While we don't consider ourselves experts on all things Amherst, we do think we have a unique vantage point on campus. This year, we reported on the lectures you didn't have time to attend, figured out what that wooden thing was doing on Valentine Quad in January and read every single letter written about Israeli-Palestinian issues. So without further ado, we present The Student editorial board's cheers, jeers and awkward silences on the 2004-05 school year.

Red Light ... The stuff we love to hate on.

• Ann Coulter: For 20 Gs, we could've raffled off a free semester at Amherst.

• FLICS: We respect that it's difficult to run an organization that puts out a product every week for popular consumption, only to have most of the school not read, we mean, watch it. Then again, have we missed a week yet?

• Little Red Schoolhouse vandalism: Totally despicable.

• Room draw: The worst year ever, without a doubt.

• Williams at #1: We don't care. Really.

• AAS elections: Witheld decisions, massive last-minute advertising, demagoguery, recounts; the only thing missing were the hanging chads.

Yellow Light ... The jury's still out.

• Valentine Ice Rink: Maybe people will bring their skates next year?

• Raised cross-walks: Safety is up, but the crosswalks are sinking.

• Required reading for frosh: None of us are first-years; need we say more?

• Sushi night at Val: We love the effort; how about sashimi next time?

• No spring concert: Waiting to see how Margaret Cho turns out. Regardless, it could be worse-Williams had to advertise Wyclef on our Daily Jolt.

Green Light ... Two thumbs way up!

• James and Stearns: They look awesome. Granted, it was a pain to have half of the Freshman Quad blocked off all year, and the construction was an eyesore, but those curves are just, well, hot.

• New course catalogue: You can click on a time square, and it lists every single class that's held at that time. Too bad all four classes you wanted to take are TTH 10-11:20. We're happy to welcome the registrar to the 21st century.

• Tennis court parking lot: While we can no longer brag about having the second-highest tennis court-to-student ratio in America, we can brag that there's now a parking space for every car on campus. And no birds were harmed in the process (we hope).

• First-years in the mods: See "Required reading for first-years."

• Jide Zeitlin: We said it once and we'll say it again: Good work, trustees.

• Eighty-degree weather in April: OK, so that was a week and a half ago. But those were two glorious days.