The Daily Bruin

Follett Higher Education Group took over operation of the BlueZone Bookstore in June of 2015. The store has been renamed the Bruin Store (Georgefoxshop.com), and now offers textbooks and merchandise in one location. At the beginning of each semester, undergraduate and graduate textbooks will be offered for sale in the Bruin Store and no longer in the Textbook Annex. The remainder of the year the Bruin Store will be your source for Bruin apparel, accessories, gifts and general school supplies.

Part of our agreement with Follett is that they have the exclusive right to sell merchandise and services traditionally offered in college and university bookstores, including but not limited to, all required course materials (print and digital); class and alumni rings and jewelry; clothing (whether or not emblematic); school supplies; desk and dorm accessories; gifts; souvenirs; graduation regalia (sale and rental) and announcements; course-adopted software and paper and electronic custom anthologies; and textbook buybacks.

This agreement does not prohibit sales by student groups or student government organizations, but Follett should be consulted with prior to these sales.

If you have any questions, please email Matt Hammar at mhammar@georgefox.edu.

Policy and Procedures for Driving Personal Vehicles on University Business (i.e., for Serve Day) …

Students and employees will be allowed to drive on university business if they have had a current valid U.S. state driver’s license for at least one year and are at least 18 years of age.

When driving a personal vehicle on university business, the driver’s personal insurance serves as the primary insurance and is the extent of the driver’s protection. Students and employees need to be comfortable with their own auto insurance coverage and limits and assume all risks and responsibility for transporting other individuals in their vehicle.

When an employee or student uses a personal vehicle on university business or if the university arranges the transportation for an activity or event and a student or employee is asked to transport others in their personal vehicle, that person/driver must be on the approved driver’s list maintained by Plant Services indicating the following:

• An acceptable motor vehicle driving record as defined in this policy
• Driver’s license number and expiration date (recorded as a part of the approval process)
• Completion of the online training provided by Plant Services
• Current personal automobile insurance including the insurance company name, policy number, and adequate limits (recorded as a part of the approval process) in the quiz
• When the university is not providing or arranging for transportation to an event or activity (i.e., the event begins at the designated location), the driver understands that she or he is assuming all risk and liability. Of course, it is still important to only drive and transport others when there is a good driving record, current valid driver’s license, and personal automobile insurance with sufficient limits.

In all cases, the driver/owner of the vehicle must follow all traffic laws and regulations and ensure that the personal vehicle is in good operating condition and safe to drive.

Questions? Contact Debby O’Kelley at dokelley@georgefox.edu.

A beginning guitar class and private guitar lessons are being offered this fall on campus. Sign up and add some fun to your schedule!

The Beginning Guitar Class is offered for those new to the guitar who want to learn in a fun group setting. Learn the skills to play all your favorite rock, folk, pop, and worship songs!  No experience is necessary (MUSI 250-A, Tuesdays/Thursdays, 11:45 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.).

Private Guitar Lessons are offered to bring your playing to the next level very quickly. One-on-one lessons cover beginners all the way to very experienced players. Sign up and you’ll get top-notch instruction that is specific to your skill level and caters to the styles of music that you really want to learn. We can focus on anything from classical, rock, blues, metal, shred, folk, worship, etc. It’s up to you! (MUSA 105 GT/305 GT)

Lessons are taught by G.I.T. Musicians Institute graduate and veteran guitar player/instructor Jordan Stricklen. He has performed thousands of shows with countless bands in countless styles, and has been on many national tours with the bands Spence and Flashing Blue Lights. He is new to the area and is currently focusing on teaching and solo material.

Email Jordan directly for more info: JStricklen@georgefox.edu.

Do you like to sing? There is still time to enroll in a choir class! Auditions will take place this week in Ross 205.

Interested? Please contact Danielle Warner at dwarner@georgefox.edu for more information.

Hello George Fox students!

Serve Day 2015 is under a week away (Sept. 9)! The schedule is below and also on the Serve Day website. If you are new to George Fox, please take a moment to read about the history of Serve Day. This year we are excited to serve more than 100 different groups from around the area.

What you really need to know about Serve Day is that we need you! Serve Day is a great day to get away from campus, create new relationships with people and celebrate the joy in serving.

STUDENTS LIVING ON CAMPUS
You are assigned to a serve site with your living area. Some of the living areas are divided, so contact your RA for detailed information about your site. Your RA will have the site number that you are assigned so that you can go to the right spot on the quad at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning after the kickoff celebration.

COMMUTERS
All commuters are to report to the front of Bauman after the morning breakfast and opening activities at 9 a.m. Commuters will be assigned a Serve Day site at that time and location.

EVERYONE
We know that some of you will not be able to attend Serve Day due to jobs, internships, childcare, doctor’s appointments, etc. If you live on campus you should communicate your conflict with your RA.

If you are a commuter, you do not need to request an excuse. We sure hope you can make it if you do not have a conflict.

Don’t hesitate to contact serveday@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Schedule
7:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast on the quad* and bag your own lunch**
8:30 a.m. – Kickoff celebration on the lawn near the Centennial Tower
9 a.m. – Groups meet at numbered stakes (Group#) on lawn and depart for serve site

Lunch with your group at the serve site

4 p.m. – Return to campus
4-6:30 p.m. – Evening Celebration including church, volunteer, activities fair, and concert
4:30-6:30 p.m. – Dinner on the quad

*Free for everyone
**Free for students, team leaders and committee members

Plant Services has had an unusually busy summer. We are still in the process of completing multiple building and remodeling projects, 42 smaller projects, as well as numerous office moves. As a result, we have accumulated more than 1,000 open work requests.

We are working hard to catch up but must complete student housing requests first. Thank you for your patience during this very busy time.

The Department of English and Theatre invites you to its semester kickoff event tomorrow (Friday) from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium!

Come to …

• Eat free food!
• “Schmooze” with the faculty of the English and theatre department
• Hang out with old friends and new
• Meet our new student writers, actors, poets, technicians, scholars and designers
• Meet our new English and theatre adjuncts and staff members
• Hear about the 2015-16 theatre season
• Hear the latest news from our two honor societies, Alpha Psi Omega (theatre) and Sigma Tau Delta (English)
• Eat the rest of the fruit, vegetables, sandwiches and chips – and take the leftovers back to your dorms/houses!

Questions? Contact Kathy Harris at kharris@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to come out and support the Bruin women’s soccer team as they host Carleton College from Minnesota tomorrow (Friday). Game time is 6:30 p.m. at our incredible Austin Sports Complex about three-quarters of a mile off campus at 1013 Crestview Dr.

See you all there!

Announcing the Music Faculty Showcase Concert! Come hear your colleagues, professors and friends perform musical works by Handel, Corigliano, Weber and more! The concert will include performers on clarinet, saxophone, piano, voice, flute and cello.

Join us for this free event tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Questions? Contact Sophia Tegart at stegart@georgefox.edu.

Students are strongly encouraged to take a moment to look at the new format of the Student Handbook.

studenthandbook.georgefox.edu

The handbook is a searchable pdf, where the table of contents are linked to the pages of the document. You are able to both search the document for the topic of interest or click the table of contents to be taken immediately to a specific section. To search the document on a Mac computer please hit “command F” and type in the appropriate search words. On a PC “control F” will allow you to do a key word search. Also, embedded in the pdf are live web-links that will direct you to necessary forms or websites that you might find useful.

Questions? You can always contact us at studentlife@georgefox.edu

Join us for Movie on the Lawn this Friday, Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. in the Amphitheater! We will be showing ‘Jurassic World’ and snacks will be provided.

Questions? Please contact Lehman Pekkola at lpekkola13@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in dancing? If you want to find out more information and see what we’re about, there is an informational meeting at 9 p.m. tonight (Wednesday) in the Wheeler Dance Studio, located on the second floor by the weight room.

The George Fox Dance Team will host tryouts in the evening next Wednesday, Sept. 9. All dancers are welcome to come learn about our next season. This will be a relaxed introductory meeting. Feel free to bring your friends! Looking forward to seeing you there.

Questions? Email chostetler10@georgefox.edu

As a reminder, following is the schedule for Serve Day (Wednesday, Sept. 9).

• 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. – Breakfast on the quad (free to employees and students)
• 8:30 a.m. – Kickoff celebration on quad
• 9 a.m. – Gather at your assignment, find your site number and depart
• Noon – Lunch (employees bring your own lunch or purchase)
• 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. – Dinner and evening celebration (free for employees and students; family members and guests may purchase meal tickets)

Employees, see your email for your site assignment. Students, check with your RAs.

Questions? Email serveday@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in playing women’s JV basketball? If so, please email Mike Meek at mmeek@georgefox.edu. Thank you.

The Crescent is now accepting applications! If you are interested in working or interning for George Fox’s student newspaper, apply online (tinyurl.com/crescentapply) or via email (georgefoxcrescent@gmail.com).

No experience needed! We’re looking for both writers and photographers.

The IDEA Center CAP Coach drop-in hours will be open today through Friday, Sept. 4, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. Regular drop-in hours and scheduled appointments will start next week. Faculty and staff, please let your students know about this opportunity.

Questions? Please stop by first floor of Stevens or call 503-554-2330.

Come support your 2015 women’s soccer team as the Bruins take on Carleton College all the way from Minnesota on Friday, Sept. 4! Game time is 6:30 p.m. at our incredible Austin Sports Complex about three-quarters of a mile off campus at 1013 Crestview Dr.

Let’s show Carleton what it’s like to come to “Soccer City, USA,” where our fans are always the best. See you all there!

I know that you are being bombarded with all kinds of information right now, but if you will take the time to read all of this it will be helpful to you, especially if you are a new student.

I wanted to give you some information about the ID card campus cardlock access system so you’ll know exactly what you have access to.

• All residence hall students have 24-hour access to the building they live in.
• All undergraduate students have visiting access hours to all the residence halls. The hours of access differ depending on the building you’re visiting. Here they are:

Residence Halls (Brandt, Coffin, Edwards, Hobson, Macy, Pennington, & Sutton Hall):

5-10 p.m. – Mon. – Thur.
2-11 p.m. – Fri. – Sun.

Suites (Beebe, Carey & Willcuts Hall):

3-11 p.m. – Mon. – Thur.
Noon – Midnight – Fri. – Sun.

Apartments ( Le Shana Hall):

Noon – Midnight – Sun. – Thur.
Noon – 2 a.m. – Fri., Sat.

All the residence halls have card readers at the entrances to each floor (except Sutton 1). These readers are all programmed to be automatically open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. When they are locked residents have 24-hour access only to the floor they live on. There are no visiting access hours to the floor-card readers for other students.

There are a few cases where residents have access to a floor besides the one they live on:

• Beebe Hall 1 residents have 24-hour access to Beebe 2 in order to do their laundry.
• Edwards 2 & 3 residents have 24-hour access to the first floor on the side of the dorm they live on for doing laundry. Second- and third-floor men only have access to the first floor on the men’s side, and so on for the women.
• Hobson & Macy residents have 24-hour access to Sutton Hall.
• Willcuts Hall 1 residents have access to Willcuts 2 in order to do laundry.

All undergrads have access to the Foxhole in the SUB basement at the following times:

4 p.m. – Midnight – Mon. – Thur.
4 p.m. – 2 a.m. – Fri.
2 p.m. – 2 a.m. – Sat., Sun.

If you are a commuter (live off campus), then your hours of access to the Foxhole are:

7:15 a.m. – Midnight – Mon. – Thur.
7:15-2 p.m. – Fri.
2 p.m. – 2 a.m. – Sat., Sun.

All faculty, staff & students have access to Wheeler Sports Center for the following times:

6 a.m. – 11 p.m. – Mon. – Fri.
7 a.m. – 7 p.m. – Sat.
1-7 p.m. – Sun.

All faculty, staff and students have 24-hour access to the SUB and the Prayer Chapel.

There are cases when you will be granted access to a particular academic building(s) for academic or workstudy purposes. These privileges will be given by the department head or workstudy supervisor as needed.

I hope that this is helpful information, especially to new students. I hope that all of you have a great school year! If you ever have any cardlock or key questions or concerns, please contact me.

Thank you.

Alan Thurston
Certified Registered Locksmith
Plant Services
503-554-2057

athursto@georgefox.edu

If you registered for a parking permit for Resident East/West prior to today, due to a glitch in the system, you will not be receiving an email with a link to the temporary permit.

Please park in the areas where your permit allows you to park. If you have not received your parking permit by Wednesday, Sept. 9, please come into the security office for a temporary permit by Friday, Sept. 11.

Anybody registering for a parking permit after today should be receiving the email with a link to a temporary permit.

We are sorry for any inconvenience!

Want to play intramural football or volleyball? Then sign up in the Bruin Den this week! Choose a team name, captain, and sign up your team to compete and win the championship! There are more details on the sign-up sheets.

Sign-ups will close on Thursday, Sept. 3, for touch football; volleyball sign-ups will close on Friday, Sept. 4.

Questions? Please contact Justine Benner at jbenner12@georgefox.edu.