In response to Professor McAlear’s questions (“What if the new campus center was one percent smaller? Would it make a difference to the students?”), I’ve experienced such incredible congestion in the campus center this year and have been a witness to the ubiquitous effects of the housing shortage. So the answer is yes: I believe we would notice if the campus center were one percent smaller as freshmen (livng in triples in the Butterfields) and upperclassmen (unable to get lunch between classes) so strongly desire more space. I am a major advocate for your cause, Professor McAlear, and believe that educators of all levels should be paid fairly, if not copiously. But please remember the students in your arguments. We work here AND we live here. And before you claim that we wouldn’t “notice,” say, a one percent increase in our tuition, talk to a few student-athletes with triple majors who pay through work-study.