2008 Woodie Awards
iPhones invade campus, e-mail more accessible
Kevin Simpson
Issue date: 2/21/08 Section: Features
Sitting around a friend's house in North Caroline during this past weekend, sophomore Matthew Kennaugh remembers that he has to tell a teacher he won't be able to make a weekend event because of his whereabouts.
Instead of losing his cool in front of everyone and asking to borrow someone's computer or call ten friends to pull in a favor for him like most students, he looks at his iPhone and e-mails his teacher from his friends couch and continues to go back to the festivities.
Thanks to the IT Department here at Sacred Heart, the amazing new technology that is coming out can be used to bring our school affairs with us. The department has just made it possible and is highly promoting the use of Sacred Heart e-mail for those students and faculty who have the iPhone.
Those who are lucky enough to see these e-mails about incorporating Sacred Heart e-mail into their i-Phone and actually put it to use, are soon realizing how convenient something like this can be.
"This new technology is awesome. I always have my e-mail on me so I always know when practice is-if it has been cancelled- and I am in constant contact with my professors," said Kennaugh.
Junior Andrew Cassese works in the IT Department and has taken notice to the growing popularity of the new technology.
"A lot of students have come in to set up their cell phones. The students must like this feature otherwise they wouldn't be asking for the service all the time," said Cassese.
For those students who think they are technologically impaired and would have no luck setting up their e-mail there are a number of different ways you can go about it.
The IT Department has sent out a number of e-mails giving easy, step-by-step directions on which menus to go to and exactly how to set up the services.
For those students who feel they would do more harm than good to their phones the IT Department is open Monday thru Friday and has a number of faculty who are more than willing to help the students.
Junior Diana Pellegrino feels that the iPhone and it's knew use on campus, "is extremely useful for I phone users because they don't have to find a computer when they are waiting for an e-mail from a professor."
Sophomore Lynn Tomasz has a different stance on the new technology however.
"I think its cool but I think phones are getting out of control. I wish I had one of those phones like a blackberry but I would never get one because I would never need it," said Tomasz.
Despite what people may think of the iPhones, they are having a huge impact on the campus.
Instead of losing his cool in front of everyone and asking to borrow someone's computer or call ten friends to pull in a favor for him like most students, he looks at his iPhone and e-mails his teacher from his friends couch and continues to go back to the festivities.
Thanks to the IT Department here at Sacred Heart, the amazing new technology that is coming out can be used to bring our school affairs with us. The department has just made it possible and is highly promoting the use of Sacred Heart e-mail for those students and faculty who have the iPhone.
Those who are lucky enough to see these e-mails about incorporating Sacred Heart e-mail into their i-Phone and actually put it to use, are soon realizing how convenient something like this can be.
"This new technology is awesome. I always have my e-mail on me so I always know when practice is-if it has been cancelled- and I am in constant contact with my professors," said Kennaugh.
Junior Andrew Cassese works in the IT Department and has taken notice to the growing popularity of the new technology.
"A lot of students have come in to set up their cell phones. The students must like this feature otherwise they wouldn't be asking for the service all the time," said Cassese.
For those students who think they are technologically impaired and would have no luck setting up their e-mail there are a number of different ways you can go about it.
The IT Department has sent out a number of e-mails giving easy, step-by-step directions on which menus to go to and exactly how to set up the services.
For those students who feel they would do more harm than good to their phones the IT Department is open Monday thru Friday and has a number of faculty who are more than willing to help the students.
Junior Diana Pellegrino feels that the iPhone and it's knew use on campus, "is extremely useful for I phone users because they don't have to find a computer when they are waiting for an e-mail from a professor."
Sophomore Lynn Tomasz has a different stance on the new technology however.
"I think its cool but I think phones are getting out of control. I wish I had one of those phones like a blackberry but I would never get one because I would never need it," said Tomasz.
Despite what people may think of the iPhones, they are having a huge impact on the campus.
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