first pick competition
congratulations, ruthless!
Congratulations to Ruthless for winning the 2009 first pick competition! This year the submissions were excellent and voter turnout was high, with over 1400 total votes, so well done to this excellent submission. If you missed the video and would still like to see the winning submission, click "watch finalists" below.
online voting
Online voting is now available! Watch the finalists and then place your vote! All Brown undergraduates are entitled to one vote. You must be an undergraduate and have a Brown username in order to vote. Voting is open until
Sunday, March 1st at 11:59 pm.
voting is now closed
Do You Think You Deserve the Best Room on Campus? Has the lottery been unfair to you in the past? Do you have the talent that can win you first pick in the housing lottery?
The Residential Council invites you to participate in the annual first pick competition to possibly walk away with the best room on campus. Enter as a group of 1-12 students by handing in a video clip up to 3.5 minutes long showing us why you would deserve the best room on campus. Every person in your first pick group must somehow be involved in the video. Videos are due Monday, Feburary 16th at 11:59 pm.
Not interested in submitting but want to know more about housing selection at Brown and decide who will win the competition? Come to the Housing Selection Fair and First Pick Screening on February 19th at 8PM in Sayles Hall. Representatives from ResLife, ResCouncil, Disability Support Services, and Greek and Program Houses will be on hand to answer your questions. You will also get a chance to see the submitted videos and vote on who deserves to win! Pizza and drinks will be provided.
Email lottery@brown.edu for any questions.
how to submit
What: a high quality digital file (.avi, .mpeg, etc.) and a list of the name, Brown ID (not Banner ID!), class year, and email address (if different from firstname_lastname@brown.edu) of every group member.
How: Either on CD in an envelope labeled "first pick competition" to the ResLife lobby in North Wayland OR digitally to lottery@brown.edu via a service like yousendit.com
When: Submissions due by Monday, February 16th at 11:59 pm electronically or by 5:00 pm if submitting a CD to ResLife. No late submissions are accepted!
Questions: Direct them to lottery@brown.edu!
rules
Here are some official rules (and a couple of general guidelines) by which all should abide. Any entry that breaks any rule listed below is subject to being disqualified at the sole discretion of the Residential Council.
- Both individual and group entries are allowed. Groups can consist of anywhere from 1 to 12 students. All members of the group must be students who are eligible to pick in the 2009 Housing Lottery (i.e. no program house or fraternity members) and all members must be involved somehow in the creation of the video.
- Each group, when sending in the video clip, must also submit the full names, class years, email addresses, and Brown IDs of each member.
- All submissions must be received by ResCouncil (lottery@brown.edu) by Monday, February 16th 11:59 pm.
- All video entries must be no longer than 3.5 minutes. They must be high quality digital files.
- Any submission is subject to being disqualified for containing or depicting content deemed inappropriate by either the Residential Council or the Office of Residential Life.
- All entries will be judged by votes both online and at the screening session. All Brown undergraduates may vote both times.
- By submitting your entry, you give ResCouncil and the Office of Residential Life permission to post it and your name on the websites of either entity at the discretion of ResCouncil.