After one week and 90 miles of walking, Alex Verget has one more trip to make.

The Penn State senior, who walked from Harrisburg to State College last week to protest high tuition, will retrace the end of that trek today by walking up College Avenue to Old Main and kicking off the Rally For Change, which aims to give a voice to students' concerns with the university.

The rally is at noon today on the Old Main patio. Verget said he hopes to have at least 2,000 students attend the hour-long event.

"It's for one hour," he said, "and if they [students] show up it could save them thousands of dollars. If 2,000 students are there the administration doesn't have a choice but to listen."

Penn State spokeswoman Anne-marie Mountz said the university is concerned about the cost of tuition.

"That's why we've made our case to state appropriations," she said. "Tuition and state appropriations are directly linked. We're hoping to get what we've requested and that will help with tuition."

Five students are scheduled to speak: Verget himself; Jay Bundy, a former UPUA presidential candidate; Nick Genger-Boeldt, a concerned student; UPUA presidential candidate Gavin Keirans; and Tina Brazil, the president of the Public Issues Action Committee (PIAC), the group that is organizing the rally. All five speakers are members of the PIAC.

If there's time left, Verget said any student who would like to speak about something they'd like changed at University Park will have the chance.

Brazil said the goal of the rally is to "bring students together at Old Main to open dialogue with the administration and make the administration more aware than they already are that we have ability to mobilize."

Brazil said tuition will be a highlighted topic because of Verget's walk, but other issues, like opening a more detailed university budget, will also be part of the rally.

Mountz said the budget is available online at budget.psu.edu.

Besides organizing speakers, Verget said PIAC also plans to hand out information about tuition and contact information for state legislators and Penn State President Graham Spanier. They will also have letters students can sign at the rally that will be mailed to state legislators.

Verget said he hopes students take advantage of the rally. He said a big turnout could have big effects.

"We could see really big changes here in the university if students hold the administration more accountable," he said.

PIAC member Alec Bittner said all students should come to the rally, regardless of whether they are freshmen or graduate students.

"It's going to affect more than just them," he said. "It's going to affect the future of Penn State."