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Duke University Giving iPods To 1650 Freshmen

Posted by timothy on from the freshpeople dept.

baptiste writes "Duke University has entered into an agreement with Apple to distribute iPods to all of the incoming freshmen this year - that's 1650 iPods! This agreement is part of an initiative to "encourage creative uses of technology in education and campus life" The iPods will have audio and text on them including special university content such as "faculty-provided course content, including language lessons, music, recorded lectures and audio books." Faculty will be assisted in creating new content for these devices by Duke's Center for Instructional Technology And here you thought iPods were just for music!"

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  1. FREE! OH BOy! by strictnein · · Score: 4, Funny

    Free after your $30,000 tuition! Good for you! And if you're lucky enough to graduate after 4 years you're only down $120,000! But you got a "free" iPod!

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    1. Re:FREE! OH BOy! by Mr.+McGibby · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ever heard of rounding?

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    2. Re:FREE! OH BOy! by floridagators1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      You know what would suck? To be a sophomore at Duke University. I would be pissed.

    3. Re:FREE! OH BOy! by rtphokie · · Score: 4, Funny

      Tuition: $29,350
      Room & Board: $8,210
      Books, Supplies, Toothpaste, airfare back to New Jersey: $2,520

      Grand total $40,080

      Free iPod priceless*

      *actual cost ~$400

      2003-2004 undergraduate costs

  2. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Duke University has also raised tuition by $299.

  3. And the Freshman assault rate rises 5,000% by Alcimedes · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first time one of those Freshman herds wanders their way into Frat row looking for beer, it's going to get ugly.

    I can see a bunch of pissed of Seniors beating the ever loving crap out of incoming freshman for their iPods. How do you tell them apart (unless they laser engrave them all).

    1. Re:And the Freshman assault rate rises 5,000% by Mr.+Roadkill · · Score: 5, Funny
      How do you tell them apart (unless they laser engrave them all)
      Why laser engrave them, when implanting an RFID tag is probably much less painf... um, you were talking about the freshmen, weren't you?
  4. All I can say is... by webslacker · · Score: 5, Funny

    It must really suck to be a sophomore at Duke!

    1. Re:All I can say is... by Kris_J · · Score: 5, Funny

      "For sale: Textbooks, never used. Marks to prove it." -- an actual sign I saw while at Uni.

  5. Iowa State University students get something too! by scoser · · Score: 3, Funny
    With all the Napster subscriptions and iPods being handed out by other universities, I felt like I was getting screwed by Iowa State, until I realized I was getting something as well when I return this fall.

    A nice, big tuition increase. Yay!

    Oh wait...

  6. Re:Wow by livhan28 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next up, Harvard to distribute gameboy advance

  7. next up... by WegianWarrior · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...all the freshmen gets sued by the RIAA for pirating music...


    (It's logical - they own a digital playbackdevice and has access to 'da interweb'; off course they steal music, and at least 10 gig each)

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  8. In other news... by Reverant · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..Orders placed on the new "iPod" music player from Apple Computers Inc, on it's "Applestore" online store will be delayed, sources confirmed. Rumours are that a high-priority customer ordered more than 1600 units of the new iPod, causing significant delays to end consumers. Angry Apple customers have once again, turned to sites like "Crazy Apple Rumours" for immediate relief.

  9. New iPod accessory by JazzXP · · Score: 3, Funny

    And you thought the BMW was going to be the biggest iPod accessory ever! Now all the students have a whole university to plug into them!

  10. the best laid plans... by SuperBanana · · Score: 5, Funny
    The iPods will have audio and text on them including special university content such as "faculty-provided course content, including language lessons, music, recorded lectures and audio books."

    Yup, until Johnny Freshman doesn't have room for the latest Avril song.

    Hmm. Delete Linkin Park song, or some professor yacking about french. Hmmmm.

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  11. This just in... by sockonafish · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple to Napster:

    "Haha, fuck you."

  12. Re:Overpriced. WAY overpriced by 4bz · · Score: 2, Funny

    You are saying you would rather PAY $29.95 for a DVD player than get a FREE iPod? Weird.

  13. Re:Hum... by ChiaKemp · · Score: 2, Funny

    This all sounds like the free toy in your cereal advertising method. Attend Duke, free iPod in every box.

  14. Re:Why not a PDA? by spooje · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have you ever been to University? Most classes have a 3-4 lecture once a week and you're usually taking in the neighbornood of 4 - 5 classes at a time. That 16mb won't even come close.

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  15. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  16. Re:Wow by martinX · · Score: 4, Funny


    I'm not stealing an iPod until Apple supports OGG!

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  17. For 40 Grand it's the least they could do by gelfling · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course air conditioning the Freshmen dorms in hot fetid North Carolina wouldn't be a bad idea either.