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all student organizations underneath them. More money to more clubs.

However, this does mean decreases in allocations to other boards. What is important to remember here is that the SAF pool is always growing, especially since CWRU is a growing campus. The more students who come here, the more money goes into the pot as fees are collected. Additionally, tuition inevitably rises each academic year. While this is unfortunate for the most part, it is not unfortunate for the SAF. Because it makes up a set percentage of tuition, the SAF also increases each year, meaning the funds for students continually grow. While some groups are seeing cuts to their allocation, they might actually be making more money in the future than they are now, just due to the growing size of the SAF.

UPB, which receives the largest share of the SAF to ensure that con-

UMB and COC have similarly agreed to 7% and 5% cuts, respectively, after discussion of historical spending patterns with the AC and the rest of SPR. And again, they’ll likely be getting similar levels of funding as before while the SAF continues to increase. While a proper balance of SAF distribution will likely never be found, this is a good step that will improve student life at CWRU.

Reallocation is a healthy process and should happen on a regular basis in order to ensure that the needs of the student body are consistently heard and satisfied. While this is just the first time it has happened, I anticipate that it will not be the last.

Though SPR has agreed to the motion, the AC still needs to vote on the proposed changes to the SAF. I’m hopeful that when it does and these changes kick in next semester, we will see a flourishing of campus culture, with clubs dreaming bigger and accomplishing more.

Shreyas Banerjee is the chair of the SEC Allocations Committee and is directly involved in the reallocation process.