Terms of Use

THESE TERMS OF USE DESCRIBE YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN USING CAMPUSPROGRESS.ORG. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY.

Last updated : February 16, 2005

1. Acceptance of Terms. CampusProgress.org, including all site-related content and services (collectively, “CampusProgress”) is provided by Center for American Progress (“American Progress,” “we,” “us”). Your use of CampusProgress is subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Terms of Use agreement (“Terms of Use”), which supplement any additional guidelines or other terms posted by American Progress in relation to specific site-related services or content. Although you can access and read portions of CampusProgress by visiting the site, you must register as a member to use certain CampusProgress features – such as posting comments or creating a personal CampusProgressPage.

Please note that we reserve the right to update or modify the Terms of Use without advance notice by posting a revised Terms of Use to this website. Visitors to CampusProgress (“you”) can determine whether the Terms of Use has been modified since your last visit by checking the “Last updated” legend posted at the top of the Agreement. By using CampusProgress, you agree to be bound by the version of the Terms of Use then in effect. If at any point you no longer agree to the Terms of Use, please arrange to cancel your membership of CampusProgress by notifying American Progress and/or discontinuing your use of CampusProgress. American Progress may deny service to you at any time, including in the event you do not adhere to the Terms of Use.

2. About American Progress; Purpose of CampusProgress. American Progress is a nonpartisan, tax-exempt research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all. We believe Americans are bound together by a common commitment to these values and we aspire to ensure our national policies reflect these values.

As a tax-exempt organization, American Progress is prohibited from supporting attempts to influence the outcome of any election for public office. Accordingly, with CampusProgress, American Progress seeks to provide a forum for students and others to discuss progressive ideas and policies – not to advance the interests of any particular political party or candidate for office.

3. Registering with CampusProgress; Signing Up for Certain Features.

Registering with CampusProgress. CampusProgress.org welcomes anyone to check out CampusProgress. But in order to post comments about, or to rate, blog entries and various other content, you must register with the site, creating an account and password. If you register as a member of CampusProgress, we will automatically create for you a CampusProgressPage, where, if you wish, you can create blog entries and/or share information about yourself. Campus Progress seeks to use these pages to create a campus-centered community of people interested in discussing issues and progressive ideas.

If you register to become a member of CampusProgress, you agree to provide and maintain accurate, current and complete information about yourself. As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a username and password. You agree not to select a username that impersonates someone else or otherwise violates someone else’s rights. You are responsible for the confidentiality and use of your username and password and agree not to transfer your account to another party. If you become aware that your account is no longer secure, please and notify us and change your password.

Signing Up for Certain Site Features. We welcome both registered members and non-registered visitors to sign up to enter contests, participate in polls, or use certain other features made available through CampusProgress from time to time. Whether or not you are a registered member, you must provide your email address and zip code to sign up for these features. Any contests, polls or other features requiring you to sign up may be governed by specific rules, which we will post for your review. By signing up for a particular feature, you become subject the rules governing that feature.

4. Submissions. We welcome you to post ideas and views to CampusProgress, subject to your agreement to comply with the Terms of Use. Please be aware that in order to operate CampusProgress or redistribute materials you post to CampusProgress or otherwise submit to us, we require certain rights in those materials. So, by posting to CampusProgress or otherwise transmitting comments, pieces, ideas or other information (collectively, “Submissions”) to us, you grant to us and our designees a worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicenseable, assignable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works based on, perform and display such Submissions (in whole or in part) in any media now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose whatsoever, without compensation to you or any other provider of the Submissions. You also permit any visitor or member of CampusProgress to access, display, view, store and reproduce such Submissions for personal use.

You acknowledge that to the extent that you include personally identifiable information in Submissions, we may republish such information as part of the content. If we republish your content, we may provide authorship credit by listing your name as well.

Although American Progress has no obligation to monitor the Submissions, you acknowledge and agree that we may do one or all of the following: A) monitor the Submissions; B) alter, edit, or remove any Submission; or C) disclose any Submissions. This section will survive any termination or expiration of these Terms of Use.

5. CampusProgress Community Rules. CampusProgress forums are designed to encourage discussion on topics related to ideas, issues, politics, campuses and student activism. While CampusProgress is centered on progressive ideas and policies, we welcome a broad range of viewpoints. We have adopted the “CampusProgress Community Rules” set forth below to create a forum where information and views can be shared in a productive and civilized way. While using CampusProgress, you agree to follow the CampusProgress Community Rules.

You agree to:

• Respect other Members – please do not threaten, abuse, intimidate or harass other Site users.


• Use CampusProgress for your personal use only. Posting entries solely to promote your own commercial ventures is not allowed.

• Post any content or provide links to any content that endorse or oppose a particular political party or candidate for office.


• Post any private information or otherwise harvest, collect or disclose information, about another CampusProgress user without his or her express consent.


• Post any content to CampusProgress that is unlawful, racist, libelous, defamatory, obscene, or harasses particular individuals or groups.


• Post any content to CampusProgress that infringes any third-party’s intellectual property or other rights.


• Use CampusProgress for any unlawful purpose, or transmit or otherwise make available in connection with CampusProgress any material that would give rise to criminal or civil liability.


• Use CampusProgress for advertisements, chain letters, “spamming,” survey solicitations, junk mail or solicitations. We are not free advertising.


• Impersonate any person or entity, including any American Progress employees, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.


• Imply that American Progress endorses any of your statements or positions.


• Transmit any harmful, invasive or disruptive code or other materials (such as viruses, worms or web bugs) through or to CampusProgress, or otherwise “hack” or deface any portion of CampusProgress.


• Frame or mirror any part of CampusProgress without our prior written authorization.

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General Re-Use Policy

You may copy reprint, publish, reproduce, or otherwise display materials created by American Progress and made available through CampusProgress (collectively, the “CampusProgress Works�?) on the condition that you attribute those materials to American Progress or CampusProgress, as applicable, and provide a link to the American Progress website (www.americanprogress.org) or the CampusProgress site (www.campusprogress.org), as applicable. Specifically, any article or materials that you reprint or otherwise reproduce must be displayed with its by-line, if applicable, under one of the following headings:

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You can usually tell that a work is a “CampusProgress Work�? because it has a by-line, tagline or other attribution as such. “CampusProgress Works�? do not include any materials posted on or through the site that do not include such an attribution. (such as an AP photo, an article by an outside contributor, a music/audio file or a cartoon) If you are uncertain whether a work is a CampusProgress Work, please contact us. Please contact the author of works published on CampusProgress that are not CampusProgress Works for permission to re-use such works.

Limit on Use

Except as expressly permitted above, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, enter into a database, display, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit, or in any way exploit any material produced by American Progress. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you may not distribute any material produced by American Progress over any network, including a local area network, nor sell or offer it for sale.

You may not make any editorial changes to articles or materials without first receiving express permission from American Progress. This provision does not restrict excerpting portions of content in a manner that does not alter the editorial intent.

If any of these terms are breached, we reserve the right to withdraw your license to republish our material. In this situation, you must take immediate steps to remove our material from all current and past communications.

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10. Privacy Policy. All information provided by you or collected by us during visits to CampusProgress (including when you register to become a member or sign up to use certain features) is governed by American Progress’ Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated into the Terms of Use by this reference. Please review it carefully by clicking here.

Please be aware that if you decide to disclose personally identifiable information on forums open to other site visitors or CampusProgress members, this information may become public. American Progress does not control the acts of other CampusProgress visitors or members, so please be cautious when deciding to reveal personal information on CampusProgress. If you believe a CampusProgress visitor or member is improperly collecting or using information about you or other users, please contact us at CPwebmaster@campusprogress.org.

11. Jurisdictional Issues. The Site is controlled and operated by American Progress from its principal office in the District of Columbia, U.S.A., and is not intended to subject American Progress to the laws or jurisdiction of any other state, country or territory. Those who choose to access CampusProgress do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are solely responsible for complying with all local laws, rules, and regulations.

12. Termination. You agree that American Progress, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of CampusProgress or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason, including if American Progress believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the spirit of the Terms of Use. Further, you agree that American Progress will not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to CampusProgress.

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The Site may include inadvertent inaccuracies or errors, or information or materials that violate the Terms of Use (including CampusProgress Community Rules). Additionally, the possibility exists that a third party could make unauthorized alterations to CampusProgress, Content or Services. Although we attempt to ensure the integrity of CampusProgress, we make no guarantees as to its completeness or correctness. In the event that a situation arises in which CampusProgress’ completeness or correctness is in question, please contact us with, if possible, a description of the material to be checked and the location (URL) where such material can be found on CampusProgress, as well as information sufficient to enable us to contact you.

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16. Miscellaneous. These Terms of Use is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any court located in the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia, United States of America, and waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts, in any matter arising out of or related to CampusProgress or these Terms of Use. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. American Progress may assign its rights and obligations under these Terms of Use. These, together with all policies referred to herein, is the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter herein and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements between us with respect to such subject matter.

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