Oh how I love it when the Web does good. For those of you who have read my previous blogs, you know I have a love/hate for all that is online. It’s such a time waster but then it can also be a life changer, as it will be with this amazing online campaign…

MySpace is teaming up with five (Declare Yourself, HeadCount, Student PRIGs, Rock the Vote and Why Tuesday?) of the leading voter registration and civic groups in the US today to create the Ultimate College Bowl, a contest that will award scholarships and a free concert with Death Cab for Cutie to the students and school that register the most students to vote.

Here’s a little video to explain more:
Ultimate College Bowl


And from the folks at the Ultimate College Bowl:

This nationwide effort constitutes the largest voter registration drive ever devised using viral online technology and grassroots organizing coupled with incentives, all in an attempt to get schools and students competing to register the most voters. The contest will be run via an application and widget available to all college students at www.myspace.com/ultimatecollegebowl.

Incentives include scholarships to students who get the most friends to register to vote, provided by Guitar Hero; a chance for students from every state to become a “delegate” at the Constitutional Convention 2.0 at the National Constitution Center in January 2009, in Philadelphia; and concerts for the school whose students register the most by number and by percentage of student body, funded by PhoneTag.com. Seattle-based Death Cab for Cutie, fresh off their No. 1 album “Narrow Stairs,” has agreed to perform at the campus with the highest registration totals.

“College students are so important to our country yet remain one of the most underrepresented constituencies in America. The Ultimate College Bowl is an effort to make American democracy more accessible and sustainable,” says William B. Wachtel, Founder and Chairman of Why Tuesday?, which conceived the Ultimate College Bowl and is coordinating the partners’ efforts. “College students have a right to be heard now more than ever, and by using viral internet technology we are making their civic participation more convenient. The UCB and Constitutional Convention 2.0 will ensure that the voice of college students will forever have the seat at the table they richly deserve.

The MySpace IMPACT Channel http://impact.myspace.com, has really been making a push to increase voter registration and civic participation especially with America’s youth. At the Myspace IMPACT Channel you can find the official MySpace profiles for the 2008 Presidential candidates (I wonder if Obama enjoy super cool glitter graphics in his comments?) So takepart and check out http://impact.myspace.com where you can get info on voter registration, fundraising, volunteering and join the Ultimate College Bowl.