The Daily Bruin

Spending a week with Winter Serve in Portland, Puyallup or Twin Rocks for a week in January now only costs $50! This includes transportation, lodging and food for the week! It’s a fantastic deal. The price of the trip to Oklahoma is staying at $200.

If you forgot to turn in an application, you can do so until this Friday, Oct. 24. The application and more information on the trips can be found on the spiritual life website. Email Erika at elopez12@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Tilikum Center for Retreats & Outdoor Ministries, a ministry of Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, is hosting its annual Potlatch celebration on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. in the university’s Klages Dining Room. The public is welcome, and registration is requested by Monday, Oct. 27.

The event celebrates past donors and program supporters and presents the camp’s current campaign, “Lasting Impressions.” To RSVP or get more information, call 503-538-2763, ext. 101, or email michelle@camptilikum.org.

The Hoover-Minthorn Museum in Newberg invites the university community to a presentation of the play First Lady Lou, which offers a glimpse into the life of Lou Henry Hoover, wife of Herbert Hoover. The play is being stage-managed by George Fox student Cydney Thompson.

The show will be performed at Newberg Friends Church, 307 S. College St., on Friday, Nov. 14, and Saturday, Nov. 15. The Friday show begins at 7:30 p.m. and the Saturday production is a matinee, scheduled for 2 p.m. The play was written by Rebecca Christian and features award-winning Portland actress and director Jane Fellows in the lead.

Tickets are just $5 for students and $15 for general admission. To learn more or purchase tickets, visit this link.

Morning chapel will be on Tuesday, Oct. 21 in Bauman at 10:50 a.m. Guest speaker Christena Cleveland is a social psychologist with a hopeful passion for overcoming cultural divisions in groups. She is the author of Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart. You can purchase her book for $10 in the Bauman lobby following chapel.

Shalom will be on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 9 p.m. in the Cap & Gown Room. Come hear from fellow student Megan Kays, who will share about music and how it connects us to God. Chapel elective credit is available.

Evening chapel will be on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Jamie Noling-Auth will continue our “Unfolding Life” series. She will preach about three parables from the book of Matthew. Chapel credit is available.

Greenroom will be this Thursday, Oct. 23. at 9:30 p.m. in the Foxhole.

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

Do you miss being around kids? Are you free Wednesday nights from 6 to 8 p.m.? Newberg Christian Church is looking for eight to 10 people. They need energetic and fun-loving assistants, worship leaders, game instructors, Bible lesson teachers, and verse-listeners to assist them in their AWANA program for children ages 3 to 12.

Interested or have questions? Please contact Jason Dick at jason@newbergcc.org.

Join us on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 8:30 p.m. in the Library for the Loudest Dance You’ve Never Heard! Experience a new way of dancing, a silent dance! Instead of dancing with a regular sound system, everyone listens on wireless headphones. Buy your ticket for one dollar between October 20 and October 24 to be entered in a raffle for a pair of Beats Headphones! Only 400 tickets are available, so make sure to get your ticket early. Wireless headphones will be provided for use at the dance.

Questions? Please contact Michael Wegener at mwegener13@georgefox.edu.

Registration for Fall Escape, Nov. 7-9, will be in available all week, Oct. 20 through Oct. 24, in the Bruin Den from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Escape the Newberg bubble with your friends for a weekend! The cost is 20 dollars. You will be provided a cabin on the Pacific Coast, workshops with Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee, and all the amenities that Twin Rocks Friends Camp has to offer for a weekend!Registration ends Thursday, Nov. 6. F

or more information, email Josh Garcia at garciaj11@georgefox.edu.

Realize you have too much stuff and not enough space? Tired of the old and ready for the new? Do some fall cleaning and donate anything you don’t want to us! Spiritual life is hosting a porch sale this Saturday, Oct. 25, to raise money for serve trips. Right now, we need your old stuff! Anything you don’t want anymore, bring it to the Spiritual Life House. Or email elopez12@georgefox.edu to have it picked up.

And if you’re interested in picking up some new-to-you treasures, come by on Oct. 25 between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. We’ll be there.

“Consider Leviathan” is the title of the Fall Faculty Lecture featuring the university’s 2014 Undergraduate Researcher of the Year, Brian Doak, PhD. This presentation will explore Doak’s research in the narratives found in the Book of Job.

Join us tomorrow (Tuesday) for the presentation. The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Hoover 105, and refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee.

Prior to the lecture that evening, the 2014 Fall Richter Student Scholars Symposium is scheduled from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Hoover lobby. Student scholars from George Fox graduate and undergraduate programs will present their research in a conversational poster format. Refreshments included.

Questions? Contact Kris Kays at kkays@georgefox.edu.

The campus community is invited to the next installment of the “Islam and the West” Liberal Arts and Critical Issues series tonight (Monday) in Hoover 105. The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and features Joellyn Fountain, a visiting assistant professor of political science and international studies this year at George Fox.

Fountain will present “Islam and Sub-Saharan Africa,” in which she will discuss the fact that the number of Muslims in the Sub-Saharan region is growing along with their political and social influence.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

The International Center is looking for students to represent their countries/cultures during our annual Cultural Celebration Week! Students will have a budget to set up a booth at the Bruin Den on Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 3 to 6 p.m.

Contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu) or Joanna Cox (jcox@georgefox.edu) if interested.

Christian C. Sahner, author of Among the Ruins: Syria Past and Present (Oxford University Press, 2014), will speak on campus at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in Hoover 103. The campus community is invited to attend at no charge.

Sahner’s lecture, “The End of Christianity in Syria?,” will explore the roots of Christianity in Syria and seek to place the current predicament in historical perspective. The William Penn Honors Program is sponsoring this lecture, and a reception for prospective students interested in the honors program will follow. In addition, a special “Visit Day for the Honors Program” is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 31. Please email honors@georgefox.edu if you would like more information or have any questions.

A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, Sahner is currently completing his doctorate at Princeton, focusing on relations between Muslims and Christians in the formative period after the Arab conquests.

Come support the theatre department by attending our fall production, Twelfth Night. The show runs Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 23-25, and Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, Nov. 2, performance, scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee.

Tickets can be purchased online at theatre.georgefox.edu.

New Complimentary Ticket Process
George Fox students and employees can now reserve their complimentary tickets online at theatre.georgefox.edu. All university students and employees may receive one complimentary ticket per production. Complimentary tickets are not transferrable and require a current GFU ID to be shown at the door. Student complimentary tickets are only available for Thursday performances.

Synopsis: One of Shakespeare’s most celebrated comedies, Twelfth Night features Viola’s cross-dressing misadventures as she tries to figure out love and survival in a world of lovesick men. Hilarious reversals and bittersweet misunderstandings ensue, as Viola introduces her ambiguous identity to the misfit oddballs of Illyria – and steals more than one heart in the process. Join us for an evening of buoyant wordplay, raucous slapstick and some of the wittiest love scenes in all of Shakespeare.

Questions? Contact Kathy Harris at 503-554-2670.

Join us today (Monday) as author and peace worker David Hartsough talks about his new book Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Cap & Gown A.

Hartsough is a Quaker and serves as the director of the San Francisco-based Peaceworkers. He is also cofounder of the Nonviolent Peaceforce. Come join us for a lunch hour talk and conversation moderated by Tom Head, professor of economics at George Fox. The event is sponsored by the Center for Peace and Justice.

Questions? Contact Tom at thead@georgefox.edu.

The university community is invited to explore portions of the St. John’s Bible at a special presentation from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium. The project began in 1998 at Saint John’s Abbey and St. John’s University, which commissioned renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson to produce a hand-written, hand-illuminated Bible.

Come see a work of art that unites an ancient Benedictine tradition with the technology and vision of today, illuminating the Word of God for a new millennium. The Gospels and Acts will be on display, along with several individual art pieces from the series.

In addition, Brad Neary, representative for the project, and Paul Anderson, professor of biblical studies at George Fox, will present short talks on topics related to the Bible and its artwork.

Stop by the atrium and enjoy the St. John’s Bible!

Students and staff: If you served at the Yamhill County Gospel Rescue Mission in McMinnville for Serve Day, and lost your keys, they are now at the security office. Please bring photo ID with you when you come to identify them.

The blood drive is back on campus from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 23! To schedule an appointment, go to redcrossblood.org. Sign in if you have a Red Cross account or register to create one.

You can find the George Fox blood drive using the ZIP code 97132 or sponsor code “GeorgeFox.” Click to schedule an appointment with either of the George Fox drives. We will have the blood drive bus and also host the drive in VAC 117.

Please remember to bring an ID on the day of the drive. Questions? Contact Shawn Fisher at sfisher13@georgefox.edu.

Forgot to turn in that serve trip application? Well you have two more days! Get them in by Sunday, Oct. 19. This is your absolute last chance to join a Winter Serve team to Portland, Puyallup, Twin Rocks or Oklahoma this January.

Also, if you want to be on a team going to Kenya, China, Nicaragua, Romania/Moldova or Haiti for Summer Serve in 2015, apply today! Applications and more information on the trips can be found on the spiritual life website or by emailing Erika at elopez12@georgefox.edu with any questions you may have.

What better way to start your professional network than with Fox alumni? George Fox graduates will be visiting today (Saturday) from 10 to 11 a.m. as part of homecoming weekend. They will be available in the Hoover lobby. Meeting with them is highly recommended for all students, not just the seniors who are starting their job search. All students are welcome to talk with the graduates.

Questions? Please contact Jaclyn Simmons at jsimmons12@georgefox.edu.

What better way to start your professional network than with Fox alumni? George Fox graduates will be visiting Homecoming weekend, Oct. 17-18. They will be available in various academic departments to talk with current students. Meeting with them is highly recommended for seniors who are starting their job search. However, all students are welcome to talk with the graduates.

Questions? Please contact Jaclyn Simmons at jsimmons12@georgefox.edu.