The Daily Bruin

The Chaos is coming. Our very own canyon is hosting one of the most anticipated Olympic events of the new millennia: The Canyon Chaos Relays.

On Saturday, Feb. 17, at 10 a.m. the gun will go off and a horde of newly paired Valentines representing dozens of countries from around the world will race around the trail. They will battle for the title of Olympic Chaos Champion over one hour of racing.

Details:

• No one needs to preregister; just show up to be signed in and be given a country to represent.
• The course is a 0.9-mile loop run clockwise in the canyon. It starts running straight up the hill toward HMS.
• We’ll have a big fire going, warm beverages, music, and lots of cowbell for everyone to enjoy.
• Teams are of two and must alternate laps. Anyone who doesn’t have a partner we can pair with other singles.
• We have Winter Olympics-themed prizes for the first three places, and the first 36 people who sign up get cowbells to cheer with.

Sponsored by the Houses and Apartments-West living area. Email Grant Burns at gburns@georgefox.edu for more info.

Come join Emily Forbes from Love and Plants to learn healthy and delicious breakfast recipes. We’ll be in Canyon Commons 101 at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, and credit is available for students in select classes. Emily is presenting as part of the Nutrition Matters program.

Contact Kelsey Herschberger (kherschberger14@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Represent your living area by wearing your assigned color to the Bruin basketball games tomorrow (Friday)! The area with the most representatives will win an ice cream truck, sponsored by ASC!

The winners will be determined at halftime of the men’s game, so be sure and stay for both as the Bruins take on Lewis & Clark at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.!

Find your living area’s color below and make your plans now for Friday!

• RAE: Blue
• HAN: Green
• HAW: White
• EDG: Red
• HMS: Gold
• PCWB: Purple
• Commuters: Black

George Fox  will serve as the venue for a special musical theatre presentation, Of Ebony Embers: Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance, presented by guest Core Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The show is free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Celebrating the music and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance era in New York City, Of Ebony Embers examines the lives of three outstanding but very different African American poets – Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and Claude McKay – as seen through the eyes of the great painter and muralist Aaron Douglas.

Chamber music theatre is a unique performance format created by the Core Ensemble, featuring a marriage of theatrical narrative to chamber music performance. Dracyn Blount portrays multiple characters while interacting with Mikael Darmanie on piano. The script was written by Akin Babatunde, who also serves as the show’s director.

The Core Ensemble performs music by African American composers ranging from jazz greats Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus to concert music composers Jeffrey Mumford and George Walker. Since 1993, the Core Ensemble has toured nationally to every region of the United States and internationally to England, Russia, the Ukraine, Australia and the British Virgin Islands.

The production is being hosted by George Fox’s music and theatre departments, in partnership with the offices of diversity and intercultural life.

Contact Jenny Elsey (jelsey@georgefox.edu) for more information.

The university’s Department of Biology and Chemistry invites you to join us for the eighth annual Dalton Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Dr. Simon Conway Morris, a professor at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St. John’s College, will speak on the topic of evolutionary palaeobiology along with the question of “Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe?” Admission is free.

In the presentation, Morris will discuss the implication of all species (including humans) are historical accidents that will find no direct counterpart whilst pointing to the Fermi Paradox and how this raises alarming possibilities. He will also give a scientific talk at 3 p.m. on Feb. 22 in Wood-Mar Auditorium entitled, “Our earliest ancestors: Cambrian deuterostomes or just weird wonders?”

Morris was elected to the Royal Society in 1990, and his principal academic interests are in the Cambrian “explosion.” He has traveled widely and received many awards. He is active in public outreach and delivered the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 1996, as well as the Second Boyle Lecture.

A dessert reception and Student Research Poster session follows the lecture.

More information is available on the Dalton Lecture Series webpage. Questions? Call the Department of Biology and Chemistry at 503-554-2710.

In recognition of Valentine’s Day, historic Valentines and information on the Valentine’s Day traditions at George Fox are now on display in the cases in Canyon Commons. If you have questions about the exhibit, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu).

Snack2Share is a ministry which harnesses the late-night cravings of college students to feed the hungry. When you buy a snack pack from us, you also provide a snack pack for those in need in Portland.

Snack2Share was created by four marketing students who want to make a difference with their school project. Look for us, as we will be selling snack packs tonight (Thursday) from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in the Bruin Den and by the library. Donations are also welcome!

Follow us on Facebook (@snack2share), Instagram (@snack2share) and Twitter (@snack2share).

Contact Maggie Plater (mplater14@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Tell The Crescent about your favorite places in “the Berg”! Click the survey link below to participate.

Best of Newberg Survey

Thanks for your feedback!
- Jacks Whitehurst (jwhitehurst16@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.

Do you have Achilles tendon pain? If so, you may qualify to participate in an Achilles Tendinopathy Research Study conducted by the physical therapy department.

Last year’s participants reported significant improvements with pain and function! Participants who complete the 10-week program will qualify for compensation.

Please email Bryan Criswell at bcriswell16@georgefox.edu for more details.

Are you planning to attend the Job and Internship Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Canyon Commons?

The IDEA Center is here to help you make a great first impression with more than 40 employers. Whether it’s building your resume, practicing your elevator pitch, or perfecting your LinkedIn page, our team is ready to help you. Stop by the front desk and schedule an appointment today!

Sign up for the Job and Internship Fair here. For more information about the fair, please contact Grace Packer at gpacker@georgefox.edu.

Our first Spoken Word event of the semester is happening at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in EHS 102! Come join us and support our presenters as they share their pieces.

We will be having cookies and hot chocolate. Interested in performing? Send an email to gfulhc@gmail.com.

The George Fox physical therapy program is doing a 50/50 raffle during the women’s basketball game at 4 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 17! We are raising money for a serve trip to Africa in June where we will be giving free physical therapy to those in need.

We would greatly appreciate if you would consider participating or donating to our cause. And it’s a great game to come show your support because it’s senior night. We hope to see you there. Thank you!

Contact Justine Benner (jbenner12@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Hello! We are a group of George Fox MBA students looking for smart-speaker users to participate in a questionnaire. This survey will only take about 1.06 minutes of your time and may result in free pizza and ice cream!

Please note that a smart speaker is like the Amazon Echo or a Google Home, so if you don’t use something like that feel free to avoid this survey! To participate, click on the below link.

Smart Speaker Survey 

Thanks for your feedback!
– Codi Morton (cmorton13@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.

Hey everyone! The Coast to Coast Swing Dance Club invites you to join us this Saturday in the FoxHole! Bring your friends and bring your dancing shoes. All levels of dancers are welcome! We hope to see you there!

Beginners learn at 6:30 p.m., followed by the intermediate dance at 7 p.m. and  the free social dance from 7:30 p.m. on.

Contact Justin Chang (jchang15@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

In recognition of Valentine’s Day, historic Valentines and information on the Valentine’s Day traditions at George Fox are now on display in the cases in Canyon Commons. If you have questions about the exhibit, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu).

Are you …

1. In the traditional undergraduate program
2. Currently enrolled this spring
3. Planning on being enrolled full time in the fall of 2018, AND
4. Haven’t submitted your application for donor-funded scholarships?

Then get online and get it done! The deadline to apply is this Friday, Feb. 16, at 5 p.m. There is one application for 100-plus scholarships.

Log into your MyGFU. Go to Student Resources>Newberg UG Scholarships (use your MyGFU username and password to login) >Returning Student Donor Funded Scholarship Application.

First-time users don’t need to enter your Student ID.

Got questions? Email finaid@georgefox.edu.

Happy Valentine’s Day! We hope today you shared how much you love at least one person in your life. Today is also Ash Wednesday, so join us in Vespers tonight as we remember the sacrifice Christ suffered in our place.

We hope to see you at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium for a time of remembrance and worship.

George Fox will serve as host for the final Richard Foster conference: “Empowering Spiritual Transformation in the Local Church: Celebrating 40 Years of Celebration of Discipline.” The event is scheduled for June 10-13. The $40 early registration break expires March 1, and 50 $100 scholarships have been offered to George Fox students, faculty and staff registering before May 1.

You can learn more about the conference here. Contact Paul Anderson (panderso@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

If you are looking for a chance to put what you have learned about APA into practice, join the ARC for our hands-on APA workshop, scheduled from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, in Lemmons 8.

There will be a brief review of basic APA in-text citations and references, and then plenty of time to practice the skills with immediate feedback from peers and the ARC coordinator, Maddie Lowen.

A basic understanding of APA will be helpful for this workshop. If you were not able to attend Sue O’Donnell’s previous APA workshop, please take some time to review these slides from her presentation.

The 40-day period leading up to Easter, called Lent, begins today (Wednesday). The season of Lent beckons us to prepare our hearts for Easter by inviting us into confession of our need for a Savior and calling us into intimacy with God through practices that remind us of God’s character and presence.

The campus pastors will be offering an Ash Wednesday service to lead the community into the season of Lent on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium during our usual Vespers chapel service. We will also offer a more informal Ash Wednesday service from 4 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the Prayer Chapel. All are welcome.