Article: Duke gives iPods to incoming freshmen

Miranda Lenning
University Wire
07-28-2004
(University Daily Kansan) (U-WIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- New students at Duke University will receive a 3.6 ounce gift at freshman orientation. Along with the abundance of confusing paperwork, each freshman will be given a small box containing a brand-new Apple iPod.

Duke will distribute Apple iPods to all of its 1,650 freshman on August 19.

The iPod can also be used for text material, which Duke will make use of by providing orientation information and an academic calendar for freshmen.

David Menzies, manager of Duke's Office of Instructional Technology and News and Information, said the iPods could hold up to 20 gigabytes of material, store any type ...

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