The Daily Bruin

Effective Jan. 1, Oregon’s minimum wage increased 5.7 percent, from $7.95 to $8.40 per hour. Student employees will receive the new pay rate for any hours worked in 2009. Since the Jan. 10 student pay day is for hours students worked in December 2008, those hours will be paid at $7.95 per hour. Feb. 10 will be the first pay day students will see their pay reflect $8.40 per hour.

Due to the severe weather across the country in the last several weeks, several of our textbook shipments have been delayed.  We are receiving shipments daily, and as the books arrive they will be available to purchase.  Our goal is to have all textbooks here before classes begin Monday.  Please keep checking our online store at www.store.georgefox.edu for textbook availability.

Join Bon Appetit in celebrating 2009 with a 25 percent discount on all coffee drinks in the Bruin Den the rest of this week, Jan. 6-9. Includes brewed coffee, mochas, lattes, cappuccino, etc. Drop by and celebrate the new year with some great Starbucks coffee!

Attention Art Students:  Exhibit your artwork at the IT Service Desk!

IT is looking for student artwork to display on the large wall behind the front desk. This is a great way for you to showcase your work. Last year a few pieces were even bought by adoring fans!

Bring your artwork from home, from your room, or make something new and bring it to the IT Service Desk located on the third floor of Stevens ASAP. Space is limited.

Questions, please call IT at campus ext. 2569.

The Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will be closed from Dec. 22 through Jan. 2. We will reopen the Bruin Den Jan. 5-9 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will resume regular hours on Jan. 12, as well as our evening meal service at the Portland Center. We would like extend our thanks for a wonderful 2008 and wishing everyone a blessed and safe Christmas holiday.

The University Store’s book buyback has been extended to Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 22-23. Bookstore hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., weather permitting. The store is closed the rest of the week for Christmas.

This is a reminder to all undergraduate students who are eligible to change their meal plan for the spring 2009 semester.

ALL changes must be made no later than Friday, January 23rd, 2009.

If you are eligible to change your meal plan the options available to to will be listed in Bruindata, University Forms – Meal Plan.

For detailed information check the Meal Plan Options page on the Student Life website.

For more information contact Jere Witherspoon in the Student Life Office.

Bedford Holmes’ (Tilikum) farewell event, scheduled from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, will now be in the Duke Atrium in the Stevens Center. Please note the location change. The event will be held weather permitting.

Please complete, sign, and turn in your December timesheet to your supervisor at the end of your last work shift before you leave campus for Christmas break.  Pay day is Friday, January 9, 2009.  If you turn in your timesheet, you should have a check waiting for you when you return to campus on the January 11, 2009. 

If you will be working on campus over the break, please wait to turn in your timesheet until December 31 (or your last day of work if earlier). 

Travel safely home and Merry Christmas to you!

– HR

Friday, Dec. 19: Closed at 5 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 20-28: Closed
Monday-Wednesday, Dec. 29-31: Open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday-Sunday, Jan. 1-4: Closed
Monday-Friday, Jan. 5-9: Open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 10-11: Closed
Monday, Jan. 12: Open at 6 a.m. 

Applications for the position of Orientation Co-Coordinator are now available online. 

Two students will be hired to plan and coordinate Fall Orientation 2009.  Download materials at http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/forms.html. You’ll also find information about other Orientation positions. 

Contact Meredith Dougherty at mdougher@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

Reminder: With the increasing potential for sudden weather changes as you travel, please contact the folks at your destination before you leave for Christmas:

·  informing them of the route you are taking and,
·  an estimated time of arrival at your destination. 

Have a safe trip and a peaceful break.  See you in January.

-  GFU Residence Life

The Department of Performing Arts is selling poinsettias. Red or white are available for $5 each or three for $10. Call ext. 2620 to purchase.

Each year a number of new students join the university beginning in the spring semester. If your room or living area will have an empty space at the end of the semester, please remember to prepare this space for the possible arrival of a new student at the start of the spring term. All students will be notified over the break via e-mail if a new student is placed in their living areas.

Contact Tim Goodfellow at tgoodfel@georgefox.edu for more information.

The University Store’s book buyback is Wednesday through Friday, Dec. 17-19, near the store’s main entrance in the SUB. Hours for buyback are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. See what your books are worth by going to store.georgefox.edu. Select “Main Store” and then “Sell Textbooks” at the top of the screen.

Bon Appetit will serve its annual Christmas banquet from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, in the Klages Dining Room. The featured menu item will be roast baron of beef along with holiday treats including egg nog, pumpkin pie, apple-cranberry crisp, and   chocolate chip cheesecake.

Weather permitting, a large group of Dickens carolers will entertain and stroll throughout the dining room. The dinner is free to all students on meal plans, and only $10 per person to the rest of the campus community. Please come in and join us! Questions? Call ext. 2500.

RA applications for the 2009-10 school year are available online today at http://reslife.georgefox.edu.

Also check out the “I want to be a RA at George Fox 2009-2010” Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98384925721#/group.php?gid=98384925721 for the latest RA application information, videos and other materials.

Applications are due to the Student Life Office by Thursday, January 29, 2009.

Questions?  Email reslife@georgefox.edu.

Not returning next semester?  Graduating, withdrawing, or studying abroad?

1. Email lsartwel@georgefox.edu with your forwarding address.  Or fill out a Forwarding Address card, available in Beebe, the SUB or at University Mail Services.  Return the address card to Mail Services.
2. Return your mail box key to Mail Services before you leave campus.

Returning Next Semester?

1. Keep your mail box key over the Christmas break.
2. Your mail will be waiting for you when you return.

Have you ever wanted to be a DJ or work with the staff of a radio station?

For the Spring ’09 semester you can earn credits, based upon the number of hours you work, by working with KFOX.  You can just be a DJ, be in sports broadcasting, a music director’s assistant, or work with promotions and public relations.

If you’re interested, contact Angie Leder at aleder06@georgefox.edu for more information.

Great way to make some money over the Christmas Break!

The Undergraduate Admissions Department is looking for a proficient website designer to take on a fairly simple web creation project. Lots of creative freedom will be given – great for someone building a portfolio. This is a stipend position.

Please contact Lindsay Peterson at lpeterson@georgefox.edu for details.