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From: chenr@tilt.FUN (Ray Chen)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: Re: Univ. of VT chooses AT&T pc's
Message-ID: <280@tilt.FUN>
Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 21:09:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Apr 30 21:09:20 1985
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Reply-To: chenr@tilt.UUCP (Ray Chen)
Organization: Princeton University EECS Dept
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Summary: 

> Art majors usually have to shell out at least $100 - $200
> per semester for supplies.  For music majors a professional quality flute
> or clarinet can easily run over $2000, and I have no idea what professional 
> string instruments cost.

Yes, in the past students have been responsible for purchasing items
needed for their education.  For a music major, an instrument can obviously
fall into that category.  However, a) it is yet unclear if a PC is
necessary to education and b) the music majors and architecture majors
who needed to pour lots of money into strange items at least had their
choice of what they were going to buy.  Nobody tells all incoming flute
majors at Julliard that they have to buy a Model 25 B silver flute by
Bach even if they already have a flute that's just as good.

Requiring the purchase of a specific PC (ANY specific PC) is absolutely
ludicrous.  Requiring that students own a PC that meets certain functional
specifications would be better.  

	Ray Chen
	princeton!tilt!chenr