BRAVO to the $10 million donation to endow the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. The generous gift was much-needed and well-deserved. As fellow writers, we are glad our creative counterparts will have such a nice community space and exciting new opportunities.
BOO to Bandersnatch closing, if only temporarily. We're worried that you might re-open without your down-home atmosphere and 10-cent wings. Oh, Bander, who snatched you?
BRAVO to ASU senior wide receiver Skyler Fulton. The American Football Coaches Association named him this week to its 2003 Good Works Team, an 11-man Division I-A team. Fulton is ranked 10th in the nation in receiving yards per game, but the coaches recognized his effort off the field, where Fulton has worked in three schools with underprivileged kids.
BOO to the shameless water-hoarding tactics Pepsi is using to get us to buy the expensive bottled stuff in the MU. It's low when business interests interfere with basic hydration. Besides, was the water station with the tiny foam cups really sucking that much profit from the multimillion dollar company?
BRAVO to Ben Arredondo. At last week's city council meeting, Tempe councilman Arredondo said he wants more communication between ASU and the city about the University's plans for Homecoming. He's right. The host city needs to be kept apprised of what is shaping up to be a fairly large celebration.
BRAVO to no fireworks Sunday. The lack of big bangs meant the Cardinals didn't score once (once!) in their game against the Seattle Seahawks, but it also meant that no car alarms went off in ASU parking structures near the stadium. And we, here in our newsroom dungeon, didn't have to practice our duck-and-cover maneuvers at all. So thank you, Cardinals, for being such losers.
BOO to vandalism. Painting over the "e" on the sign for Bateman Physical Sciences Center so that it reads "Batman Physical Sciences Center," was funny. Painting a swastika on the Islamic Student Center was not. Hate has no place here.
BRAVO to asking for your buck back. The Arizona Students Association automatically gets $2 per year, a buck per semester, from those of us who pay tuition. The more than 100 ASU students who have asked for refunds gave a good lesson about not settling for the status quo.
BRAVO to the claw machine. What better way to spend that dollar from ASA than on cheap-o stuffed animals? You could get two tries with the three-pronged claw for that same buck! We love a bargain.
