The Daily Bruin

It’s that time of year: time to get a flu shot. All Portland Center students, faculty and staff are welcome to schedule an appointment with the university’s Health and Counseling Center at 503-554-2340.

The School of Professional Studies is sponsoring “Spiritual Emphasis Week” this week. Each night there will be a short devotional, music, and refreshments.

Come join in! 7:30-8:30 p.m. in the south building lobby.

Corey Beals (Religious Studies) will present the 2007 Fall Faculty Lecture, “Relational Metaphysics and the Art of Disappearing,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in Hoover 105.

Beals will discuss postmodern Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas’ view of human nature – a view that suggests that the ethical relation with “the Other,” as he calls, is not derived from human nature but is what constitutes human nature. “In other words, what makes me human is that I am in relation with the ‘Other,’” Beals says. “This relation is not just a type of social contract where we agree not to kill each other, but it is a relation that requires me to be responsible for my neighbor.”

Beals suggests that those who harm others in the face of this relation do so by becoming “invisible to the ‘Other.’”

“The ways of becoming invisible are many, and this is the subject of this lecture,” Beals says.

George Fox will host a midyear commencement ceremony in the James and Lila Miller Gymnasium-Coleman Wheeler Sports Center on the Newberg campus Saturday, Dec. 15. The commencement will start at 2 p.m., with audience seating at 1 p.m. Tickets are not required. Seating is limited to no more than 10 guests per graduate. Visit the commencement website for additional event and general information.

For questions regarding commencement, contact Missy Terry via e-mail or at ext. 2141.

Corey Beals (Religious Studies) will present the 2007 Fall Faculty Lecture, “Relational Metaphysics and the Art of Disappearing,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in Hoover 105.

Beals will discuss postmodern Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas’ view of human nature – a view that suggests that the ethical relation with “the Other,” as he calls, is not derived from human nature but is what constitutes human nature. “In other words, what makes me human is that I am in relation with the ‘Other,’” Beals says. “This relation is not just a type of social contract where we agree not to kill each other, but it is a relation that requires me to be responsible for my neighbor.”

Beals suggests that those who harm others in the face of this relation do so by becoming “invisible to the ‘Other.’”

“The ways of becoming invisible are many, and this is the subject of this lecture,” Beals says.

Be on the lookout for magazine solicitors. They were at Linfield this week and may be the same individuals who solicited people last year and were wanted for ID theft. If you get approached, call Security Services at ext. 2090 immediately. Solicitation is not allowed on any George Fox campus.

Jennifer Hollis, a representative of the Harvard Divinity School, will host a conversation and information session from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Columbia Room on the second floor of the Sheraton Four Points Hotel, 50 S.W. Morrison St., in Portland.

Hollis also will be in the Bruin Den on the Newberg campus from 10:40 a.m. to noon Thursday, Oct. 4, to talk with students interested in the Harvard Divinity School. For more information, e-mail Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) or call Career Services at ext. 2330.

Are you graduating this December? Would you like to send out personalized graduation announcements to your friends and family? Have you always wanted a college class ring?

Then go to the Bruin Den on the Newberg campus – October 3rd and 4th between 10am and 2pm.

A Jostens representative will be there to answer your questions and take your order.

You can also shop online at www.jostens.com or call 1-800-854-7464.

Contact Sandie Tuck in the Registrar’s Office at stuck@georgefox.edu.

The George Fox community is invited to:

Hoover Symposium XVI
Herbert Hoover: Humanitarian
Saturday, Oct. 6
Kershner Lecture Hall
Hoover Academic Building

Schedule

8:30 a.m. Registration and Refreshments

9 a.m. George H. Nash, “Hoover and the Belgian Relief Effort”
Nash is the author of the first three volumes of The Life of Herbert Hoover and The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945.

10:30 a.m. Bert Patenaude, “Hoover and the Relief to Europe and Russia”
Bert Patenaude is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of The Big Show in Bololand: The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Famine of 1921 and numerous other publications.

Noon Lunch

1 p.m. Panel Discussion: “Can History Offer Practical Lessons for Modern Humanitarians?”
Fred Gregory, Mercy Corps; Paul Kennel, Dime Foundation; Carl Harris, U.S. Department of State (Retired)

2:30 p.m. Hoover-Minthorn House Museum Tours

Symposium registration and lunch are complimentary to the first 100 people who register (otherwise lunch is $8.50). To register, contact Vetta Berokoff (History) at vberokoff@georgefox.edu or ext. 2678.

For more information, contact Mark David Hall (Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Political Science) at mhall@georgefox.edu or ext. 2674.

Library and IT wish to remind you that a selection of PBS videos are available for viewing for any university employee or student. You can gain access to these “Videos on Demand” via FoxTrax by searching for the keyword “VOD” or on Bruindata by choosing “VOD” on the menu bar.

Selah, a one-day seminar for women featuring licensed professional counselor Pam Vredevelt, George Fox Campus Pastor Sarah Thomas Baldwin, and professor/pastor MaryKate Morse is set for Saturday, Sept. 29, in Bauman Auditorium.

The fourth annual event runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with a book-sales session scheduled from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Speakers will address aspects of the event’s theme, “Uncovering Joy,” which emphasizes the fact women “are the beloved of Christ and can live in the freedom of hope regardless of circumstances that threaten to steal joy.”

Georgene Rice will return as emcee, and Bonnie Knopf will lead worship. Mark Demel, a Willow Creek artist, will present demonstrations.

Seminar schedule, cost, and registration information is available at selah.georgefox.edu or by contacting Amy Lorenz (University Relations) at ext. 2134.

Speaker: Dave Ward. He will speak in Monday’s and Wednesday’s chapel services and on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. He is a former Kingdom Building Ministries itinerant speaker.

Guest musician: Isa Cavertier. She will lead worship in both chapel services and lead worship Tuesday in the amphitheatre at 8:30 p.m. A friend of Isa’s said, “I have never seen her lead an audience in song without it being a true encounter with God.”

The university is now using iTunesU (iTunesUniversity) to distribute public events such as chapel. Access it from blogs.georgefox.edu/chapel/itunesu.html and it will fire off your iTunes program.

A number of courses also are beginning to use iTunesU to supplement the distribution of podcasts such as classroom lectures and special assignments.

It is now possible to access all university calendars from any location. Until now, users had to be on the campus network or use the VPN to see internal university events.

To view the internal calendar, go to calendar.georgefox.edu or select the Calendar tab in Bruindata and log in with your regular George Fox username and password. As before, the public calendar is available to everyone from calendar.georgefox.edu/public and does not require a login.

If you have questions about the calendar, contact the IT Service Desk by e-mail or by calling ext. 2569.

Corrections to the hours of operation for our coffee cart:

Bruin Coffee Hours: (unless otherwise posted)

Monday……….8:00am – 1:00pm & 4:00pm – 8:15pm
Tuesday………4:00pm-8:15pm
Wednesday…..4:00pm-8:15pm
Thursday……..8:00am-1:00pm & 4:00pm-8:15pm
Friday…………8:00am-1:00pm
Saturday……..8:00am-1:00pm

Bruin Coffee will have its grand re-opening THIS Thursday, September 6th.

New this year-fresh salads and sandwiches.

“Typical hours” will be Monday thru Thursday 7:45am-1:00pm & 4:00pm-8:15pm Fridays 7:45am to 1:00pm.

Please see posted “Hours of Operation” at the cart (2nd floor in the Student Lounge).

To: Summit Borrowing and catalog contacts
From: Nancy Nathanson

Summit will be down beginning late Saturday night, Sept. 8, through Sunday afternoon Sept. 9, at about 4 p.m. We will shut down Summit sometime after 9 p.m. Saturday night, prior to a campus power outage for electrical equipment maintenance and upgrade.

Please contact me if you have any questions.
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Nancy Nathanson, Resource Sharing Program Manager, Orbis Cascade Alliance
nnathans@uoregon.edu
(541) 346-1860

George Fox libraries now provide access to Classical Music Library, Smithsonian Global Sound, and African American Song.  These combine to offer tens of thousands of tracks of music as well as drama, poetry, and more.  To access, go to the library’s alphabetical list of databases at http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/murdock/alphabeticalindex.html and select the database of choice.   Listeners can create playlists of their favorite tracks.

The Portland Center’s south building will be CLOSED Friday, Aug. 31, and Saturday, Sept. 1 for replacement of the HVAC system on the roof.

Mark your calendar now to attend our annual Homecoming celebration on February 8 and 9 on the Newberg Campus. The weekend’s activities will include a concert by the band Five O’Clock People, Homecoming basketball games, and affinity reunions for Pacific College alumni and anyone that has ever taken a dance class from Steve Grant.

Additionally, there will be class reunions for alumni from 1998, 1988, 1983, 1978, 1968, 1948, and 1938.

For more information, please contact Robby Larson, director of alumni relations at x2130 or rlarson@georgefox.edu.