Rules

Yes, there are rules. There have to be. And, yes, you’re allowed to break them. But then you won’t win. But we don’t need to tell you this, do we?

• Videos must be between two and three minutes long.

• They must fall within one of the three themes.

• Videos must be suitable for use as promotional materials for Johns Hopkins. (Please, no profanity, violence, defamatory statements or nudity and no invading the privacy rights of any person or entity.)

• Students may be eligible to enter their videos for consideration in additional contest categories and receive additional prizes. Please review the specific eligibility requirements and rules for each of these categories.
  

• A waiver and submission form signed by you and/or all of your team members must be submitted.
  
  
• Signed release forms from anyone else who appears in the video must be provided.

• Full-time undergraduate and graduate students in KSAS and WSE are eligible to enter the competition.
  
  
• No copyrighted material may be used. Also, the Digital Media Center has lists of open source and free software available for use (including audio and graphics). If you have any questions about copyrighted material and what constitutes "free use," contact Joan Freedman in the Digital Media Center.
  
  
• The video must adhere to the Johns Hopkins University Undergraduate Code of Conduct.

• And the video must be submitted to the Office of Homewood Student Affairs in the Mattin Center Suite 210 (Offit Bldg.) by noon on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

Any questions about the rules? Please feel free to contact us at ksas@jhu.edu or engineeringinfo@jhu.edu.