The Daily Bruin

All social work students are invited to come hear how the predominating messages about gender in evangelical popular culture are negative and limiting, both for women and for men. In this semester’s diversity forum, Melanie Springer Mock, professor of English, considers the source of these messages about gender, and why they can be so damaging, especially to young people seeking their vocations.

Join us at the forum on Monday, Nov. 12, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Stevens 209.

Melanie believes that evangelical culture’s focus on gender, sex and “biblical manhood and womanhood,” often premised on a misguided interpretation of Scripture, makes it especially difficult for women and men to live in the freedom and grace Jesus offers them.

The diversity forum will provide ample space to consider Christian messaging about gender; to ask questions about what it means for women and men to be created in God’s image; and to think together about how we can create a different world where our lives are not defined by gender roles or even gender identity, but by our own unique callings and gifts.

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

For those of you who do not know, the Fencing Club is open to all levels of experience, from novice to a childhood spent with a sword in hand. The purpose of the club is to have fun and learn how to have a good sword fight every Wednesday night. We supply the equipment, but you are free to bring your own along.

We meet at the Hadlock Student Center in Room 014 from 8 to 9 p.m. Questions? Contact Laurelle Ramsey (lramsey16@georgefox.edu).

Do you love mentoring high school or middle schoolers? Do you love Young Life? Come to a meeting where high school Young Life and middle school Wyldlife leaders come and share their experiences of how leading has changed them.

Learn how you can get involved, too! We are meeting tonight (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. in Stevens 109. Pizza will be provided.

Questions? Contact Christina Nase (cnase16@georgefox.edu).

Calling all fall grads! Seniors graduating this December are invited to celebrate at the Exodus Grad Fair in Canyon Commons 101-102 today (Wednesday) between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Pick up your cap and gown and get checked out with the university offices before you graduate.

Plus, enjoy FREE snacks and raffle prizes too!

Learn more here.

A handful of people are needed for a trial run of two different conditioning protocols for a student project. This will take place on Monday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 15, at 9:30 a.m. on the football field.

It will only take 10 to 15 minutes of your time. If this is something you would be interested in, come wearing comfortable workout gear suitable for running. Thank you.

For more information, please contact Anthony Jaimez (ajaimez17@georgefox.edu).

The university community is invited to a special William Penn Honors Program lecture featuring Bradley Campbell, coauthor of The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and the New Culture Wars, in Hoover 105 at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Wednesday). The title of his presentation is “Dignity, Victimhood and the Future of the University.”

Campbell, a sociologist, will discuss the challenges that new moral concepts and related trends are posing to scholarship, free speech and students’ well-being at contemporary universities, along with some possible solutions. The lecture is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Helen Morse (hmorse@georgefox.edu).

Do you like pizza? Of course you do! Come support the Haiti SpiL trip team at Round Table Pizza in Newberg between 4 and 9 p.m. today (Wednesday).

The Haiti team will be going to the country this winter break to provide health education, host youth conferences, and help with the needs of the nonprofit organization MamaBaby Haiti. Mention you are there to support the Haiti team and 20 percent of your purchase will go toward supporting the team!

See you there! Contact Amanda Heckmann (aheckmann14@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Is starting a new business something you see yourself doing in the future? Then consider enrolling in the new spring course “Launching a New Business Venture” – BUSN 485B (4502).

This course is designed for junior and senior non-business majors who have little or no business background, and will be taught Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

According to professor Ted Marr, entrepreneurship is an extreme “sport” – extremely challenging but extremely rewarding. He’ll bring 20 years of experience in starting five high-tech start-ups in the Silicon Valley to the classroom. For more information, write him at tmarr@georgefox.edu.

Evan Bonazzola is the winner of a $50 Amazon gift card! Evan, please come to Employee Empowerment to claim your prize.

Do you want to be like Evan? Evan signed up to save a tree and win $50 while he was waiting to see the Lip Sync battle by consenting to a paperless W2 tax form.

We have another drawing this week. All students who log in to MyGFU and consent accessing their W2 tax forms at the end of the year electronically will be entered to win. The entry window is short (Nov. 6-9), so your chances are very good to win a $50 Amazon card.

It takes 30 seconds. Click here, check the consent box and hit submit. Your current status should say “Consent Received.”

The entire George Fox community is invited to join together to sing Christmas carols and enjoy cookies and hot cocoa on Friday, Nov. 30, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Pennington Plaza on the Newberg campus.

Join us as we celebrate the start of the holiday season with a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. Contact Hannah Butler (hbutler@georgefox.edu) or Michelle Dawson (mdawson@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The School of Physical Therapy is excited to host Dr. Kim E. Eppen, physical therapist and clinical specialist at the University of Iowa, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, in Canyon Commons 101.

Dr. Eppen will present the topic “Exercise Prescription in Chronic Disease.” The primary objectives for this lecture are to identify the relationship between inactivity and chronic disease, discuss physical activity guidelines for “general health benefits,” and discuss the role of physicians and other healthcare providers in assessing and prescribing physical activity/exercise for prevention and/or management of chronic disease.

Everyone is encouraged to attend this free event. Light refreshments will be served.

Questions? Contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu.

Two senior exercise science majors need your help! From now until Thursday, Nov. 8, they are conducting a study that is looking at the effects of exercise on mental health in college-aged students. This exercise will involve a one-and-a-half mile run on the track.

If you would like to participate, all you will have to do is fill in a time slot here. You will also be asked to fill out a survey.

For more information, contact Samantha Taylor (staylor15@georgefox.edu).

Fall Retreat is this weekend! Did you register?

The theme for this year’s retreat is R E S T, which comes from Mark 6:31, where Jesus says, “Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.” We will spend the weekend learning to lean into the belief that God is the ultimate provider of rest.

The retreat will be Nov. 9-11 at Twin Rocks Camp. This will be a time carved out especially for you and your needs in this busy season. There will be worship, a speaker, fun activities and fellowship with one another.

For more info or if you have questions, go to this link under the “Get Involved” tab. To register and pay, follow this link.

We hope you can make it! Faculty, please tell your students about this opportunity.

For more information, contact SpIL (spirituallife@georgefox.edu).

The Graduate School of Physical Therapy is excited to present its fifth annual research symposium on Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons 101 and 102. Physical therapy doctoral faculty and students will showcase nine rehabilitation research topics. Light refreshments will be served.

Please contact Linda Dallof at 503-554-2451 or ldallof@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Calling all COMM students! Lambda Pi Eta is hosting its annual COMM Department Trivia Night tonight (Tuesday) from 7 to 9 p.m. in the FoxHole!

This is a fantastic opportunity to get to know more about Lambda Pi Eta, meet and hang out with fellow COMM students, and, of course, the chance to beat your favorite professors at trivia! We will be providing snacks and fun; now all we need is you!

If you want to know more, please contact Tyler Smith (tsmith14@georgefox.edu).

We are in need of actors for a mini-documentary that explores spiritual abuse in the church today and what churches are doing to prevent this form of abuse. We have collected stories from people about their experiences, but for safety purposes, we don’t wish to feature them in the film.

To portray them, we’re looking for voice actors who can capture the emotions these people felt. They will be filmed in a silhouette setting, so even if you do not match the target age for a certain role, it is still possible your voice could fit what we are looking for.

These are the roles:

• Man: (30s or 40s), must be able to portray anger, concern and determination in voice
• Woman: (mid 20s), must be able to portray isolation, depression and anxiety in voice
• Woman: (30s), must portray grief, anger and depression in voice
• Girl: (High school, young 20s), must portray confusion, guilt and shame in voice

We also have two non-speaking roles in which an actor will be seen in our film:

• Man: (late 20s or in 30s), must act curious and melancholy
• Woman: (20s), needs to act like a doll or puppet

Only one day of filming will be required for each part. The auditions will be held in Lemmons 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 8. Each person will receive 15 minutes. Please contact Rebekah Springsteel at rspringsteel15@georgefox.edu if you are interested.

Please join us at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Nov. 8, in Hoover 105 for a night of Spoken Word. The topic will be “You and I.”

Today we are extremely divided because of gender, race, religion, culture, politics, opinions, etc. This theme was chosen to highlight the division among us, as well as to discuss some ways we can mend the division we have created.

We are still looking for creatives, poets, rappers, quiet souls, etc. to share their truth (we would love for you to stick with the theme, but you have full creative freedom).

Questions/ interested in performing? Contact Tanner Aliff (taliff15@georgefox.edu) or Kaheela Reid (kreid15@georgefox.edu).

Summer Service and Immersion (SpIL) trip applications are 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 Israel/Palestine with Global Immersion.

To learn more about these trips, join us for an info session tomorrow (Tuesday) immediately after chapel in Bauman Auditorium (11:45 a.m.).

Applications can be found at georgefox.edu/spiltrips. Applications are due Dec. 1, 2018! Teams begin preparing fundraising campaigns in December before winter break.

For more information, visit our website or email Monik Kadarmanto (mkadarmanto@georgefox.edu). Faculty, please encourage students to apply.

The Nutrition Matters grant at George Fox is sponsoring upcoming cooking demonstrations. If you would like to learn how to make a healthy meal, join us in Canyon Commons on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 6 p.m. to learn how to make breakfast food!

Emily Forbes, a George Fox alumna and local nutritionist, is passionate about helping students learn to make healthy meals. You will walk away with knowledge on how to make a dish, a sample and the recipe! It’s like watching a cooking show, but you actually get to taste the food! Join us!

Any questions should be directed to Kristi Welker at kwelker@georgefox.edu.

Undergraduate commuters: Join us for a commuter lunch in the FoxHole on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. We will be serving soup and sandwiches for lunch. We hope to see you there!

Any questions should be directed to Kristi Welker, director of commuter life, by emailing kwelker@georgefox.edu or calling 503-554-2308.