The Daily Bruin

The Harvesters, an Advanced Production film written by Trevor DePalatis and Alexander Oxford, is holding auditions and looking for two male actors. Auditions will be Thursday, Jan. 22, from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. in the Media Center. We will be doing cold readings. If you’re interested, please sign up at this link.

Description:
A scoundrel in a spaceship harvests energy from various planets … until he realizes he’s picked up a hitchhiker. This is a full-fledged sci-fi film with lots of visual effects. Oh, and a blue alien.

Questions? Please contact Sydney Thiessen, producer, at sthiessen12@georgefox.edu

Beginning Monday, Jan. 26, to better serve our Portland Center, the courier dates will be changed. We are moving from a Tuesday/Thursday delivery to a Monday/Thursday delivery. Mail and/or packages must be received as follows on or before courier dates:

• From Newberg to Portland: 10 a.m. at University Mail Services
• From Portland to Newberg: 11 a.m. at the main workroom in the mail tub

If you have questions, please contact Sherrie Frost at ext. 2556.

All are invited to a free presentation that will discuss the topic of freedom of religion on Thursday, Jan. 29, in Hoover 105. Guest speaker Nicholas Aroney, professor of constitutional law at the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, Australia, will speak on the subject “Freedom of Religion as an Associational Right Under the Australian Constitution – with U.S. Comparisons.” The presentation is scheduled from 7 to 8:15 p.m.

Aroney, who is also an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, has published multiple books and articles on a variety of subjects, including federalism, constitutionalism, religious liberty, Sharia law and Christian political thought. His presentation is co-sponsored by the George Fox University politics program and the William Penn Honors Program.

For more information, contact Mark David Hall, the university’s Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics, at 503-554-2674.

Looking for a night of quality entertainment? Check out the spring concert schedule! A number of concerts are planned in the coming months, including symphonic, chamber and jazz performances, an organ dedication event (Feb. 20), and several degree recitals.

Most of the events are free, so check the schedule and make plans to support our student and faculty musicians! The schedule is at this link.

Do you get tired of people questioning what you can do with an art degree? Have you ever been labeled a “starving artist”? Want to learn how to connect with professionals in your field?

Come to the Department of Art and Design networking event prep on Tuesday, Jan. 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Lemmons 8. Learn about the industry clusters in your art field and what amazing opportunities are available to you!

This event prep is part of Ameena Bossier’s Senior Thesis for Studio Art. This is a “good standing” activity and all majors should attend if possible. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact Ameena directly via email at abossier11@georgefox.edu.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!

Looking for a way to be involved in the winter musical, Little Women? Consider being an usher! It’s a great way to support the production, and you might be able to see the show for free (if you usher twice, it’s a guarantee)!

Here are the performance dates. All shows begin in Wood-Mar Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the 2 p.m. Sunday matinees on Feb. 8 and 15.

• Thursday, Feb. 5
• Friday, Feb. 6
• Saturday, Feb. 7
• Sunday, Feb. 8
• Thursday, Feb. 12
• Friday, Feb. 13
• Saturday, Feb. 14
• Sunday, Feb. 15

Dress code is black and white, and ushers will need to arrive at the theatre an hour and a half before the show starts (6 p.m. for evening performances, 12:30 p.m. for matinees).

If you are interested or have any questions, please email Emily Lund at elund12@georgefox.edu.

Longing for a low-key, low-pressure night full of literary laughs? Then sigh no more: “Bad Poetry Night” is coming on Friday, Feb. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at a location to be determined.

“Bad poetry” doesn’t just mean your middle school love poems (though it certainly could include them). It could be a dramatic reading of a song, a Facebook post, or a series of tweets. It could be a truly awful poem you stumbled across on the Internet. It could be spoken word (or something akin to it). Or it could simply be a “bad” reading of a poem traditionally thought to be “good.”

The sign-up sheet will be posted in the Minthorne mail room. The deadline to sign up is Friday, Feb. 13. The event is being sponsored by the George Fox chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English Honor Society.

Questions? Contact Emily Lund (elund12@georgefox.edu).

The university’s baseball team lost a member of its family with the recent passing of Kim Hunter, wife of head coach Marty Hunter and mother to sons Taylor and Tucker. Kim has been an avid supporter of the Bruins since Marty began as a coach with the program in 2003.

This Sunday, Jan. 25, a celebration of life service for Kim will take place at 2 p.m. at the Canby High School Fine Arts Center. The university will be providing a bus to take people to the service. If you would like a ride, call Craig Taylor at 503-554-2911 to inform him of your interest. The bus will depart from the Le Shana parking lot at 12:30 p.m.

In addition, a reception will follow the celebration service at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds at 694 N.E. 4th Ave., in Canby. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made at Kim’s “Positivity Award” site at gofundme.com/kimhunter.

To read a message from Craig and Marty about Kim, visit this page.

Please join us for a farewell celebration in honor of Sarah King on Friday, Jan. 23, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Stevens Center’s Duke Atrium.

Sarah, who currently works on our data analytics team, will be transferring to Nike to join the company’s emerging markets team. Please join us as we say farewell to Sarah and thank her for her seven years of service to the university!

Shalom, tonight (Tuesday), will host a screening of “Nefarious: Merchant of Souls,” a hard-hitting documentary about sex trafficking around the world. The film will be shown in the Cap & Gown Room and begins at 8:15 p.m. with a brief intermission. The film will resume at 9 p.m.

Stay tuned for other events this week about human trafficking.

Kingdom Come is hosted by International Justice Mission George Fox Chapter (IJM), a student-led club focused on human trafficking.

For more information about the events and club, visit the IJM Facebook page.

Join us as we stand for the freedom of over 27 million slaves in the world. The 27-hour stand will begin at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, on the quad and continue until 2 p.m. on Thursday. Stand for a few minutes, or stay for hours.

“The unchecked plague of slavery, rape, trafficking, illegal detention, land theft, police abuse and other brutality against the poor is a global crisis that undermines the well-intentioned fight for their freedom. Unless we STAND against it, nothing will change” (stand-for-freedom.com).

Kingdom Come is hosted by International Justice Mission George Fox Chapter, a student-led club focused on human trafficking. For more information about the events and club, visit facebook.com/gfuijm.

As some of you may know, January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. George Fox is honoring this in a few ways, one of which is hosting an information night on Portland human trafficking awareness.

The event, hosted by the Social Work Club, is set from 6:30 to 8 p.m. this Thursday, Jan. 22, in Hoover 105. We will host two well-informed speakers from the Human Trafficking Division of the Portland Police Bureau: Sergeant Chuck Lovell and Detective Brendan McGuire. They will help us to see a clearer picture of trafficking in Portland and focus on awareness, prevention and action.

Snacks and refreshments will be served, and we will provide an opportunity for Q&A afterwards. Please join us in this important event, and learn what you can do about human trafficking in your neighborhood!

Questions? Contact Patty Blakeslee at pblakeslee11@georgefox.edu.

Make plans to attend an all-employee meeting scheduled for this Thursday, Jan. 22, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. A stream of the meeting will be shown in Portland Center’s Room 160.

Here is the all-employee meeting schedule through the end of June …

• Thursday, Feb. 26, 3:30-5 p.m. in Hoover 105
• Thursday, March 19, 3:30-5 p.m. in Hoover 105
• Thursday, April 30, 3:30-5 p.m. in Hoover 105
• Thursday, May 28, 3:30-5 p.m. in TBD
• Thursday, June 25, 3:30-5 p.m. in TBD

Come and escape to the islands with the Staff Development Committee for the second annual staff lunch luau on Monday, Jan. 26, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room! It will be a great time to escape winter and to have a taste and visual feast from Hawaii.

Bon Appetit will provide a great meal, and they need to know by Wednesday, Jan. 21, how many will be in attendance. Please shoot off a quick email today or tomorrow to Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu to let her know if you can/can’t attend. Cost is just $3 for staff, $12 for faculty/administrators, and there will be great Hawaiian-themed raffle prizes.

See you there!

The winter is a tough time when blood is especially needed! Don’t forget to sign up for the blood drive at redcrossblood.org! The blood drive on campus will be in the Villa Academic Complex’s Room 117 on Wednesday, Jan. 21, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. A free T-shirt is given to all who give!

Questions? Contact Shawn Fisher at sfisher13@georgefox.edu.

All are invited to a free presentation that will discuss the topic of freedom of religion on Wednesday, Jan. 29, in Hoover 105. Guest speaker Nicholas Aroney, professor of constitutional law at the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, Australia, will speak on the subject “Freedom of Religion as an Associational Right Under the Australian Constitution – with U.S. Comparisons.” The presentation is scheduled from 7 to 8:15 p.m.

Aroney, who is also an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, has published multiple books and articles on a variety of subjects, including federalism, constitutionalism, religious liberty, Sharia law and Christian political thought. His presentation is co-sponsored by the George Fox University politics program and the William Penn Honors Program.

For more information, contact Mark David Hall, the university’s Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics, at 503-554-2674.

Interested in learning Chinese? George Fox employees are invited to attend a one-hour Chinese lesson each Friday between noon and 1 p.m. Our visiting professors from China will be presiding as teachers, with the first lesson set for this Friday, Jan. 23, in the International Center/Cultural House.

Questions? Contact Joanna Cox at jcox@georgefox.edu.

This week is Kingdom Come, a week of events about issues related to human trafficking.

Today (Monday) is the MLK Day of Service.

Tuesday, Jan. 20,in the Cap and Gown Room at 8:15 p.m. Shalom hosts a screening of “Nefarious: Merchant of Souls,” a hard-hitting documentary about sex trafficking around the world. The film will be played with a brief intermission. The film will resume at 9PM.

Wednesday, Jan. 21 on the Quad at 11 a.m., join us as we stand for the freedom of over 27 million slaves in the world. The 27-hour stand will begin continue until 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Thursday, Jan. 22 in Hoover 105 at 6:30 p.m. there will be a panel about human trafficking. Come to learn and ask about the topic from a panel of special guests.

Friday, Jan. 23 in the Prayer Chapel at 7 p.m. there will be corporate and individual prayer about human trafficking. After a week of awareness, join us in active prayer.

Kingdome Come is hosted by International Justice Mission George Fox Chapter, a student-led club focused on human trafficking.

Questions? Please visit the IJM webpage at this link.

Join us tonight (Monday) for the fourth annual Chehalem Valley Community Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Chehalem Cultural Center’s grand ballroom. The event will include time for free refreshments and socializing after.

This is a free, community event for the public. The program will feature performances from George Fox University violinist Simeon Brown, as well as the First United Methodist Church Choir. The event is produced through a cooperation of the Chehalem Park and Recreation District, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg School District and the Newberg Rotary and Kiwanis clubs.

The event follows the annual MLK Day of Service, at which George Fox students and employees will join more than 1,000 in service in Portland.

The Chehalem Cultural Center is located at 415 E. Sheridan St. Questions? Contact Donna Barber at dbarber@georgefox.edu.

On Thursday, Jan. 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. a Christian Camp Summer Job Fair is happening in EHS Atrium.

The IDEA Center highly encourages students to use your summer in internship and work experiences that complement your career pathway to develop skills, experiences and connections. Working at a Christian summer camp is a great opportunity for students pursuing ministry, education, or other youth development careers.

Questions? Please contact Sidney Tafflinger at stafflinger@georgefox.edu.