The Daily Bruin

Looking for a professional, résumé building opportunity?

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is seeking two qualified candidates to work as interns in the area of admissions counseling during the spring semester. This is a great opportunity to get a professional internship on campus!

We are looking for professional, energetic, and detailed candidates who seek academic credit or qualify for federal student employment.

Applications and detailed job descriptions are currently available and can be picked up in the Office of Admissions. Applications must be returned to the Office of Admissions no later than Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.

Please contact Erin Macy (x 2247) with any questions.

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Bon Appetit will close the Villa Cafe (in the Villa Academic Complex) at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 19-20, and at 1:30 p.m. on Nov 21.  It will reopen at its regular hours on Nov. 26.

Please note the revised meal times during Thanksgiving break:

Wednesday Dinner – 4:30-6:00pm
Thursday Con’t Breakfast – 8:30-9:00am
Thursday Dinner – 2:00-2:30pm
Friday Breakfast – 8:30-9:00am
Friday Lunch – 12:00-12:30pm
Friday Dinner – 5:00-5:30pm
Saturday-all meals – same as Friday
Sunday Breakfast – 8:30-9:00am
Sunday Lunch – 12:00-12:30pm
Sunday Dinner – 5:00-7:00pm

Don’t forget the University Store’s “Turkey Sale” Nov. 19-21. Take advantage of reduced-for-clearance gift items and supplies. The sale runs through Wednesday. The store will close early (5 p.m.) Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Join us as we discuss the relevance of the Jena Six with Burel Ford, Director of Multicultural Services and Skip Osborne, founder of TAJFA and former president of the NAACP, Portland branch.

Monday, November 19 at 7:30pm at 1017 N. Meridian St.

Meet outside of Lemmons at 7:30 p.m. for directions.

For more information contact Carl-Eric Tangen at ctangen05@georgefox.edu.

The closing night of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None will be presented in Wood-Mar Auditorium at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. The cost is $3 with your student ID. The murder-mystery play is being presented by C.S. Lewis Academy High School’s drama department. Ages 10 and older please.

The Bruin Directory is on its way! Check your mailboxes for the directory the week of Nov. 26.

Student Project Fund Requirements and Proposals Guidelines are now available in the SUB. If you have project ideas that would be a permanent addition to campus and would benefit the George Fox community, turn a proposal in no later than Wednesday, November 21, 2007.

If you have questions or would like further information please contact ASC Vice President Shane Walker at swalker04@georgefox.edu

Student Mail Box keys:
For security reasons and your protection, please remove the number sticker from your mailbox key.

Independent U.S. Senate candidate John Frohnmayer will host a town hall at George Fox University on Tuesday, November 27 at 7 PM in Hoover 105. The event is sponsored by George Fox’s Alpha Alpha Chi chapter of the national political science honor society.

Frohnmayer, who holds a Masters Degree in Christian Ethics as well as a law degree will speak on the role of religion in politics, stewardship of the earth and will leave time open for questions from the audience on any topics they choose.

All members of the GFU and Newberg communities are invited.

Questions? Contact Dan Bennett (dbennett04@georgefox.edu).

Come to the University Store Monday through Wednesday of Thanksgiving week (Nov. 19-21) and “gobble up” the savings of “leftover,” reduced-for-clearance gift items and supplies during the store’s “Turkey Sale.”

The store closes early (5 p.m.) on Wednesday and is closed Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 22-25.

Do you have vocal talent? Can you make a parrot voice? If so, the student Christmas movie, The Plight Before Christmas, needs you. Just imagine seeing your name (and hearing your voice) on the big screen at the Fox Film Festival this spring.

Interested? E-mail Ryan Weldon ASAP.

The Crescent now has articles available online so you can access The Crescent from anywhere.

www.georgefox.edu/crescent

Download the entire issue as a PDF, or read text articles. Send the link to parents and grandparents so they can keep up with what’s going on at Fox.

Many George Fox international students would love to have the opportunity to share Thanksgiving dinner with an American family. If you would be interested in inviting international students to your home for Thanksgiving dinner, contact Alex Pia (International Student Services) via e-mail or at ext. 2643, or contact Dianna McIntyre (Registrar) via e-mail or at ext. 2649.  We would like to hear from you by Tuesday, Nov. 20.

– International Student Services

Friday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Multnomah Bible, Wheeler Sports Center/Miller Gym

Basketball schedule cards are now available. One is being placed in every faculty, staff, and student mailbox on campus, but if you would like to have extras, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926.

An exhibit featuring the art of Doug Campbell (Visual Arts) will go on display in the Lindgren Gallery beginning Thursday, Nov. 15. The exhibit is titled “Face to Face II” and will run through Jan. 18. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The exhibit will feature portraits and up-close images of people in a form he calls “photo-expressionism.” Campbell takes photographs of people, structures, and landscapes and transfers the image to canvas with an overhead projector. He then paints the images using layers of bright, intense colors.

C.S. Lewis Academy High School’s theater department will present Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None in Wood-Mar Auditorium at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, through Friday, Nov. 16. The cost is $3 at the door with a George Fox ID card.

Mike McConaughey will direct the murder mystery, which is not intended for children under age 10.

Alpha Psi Omega, the Theatre Honors Society, is kicking off this year with an exciting weekend!

November 15th:
A movement workshop with a member of the National Theatre Institute
Hoover 102, 7:00-9:00pm

November 16th:
A Comèdia del Arte workshop with professional actor Damon Kupper
Wheeler Dance Studio, 7:00-9:00pm

November 17th:
A student playwrights showcase and workshop, so bring your scripts!
Lemmons 8, 7:00-9:00pm

Contact Rhett Luedtke rluedtke@georgefox.edu for more information.

George Fox will host a midyear commencement ceremony in the James and Lila Miller Gymnasium-Coleman Wheeler Sports Center on the Newberg campus Saturday, Dec. 15. The commencement will start at 2 p.m., with audience seating at 1 p.m. Tickets are not required. Seating is limited to no more than 10 guests per graduate. Visit the commencement website for additional event and general information.

For questions regarding commencement, e-mail Missy Terry (Academic Affairs) at ext. 2141.

Is “Christian philosopher” an oxymoron?
Or a new paradigm?

Join in a panel discussion, sponsored by the Philosophy Club, to address these questions at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Hoover Academic Building’s second-floor faculty lounge. Panel speakers will be Phil Smith (Religious Studies), Mark McLeod-Harrison (Religious Studies), Corey Beals (Religious Studies), Frank Canepa, and Kohleun Adamson. Refreshments will be served.