Penn State continues to get bigger.

That's not news to anyone. To see proof, all one has to do is look around at the new buildings that have been completed or are currently under construction.

But the supply of land on central campus is not never-ending, so the university branched out and built Innovation Park, which now houses facilities equipped to hold broadcasting and film classes.

The university officially moved several classes from Carnegie Building to Innovation Park last year. The move was an attempt to improve the facilities provided to film students in the outdated Carnegie Building basement.

In response, some communications students have started a petition to "Oppose Innovation Park," arguing that the location is inconvenient for broadcast journalism and film and video majors who need to travel frequently to the off-campus facilities for classes.

The petition calls for changes that include moving classes from Innovation Park back onto campus, providing a better bus service to Innovation Park and constructing future buildings on campus.

Yes, traveling all the way out to Innovation Park for class can't be that fun. Students have to drive out there or catch a bus, which in theory runs every 15 minutes. They also have to plan the rest of their semester schedules around these classes, taking into account the time they spend not only in class but also en route.

But the students behind the "Oppose Innovation Park" petition need to do more than sign their names and say that it's inconvenient to have classes off campus.

They say they want the classes to be moved on campus, but if they plan to take these concerns to the university's administration, then they need to offer a more specific solution -- one that perhaps the university can actually consider.

The question is: Where on campus should these students expect the university to put the broadcast facilities and new buildings? The campus is dense already, and there's only so much room.

The university has limited options, and it can't win with any of them. Either it builds new facilities farther away from campus, which upsets students who have to take classes there, or it puts up new buildings on what are really the only open spaces left on campus -- parking lots.

Parking has always been a point of contention. Many faculty and staff members are given permits for lots farther and farther away from their offices, and students are stuck in the commuter lots by Beaver Stadium and the Bryce Jordan Center or in storage lots by the flower gardens.

For film and broadcast students, it seems as if the equipment and accommodations at Innovation Park would make the trip worth the time and trouble.