The Daily Bruin

The Portland Center student population is growing and with that wonderful news, we acknowledge the lack of parking available to students in the evening.

We have negotiated with our neighbors to allow us to use 78 parking spots in a neighboring lot on a trial basis.

The lot on the corner of 69th Ave and Hampton is available to you after 5 p.m. during the week and all day on Saturdays. There is only one request from the building owners: PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE SPOTS CLOSEST TO THEIR BUILDINGS.  If you do, you will run the risk of being towed.

There is a flyer in each classroom giving more details of the overflow parking.

If you have questions, please email Bonnie Nakashimada, Director of Regional Sites or Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor.

If you watched the news this past weekend, certain brands of peanut butter have been recently linked to an outbreak of salmonella in more than 10 states, including Oregon.

Because of that, Bon Appetit will not be serving or providing peanut butter anywhere on campus until the brand we use has been deemed safe by the FDA. Thank you for your understanding, and we will let the campus know when this ban has been lifted. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Denny Lawrence.

The University’s food service company will continue to offer hot meals for students from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday through Thursdays beginning Monday, Jan. 12.

Meals are offered to our students at a subsidized rate. There is a hot menu option as well as “grab-and-go” items such as wraps and salads.

If you have questions about this service, feel free to email Janis Sanford, Portland Center Site Supervisor.

We are pleased to announce on Monday, Jan. 12, two new vending machines will be installed in the student lounge on the 2nd floor of the south Portland Center building. The coffee will begin its availability on Monday, and the fresh food will be available effective Tuesday, Jan. 13. We will continue to offer the Pepsi and snack vending machines as well.

Coffee vending will feature a variety of coffees, from cappuccino to regular drip coffee.

The fresh food vending machine will have a wide variety of options including such items as: Cereal, breakfast burritos, veggie tray snacks, milk, juice, sandwiches, lunch and dinner options that can be warmed in the microwave. All fresh food is $3.50 or less.

The machines will only take cash or coin at this time. We do have an on-site ATM located in the student lounge area as well.  Unfortunately the ATM only dispenses $20 bills. We are working for a better solution for you.

If you have any questions, please email Janis Sanford, Portland Center Site Supervisor or Bonnie Nakashimada, Director of Regional Sites.

Our Textbook Buyback is now closed.  The next buy is scheduled for Spring finals week.

Please check our university website for details: pcbookstore.georgefox.edu

Effective Jan. 1, Oregon’s minimum wage increased 5.7 percent, from $7.95 to $8.40 per hour. Student employees will receive the new pay rate for any hours worked in 2009. Since the Jan. 10 student pay day is for hours students worked in December 2008, those hours will be paid at $7.95 per hour. Feb. 10 will be the first pay day students will see their pay reflect $8.40 per hour.

The Portland Center Bookstore will have extended hours from Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 through Friday, Jan. 16, 2009.

The hours will be as follows:
Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Closed daily from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Regular store hours will resume on Monday, January 19, 2009.

Monday & Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Closed daily from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Print monies for students at the Portland Center should be updated by Monday, January 12th.  Your print account will be set to $15 if you are a registered student for spring semester at the Portland Center.

Questions after the 12th should be directed to Bruce Arnold (barnold@georgefox.edu).

The Portland Center Bookstore’s book buyback has been extended through Wednesday, Dec. 31. Bookstore hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting. The store is closed Wednesday through Friday, Dec. 24-26, and Thursday and Friday, Jan. 1-2.

The Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will be closed from Dec. 22 through Jan. 2. We will reopen the Bruin Den Jan. 5-9 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will resume regular hours on Jan. 12, as well as our evening meal service at the Portland Center. We would like extend our thanks for a wonderful 2008 and wishing everyone a blessed and safe Christmas holiday.

The Bookstore has extended its buy-back period through Tuesday, Dec. 23.

We will be having our semi-annual textbook buyback on December 16 – 23 from 9a.m. until 4 p.m.  The first 150 people to sell books at buyback will receive a reusable/recyclable shopping bag!  Don’t miss this opportunity for some Christmas cash!
For more information about buyback, log on to: georgefox.edu/offices/store_pdx/buyback.html

Tickets are still available for the university’s Christmas concert, “O Holy Night,” scheduled Friday through Sunday, Dec. 12-14. The concert features more than 175 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring six of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 2 p.m.)

Additional information about the concert program or the performing arts department is available by contacting Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620.

Ticket information
All faculty, staff and students receive one free ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the University Store. Additional tickets may be purchased in person at the box office or by calling the office at ext. 3844. Tickets also are available at music.georgefox.edu. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children. The concert features reserve seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now.

IT reports that FoxTALE will be upgraded to version 1.9 from 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 29, until 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30. FoxTALE will be unavailable during this time. (All times are Pacific Standard Time).

The university community is invited to participate in Kaleo, George Fox’s annual conference designed for those who engage with youth. Shane Claiborne will speak on the theme “Ordinary Radicals.” A conference summary: “We desire our youth not to simply be believers in Christ, but followers of Christ – ordinary people living radically in the love of Jesus Christ, called to bring forth another world among us.”

Kaleo is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, in Bauman Auditorium. Online registration is now open at kaleo.georgefox.edu. Questions? Contact Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at ext. 2134 or alorenz@georgefox.edu.

The Portland Center is hosting the Wassail Party for all Portland Center students and employees on Thursday, Dec. 11, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the main lobby area.

For those not familiar, wassail is a warm spiced cider drink. There will be Christmas goodies and finger foods sponsored by each of the departments throughout the day. You are welcome to come and go and enjoy the goodies and the occasional carol sing-a-longs at any time during the day.

Employees are welcome volunteer to host the table or bring goodies to share.

For questions or to sign-up to help, please email Janis Sanford, Site Supervisor or call her at 503.554.6164.

The university’s IT department never asks for you to supply personal information in an e-mail. There are numerous e-mail messages currently being used to try and deceive people into divulging personal information to unknown recipients. The e-mails try to pass themselves off as official and are sent to .edu and .org e-mail addresses. Do not respond to these e-mails. The senders of the messages are identity thieves.

Here is a sample of one such message:

ATTENTION: EDU WEBMAIL SUBSCRIBER:

This mail is to inform all our {EDU WEBMAIL} users that we will be upgrading our site in a couple of days from now. So you as a subscriber of our site you are required to send us your mail account details so as to enable us know if you are still making use of your mail box.

Further informed that we will be deleting all mail account that is not functioning so as to create more space for new user. so you are to send us your mail account details which are as follows:

*User name:
*Password:

Failure to do this will immediately render your email address deactivated from our database. Your response should be send to the following e-mail address.

Your Admin Manager: edu.sub.2008@live.vvv

Yours In Service,

Mrs. Kaushik Mohan

Don’t forget: The university will present its annual Christmas concert this week. The Department of Performing Arts will present “O Holy Night!” Friday through Sunday, Dec. 12-14. The concert features more than 175 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring six of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 2 p.m.)

Additional information about the concert program or the performing arts department is available by contacting Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620.

Ticket information
All faculty, staff and students receive one free ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the University Store. Additional tickets may be purchased in person at the box office or by calling the office at ext. 3844. Tickets also are available at music.georgefox.edu. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children. The concert features reserve seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now.

Textbook buyback will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tues. – Thurs., December 16 – 18 at the Portland Center Bookstore.

If you are unable to bring your unwanted textbooks in during this time, consider having a friend bring them in for you.

Please email John Stewart, Bookstore Director or call him at 503.554.6125 if you have questions.

The Department of Performing Arts will present its Christmas concert, “O Holy Night!,” Friday through Sunday, Dec. 12-14. The concert features more than 175 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring six of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 2 p.m.)

Additional information about the concert program or the performing arts department is available by contacting Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620.

Ticket information
All faculty, staff and students receive one free ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the University Store. Additional tickets may be purchased in person at the box office or by calling the office at ext. 3844. Tickets also are available at music.georgefox.edu. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children.  The concert features reserve seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now.

The university community is invited to George Fox’s annual Christmas celebration on Saturday, Dec. 6. Following is a schedule of planned activities.

6:15 – 6:45 p.m.

• Christmas carols and candlelight devotional service at the Centennial Clock Tower

6:30-8:30 p.m. (in Stevens Center, Hoover, EHS atriums)

• Photos with Santa
• Craft activities
• Cookie decorating
• Live entertainment
• Refreshments

6:30—8:30 p.m. (in Stevens Center parking lot)

• Horse-drawn wagon rides
• Bonfire
• Hot cocoa