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Recently, I decided, rather abruptly, to run for the Student Government Association’s “Senator of Science” position. Needless to say, I was hoping that this position would be like so many others I’ve observed, and have no one (or only one person) running for it. As you, the nonexistent reader, may have guessed from the title, things haven’t quite worked out that way.

At a recent meeting where we learned about all the ways we’re not allowed to campaign. (This would be much easier if we were allowed to knock on people’s doors.) There, I also met my competition: all five of them. A couple freshman guys, two girls, and the incumbent candidate, an exceptionally irritating junior, such as myself. (Not overtly irritating, mind you, just that kind that really grates on your nerves after a while, but is impressive in small doses. Basically, he’s your typical politician.)

I also stumbled across another disturbing piece of information: the voter turnout last year was over 1,000 students. With that kind of turnout, I’ll need to campaign harder than I thought. Time to start killin’ trees.