CLOAK/1.6

The State Senator's office is alerted to the possibility of a scandal in the admissions process at the state college of art by a petition signed and forwarded by forty-seven regular night class students who have been denied admission to the day program of studies.
The Petition (with excerpts from Catesby's cover memorandum to Senator Isaye)

We, the undersigned citizens of the commonwealth, are attendees of regular night classes at the state college of art. Historically, as you may know, places in the day program have been set aside for night school students—there has been an important understanding that for working adults, four years of full-time study are not affordable, especially since the fees rose so steeply when the computer lab went in. So we assemble as many credits as we can in the night school, hoping, when we have worked and saved hard and long enough, to buy two years of advanced full-time training and a degree.
All of us were recently disappointed to learn that we had been refused admission for the coming academic year—that there are no spaces available for us because the classes of the past few years have been too big. We ask you to investigate this situation.
Every year a larger percentage of the freshman class enters directly from high school. The administration keeps adding staff to its housing, counseling and remedial reading offices to accommodate these urchins who bring them pocket contents in exchange for room and board. Could we have been denied admission because we have worked, paid taxes, witnessed moon landings? Or is it because we are all too old for Phagacet.
The entire college is continually being told by its admissions officers that the freshman classes of the past few years have been filled with artists of genius, and we can see their skill, we can see that it is greater than our own—but we persevere. Remember that this is a state institution, mandated by its mission to supply training in the fine and applied arts to all citizens in the commonwealth who seek it. Does the foregoing suggest to you that this mission is being met?
Senator, any time and attention you could spare to help us clarify our position at the state college of art would be most appreciated. We know that you are very busy these days with the movie theater reclamation project, the vacant storefront repossession project, and other important matters of policy that benefit us all—you have many admirers here, including all of the undersigned.