Special Edition November 5, 2012

Barack Obama Takes Oyler Student Mock Election in a LandslideThe Staff of the Oyler Griffin conducted a mock elec-tion on Thursday. They provided ballots for students in grades 7 through 12. During third bell, students from the Journalism Class went out to classrooms to pass out ballots. Of 202 ballots cast, President Obama won 179 votes, Governor Romney won 15 votes, and 8 students voted for “Other.”

The Staff brought the ballots back and tabulated them to report results in this special election issue of The Griffin.

The results clearly constitute a landslide victory for President Obama at Oyler School. All Americans must wait until after November 6, 2012 for results of the actual election. According to all news accounts, the ac-tual election will be much closer than the Oyler mock election.

IssuesFrom the results of the mock election on November 1st, conducted by the Oyler Griffin Staff, we found that the most important issue for Obama voters is the econ-omy/jobs. The issue of the economy/jobs received 64 votes. The next most popular issue is education with 42 votes. After that is national debt with 13 votes. Obama voters seemed to be worried less about environment, national security, and social issues.

Why I Voted As I DidWe asked students to explain why they voted for the candidate of their choice.

Desha Brown, a 10th grader here at OHS, says, “I chose to vote for Obama because Mitt Romney wants to take away food stamps. Also, he wants to put more students in a classroom. This would make it harder on the students to learn and get individual time with their teacher. Also, it would make it harder on the teacher to help kids who need extra help. Mitt Romney only wants to help the rich, not the middle class.”

Ashli Delph, a 12th grader here, says, “I voted for Obama. He didn’t do much, but he did something. Mitt is for the rich. I believe that Obama will help im-prove the economy by bringing back jobs, improving education and health care.”

Tyler Griffis, a 10th grader at OHS, disagrees. He says, “ I voted for Mitt Romney because Mitt wants to take away food stamps from people who are too lazy to work and perfectly capable of working but don’t want to. Mitt knows how to associate with other Republi-cans and Democrats. Also, he will get us out of a 50 year debt.”

Why I Voted As I Did

Teachers Comment On Mock ElectionThe Oyler Griffin also interviewed some of the Staff. We asked history teacher Mike Sage, what he thinks of the mock election. He said, “I think it’s a good idea. It’s always good to get people thinking.”

We also asked the JCG teacher, Kelly Thomas, what she thinks is the most important issue. She answered, “They’re all important, but I think most people care about the economy.”

Joel Ingle, Robert McMurray, Emily Offenbacker, Selina Appel, Ashley Darnell, and Jeniece Ballard contributed to the articles.

The Oyler Griffin is an open forum for student expression and the discussion of issues of concern to its audience. It welcomes letters to the editor, guest columns, and news releases from the faculty, admin-istrators, community residents, and non-staff students. The Oyler Griffin will print letters to the editor, and/or guest col-umns that contain both the author’s name and address. The editorial board reserves the right to edit all material for length, grammar, and legally protected speech. Letters should be brief and may be sent to Oyler Griffin in care of Oyler CLC, 2121 Hatmaker Street, Cincinna-ti, Ohio 45204 or by email

Oyler Griffin StaffReporters:

Amanda Sanders, Ariel Daniels, Ashley Darnell,Crystal Kornegay, Emily Offenbacker, Jeniece Ballard,

Joel Ingle, Julian Ward, Robert McMurray, & Sarah Powell

Photographers:Alesea Ronnebaum & Anna Ferguson

Page Layout:Ashley Green & C.J. Martin

Advisors:Justin Leach & Sandra Smythe

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The 2012 Lower Price HillHalloween Parade Photos by Alesea Ronnebaum

The Highway Men capped off the 2012 Lower Price Hill Halloween Parade on their motorcycles.

Oyler Sixth grader Steven Brock enjoyed the Pa-rade while dressed up in pink for Halloween.

The Withrow High School Marching Band led the Halloween parade with music and dancing.

The Griffin Staff meets with Cincinnati City Coun-cilman P.G. Sittenfeld at the YMCA Youth in City Government Conference on October 31 at the Phoenix Restaurant. Thirteen Oyler students attended.

Griffin Staff Attends Youth In City Government Event