The Reaper

Why Buy a Go-Kart?

Why not?

The Stodd Reaper @ WPI | A Campus Legend

During my first week of A-Term at WPI, I made a simple decision:
buy a go-kart.

No committees. No approvals. Just an engine, four wheels, and a campus quad.
It was fast, loud, and honestly? Ridiculously fun.

I carved laps around campus like it was a miniature Nürburgring, and for a moment, I became something bigger than a freshman with too much audacity and $600 to burn:

I became The Reaper.

A fast-paced, daring student with a machine beneath him.
Engineering with style.
Taking lines around Stoddard Quad that history will never forget.

All good things find their limit, though.
Go-karts have since been officially banned on campus | for reasons I’ll leave to the imagination.

But the story?
The story stuck.

The mythos of the Reaper outlives the machine.

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Beyond a Meme

People still call me The Reaper @ WPI | a campus micro-celeb
and the unofficial Patron Saint of Speed.

But a friend recently said something that hit different:

“I want to know you for you | not what the world thinks of you.”

And they’re right.

I engineered the Reaper.
But I am not defined by him.

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The Reaper Was the Beginning | Not the Destination

The Reaper built hype.
He got people watching.
He put me on the map.

This post isn’t just about a go-kart or a nickname.
It’s a marker:

The Reaper does cool stunts.
Alex builds the future.

I’m not aiming to be the fastest around a college quad.
I’m aiming to change the world | through systems, technology, innovation, and a little bit of rebellion when needed.

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Long Live the Legend

But Make Way for What Comes Next

The Reaper isn’t gone.
He’s just become a brand, a legend, a mascot for disruption.

But the age of Alex has begun |
and this time, the engine isn’t 212cc gasoline…

…it’s vision.