On Tue, 26 May 2009 09:02:28 -0700, Carol L DeVolder: > >Interesting twist... > > http://tinyurl.com/ojymyt
To quote from the article: |Missouri University Makes Apple iPhone a Course Requirement | |According to the website for the Missouri University School of |Journalism, "Effective Fall 2009, students majoring in Journalism |t 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." If this is true, it has to rank in the Top Ten Stupidest Things A University Has Decided To Do". I say "if this is true" because the link in the article that is supposed to go to the Missouri U SoJ does go there but links to a page with the following: |Student Wireless Laptop Requirements Beginning Fall 2005 | |Missouri School of Journalism undergraduate and graduate |students who began their studies at MU after the Fall Semester 2005 |are required to have wireless laptop computers. To meet this requirement: | |Each year, the school recommends two or three configurations |for all entering freshmen and graduate students. The minimum |recommended configuration is a wireless laptop computer with |the Microsoft Office suite of software. | |Additional software may be required in some specialties by the |time students reach the junior year or in specific graduate areas |of emphasis. Photojournalism majors, for example, will need to |purchase Photoshop, a program for toning photographs for publication. | |Students are encouraged to acquire wireless laptop technology |from Apple, which the School has designated as its preferred |provider, but students also will have a choice of a Windows-based |alternative. Last year, 99.5 percent of incoming students chose |the Apple option. | |The base-level student computer configuration, including software, |will cost $1,400 or less. More expensive models with more features |will be available for those students who desire additional software |and technological capabilities. | |Students will be given financing options to amortize the cost over |four semesters through TigerTech at University Bookstore, Brady |Commons. Students with documented need (as determined through |the FAFSA filing process) may include the cost in financial aid packages. http://www.journalism.missouri.edu/undergraduate/computer-requirements.html The last date for updating the above site is May 11, 2009. So, is the iPhone requires a spoof or has someone really lost their mind in Missouri? -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
