Well, Mr. Spanier, if you're serious about your "student centered" university, the students are talking once again, like they do every year, about tuition, "Tuition increase problematic for students," July 19. Are you listening?

Penn State provides an excellent education with a degree that holds a lot of weight in the business world - but at a cost that exceeds some private schools.

The administration really must decide who their target market is for undergraduate applicants. It certainly is not the "sons and daughters of Pennsylvania" anymore. If "the wealthy sons and daughters" are who Penn State is trying to reach, you might as well come out and say it.

Unfortunately, student loans are something that has just become a part of our culture. They're easy to get and make it very difficult for students and even parents to grasp exactly how much a college education costs. Penn State is able to operate out of the boundaries of economics.

Increasing tuition by double-digit margins and continuing construction projects during national recessions in the past. Good for Penn State, bad for the "sons and daughters." In the administration's defense, high school seniors from around the country will continue to line up every year, banging down Old Main's door to get in.

We'll let as many in as possible, as many as the study lounges and broom closets can hold. The average Pennsylvanian will be forgotten and the Farmer's College will become a relic of the past.