Thumbs up to the new iMacs. Now every person in America has the opportunity to own a slurpie-colored computer. To date, the colors are: blueberry, strawberry, tangerine, grape and lime.

Thumbs up to the drug dogs that searched lockers before Christmas break. Students felt safe knowing there were no drugs left on campus.

Thumbs down to the U.S., France and Russia. After months of denying that there were spies on the U.N. inspection teams, it was discovered that all three nations were spying on the Iraqis.

Thumbs down to college financial profiles. You spend hours filling out the forms only to be told that because you live in a house  ­ or in an apartment, shed or barn, for that matter ­ you will  not receive any aid. Colleges seemingly expect parents to sell their homes to pay for their kids’ college education.