Palms put technology in freshmen's handS

SHAWN RICE STAFF WRITER SMR723@CABRINI.EDU

The future of the communications department can be literally found in the palm of one's hands with the purchase of a palm. Beginning this year, the tool has become a requirement for all incoming freshmen.

The consensus amongst the communications faculty is that the palm will be useful for time management and organization. The ability to "beam" students their assignments and class notes is another feature for the palm.

To avoid the image of seeing the palm being used as an expensive paperweight, professors in the communications department had been teaching the freshmen the different uses of the palm.

Why is the communications department putting emphasis on this tool? Dawn Francis, an English/communications professor and also the one behind the palm lessons, said, "Our department is pushing it more because we realize the importance of technology."

After a recent broadcasting panel, which featured representa-