The Daily Bruin

This Monday, Sept. 5, is Labor Day, and the Portland Center will be closed. Courier service will run next week on Tuesday and Thursday. Also, there will be no outgoing mail or packages on Monday.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2551.

Calling all those interested in English and theatre (majors and minors, being in shows, helping backstage, working on The Crescent, etc.)!

Join us at 5 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) for our annual Theatre/English Kickoff Party. You’ll get a chance to meet fellow students interested in these disciplines and the department’s faculty and staff.

Dinner will be served, so come hungry! We will gather in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

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

If you are interested in writing, editing or photography, we would like to invite you to apply to work for George Fox University’s student newspaper, The Crescent.

We are looking for talented writers and photographers who want to use their skills to inform the community around them. If you are unfamiliar with newswriting and AP style, that’s OK – just be eager to learn! The positions will fill up fast, so be sure to apply as soon as you can.

You can access the application online at this link. If you have any questions, please email Jade Becker (jbecker13@georgefox.edu) or Adrienne Speer (aspeer13@georgefox.edu).

All are welcome to the second Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation this Monday, Sept. 5, when Gulzar Ahmed, co-founder of the Islamic Society of Greater Portland and past president of the American Muslim Alliance, speaks in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Ahmed is co-chair of the Interfaith Council of Greater Portland and a board member of the Institute for Christian-Muslim Understanding. He speaks at various churches, schools and organizations on the subjects of Islam, interfaith relations, and the importance of promoting understanding and cooperation between various faiths. The evening’s original speaker, Wajdi Said, was unable to speak.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Islam and the West.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Twenty-seven innovative ideas from your colleagues have already been submitted! Check them out at georgefox.edu/innovation. (You’ll need to take just a moment to set up an account.) Vote for the ideas you like and comment with constructive feedback or to volunteer to help bring someone’s idea to life.

And, of course, we still want your own ideas! The deadline to submit is Thursday, Sept. 15, so start thinking and discussing with your coworkers now. Remember, ideas don’t need to be fully developed, and they don’t need to be perfect.

Questions? Email innovation@georgefox.edu.

Calling all social work students! Please join us in front of the social work office (Meridian Street House) for yummy ice cream floats, hot dogs, cold drinks and lawn games!

Come anytime between 1 and 3 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) to meet other students in the major and hang out for a little while!

Contact Kim Rapp (rappk@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

The registration deadline for intramural flag football and volleyball is approaching. Flag football registration ends tomorrow (Friday)  at 3 p.m., and volleyball ends Saturday at 5 p.m.

Please keep in mind that your team will not be added to the league until you have met the participant requirements. Please email JJ Lacey at jlacey13@georgefox.edu if you have questions.

Interested in joining the handbell choir? We’re looking for ringers for the 2016-17 year, and we’d love for you to join us! We meet once a week, on Thursdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Ross 219.

Our first rehearsal, tonight (Thursday), is a handbell “open house” for you to come try out ringing in an open, no-pressure environment. Come join us and see if ringing in a handbell choir is right for you!

Ringing handbells has numerous benefits, including:

• Enjoying participation and building confidence making music in a small ensemble
• Exploring the skills of handbell playing through rehearsal and performance
• Building rhythmic and sight-reading skills, and
• Growing in ability as a musician using handbells and a variety of musical styles and techniques

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at barefootcomposer@gmail.com. Otherwise, I hope to see you tonight!

Sincerely,
– Chris Reed, Director

The campus will look a little different on Saturday as we prepare to host around 3,000 guests at our first football game of the year that afternoon at 1 p.m.. Here are some things to make note of:

Bauman Parking Lot
Be sure to move your cars out of the Bauman parking lot on Friday evening. This space will be dedicated to vendors and tailgating on Saturday. Stop by on Saturday and check out all of the food and activities happening before the game!

Entrances to the Football Game
There will be two entrances into the game and both are located in the Bauman parking lot, directly behind the stadium.

Wheeler Sports Center Closed
The Wheeler Sports Center will be closed from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. This means the basketball gym, racquetball courts and locker rooms will be closed. The Fitness Center will remain open for normal business hours, but you will need to enter through the hallway entrance located on the field level, toward the end of the building near the tennis courts. There will be security officers who will ask you where you are headed; just let them know that you are going to work out.

Bauman Walkway
The sidewalk located between the football stadium and Bauman will be closed. Please walk around the building and do not move the barricade.

Barricades
If you see a barricade, it is there for a reason. Please do not move them, jump over them, crawl under them, or unlock them.

Circle Parking Lot
The circle parking lot near Wheeler will be closed for the day. This space is reserved for officials to park in. Officials will arrive as early as 8:30 a.m.

Sideline Passes
No one will be granted field access without a sideline pass. Sideline passes are issued to those who are required to work and/or have official business during the game.

Tickets
Students and staff can show their ID cards at the gate to get into the game. Additional tickets can be purchased at the gate or online by visiting this ticket link.

We hope to see you at the game at 1 p.m. and the tailgates prior to that! We will be taking on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Questions? Contact Elise Trask at etrask@georgefox.edu or Sarah Reid at sreid@georgefox.edu.

George Fox’s yearbook publication is currently seeking passionate, collaborative and creatively minded photographers and writers to help create this year’s edition of the The Student Collective. If you are interested in joining the team, please take five minutes to complete the application found here.

The deadline to apply is Monday, Sept. 12.

There are number of outlets to learn and play the piano at George Fox. Here is info on a few of them ..

Learn to play piano
Interested in learning how to play piano? Check out MUSI 135 A and B, a piano class for beginners and intermediate-level students. Beginners are considered those with no previous lessons or a year or less of lessons as a child. Intermediate-level players are those with more than one year of lessons recently or two years of lessons as a child. If you’re not sure, you can always email the instructors.
Level A: Barbara Stewart (bstewart@georgefox.edu)
Level B: Barbara Stewart (bstewart@georgefox. edu)

Private lessons
Would you like to learn the piano but are not sure if you want to be in a class? Enroll in MUSA 105 PN for .5 credit. This is “Applied Piano,” which is a private lesson each week and will have an extra fee (this is like paying a private instructor outside the university). No need to be a music major to enroll in applied piano.

Questions? Contact Kenn Willson at kwillson@georgefox.edu.

Keyboard Ensemble
A last opportunity for pianists (you will need at least four-plus years of lessons). Enroll in Keyboard Ensemble, a course that puts two to four students together to work on one or two pianos. This is great fun for pianists to get a similar experience to bands, orchestras or choirs. You do need to be able to play the piano.

If interested, you can enroll in MUSA 145 K (if you are at 18 credit hours but need to enroll in this ensemble, you can take it for “0” credit). Contact Kenn Willson for more info: kwillson@georgefox.edu.

Use your new, empty Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 sites as the sites in which you will teach. You may import content from another course site. See the instructions here for importing.

Your Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 sites are hidden to students. When you are ready to make a site available, go to Administration> Course administration > Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the “Visible” section and change “Hide” to “Show” from the drop-down menu. “Save changes” at the bottom.

Remember that all students enrolled in your class in MyGFU will automatically be enrolled in your FoxTALE course site. As students add and drop your course in MyGFU, they will be added or removed automatically from your FoxTALE site

If your course site is set to Weekly format, your course might show incorrect dates. To change the dates, go to Administration> Edit settings on the course home page. Scroll down to the course start date and change it to the first day of your 2016 fall course. Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Save changes.”

Visit the FoxTALE for Faculty webpage for guides and resources.

Metacourses may be used in special cases where you want to use one FoxTALE site for multiple sections of the same class. If you would like to use a metacourse, contact the Service Desk for assistance with setting them up.

For questions or assistance using FoxTALE, please contact the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

Here are some answers to some of the questions that security has received about vehicle registration, parking permit pick-up, and where your permit allows you to park.

1. Even if you registered a vehicle last year, you still need to register it every year.
2. The vehicle registration link is located on the homepage of MyGFU and is found underneath “GFU Resources.”
3. You will need your DMV registration card or insurance card in front of you, as the registration process needs information from those cards.
4. Have a new car and don’t have the license plates yet? Just input the temporary trip permit number into the license plate field when you register. When you get your plates, email the number to Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu and she will override the database and put the correct plate numbers on your registration in lieu of your temporary trip permit.
5. Married students should have one spouse register both cars to avoid being charged as two separate students.
6. Commuters can register up to two cars, and are only charged for one, but they must be YOUR family’s cars, not your roommate or friends’ vehicles.
7. If you live on campus, input your campus address and PO box number as your mailing address. You will sign for your permit at Mail Services; it will NOT show up in your PO box.
8. Commuters can input the address that they commute from as their mailing address, or use their campus address and PO box number.
9. Here is a copy of the parking brochure/map that you can print out until your permit arrives
10. Please print out the temporary permit from the link that will be emailed to you upon registration completion, and place that on your dashboard until your permit arrive.

Questions? Out-of-the-box vehicle situation? Call 503-554-2090 or email Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

Check out the jazz opportunities at George Fox! Jazz Ensemble auditions take place this week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

More information and sign-ups can be found outside the band room door (Ross 210). Instrumental jazz improvisation lessons (MUSA 105JZ) are also offered, and students can register on MyGFU.

Questions? Contact Nathanael Ankeny at nankeny@georgefox.edu.

Copies of the Student Life Resources brochure will be available in the Foxhole starting next week.

Information found in this brochure:

• Living on campus
• Lifestyle standards and values
• Community policies
• Campus housing policies

Resources found in the brochure:

• Academic Resource Center
• Disability Services
• Health and Counseling Services
• Housing
• Residence Life
• IDEA Center
• Intercultural Life
• Security Services
• Spiritual Life
• Student Involvement – ASC
• Student Support Network

Please contact the Office of Student Life if you have any questions or need assistance in any way.

studentlife@georgefox.edu
503-554-2310

Need Microsoft Office on your computer? Want to get it for free?

Office 365 provides Microsoft Office for PC and Mac computers and selected mobile devices for as long as you are a George Fox student. Go to the Office 365 Login page and login with your GFU email address and password. You will be provided with the most recent version of Office that will work with your operation system. You can install one or all of the following: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote.

Questions? Contact the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

Employees and students: If you have lost anything between mid-April and last week, you will need to pick it up at the security office before Friday, Sept. 2, as all these unclaimed items will be donated to charitable causes Friday afternoon.

Items that have been turned in from Welcome Weekend will not be donated this Friday and will remain in the lost and found.

Questions? Call security at 503-554-2090.

Looking for a local part-time job just to make some extra money? If so, BruinBoards is the place to look. If you’re looking to be a nanny, tutor, hostess, barista, etc., those types of positions can be found on BruinBoards under “Local Jobs.”

We add new positions every day, so check back often! Come by the IDEA Center on the first floor of the Stevens Center if you have any questions!

Faculty, please let your students know about this resource.

Calling all English and theatre majors! Join us at 5 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 2, for our annual Theatre/English Kickoff Party. You’ll get a chance to meet your fellow majors and the department’s faculty and staff.

Dinner will be served, so come hungry! We will gather in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

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

The registration deadline for intramural flag football and volleyball is approaching. Flag football registration ends this Friday, Sept. 2,  at 3 p.m., and volleyball ends Saturday at 5 p.m.

Please keep in mind that your team will not be added to the league until you have met the participant requirements. Please email JJ Lacey at jlacey13@georgefox.edu if you have questions.