Belleville Township West High School - Bellevinois Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Results Mock Election Presidential Race: Republicans George Bush and Dan Quayle .115 Democrats Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen .76 Congressional Race: Republican Robert Gaffner .118 Democrat Jerry Costello .77 West ' s Voter Selection: Seniors . 141 Juniors . 104 Sophomores .58 Freshmen .89 Opposite Page, Top: Michael Duka¬ kis took to the campaign trail. Bot¬ tom: Freshman Darnita Campbell ex¬ ercises her right to vote in West ' s Mock Election. This Page, Top: George Bush beat the trail as well as Governor Dukakis. Bottom: Mr. Robert Hanson ' s government stu¬ dents officiate at the polls. Election 27

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S ince 1980, the Republican Grand Old Party (GOP) held influence in the presidential office through 40th President Ronald Reagan. After eight years and two terms. President Reagan stepped down. The GOP placed its support with Vice President George Bush who received the GOP presidential nomination. The Democratic Party saw this as an opportunity to put their policies in office. Michael Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, was given the Democratic nomination. The most notable influence on this election was the dominant use of negative advertising. The Bush campaign was especially ef¬ ficient with this tactic. Dukakis counter attacked too little and too late to help his campaign. In August, Dukakis also made an appearance in Belleville, Illinois was a pivotal state in this elec¬ tion., However, Bush captured the election. Too young to vote in the actual race Belleville West students voted anyway. Thanks to Mr. Robert Hanson and his govern¬ ment classes, approximately 400 students from a student body of about 2,000 confirmed Ameri¬ ca ' s new President-Elect. How¬ ever, the same students chose Robert Gaffner over Jerry Cos¬ tello for the U.S. House of Re¬ presentatives. Actually, incum¬ bent Costello was re-elected. Unfortunately, the 20% voter turnout for West was even worse than the approximated 50% vot¬ er turnout for the nation. A 26 Election

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Spirit Haunts West L ittle Theatre members performed Blithe Spirit November 11 and 12 as their 1988-89 edition of the tradition¬ al Fall Play. Blithe Spirit, set in the 1940 ' s, begins as Charles Condomine tries to write a book about fake mediums. In search of first-hand information, Charles asks Madame Arcati to come to his house and perform a seance, during which, Charles ' first wife, Elvira, returns from the ' other side ' . The resulting complications were portrayed hilariously. In addition, many students participated be¬ hind the scenes of the Fall Play contributing to the beautiful set and extraordinary ef¬ fects. The combined efforts of Little The¬ atre members and Directors Miss Nina Bono and Mrs. Janet Kuehn made this year ' s presentation a great success. 28 Fall Play