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Missouri students 'must buy Apple'

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 5 comments
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Columbia, MO - Students studying journalism at Missouri University are being told they must buy an iPhone or iPod from this fall. According to the University's website, "Effective Fall 2009, students majoring in Journalism at Missouri are required to have either an iPod Touch (the minimum requirement) or iPhone to allow for the delivery of freshman-orientation information as well as course material. Students will electronically download such material to either of those devices from iTunes University, a no-cost component of the iTunes Store.

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Comments (5)

bigg ·
That in these difficult economic times, the public universities are doing all they can to control the cost of an education, and are doing their best to remain accessible to students at all income levels.

(This is sarcasm)
caitlyn ·
I guess they gave new meaning to "an apple a day" and think it's somehow healthy to dictate an expensive hardware brand.
hkwint ·
When in my country something is cheap, the saying goes 'He bought it for an Apple and an egg'.
tracyanne ·
hk, are you trying to tell us that the Apple products aren't worth the money?
caitlyn ·
...or that they are worth about the same as one egg?

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