Bravo to the opening of the West Sixth apartments. The two high-rise towers that overlook Mill Avenue and downtown Tempe were eyesores for three years. Looking half-completed and unloved gave them a dark, gloomy appearance that didn’t exactly make the Tempe skyline very appealing. But there is life around them once again. The apartments are impressive as well, though not to mention expensive — studios start at $945 a month. While that may be out of many students’ price range, we are happy to have the downtown area looking top-notch again.
Boo to the closing of Atomic Comics. The store, which has been a staple of the Valley comic book scene, will close its four locations. The business went bankrupt due to the slow economy. Not only has the economy drained our bank accounts, but also now it took away part of our childhood. The scary thing is that Atomic Comics was the third-largest comic book retailer. If they can go down, does that mean the comic book industry is just waiting to see a domino effect? We certainly hope not —Spiderman, Batman and Superman were just as much a part of our childhood as they were yours.
Bravo to the expansion of ASU on social media. The ASU Police department just opened a Facebook and Twitter account and the ASU Athletic department reached 100,000 “likes” on Facebook. It’s good to see the community supporting the home team — the more support our police get the safer our campus is and the more we back our sports teams the more they win. It’s a pretty simple formula, but it goes a long way.
Boo to the closing of the Washington Monument. The earthquake that shook this East Coast earlier this week harmed the 555-foot-tall tower. It will be closed indefinitely for assessments of the damage and then repairs. While we should be thankful it did not fall in the earthquake, visitors to the nation’s capital will be robbed of an awesome sight — the view from the top of the tower.
Bravo to an expansion of the Tempe Student Recreation Center and openings of new ones on the Downtown, West and Polytechnic campuses. These new facilities will be essential as ASU continues to grow. Many students love to work out and use the gym, but are often frustrated when there are too few machines for use. It is also time that the other three campuses got their own gym. Students who live out there deserve the same amenities that the Tempe campus has.
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