State Gym has been under construction for more than a year, and students will be paying extra for it next fall.

Currently each full-time student is paying $71 per semester to Recreation Services, but starting next fall the price will increase to around $161 per semester.

“I didn’t even know we had to pay a fee in the first place. I understand that the fee may go up, but I don’t know if it should be going up that much — maybe like $40 more, but not by that much,” said Morgan Halupnick, freshman in kinesiology and health.

Along with the fee increase, Mike Giles, director of Recreation Services, said there may be a 1 to 2 percent increase, which could be around $3 more.

“Don’t we have some of the most debt? I think that if we didn’t have all these fees it would help with this,” said Lauren Meyer, freshman in agricultural studies.

The Government of the Student Body-funded Financial Counseling Clinic at 1331 Palmer Building is one way students can receive help with this problem. The clinic hopes to improve the financial well-being of ISU students and staff through education in the areas of home ownership, personal finance and credit.