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Digital Commons @ George Fox University "The Crescent" Student Newspaper Archives and Museum 2-6-2008 "The Crescent" Student Newspaper, February 6, 2008 George Fox University Archives Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent Recommended Citation George Fox University Archives, ""The Crescent" Student Newspaper, February 6, 2008" (2008). "The Crescent" Student Newspaper. 1302. https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent/1302 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Museum at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in "The Crescent" Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. .^ ..ir' 'i A FAITH: Wes FEATURE: Davis speaking at People you should s S Sll ? know, Pa'age 4 f KALEO, Page 7 'Foxy George" brings ARC moving out of President Baker's back old-school spirit new office By LAURA JONES Reporter On February 8-9, George Fox alumni - who graduated in years ending with an eight, starting from 1938 - are invited to the homecoming events. The theme for this year is "In Step with George Fox," which alludes to the "personal journey that each alumnus took as a student, and serves as a call to all alumni to reengage this place that they once called home." With its picture windows and panoramic vews, the current ARC location PRoto by PRICA BABRR In addition to the reunions, there will be is widely considered the best spot on campus. dinners, theater performances, and dance, classes for the visiting alumni. There is also a concert by t h e S t e v e n s C e n t e r , Five O'clock People at 7-30 p.m. on Feb. 8. One of S u m m e r 2 0 0 8 B y J O A N N A C O X ~ P r e s i d e n t B a k e r ' s m o v e t o the current members of the band is a George Fox will bring a change Guest Reporter University alum. Also, don't miss the men's and of location to the the arc's current home women's basketball games against Willamette A c a d e m i c R e s o u r c e change in office may help me may mean that they see University on Feb. 8 and Linfield College on Feb. Center. The center, which make this shift in role. This the president more often. It 9. serves nearly 900 students would provide an excellent will also mean, however, One the many special events for alumni are and staff a semester, is location to receive donors and finding a new location for the the dance classes of Steve Grant who has taught currently to the right of the guests;" by giving visitors, ARC. dance at GFU for 26 years. Back then, the dance Student Life It is possible class was called "Rhythms" because GFU would area on the that students not allow dancing on campus, but since teaching third floor of the /n keeping with the University's mission to promote each may not have to travel much dance was then a state requirement, the university Edward Stevens individual's highest intellectual and personal growth, the f u r t h e r t h a n had to include it in the curriculum. Centert. In the Academic Resource Center exists to provide educational In the 1980's the class evolved into Western fall of 2008, they do now to support for George Fox University students by assisting all b e n e fi t f r o m t h e line dances; even this was a compromise due to however, this students in their journey toward becoming Christians who area will be service the ARC the strict no-dancing policy. The students were read, write, and think critically about their faith, their field, often asking Grant to teach ballroom style dances, occupied by and their world. provides. but he worried that he would get in trouble. The President Robin The ARC may one time he did teach a few swing dancing moves Baker. be moving to the - ARC Mission Statement the university president and four board members According to currentCareer arrived. the president, Services After the incident, students told the president " W o o d - M a r h a s location. that Grant was only doing what they asked. provided a good location for who meet with the president, Another option, dependent Surprisingly, the president said he and his wife the president's office, but I a panoramic view of the upon funding approval, would loved swing dancing, and with his approval, the believe there are some good college. involve the ARC being part of current dancing policy was born. Steve Grant now reasons for a change." In addition he says, "The a reconfiguration plan of the teaches a ballroom dance class, which boasts over By moving to where the audit team also supported Murdoch Resource Center. 50 students per class and a long wait list. ARC is the president hopes the idea of relocating the According to Merrill In other Homecoming news, the results of to, "make sure when our new president's office and aligning Johnson, the director at the Homecoming T-shirt contest are in. Valerie provost, Patrick Allen, arrives it to meet the university's the library, the plan would Rogers, Joanna Schmidt, and 10 of their work- that I am empowering him n e e d s a n d p r i o r i t i e s i n combine the computer lab, the study students won $50 for their Homecoming and the academic leadership the years ahead." In the Academic Resource Center, T-shirt design idea. The T-shirts will be available to do their jobs." coming years the university and library computer access during Homecoming, and students are encouraged The president also hopes advancement and relations to information resources to wear them to the basketball games. to, "position myself as the offices will likely move to (catalog, licensed databases, While searching for T-shirt ideas through chief advancement officer and where the Student Life offices etc.) into what would be 1960's archives of school mascots, they discovered advocate for the mission of are now. referred to as an "information "Foxy George," a retired school mascot of a fox. the university." He says, "A For students frequenting commons." This arrangement Continued on Page 8 Continued on Page 8 Page 2: Voice of the Page 5: Arts & Culture W h a t ' s I n s i d e : Students Page 6: Sports - Student jobs- Worth your time?, pg. 2 Index Page 3: Opinion Page 7: Faith - Letter to the Editor" Slide and glide, pg. 3 Page 4: Feature Page 8: News in a Flash ' Women's basketball finishing strong, pg. 6 Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Issue 7 Vol CXXIV the crescent Page 2 - VOICE OF THE STUDENTS Student employment: Is it worth it? handed to you in life. For the majority of students, By NATALIE GOULD there is a severe maturity shift that happens upon Guest reporter going to college and understanding it is time to grow up and become an adult. „ When you started college, you may have been However, having a job in college is not tor asked, "So, are you going to get a job?" I'm sure everyone. For some it interferes greatly with studying at some time every student has thought about and homework. For some it is even as extreme as whether getting a job would benefit or hinder dropping out of college completely and just working h i m o r h e r. I t a l l c o m e s d o w n t o w h i c h i s m o r e full-time because they are not enjoying the college important, time or money. experience. Working forty hours a week is taxing tor For years, experts have studied whether any individual, but especially those who have a full college students having jobs is healthy or not and class load on top of their jobs. Cutting back on the the effects having a job has on their schoolwork. number of hours you work could relieve a lot of school According to Sebego Associates, fifty-seven stress. But if you really need the money to pay percent of all college students have jobs; for your expenses, cutting back on your class in addition, a study done in 2000 found hours is not a bad thing to do. To graduate that one in ten students has a full- "The key to in four years is an admirable thing to do, time job as well as being enrolled in being happy and but the reality of it is more challenging c l a s s e s f u l l - t i m e . successful in college than depicted in movies. T h e r e a s o n s m o r e s t u d e n t s h a v e Is organization The key to being happy and jobs now as opposed to a generation and money successful in college is organization ago vary from student to student. For and money management. If you don't many, it is simply because the cost of management have to stress out about how you will educationhasrisen dramatically.

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