The Daily Bruin

Attention George Fox students and employees: If you are a U.S. military veteran or currently in the Reserves, we want to welcome you and your family to Abby’s Pizza in Newberg tonight (Monday) between 6 and 8 p.m. We will serve you pizza, potatoes and soft drinks for free.

This will be a great opportunity to get to know other military students and families. Please RSVP and let us know how many you plan to bring. Please email Heidi McLain (hmclain13@georgefox.edu) or Hattie Piske (hpiske13@georgefox.edu) with any questions that you might have.

Thanks!

Do you enjoy rock music? The music department is offering the class for you: The History of Rock and Roll (MUSI 285-B Special Topics #3747)! It will be offered during Spring 2015 and meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 to 11:50 a.m. in Ross 208.

This course will be a survey of the origins of rock and roll to the popular music of today. For more information about the class, contact Sophia Tegart at stegart@georgefox.edu.

Need help when it comes to budgeting and personal finances? The Academic Resource Center is hosting a workshop, “Financial Follies: Managing Personal Finances,” this Thursday, Nov. 13, from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Ryan Halley, associate professor of finance, will lead the session.

Here is a synopsis of the workshop:

Have you wondered what it would be like to have more freedom with your personal finances? Have you ever been stressed about your financial situation? If so, come find out what you need to know about money. You’ll be surprised how simple this process can be. This workshop will provide information on a variety of personal finance topics and will focus on budgeting and credit cards.

Know of students who need some help when it comes to budgeting and personal finances? The Academic Resource Center is hosting a workshop, “Financial Follies: Managing Personal Finances,” this Thursday, Nov. 13, from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.

Ryan Halley, associate professor of finance, will lead the session. Please encourage students to attend.

Here is a synopsis of the workshop:

Have you wondered what it would be like to have more freedom with your personal finances? Have you ever been stressed about your financial situation? If so, come find out what you need to know about money. You’ll be surprised how simple this process can be. This workshop will provide information on a variety of personal finance topics and will focus on budgeting and credit cards.

Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Director of Housing
• Custodian I
• Admissions Event Coordinator – Temporary
• Administrative Assistant, Oregon Writing Project Collaborative

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Come join us for an evening of bilingual theatre as George Fox’s Spanish department presents “El Gran Teatro del Mundo” (“The Great Theatre of the World”) by Calderón de la Barca. Join us at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Friday) in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Entry is free!

Questions? Contact Brenna Brutscher at bbrutscher11@georgefox.edu.

This is a reminder that, due to the extra-large group coming for Bruin Preview on Friday, Nov. 7, the auxiliary lunch scheduled for today at 11:45 a.m., has been moved to the Friendsview Auditorium so the Cap and Gown Room can be used for overflow at lunch.

Questions? Contact Wendy Meinhardt at wmeinhardt@georgefox.edu.

Please join us this morning (Friday) for Spanish Chapel! We’ll meet at 10 a.m. in Ross 208 to hear a great message and spend time in worship in Spanish. Our guest speaker will be Jorge Trujillo from Communidad Cristiana Agape in Keizer, Ore.

Chapel elective credit is available. Please contact Kate Lowen at klowen11@georgefox.edu with any questions.

Come out and support your Bruins for our final home football game of the season this Saturday, Nov. 8, against Lewis & Clark College. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. in Stoffer Family Stadium. As this is our last home game, it’s your last chance to come out and be a part of this historic year of Bruin football!

Just show your student or employee ID to get into the game. Additional tickets may be purchased at this site or at the gate. See you there!

The Wheeler Sports Center will be closed tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 8). The fitness center will remain open, but the rest of the facility will be closed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please plan accordingly.

Entrance to the fitness center will be through the hallway near the tennis court on field level.

Are you interested in learning some basic Chinese phrases and pronunciation assistance for students’ names? Would you like to learn a little more about Chinese culture? Then this is the weekly instruction time for you.

Each Friday from noon to 12:50 p.m. at the International Center/Cultural House, our visiting professors from China will be offering a time for our faculty, staff and administrators to learn Chinese language and culture.

We hope you will be able to join us!

For more information, contact Alex Pia (apia@georgefox.edu).

With our Bruin Preview guests on campus today (Friday), it will get very crowded in the dining room during breakfast and lunch. Overflow seating will be available in the Cap and Gown Room for both meals.

We are expecting our guests to come in for breakfast at approximately 8 a.m. so those of you who normally join us for breakfast may want to try and come either before 8 a.m. or after 8:30 a.m. Also, with the large number of guests for lunch we will be serving meals on paper so you may take your food out of the dining room if you prefer.

Greenroom is happening tonight (Thursday) at 9:30 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Come join us for worship through song!

Questions? Contact Amanda Kitz at akitz13@georgefox.edu.

Want to know more about ASC? Come and join us at a town hall-style meeting to discuss what ASC is doing this year, why it matters, and how you can be involved in the discussion. The meeting will be Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. Come and ask questions, share your opinion, and be a part of the change you would like to see!

Questions? Contact Jake Vanier at jvanier12@georgefox.edu

Residence halls and suites will be closed for Christmas break starting Saturday, Dec. 13, at noon. They will reopen at noon on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. For more information about closure dates and other housing information, click here.

The last day to submit an off-campus housing request for spring semester 2015 is Friday, Dec. 5. Students approved to move off-campus need to check out of their current housing by noon on Saturday, Dec. 13.

The deadline to apply for an off-campus exemption related to extreme financial hardship is Friday, Dec. 5. Requests should be presented to Student Financial Services.

Questions? Please email housing@georgefox.edu.

What does it mean to be pro-life through difficult situations? Come explore tough questions with us at the showing of the film Rape and Other Exceptions. We will talk about how we can better respond to our friends in difficult circumstances.

This movie night will be held on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 102. Chapel credit is available. It is also our last Students For Life meeting of the semester. See you there!

Questions? Please email studentsforlifegfu@gmail.com.

Our hope is to show that different cultures celebrate holidays differently. Even within the Latino community, holidays can be celebrated differently. How does your family/culture celebrate the winter holidays? What special dishes are served? Do these dishes represent a greater theme or meaning to you and your family?

If you are interested, please email us by tonight (Thursday) by midnight. The next Spoken Word Night will be on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m.

Questions? Please contact Sandra Lopez at slopez11@georgefox.edu.

Urban Outreach is tonight (Thursday)! We will leave at 5:30 p.m. and send teams to Salem and Portland. Meet in the SUB; we will see you there!

Email Mikayla Greenwell at mgreenwell12@georgefox.edu with any questions.