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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Upon returning to the library after the holiday break, students were
surprised to find that the individual printers were missing and had been
replaced by several network printers. Now instead of each computer
having its own printer, the computers are all hooked up to larger, more
efficient network printers.
There are several reasons for the switch. "A
lot of our individual printers were getting old
and needed to be replaced,"
Barbara Costello, Documents
Librarian said. "The individual printers don't do well with
such heavy use as those were
getting."
For this reason the library
has been gradually transitioning from individual printers to
network printers that can handle the heavier use. "We had
network printers in the East
Room first and then in the central area next. We just decided
to go the rest of the way over
break," Costello said.
However, this change has
not affected students printing
in the library very much. Students can still work and print
from the individual computers.
The only change is that the documents are now
sent to a nearby network printer, usually located at the end of the row of computers. These
"We had network
printers in the East
Room first and
then in the central
area next. We just
decided to go the
rest of the way over
break"
by Sonya Stewart
printers are clearly labeled and are easy to use.
They are no worse than the individual printers
and they may even work better
for the students.
"So far they seem to be working well," Costello said. "They
are a lot faster than the individual printers and they can make
2-sided copies." Costello says
that the library staff hopes the
implementation of these network printers will help to cut
down on paper waste.
Students seem to agree. "I
think it is more reasonable to
have central printing stations
because less paper will be
wasted because of monitoring,"
Molly Williams said.
So far the switch seems to be
a success. Students still maintain control over their printing
and hopefully these new printers will offer a more cost-effective, environmentally friendly way to print.
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by Kaitlyn Schulz
Over the past two weeks people
around the world have dealt with
saddened hearts and life altering situations; news stations have flashed
repeated headlines focusing on a
single event: the earthquake and
devastation in Haiti.
On January 12, 2010 at 4:53 p.m,
an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude
struck just ten miles away from
Port-au-Prince, Haiti—the coastal
capital, which contains roughly
two-million inhabitants. The major quake caused thirty-three aftershocks to strike the nation, leaving
further damage and destruction. An
estimated three million are need in
need of emergency aid due to the
aftermath.
"Sometimes I still can't believe
that such a devastating thing happened. For the first couple of days,
it was all about trying to get in contact with family, but now it's more
about how to help," said Stephanie
Lahens, a native Haitian student,
said.
Aiding Haiti is exactly what people around the world have been doing. Following the quake, The Red
Cross dispatched a relief team from
Geneva and the UN's World Food
Program began flying in planes
with emergency food aid. The Inter-American Development Bank
also approved a $200,000 grant
for emergency aid. "My heart was
deeply saddened when I heard of
the tragedy in Haiti. I knew that I
had to help do something somehow.
I'm impressed and ecstatic with
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