The Daily Bruin

Applications are now open to run for positions on Student Government!

If you like being involved on campus and want to lift voices and bring change to Fox, we highly recommend that you apply and run a campaign for one of these positions. To run for Student Body President/Vice President, Vice President of Finance, or sophomore, junior, or senior class representative, sign up here.

Questions? Contact Bailey Sauls at bsauls15@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in taking aim at the growing problem of food insecurity among college students? Please consider forming a student club to think of ways to help alleviate this problem on our campus.

If you are interested in starting such a club, please email Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.

Have you ever wanted to present your slam poetry? Original music? Stand-up comedy? Interpretive dance? Or anything in between? Try it all at the Coffee Cottage Open Mic on Saturday, Feb. 16!

Come at 6:45 p.m. to fill in your slot, or 7 p.m. if you plan to watch the fun.

Please note: Due to our copyright laws, we cannot allow covers; we encourage original works all around. Additionally, if you are performing an original song, please bring your instrument. We provide an amp and microphone.

Join us at the Coffee Cottage, 808 E Hancock St. Contact Araya Glancy at aglancy16@georgefox.edu for more information.

The Investment Club is hosting a virtual stock exchange competition from Feb. 11 to May 3 to win a $100 Amazon gift card. Whoever has the most gains at the end of the semester wins. Use the password “GFU2019” to play.

Questions? Contact Ryan Mendenhall at rmendenhall17@georgefox.edu.

Love dancing? Then come join the Swing Dance Club tomorrow night (Saturday) in the Foxhole. Beginner lessons start at 6:30 p.m., intermediate at 7 p.m., and open dance at 7:30 p.m. Donuts will be served as well!

Questions? Contact Andrea Alsager at aalsager17@georgefox.edu.

The Black Student Union is hosting a spoken word event at 7 p.m. tonight (Friday) in Lemmons 8!

The theme is “Know the past, shape the future.” We will be having a open mic section at the end for those of you who would like to perform but did not get a chance to do so. Snacks will be provided.

Contact Ellie Watts at ewatts16@georgefox.edu for more information. Your voice needs to be heard!

We are students currently taking Professor Sue O’Donnell’s Adolescent Development class and our team is doing some unofficial research on the lived experiences of Latino adolescents growing up under the poverty line and how that has affected their life outcomes.

Did your identity as a Latino adolescent make you feel other than those around you? How did living under the poverty line affect the formation of your self-identity? Have you been able to achieve your goals?

If this resonates with your (or your friend’s) experiences, we want to hear about it! We want to make sure we are representing your experiences accurately. Please fill out this quick survey. All responses are anonymous.

Questions? Contact Savanna Poston at sposton15@georgefox.edu.

Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Check out these fun upcoming student activities:

• Saturday, Feb. 9: Dating Game, 7-10 p.m. (Bauman)
• Friday, Feb. 15:  Sadie Hawkins, 9:30 p.m. (on the Portland Spirit off campus)
• Friday, Feb. 22: Game Night, 8-11 p.m. (Hadlock Student Center Lounge)

Questions? Email activities@georgefox.edu.

Do you have questions about why Catholics go to confession with a priest, and why this is important to the Catholic faith? Come participate in Alpha 201: Theology Night this evening (Thursday) for worship and food in Hoover 210 at 5 p.m.

Father Ignacio Llorente from the St. John’s Society in Portland will lead our discussions on this topic. This is a safe space to talk about this topic, so bring your questions. Everyone is welcome! Chapel elective credit is available.

Questions? Contact Maricruz Arias at marias15@georgefox.edu.

We are students currently taking Professor Sue O’Donnell’s Adolescent Development class and our team is doing some unofficial research on the lived experiences of Latino adolescents growing up under the poverty line and how that has affected their life outcomes.

Did your identity as a Latino adolescent make you feel other than those around you? How did living under the poverty line affect the formation of your self-identity? Have you been able to achieve your goals?

If this resonates with your (or your friend’s) experiences, we want to hear about it! We want to make sure we are representing your experiences accurately. Please fill out this quick survey. All responses are anonymous. Questions? Contact Savanna Poston at sposton15@georgefox.edu.

Disclaimer: These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

Campus Public Safety is looking to hire a few new student officers!

If your post-graduation plans include working for law enforcement, or in the fields of security, social work or psychology, this is a great work study job to look into for practical job experience.

Several of our previous student officers have gone on to work for the Newberg Police Department, Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Portland Police, Department of Homeland Security, Alaska State Police, and McLaren Correctional Facility.

If this piques your interest, please log on to Handshake and apply before Feb. 28. Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

Collegiate Rocket League is back for a spring season and the George Fox University team is looking for the best players. There’s a $50,000 prize pool for scholarships up for grabs.

Players on both PC and console are welcome to play. If you think you have what it takes, contact Zach Bishop at zbishop15@georgefox.edu for more information.

Spring break Serve & Immersion SpiL trip applications are now open!

These trips are March 23-30. This year we are going to:

• Yakama Indian Reservation (Wapato, Washington)
• Urban Impact (Seattle)
• Outdoor Oregon (Ashland, Oregon)
• Camp Attitude (Foster, Oregon)
• Portland 101 (Portland, Oregon)

Applications can be found here, and are open through Feb. 20. For more information or if you have any questions, contact Monik Kadarmanto at mkadarmanto@georgefox.edu.

Collegiate Rocket League is back for a spring season and the George Fox University team is looking for the best players.

There’s a $50,000 prize pool for scholarships up for grabs. Players on both PC and console are welcome to play. If you think you have what it takes, contact Zach Bishop at zbishop15@georgefox.edu for more information.

Know a Fox student, faculty member, or employee who deserves to be featured in this year’s edition of The Student Collective yearbook? Visit our website to nominate them for a story portrait!

Questions? Contact us at ascstudentcollective@georgefox.edu.

Tickets for the Sadie Hawkins Dance are officially on sale!

Tickets for either the Sternwheeler or the Portland Spirit will be sold at the Bruin Store for $10 each between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. from now until Friday, Feb. 15. There is a limited amount sold for each boat, so make sure to purchase yours while supplies last.

Questions? Contact activities@georgefox.edu.

The Black Student Union is hosting a spoken word event at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) in Lemmons 8!

The theme is “Know the past, shape the future.” If you are interested in performing, please contact Ellie Watts at ewatts16@georgefox.edu to get involved. Your voice needs to be heard!

Join the Photography Club tonight (Thursday) at 6 p.m. in Lemmons 3 to learn about our upcoming events on and off campus.

We will be discussing the direction of the club this year, and we want your voice to be heard. We have all sorts of activities planned this semester, such as photo-editing in Lightroom and Photoshop, going on outings into both towns and the wilderness, learning how to set up a portfolio website, using film cameras, and fun weekly photography challenges to participate in.

Please contact Tsacha Hyneman at thyneman17@georgefox.edu or Xylia Rehling at xrehling17@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Join the Academic Resource Center for an APA workshop with Professor Sue O’Donnell on Thursday, Feb. 14, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Learn the details of the APA style, including formatting, citations, references, writing style, and more.

Questions? Contact Julia James at jjames@georgefox.edu.

Between Monday, Feb. 25, and Friday, March 1, the Bruin Community Pantry will be holding a food drive competition. Each individual product donated will be tallied to determine the winning department.

Departments wishing to compete for the prize – a box of pastries from Newberg Bakery – should email Jere Witherspoon no later than Monday, Feb. 18. Please include the number of people participating in your department.

All items should be delivered to the food bank in Roberts Center 110 during the following times:

• Monday and Thursday – Noon to 7 p.m.
• Wednesday – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Because the pantry has a plethora of certain items, only items found on this list will be counted. Please no macaroni and cheese, green beans, corn, or soup.

Questions? Contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu.