Undergraduate Student Government President Chris Saunders would look strange wearing green tights and carrying a bow and arrow, but he donned those Robin Hood tights when he convinced the administration to allocate 3 percent of tuition increases to financial aid for the neediest students.

Under the new plan, 3 percent of the annual tuition increase will go to the Office of Student Aid, which will then pass the money on to students with the greatest financial need. The fund will be a rolling allocation, building after the first year. In three years it will be up to $1 million and in 10 years it will be about $3 million.

The allocation plan was a solid part of the campaign platform of Saunders and USG Vice President Heather Shore. By convincing University President Joab Thomas to agree to the proposal, Saunders put the administration connections he touted during his campaign last year to good use and hit the mark with some tangible results.

Tuition increases continue to place a burden on all students trying to pay for an education, and although it sure would be nice if the University simply stopped raising tuition, at least now the students who are hurt the most by the increases get some help.

It is good that the administration listened to concerns about the burden of tuition increases and agreed to help some students. But officials must also realize increases are hard on all students, not just the neediest ones. The best way to ease the burden is to keep annual tuition increases to a minimum.

Now that Saunders and his band of merry followers have victoriously wrestled another piece of gold from their platform of desired riches, our erstwhile Robin Hood should try to empty the rest of his quiver before a new sheriff comes to town.