May 12, 2006

Duke Stops Giving Students Free iPods but Will Continue Using Them in Classes

By BROCK READ

Over the past two years, Duke University has attracted a great deal of publicity for giving away iPods — first to incoming freshmen, then to students taking courses that made use of the devices. But as Duke prepares to enter the third year of its experiment with the trendy gadgets, campus officials have announced that they will no longer simply hand out free iPods.

Instead, Duke will offer two options to any student enrolled in a course that requires the devices: The student

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