The ASB senate discussed adding a cap to student printing during their April 24 meeting in order to prevent abuses of the current free system and to save paper.
Michael Klim, director of information technology, said that EvCC has "become more mindful of the waste we're producing," which is why he came to the ASB senate in order to discuss limiting student printing.
EvCC does not currently have a cap on student printing.
"One of the things I'm finding is that people are printing out flyers for their own personal use, entire books, or printing a 20-page paper, finding one mistake, and then printing the whole thing again," said Klim.
The other community colleges that Klim has worked at limited printing to 300 to 500 pages per quarter. Klim said that 95 percent of students did not print more than 250 pages. "For many students it will be a non-issue, because they are not going to hit the limit," Klim said.
Klim said that exceptions to the printing limit could be made for club leaders and other students with positions that require lots of printing.
"I think this is a good idea. We had a cap at my old high school and it made me stop and think about what I was printing," said Aurora Pedrola, a student senator.
However, many senators we're concerned with teachers who ask the students to print everything in their class.
"A lot of teachers put pressure on the students to do the majority of printing," said Mariska Alexander, a student senator.
Royal Overman, a student senator, said that he had to print out an entire lab manual for his chemistry class.
"Some teachers are letting their students print out class materials to save money, so instead of coming out of the faculty budget, it's coming out of mine," said Klim.
Some senators we're also concerned with the formatting requirements, which often make assignments use up more paper.
"Everything has to be double-spaced and only one side, so papers end up taking 10 pages," said Chris Bolster, a student senator.
"I know English teachers don't like text on both sides of the pages, but we should at least talk with them," said Robert Blackard, a student senator.
"APA style doesn't allow for double-sided pages," said Klim. "But the times are changing."