The Daily Bruin

Have you ever wanted to present your slam poetry? Original music? Stand-up comedy? Interpretive dance? Or anything in between?

Try it all at Coffee Cottage open mic tonight (Saturday)! It is a great time to try something you have never done before. Show up at 6:45 p.m. to fill in your slot, or 7 p.m. if you would rather watch the fun.

Please note: due to our copyright laws, we cannot allow covers; we encourage original works all around.

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

Midterm grades are important indicators of how you are doing in your classes. While they are not a part of your permanent record, it is critical that you pay attention to midterm grades. In some cases, midterm grades represent about half your grade in the course. If you have questions, you should check with your professors. It is vital to know where you stand in each of your classes.

Midterm grades are meant to encourage you to get in touch with others: your professor, your advisor, your CAP Coach (Career & Academic Planning Coach). The WORST thing to do about midterm grades is to ignore them or to assume you can improve them on your own. Professors DO want to meet with you. Do not hesitate to make an appointment with each of them.

Midterm grades are due this Sunday, Oct. 21. It would be best if you planned to check your midterm grades after this date.

To check your midterm grades in MyGFU:

• Click on “self-service”
• Click on “enrollment”
• Click on “view my grades”
• Click on the correct term
• Click on the “midterm grades” tab

(If you do not see a midterm grades tab then it is likely none of your professors have entered any midterm grades for you. Please contact your professors to find out what your grades are.)

Now you need to determine what to do next: 
contact your professors. The faculty is not required to enter midterm grades. You are advised to check with each of your professors about your status in their class. Consider whether to withdraw from one or more courses if it looks likely that you will get an “F” (or maybe even a “D”). Withdrawal results in a “W” on your transcript but does not factor into GPA. If you were to get an “F,” it would impact your GPA.

The last date to withdraw is Sunday, Nov. 4 (without grade responsibility). You can usually go below being enrolled in 12 credit hours (at this point in the semester) without impacting your financial aid or housing. To be sure, contact representatives in these departments:

Dave Johnstone, Resident Life, (djohnstone@georgefox.edu)
Student Financial Services (sfs@georgefox.edu).

Helpful tips:

• Confirm any thoughts of withdrawing from classes with your advisor
• Meet with each professor, especially those teaching courses you’re struggling in
• Even if your professor does not post midterm grades, find out from the professor what your grade is
• Meet with your advisor to discuss options
• Use labs, help sessions, and the ARC
• Plan well for the spring semester. Contact your CAP Coach to get advice about the spring semester.

If you think you might have a learning disability, plan to have some assessment done. Contact the Health and Counseling Center at 503-554-2340 or stop by their office on River Street.

Not sure how to take the next step? Contact the Office of Student Life (studentlife@georgefox.edu) or Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316).

Join us tomorrow (Sunday) for a night of bowling and bonding! This is the second event for our Fusion Asian American Club, and we would love for you to join us!

We will be meeting at 7:30 p.m. in front of the IRC (Intercultural Resource Center) building located across the street from Pennington. Then, we will all drive together to Tigard Bowl and should be back before 10 p.m.

If you are interested in joining us for this FREE event, please RSVP at this link. Feel free to invite your friends! We hope you all can come. It will be a great time!

For more information, contact Carlee Matsunaga (cmatsunaga17@georgefox.edu).

The lost and found is filled to the brim and all unclaimed items will be donated to charitable causes next Friday, Oct. 26, at 3 p.m. Please stop by the Campus Public Safety office before then to check for your lost items.

We have also just received a large bag of left-behind items from the Hadlock Student Center containing things like a bicycle seat, water bottles, towels, hoodies, shampoo, etc., so if you have lost something there, come and look for it at our office!

Lastly, if your group or class left two large items in Hoover 105 around the very end of September, please come and claim them, as we do not have room to store them any longer.

Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu).

Join the Swing Dance Club tonight (Saturday) in the FoxHole. Beginner lessons start at 6:30 p.m., the intermediate dance follows at 7 p.m., and the open dance is at 7:30 p.m.

Questions? Contact Andrea Alsager (aalsager17@georgefox.edu).

Summer service and immersion SpiL trip applications are still open! These are two- to three-week-long trips in May and June. This year we are going to Romania/Moldova with Word Made Flesh, Kenya with Open Arms International, and Palestine/Israel with Global Immersion. Applications are due Saturday, Dec. 1!

Applications can be found at this link.

For more information or any questions, attend the info meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 24,  from 8 to 9 p.m. right after Vespers in Bauman or email Monik Kadarmanto (mkadarmanto@georgefox.edu).

Happening now through the weekend, all Nike is 25 percent off in the Bruin Store and online at georgefoxshop.com.

Our store hours for Family Weekend starting today (Saturday) are from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and we will be at the football tailgate from noon to 3 p.m. We will be closed on Sunday, Oct. 21, but feel free to shop all sale products online.

Thank you and go Bruins!

If you have a younger sibling attending Family Weekend this upcoming weekend, the undergraduate admissions office would love to pay for their meals while they are here!

Come by with your sibling to the admissions office anytime between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. today (Friday) to pick up meal cards for the weekend for your sibling and a free George Fox lanyard! Go Bruins!

Questions? Contact Kelly Friesen (kfriesen@georgefox.edu).

The Wilderness First Aid class on Oct. 27-28 still has two spaces available for anyone interested. This is a great course for individuals who recreate in the outdoors or work in a camp or wilderness setting. Participants will receive two full days of hands-on instruction and gain confidence in their ability to provide aid to those in need.

Additional course information can be found on the registration form. Completed registration and payment should be made prior to Oct. 24. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Contact Keith Schneider at kschneid@georgefox.edu with questions.

We are so excited for the Voices Conference next week, Oct. 26-27! This year, we are launching our community innovation project where conference attendees can submit short proposals for projects that address issues facing communities of color.

Submissions are due Tuesday, Oct. 23, and finalists will be notified on Wednesday, Oct. 24. Finalists will be expected to provide a five-minute (maximum) presentation on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Voices Conference about their proposal.

If you haven’t registered for the conference yet, you can register here. First place will receive $1,000, second place will receive $500, and third place will receive $250 to put toward the proposal.

If you have any questions, please contact Bryce Coefield at bcoefield@georgefox.edu. Thank you!

We encourage you to apply at this link and look forward to seeing you soon!

Feeling stressed? Consider attending “Facing The Real World: A Stress Management Class” beginning this month. Sessions begin Thursday, Oct. 25, and meet each Thursday through Nov. 15 for an hour each time (5 to 6 p.m.) in the Health and Counseling Center.

The class is free. Come learn strategies to manage and overcome your stress and anxiety! Develop the skills to be free from unnecessary worry and fear.

Contact Molly Hickok (mhickok@georgefox.edu) for more information.

All are invited to a free Family Weekend concert showcasing George Fox’s Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorale, Concert Choir and Symphonic Band tonight (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Bring your family and friends and enjoy a wide variety of symphonic, chamber, choral, and band music.

Admission is free! Contact Danielle Warner (dwarner@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The student athletic training club is fundraising to attend the District Athletic Training Association convention in the spring in Spokane, Washington! This convention provides students with opportunities to network and attend professional lectures while competing against other schools in the district.

If you look down on the sideline on Saturday, the students in khakis and polos are the ones assisting our athletes, keeping them healthy, and helping them return from injury. Purchase a 50/50 raffle ticket to help these students get to the NWATA convention!

When you purchase a raffle ticket, your ticket is entered to win half of the money raised from this event. Buy one ticket for $1 or three for $2. Your purchase will help us keep our athletes healthy! Buy them at tomorrow’s 1:30 p.m. home football game against Linfield.

Thank you for your support, and as always, Go Bruins!

Got stress, aches and pains, or do you just want to feel relaxed? We want to help! Come by to get a massage performed by a doctor of physical therapy student and receive free stress management advice!

Our mission is to improve our community’s health by offering discounted massages to students ($15) and employees ($20). We are offering 30-minute massages on Monday, Oct. 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 3 to 5 p.m. in Roberts 204.

All proceeds will be donated to help fund our medical service trip to Uganda and Ghana. Donations are also welcome!

Preregister here. Questions? Contact Bree Becker (bbecker13@georgefox.edu).

The Crescent is looking for student photographers to send in their best fall photographs for our next issue! We want to see everyone’s love for the best season of the year!

Send us your leaves, your pumpkin-spice lattes, and all the orange fuzzy sweaters you own! The winner will be put on the cover of the next issue of The Crescent, coming out on Halloween!

If you are interested in a career where you can help people or animals – while pursuing your passion for the sciences – fill out our pre-professional health interest Google form. After signing up, you will be added to an email group receiving helpful information and events to jump-start your career toward a health profession.

You will receive information regarding job openings, internship opportunities, and on-campus events from visiting schools such as Oregon State University!

Career Interest Options:

• Dentistry
• Dental hygiene
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Nutrition and diabetics
• Optometry
• Occupational therapy
• Pharmacy
• Physician’s assistant
• Physical therapy
• Veterinary medicine

Questions? Contact Vetta Berokoff  (vberokof@georgefox.edu).

If you are a social work sophomore (or social work freshmen who is planning on studying abroad) and are planning to apply to the BSW program, this is a reminder that the early application deadline is Friday, Oct. 26, by 5 p.m., when all application materials need to be at the Meridian Street House (social work office).

Questions? Contact Kim Rapp (rappk@georgefox.edu).

Don’t miss game night tonight (Friday) from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Hadlock Student Center. Hang out and eat or play video games, board games and Nerf Wars for prizes. Grand prize is a $75 gift card.

You also won’t want to miss out on enjoying some ice cream at the Linfield football tailgate party tomorrow (Saturday) from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Bauman parking lot.

Next week, come watch Ant-Man or hang out in the Hadlock Student Center on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 8 to 11 p.m. Popcorn and snacks will be provided.

Plan also to attend Fall Fest at Heiser Farms on Friday, Oct. 26, from 7 to 10 p.m. Pumpkins, corn maze and food are included. Sign up here for a bus ride and ticket.

Lastly, it’s not too late to be considered to be a part of the Lip Sync competition on Friday, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m.! Compete for a $500 prize and make memories with your friends. This is event is always fun! Do it!

Questions? Write activities@georgefox.edu.

The campus community is invited to a special showing of the film Neither Wolf Nor Dog at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, in Hoover 105. In addition to the movie, the author of the book on which the film is based, Kent Nerburn, will be present for a Q&A time.

Neither Wolf Nor Dog, the most successful non-Hollywood Native American film in years, is based on the award-winning novel by Oregon author Nerburn and stars Lakota elder Dave Bald Eagle. The film follows a Lakota elder who coaxes a white author into a road trip through the Dakotas to open the author’s eyes to the elder’s experience and perspective on the world.

The film, like the novel, has been used by schools, universities and other cultural groups, as it is not just a deeply moving, funny and thought-provoking film, but it takes the audience deep into an elder’s reality.

The theatrical trailer can be viewed here. Admission is free, and donations are welcome.

Email Tricia Hornback at phornback@georgefox.edu for more information.

Our Family Weekend football game against Linfield is scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday)! Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. 

Be sure to move your cars out of the Bauman parking lot and the tennis court parking lot tonight (Friday). This space will be dedicated to football fan parking, activities and vendors on Saturday. No parking will be permitted in these lots.

Tailgate Activities
Join us in the Bauman parking lot at noon for fun Family Weekend tailgate activities!

Entrances to the Football Game
There will be two entrances into the game, and both are located in the Bauman parking lot directly behind the stadium.

Wheeler Sports Center Closed
The Wheeler Sports Center will be closed from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. This means the basketball gym, racquetball courts and locker rooms will be closed. There will be security officers who will ask you where you are headed; just let them know that you are going to work out.

Bauman Walkway
The sidewalk located between the football stadium and Bauman will be closed. Please walk around the building and do not move the barricade.

Circle Parking Lot
The circle parking lot near Wheeler will be closed for the day. This space is reserved for officials to park in. Officials will arrive as early as 10 a.m.

Sideline Passes
No one will be granted field access without a sideline pass. Sideline passes are issued to those who are required to work and/or have official business during the game.

Tickets
Students and staff can show their ID cards at the gate to get into the game free of charge. In addition, all George Fox alumni who check in at the Information Table will receive free admission to the game.

Additional tickets can be purchased online or at the gate. Or, visit the athletics ticket website.

We hope to see you at the game at 1:30 p.m. and the tailgates prior to that!