Well, it just won’t go away, so I thought I’d give my two cents on the whole grinding issue. It’s pretty lame, I’ve never liked it, and I never will. I agree with Richelle Taylor and Nicole Pankuch when they say grinding doesn’t belong on the dance floor. Taylor made some good points in her article, but at the same time she shoots herself in the foot when she says, “now, of course I realize that all the fine, decent, upstanding men on this campus are getting a bad rap. Like the saying goes, ‘One bad apple spoils the whole bunch.'” To this I have two questions: 1) Before I get a decent date do I have to clean up the entire male species? 2) Why is it what every other guy does affects the way women view and treat me? And, what have I done to deserve this kind of treatment (all right that’s three questions, sue me)? I guess it’s just easier to bitch about how bad men are in general than it is to actually get to know some decent guys. If you want to meet your dream guy, chances are he won’t be drunk at a bar trying to hump your leg. Believe me girls, we are out here, we just don’t grind.
Jon McLennanSenior, Information Systems
