Entry status blank after publish or edit entry

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
I recently upgraded from ee 1.7 to 2.7 and am having some problems. If I edit a current entry or publish a new one, the status shows up containing nothing. I went through the channel preferences and made sure they were set to open. I also tried to change the channel form settings to open and that didnt work either. Does anyone have an idea whats going on here? Thanks.