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S E C O N D C L A S S P O S T A G E P A I DAT NEWBERG, OREGON

Merger, Name Change Set for JulyGeorge Fox College will become GeorgeFox University on July 1.

A year ahead of the original plan. Western Evangelical Seminary will merge withGeorge Fox to produce a university of morethan 2.000 students.

When the merger concept for the 104-year-old college and the 49-year-old seminary was announced in November, a mergerdate of no later than July I, 1997, was set.

The name change to university already isunder way as variou.s publicaiion.s and itemswith the College name are ordered and pro

d u c e d .The early merger plan was unanimously

approved by the George Fox Board of Trustees on Feb. 10. The board met in Newberg,but because Northwest floods preventedmany members from reaching the campus,e,\g\\\.\.Y\is\.ees patucxpaiedby conference caWfrom Wasbmgion and Idaho.

The formal merger agreement has been

prepared by a committee of administratorsf r o m b o t h i n s t i t u t i o n s . I t w a s r a t i fi e dFeb. 3 by the seminary's Board of Trustees.The WES trustees will become a Board ofRegents, an advisory body on seminary matters to the George Fox University board.Four seminary regents, including the chairman, will gain places on the George FoxUniversity board.

Serving as president of the Universitywill be George Fox President Edward F.S t e v e n s .

WES pre.sident David Le Sliana, president of George Fox for 13 years until 1982and instrumental in bringing the two institutions together, will continue with the newuniversity in a teaching and repre.seniationalr o l e .

The University will retain the WESHampton Plaza location In Tlgard, givingGeorge Fox a Portland-area campus. GFC smaster of business administration program

already is located on the WES campus, andGeorge Fox will move its degree-completionprogram for adults to the new site.

Several other graduate programs also willbe shifted as space becomes available.

The two schools' libraries will be linkedvia computer network. The WES library of77,000 volumes will be automated and become a pan of Orbis, a statewide union catalog, and the Portland Area Library System(PORTALS), a consortium of research libraries of which George Fox is a foundingm e m b e r .

Most university management functionswill be shifted to Newberg; however, theseminary site will retain offices for a deanand personnel for enrollment and student.serv ices .

With the merger, the University will haveapproximately 350 faculty and staff and abudget of more than $33 million. The seminary currently has 37 faculty and staff and a

$3.2 million budget, an estimated $8 millionin assets, and a net worth of approximately$4.5 mi l l ion.

Under terms of the merger agreement, theWestern Evangelical Seminary name will beretained until at least Jan. I, 2000. It willbecome a fourth school of the University,which has a school of natural and behavioralsciences, a school of humanities, and aschool of professional studies.

A joint oversight committee continues tomeet to direct the merger transition.

About the merger, George Fox boardchairman Dea Cox said, "It is a Joy to bepre.sent at the creation of something great.God has been in it, laying a foundation fora great institution."

WES board chairman Donald Noilli said,"We have great enthusiasm for this; it is inthe best interests of both institutions and tothe work of the Lord in the Northwest andin promoting Christian higher education."

Pacific College students Tom Benson(left) and Harry Haworth pose withthe skin of the original Bruin bear in1 9 J 4 .

1 8 8 7 M a r k sBruin BeginningGeorge Fox's Bruin Jr. tradition is adescendant of a real bear bom beforethe College was founded.

In the autumn of 1887. a student atPacific Academy (George Fox's predecessor) brought to campus the cubof a black bear his father shot in thecoast range west of Carlton, Ore. Thecub grew up and was kept in a pit inHess Creek canyon by one of the professors. George Hartley.

In 1892, when Hartley was aboutto leave Newberg, he tried to find thebear a new home. The Portland Zoohad enough black bears, and apparently no other option was available.After an offer from a local meat market, the pet was turned into bearsteaks.

Although first headed to become abear rug, the skin was preserved,

(See BEGINNING, page 4)

Century-Old Bruin Jr. TraditionKeeps Creating New MemoriesWhat is brown, shaped like a teddy bear,and causes George Fox students to break outi n a s w e a t ?

Alumni from the classes of 1905 to 1995know the answer is Bruin Jr., an odd leatheror canvas pillow that decades of George Foxstudents have wrestled each other to possess.

The descendant of a real bear kept oncampus in the late 1800s, Bruin Jr. isn't youraverage Ursus americanus (black bear).

During its many escapades, it'sbeen dragged across cam-

River, and traveled worldwide.The nearly 100-year-old Bruin Jr. tradi

tion is simple: After the tough old teddy bearis displayed (the technical term is "flashed")in a public place on campus, gain posse,ssionfor your class and get it off campus.

It would be a lot simpler if students in theother three classes weren't trying to physically stop you and carry it off themselves.The victors often record their success by

signing Bruin Jr., a practicet h a t h a s c o v e r e d

the sk in

w i t h

layers

After a period of time, the process beginsagain with another flash.

Although disdained by some as a primitive combination of mud wrestling and tiig-of-war, no one can deny Bruin Jr.'s ability tospark a memory.

"When you ask people about Bruin Jr.,you always get a story, even if they've nevertouched it," said Greg Woolsey, a 1994 gradwhose father battled for the bear replicawhile a George Fox student in the late 1960s.

People still tell about the airborne flashin the early 1970.S when B.J. droppedf rom a he l i cop te r i n to a c rowdo n t h e o l d f o o t b a l l fi e l d .

T h a t w a s n ' t t h e

only time the bearp icked up f re

q u e n t - fl i e r

(See BRUIN, JR., page 4)

P R E S I D E N T S^ P E N ^Brothers' Business Leaves Legacy,Provides for CoUege and Themselves

c r ' n n r p m p d . "

G F C P r e s i d e n t

E d w a r d F. S t e v e n s

With the merger of George Fox andWestern Evangelical Seminary moving ahead rapidly, someone asked methe other day, "What qualifies you tobe president of a seminary?"

Well, technically, I will not bepresident of WES. We have asked Dr.Bill Vermillion to be dean of the semi

nary next year — and he certainly iswell qualified. But I accepted thequestion as a legitimate one, so I willrephrase it slightly and attempt to answer i t f rom aslightly different perspective:"What do youknow about preparing personsfor pastora lministry?"

F i r s t , m yg r a n d f a t h e rwas a gospel-p r e a c h i n gMethod is t m inister, and 1 have one of his sermonbooks. Granddad Stevens hud foursmall churches in southeast Wyomingand preached twice Sunday momingand twice Sunday evening. He was agodly man, and it was throughGrandpa and Grandma Stevens thatmy mother came to faith in Christ atage 15. Mom was the most consistentChri.stian person I have known. Herunconditional love, prayers, and example eventually brought our entirefamily (including my dad at age 55) toChrist.

Educationally and expcrienlially. Ihave an undergraduate major inphysics and chemistry, a master'sdegree in psychology, and a Ph.D.in higher education/business — so 1know the meaning of life is not in anyof those areas. Also. I have been a"winner" (41-5 as a head coach inhigh school basketball) and a "loser"(41-"more than 41" in four years as ahead coach in college), and neither experience brought me eternal life, although the losing experience did bringme to my knees — literally.

Vocationally and relationally, Ih a v e b e e n a c o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k e r a n d

a corporate executive. I have had anopportunity to share the Good Newswi th a roomfu l o f m i l l i ona i res andw i th hund reds o f home less a t a r escue

m i s s i o n . I h a v e w o r k e d h a r d t o b e a

good husband for 34 years (which hastaught Linda a good deal about "patience and long suffering!"), and Ihave poured my life into helping toraise two daughters (which has taughtu s a l l a l o t a b o u t " f e r v e n t a n d e f f e c

tive prayer").After being led to Christ at age 29

by pastor Chuck Ritter (a 1955 graduate of WES), I read at least 150 Christian books in my first year as a believer. 1 probably have read an additional 1,000 books in years two to 27.I have been excited about my life inChrist from day one and continue inmy desire "...to be everything thatChrist saved me to be" (Stevens' paraphrase of Philippians 3:12).

With all that said, really nothing Ihave done or studied ha.s given me thecredentials or qualified me to be thepresident of a seminary. But, havingb e e n l e d t o f a i t h i n C h r i s t a n ddiscipled for a year and a half fay Pastor Chuck prior to his death at age 43from a brain tumor, I have a passionfor Western Evangelical Seminary andfor replacing Pastor Chuck a thousando r m o r e t i m e s .

Tho.se of us at George Fox will exercise our spiritual gifts and give ourbest leadership effort to see the ministry of Western Evangelical Seminaryexpanded and strengthened. It is theleast we can do after all the Lord hasdone for us, individually and collectively.

For a few brief moments. The Bag Connection, a successful area business based inDundee, Ore., belonged to George Fox College.

Bob and Doug Bunn, two brothers whostarted the recycling company in Newberg10 years ago, gave the company's stock tothe College as part of two charitable trustsworth $345,000 each. After the paperworkwas signed, George Fox officials sold thebusiness.

The Bunns started The Bag Connectionin 1985 after spending two years researching the feasibility of recycling large industrial bulk bags capable of holding one to twotons of material. The company now recycles300 bulk bags per day. Since its inception,it has saved landfill space equal to 175 football fields 300 feet deep.

"One of the goals was to be able to retireby the age of 50," Bob Bunn said of hisdream of owning his own business, "and Iactually made it by three weeks."

When the brothers were ready to sell theircompany, they were introduced to the idea

of a charitable unitrust by the.r tnsanceagent, Steve Gulley, aInterest from the trust isa lifetime income, and new y pu 1' j 5,insurance policies will replacein oroviding for them heirs. Upon theirdeah° the tntst goes to the Col egewill use the earnings to perpetuallyscholarships for students. r ■ ■ tn• In addition to the satisfact.on of g™g toa worthy cause, the Bunns enjoyed an addedbenefit due to the trust: Because they gavetheir business to a non-profit organ.zat.on,they paid no capital gams tax."We wanted to leave something to thecommunity here that had given so much tous in such a short time." Bob Bunn said oftheir reasons for the gift. "This provides aneternal, ongoing legacy of what the businesswas able to create."

Pointing to how the trust provides fortheir retirement while also benefiting t eCollege, students, and community, he said,"The whole program, the more we looked atit, it just became a true win/win/win situa-

Bob Bunn (left) and Doug Bunn, who built a business out of recycling industrial bags, gavetheir company's stock to George Fox College as part of two charitable trusts.

Spanish Education Major ApprovedWith Oregon's Hispanic population growing, George Fox College is adding a Spanish education major for undergraduate students who are training to become teachers.

The new major has been in planning forabout three years. After College faculty approved it, it received written approval fromstate authorities in January. It is designed tohelp future secondary school teachers meetnew standards being established for Oregonpublic schools in the 21st century.

"The state is concerned that foreign language teaching will become more critical,"said Margi Macy, chair of GFC's Departm e n t o f T e a c h e r E d u c a t i o n . S h e w o r k e d

with colleagues to develop the new major.Changes approved by the state Legisla

ture several years ago eventually will requireOregon students by the 10th grade to earn a"certificate of initial mastery," showing theyhave acquired basic competency in a rangeof academic areas. At the 10th grade, students then will indicate whether they plan toattend college after high school graduation,and if so, whether they intend to complete a"certificate of advanced mastery."

According to Macy, one of the instructional emphases under the new state standards is on the diversity of culture and language groups. There will be more studytime devoted to such subjects, and atyounger grade levels. More teachers willneed to be able to teach foreign languages iflocal school districts are to comply with statelaw, she said.

"In this area, Spanish is a language thatis commonly chosen," she said, noting that

the mid-Willamette Valley has a high percentage of Hi.spanic residents.

The teacher education program at GeorgeFox begins with a broad foundation in Christian liberal arts studies, then narrows to specialization in particular fields of knowledgeand to clinical studies in teaching and learning theory.

In Oregon, teaching licenses are issued toqualified applicants who have completed ateacher education program approved by theOregon Teacher Standards and PracticesC o m m i s s i o n .

The College already offers state-approved programs in nine teaching areasfor secondary education: biology, chemistryhealth education, family and consumer sciences, language arts, mathematics, musicphysical education, and social studies.

In addition to the courses required of allsecondary education majors, the new majorrequires study in Spanish composition andconversation, Spanish and Latin Americanculture and civilization, and Spanish andLatin American survey of literature.

Also required is study abroad in a proa te . ' " ' ' "

Macy says the availability of the newmajor will enhance the career potential ofstudents who are entering the teaching field.

in this statewith the large Hispanic population in thepublic schools, It certainly strengthens theirponfoho tremendously as teachers," she

tion for everyone concerned."Since setting up the trusts, the two have

become members of GFC's President'sCouncil, a group of donors who give to theannual operating needs of the College.

The Bunn brothers moved to Newberg in1985 from Canada, where Bob worked fora feed and fertilizer business and Doug wasan elementary school principal. At the time,the woven polypropylene bags were beingused as a onetime disposable container.

"They were creating quite a massivelandfill disposal problem," Bob said, "so ouridea was...to recycle these bags...makingthem reusable by the original customer."Due to concerns about the liability of reusing the bags, they had to prove they couldinspect and refurbish them while meetingsafety standards.

Using retirement money and all theycould charge on credit cards, the Bunnsopened The Bag Connection in Newbeig, atown with a paper industry that would pro-vide an initial supply of the bulk bags ielrbusiness needed. Working 15-to-18-hourdays, they developed a system in which thebags are cleaned, put on a lighted inspectionmachine for a complete safety inspection,repaired, and then folded, baled and shippedback to the businesses from which theyc a m e .

During the company's first five years,gross sales doubled or even tripled annuallyuntil it became a multimillion-dollar business. Two years after its founding, The BagConnection was honored as recycler of theyear by the Association of Oregon Recyclers(ADR). A year later, the Bunns introducedthe Bagit System. Now used internationally,the patented recycling method involves reusable bags and stands for recycling officewaste paper.

In 1989 the Bunns moved from a small,rented facility in Newberg to a 22,000-square-foot facility in Dundee, where, with16 employees, the company is now the city'slargest full-time employer. They recentlyfinished applying for a patent for fully automated equipment designed to clean thebulk bags.

The College played a role in connectingthe Bunns with two of the men who boughttheir business. Loren Landau has a friend

serving on GFC's Board of Trustees who introduced him and another of his friends—the company's silent partner — to The BagConnection. Pete Nelson, meanwhile, hadserved as its general manager for the pastfive years and was asked by the two men tojoin them as a co-owner of the business.

L I F E S T A F F

Edi torAnita Cirulis

Contributing WritersJohn FortmeyerBarry HubbellRob Felton

PhotographerAnita Cinjlis

LIFE is the official publication of George FoxCollege, it is produced bimonthly by thePublic Information and Publications Office,Anita Cirulis, director.

Please mail letters, alumni news,and address changes to: LIFE. GeorgeFox College, 414 N. Meridian St. #6098,Newberg, OR 97132-2697. Or call503/538-8383, ext. 2126.

c o l l e g e a d m i n i s t r a t i o nPresidentEdward F. StevensVice President for Financial AffairsDonald J. MillageVice President for Academic AffairsDirk E. BarramVice President for Enrollment ServicesAndrea P. CookVice President for DevelopmentDave L. AdrianActing Dean of StudentsShaun P. McNayExecutive Assistant to the PresidentBarry A. Hubbell

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FACUifi;Y NEV\gPsychologist Studies How Infants SeeDuring the first few months of life, achild sees the world as a blur. Colors arew a s h e d o u t , d e t a i l s a r e l o s t , a n d a nawareness of movement is heightened.

The effect is similar to looking out ofthe comer of your eye. In fact, at birththe retinas in an infant's eyes initiallyhave the same structure as those that giveadults peripheral vision.

What infants can see and why theyprefer looking at faces intrigues KathleenKleiner, so much so that she has spentyears researching the answers to thosequestions.

"Infants don't see the world the sameway adults do." says Kleiner, an assistantprofessor of psychology at George FoxCollege. "There's a lot that's visible toadults that is really lost to infants."

Kleiner hopes her research will lead tomore knowledge about when to test forvision problems and when to fit childrenwith glasses. It might even be useful indeveloping computers that "see."

Research indicates babies, when presented with two images, prefer looking atsomething new to looking at somethingthey've seen before. It also shows theyprefer patterns over something plain.And of all "patterns," they prefer thoseresembling faces.

There is much disagreement about thereasons for such a preference. Some scientists believe infants are bom with aninnate knowledge of what facesare. Others think the preference is itrelated to the fact that the featuresof a face — eyebrows, eyes, noseand mouth—give it high con-t r a s t a n d t h e r e f o r e m a k e i t *e a s i e r t o s e e .

To determine which theorywas accurate. Kleiner createdfl a s h c a r d s t h a t a l l o w e d h e r t o

test whether infants were re

sponding to the structure orto the visibility of faces.One image had the contrast,but not the features, of aface, while the other lookedmore l ike a face but waslacking in contrast.

"It's really easy to studyinfants' fixations because ba

bies like to look at things," Kleiner said. Herexperiment involved showing an infant twoflashcards in a controlled environment. Sit

ting opposite the child and watching througha peephole to avoid being a distraction, sheobserved and recorded the t ime the chi ld

spent looking at each image.Depending on which theory was true,

Kleiner believed, researchers should be ableto predict infants' behavior. If babies areborn somehow understanding the specialmeaning of faces, they would be drawn tothe face-like pattern, despite its lower visibility. If a preference for faces is based on visibility, the higher-contrast pattern would bepreferred, even though it doesn't look like aface.

What infants prefer, she discovered,depends upontheir age.

" N e w b o r n sseem to preferf a c e s o n t h eb a s i s o f v i s

i b i l i t y, " s h es a i d . " B u t

b y t h r e em o n t h s

of age,i n f a n t s

p re fe r

faces based on the structure of the faces."

Why that is the case is still a mystery toKleiner, but she's now collaborating on anexperiment with Daphne Maurer at McGillUniversity in Quebec. The two women willbe studying children who, born with cataracts, had them removed at three months ofage. These infants will have the visual system of a three-month-old, in terms of thephysical development of the eye, but the visual experience of a newborn. As a result,Kleiner and Maurer will be able to .separatethe contributions of nature, or the eye itself,from nurture, or the child's past experience.

Kleiner speculates about the reasons whyhow something looks becomes more important than how easily it can be seen. "It couldbe because the visual system matures andallows infants to see structure," she said."Or it could be that they've been able to seestructure all along but didn't pay attentionto it until they had enough experience thattaught them that structure is really the mostimportant characteristic."

Kleiner started out testing infantmemory as part of a study of mental retardation while working on her Ph.D. atCase Western Reserve University. She

then did postdoctoral work in infant perception because she wanted to make sure hersubjects could see what she was asking them

t o r e m e m b e r .

A r t i c l e s a b o u t h e r r e s e a r c h

_ _ _ h a v eb e e n

p u b-

lished in the Journal in Experimental Psychology, and in 1992 she presented a paper at an international conference on infant face and speech perception sponsored by NATO.

This summer and fall, Kleiner willcontinue her research into face perception. She'll test to see what aspects offaces help infants to understand emotional expre.ssion or the gender of a face.

"I'll see if they're paying attention toany particular components or the face asa whole," she said.

While her research is iheoictical in nature, there are some immediate benefitst o h e r w o r k . A s a d o c t o r a l s t u d e n t ,K l e i n e r w o r k e d w i t h i n f a n t s w h o w e r e a t

risk for later retardation. She now usesher knowledge about infant developmentand mental retardat ion as a member of the

Yamhill County Commission on Familiesa n d C h i l d r e n .

Research also helps Kleiner, who hasbeen part of the George Fox faculty since1993, to keep in touch with other expertsin the field. Going to conferences andtalking with other researchers in her areaof interest renews her excitement about

teaching and p.sychology."I think research is important for our

students, especially in psychology, whereit's such an integral part of p.sychology,both for clinicians and for experimentalpsychologists," she said. "Having anopportunity to get hand.s-on experiencedoing research or hearing from piofessors

who are doing research givesstudents more insight

i n t o t h e fi e l d . "

Board Grants Tenure to Three ProfessorsThree faculty members were awarded tenure in action taken by the College's Boardof Trustees during its semiannual meetingin February.

The board approved granting tenure toRobert Buckler, professor of psychology;Robert Harder, associate professor of engineering; and Howard Macy, professor of re-ligion and biblical studies and director ofGFC's graduate Christian studies program.

Buckler earned a doctor of medicine degree from the Georgetown UniversuySchool of Medicine m Washin n, D.C.and is a board-certifiedteaches in GFC's Graduate School "f Clinical Psychology. He taught for seven years

in the doctoral psychology program at Western Conservative Baptist Seminary in Portland before moving with the program toGeorge Fox College in 1990.

R o b e r t B u c k l e r R o b e r t H a r d e r

Harder holds a doctorate in materials science and engineering from Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology. Hejoined GFC's faculty in 1988.

Macy, who rec e i v e d h i s b a c h elor's degree at GFC,earned a doctorate inN e a r E a s t e r n l a nguages and culturef r o m H a r v a r d U n iversity's GraduateSchool o f Ar ts andS c i e n c e s . H e h a sbeen on GFC's fac-

Howard Macy ulty since 1990.

DayspringMay TourItinerarySUNDAY, MAY 5First Baptist ChurchNewport, Ore., 6 p.m.

MONDAY, MAY 6New Life Christ ian Center

Roseburg, Ore., 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8Friends Community ChurchFresno, Calif., 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 9National antliem for California AngelsAnaheim, Calif., 7:05 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 10Glendora Friends ChurchGlendora, Calif., 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 11Disneyland, Carnation Plaza GardensAnaheim, Calif., TEA

SUNDAY, MAY 12Elsinore Valley FriendsLake Elsinore, Calif., 9:30 a.m.

Calvary Church of Santa AnaSanta Ana, Calif., 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15Rose Drive Friends ChurchYorba Linda, Calif,, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 16F i r s t N a z a r e n e C h u r c h

Indio, Calif., 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 17S o u t h w e s t I n d i a n S c h o o l

Peoria, Ariz., 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 19Grace Community ChurchTempo, Ariz., 8:30,9:50, 11:15 a.m.Starlight Park Free MethodistPhoenix, Ariz., 6 p.m.

MONDAY, MAY 20Wayside ChapelSedona, Ariz., 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22Shrine of the AgesGrand Canyon, Ariz., 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 24First Nazarene ChurchLas Vegas, Nev., 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 26Calvary Baptist ChurchBishop, Calif., 6 p.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 28F r i e n d s C h u r c h

Denair, Calif., 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29Walnut Creek Friends ChurchWalnut Creek, Calif., 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 30United Evangelical Free ChurchKlamath Falls, Ore., 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 31M e d f o r d F r i e n d s C h u r c h

Medford, Ore., 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, JUNE 2First Baptist ChurchGrants Pass, Ore., 6 p.m.

Bruin Jr: Generations oStudents Play a Role in(Continued from page I)

miles. Greg Woolsey tookBruin Jr. on a George Fox

study tour to Italy, Germany, Switzerland,France and England.Whi le a t the Towero f L o n d o n , B . J . ' sbelly picked up the

signature of a member of theEnglish royal guard.

Most of B.J. 's travels are local. WhenBruin Jr. was still a real bearskin, the classof 1929 perched the hide on the hood of acar and drove it to Lake Oswego.

No matter where. Bruin Jr.'s appearance causes quite a stir, sometimes at inappropriate places. Bruin Jr. has appeared on the court at halftime of varsity basketball games, at a Christmascandlelight ceremony and, of course, atthe biggest student gatherings on campus: chapel.

"The numerous chapel flasheswere in poor taste but very entertaining," said 1976 grad Jeff Rickey, nowGFC dean of admissions, "especiallywhen done on the stage behind aspeaker who was invariably running late,"

He emphasizes he does not advocatechapel flashes for students today.

Rickey remembers Bruin Jr. taking a tripdown the Willamette River during one of theannual George Fox raft races. It was flashedwhile going under the St. Paul highwaybridge.BELOW: Dave Brown, Cap Hensley andHarold "Scotty" Clark (from left) posewith a 1960s version of Bruin .Jr., whichstrongly resembled a gunnysack.

"Of course, eveiyone was waiting lor himwhen his raft made it to shore.

A 1968 Hash may hold the record for thelongest Bruin Jr. contest. Mike Wirta, nowa George Fox custodial supervisor, recallstales of the epic struggle that raged fromplace to place across campus.

"It started in late morning and ended atdusk," he remembers. "Guys would go inshifts. They'd wrestle for it, then leave to go

to class or to eat."Larry Herrick, a 1972 grad,

remembers how exhausting aBruin Jr. Hash was. 'They gotpretty brutal. Once when Iwalked away, I could hardlyhold up my arms, they gotpounded so much."

Although open to anyone willing to diveon a dog pile. Bruin Jr. has become a basically male-dominated sport. With theexcep-tion of an occasional all-woman Bruin Jr.flash, female participants are rare.

How seriously do some students takeBruin Jr.?

Early in Bruin Jr. history, students wereknown to chase each other throughNewbcrg. even stopping traffic.

The .school newspaper. The Crescent, reported a struggle "amid falling trees"duringthe 1962 Columbus Day storm.

A l u m n i d i r e c t o rmembers a stu-19 5 0s,

Gary Brown re-dent in the lateK e n K u m a s a -wa, jumping

o u t o f t h es e c o n d -s 10 ry

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Beginning: Pet BearSource of Bmin Jr.Tradit ion and Mascot(Continued from page I)stuffed and mounted on an iron frame in the

meager academy museum. Over time,moths and decay took its toll, and the hidecame perilously close to destruction. Theskin was sent to the furnace but was rescued

by some of the students.T h e b e a r s k i n w a s u s e d a s a n u n o f fi c i a l

mascot, traveling with the senior class onoutings. After graduation, the senior classtraditionally passed "Binin" down to the juniors. Apparently the junior class was impatient one year and swiped the skin from theclass of 1898. Thus the competition began.

The fragile skin was kept in a metal milkcan. which reportedly was occasionally padlocked and chained to protective students. In1934, Bruin was retired, again returning to

t h e m u s e u m .A small canvas replica was made and

dubbed "Bruin Jr."George Fox's athletic teams can trace

their Bruin nickname and mascot to the samebear that began the Bruin Jr. tradition. Although sportswriters called the College'sathletic squads "Quakers" in the 1950s and'60s, the Bruin nickname was used in the1940s and officially adopted in 1970 by avote of students and faculty.

le College'sTrad i t i onwindow of the Minthorn Hall lobby to cet toa flash.

"Bruin Jr. was flashed outside ofBrougher Hall, and we headed for the stairway." Brown said. "Ken threw up a windowand bailed out. He was on the ground before we were."

The amazing part of the story isKumasawa dove out the window with a caston his already broken leg.

The nature of the Bruin Jr. activitiesmight seem a bit odd for the normally calmGeorge Fox campus. A Bruin Jr. strugglecan leave bumps, bruises and large patchesof mud.

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"Being a pacifislic Quaker. 1 naturallystayed out of the fray." the 1974 graduatesaid, tongue in cheek. "It had nothing to dowith the fact that I was afraid of death."

When things appear oul-of-liand. Collegeadministrators have been known to step inand confiscate B.J. Levi Pennington — whoserved as president from 1911 to 1941 —was said to "charge into the fray" in an attempt to keep excited students under contml.

The College conliiuies to look out for student safety: Bruin Jr. flashes now are not allowed in buildings or off campus.

"We will still step into the middle whenneeded." said Shaun McNay. acting dean ofstudents, "but the commitment has been tor e t u r n i t t o a c t i o n . "

It's an old tradition, but today's studentsaren't hesitant to add the use of modern-daytechnology. To advertise future Bruin Jr. appearances. flashes sometimes are announcedover the campus electronic mail system.

The tradition drew national exposure lastfall. U.S. News & World Report magazinethought the Bruin Jr. tradition interestingenough to note the "odd ritual" in their annual college guidebook.

It isn't known how many Bruin Jrs. haveappeared on campus. What started as a

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merous times in canvas and leather skin.Sometimes the struggle is too much

for B.J., and the damaged bearmust be replaced. Other limes.Bruin Jr. disappears during thesummer, going into permanenthibernat ion in some a lumnus '

closet or garage.Steve Buo'. a 1983 graduate, spearheaded

a student goveninient effort to bring back theB.J. tradition in the early '80s afteraperiodof dormancy. New students were educatedon Bruin Jr. eliquetie ai dorm orientationmeetings at the beginning of the year, andthe newest generation of Bruin Jr. was created by a leather worker based upon a retiredB.J. found in a museum display case.

Bury improvised the inside filling. "Westuffed it with cotton and my mom's nyl o n s . "

One story out of the 1970s tells of theworn-out remains of an old Bruin Jr. beingplaced inside a new leather Bruin Jr.. sowherever B.J. went, it carried inside it a partof its predecessor — a link with the past.

If not always so symbolically. Bruin Jr.lives on at George Fox.

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I FFT- Sdidenls wrestle for Bruin Jr. clui iiis uHush followlns the '"'''''f 1" i'fXIu1994 ABOVK: Bruin Jr. has travekd the "Oildthrough .he years, often on Juniors Ahrnad np.Here students pose with ti.e.r pr.ze m ■>1995 RIGHT: The tradition of posing lor piclurLSwith Bruin Jr. began when it wns a stiilskin, in 1929. these Pacific Coiiege students loc kthe original Bruin with them on the seniors aii-day"Sneak" Trip.

STUDENT NEM5

Pooh-Bah (Ben Spotts), Fitti-Sing (Shannon Killeeii), Nankl-Poo (Andy Dunn), andYuni-Yum (Katie Putignano) (from left) try to convince a reluctant Ko-Ko (ToddPayne) to marry Katlsha.

Theatre Department StagesG i l b e r t a n d S u l l i v a n ' s ' M i k a d o 'Written more than 100 years ago. Gilbertand Sullivan's light opera, "The Mikado." is in many ways timeless. Its satire still finds its mark as it pokes fun ateverything from young love to societalc o n v e n t i o n s .

P r o o f o f t h a t c a n b e f o u n d i n a n

alumnus's recent donation of old photographs to George Fox College. Givenjust weeks after this year's production ofthe musical, one of them showed a castof students dressed in kimonos posing fora group picture on the stage of Wood-MarA u d i t o r i u m .

The photo, taken more than 60 yearsago. had the words "Mikado Cast" writt e n o n b a c k .

This year's production in Bauman Auditorium Feb. 1-3 and 8-10 involved acas t o f 27 .

Jo Lewis, the musical's director, saidher colleague, Mel Schroeder, hadwanted to do "The Mikado" for years.

" I t o l d h i m I w o u l d n e v e r d o i t u n l e s s

we could rent the costumes." she said.'They're not the kind you can use again,and they require hours and hours ofw o r k . "

When the University of Portland'ssummer theater program staged the operaseveral years ago, she made arrangementsto rent the costumes for this year.

"We designed the set and the wholeproduction so the costumes would beshown off," she said of GFC's version ofthe musical. "That's a departure for us.Usually we do a big. technical set."

A l s o u n u s u a l w a s t h e a m o u n t o f t i m e

the cast had to rehearse. Because of a

longer Christmas break this year, themusical was staged in just three weeksi n s t e a d o f t h e n o r m a l m o n t h .

Andy Dunn of Dundee, Ore., andKatie Putignano of Eugene, Ore., playedthe young lovers. Nanki-Poo and Yum-Y u m .

E l i s s a S a r t w e l l o f D u n d e e w a s

Katisha, the elderly woman Nanki-Poowas supposed to marry, while ToddPayne of Kirkland, Wash., was cast asKo-Ko, Lord High Executioner.

Ben Spotts of Hood River, Ore.,played Pooh-Bah, Lord High EverythingElse; Shannon Killecn of Gresham. Ore.,Pitti-Sing; and Paul Mathers of GardenGrove, Calif., The Mikado.

Current Bruin Jr. RulesThe object Is to capture, steal, kidnap,take or find Bruin Jr. and get it off campus to gain possession for your class.

Once B.J. is off campus, it is the property of the class holding it. B.J. must bebrought back on campus within 24hours and remain on campus, B.J. isfair game whenever it is on the premiseso f G F C .

When a class obtains B.J., they are responsible to tell the bear keepers (classrepresentatives or Central Committeemembers) within 24 hours who has poss e s s i o n .

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When returned to campus. B.J. can behidden anywhere except in buildings orlocked containers.

Rules for Bruin Jr. flashes:

1. The bear keeper has the right to remove B.J. from any class and makeit fair game for all.

2. The class with ownership must HashB.J. at least once every three weeks.They are al.so required to inform thebear keepers as to when and wherethe next flash will take place.

3. There must be at least two membersof each class present at each flash.

4. The flash must be in plain sight andcannot be in any container or motorv e h i c l e .

5. B.J. is not to be flashed during anyclass, chapel or any other eventwhich it would interrupt.

6. No flashes arc allowed inside buildings.

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Macy Honored as Alumnus of the YearRev. Mahlon L. Macy of Newberg isGeorge Fox College's 1996 Alumnus of ilieYe a r .

The retired evangelical Friends ministerformally received the honor during analumni awards luncheon Feb. 17 on the College campus.

Macy was bom in Idaho and attended andgraduated from a Friends school inGreenleaf in that state. He then went on to

graduate from two institutions — both ofwhich have since changed their names.

He attended Cascade College in Portlandfor one year and then transferred to PacificCollege — the predecessor to George FoxCollege — in 1941, graduating in 1944.During his final two years as a student atPacific, he also pastorcd the MiddletonFriends Church near Sherwood, Ore., anddrove the Dundee (Ore.) School District'sonly school bus.

After graduation, Macy attended a California divinity school for one year beforetransferring to the brand new Western Evangelical School of Religion near Portland,becoming its very first graduate in 1949.That school eventually became today'sWestern Evangelical Seminary, which onJuly I will merge with GFC to create GeorgeFox University.

Over the years, Macy has pastored sevenFriends churches in five states, Besides theSherwood church, other Northwest pastor-

Muhloii L. Macy

ates have includedF o r e s t H o m eFr iends Church inCamas, Wash., andb o t h P i e d m o n tFriends and Reed-w o o d F r i e n d schurches in Por tl and . Wh i l e se rving in Camas andPortland, he worke d w i t h i n t e r d en o m i n a t i o n a lagencies on vari

ous cooperative efforts such as Youth forChrist and a Billy Graham crusade. He alsoserved as president of the Holiness MinistersFellowship in Portland for a year.

While pastoring in the Northwest YearlyMeeting of Friends, Macy was on the Execu-tive Council, was president of the Board ofPublic Relations, and was a member of theBoard of Publications. He also worked onthe Young People's Conference Board andactively participated in the youth program ofthe denomination.

From 1955 to 1967, Macy worked for theNational Association of Evangelicals. Heinitially worked with churches in five Midwestern states and then was promoted tofield director, traveling extensively throughmany states and conducting evangelisticmeetings. His last seven years with that

agency were spent as director of developm e n t .

In 1967 he returned to Portland toReedwood Friends Church. During his threeyears there, the church relocated and constructed a new building.

He then spent three years as pastor of anew Friends church in Omaha, Neb., beforeserving nine years as general superintendentof the Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends. During his tenure, new churches were planted,a new missions thrust was initialed, a declining membership was stabilized, and a headquarters building was built.

Macy's last pastorate was in Bacliff,Texas, where he served for five years.

In 1987, Macy and his wife. Hazel, returned to Newberg. Since then, he hasserved in pulpit supply, as interim pastor atNorth Valley Friends Church in Newberg, asa consultant to Rocky Mountain YearlyMeeting, and as interim executive director atFriendsview Manor retirement center inNewberg.

The Macys have two sons, both of whomare GFC graduates, and five grandchildren,two of whom currently attend the College.One son, Howard, is a professor of religionand biblical studies at GFC, and his wife,Margi, is assistant professor of education andchair of the Department of Teacher Education. The other son, Mauri, is a part-timemember of the College's music faculty.

H O M E C O M I N G 1 9 9 6R I G H T: L y 1 a( H a d f o r d ) S w a f -f o r d . D e b b i e ( L cS h a i i a ) R i c k e y,Sharon Sandv ig(wife of Tim Sand-vig). Peggy (Wilson) Scully, DavidHaniilton, and JeiTRickey (from left)enjoy each other'scompany dur ingt h e 2 0 - y e a r r eu n i o n o f t h e C l a s so f 1976 .

L E F T : H o m e c o m

i n g K i n g A n d yU p p e n d a h l a n dQ u e e n Va l e r i eVanlandingham.

GEORGE FOXS P O R T S

H A L L O F F A M E

A B O V E : J o s hN a u n i a n v i e w s t h en n a r d s f o r t h e i n

augura l induc teesinto the College'sS p o r t s M a l l o fF a m e .

ABOVE MIDDLE: George Fox Collegestudents show their school spirit during ahomecoming basketball game. ABOVE:J n n e l l e ( S c r i v n e r ) ( G8 6 ) ( l e f t ) a n d P a u l(G88) Maddox visit with Lani (Nelson)(G86) Williams at a gathering for membersof the Class of 1986. LEFT: Margery(Wohlgemuth) (G44) Brash, Donald Brash(n46), and Leo Crisnian (n45) (front toback) look through yearbooks while visitingw i t h c l a s s m a t e s .

Music BringsCadd FamilyTogether AgainIt wasn't easy, but seven alumni of GeorgeFox College — all from the same family —managed to get together during the holidayseason and present their first music concertat Newberg Friends Church in 17 years.

"It's hard to get us all on the same continent." quipped Steve Cadd. He is one of fivesiblings who all attended GFC — three ofthe five and two of their spouses are graduates — and who are the grown children oflongtime missionaries Dick and Helen Cadd,themselves GFC grads. Like their parents,the grown Cadd children and their own families have done extensive missions workthroughout the world.

The Dec. 30 concert marked the first timein many years that all the Cadds were together for the holidays. The two-hour showfeatured a mix of hymns, songs from popular musicals, and Christmas music. WithCadds from small to large singing gustily,the music talents of Dick and Helen, theirfive grown children, their spouses and theirmany children were spotlighted.

The story of the musical Cadds has itsroots when music majors Dick and Helen(Antrim) attended GFC, both graduating in1949. Dick sang bass in the College's FourFlats Quartet, which went on to representYouth for Christ full time and performed internationally as the World Vision Quartet.

In 1961 the quartet separated, and theCadd family — which by this time includedthree girls and two boys — moved to thePhilippines to minister in music throughOverseas Crusades, Inc. Helen accompaniedon the piano and also played her trumpet.The Cadds later became involved with Faith

Academy, a Christian .school near the Philippine capital city of Manila, and then joinedAction International Ministr ie.s.

The singing talents of the Cadds werecultivated, in part, becau.se of the norma/challenges of parenthood. The Cadds them-.selves outlined the story in the written program for their Newberg concert:

"K began \t\ the Umied Stales before thedays of seal bells, then went as far as Manila. In order to keep their five children fromopening car doors, leaning out the windows,beating on each other and doing all the otherthings kids can think of when confined to theback seat of a car. Dick and Helen tried singing with their family.

"With some creative original song gamesand interesting music, the family not onlyhad fun, but actually became adept enoughto sing in churches — and then banquets,concerts, television. U.S. military bases andeven a big Broadway-type musical revueaccompanied by the National SymphonyOrchestra of the Philippines."

That was in the past. Today, four of thefive Cadd ch i l d ren have fam i l i es o f t he i rown. The two boys have grown to be miss ionar ies . Jon, who a t tended GFC in the

early '70s. and his wife, Cher (Lewis), a1972 graduate, have been in Africa, whereJon is a Mission Aviation Fellowship pilot.

Steve, a 1977 graduate, and his wifeShelly (Bates), who a!.so attended GFC, havespent the past 18 years in the Philippines,where Steve produces and directs Christianm o v i e s .

Carolyn, the eldest and a 1971 GFCgraduate in music education, has been teaching elementary music in the Newberg SchoolDistrict and just married Ronald Brannon ofNewberg in February.

Yvonne is a nurse in Newberg and ismarried to Walter Evenly, a computer programmer. Both attended GFC in the late1970.S.

Lu Anne, the youngest of the five, attended George Fox in 1980. She is a location manager in Hollywood and makes herhome in Pasadena, Calif.

As the children grew older and left home,those who remained just switched parts andkept right on singing. Those Cadds who gotmarried happened, by no coincidence, tofind musically talented spouses.

"There's almost a joke in the Cadd family that you have to audition to get in," saidSteve.

The passing of the years saw the arrivalof numerous grandchildren who also werefeatured in the concert. And the George Foxconnections continue. Steve and Shelley'sson, Jesse, is a sophomore, and Jon andCher's son, Joshua, enrolled at GFC this sem e s t e r .

F o u r N a m e dDistinguishedYoung Alumni

50 Years Later

Tour Flats' Relive First Big TriumphBack in the mid-1940s, a group of menfrom a little college in Newberg musically took the nearby town of ForestGrove by storm with their precise songharmonies. On March 9, they relivedthat achievement during the 50th anniversary run of a popular Pacific Northw e s t e v e n t .

The Four Flats, a quartet that wonboth the first and second Original AllNorthwest Barber Shop Ballad Contestsin Forest Grove, was the featured guestduring two of the annual contest's showsin the Pacific University Fieldhouse.

"We just thought that, for our 50lhyear, it would be good to have somethinglike that," said Donald Paulson of ForestGrove, who has chaired the contest forthe past 19 years. Paulson extended theinvitation to the Four Flats by way ofmember Harlow Ankeny of Newberg.Ankeny was the lone member of thegroup who was able to attendthe contest's 40th anniversaryshow in 1986, when he metP a u l s o n . ■ '

T h e F o u r F l a t s w e r e ^formed when Ankeny ^w a s a s t u d e n t a t P a - i * - .cific College, thef o r e r u n n e r o f

George Fox.O t h e r m e m

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groUp wereR o n a l dC f e c e l i u s .N 0 r V a 1 ^Hadley andD i c k C a d d ,with Roy Clark,Glenn Koch andR a n d a l l E m r yeach participating _on occasion.

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umphs inFor-f t s v G r o v e ' m

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a steppingstoneto nat ional ande v e n i n t e r n ational promin e n c e . F o l

lowing their graduation, Ankeny, Cadd,Hadley and Crecelius represented Youth forChrist full time. Later, as the World VisionQuartet, they worked for that internationalrelief agency and appeared with its founder.Bob Pierce; Billy Graham and other evangelists; and made a trip to the Far East.

The group became based in Pasadena,Calif., and stayed together until 1962, whenthe four disbanded to .separately pursue a variety of careers. Many of the 18 childrenamong the four men's families have eitherattended or graduated from George Fox.

Today, three of the four — Ankeny, Caddand Crecelius — are retired and living againin Newberg. Hadley, who lives in Colorado,made a special trip for the Forest Grovee v e n t .

Ankeny said all four haveo c c a s i o n -

a 1 1 yg o t t e n

together over the years, most recentlyperforming for George Fox College's100th anniversary in 1991 and aboutthree years ago at the Friendsview Manorretirement center in Newberg.

"It kind of comes automatically," hesaid of singing together again after allthese years, "but the voices are not quitein shape."

Actually, the 1946 contest was wonwith Crecelius absent. Taking his placein the quartet was Clark, who was teaching music at Pacific College at the time.

Traditionally, the winning group in theForest Grove contest receives its prize inthe form of dollar coins. For the 1946winners, that meant a bag full of 100 silver dollars that they brought back to

Newberg. Ankeny recalls they returned to campus that night andstood among the oak trees aroundmidnight to serenade some of theCollege's women students while at

t h e s a m e t i m e r a t -■ tling their bago f s i l v e r d o llars .

' T h a t w a s alot of money

then," he said.

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ALUMNI NOT^Caroline Engle (051) is serving a two-yearassignment with the Peace Corps in Ecuador.A retired veterinarian, she will be trainingEcuadorian animal science people as part ofan "Animal Production Unit" of the PeaceCorps Agricultural Division.Corilda (Cilde) Grover (072) is employedby the National College of NaturopathicMedicine, Portland, where she performs labtesting and teaches in the clinic.Ken Pniitt (076) is a computer support specialist for Oki Semiconductor, Tualatin, Ore.His wife, Sue (Votaw) (G79) is computercoordinator for C.S. Lewis CommunitySchool, Newberg.Stephen Duke (G78) is a supervisory fishand wildlife biologist in endangered specieswith the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Boise.Idaho. His wife, Dena (Parker) (n79) is ateacher with the Boise School District.Wes Oden (G8I) is .senior pastor forHoughton Wesleyan Church, Houghton,N . Y .

Ken Schumann (081) has been electedpresident of the Beaverton (Ore.) Chambero f C o m m e r c e .

Gary Friesen (G8.3), his wife, Laurel(Nordyke) (G84), and their family havemoved from Salem, Ore., to Billings, Mont..where Gary is employed by the Institute forChristian Conciliation. He implementsscriptural principles of reconciliationthrough a national mediation and arbitrationp r o g r a m .

Dwight Larabee (086) is a senior internalauditor for Standard Insurance Company.P o r t l a n d .

Cheryl Winter (HRM89) is human resourcesmanager for Diane's Foods, McMinnville, Ore.Robert Yardley (HRM89) has been appointedpresident of The Mount Hood Medical CenterFoundation. Portland.Gail (Toops) O'Brien (MHR92) is a personalline underwriter for Farmer's Insurance,Vancouver. Wash.Teresa KoJb (MHR93) has been named Motherof the Year by Double Delight. Yamhill CountyMothers of Twins Club. She is a part-timeteacher at Newberg Christian Church's WeeCare P reschoo l .

Sarah Schwab (n93) graduated from OregonState University in December, receiving a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy. She is employed in the Portland area by Fred Meyer Pharmacy Department.Gina Walker (094) is associate producer of■'Nortliwest Reports" news magazine, airing onKPTV, Channel 12, Portland.

m a r r i a g e sCarolyn Cadd (071) and Ron Brannon, Feb.10, 1996, in Newberg.Robin Schlesser (n83) and Byron Sweeney.March 30, 1996, in Portland.Spencer Jones (n87) and Jill Ronco, Sept. 9,1995, in Dallas, Ore.Suzanne Attridge (n88) and Jerry Bowen.Aug. 12, 1995, in Lynwood, Wash.Kristin Anderson (G92) and David Hamann,July 15, 1995, in Beaverton. Ore.Ellen Skeeters (G94) and Doug Stevens,Dec. 9, 1995, in Portland.

Johanna Bienz (G95) and Darren Morgan,Jan. 6,1996, in Dayton, Ore.Jared Jones (095) and Jody Doyle, June 17,1995, in Rhinelander, Wis.

Holly Irvine (n97) and Jeremy Burnett,Dec. 30, 1995, in Vancouver, Wash.

B I R T H SStephen (G78) and Dena (Parker) (n79) Duke,a boy, Michael Parker, Dec. 26,1995, in Boise,I d a h o .

Kelley (Duncan) (G83) and William Brewster,a boy, William Duncan, Feb. 2, 1996. in Portl a n d .

Heidi (Gordon) (G85) and Scott (086) Ball, agirl, Morgan Stewart, Feb. 11. 1996, inHillsboro, Ore.Michael (n85) and Nancy (Oaugh) (G88)Fawver, a girl, Nicole Susan, Jan. 2, 1996, inNewberg.Loree (Eden.s) (G85) and Jim Jensen, a boy,Nlckolas Wayne, Nov. 16,1995, in Anchorage,A l a s k a .

Shnwna (Chandler) (G85) and David Scott, agirl, Sydney Ann. Jan. 19, 1996, in Portland.John (085) and LuVonne (Treharne) (n85)Votaw, a boy, Malachi Joseph, Jan. 16.1996, inNewberg.Dwight (G86) and Gail Larabee, a boy, DrewAdam, Dec. 19, 1995, in Portland.Jay (HRM88) and Janclle Adrian, a girl, Madison Jac, Jan. 25,1996, in Greshani. Ore.David (G88) and Jullc-Aiine (Edmundson)(G88) Mueller, a boy. Austin Monroe, Dec. 24,1995, in Camas, Wash.

George Fox College recognized four individuals as Distinguished Young Alumniduring homecoming festivities Feb. 17.

The award recipients all graduated fromGFC during the last 15 years and were chosen for their professional success, Christianservice, and support of their alma mater.

Named as Distinguished Young Alumnifor 1996 were Kelley D. Brewster of Portland; Scott K. Celley of Phoenix, Ariz.;Stanley E. Rus.sel] of Tualatin, Ore.; and Richard M. Zeller of Milwaukie, Ore.

A 1983 graduate with a liberal arts major focusing on business, art and communication arts, Brewster has been working as acommercial real estate properly manager inthe Portland area since 1987. For the pastfive years she has been with Capital ReallyCorporation as property manager for thecompany's 60-acre Wilsonville Town Center complex.

Celley began his career in public serviceas an intern for Oregon Gov. Vic Atiyehwhile a senior history and political sciencemajor at GFC. Currently a regional director for U.S. Sen. Jon Kyi of Arizona, Celleypreviously worked for Congressman NormDicks and U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton of Wash

ington, and U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona. eventually becoming that senator'schief spokesman.

Russell, the senior pastor of Grace Community Church in Tualatin since 1993, entered the ministry after earning a bachelor ofarts degree in Christian ministries from GFCin 198.3. A former youth pastor and stateyouth director, he has written a resourcebook, recorded an album, and spoken nationwide. Under his leadership, Grace Community has doubled in attendance, from 300 to600, and a related Christian school has grownf r o m 1 7 0 t o 2 7 0 s t u d e n t s .

Zeller's singing ability has taken himfrom Milwaukie, Ore., to the stage of theMetropolitan Opera in New York. The sonof GFC a lumni Dick and the la te Ar leneZeller, he attended and graduated in musicfrom George Fox, then entered the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. In 1989 hemade his debut at the Met in "Rigolelto."Since then, he has performed at CarnegieHall, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and with many major opera companies and orchestras and at music eventsthroughout Europe and North America.

Kerl-Jo (Jacobson) (G88) and Mark Raz, aboy, Marcus Aaron, Nov. 17, 1995, inRedmond, Ore.Michelle (Sackman) (G90) and Jeff Emra,a girl, Lind.sey Ann, Feb. 14, 1996, inTualatin, Ore.Karen (Schuck) (n91) and Corey Bamedt,a boy. Forest Skylar Schuck, Dec. 4, 1995,in Whidbey Island. Wash.Laura (Inman) (G91) and Scott Frazier, aboy, Nathan Scott, Jan. 16,1996, in Portland.Joel (G92) and Estella (Morgan) (092)Schmeltzer. a girl, Tatiana Elise, Sept, 4,1995, in Portland.Nelisse (Meyer) (G92) and Charles (094)Sumey, a boy, Charles Robert IV, Jan. 12,1996, in Newberg.Jeff (G93) and Kristen (Gouger) (094)Kosmicki, a boy, Justin Craig, Jan. 11,1996,in Newberg.Nathan (093) and Sandy Moffet. a girl,Caryssa Rachael, Jan. 12, 1996, inBeaverton, Ore.Danielle (094) and Sean Anu-strong. a boy.Sean Kaleh, Jan. 25, 1996, in Portland.Brett (G95) and Lisa Thonip.son. a boy,Jaydcn Alexander, Dec. 17,1995. in OregonCity, Ore.

D E A T H SCarol (Harper) Gisi (n50) passed awayOct, 29, 1995, in Autioch. Calif.Jerry Murpby (G82) pa.s.sed away Jan, 3,1996, in Denver, Colo.

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BRjyil^SPOR:^

Lady BruinsA t t a i n F i r s t

Top-25 RankingGeorge Fox's women's basketball teamearned its first-ever top-25 national ranking,but found itself in a familiar position atseason's end; on the outside fringe of thenational tournament.

For the second consecutive year, the LadyBruins finished third in a conference thatsent two teams to the NAIA Division 11 nat ional tournament.

In its first year in the Northwest Conference. George Fox defeated every league opponent at least once. The Lady Bruins were2-2 against teams in the NAIA Division IItop 10 rankings, but upsets by three teamswith losing records cost GFC a shot at a conf e r e n c e t i t l e .

It was the start of the season that held thefireworks. The Lady Bruins upset No. 1-ranked and eventual national championWestern Oregon Stale College to start theseason 3-0.

The first regular-season poll placedGeorge Fox at No. 22.

But the Lady Bruins would climb nohighei". George Fox absorbed a blow in thefil'th game of the season when one of their(op shooters, guard/forward Jamie Courtney,a senior from Pendleton, Ore., went downwith a season-ending knee injury.

The season came to a close with a semifinal playoff loss to eventual tournamentchampion Pacific University. GFC fini.shedI5-l()overall and 9-5 in the Northwest Con

ference."Overall, this has been my most reward

ing year," said third-year head coach SherriMurrell. "It maybe was not our most rewarding as far as on-court success, but it wasgood for things not so much related to basketball, like the personal bonds we built.The highlight of the year was definitely beating Western Oregon and watching our teamb o u n c e b a c k f r o m s o m e l o s s e s t h a t w eshould have won. I liked how we were ma

turing at the end."Murrell has coached her teams to three

consecutive playoff appearances and owns a52-33 (.611) career record.

Thanks to a talented front court, GeorgeFox was one of the nation's top reboundingteams. The Lady Bruins out-rebounded theiropponents by more than 11 rebounds ag a m e .

Three of the top six rebounders in theNorthwest Conference played for GeorgeFox: guard/forward Nancy Rissmiller, asophomore from Tigard, Ore.; forward/center Becci Harper, a junior from Independence, Ore,; and center Angela Pettit, a Junior from Salem. Ore.

Rissmiller was the team's leading scorer(13.7 ppg) and rebounder {10.0 ipg) and wasa first-team all-conference selection.

George Fox's second-leading scorer, forward/center Li/. Stephens of Bellevue,Wash., won second-team all-conferencehonors. She wrapped up her four years atGFC with 1,197 career points and 556 ctireerrebounds, both fourth in GFC records. Shealso ranks sixth in career blocks (68) andthird in career field goal percentage (.456461 /1 .011) .

Harper and Pettit both received conference honorable mention.

The future is bright for a team that couldreturn 10 players next year,

"I'm looking forward to next year," saidMurrell. " We're losing just one starter, andwe've had a lot of newcomers in our systemthis year. We'll be older and wiser."

'Foster Friends' Program ProvidesStudent-Athletes with Special FansEvery member of the women's basketball team had a personal fan this pastseason thanks to a program connectingthe student-athletes and residents of a

Newberg retirement home.The brainchild of third-year head

coach Sherri Murrell, the Foster Friendsprogram began during the 1994-95 basketball season.

I've always wanted to get our girls involved with the community," Murrellsaid. "After a home game one time, I sawone of our players was by herself, and itgot me wishing that every player couldhave someone after the game to hug."

Making contact with FriendsviewM a n o r — a r e t i r e m e n t h o m e l o c a t e dacross the street from Wheeler SportsCenter—Murrell matched up each of her16 players with a resident.

On a regular basis, the students eatlunch or visit their Foster Friends.In turn, at every home game, theFoster Fr iends si t at midcourtand support the team.

"It means a great deal tous who a re o lde r to havecontact with the youngpeople," said 91-year-oldEsther Klages.

"It lets me keep youngbeing with the youngpeople, and it is a realblessing to both us and thestudents. I really apprecia t e S h e r r i f o r t h e w o r k

she's done to put this together."

Be ing a Fos te rFriend gives 72-year-o l d F r i e d a H i n d e r l i e a n

opportunity to enjoythe College and itss t u d e n t s .

" A t t e n d i n g t h egames is .something Imight not do if Id i d n ' t h a v e c o n t a c twith the girls," shes a i d . " I h a v e e n -

R a c h e l P o w e l l , af r e s h m a n f r o m T u r

ner, Ore., and membero f t h e w o m e n ' s b a s k e tball team, joins her Foster Fr iend, Lorene Clark(left), in the stands following a game.

joyed it very much because of the contactwith GFC students, botli personally with thegirls on the team and also just with the funof being in the crowd at the games."

For two years, 21-year-old Liz Stephens,a senior forward from Bellevue, Wash., hasbeen paired with Hinderlie. As has happened with her teammates, a relationship hasblossomed beyond the four-month basketball season.

" I l o v e h e r , " S t e p h e n ss a i d , " S h e ' s• j j g r e a t

V p e rs o n .

and it's a great program. It's fun to hearthe way they talk about basketball because a lot of them haven't really experienced it."

According to Murrell, the program isa win-w in s i tua t ion . " I t ' s unbe l ievab lehow many good things have come out ofthis," she said. "The older communitycan give a lot to us, and we can give a lott o t h e m . "

Hinderlie agrees. "We can tend to bekind of biased in some ways, but thisgives both age groups a different outlook.They find out that we're not old fogies,

a n d w e fi n dout theyh a v e

g o o dqual i -t i c s

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Bruins Narrowly Miss Northwest Conference PlayoffsGeorge Fox men's basketball Bruins endedt h e i r fi r s t s e a s o n i n t h e N o r t h w e s t C o n f e rence of Independent Colleges with a sweett a s t e i n t h e i r m o u t h s .

In front of a packed homecoming crowd,the Bruins and Yamhill County rival LinfieldCollege played a thriller. The game wasn'tdecided until the final minute, when seniorwing Travis Orick made a steal andbreakaway dunk. George Fox went on totake the conference and season finale, 93-84.

T h e s w i t c h i n a l l i a n c e f r o m t h e C a s c a d e

Conference to the Nor thwest Conferenceadded spark to rivalries with local conference opponents like Linfield College,Willamette University, Pacific University,and Lewis & Clark (Tollcgc. George Foxposted at least one win against each.

It was a season without great peaks orvalleys. The team's longest losing or winning streak was two. In the final game, theBruins were playing for pride. George Foxfell out of postseason contention in the finalweek of the .season. Finishing 11-13 overall, the Bniins tied for fifth in the conference— one spot shy of a playoff berth.

"We were a team that played pretty doseto our potential." said 14th-year head coachMark Vernon. The Bruins were the th i rd-

highest scoring team in the conference at78.8 po in ts per game, but wereo u l r e b o u n d e d i n a l l b u t tw o o f t h e i r 2 4g a m e s .

"We lacked a big rebounding post player,and it showed up all year long," said Venion.He thinks he has recruited one for next season to go with the conference's lop two returning shot blockers: 6-foot-7 .sophomoreJared Gallop of Ro.seburg, Ore., and 6-8freshman Mike Faber of Salem, Ore.

Gallop scored 39 points againstConcordia University, the Ihird-highe.st scoring game In GFC NAIA history. He finishedfifth in the conference in scoring with an18.0 average and seventh in rebounding with6.7 a game. He was named .second team all-conference, the highest honor awarded anu n d e r c l a s s m a n t h i s s e a s o n . T w i c e h e w a s

named conference player of the week.Faber ended his first season on a prom

ising note, scoring a season-high 21 pointsand blocking four shots in the final game.He led GFC in 3-point shooting percentageat .462(18-of-39).

Point guard Kyle Valentine, a reclshirtfreshman from West Linn, Ore., led the teamin assists and free throw percentage and wasnamed the team's best defender.

"That'll give us three good players tobuild around," said Vernon. "The seniorswill be hard to replace."

The roster was unusual this season: sixseniors, one sophomore and six freshmen.Three seniors were in their fourth year in theprogram: team co-captain Aaron Downs ofWest Linn, Ore.; Grant Harlenstein ofColion, Ore.; and Nick Haij of Vancouver,W a s h .

Haij and Hailenslein were four-year starters and ended their careers in the George Foxtop 10 for career scoring.

Haij finishes in sixth place with 1,714points (15.2 ppg). An honorable mention all-conference pick, he leaves with every GFC3-poinl allcmpied and made record for agame (9-17). season (IK) made in 1993-94,292 attempted in 1994-95) and career (369/976) .

Haij was GFC's leading scorer during theconference season at 17.1 points a game andaveraged 15.0 over the entire season, 1 Ith inthe NCIC.

Harlenstein winds up eighth in career.scoring with 1,346 points (11.6 ppg) andthird in career assists with 511 (4.41 apg).

Orick and Gallop shared the team's MostValuable Player award.