http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/11/05/how-pennalert-could-flop/ The opinion blog of The Daily Pennsylvanian Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:49:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/11/05/how-pennalert-could-flop/#comment-1358 Anthony C Pants Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:30:46 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=709#comment-1358 What about Penn's constituency on financial aid that are too poor for anything aside from Boost Mobile? Will they have to endure a 10 cent charge for emergency news because their dad didn't give them a trust fund when they graduated high school? What about Penn’s constituency on financial aid that are too poor for anything aside from Boost Mobile? Will they have to endure a 10 cent charge for emergency news because their dad didn’t give them a trust fund when they graduated high school?

]]> http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/11/05/how-pennalert-could-flop/#comment-1325 Morgan Hennessy Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:24:32 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=709#comment-1325 Another thought: Many profs are persistent about students turning off cell phones during class. However, should there be an emergency, no one would receive the alerts on their phones! Granted, we all just put our phones on vibrate or check them silently many times during class... but shouldn't class policy be in sync with the goals of PennAlert? Perhaps professors should stop giving us dirty looks when our phones buzz and instead thank us for always being on alert... Another thought: Many profs are persistent about students turning off cell phones during class. However, should there be an emergency, no one would receive the alerts on their phones! Granted, we all just put our phones on vibrate or check them silently many times during class… but shouldn’t class policy be in sync with the goals of PennAlert? Perhaps professors should stop giving us dirty looks when our phones buzz and instead thank us for always being on alert…

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