The Daily Bruin

Intercultural Life is partnering with the Black Student Union for Black History Month to put together next week’s Matheteis! Join us at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Canyon Commons 103.

Matheteis is a discussion forum that comes from the Greek word for disciple. Our goal is to provide space for faculty, staff/administrators and students to discuss difficult topics in a cross-disciplinary approach that leads to learning and understanding.

We invite four panelists who are given two to three prompt questions ahead of time. After panelists have an opportunity to discuss the prompt questions, audience participants can also ask questions and join the discussion.

The topic will be the issue of gentrification. We want to engage in dialogue about the effects that less affluent communities experience in the process of renovating urban areas. Come join us for good conversation, snacks, and chapel credit!

Contact Brianna Martin-Ortega (bmartinortega16@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Do you have news or events you’d like to publicize to a specific student population on the Newberg campus? You can now do so, as the Daily Bruin has added the option of selecting “Newberg Graduate Students” and/or “Newberg Undergraduate Students” as your intended audience.

The process of submitting a Daily Bruin request hasn’t changed. You still do so by logging into your MyGFU account and selecting “The Daily Bruin Request” tab. You simply have an additional option now when deciding who should receive the message.

Questions? Contact Sean Patterson at spatterson@georgefox.edu.

Calling all artists – particularly those interested in illustration: This Monday, Feb. 19, we will host commercial illustrator Jesse LeDoux for Art Talk at the Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E. Sheridan St.). Join us for this free presentation from 6 to 7 p.m.

LeDoux worked for many years as an art director for Seattle-based Sub Pop Records, where he created iconic album and poster artwork for such artists as the Shins (“Best album packaging” Grammy nominee for Chutes Too Narrow), Iron and Wine, and Death Cab for Cutie before leaving in 2004 to focus on his client-based and personal work. He has worked on commercial illustration and collaborative projects for such clients as Starbucks, Nike, Disney, Giro, Rapha, Penguin UK and Target, and has exhibited internationally.

Hope to see you there! Contact Elizabeth Herrera (herrerae16@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Today (Friday) the east wing of Brandt Hall (men’s wing) will have the power shut off from 10 a.m. to noon. The power will be shut off in all rooms and bathrooms in the east wing for two hours. Power will be restored in the afternoon.

Thank you for your patience as we make some important updates.

The Nursing Serve Trip team is selling Krispy Kreme donuts at the basketball games this weekend. The cost is only $1 for a delicious donut or $10 for a dozen.

Come cheer on our Bruin basketball players and support our team for this amazing opportunity to serve in Kenya. We will also be doing a raffle during both games on Friday and during the men’s game on Saturday! The games begin at 6 and 8 p.m. on Friday and at 4 and 6 p.m. on Saturday.

Contact Hannah Thom (hthom16@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Don’t miss these exciting matchups featuring your favorite Bruin teams!

Tonight (Friday) is Res Hall Night at the Bruin basketball games. Represent your living area by wearing your assigned color. The area with the most representatives will win an ice cream truck, sponsored by ASC. The winners will be determined at halftime of the men’s game, so be sure to stay for both as the Bruins take on Lewis & Clark at 6 and 8 p.m.!

Find your living area’s color below:

• RAE: Blue
• HAN: Green
• HAW: White
• EDG: Red
• HMS: Gold
• PCWB: Purple
• Commuter: Black

Saturday

• Women’s Tennis vs. Hardin-Simmons at 8 a.m.
• Baseball vs. Lewis & Clark at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Morse Field
• Basketball Senior Night vs. Pacific, at 4 and 6 p.m., Miller Gymnasium

Sunday

• Baseball vs. Lewis & Clark, noon at Morse Field

As a part of the George Fox Web Design II class I am putting together a hypothetical proposal for the redesign of the Intramural Leagues website and App. I need your help! Fill out this quick survey on the common uses of imleagues.com and the IMLeagues App.

IMLeagues Survey

Thanks for your input!
– Zachary Keimig (zkeimig14@gmail.com)

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

The George Fox physical therapy program is doing a 50/50 raffle during the women’s basketball game at 4 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday)! We are raising money for a serve trip to Africa in June where we will be giving free physical therapy to those in need.

We would greatly appreciate if you would consider participating or donating to our cause. And it’s a great game to come show your support because it’s senior night. We hope to see you there. Thank you!

Contact Justine Benner (jbenner12@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Hey everyone! The Coast to Coast Swing Dance Club invites you to join us tomorrow (Saturday) in the FoxHole! Bring your friends and bring your dancing shoes. All levels of dancers are welcome! We hope to see you there!

Beginners learn at 6:30 p.m., followed by the intermediate dance at 7 p.m. and  the free social dance from 7:30 p.m. on.

Contact Justin Chang (jchang15@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Today (Friday) is the last day to submit your Wellness Challenge points! Participants will be entered into a drawing for water bottles, a Fitbit and free staff lunches! Submit your points at this link.

Questions? Contact Adina McConaughey (amcconaughey@georgefox.edu).

There will be no faculty lunch on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Instead, faculty are invited to attend the Career Fair that will take place in Canyon Commons that day.

Are you …

1. In the traditional undergraduate program
2. Currently enrolled this spring
3. Planning on being enrolled full time in the fall of 2018, AND
4. Haven’t submitted your application for donor-funded scholarships?

Then get online and get it done! The deadline to apply is tomorrow (Friday) at 5 p.m. There is one application for 100-plus scholarships.

Log into your MyGFU. Go to Student Resources>Newberg UG Scholarships (use your MyGFU username and password to login) >Returning Student Donor Funded Scholarship Application.

First-time users don’t need to enter your Student ID.

Got questions? Email finaid@georgefox.edu.

The Chaos is coming. Our very own canyon is hosting one of the most anticipated Olympic events of the new millennia: The Canyon Chaos Relays.

On Saturday, Feb. 17, at 10 a.m. the gun will go off and a horde of newly paired Valentines representing dozens of countries from around the world will race around the trail. They will battle for the title of Olympic Chaos Champion over one hour of racing.

Details:

• No one needs to preregister; just show up to be signed in and be given a country to represent.
• The course is a 0.9-mile loop run clockwise in the canyon. It starts running straight up the hill toward HMS.
• We’ll have a big fire going, warm beverages, music, and lots of cowbell for everyone to enjoy.
• Teams are of two and must alternate laps. Anyone who doesn’t have a partner we can pair with other singles.
• We have Winter Olympics-themed prizes for the first three places, and the first 36 people who sign up get cowbells to cheer with.

Sponsored by the Houses and Apartments-West living area. Email Grant Burns at gburns@georgefox.edu for more info.

Come join Emily Forbes from Love and Plants to learn healthy and delicious breakfast recipes. We’ll be in Canyon Commons 101 at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, and credit is available for students in select classes. Emily is presenting as part of the Nutrition Matters program.

Contact Kelsey Herschberger (kherschberger14@georgefox.edu) for more information.

University Housing has a temporary rental available for graduate students or staff members looking for a short-term housing solution. It’s a two-bedroom, two-bath house near the Newberg campus available immediately through the end of July.

Please contact University Housing for more details: housing@georgefox.edu.

Represent your living area by wearing your assigned color to the Bruin basketball games tomorrow (Friday)! The area with the most representatives will win an ice cream truck, sponsored by ASC!

The winners will be determined at halftime of the men’s game, so be sure and stay for both as the Bruins take on Lewis & Clark at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.!

Find your living area’s color below and make your plans now for Friday!

• RAE: Blue
• HAN: Green
• HAW: White
• EDG: Red
• HMS: Gold
• PCWB: Purple
• Commuters: Black

George Fox  will serve as the venue for a special musical theatre presentation, Of Ebony Embers: Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance, presented by guest Core Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The show is free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Celebrating the music and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance era in New York City, Of Ebony Embers examines the lives of three outstanding but very different African American poets – Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and Claude McKay – as seen through the eyes of the great painter and muralist Aaron Douglas.

Chamber music theatre is a unique performance format created by the Core Ensemble, featuring a marriage of theatrical narrative to chamber music performance. Dracyn Blount portrays multiple characters while interacting with Mikael Darmanie on piano. The script was written by Akin Babatunde, who also serves as the show’s director.

The Core Ensemble performs music by African American composers ranging from jazz greats Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus to concert music composers Jeffrey Mumford and George Walker. Since 1993, the Core Ensemble has toured nationally to every region of the United States and internationally to England, Russia, the Ukraine, Australia and the British Virgin Islands.

The production is being hosted by George Fox’s music and theatre departments, in partnership with the offices of diversity and intercultural life.

Contact Jenny Elsey (jelsey@georgefox.edu) for more information.

The university’s Department of Biology and Chemistry invites you to join us for the eighth annual Dalton Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Dr. Simon Conway Morris, a professor at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St. John’s College, will speak on the topic of evolutionary palaeobiology along with the question of “Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe?” Admission is free.

In the presentation, Morris will discuss the implication of all species (including humans) are historical accidents that will find no direct counterpart whilst pointing to the Fermi Paradox and how this raises alarming possibilities. He will also give a scientific talk at 3 p.m. on Feb. 22 in Wood-Mar Auditorium entitled, “Our earliest ancestors: Cambrian deuterostomes or just weird wonders?”

Morris was elected to the Royal Society in 1990, and his principal academic interests are in the Cambrian “explosion.” He has traveled widely and received many awards. He is active in public outreach and delivered the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 1996, as well as the Second Boyle Lecture.

A dessert reception and Student Research Poster session follows the lecture.

More information is available on the Dalton Lecture Series webpage. Questions? Call the Department of Biology and Chemistry at 503-554-2710.

Finance has extended its “In-box hours” by installing a drop box for items that need to be reviewed or processed but weren’t able to be delivered during our normal business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This includes any and all items that would typically be dropped in the finance department in-box located in our lobby.

Please be sure that all items are contained in a closed envelope so nothing is misplaced or separated. This is very important because there are no envelopes provided at the drop box, so please plan accordingly. The drop box will be emptied each morning and distributed appropriately within the department.

Please call or email Michelle Conrad at ext. 2160 or mconrad@georgefox.edu with any questions.

In recognition of Valentine’s Day, historic Valentines and information on the Valentine’s Day traditions at George Fox are now on display in the cases in Canyon Commons. If you have questions about the exhibit, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu).