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The Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board&#039;s $15,000 dollar expenditure on gift cards to boost voter turnout for the recent USAC elections is a frivolous waste of money that could have gone into helping students during this difficult time. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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Frivolous spending of fees points to institutional issues in student government

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Once Bruins hand over their annual fees to the Undergraduate Students Association Council, they have no say over where that money goes. And neither does USAC.

https://dailybruin.com/2020/05/22/frivolous-spending-of-fees-points-to-institutional-issues-in-student-government/

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Frivolous spending of fees points to institutional issues in student government

By Mark McGreal

May 22, 2020 4:46 p.m.