And while McLoughlin and Benvenutti have been politically involved in the past, Halla Yang '00 sticks out exactly because he does not fit the stereotype of perky politico. Saturday's canvassing was the first active volunteer work he had done.

Yang, who although is not registered to vote, says he is an Independent because he does not want to be tied to any particular party.

Yet he has tied himself to Bradley because he says that Bradley not only does not toe a party line, but because, well, he just likes him.

"He seems like a really cool guy. He doesn't seem fake," he said. "Honestly, I think Gore would be a good president--I think Bradley would be a better president."

Grodd, who postponed his year in the Yard to sleep in the kitchen of a Manchester apartment, said he is working for the campaign because Bradley represents everything he feels was missing from politics.

"I love Bill Bradley, but I started to become involved because I had become disillusioned with the [political] process and partisanship," he said.

Now, with the first Gore-Bradley New Hampshire debates two weeks away and the primary just 15 weeks away, the Bradley campaigners are trying to ensure their candidate stays in a dead heat with Gore.

And they say the best way to do that is to repeat Saturday's undertaking.