To the Editor:

Re: “Enough is Enough: Challenging the SAFC,” Opinion, Feb. 6

As a treasurer of a campus organization myself, I understand the difficulty of meeting SAFC deadlines. While I do disagree with the SAFC’s removal of a grace period, I wholeheartedly support their stringent enforcement of meeting punctual deadlines. What Peter Fritch fails to realize in his article is that the SAFC is in control of upwards of a million dollars, and oversees the funding of hundreds of campus groups. A failure on their part to enforce the rules would lead to complete chaos.

Making an exception to one organization essentially deems that organization better than all the others. Every organization is equal under the eyes of the SAFC, whether it be the Juggling Club or COLA, and therefore, are all subject to the same rules. It is the responsibility of the head of each student organization to make sure that each leading member is aware of and completes the necessary work by the SAFC deadline.

The blame should not lie in the hands of the SAFC.

Erica Call ’11