UCLA Returns Student Fees

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The administration at UCLA will return $15 million dollars in student fees that it originally planned to use towards an ambitious renovation of Pauley Pavilion.


The administrators' decision comes days after the Los Angeles Times published an article that revealed the misuse of funds at the UC campus. The article claimed that administrators planned to use $25 million of student fees for the renovation after original fund raising efforts fell short. The renovation, which includes high-definition score board, cushier seats, and expanded locker rooms "seems like a strange priority," said long-time UCLA fundraiser Richard Bergman, quoted in the Times article.

$10 million of the student fees will still be used for renovation to help make seismic improvements to student facilities. How the returned $15 million will be used is still undecided.