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THE BATTALION
It's just another day in class. The shuffle of papers and the scratch
ing of pens fade into the drone of the professor's lecture. Then it
happens. The unmistakable sound of a cell phone ringing cuts
through the class' concentration.
“It's happened to me,” said Patty Fernandez, a freshman general
studies major. “It's rung in class and in church. Ever since then, I
make sure I turn it off.”
The ringing of cell phones in class is a source of frustration
for students.
“I have a simple opinion about cell phones
in class,” said Joshua Duke, a sophomore
general studies major. “I don't mind people
having them, I even carry one, but please turn
them off - if not for your sake, then the rest
of the class' sake.”
Duke also suggested using the vibrate fea
ture on phones to keep the disruption at a mini
mum. “Usually, a professor won't mind if it's on
vibrate, because at least it isn’t playing a tone at the
highest level,” Duke said. “I have a political science
professor who says she keeps a phone on her for emer
gencies. She understands if we have one, but (asks that we)
keep it on vibrate so it doesn't disturb too many people or her.”
Having a phone for emergencies is the reason many stu
dents keep their cell phones with them at all times.
Fernandez said her phone came in handy when she was
in a car accident.
“I don't use it often,” she said. “I use it during my free
weekends, but other than that, I use it really quickly.”
A report by the Federal Communications
Commission revealed 61 percent of 18- to 24-
year-olds carry cellular phones nationwide. With so
many students carrying cell phones, Chris Carlin,
senior computer engineering major, said phones
ringing in class is a problem without a solution.
“It’s one of those 'don't let a few irrespon
sible people ruin it for everyone else' kind of
things,” Carlin said. “I don't have a cell
phone myself, and I find them very annoying
when they go off in class, but I don't think
they should be banned from class.”
Carlin said he'd rather see students held
responsible for the disruption they cause
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fm sure every
day Vmin classes
where more than
one person has a
non-silenced cell
phone in their book
sacks. They’re really
ticking time
bombs.
— Chris Carlin
senior computer
engineering major
when their phone rings.
“From a more practical standpoint, ban
ning the cell phones will probably just
mean that the more forgetful people will
forget to take them out of their bags, the
more forgetful people being the ones
most likely to accidentally leave them
on during class,” he said.
Some professors place a section in
their syllabus regarding cell phones.
Fernandez said one particular professor had
made clear on the first day that
he didn't like phones ringing in
class. Yet this did not stop one stu
dent from forgetting to turn off a
noisy cell phone.
“It was such a big class that he let
it go,” Fernandez said.
Other students haven't gotten off so
easily. Stories of phones being taken up
or professors answering the phone circu
late around campus.
Anne Skrivanek, a junior journalism major,
said she always remembers to turn off her phone
because of an incident which occurred her fresh
man year. Skrivanek said a student’s phone rang
during class and caused a scene.
“She ignored it at first but it kept ringing
and by then everyone was looking at her so
she answered it,” Skrivanek said. “The pro
fessor stopped class so she could take her
call. I was surprised.”
Skrivanek said the incident became
increasingly embarrassing when the student
initiated a conversation with the caller.
“I figured she'd just turn it off, but she answered it,”
Skrivanek said. “So everyone listened as she asks the
person 'Why are you calling me now? You know I'm
in class. Everyone's looking at me!’ After that no
one dared let their phones ring in class.”
However, embarrassment does not always
inspire fear in students toting cell phones.
“I'm sure every day I'm in classes where
more than one person has a non-silenced cell
phone in their book sacks,” Carlin said.
“They're really ticking time bombs.”
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