[Jeff Waegelin]

The one season we have had with GM sponsorship has been entirely positive, in my opinion. We got great assistance from the machine shop at the GM Tech Center, had help from our first real engineer ever, and had nothing but good things to say about GM. Yes, they tend to be competitive, but so are we. We would never think of building anything other than a competitive robot. This has not posed any problem, though, for us. It's our own choice to make such an effort, and it's supported from the students all the way up to the sponsor. The students are involved and inspired in every step of the process. Competition can be a great motivator, as long as you approach it in the right way, which I'd like to think the FEDS, and in turn, GM, do.