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Candidates in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council elections have made feminism a focal point. That is, if you think spouting vague quotes about standing up for women is feminism.

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Emily Merz: USAC candidates’ feminist advocacy just an empty political talking point

By Emily Merz

May 1, 2018 10:00 p.m.