But not everyone is rushing to get their hands on the new pals.
Adams House checker Lucy F. Mediros, who uses the Student Pal, said student reaction has been extremely negative.
"Students don't like this kind," she said. "Students say, 'Why don't you have these [plastic] things? Do you have more?'"
Students eating dinner in Adams House dining hall last night were unanimous in their dislike of the new pals. Gregory A Hudson '02 said he would never use a Pocket ID Pal.
"Taking your card out of your wallet and out of your pal is excessive," he said. "I'm a lazy man."
Other students also remain loyal to the plastic carriers.
"I stocked up [on the plastic ones] because I know they run out," Jon G. Brinton '01 said. "I put them in storage over the summer."