Dozens of NCSU students packed a student government meeting to protest a decision to raise student fees.

Since the fall semester began, there's been a campaign for students to vote for a more than $100 million project to rennovate and expand the Talley Student Center.

"It was designed and built back in 1972," Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford said. "The design and simply the amount of space that's in it is just not adequate."

A record 5,752 students logged on to a Web site on Oct. 5 to vote for the future of the student center.

An overwhelming majority of 61 percent of students voted against increasing fees to renovate the center.

The next day, the student senate voted 30-7 in favor of raising fees.

Senior Jenique Taylor voted for the project, but she said she disagrees with the senate's decision.

"I can see why they wanted to go ahead, but I still think it was wrong to go against what the students voted for," she said.

Social networking sites became busy with activity.

Tucker Beeninga started the facebook group "Rally Against Talley," a play on the University's slogan "Rally 4 Talley."

More than 1,400 students joined the group in less than a week and they began to plan a protest at a senate meeting.

"Why vote, if it's not going to count," Beeninga asked. "We were asked to vote. We did our job. We went out and voted and the student government chose to go a different direction."

Student body president Jim Ceresnak wrote a letter with the senate president explaining the need for the senate's decision.

Among other reasons, the letter cited a $10 million cost increase each year NCSU did not proceed with the project.

"People have a lot of opinions and a lot of passion towards the project, but I think it's something that's going to be really great for N.C. State and I think the senate made the right decision," Ceresnak said.

One by one students came before the senate giving their opinion.

Some wore shirts that read: "Student Government: EPIC FAIL."

No matter which side they are on, administrators said students do not have the final say on this project.

"The referendum and the student senate vote, that's input," Stafford said. "That's a part of the process, but that doesn't really determine anything."

Which means the fate of Talley may already be decided.