Editorial | Cheers and Jeers

CHEERS

To the continued success of the University's capital campaign. Despite the economy, it's still ahead of schedule. To the Phillies for winning the World Series. To the Investment Office for its prudent investing during the current economic turmoil. To College senior Abigail Seldin for winning the Rhodes Scholarship. To Penn professors and alumni who are making a mark in Washington: professors Jonathan Moreno, Laurie Robinson and Kevin Werbach are serving on the Obama transition team, and Penn alumni Neil Barofsky and Neel Kashkari are playing integral roles in managing the Wall Street bailout plan. To Penn Leads the Vote, the Penn Dems and the College Republicans for leading the largest wave of campus student activism in recent memory. To the Department of Education, for its plans to simplify the FAFSA. To Mayor Nutter, for continuing to emphasize safety despite difficult economic times and prioritizing cops on the street. To the University, for providing on-campus students with free laundry. To the city, for finally beginning the South Street Bridge renovations. It's about time. To the Division of Public Safety for helping to lower violent crime by 39 percent over the past year. To the Undergraduate Assembly and the InterFraternity Council, for their joint proposal to lift the ban on registered parties during NSO. To the men's soccer team for winning the Ivy League championship.

JEERS

To Facilities, for continued problems with toilets and elevators. To the recent firings at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Whether it's a budget issue or a strategic issue, it's a huge loss for Penn. To Mayor Nutter, for cutting library funding. Libraries are a necessary part of a community and blanket closings benefit nobody. To the Undergraduate Assembly for agreeing to split the difference with Dartmouth in the voter-turnout challenge. It's an election - somebody has to win, and somebody has to lose. To the Administration, for the halting flow of information about the school's financial situation. Several smaller announcements on consecutive days is confusing, not reassuring. To the College Board, for allowing score selection. This process, which encourages students to take the SAT multiple times, puts students who can only afford one sitting at a disadvantage. To students and employees at McDonald's, for failing to work together to address complaints about service. To the University, for tabling the Online Syllabi Initiative. To the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, for spending its money redecorating the stores instead of reforming its antiquated system.

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