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Double or nothing in printing IT increases print charges nearly double to cover printing costs for printing lab MIKE BRESTOVANSKY Campus Reporter @BrestovanskyM
The cost to print from university printers has effectively doubled, rising from 5 cents to 9 cents, and the discount for duplex printing has been canceled. The increase in printing charges is because of an increase in the cost of maintaining a printer lab. Items like toner, ink and paper cost more, leading to an increase in charges, said Becky Grant, communications manager for OU Information Technology.
These rising costs outweigh the revenue made from printing, Grant said. “This effectively means that we are taking money from other areas of our budget to subsidize lab printing,” she said. The printing charges are the result of an eight-month study into the costs of printing at OU computer labs. The new model is based on historical data that will allow OU IT to break even on printing spending, she said. “We are not looking to turn a profit on printing, just to ensure that printing revenues cover printing costs and do not take away from other, critical areas of our budget,” Grant said. Because of the heightened costs, OU IT members have suggested students use digital submission services like
Desire2Learn or Dropbox. Last semester, OU printers managed by IT printed 1.7 million individual print jobs, said Sarah Robbins, director of public relations and strategic initiatives for OU Libraries. This equals roughly 22 large trees worth of paper, Grant said. Therefore, changing to a digital submission program would be cost-effective and would also lower the campus’ carbon footprint, Grant said. While Robbins is hopeful students will take this opportunity to explore paperless options, until spring statistics are available, nobody can say for sure how student behaviors have changed. Astronomy senior Sam Strother said he prints in the SEE PAPER PAGE 2
TEDXOU
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No ticket? OU has you covered Live streaming for the TEDxOU talk available in Union at OneU MEGAN DEATON, ESCAPE Editor, @meggiejennie PAIGHTEN HARKINS, Campus Editor, @PaightenHarkins
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or students who couldn’t get tickets to this year’s TEDxOU event, a live stream will be available in Oklahoma Memorial Union. The OneU store on Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor will stream the TEDxOU speakers beginning 9:30 a.m. Friday. Viewers do not need to RSVP for the live stream event and can show up at any time during the day, according to the TEDxOU website. Attendees had to apply for tickets, which have been sold out since early December. This year, more applicants applied than were tickets available, curator Adam Croom said in an email. The event typically sells all available tickets, which helps fund the event in the future, Croom said. Aside from a few small sponsorships from Student Affairs, the OneU Store and Fowler Volkswagen, the event is completely reliant on ticket sales, Croom said. “TEDxOU sheerly exists because there is a demand for tickets, and we wouldn’t be able to do if the community didn’t keep coming back,” Croom said. The money from ticket sales goes to feeding attendees
Communications junior Annie Ritter begins her studying for the day in her hammock Monday afternoon by Nielson Hall. Many students were enjoying their hammocks on the lawn by the library on Monday as the weather reached the mid-60s.
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Sooners spread green habits OU senior leads interns in teaching eco-friendly ways Editor’s Note: Andrew Sartain is a former Daily columnist. MATT WOODS
Campus Reporter
Nineteen OU students will tackle environmental sustainability issues this semester by crowd sourcing water conservation and expanding educational platforms — all while earning internship class credits with the non-profit student organization, Earth Rebirth. Interns will play an integral role in Earth Rebirth’s programs, focusing on food,
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ANDREW SARTAIN, INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SENIOR
hours of class credit this semester, Sartain said. “Being able to offer (the internships) allowed us to be appealing to people in a way that wasn’t there before, so it’s been great,” Sartain said. “Any major can do this.” The group added interns
Sports: The men’s basketball team won’t let tonight’s match-up against TCU be a trap game. (Page 5)
OU to bring experts on Panama Canal Business, history and architecture professionals to address students
You can’t change the world by telling people what they do wrong. You have to tell them how to do something better.”
water and energy education at a local level, said the group’s founder Andrew Sartain, interdisciplinary perspectives on the environment and business management senior. Interns working for the group can get one to three
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last semester, but that was an experimental stage. This year the interns will help achieve larger goals, Sartain said. This semester’s geographic information
Campus Reporter
The Center for the Americas at OU is holding a forum to commemorate the centennial of the first ship to sail through the Panama Canal. The forum, called “Panama Canal: 100 Years On” will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 24 in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholars Room. At the event, speakers including historian Julie Greene from the University of Maryland, business scholar Noel Maurer from Harvard Business School and Panamanian architect Raisa Banfield will address environmental affects of having the canal, such as connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, said Alan McPherson, director of the Center for the Americas. “We can’t wait to talk about the building of it, its
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L&A: Read how one OU student is preparing for the Young Choreographer’s Showcase this weekend. (Page 6)
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