This is one of Akron worst schools. Too bad they do not get that excited about academics.

Now now, thee's nuthin' wrong with Buchtel High School. The children certainly don't use it, so it'll be a pleasant change for the old buildin' to have it actually used for sumthin' other than a teenage daycare and part time drug emporium.

they might search everyone for guns 2 times that day.

so where are all the nasty people complaining about the rally being held at a school??? and students being brainwashed?? and how many of you will even go near Buchtel high school today??? ENJOY YOURSELVES!

Welcome Mr.s Obama, please enjoy your visit here in akron. I am one of the local republicans, and do not like the poor manners of those who would not be polite enough to greet a visitor.

They are going to the poor neighborhoods of the uneducated and leading the Lambs to the slaughter. hahahahahahahahaha

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE FIRST LADY..IT'S GREAT THAT YOU CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THIS COUNTRY AND THIS REGION TO SPEND SOME TIME HERE AGAIN ON YOUR OWN..

WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE SO MAD BECAUSE SHE'S SPEAKING AT BUCHTEL HIGH SCHOOL?AND USING SUBLIMINAL RACIST REMARKS IS VERY IGNORANT!THE DEVIL HAS ENOUGH ROOM FOR ALL OF YOU MISGUIDED, DELINQUENT MINDED,HATERS ON HIS TEAM,AND AT THE END OF THE DAY"YOU STILL NEVER WIN"!
SINCE OBAMA HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR OFFICE, I'VE SEEN ALOT OF "PEOPLES" TRUE COLORS COMING OUT.
DO SOMETHING POSITIVE WITH THAT HATE IN YOUR HEART,SO YOUR KIDS DONT GROW UP AND BE HATERS LIKE YOU.HAHA!AND THIS IS THE AMERICAN WAY...BITE ME

I am so sick of all the racist comments being made about Buchtel. How many of you have ever actually been to Buchtel? As a parent of a former Buchtel graduate, I am at the school quite a bit and the things that you people keep repeating are simply not true. I bet our kids are just as well behaved if not more behaved than the suburban kids. The only difference is that when your kids get in trouble it does not make the BJ headlines and when our children get in trouble, it is not look at as a childish prank. As for Michele Obama coming to Buchtel, I think that it is a wonderful opportunity and I can't wait to get there. And by the way, all the kids that go to school there are not thugs, the kids there got over 1 million dollars in scholarship money last year, my daughter among them.

Bet Dave Appleby (Capt. Dave) is rolling over in his grave. What a poor use for the gym.

HEY TOM WHAT A POOR USE OF A KEYBOARD FOR YOU ---HOLE!

Maybe she will "finally be proud to be an American" when surrounded by the results of her socialist welfare state panacea.

A house divided against itself can not stand. That quote comes from one of your favorite sons, Abraham Lincoln, as well as from my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I am worried that in the U.S. everything is based on the color of a man's skin not on what is in his heart,how sad. Wha a nation of moral hypocrites. I read the other day that McBush and Palin hyping people up to rowdiness is on the level of George Wallace's segregation speaches of the '60s. We certainly have came a long way in 40 years. To Michelle Obama, woman of God, wife, mother, daughter, sister, and attorney. We thank you for coming. As a Buchtel alumni you are so welcome. Incoming First Lady we are behind you. God Bless.

Linda, where do I begin. If you want to see "hyping up to rowdiness," look no further than when Obama told his faithful disciples to "get in their faces" when discussing politics with those that disagree. It's an awful shame for someone of your "Godly" stature to so adamantly support a guy who fought to protect doctors that took born babies that survived an attempted abortion, and left them in a room to die. Obama refused to even call them "babies,"referring to them rather as "previable fetuses."

I'm wondering where all the libs are that were complaining a few days ago that McCain/Palin held a rally at Green High School, stating that no political candidates should use public schools for their political agenda/election campaign. These same people seem unusually quiet today...

Realtalk, your comments are ignorant, absurd, and just plain stupid. If you want to (again) incite race, then let's talk race...and the fact that there are far more people in this election supporting Obama just because he's black than there are not supporting him because of his skin color. Where were you and all your anti-racist talk when Bush was making history by naming the first two black Secretaries of State?

Funny how conservatives always get the racist label, but libs are always the first ones to incite race under any circumstance. That's ok...we'll take our un-racist record of ending slavery and creating the most racially diverse presidential cabinets in the history of the country, and you can take the Democrats' record of fighting to defend racism, and continuously voting for politicians like Robert Byrd, who was a former grand kleagle of the KKK, or Bill Clinton, "the first black president," who wouldn't appoint anyone who wasn't white to his cabinet...

Sean, there is a big difference in discussing the issues as rational adults and screaming off with their head, or kill the man. As for backing Obama, I don't know about you but I believe we need to make a positive change. In my opinion Obama is probably one of the most qualified candidates we have had to vote for in many a year. After all this America and all of us have the right to vote for who we choose. And I might add and have our vote counted. Sean happy voting.

I don't know if Buchtel is a good school or not, I just haven't heard great things about.

Maybe I'm biased because I am a PROUD graduate of North High School. GO VIKINGS!!!

I think we need to quit squabbling amongst ourselves and just agree that something NEEDS TO CHANGE for things to get better in this economy.

I hope Michelle Obama has a nice time in ohio.

Bottom Line: Let the perfect will of the LORD be done. We all will see what HIS perfect will is on November 4th, 2008.

I GUESS YOU'D BE MAD AND BITTER IF ANYBODY OF COLOR WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE ,THATS AMERICAS PROBLEM.SCARED OF CHANGE.IM BY FAR RACIST,BUT ANY PERSON OR GROUP WHO IS VISIBLY RESENTFUL TOWARDS ONES ETHNICITY IS CERTAINLY INEXCUSABLE.THE SAYING GOES,"YOU CAN'T SATISFY EVERYBODY".AND TO PUT IT PLAIN AND SIMPLE,WHITE AMERICA DOESN'T WANT A BLACK MAN RUNNING THIS COUNTRY. IF HE'S QUALIFIED,EDUCATED,AND FITS ALL CRITERIA,I DONT CARE WHAT COLOR A PERSON IS. THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB CAN BE PURPLE FOR HEAVENS SAKE,AS LONG AS HE DOES A BETTER JOB THAN THE JERK WHOSE BEEN IN OFFICE THIS LAST TERM.I HOPE THEY DONT CHEAT AT THE POLLS THIS GO ROUND!

Michelle Obama is one of the reasons I don't see Barack as "black" Barack doesn't strike me as being a big fan of greasy foods, he doesn't play the horn, I doubt he can dance and he doesn't bang fat, ugly white girls. Bill Clinton was W-A-Y blacker than Barack. Barack is whiter than bleached linens; Joe the Plumber looks like minority trash compared to Barack. If you go by academic achievement, Barack is even whiter than McCain & Palin. If I were a white supremacist, I'd vote for Barack, the REAL white guy running this year.

Wow, the first like, 5 posts after this article have racist overtones. Congrats Akron for being so progressive!

Ed, I'm pretty sure the "guns" comments was made about crime in general, and the fact that inner city Akron schools have a lot more of it than the average schools (aka: you don't seen Green, Lake, Hudson, etc. students having to go through metal detectors in junior high). Any relation to guns and race was made by you, not the person that made the comment. So who really is thinking racially?

Linda, who was screaming "off with their head" or to kill someone? If you're referring to the comment one person claimed hearing, you maybe missed all the stories that came out after where this incident thoroughly investigated by Secret Service and the police, and no one else heard what one person allegedly claimed was said. And if you're going to use examples like this, maybe you also missed the story about the McCain volunteer who had a "B" carved into her face by a robber because she had a McCain/Palin bumper sticker.

Please...look at every side of the story if you're using examples. Quit picking and choosing what news to read.

Realtalk, QUIT TYPING IN ALL CAPS! YOU'RE ONLY EXPOSING YOUR IRRATIONAL ANGER!

You probably meant to say you're not racist, but the comment "IM BY FAR RACIST" looks like it may have been a Freudian slip on your part, judging by everything else you've said, and how you seem to see racism in everyone endorsing McCain/Palin.

Also, I don't remember any resentment from "White America" about Colin Powell or Condolleezza Rice's respected positions in the White House. Actually, yeah I did...from Democrats...

Also, do you hope that there is no cheating at the polls, or hope that "they" don't cheat at the polls? Because there has not been a single case of voter fraud from Republicans over the last two elections. All the alleged BS has been proven false. However, there has already been a TON of illegal voter fraud by ACORN this election period. You may recall Obama's involvement with them? It was pretty much his only resume enhancer...

Linda, please provide evidence as to why Obama is "one of the most qualified candidates we have had to vote for in many a year." I have yet to see any evidence supporting this claim, which has to be one of the most absurd I've heard this entire election cycle, and I've heard A LOT of absurd claims...

I don't understand the Obama campaigns "strategery" stumping in a predominantly African American neighborhood. One would assume that demographic is in the tank! A more integrated setting would seem like a better game plan in reaching independents. However, it still would not get my vote.

JUST VOTE AND LET IT BE!GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND AMERICA!AND THAT'S REALTALK...

OH YEAH AND TO THE ANONYMOUS ONE,THANKS FOR YOUR MOTIVATION,STRIVE TO BE THE BEST BUDDY,IT SUCKS BEING A LOSER.

@ sean

You make no sense, of course there is more crime at those schools, but pointing it out in a particular manner can bring up overtones, especially in a forum post, of racism. It's one thing to say that Buchtel has a high crime rate, it's another to say it with ebonics as is the case with Beta, or take a stab at racism AGAIN by Georgiana with her comments about Obama being a Muslim, which just isn't true. So before you comment, you should maybe read everything first.

Yes Linda ,by all means tell us how a man who has spent half his time in the Senate preparing himself to run for President and the other half of the time voting "Present " 137 times ,is so qualified to lead ? The Howard Stern Show nailed it 2 weeks ago when they quizzed Obama voters and how totally clueless they are about what he stands for .

Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter "B" in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker [...]

Investigators did say that they received photos from the ATM machine and "the photographs were verified as not being the victim making the transaction."

This afternoon, a Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Todd confessed to making up the story.

The commander added that Todd will face charges;
So she is a LIAR and RACE BAITER.

Sarah, I just saw that. And she's as guilty as all the others that made his kind of crap up.

Hey Ed,

You might notice that I was citing one person, not everyone. And I never claimed that one person's comments stood for everyone's. However, I did state that the comment about guns was not racist. You brought the others into this. I was correct in my statement, and if you associate guns and a certain race, that is your racist premonition.

Sarah, I just saw that story, and that woman is as guilty as all the other people that have made up this kind of stuff.

Buchtel does have a problem with weapons in school and does have a predominantly african american student body. It also has a very low rate for graduation. Those are the facts and to say they are racist is silly.

Hey Tim: Better that a few Obama voters possibly not know why they are voting for Obama than them voting for Mcain that is just plain clueless.

It is said that these kind of statements are coming from adults. Where would you have her go to Ellet High School.

UM i'am a current student at buchtel high school there is nothing wrong with us kids or anything if you really got a chance to know us you'd say HEY THOSE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT all the rumors your hear about us are just haters it was a great opportunity for obamas wife to come out and come to OUR SCHOOL jogn r buchtel high school!!!! and i take pride in that are you people mad because the first lady did not come to your childerns schools or jobs,daycare?? i was at that rally and it was an great experiance to attend to . and NO they did not have to check anyone for guns or that sort of thing we all were well behaved noone at buchtel has bought a gun inside the school.and again i'am 15 years old and attend buchtel highschool please donnot judge us we are a great school just get to know us..

Bravo, Kaleeya, you are one of the brightest people posting comments on this topic.

Given her poor English abilities as demonstrated above, to call her one of the brightest does not say much for your standards.

Obamas have to be in agreement with Jeremiah Wright's Hate-Whites screaming hate speech, to have stayed there for 20 years plus.

I'm caucasian and if I went to a church and heard Hate-Blacks screaming and ranting EVEN ONCE from the "pastor", I would LEAVE and never come back.

And there's no way they could "not have known", even if their attendance was poor. People talk wildly about RACIST tirades like that and word gets around.

well excuse me mr.tim for my so called poor English abilities as demonstrated as you say. iam not here to prove to YOU how well i spell,talk or speak iam here to simply share my thoughts on how iam feeling just like everyone else is.and for your imformation iam a VERY BRIGHT STUDENT i make honor roll every single grading period.

Tim, you are certainly a jerk. I attended the rally today and there was people of all races there. And believe it or not, no one got harmed at Buchtel. Needed to let you know because your one track mind stated there is a problem with weapons and the school is majority black. Buchtel is a good school and have great americans who attend and graduate to continue in life as successful people. I voting for Obama because he is the better candidate. He is intelligent, educated and cares about the people. He not running for the title, unlike McCain and Palin.

Kaleeya. I commend you for your thoughts...however, I have to be honest. Your grammar is terrible for an honor roll student. I'm not criticizing you, but giving you constructive criticism. I hope you work on this.

And Heather, you're an idiot.

Denise, did you have a problem with McCain/Palin campaigning in Green the other day? Why didn't they choose a predominantly African American neighborhood to campaign in? There are african american who has not decided. I would not vote for McCain/Palin because they are both clueless, liars, cheats and every other day Palin has a scandel going. If McShame had any smarts, he better watch out for her.

Thank you very much for your advice i was just typing fast.I really do know how to work up to my ability.I just do not use it much on typing unless it is for my school work.