In yesterday’s voter’s guide in the Technician, a particular candidate, namely Alex Grindstaff, answered the question to creating a new tradition with: “If I could start a tradition, I think it would be interesting to have something like the Olympic Games, on a much smaller scale of course, between each of the colleges. It would involve both campuses, for a day-long event.” Funny enough, this very event was pitched to students last semester by myself and named by another senator “The College Cup.” In the Student Senate, we have been planning this event for months as a way to bring students together and Grindstaff has played absolutely no part in it, even though he has been offered many chances to volunteer. The volunteer planners have worked their butts off on this event and he wants to use this idea as his own without even giving credit to the work they have already put into it.

The least he could have done was used the name we have, “The College Cup,” for advertisement as I have asked senators to do. But no, instead Grindstaff added a few things to it and used it as his own. After insulting people in Student Government, some of the hardest working people I know, Grindstaff now has the audacity to use other people’s ideas as his own and not come up with anything original. Were this a paper, Mr. Grindstaff, it would have been considered plagiarism, and you could likely be packing your bags right now.

I don’t know about you, but I am pretty sure I don’t want someone like this as my student leader. On top of having nothing to do with starting the event, he used the premise as his own idea without giving credit to the people who are planning it. Insulting me is fine, but don’t insult those who have given so much time and effort in helping getting this event planned. I think he owes the volunteers for this event a huge apology.

Scott Moore 

junior in computer engineering