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Article: Duke to Provide Freshmen With IPods
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- July 20, 2004
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AP Online
07-20-2004
Dateline: DURHAM, N.C.
Duke University will soon give its freshmen a trendy item it hopes will be a cutting-edge learning tool.
The university has announced a deal with Apple to distribute 1,650 iPod digital music players to its first-year students. Duke will get a discount from the computer manufacturer, then give the players free to freshmen.
The iPods generally are used to store and play music. The 20 gigabyte model, which the students will get, can hold about 5,000 songs.
But the ones Duke will give out come stocked with school-related information, including information for freshman orientation, the academic calendar, campus tours and even the school's fight song.
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