Debt Disease

Got this press release the other day:

Five students from across the United States – three from Ohio, one from Philadelphia and one from Michigan -- have been selected as the finalists in the Web-based video contest at www.KeepItInYourPants.org that offers a top prize of $5,000 for creating a public service announcement about the threat that “Debt Disease” poses to American consumers.

The winner of the contest will be named on April 23, 2008 at a red-carpet event in Charlotte, N.C. The first-place winner of the “Keep It In Your Pants” contest — which was open to students 14 years of age and older enrolled in middle school, junior high, high school, college, or graduate school — will receive a $5,000 scholarship for school-related expenses. 

The co-sponsors of the contest -– Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the League of Young Voters (LYV) -- announced the following five finalists (in alphabetical order):

• Nicholas Baker, of East Lansing, MI, a student at Michigan State University.  The video by Baker uses fast-moving graphics to illustrate the long-term consequences of debt disease.  You can see the video online here.

• Angel Ho, of Philadelphia, PA, a student at the University of Pennsylvania.  The video by Ho shows a young man protecting himself by wrapping his credit cards – and his wallet – in condoms.  You can see the video online here.

• Aimee Phillips, of Newark, OH, a student at Central Ohio Technical College. The video by Phillips is a 1950s-style flashback showing “Jimmy,” a student who graduates from high school and mistakenly thinks that being an adult means maxing out his credit card. You can see the video online here.

• Leanna Pribonic, of Johnstown, OH, a student at Central Ohio Technical College.  The video by Pribonic features a testimonial from a distressed woman who confesses that she has no self control when it comes to her credit cards. You can see the video online here.

• Jordan Unternaher, of Newark, Ohio, a student at Central Ohio Technical College.   The video by Unternaher focuses on locker room talk in which a young man share his problem and is told that abstinence is the only sure-fire cure for debt disease. You can see the video online here.

All five finalist videos can be reviewed here and the YouTube “Stop Debt Disease” channel.

I watched the videos and they're fairly entertaining. Stop by and check them out if you'd like some cute takes on "debt disease."

Comments

[No Debt Plan]

That is awesome and hilarious. Good stuff.