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The hunt is on at Winona State University for free tickets to this year’s Mid West Music Fest.

The public relations committee published clues to a photo scavenger hunt around campus for students. Public relations director Adam Grinsell and the committee set up the interactive hunt.

Tickets for Mid West Music Fest are valued at $50 each, and students who win the scavenger hunt will win a pack of two tickets.

“It’s kind of like a ‘bring a friend’ deal,” Grinsell said. “Any person who submits a photo has a potential to win.”

Clues for the hunt include taking pictures with favorite professors, a photo of a Mugshots performer and many more places around campus.

“It involves more students on campus,” Grinsell said, “rather than just posting the promotion on Facebook.”

The clues were published through WSU Update and on Student Senate’s Facebook page. Students have to post the photos to the Student Senate’s Facebook or Twitter page with the hashtag #WSUSS.

The scavenger hunt will continue until the end of March just after the Timeflies concert on March 29. Students will have a chance to submit photos of the concert for one of the clues.

So far there have been five submissions to Student Senate’s social media pages and a few email submissions.

“We expected at least a handful of submissions,” Grinsell said. “It’s always hard to tell with this kind of thing.”

In addition to the scavenger hunt, the public relations committee is also hosting a March Madness bracket competition. The top 20 most successful brackets will be able to claim a free Mid West Music Fest ticket.

On the contrary to the scavenger hunt, Grinsell said the response to the bracket competition was overwhelming.

“We came up with the idea last minute,” Grinsell said. “Within an hour, we had 98 people join the competition.”

Mid West Music Fest will be held April 24-26 at various locations around Winona including Jefferson’s Pub and Grill and the Masonic Temple.

Students can also send the photos to the Student Senate email address, [email protected].