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Lisa Merschel, a professor in the Spanish department at Duke, said the university’s US$500,000 iPod program has revolutionized her students’ experience with the language. “Before, I would just play a CD in front of the whole class and there would be some students whose eyes would glaze over after the first couple of seconds and some who would get this intense look of fear on their faces,” Merschel said. “With the iPods, each student can listen at their own pace and they have the control to pause or replay certain parts…

“This is so cool,” Duke University freshmen were quoted as saying as they received their iPods Thursday. According to The Chronicle, the iPods had “Duke Class of 2008” engraved on the back and came pre-loaded with several orientation features, including an address from Duke president Richard Brodhead, an audio tour of campus, the university’s alma mater and fight song, phone numbers for campus health and safety resources, and an academic calendar.

As part of a pilot program, Duke University has teamed up with Apple to give iPods to all 1,800 incoming freshmen this fall. The fourth generation iPods will be pre-loaded with school calendars and other information. Students will also be able to download supplementary class material in addition to being able to play music.