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OBERLIN CREATES COLLEGE-NEWSPAPER VERSION DESIGNATED FOR HAND-HELD FORMATS
MARCH 13, 2001--Oberlin College’s student newspaper The Oberlin Review was founded in 1872 and is one of the oldest continuing student publications in the country.
Available in print since 1872 and online since 1996, the Internet-savvy staff recently became the first in the country to put its weekly publication directly into the palms of their readers’ palms, or, more exactly, into Palm Pilots and other Personal Digital Assistants (PDA).
Review Webmaster Jon MacDonald, a sophomore computer science major from Worthington, Ohio, worked with other students to reformat and simplify the online publication so that its pages would fit comfortably on the tiny PDA screens.
"Yahoo! Internet Life recently rated the College one of the top five most wired colleges in America, due, in part, to immense student Internet interest and use," says Review Managing Editor Ireta Kraal.
"The new edition will benefit the growing number of Oberlin students, faculty, parents and prospective students who carry hand-held computers. Accessing The Review in this way also will help alumni and friends of Oberlin stay in touch with the College."
To read The Oberlin Review, PDA users must first have AvantGo software installed on their hand-held devices. They must also establish a free account with AvantGo, which may be obtained by accessing its website.
The PDA version of The Review is posted Saturday at 4:30 P.M. each publishing week during the college academic year. Readers can download the Oberlin publication in its entirety within minutes by clicking the PDA icon on the Review's website.
AvantGo also updates The Review each time the machine is synchronized with the reader’s computer.
Media Contact: Betty Gabrielli
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