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Another reason to hate Duke

July 20, 2004 at 12:02 PM
iPods are cool, now Duke U is too

When I got to UT I received several crappy t-shirts and stole like half a dozen UTLD plastic cups, other than that I got bupkis. Sure some say you pick a college based on things like educational reputation, faculty to student ratio, and cost. But we all know we want to attend the school where you can get the best free crap.

As if being consistently a Final Four team in basketball wasn't enough, Duke University has given us all another reason to despise them. This fall incoming Duke freshmen will each receive free iPods, all 1,650 of them. I bet that's sure to piss off the upperclassmen, expect all sorts of iPod-related hazing in the fraternities on campus. The university is loading the players with things like campus maps and orientation information, and then throughout the year they'll be able to download lectures and audio books. My guess though is that there will be far more illegal Hoobastank songs on them than Calculus lectures. Duke has even hired an extra technology specialist as part of the program. That sounds like a fun job, dealing with rich brats whose free iPod just had it's harddrive erased.

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1 Christina said...

These freshmen probably pay alot more to go to Duke than to crappy public schools like UT ;-)
A 250 gift is nothing AND it probably comes out of their student fees...

Posted on July 20, 2004 at 02:20 PM

2 Brian said...

A crappy public school is better than attending a crappy AND expensive private school.

Posted on July 20, 2004 at 02:32 PM

3 Christina said...

You're just jealous because they didn't have to pay for their iPods.

Posted on July 20, 2004 at 02:49 PM

4 Christina said...

AND you're just jealous because theyr'e better at basketball than your school.

Posted on July 20, 2004 at 02:50 PM

5 dana said...

i love the blue devils!! they are such an awsome team. i love jj redick and the rest of the boyz. so if you have a problem with them, your the one with the problem. GO BLUE DEVILS!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO JONATHON CLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLUE DEVILS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on August 01, 2005 at 11:01 AM

6 somer said...

yeah for real if you gotta problem with duke, something is wrong with you!!!! JJ's the best ever!!!! And the rest of the boys to.

Posted on March 21, 2006 at 12:17 PM