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NEWS
Printing out a new paper management system
Krista Naposki
News Editor
The Elon community used over 10 mil
lion sheets of paper on campus last year, a
35 percent increase from the year before.
Because of the jump in paper usage,
administrators will install a print manage
ment program at the end of fall term and
begin to gather data in the spring.
“The program is meant to make people
think (about how much paper they use),”
said Chris Fulkerson, assistant vice presi
dent of Technology.
In the spring, Fulkerson said he wants to
see how much waste is reduced by simply
monitoring the number of sheets each stu
dent uses. He wants to see how paper usage
varies by major or class.
“I’ve been in Club Belk,” Matt Clark,
associate professor of biology said. “I see
students printing off their favorite Play
Station character. If you narrow it down to
work and notes, there wouldn’t be a paper
problem.”
In the fall of 2006, charges for printing
will start. Print jobs under three pages will
not go through print management. All other
printouts will be included in students’ 500
pages per semester they receive as part of
tuition. After the 500 pages, students may
be charged six cents per black and white
printout and 50 cents for color printing.
The printers will be part of a wireless sys
tem called Pharos Uniprint, which is com-
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Cartlyn Glascock, a sophomore broadcasUng communications ma •
history notes. For class every Monday, Wednesday and FrinJc^ '
teacher "moves so fast through the slides that it would mJi ^ ^
ally nard to write the notes.'
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her card, Kate Hickey^elk uZr^ I-'
tor, said. Library direc-
Town of Elon residents will be ahlp
buy a guest card and deposit mo
card, similar to a debit card.
patible with Blackboard. The system allows
students to send print jobs from any location
on campus, including dorm rooms.
Once a print job is sent to the printer, the
student can swipe his or her Phoenix card
onto a keypad similar to an ATM and select
which job should be printed.
The print job will be saved for 12 hours.
Administrators have had col'
faculty committees, deans, SG .
leges and universities, the libra^ ^
committee on recycling and o t,ave
groups through the five years that ^
been researching print |jsh
Tita Ramirez, department of ” i
turer, said her college writing c as j
ative writing class have certain ass ° ^jtet ,
that may affect the 500 |
limit, but doesn’t think it wil (t,e j
teaching style. Toward the vviH
semester, her creative writing ^ |
be writing about four stories a lonS j
to 10 pages a story, but they don ^
handouts at the beginning of the i
She also said she will use libi^ .
more often for reading :
students don’t need to print h^''®
ing. She said that her classes
many handouts now so she doe ;
class will feel strained by the
ment restrictions. . g usi”^ |
Clark said he would
PowerPoint presentations. He ^fits >
students to use laptops in class
any other notes down.
“I’m a bit restricted to
the small class size,” Clark sai
students are getting off track I
say something.”
How do other
schools handle
paper waste?
Wake Forest ~
Receive a printer upon
entrance into school. 50
pages free then 5 cents.
NC State
200 pages free; 10 cents
per copy afterwards
ECU-
10 cents per sheet in the
oraiy, computer labs
don’t charge
Contact Krista Naposki at
pendulum@elon.edu or 278-724 •
Duke-
Printing is free at the
Peridns Libraiy. There
no page limit
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Bethany Swanson
Reporter
Could it be possible that the modem day
parakeet is actually the distant cousin of a
dinosaur? That’s what Marie A. Norell and his
colleagues are trying to discover.
Although paleontology is not a field of study
discussed much at Elon and is not even offered
as a major, Norell, an award-winning paleon
tologist, is coming to speak on campus at 7:30
p.m. SepL 27 in McCrary Theater as part of the
Voices of Discovery program sponsored by the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Norcll’s speech, titled “Dinosaur Feathers:
How Fossils Inform Us about the Evolution of
Birds,” will focus on his recent and past dis
coveries and theories regarding the connection
between birds and the dinosaurs of the
Cretaceous period, 144 to 65 million years
ago.
“Paleontology and evolution are fascinating
subjects,” said Nancy Harris, Voices of
Discovery committee member and assistant
dean of the college of Arts and Sciences.
“Most of our speakers are biology speakers-
they’re into genetics or molecular biology but
we’ve wanted someone in evolution and the
field of paleontology.”
According to his biography, Norell is recog
nized for his discovery of the bird-like
Mononykus dinosaur, as well as his unearthing
of the richest Cretaceous , fossil depository in
the world. He is also acclaimed for his discov
ery of a dinosaur
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For first year students, attending ^ggafll^ j
as this one is mandatory. Freshman
said, “I’m required to go to
class, but this one sounds
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school, so this is something
and different”
Contact Bethany Swanson ot
pendulum@elon.edu or 278-7*■