# 4 ...A President Without a Cause

As the first week of campaigning draws to a close, things seem at first to have gone fairly smoothly, and in comparison to last year dramatic turns have been few and far between.

However, we've had a few moments worthy of raised eyebrows.

Firstly - the revelation that James Phillips, the 5th presidential candidate, had failed to hand in his manifesto not to sheer incompetence, but due simply to the fact that he is currently in Thailand. An epic practical joke, it seems his friends put him into the presidential race without his knowledge. You'd be forgiven for thinking that the same had been done to one or two of the other potential Presidents, with 2 of the remaining 4 failing to produce campaign videos or, more importantly, attend last nights CRISIS.

Of the 2 presidents who did take their campaign to the club, both were seen ducking out early - one with a very pretty but inebriated blonde on his arm.

In other news, the elections have seen two more drop outs so far. James Tobias has left the race for AU Officer due to being offered one too many Law vacation schemes (if indeed one can have too many!). Head and Hawkin will need a lot less stamina to win the race now the tipped favourite is going to be spending more time in court than on the basketball court.

Rumours abound that James Hastings ceased his campaign for Equal Opps and Welfare due (all too ironically) to bullying from other, unnamed campaigners. On further inspection it turns out this was, in his words "utter rubbish" - he has suffered no such treatment and attributes the rumour to overzealous interference from current officer Dan Downes. In fact, he has dropped out due to the exhausting nature of campaigning, saying "I just don't want it enough."