Your student activity fee is very likely going to increase by $6 at Friday's Student Activity Fee Board meeting. It's an all too familiar tune and one I hope that our student leaders fight with vigor. But to really understand what this means, it's important to have some historical on the fee and how administrators have used it to raise tuition over the years.

It's hard to believe the 2014 TEDxPSU conference is only about five weeks away. Free tickets are now available to reserve online for the annual idea sharing conference, which will be held this year on March 2 at Schwab Auditorium.