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News Students to be charged after 400 pages to cut costs From "Printing" on Page 1 up nearly $10,000 over last year land,have implemented this change polledavarieryofsrudentsempha_ they need. Also they don't offer (actual physical COSt, excluding en- both in an effort to go green and sizing me last thing on their mind front to back copying, and no one be placed in the printers across ergy COSts), this money "could very to compensate for wasted paper in is trying to prevent or prohibit recycles." campus for the trial run. well have been used in other ways," labs, Ighch explained. work. And all students supported Junior Neal Marcello said that This plan was initiated after she added. "If they don't have it. they're the efforr. considering we get 400 copies for growing concern that 50 percent To implement print counters, on the verge or asking other Regardless of the positive feed- free before being charged, "Ihar's of pages printed on campus ma- the college' wit! on need to invest schools about charging for priming back she received, the first reaction plenty." chines are wasted, Iglich said. The a few thousand dollars on the soft- in labs." of most students when told of this "Recycling bins are everywhere cause for the waste? After talking ware, Iglich said, and that software An amenity which many Stu- plan was one of severe and virtually on the Carlton campus-people to members of the college com- should pay for itself in less man dents rake for granted, free printing unwavering disgust. harass you if you don't recycle, jusr munity, Iglich suspects that stu- Responses a year. Once new software is in- is a luxury that McDaniel College like "We pay as much as if you refuse to vote," dents hit prim more than once stalled in computer labs, each rime can no longer suppon, she added. $30,000 a year to go here, and now said sophomore Ellie Camlin. and print brochures and fliers for someone hits the print option on Though no more than 5-10 they're adding another expense to "They've even started composdng," clubs and organizations instead of the computer, a box will pop up percent of students copy an ourra- our tuition]" or "What the P"·k?!" she added with a laugh. using [he copy center, Ultimately, and ask for a student ID number geous amount, Iglich said: "Every- or "They can't do that!" Currently, Internet Technol- the frequene printing heats up me and a universal password (the one one else has to pay for it." Bur once infonned of the situ- ogy workers are setting up the machines and drains toner and ink for email, Blackboard, and Arch- As a side note, she added that arion, most changed their reaction server and program where over cartridges. way) before processing the print McDaniel's policy is probably one to a more understanding, "Ok, r the next few months many resr Without actual print coun- job. of me most generous of any schools guess I can handle [hat." runs will occur. But students will ters, the number of pages used is Many schools across the na- that implements this additional Sophomore Sarah Hughes be notified well in advance about only an informal estimate, Iglich don, including William and Mary, charge to students. said, "People waste so much paper. the fee-for-printing plan chrcugh explained. Wim printing budgets Carlton and University of Mary- Iglich said the faculty involved They kill trees and print more than campus-wide emails. The Lighter Side of the Campus Safety Blotter Editors Note: !his weeklypiece high- In other news, on Saturday; safety inspections in a dorm. lights lome of the more inane calls November 17, ac around 12:30a.m. 'What happened to common I was writing this piece, Campus and incidents to which campm lI1fety Campus Safety officers witnessed a sense guys? It's not smart to leave Safety came into me library com- responds. student urinating outside Whiteford things that can get you into trouble puter lab and escorted a student out The two Campus of [he building. Hall. Apparently students are con- just lying around out in the open! Safery officials told the student to While mere is nothing as ex- cerned about me drought mat we Even if there is not that much immediately Stop what he was do- citing as a golf cart heist this time, are in. The grass must have looked a common sense going around recent- ing and to shut the computer down campus certainly hasn't been dry. bir dry and obviously needed some ly, there certainly is some decorating completely. And I mean mac in the literal sense. watering. sense going around. Campus Safety Now I can't rell you what the Several accounts of underage alco- In fact, the grass was not me found a push bar torn off a door in was. Becky Snider, '09 hol possession have been reported only thing rhar needed warering. Rouzer. Now as to why this really exact issue wich me student indeed However was his behavior Blotter Reporter in Whiteford and Rouzer. Big sur- Onesrudenr from Rouzerwas found happened, your guess is as good as odd. The student seemed to be talk- prise there. l know. throwing water balloons OUt of a mine. Though I have if on good ing loudly to himselfwhile watching There was of course the normal Fire extinguisher reponed slew of fiR: c:>