Originality: 30%
Style: 40%
The decisions will be final.
The First Place Winner, Second Place Winner and Third Place Winner will then be selected from the thirty finalist Submissions through a non-random selection process, in accordance with which the finalist Submissions will be reviewed and evaluated by a panel of judges chosen by Sponsor using the following criteria:
Description: 30%
Originality: 30%
Style: 40%
Any ties in the judges' initial voting for the First Place Winner, Second Place Winner and Third Place Winner will be resolved through repeat voting by the judges until the First Place Winner, Second Place Winner and Third Place Winner are determined by the aggregate votes of all judges.
Selection of the First Place Winner, Second Place Winner and Third Place Winner will be completed no later than five (5) business days after the close of the Promotion Period. The decisions of the judges in determining the First Place Winner, Second Place Winner and Third Place Winner will be final.
The "Community Prize" winner will be the Submission which receives the highest number of votes from the visitors to the Promotion Site through the online poll voting system accessible through the Promotion Site during the Promotion Period. Any resulting ties in the poll voting will be arbitrated to determine the winner by the same panel of judges who select the First Place Winner, Second Place Winner and Third Place Winner. Determination of the "Community Prize" winner will be completed no later than five (5) business days after the close of the Promotion Period. The decisions of the poll voting system and any tie-breaking judging will be final.
The same Submission may be selected as the First Place Winner, Second Place Winner or Third Place, on the one hand, and "Community Prize" winner, on the other.
V. Prizes
The prizes awarded at the end of the contest are as follows:
First Prize:
• Laptop ($400.00 ARV)
Second Prize:
• IPod touch(C) ($199.00 ARV)
(5) Five Third Prizes:
• Gift card(s) ($20.00 ARV)
Total approximate retail value of all prizes to be awarded in this Promotion: $700.00.
Prizes are not transferable, refundable or substitutable except by Sponsor with one of equal or greater value. Prizes are not redeemable for cash.
Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes. Winners are solely responsible for any and all federal, state, provincial and local taxes, if any, that apply to prizes.
No prize will be awarded to the "Community Prize" winner.
VI. Notification of Winning
Each winner will be notified by e-mail/phone within ten (10) days of the end of the selection of the prize winners as described above. Notice will be sent to the email address/phone number listed on the winner's registration form. Minority Recruit is not liable for any incorrect information contained in Participant's registration form or for Participant's failure to update or keep current any contact information.
In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner based on an e-mail address, the winner will be declared by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted during the registration process. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person or business entity that is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
General notification regarding the winners shall be posted on the contest Site within fifteen (15) days of the end of the selection of all prize winners as described above.
VII. General Conditions
Each winner must complete, execute, and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release within ten (10) days of notification of winning. The winner's failure to return timely and complete documents, or if prize notification or the prize is returned as non-deliverable, may result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize, with an alternate winner selected from the remaining, valid, eligible Submissions. The winner may also be disqualified if found not to be in compliance with these Official Rules or otherwise ineligible. Disqualification and choosing an alternate winner is in Sponsor's sole discretion.
By participating in the contest and/or winning any prize, each winner, where permitted by law, grants Sponsor, and to those acting pursuant to Sponsor's control, the right to use winner's name, portrait, photo, picture, voice, likeness, entry and statements attributed to winner (if true) and biographical information as news or information and for advertising, trade and promotional purposes in print, publications, broadcast, or in any media form worldwide and at any time, including without limitation, inclusion in Sponsor's newsletters, and Sponsor's Web sites and other Web sites owned or controlled by Sponsor without additional consideration and without notification, review, or approval.
In its sole discretion, Sponsor reserves the unilateral right to disqualify any person it finds to be tampering with the contest, any related Sponsor Web site, these Official Rules or any of the other policies mentioned or referenced herein.
All Participants, including the winner, release and agree to hold harmless Sponsor, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, attorneys, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death and damage to property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, participation in the Promotion, or participation in any Promotion-related activity.
If Sponsor suspects that a Participant may have engaged in fraudulent activity in any manner related to this Promotion, Sponsor may suspend or terminate a Participant's right to take part in this contest. Any use of programmed, automatic, macro or like methods used in either completing or assisting to send Submissions is prohibited and any Participant using any such methods shall be disqualified.
The incorrect or inaccurate capture of information or the failure to capture such information, whether caused by Participants, hacking or tampering, or by any of the equipment or programming used in association with the contest, is not Sponsor's responsibility. Sponsor is not responsible for injury or damage to Participant's computer (or any other computer that it may use) related to or resulting from participation in the Promotion in any manner.
In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall, in whole or in part, be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable, or void for any reason, such determination shall not affect in any way the remainder of any other provision of this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all understandings and agreements, whether written or oral, as to such subject matter.
Any waiver by the Sponsor shall not constitute a waiver or any other or subsequent default or breach, and Sponsor's failure to act with respect to a breach by any Participant does not constitute a waiver of Sponsor's right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
SPONSOR, ITS PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND RELATED COMPANIES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, RESPRESENTATIVES, ATTORNEYS, OR AGENTS ("RELEASED PARTIES") IN NO EVENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF PARTICIPANT'S ACTIVITIES THAT ARE IN ANY MANNER RELATED TO THIS PROMOTION, ACCESS OR USE OF ANY WEB SITE MAINTAINED BY OF FOR SPONSOR, OR THE DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING RELATED TO THIS PROMOTION AND ANY WEB SITE MAINTAINED BY OF FOR SPONSOR IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIONAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO EVERY PARTICIPANT. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors, and permitted assigns. This Agreement may be assigned in whole or in part, without consent, by Sponsor to any person, partnership, corporation, or any other entity that succeeds to Sponsor's business or which has purchase substantially all of Sponsor's assets. Participant may not assign its rights or delegate its obligations under the Agreement, and any such attempted assignment or delegation shall be void and of no effect.
By entering, each Participant agrees that Sponsor shall not be responsible for any of the following: (a) typographical or other errors in the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest or in the announcement of any prize or the winner; (b) computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures or delays in computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature; (c) incorrect or inaccurate entry/transaction information whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion or by any technical or human error which may occur in the transmission, receipt or processing of the entries/transactions; (d) lost, late, damaged, misdirected or incomplete entries/transactions, or for entries/transactions submitted in a manner that is not specified in these rules; (e) any injury or damage to a Participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this contest.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PARTICIPANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY SUCH PARTICIPANT AND TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM SUCH PARTICIPANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
VIII. Governing Law; Arbitration
These Official Rules shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio (without reference to its choice of law principles), which shall take priority over any foreign laws, rules and regulations.
Except where prohibited, as a condition of participating in the Promotion, Participant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion, or any prizes awarded, or the determination of any prize winner shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by arbitration pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules of JAMS, then effective, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Further, in any such dispute, claim or cause of action, under no circumstances will Participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim indirect, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys' fees, other than Participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Promotion), and Participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
IX. Restricted Activities
Participant shall comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations (including, but not limited to, exporting or importing goods, consumer protection, or unfair competition) regarding the use of Sponsor's service and participation in this Promotion.
X. Personal Information
Sponsor may collect personal data about Participant online, in accordance with Sponsor's Privacy Policy and as may be more specifically set forth in these Official Rules. By participating in the contest, Participant hereby agrees to Sponsor's collection and use of his/her personal information and acknowledges that he/she has read and accepted these Official Rules and Sponsor's Privacy Policy.
For a list of the Promotion winner(s) and their associated prize(s), mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
Attn: Winners List; "Rep Yo college" Contest
Minority Recruit
10045 Springfield pike suite 5
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215
For a copy of these Official Rules, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
Attn: Official Rules; "Rep Yo College" Contest
Minority Recruit
10045 Springfield pike suite 5
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215
XI. Sponsor's Address
Minority Recruit
10045 Springfield pike suite 5
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215