Challenge Winners: Close Call for USC!

November 25th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

Congratulations to the University of Southern California, our “Call Congress” challenge winners with 9 calls to their Senators and Representatives. The Trojans barely beat out Franciscan University of Steubenville, which registered 8 calls, and Missouri State, which logged 6.

We got 76 calls reported total. That may seem like a small number, but it really amounts to a strong push for the letter asking Obama for a robust FY10 International Affairs Budget. Congressional calls can have a major impact. That’s why we award a whopping 1,000 points per phone call.

So USC is taking home not only the 10,000 points and prize pack for winning the challenge, but an additional 9,000 points for making 9 phone calls. That ought to shake up the leaderboard a bit.

Thanks to everyone who made a call for this challenge. Great job, all!

-Emily Stivers