About 3 weeks ago, we found out on our college campus that our student government president took 7 (of 8) of his platform campaign issues from students at another university. This lead to a bit of a debate and ultimately to his resignation. I mention this because it sparked some heated conversation around campus.
A lot of students that knew him well said they supported his decision, but when it came down to the bottom line they were disappointed. Disappointed with the way he portrayed our school to other schools in our state. Looking at other schools ideas can be considered research, but taking ideas without sourcing them is not. Should student leaders be held to higher expectations? Should we expect them to set an ethical example for us? Is this just another public fall from grace?
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Jenna,
What a relevant issue for your blog, and your readers! Interesting that you bring it up... I think that Eickel's letter to the editor, his immediate apology to the JMU community and the William and Mary community was quite enough to try to rectify the sitaution he created by allegedly "stealing" his campaign ideas. On top of that, he had I think 3 front page articles written about him in the school newspaper, not to mention several more editorial articles from angry students. This public embarassment would be enough, in my opinion, to scare any student leader away from crosing any ethical lines in the future. Just my thought. Nice post.
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