Rudyard High Hosts Mock Presidential Debate

2008-11-06 / News


One week before the Presidential election, Rudyard High School hosted "Great Debate 2008" in the gymnasium Tuesday afternoon, October 28. Sponsored by Mike DeYoung's advanced placement government class, the entire student body was invited to attend the event in the hope to raise political awareness of issues that students would be interested in hearing about. Candidates were given opportunities to express Republican- and Democratic-themed opening statements, and then began answering questions from the moderator about health care reform, the economy and the recent economic stimulus package, the war in Iraq, and No Child Left Behind. Debate participants are (from left) Ray Schuh as Senator Joe Biden, Billy Mourufas as Senator Barack Obama, Superintendent Nathan Bootz as the moderator, Gail Berkompas as Senator John McCain, and Melanie Case as Governor Sarah Palin. (Photograph courtesy of Rhea Moses) One week before the Presidential election, Rudyard High School hosted "Great Debate 2008" in the gymnasium Tuesday afternoon, October 28. Sponsored by Mike DeYoung's advanced placement government class, the entire student body was invited to attend the event in the hope to raise political awareness of issues that students would be interested in hearing about. Candidates were given opportunities to express Republican- and Democratic-themed opening statements, and then began answering questions from the moderator about health care reform, the economy and the recent economic stimulus package, the war in Iraq, and No Child Left Behind. Debate participants are (from left) Ray Schuh as Senator Joe Biden, Billy Mourufas as Senator Barack Obama, Superintendent Nathan Bootz as the moderator, Gail Berkompas as Senator John McCain, and Melanie Case as Governor Sarah Palin. (Photograph courtesy of Rhea Moses)

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