
The Daily Collegian ran an editorial yesterday vilifying those calling for the Board of Trustees to review the Freeh Report and urging the board to simply move forward and enact the recommendations for the university that were laid out in the report. I took issue with the editorial's assertion -- not because it went in complete circles and not because each sentence got its own paragraph -- but because of the flawed premise that the writer based his or her argument on.

As previously announced, everyone's favorite talking head Ann Coulter will be gracing Happy Valley with her presence come October. However, some students are looking to protest or even cancel the event.

I am a huge proponent of free speech, but hate speech does not and should not count as free. Ann Coulter is not a controversial speaker, she represents a vile line of discriminitory thought that should not be allowed to come to Penn State -- especially not on my tuition dollars.

After five years of serving as the Short-Season A affiliate to the Pittsburgh Pirates, the State College Spikes announced yesterday that beginning next season, they will once again become a member of the St. Louis Cardinals' minor league system.

President Erickson plans to discuss the future of Penn State as a University, as well as its role in helping to prevent child abuse. Erickson hopes to focus on the many positives -- ranging from academic, athletic, and philanthropic efforts-- of Penn State in the past year as well.