Renowned author, commentator and lawyer Ann Coulter will be making her first trip to Penn State at 8 tonight in 100 Thomas.

The Penn State Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) is hosting Coulter's lecture, entitled "Liberal's Worst Nightmare."

Penn State YAF Chairman Toby Eberhart said he is excited for Coulter's lecture because she is a high-profile speaker who has appeared on TV shows such as Larry King Live and Good Morning America. "She has a plethora of knowledge," he said. "To get someone with her caliber and recognition to speak on this issue makes students tend to take it a little more seriously."

Eberhart said Coulter will address a wide range of current events and how conservatives view them.

"Her speech is not set in stone," he said. "It could be anything that is going on in her life right now," he said.

The title of her speech could be misleading, he said. "She doesn't travel around with a super speech, but she will address issues that are relevant to the time," he said.

YAF works to send conservative speakers to college campuses. Patrick Coyle, the foundation's agent, said the group has been sponsoring Coulter for many years.

"She is one of the few speakers who speaks passionately to defend conservative ideas," he said.

Coyle said Coulter will be talking about her third book, Treason. It is a follow-up to her best-selling book, Slander, which discusses how she thinks liberals have been wrong on every foreign policy issue from the fight against communism at home in the early Cold War days to the current war on terrorism.

Coyle said Coulter is good at displaying how liberals many times misconstrue conservative ideals.

"The speakers that are most popular are the ones with backbones, and Ann certainly is not afraid to show hers," he said.

Coulter is one of the most highly requested speakers because she is known throughout the nation and has been on television news channels many times, he said.

"Students hear ideas from professors all the time, but students want to hear from celebrities or people they see on the news," he said. "We use her so much because students like her boldness, and that she stands by her convictions."

Some students said they believe Coulter does not accurately represent the Republican Party.

Penn State College Democrats secretary Alex Smith said Coulter is so far right that she does not represent most of the Republicans' views.

"It reminds me of the recent ads featuring Sen. [Arlen] Specter against running Sen. [Patrick] Toomey," he said. "Toomey's slogan is, 'He's not far right, he's far out.' Far out is exactly how I would explain Coulter."

Geoff Thompson, Penn State College Democrats vice president, said he would love to see Coulter speak.

"I've heard some pretty interesting things about her views. I really want to go see for myself," he said.

Thompson said he does not agree with Coulter's views that liberals twist conservative ideals.

"I don't think this is a liberal country," he said. "We should be more concerned with the industrial complex influencing the media than liberals swaying it."

Collegian staff writer Sarah Goldfarb contributed to this report.