While Mr. Simmons makes a solid point ("Campus funds and events funded by actitivity charge," Jan. 22) it is my privilege to choose which, if any, activities I participate in as a student.

The basis of my letter was not to slight campus activities pursued by other students or to say that they are not worthwhile but simply to question whom my $57 per semester was benefitting as I seem to pay surcharges for every activity I wish to engage in.

As a paying customer of this fine institution and its student activity fee, I believe I am entitled to know exactly how my tuition, fees and various charges are put to use in explicit detail.

Furthermore, Penn State's refusal to divulge detailed expenses for its $3.2 billion operating budget frustrate not only me, but seemingly the state legislature as it's an issue currently under heated debate. I am a supporter of UPAC and Penn State, but why must their expense reports seem like clandestine documents?