The current controversy over dinning hall music selection seems to have brought out the zealots on both sides. I don't want to say much about Bob Bowen and the American Family Association. The problems with their view of the media are apparent and do not need to be spelled out by me.

I would like to comment on the opinions expressed by Matthew Mock and Paul S. Bolbrich on Wednesday, Feb. 14. They are both vehemently opposed to censorship or "control" of what is heard, and, yet, they both want to exclude or censor all non-rock or Christian-rock from the air waves.

Mr. Mock states, "The idea of broadcasting Christian music to the whole campus is what bothers me." Obviously, broadcasting pop/rock music to the whole campus is more acceptable to Mock and Bolbrich, but does that give it sole claim to our ears?

Make no mistake, rock music is not value-free. It makes moral and political statements, presents codes and conduct, defines human wants and needs (usually reducible to sex and money) and so on. Except for stylistic differences, I see no reason to assume that rock is somehow superior to Christian music.

As Mr. Mock says, ". . . I thought Penn State's main goal was diversity! That means Christians and non-Christians!"

Four complaints are hardly grounds for banning rock music, but, in the spirit of "diversity", I would not mind hearing different music formats broadcast through the dining halls.

I am getting tired of hearing the same 40 songs every time I eat (granted: classic rock is a little more diverse than Top-40, but not much more). Whatever happened to college radio stations? (South and East Halls have their own, in case you didn't know).

With eight dining halls and seven days in a week, we could have some kind of rotation system: classical music one day, rock the next, jazz at Pollock, African-folk music at Simmons.

To paraphrase Mr. Bolbrich, if you don't like it, "wear a Walkman." No arm-twisting here.