Churchland High School - Trucker Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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] 6 Reagan Wins In a mock election Churchland students correctly predicted that Ronald Reagan would defeat Walter Mondale for the Presidency of the United States. The mock election was the culminating event in the government classes’ study of the election process. Students analyzed the candidates and the issues in the various races held in 1984. After the formal classroom instruction was over, students prepared two election rally assemblies to help make other students aware of the candidates and the issues. The first assembly, which was prepared by students from Mrs. Sue Yearby’s government classes, focused on the commercial aspect of running for office. This assembly, which was By A Landslide! complete with commercials, showed the importance of image in running for office in the 1980's. Students from Mrs. Tracy Dussia’s and Mrs. Veronica Evans's classes emphasized the issues of the campaigns during the second assembly. For some students the assembly and the study of the electoral process was the first step into accepting the responsibilities that lie before them as adults. Whether it was the commercialism or the hard facts, both groups made their point — Reagan and the republicans were their choices, as well as the nation’s choices, in 1984. Fritz Busters. In a take-off of the summer's hot movie Ghostbusters, Reagan supporters became Fritz Busters to rid the political arena of presidential candidate Walter ‘‘Fritz’’ Mondale. Political Assassinations. Gunman Ley Havird attempts to kill the Ninja (alias Craig Ricks) to demonstrate the vulnerability of a candidate as the object of an assassin’s target. The skit also analyzed how saying or doing the wrong thing can cause one to commit political suicide. MOCK ELECTION

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Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate. Donald Wade, portraying Vice- President George Bush, tries to get his republican constituents into the swing Is he or isn't he? Terry Hyams, representing Edith Harrison, the democratic candidate for the United States Senate, tries to woe his (her?) audience. Mondale Rap. Democratic supporters Anthony Hill, Melvin Perry, William Holland, and Anthony Houston rap for Mondale and Ferraro in a skit that was well received by the student body. of things as the unknown Reagan impostor looks on at the crowd. MOCK ELECTION eZ