Despite objections from some professors, Indiana State University’s Faculty Senate has signed off on a plan that would require incoming freshmen to buy laptop computers, starting in 2007. The proposal is likely to be voted on by the university’s Board of Trustees this summer, but students are still weighing in on the matter: One group, Students Against Laptops, hopes to persuade Indiana State’s student government to draft a statement opposing the plan. (Terre Haute Tribune-Star)



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