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Duke IPods Spark 'Rampant Negativity'

Duke University handed out free iPods to incoming freshmen on Thursday night, sparking a campus-wide sulk from all the students who didn’t get one. University rag the Chronicle reports: Freshmen receive long-awaited iPods. “‘Cool’ was the word of the night as eager members of the Class of 2008 gathered en masse on the East Campus […]
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Duke University handed out free iPods to incoming freshmen on Thursday night, sparking a campus-wide sulk from all the students who didn't get one.

University rag the Chronicle reports: Freshmen receive long-awaited iPods.

"'Cool' was the word of the night as eager members of the Class of 2008 gathered en masse on the East Campus Quadrangle Thursday to receive their long-awaited and highly-publicized welcome gifts: 20-gigabyte Apple iPods.

... 'I'm going to use mine for the academic stuff but then use it for music downloads and probably end up using it more for that than academics,' freshman Marissa Kimball said.

... some freshmen admitted that while they were happy to have the iPods, they understood the rampant negative reaction among upperclassmen who have expressed frustration at the fact that only first-year students received the free devices.

'I would be angry too if the freshmen came in and got free iPods,' Kimball said."

Moaning here.