The decision by Student Government Association President Richard Schwabacher to disband the recently created Committee to Examine Northeastern University Student Fees (CENUSF) comes across as a jaw dropper to campus onlookers.

The end of CENSUF resembles a major change in student opinion that shouldn’t be taking place, and more precisely may not even exist.

The very point of CENSUF was to ensure a proper investigation into how the money collected from student fees is being spent. The obvious conclusion drawn from the start up of the committee is that a strong student opinion was expressed to SGA that too many fees are showing up on tuition bills. What other reason would there be to start the committee in the first place?

According to Vice President for Financial Affairs Michael Benson, the committee was created simply because there was a need for it. Whether that need was student-based or politically motivated is still yet to be determined.

Both Schwabacher and Benson have insisted that the end of CENSUF, in laments terms, was because the committee was not heading in the direction it was meant for, and that the University Budget Committee (another SGA committee) was better suited to oversee these fees.

A reasonable question to ponder would be, if the University Budget Committee, a long standing SGA committee, is even in existence, why bother to start up CENSUF?

Unfortunately the answer to that question may never be known.

By dissolving CENSUF, Schwabacher has demonstrated that it is no longer the opinion of SGA — more broadly the student body — that the fees are getting out of hand. It is hard to believe student opinion can change that quickly.

As students, the very center of the university, we deserve to have a voice on campus. SGA is without a doubt a fair representation of the student body, but the group needs to start getting more organized and stop chasing its tail in circles.