A press conference was held in Lutsk ahead of the next "Student of the Year-2005" competition. The meeting took place with the participation of the head of the organizing committee, Anton Sosnovskyi, and representatives of local media, reported "Lutsk Investment" by the press secretary of the competition's organizing committee, Olena Pianykh.\n\nThe competition, which has already become a good tradition, will be held for the sixth consecutive year (since 2000). The organizers of this event are traditionally the Lutsk Youth Council and the Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe). In this regard, a powerful advertising campaign is launching, which envisages attracting sponsors for holding the event and information support for the "Student of the Year-2005" competition. Since on November 17 students celebrate their "professional" holiday – Student Day, it is likely that the official awarding of the winners will take place on the same day.\n\nThree students in each nomination will reach the final of the competition; however, one student-finalist from the specified nominations (eight in total) will become a prize-winner: student-entrepreneur, student-athlete, -public figure, -artist, -natural sciences scholar, -journalist, -humanities scholar, -computer genius. The prizes have been designated as: scholarships from the Lutsk City Council, as well as gold bars weighing 10 grams. The latter is being offered to the lucky winners as an award for the first time. The composition of this year's jury, according to the head of the organizing committee Anton Sosnovskyi, will be completely different from last year's. In addition, last year's nominees of the competition will also be able to submit their candidacies in order to once again (or finally) achieve victory.\n\nAs for the general criteria for evaluating the student participants, they remain unchanged, except for the amendments and remarks that have so far been expressed by the jury members.