"There was some matter of people just saying, 'C'mon, put up your hands,'" McAllister said.
And according to former Demon president Jeremy N. Smith '00, the decision to endorse was made by the group's current president, Robby Bershow '01, without consulting the magazine's staff.
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But Dreyfus says he has had few problems soliciting help for his campaign effort, whatever their motives.
"Based on the reaction of people I've talked to, it's getting support," he says.