One conservative is responding to Michael Moore's visit to Penn State by trying to bring his own voice to campus.

Mike Gallagher, a conservative radio talk show host, is planning an event at Penn State Oct. 22, the same day as Moore's speech at the Bryce Jordan Center is scheduled.

"It's going to be a good old fashioned Hollywood movie premiere," Gallagher said last night. "We're going to play a movie called Fahrenhype 9/11; it's a conservative movie that bashes Michael Moore."

Gallagher said the movie is a DVD that exposes Moore's propaganda tactics and the lies and deceptions of his film, Fahrenheit 9/11.

"We're gonna have search lights out front and a red carpet," Gallagher said. "There will be door prizes and a lot of fun. It's fun if you agree with our ideology. Michael Moore fans won't find it fun."

Gallagher said they are very close to securing a facility on campus.

"It's basically a go," College Republicans chairman Andy Banducci said. "Mr. Gallagher said he is taking care of all the logistics."

Gallagher said he contacted the Penn State Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) and they were taking care of hosting the event. YAF officials were not available for comment yesterday.

The Office of Student Activities said student groups have to host speakers to have them speak on campus.

Gallagher said he had been getting some e-mail messages from angry listeners in State College.

"I looked into the story a little bit and they were using $30,000 to bring him in," Gallagher said. "I just shared in the anger from the listeners. I think he's a traitor. He's dangerous. He demoralized the troops with his movie."

Gallagher said the idea to come to Penn State materialized very quickly.

"I started coming up with a plan after talking on-air," Gallagher said.

Megan Green, College Democrats president, said she does not think Gallagher will be able to speak on campus Oct. 22.

"I don't know where he plans to be at Penn State," Green said. "The BJC is our largest venue and that's already booked. It'll be interesting to see where he thinks he'll do this."

Green said Moore's visit has been planned since April 2004.

Green said she thought it was "ridiculous" when she heard Gallagher was coming to speak.

"It's typical Fox News," Green said. "I expect things like this. People are very polarized with their political views this election. I just kind of laughed at Gallagher when I heard of this."

According to Gallagher's Web site, www.mikeonline.com, he's coming to Penn State to raise money for U.S. troops and their families.

"Since the UPAC spokesman said it was $30,000 to bring him in, I wanted to bring a cent over $30,000," Gallagher said. "I got 175,000 stations across the country. Everyone's been involved. Everyone's interested. I have people calling from Hawaii, to California, to Maine."

There is going to be an auction at the Penn State event to raise money for U.S. troops, Gallagher said.

Gallagher said the Web site began accepting donations at 10 a.m. yesterday.

"In a little over six hours, we had collected $19,600 from our web site," Gallagher said. "We're going to blow past $30,000."

"Two local businesses gave us $1,000," Gallagher said. "Brother's Pizza was the first one to donate."

Employees from Brother's Pizza were not available for comment last night.

Banducci said Gallagher is raising money for a great cause.

"This shows the difference between himself and Moore," Banducci said. "It's a waste of funds; the money could instead be used for our troops."

Green said no one could disagree with the cause for which Gallagher is raising money.

"The intentions behind doing it have to be questioned," Green said.

Green said the costs associated with Moore's visit, such as security and Jordan Center rental, are causing the visit to cost as much as it does.

Gallagher said he is excited about the visit.

"Instead of people bitching and moaning like I typically have, this is a proactive way to take a negative and turn it into a positive," Gallagher said.