AS Campus Times approaches its end for this year, it seems appropriate that we should include one last story on UCD's Kevin Barry Cumann of Fianna Fail, which has provided us with so much good natured amusement over the last six months.

At the recent KBC meeting to decide officer positions for the coming year, two candidates stood for the much coveted post of secretary and the split of votes between the two camps indicated that this election was going to be a close run thing.

As voting neared its close, and with the votes apparently split more or less evenly, chairperson Mary Hanafin asked those in attendance if they had all cast their vote. At this, a figure emerged from the back of the hall, indicated that he had not yet cast his vote, and proceeded down the stairs with the eyes of the soldiers of destiny upon him.

Sadly, before the reached the ballot box, he collapsed, and was unable to mark his paper and cast his vote. Immediately medical attention was sought and the unfortunate FF member was made as comfortable as possible until help arrived.

At this point, a discussion broke out over his supine form which cent red on the possibility of somehow canvassing his vote before he was carted off, since the position of secretary was an important one and his vote could swing the result either way.

The prospect of an unseemly squabble over a sick man hung in the air, with the imminent possibility of various offers from opposing factions pressing him to mark his paper before the ambulance men removed him to the political sidelines. Eventually good sense and the slightly sour milk of human kindness prevailed and his vote remain uncanvassed.

When the ballot papers were counted, the vote was 26-26 and the name of the eventual winner, Pat Egan, was drawn from a hat.

Truly Fianna Fail, like the Lord, moves in mysterious ways.