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Monday October 2, 2017 vol. CXLI no. 77
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U. students find new ways to support disaster relief for Puerto Rico By Ivy Truong contributor
NICHOLAS WU :: HEAD OPINION EDITOR
Students tabled in Frist Campus Center to collect donations for disaster relief in Puerto Rico. STUDENT LIFE
Princeton Evangelical Fellowship now Princeton Christian Fellowship By Rebecca Ngu staff writer
‘Evangelical’ has officially become a bad word. After years of deliberation, the Christian student group formerly known as the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship dropped the name it had held since it began in 1937, changing its name to Princeton Christian Fellowship earlier this school year. The organization’s trustees and directors voted to formally change the name in May 2017 and the decision was announced this August. William “Bill” Boyce ’79, executive secretary and associate chaplain of PCF, said that the term ‘evangelical’ has
Most student groups and advocacy efforts on campus are often centered around putting up posters, tabling in Frist, and listserv solicitations. Students raising funds for Puerto Rico have instead raised awareness at a fraternity party, and are even planning to collaborate with eating clubs this Thursday night on the street. Not only that, but the students have made it a multigroup effort. As of Sunday, students have raised approximately $5,000 total in two days, despite a lack of awareness on the issue. Diego Negrón-Reichard ‘18 is one of the student leaders in charge of the efforts that have included a photo campaign and a table at Frist Campus Center. He attributes some of his suc-
cess to the unusual tactics he’s used to raise funds. “I was surprised how generous individuals on campus have been, so that’s been very good,” Negrón-Reichard said. “Truly, the number of people contributing, and the amounts [themselves], too, have been impressive.” In more than ten days since the hurricane on Sept. 20, only five percent of the power grid has been restored, and about 50 percent of the population has drinking water, according to Reuters. The most powerful storm to hit Puerto Rico in 90 years has also devastated most of Puerto Rico’s infrastructure. A recent Washington Post article reports that one of the nation’s only tropical rainforests has been decimated as well. Negrón-Reichard attributes the fundraising sucSee RELIEF page 2
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become an “unnecessary hindrance” to their work. “There’s a growing recognition that the term evangelical is increasingly either confusing, or unknown, or misunderstood to students,” he said. The word ‘evangelical’ has a long history in the United States that typically implies a core set of doctrinal beliefs. Such tenets include belief in the authority and inspiration of the Bible, centrality of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the free offer of salvation through faith, according to Boyce. “I’m old enough to think [evangelical] is a good word, but it’s reached See PCF page 2
U . A F FA I R S
By Allie Spensley senior writer
Due to a processing issue on Aug. 21, 2017, duplicate electronic tuition payment requests were sent to the banks of 136 University tuition payers. These payers were temporarily charged double the cost of their tuition bill before the Office of Finance and Treasury was notified of the problem and authorized reversal transactions. The Office has “taken steps with [their] processing vendor to guarantee this never happens again,” according to an email sent to the parents of University
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students by University Bursar Maria L. Bizzarri. On August 11, the Office of Finance and Treasury had transitioned to a new billing and electronic payment vendor for the “TigerPay” system that processes tuition payments. A processing error at the new vendor, which has since been corrected, led to the accidental double charges. The office realized the error had occurred after parents called with questions about the additional charge. Only the families who paid their tuition bill on Aug. 21 were affected by the See TUITION page 3
Contributing columnist Dora Zhao deconstructs whiteness as a concept and columnist Liam O’Connor encourages us to think for ourselves. PAGE 6
COURTESY OF NEVADA STATE TREASURER
Schwartz ’72 began cultivating the qualities he is known for today during his time at the University.
Schwartz ’72 plans to run for Nevada governor, stresses independent voice By Jeff Zymeri senior writer
“One of the promises I made when I ran for treasurer was that I would be an independent voice in Carson City and I have been, I don’t know how else to put it,” explained Dan Schwartz ’72, Nevada’s State Treasurer and a Republican candidate running to replace Brian Sandoval, the state’s term-limited Republican governor. Time and time again, Schwartz was not afraid to challenge Sandoval and
those who he refers to as Sandoval’s “lackeys in the Nevada legislature.” In 2015, when Sandoval presented the legislature with the largest tax increase in Nevada’s history, Schwartz proposed an alternative budget. Later that year, when Sandoval approved a $335 million incentive package to entice electric car maker Faraday Future into building a billion-dollar factory in a Las Vegas suburb, Schwartz had serious concerns about the project, believing the entire Faraday Future affair to be little more
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than a Ponzi scheme. “I was insulted, chastised, and lambasted for a year and a half because I refused to fund [this] factory,” Schwartz said. He was finally vindicated on July 10, 2017, when Faraday Future “announced to the world that no such factory was ever going to be built.” Schwartz’s rugged independence is a quality that he has spent a lifetime cultivating. His alternative budget and the Faraday Future debacle are only two reSee CANDIDATE page 7
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