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HP Giveaway Recap

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Saturday, 22 August 2009

Special thanks goes out to everyone who entered in our Back to School Giveaway, and thanks to HP, Microsoft, Timbuk2, and Ivy Worldwide for helping put on this promotion.

Everyone who submitted their favorite college-related picture was entered into a random drawing.

And the winner is...

Jason Yang from Cornell University

The winning photo:

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This picture shows a series of footsteps at Cornell University. These footsteps are between two statues, one of Ezra Cornell and another of Andrew White. The footsteps signify the steps that the ghosts of the two founders of the university will take for their nightly meeting on the Arts and Sciences Quadrangle.


Thanks again to everyone who participated in the giveaway. If you didn't win, you still have a chance at winning at a few other websites participating in the HP Back to School Giveaway.


Here are a few of our favorite user submitted photos:

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The 'Dr. Seuss' Tree at SUNY Geneseo (Submitted by Matthew S.)

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A student gets acquainted with the dorm's washing machine (Submitted by Gloria M.)

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Messy Desk Award? (Submitted by Miguel M.)

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In Argentina it is common when you graduate that your friends and family throw flour, eggs, mayonnaise, ketchup, wine and other things on you for good luck. (Submitted by Mariana)

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Picture of a bike rack outside Indiana University Dorms. The picture looks like a cool evening snow scene but is actually dust from construction taking place right next to the bike racks. (Submitted by Mark S.)

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A Vietnamese Student Association club meeting where hungry college students were making Vietnamese Shrimp Rolls. It shows the true essence of college students after free food. (Submitted by Carlos H.)

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It looks like this Eastern Washington University student won't be graduating. (Submitted by Tawnie D.)

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A few students decide to dress up for Halloween at a Penn State football game. (Submitted by Thomas S.)

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Brownie Points (Submitted by TC)

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While taking an outdoor education course, students went caving.  At the lodge students practiced their climbing/caving skills by playing table games. You start on the table, then you tip to one side, go under and up on the opposite edge of the table. (Submitted by Sarah D.)

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University of Central Florida (Submitted by Peter A.)

 
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