Write Comments, Win Prizes!

Greetings,

From now on, currently enrolled Berry students are eligible for chances to win prizes-- including cash, gift cards, and more-- by commenting on posts on this very blog! Please read below for a full list of rules and regulations. You are welcome to post here or email me at zach.sherwin@vikings.berry.edu with any questions or comments.

Areté Contest Rules and Regulations

Revised as of October 30, 2009

1. The Areté Staff, which includes the Editor-in-Chief, Staff Writers, and Faculty Advisor, reserves the right to edit, change, or remove these rules at any time without prior notice. The Areté Staff also reserves the right to add rules without prior notice. These rules and regulations do not limit the scope of the rights and powers reserved by the Areté Staff except as insofar as explicitly stated.

2. Although anyone is welcome to comment, only currently enrolled Berry students are eligible to win prizes.

3. In order for your comment to count as an entry the following conditions must be met. These conditions are necessary, but are not necessarily sufficient, and further conditions may apply as needed.

~~~a. Your full name, as it appears in the Berry Email System must appear at the end of your content. Before any prizes are awarded, we shall confirm the identity of the potential recipient via email.

~~~b. The comment must be at least 125 words in length.

~~~c. The comment must be “on topic”—that is, the topic of the comment must clearly relate, to a significant degree as determined by the Areté Staff, to the topic of the original post.

~~~d. No ad hominem attacks are allowed. Comments may contain attacks upon an argument or a position, but the actual commenter or poster may not be personally attacked.

4. Points, Entries, and Awards

~~~a. An entrant may earn exactly one “Point” per comment per topic. For any given topic, no more than one “Point” may be earned.

~~~b. Points shall be converted to “Entries” when they meet the requirements outlined below.

~~~~~~i. Points shall be converted to Entries on the basis of the Fibonacci Numbers, excluding “0” and the initial occurrence of “1”.

~~~~~~ii. Thus, the first Entry will be earned after one Point. The second Entry shall be earned after two Points. The third Entry shall be earned after three Points. The fourth entry will be earned after five Points. The sixth entry will be earned after eight points. And so forth.

~~~c. Each Entry shall be considered a chance to win a prize. Points shall be reset at the end of each prize cycle, as determined by the Areté Staff.

~~~d. Comments shall only be eligible for earning Points if posted within two weeks of the post date of the Topic, and if the Topic was originally posted within the current “prize cycle”, determined by the Areté Staff, but typically one month.

5. The Areté Staff reserves the right to exclude any comment from being counted as a “Point”.

6. Areté Staff Members may only receive prizes if the monthly prize allocation is not completely distributed to non-Staff members.