Respect. It’s the theme of a video contest sponsored by the University’s Human Relations Commission, which runs until 5 p.m. April 1. The B!G On Respect Video Contest is meant to allow students to be creative and share what respect means to them. The contest is also a reminder to the University that respect is a core value and it’s important to get it and to give it, said Barb Toth, writing center coordinator and member of HRC. ‘Respect is kind of an umbrella theme,’ Mark Gardner, senior, said. ‘Respect can look like a lot of different things to a lot of different people.’ Gardner and Toth are both hoping submissions are creative and challenge a viewer to define respect areas or create more understanding. The contest is also meant to promote diversity and Ruijie Zhao, graduate assistant and member of HRC, said she hopes that it helps people to practice acceptance they talk about in classrooms. Both students and faculty can enter the contest and are judged separately, so winners in both the student contest and faculty contest will receive $500 for first prize, $250 for second prize and $100 for third prize. The winners will have their videos screened at a special viewing and will have them published on the HRC Web site. The videos can be a maximum of four minutes in length and must convey the theme of positive human relations and respect for one another on the University campus.’ ‘Student don’t have to feel like they have to be experts with technology,’ Zhao said. A submission doesn’t have to necessarily even be a video.’ It can be any sort of moving media, which includes Power Point, Toth said. Videos can be submitted on CD or DVD and can be turned in to the Office of Equity and Diversity in 705 Administration Building or at the Writing Center in 303 Moseley Hall.’ Only original work is allowed to be submitted. Winners will be announced on April 16.