Reading a newspaper is always a draining experience for me, considering my disillusionment with the general state of the human condition.

It is every person's responsibility, however, to strive for an understanding of the workings of the world, and The Daily Collegian is an important part of my knowledge of what goes on in the State College community.

I have always considered the Collegian to be fairly just in its representativeness and ethical treatment of community issues in spite of the limitations of being a college newspaper serving a rather conservative student body.

Many women and men of conscience held in high esteem the Collegian's decision not to advertise pornographic films sponsored by various student groups. The Daily Collegian would not condone the objectification of women that such films thrive upon.

If the Collegian has taken a stand against the objectification of women, how then can it justify the advertisement of an all female dance review which was printed in Monday's paper?

The dance review advertisement shows three scantily clad, extremely thin women who presumably will be strutting their stuff at the show. The ad even offers group rates to see these "Dream Girl Centerfolds." Sexist, insensitive and sexually frustrated men are being beckoned by hoards to hoot and holler at these women.

Such culturally enlightening events as this reinforce societal norms that tell us the "Dream Girl" is a large breasted, nearly anorexic, ready-to please female who exhibits no mentality.

Perhaps it is too much to expect that everyone in the State College area should display a consciousness about the kinds of events which cause extreme detriment to human relations; Gatsby's promotion of the dance review is evidence of this.

The Collegian has already, however, made a moral stand against the objectification of women, and must show some sort of continuity in its real world manifestations of this stand. Is the Collegian in such financial dire straits that it had to print Gatsby's advertisement? I think not.

The Daily Collegian simply has shown that its commitment to stand up against the objectification of women may be whisked away with a few dollars. Ethics in the mass media never cease to amaze me.