The Daily Bruin

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By popular request, starting this coming Monday we will be offering almost 60 new and exciting grocery type items in Le Shana to help fill your cupboards. They include assorted cereals, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Pop Tarts, spaghetti sauces, canned fruit, condiments, bacon, fresh eggs, PBJ as well as a limited supply of toiletries and paper goods.

We’re also changing the hours we’re open to hopefully better match your schedules as well:

Monday – Thursday:
7am – 11am                 
3pm – 6pm                
7pm – 11pm

Fridays
7am – 1pm

As always, please let us know your thoughts and we’re always open to new ideas of what you’d like for us to have available. Remember, anyone and everyone can come in to Le Shana and enjoy these and the best smoothies in town!

When: Saturday, February 17 after the Men’s Basketball Game
Where: Stevens Center
What: Food, music, & prizes!
 
Come help celebrate the end of an amazing basketball season!

Monday, February 5

6:00-7:30 p.m., EHS 102

For more information, please email advance@georgefox.edu

Place:   Bruin Den
Time:  11:00 – 3:00 PM
Sponsored by University Mail Services

US Postal Service Rep will be on site to take photos and help fill out paperwork.  If you already have your photo, they will help with the paperwork.

You need to bring both of these:

• Original Birth Certificate – not a copy
• Government Issued Photo ID (Ex. Driver’s License; Oregon ID)
    (GFU Photo ID will not work)
• Payment:  Checks only (No cash or credit cards)
    Two checks will need to be written one to USPS; one to State Department

Check your mail box for more information!

Pre-order in the Bruins Den during lunch during the next two weeks (Feb 5-9, 12-16) The t-shirts are $8 and the money will go towards the May Serve trip to Brazil this year.

There’s two options:
You can buy a shirt for yourself, which is sweet _or/ and_ you can buy a shirt for a child in Brazil and we will take it down with us when we go which is even sweeter.

Stop by our table in the Bruin’s Den during lunch with your $8 and we’ll take down your name and contact info. Shirts will be in by the end of February, early March- We’ll contact you when they come in so you can pick up your shirt!

If you have any questions contact:
Ryan Wilmot
rwilmot04@georgefox.edu

We will be holding informational meetings for those wanting to learn more about how they can be involved in New Student Orientation.  If you are interested in serving in one of the following roles:

• Orientation Committee (The Crew)
• Orientation Leaders (Squad Leaders)
• Freshman Seminar Peer Advisors

Please come to one of the following information sessions:

• Wednesday, February 7th at 6pm in Stevens 207
• Sunday, February 11th at 7pm in Stevens 207

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE?
ANY BOXES FULL OF STUFF UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE THAT AREN’T BEING USED?

GIVE THEM TO THE SUMMER SERVE TEAMS TO HELP SEND THEM OVERSEAS!

CONTACT: ZACH ASSINK AT ZAASSINK@GEORGEFOX.EDU / 425.772.3676
OR
LAURIE BROWN AT LBROWN04@GEORGEFOX.EDU / 530.906.5005

The Housing Form is now available to be completed in BruinData. This is the first step in the 2007-2008 Housing Selection process. All undergraduate students should complete this form by February 28th.

For more information about the housing form and the housing selection process, see the following link.

Housing Selection Process and Information for 2007-2008 School Year
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/residence/housingselection.html

When: Friday Feb 2nd 11pm-12:30am

Where: Sherwood Ice Area

This event is free for all students and you don’t need to know how to ice skate, or even play hockey.

For more information contact Tracy Gilbert: tgilbert04@georgefox.edu

Co-sponsored by the Center for Global Studies and Center for Peace and Justice and the Department of Writing and Literature ~
Skene Award for Fiction and Literary Nonfiction

Contestants should submit two short pieces (under 1000 words) or one longer piece (1000 to 3000 words).  Writing will be judged on originality, quality of expression, and significance of the work’s contribution to the spirit of reconciliation.

Atkinson Award for Poetry

Contestants should submit up to three poems, none of which may exceed 36 lines. Writing will be judged solely on artistic merit. 

Rules

Ø       A prize of $200.00 will be awarded to the winner of each contest.

Ø       Four honorable mentions will also be named.

Ø       All George Fox University students are eligible.

Ø       There are no application fees.

Ø       Initial screening will be by Fox faculty. 

Ø       Winners will be chosen by off-campus professionals.

Ø       Deadline is March 16.

Materials must be submitted as hard copy and as WORD attachments to Sue Mills in the Writing and Literature Department  ( smills@georgefox.edu)

If so, and you will be a traditional undergraduate student during the 2007-08 academic year, you may be qualified to apply for the George Fox Alumni Association Scholarship Program.  Each year, the George Fox Alumni Association awards 16 scholarships to current students who are direct descendents (children or grandchildren) of George Fox alumni.  In total, the GFU Alumni Association will award $17,000 to students for the 2007-08 academic year.

To learn more about the program and to get an application click on the following link: http://www.georgefox.edu/alumni/ScholarshipApplicationUpperclassmen.pdf.

Applications are due in the Office of University Relations by 5:00pm Thursday, February 1.

Please contact Robby Larson, director of alumni relations, at rlarson@georgefox.edu with any questions.

This Friday, February 2 is another PIZZA CHAT, What Can I do if I want a Break after College?, 12 noon-1pm,  in Stevens 325.

Mark your calendar! Please sign-up or RSVP to Career Services @ ext. 2330, careers@georgefox.edu, or stop by Stevens 325.

Almost 300 students have already joined the fun!

Every one of them said they’d recommend it to their friends!

If you’re engaged or thinking about it, you don’t want to miss the

12th Annual
Getting Ready for Marriage Workshop
(for engaged and pre-engaged couples)

NEW DATE: Wed. Feb 21 @ 6:30pm
To sign up or for more info call the Health and Counseling at ext. 2340

Discussion Items:
Biblical Intimacy, Sexual Relationship Biblical Roles and Responsibilities, Communication/Conflict Resolution, Families, Finances

For February we are celebrating Black History Month with a focus on African Heritage! 
 
Join us in welcoming the Watoto Children’s Choir of Uganda on Monday, February 5th from 11:30-1:30 in the BON.  As well as an amazing performance of song and dance by 18 adorable children, there will be a special African cuisine and facts/information so you can learn a little more about what it would be like to grow up in Africa!  Don’t miss it!
 
Contact Rachel Borgman for more information.  rborgman04@georgefox.edu

Come join Multicultural Club at Reed College on Friday February 2nd.

Everyone is invited! We will be going to listen to Julian Bond, a major leader in the American civil rights movement, speak on civil rights today and in the future. We will be leaving from Steven’s lot at 6:00 PM. Transportation is provided.

If you have any questions email Carlie Finley at cfinley05@georgefox.edu or Rebecca Helm at rhelm04@georgefox.edu.

Information about housing selection for 2007-2008 is now online!

Housing Timeline for 2007-2008 School Year
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/residence/timeline.html

Housing Selection Process and Information for 2007-2008 School Year
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/residence/housingselection.html

Housing Questions for Returning Students
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/residence/return_students.html

Off-Campus Housing Information
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/residence/offcampus.html

AND all those interested in majoring/minoring in Communication Arts, Organizational Communication, or Cinema and Media Communication!!!

There will be an informational meeting on:

 Tuesday, January 30, from 5:30-6:30 pm, in Minthorn 200.

Clella Jaffe, Comm professor and department chair, will explain the changes in requirements that will take effect in these majors next year, and will answer any and all questions.  There will be food and drinks (probably pizza and sodas)!  If you are a Communications major or are considering majoring in one of these three disciplines, please come! 

Contact Amanda Newman at amnewman@georgefox.edu with any questions.

The George Fox University Players are proud to bring you:

PLAYERS PRESENTS!

February 8th, 9th, and 10th
7:30 PM

Wood-Mar Auditorium
Come join us as the Players bring us the message of Christ through Drama, Comedy, and Music.
Suggested donation of $1.00

Contact Lexie Walker for more information:
(503) 554-2133
awalker05@georgefox.edu

Middlebury College in Vermont provides students with unlimited opportunities to speak and study their target language. Most students gain a year or more of college-level language learning in one intensive summer session.

The languages offered are: Arabic, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian.

New this summer is the Kathryn Wasserman Davis scholarship which covers the full cost of the Language Study Program at Middlebury.

Please Contact Lon Fendall with any questions, ext. 2685. You can also follow this link for more information regarding the program. http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/