The Rumour Mill: Lazy-day reruns

So we’re well into week four now… not much going on? Think again. While your average student may be relaxing in Starbucks, peaceful in the knowledge that deadline’s are still many weeks away; hacks are eagerly planning the next month of their lives as the highlight of their year draws ever nearer: the EUSA elections.
‘But wait’ I here you say, ‘they aren’t until March!' True, but count my words, hacks will be hurriedly designing posters, strategising, and bitching about opponents right this second. For some, in fact, these elections have been coming for what seems like forever.
Presidential hopeful Liz Rawlings has been set on re-running ever since her unfortunate miss last year. This time however, she’ll be armed with best-friend and Vice-President Academic Affairs candidate Stevie Wise, with whom she’s planning on sharing a slate-look out for their matching fonts, colours, campaign teams!
Squaring herself up to give Liz a run for her money is the last Freshers’ Week Coordinator, Laura-Jayne Baker. Laura’s already gathered together a campaign team of over 40 so expect to spot her leading them round campus like the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
The only other potential candidate for President right now seems, curiously, to be the incumbent Thomas Graham. Could what seemed to have started as joke speculation, meant simply to excite EUSA-geeks, have turned into a real possibility. From what I’ve very reliably heard, he’s "seriously considering" re-running. Maybe he just desperately wants to bring us that on-campus dentist he promised? Well, I’m sure it’s not all ego…
Other races seem a little slower in the offing. Stevie Wise is leaps ahead in the VPAA race, with Calum MacFadyen and Ross Stalker looking like tortoises to Stevie’s hare. Sadly for them, I doubt the story will end quite the same here.
The position of Vice-President Societies and Activities, however, is pretty hard to call. Amy Woodgate of the Ballroom Dancing Society has come out early, and should fare well with the help of the more experienced James Garforth. Amy is certainly very passionate about societies, but appears much weaker on the welfare aspect of the VPSA job. Nothing a good campaign can’t gloss over though!
Her competition as it stands looks like Neil Pooran of The Student. If you ask me, Neil doesn’t seem to have the charisma you need to win a sabbatical campaign—think the Spice Girls without Girl Power—especially in contrast with the rather angsty Amy. A latecomer to this race could really throw things up in the air here, watch this space.
Fourth, but by no means least, is the race for Vice-President Services. Current VPS James Wallace has been attempting to get people to stand for this race in a manner that makes it seem like some sordid conspiracy, something which I think may have frightened off potential VPS wannabe Ellie Price. The only dead-set candidate is Bedlamite Sam Hansford, who seems pretty well organised and is sure to have a fierce campaign planned. Beware VPS aspirants, rather you than me.
So there you go - I’ve called it. Start prepping yourself for a chorus of ‘Vote for me’s’ and being force-fed ugly fliers; silly season is here.