), Morse Field
Saturday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. – Women’s Basketball vs. TBA (NWC Tournament), Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym (tentative)
Sunday, Feb. 28, Noon – Baseball vs. Menlo, Morse Field

George Fox will host Lewis & Clark Thursday in the semifinals of the Northwest Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, and will host the championship game Saturday if the Bruins win. Tickets for all NWC Tournament games are $6 for adults and $3 for students, children 12 and under, and seniors 55 and up.

NWC passes are the only passes that are valid for this tournament; regular-season passes will not be accepted. Only students who attend the schools participating in the tournament will be admitted free with a valid college ID; faculty and staff will need to purchases tickets.

The men’s basketball team will play at Linfield College Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Northwest Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Bruins are the No. 3 seed, the Wildcats No. 2. The Bruins could host an NWC Tournament game Saturday if they win Thursday and No. 4 seed Lewis & Clark upsets No. 1 seed Whitworth.

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

Students Andrew Magnuson (guitar) and Stephen Crabb (percussion) will present a junior degree recital at 6 p.m. Monday, March 1, in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free.

The Department of Performing Arts is pleased to present a senior degree composition recital featuring the work of Becca Chromey at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, in Bauman Auditorium. Admission is free.

Need help formatting and citing your English papers? Come to an MLA workshop in Stevens 109 at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24. If you have any questions, contact the Academic Resource Center.

Cara Peck, a federal government representative working for the EPA, will be on campus from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, in Stevens 209.

Peck will share the background on the Partnership for Public Service (George Fox’s Career Services is a partner), and speak on breaking down the four common myths about federal employment (low pay, only based in Washington D.C., must have political science background, and “too much bureaucracy”). She also will share her personal federal story, her career path, and resources for helping students find and pursue jobs in the federal government.

Faculty members, please encourage your students who might be interested in this presentation to attend.

Please R.S.V.P. to Career Services at ext. 2330 or careers@georgefox.edu, for this pizza chat.

This Friday a group of women will be meeting to participate in serving women that are involved in the sex trade in Portland, OR. We will eat dinner together at 4:30 in the Bon and then leave for Rahab’s Sisters at 5:00. There we will listen to and serve women from the streets of Portland. For more information please contact Ashley Brown at outofthedawn@msn.com