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The Changing Face Of Campus Tech

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the personal-notetaking-droids dept.

SeaDour writes "CNET News has an interesting perspective on the changing face of technology on campus. These days, students are showing more interest in the tech perks that campuses have to offer, and universities are taking notice. Duke University, for example, just gave away free iPods to each of their 1,650 incoming freshman. Penn State offers subsidized access to Napster 2.0 for all students, and many other schools are now considering similar programs with Rhapsody and Cdigix. Perhaps the best offering is wireless internet access, which 90% of campuses now offer in some form. Are we seeing the day when college students make their school of choice not based solely on academics or athletics, but also on tech freebies like these?"

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  1. Deeply obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Are we seeing the day when college students make their school of choice not based solely on academics or athletics, but also on tech freebies like these?

    Academics? Athletics? Who the heck are you kidding? The choice of school hinges mainly on 1) chicks, 2) bars and 3) frequency of parties. It would be surprising if a free iPod didn't have a deciding effect on 95% of the applicants.

  2. Hmm... by PedanticSpellingTrol · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear University of South Carolina - Columbia:
    I know you just blew 100k on a completely useless GPS tracking system for your shuttle buses that don't leave campus. Next year, could you please consider supplying Nikon D70 packages to your returning sophomores?

    1. Re:Hmm... by mod_parent_down · · Score: 5, Funny
      100k? That's like 5 students.

      Seriously, I wonder if that's ever the currency denomination referred to by internal budgeting people. The Ooss (pronounced ooze, meaning "out-of-state students").

      As in, "Hey jim, I'm headin down to admishins, how muched those I-Paweds cost?"

      "Bout 75 ooze."

      "Whoo-ey!"

  3. Duke University gave away free iPods... by SynKKnyS · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unfortunately, each one of the students had to try AOL and refer 5 of their friends first.

    Ok, that was a bad one. :)

  4. Re:Welcome to a decade ago by EinarH · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a necessary evolution for american universities, it's nice to see that they know how to create the next generation of academics.
    It's just beyond me how they could have accomplished that without Ipods, Napster 2.0 and some quality music like the hits from Will Smith.

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