2008 Woodie Awards
Why Does the Computer Lab Have a Printing Limit?
Diana Kost
Issue date: 3/16/05 Section: Features
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"[The computer lab employees] wouldn't let me print out all of the pages I needed. They said I needed special permission from my professor. I ended up asking my professor to do it for me because I just didn't have the time," Davis said.
The special permission is a form, which students are handed, when they exceed the 30 pages. If the work they need printed out is for a class, they must have the professor authorize the printing with a signature. The student must bring it back to the computer lab and only then can they print out the remainder of their work.
Many students have had similar situations and are dissatisfied with the service the computer lab provides. Students say that their tuition money should allow for them to print as many pages as they want. Sophomore English major, Manav Thaker said he thinks the University is short on funds. "They don't have enough money to have paper," he said, when asked why he thinks the computer lab has a 30 page printing limit.
Junior information systems major Kora Mathew understands the position the computer lab is in. "I agree with the limit. Thirty pages is reasonable. I doubt most people would need to print more [and] if once in a while they do, split it into two days," he said.
Director of User Services, Frank Mannle, said he understands the students' concerns but the budget allocated to the computer lab is used for resources besides paper. The computer lab, like all other departments at the University is allotted a budget by Chief Financial Officer, Frank Monaco and Mannle must divide the funds on all aspects of the lab.