"And it was especially shocking consideringthat there were people like Randy Fine hangingaround the office," the candidate added.

But Beys insists that he is innocent of thebackhanded dealings of which he is accused. "JenGrove is completely paranoid and she should justrun [for council] and not worry about who's out toget her," Beys said.

Sabotage or not, it is questionable whether thepresent anger among council members will besurmountable once the ballots are counted and thecouncil convenes next week.

Fine, despite his withdrawal from the race,could still end up on the council. Since hesubmitted his candidacy application on Sunday, theday before he withdrew, his name will still appearon North House ballots.

Lo and Grove reportedly tried to reach Fineupwards of ten times last night, offering to takehis name off the ballot.

But Fine returned none of those calls, thusmaintaining his chance to be elected.

Anger suggested the dissolution of the councilas a possible solution to "rampant corruption."

But perhaps it won't come to that. Garzaexpressed a more optimistic view of the future ofthe council--as long as students cast their votescarefully this week.

"I hope that students did and will take thetime out these next few days to think about theleadership they want on the council and voteaccordingly," she said.

Melissa Lee contributed to the reporting ofthis story.