Cut back allowance to cut back on printed paper

TO THE EDITOR:

In response to Tuesday’s article, “New guidelines created to slash paper use,” I must admit that I disagree with the request that the environmental affairs committee is making to professors. Part of being a college student is printing off large assignments and dissertations, but those are essentials that should not be limited in efforts to conserve paper. Logic tells me it may be more prudent to reduce the $40 that students are charged each semester for printing paper.

Many people are not able to spend that much money on paper, and those who do are not spending it all because they are printing off assignments to turn in to professors, it’s because they are printing of hundreds of pages that are available online.

If people have more money than needed, they will be compelled to print superfluously, justified by, “Well, I’m paying $40, so I may as well use it.” By reducing the amount of money allotted, we could reduce the amount of printed paper to the essentials: assignments.


Emily Williams
Junior
School of Nursing