The Daily Bruin

With the release of Son of God (2014), Noah (2014) and the more recent Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), the biblical story continues to be a source of ethical intrigue, repulsion and conviction. How are we to navigate? Does “Batman” (Christian Bale) really make the best “Moses”?

The Bible and Cinema, a course offered during May Term 2015, aims to chart a way through this sea of concerns and find a destination of honest dialogue, delicious snacks and a field trip to the movies!

Coming to theaters soon: The Bible and Cinema (BIBL 285/485 for 3 credits), May 4-22, from 9 a.m. to noon each weekday in Hoover. Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at phampton@georgefox.edu.

See you at the movies!

– Jenny Matheny, instructor

Come by the Bruin Den today (Friday) between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and get your photo taken with fun Bruin Heritage props! This is one of the last chances to be featured in the George Fox yearbook (The Student Collective), so make sure to stop by.

Questions? Contact Kiri Guthridge at kguthridge13@georgefox.edu.

Alumni in the area invite you to join them in their homes for a home-cooked meal and conversation about what life is like after college!  Register online through this link or next week in the Bruin Den. 

The dinners will be Tuesday, Feb. 24, and Wednesday, Feb 25. Students who attend will receive a $5 Chapters gift card.

Questions? Please contact Taylor Ellis at tellis12@georgefox.edu.

Join us for a showing of Selma at Regal Cinemas at Bridgeport Village tonight (Thursday) from 6 to 9:30 p.m., followed by a time of processing and discussion at the International House with professor Steve Classen.

Questions? Please email Kimberly Morales at kmorales14@georgefox.edu.

The university’s Center for Peace and Justice invites all to the annual Woolman Peacemaking Forum, featuring Jason Fileta of Micah Challenge USA, on the Newberg campus Tuesday, Feb. 24. The theme of the event is “Past, Present and Future: Promoting Peace & Justice at George Fox University and Beyond.”

Jason will speak at morning chapel that day, as well as in an evening lecture at 6:15 p.m. Students will receive chapel credit for attending either event.

More details to follow soon! Please visit the Woolman Peacemaking Forum webpage soon to stay current with event updates. Questions? Contact Jennifer Kepler at jkepler@georgefox.edu.

Need to send out a student survey? The following guidelines have been established for the distribution of student surveys. Faculty members are encouraged to help facilitate this process.

Please follow these guidelines when submitting student surveys for mass distribution. Send your surveys to Jere Witherspoon in the student life office. Your approved survey request should include all of the following:

1. Your name and email address (may include the list of names from those in your group)
2. Course name and professor
3. Approval for distribution granted by: _______________________ (list department)
4. Short, catchy blurb about the survey no more than 35 words in length
5. A tested, workable link to the survey

An email with all submitted surveys will be sent to all students once a week (on Wednesdays). An identical Daily Bruin announcement will be submitted at the same time to the student Daily Bruin forum. The following disclaimer will be attached to the email and the Daily Bruin announcement:

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.

Please contact Jere Witherspoon if you have any questions about this process.

Join us for the university’s fifth annual Dalton Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 12, as Dr. William Phillips, a 1997 Nobel Prize winner in physics, presents at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. The free presentation is entitled “Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science,” in which he speak on the common ground shared between faith and science. A George Fox student research poster session and dessert reception will follow Phillips’ lecture.

Among the questions Phillips will address are queries that can be particularly troublesome for a Christian: “Why is there suffering if God is good?” “What about all the terrible things done in the name of religion?” and “What about all the good people who are on a different path of faith than Christianity?”

About Dr. Phillips
In 1997, Phillips was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light, along with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji. One result of the development of laser-cooling techniques was the first observation, in 1995, of the Bose-Einstein condensate, a new state of matter originally predicted 70 years earlier by Albert Einstein and the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose.

Phillips will also speak Thursday afternoon, Feb. 12, at 3:30 p.m. on the topic “Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe” in Bauman Auditorium.

The Dalton Lecture Series is sponsored by the Department of Biology and Chemistry. More information can be found on the Dalton Lecture page.

Contemplative worship is held Thursdays from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in the Prayer Chapel. All are welcome; elective chapel credit is available.

Genealogists and family historians of all skill levels are invited to a presentation of the riches of archives for genealogical research. The talk will be followed by a discussion and tour of the archives of George Fox University and the Northwest Yearly Meeting.

Join us at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the Murdock Learning Resource Center’s multipurpose room. There is no charge to attend.

For more information, please contact the archivist, Rachel Thomas, at rthomas@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2415.

Are you interested in learning Chinese? If so, please take this survey before Feb. 8. We will collect your opinions and plan accordingly.

Thank you!

If you are hungry for community and looking to deepen your relationship with God, please sign up for our six-week Lyfe Group series taking place over the season of Lent.

Groups will start the week of Feb. 23 and conclude the week after Easter. Each participant will receive and read through a devotional, Show Me the Way by Henri Nouwen. Sign-ups are online, and space is limited, so be sure to sign up!

Click this link to sign up.

Spend an evening with Robert Schlegel and learn how to imagine, create and shape a piece of sculptural art with paper mache. With his artwork currently being shown in “The Art of Agriculture” exhibit, the Cultural Center would like to offer the chance to go deeper with the art and its artist.

Join this workshop and learn some of the method and effort behind creating sculptural armature, and paper mache covering. This is a hands-on demonstration in which participants will not only get the chance to learn and ask questions, but the group will work together to create a piece of art.

Come be a part of the action, get your hands messy and learn by doing! The course is from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and the cost is $20 per person.

To register online, visit chehalemculturalcenter.org. Click on the “Classes & Workshops” link and then the “Mixed Media” link. You can also register over the phone by calling 503-487-6883, or drop in the day of and join us for the fun!

Come hear from Steve Sherwood tonight (Wednesday) in chapel. Chapel will be held in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. Chapel credit is available.

For more information, please visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Game Night Club is hosting a weekly event in the Bruin Den starting tonight (Wednesday) at 8 p.m. Come ready to learn and enjoy interactive board/card games.

You can meet new people and be competitively challenged. Hope to see you there!

Questions? Please contact Gabriel Louthan at glouthan12@georgefox.edu.

The campus community is invited to hear Hans Boersma, the J.I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, at 4:30 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 6, in Hoover 105.

The free presentation is entitled “Why We Need an ‘Other’ Reading: Or, Why We Ourselves Are the Ones Taking the Exodus Journey,” in which he will offer a defense of allegory as a method for biblical interpretation, following early Christian authors such as Melito, Origen and Gregory of Nyssa. The talk is aimed at both scholarly and popular audiences who are interested in biblical interpretation and the history of Christian thought more generally.

Boersma has been at Regent since 2005 and taught for six years previously at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia (1999–2005). He has also served as a pastor for several years (1994-1998) and is the author of several books.

Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at phampton@georgefox.edu.

Are you a pre-nursing student applying to the nursing program this year? Then you will not want to miss an informational meeting scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m. today (Wednesday) in Hoover 103. We will be going through the application, due dates, and answering your questions about the School of Nursing. See you there!

Questions? Contact Rachel Powell at rpowell@georgefox.edu.

Need help writing research papers? Attend the Academic Resource Center’s workshop, “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper,” tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Gary Tandy, professor of English, and Sarah Hardy, public services librarian, will conduct the session, in which they will provide a step-by-step, organized guide on how to use campus and Internet resources for successful research. Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or ext. 2314.

The Latino Heritage Club is seeking performers for its Spoken Word Night on Thursday, March 5, at 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Theme: Forgiveness and Love
With the event being just the week after February, we though this theme was fitting. Contrary to what may be an initial reaction, it is not a cheesy Valentine’s Day theme. A new semester is an opportunity for a fresh start. Sometimes that may mean letting go of grudges, mending relationships and welcoming love.

February is also Black History Month, and remembering the injustices that were and are still being forgiven. And for some the theme of forgiveness and love triggers memories of past or current relationships. What does the theme mean to you? Please consider sharing your story at the upcoming Spoken Word Night.

If you’re interested in performing, please email LHC directly at gfulhc@gmail.com.