It would be nice to think that as students at a proud, renowned university, we're above the profit-driven tactics employed by literary corporations across the nation. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be the case, according to students at Penn State, who independently publish The Daily Collegian.

The most poorly written, shortest article on the front page of the Collegian on Monday, Dec. 2, somehow managed to snag the best spot, right at the top. How is this possible? It's made possible by the belief that violence sells.

Two other stories on the front page are more important, more pertinent and more valuable to Penn State students. An article about the decrease in hate crimes, such a hot topic and front-page filler two years ago, has been demoted to five and a half front-page sentences. An article about harsher punishments for illegal discrimination, a very important topic for such a "diversity-focused" university, gets a paragraph and a half. The lead story focuses on the brutal, violent deaths of two area residents, allegedly at the hands of their son. The choice of picture, the "psychological terminology," the description of the murders: Is this what you think Penn State students want? Running lead articles like the one about Daniel Opdenhoff is insulting to us.

Get a real scoop. Find out where our tuition money is going. Find out why Penn State is a "Nike university" when everyone knows Nike uses sweatshops. We want a newspaper, not the "Penn State Enquirer."