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I do think taking away cell phones and internet is a little strange, but the method also has its positives. It's almost like a PNM retreat---no one is allowed to spend hours on the phone with mom or BFF from home or being a hermit in your room surfing the internet for hours. It forces the PNMs to be social and make immediate connections with other PNMs upon arrival to college.

I would think that if a PNM's family needed to get a hold of her in the event of an emergency, they'd have the phone number of a Rho Gamma or RA, knowing that they won't have their cell phones, and vice versa, someone in charge would be able to notify the PNM's family if she had an emergency.