• the 2 copies of a 30-page paper I had to print to turn in
• the ECON310 scans of a book we need to print for class
• or stuff for ANY OTHER CLASS.

350 pages, though it may sound like a lot of wasted paper, is not much in the life of a college student. I’m just glad that I have my own printer, though it pains me to waste MY paper and MY toner.

Way to go, Clemson.

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Here is a copy of the email I received earlier:

Clemson has adopted a new policy aimed at saving money, reducing wasted paper and making printing in public campus labs more efficient. Uniprint from Pharos Systems has been awarded the contract for software that will allow the university to implement this policy.

The Print Quota Policy, recommended by the Budget Task Force on Information Technology and approved by Administrative Council, will establish a per-page charge for those over the quota in the CCIT-managed student labs, the CCIT-owned plotters, and for departmentally managed student labs.

The issue of excessive printing was repeatedly mentioned when Clemson asked for comments and suggestions about its 2008-2009 budget crisis. That was November 2008 and the university had just announced mandatory furloughs to handle the immediate crisis and formed 11 budget task forces to consider long-term strategic decisions for the future.

Clemson University has seen a steady increase in volume and cost in public labs where it has provided unrestricted printing for many years. During the 2008-09 academic year, print volumes hit the 12 million-page mark in CCIT labs alone, and 2009-10 projections are close to 13 million.

“We found that Clemson is the only ACC school that did not have a print quota in place,” said Janell Bohlmann, director of project and service management in Clemson computing and information technology (CCIT). “We researched implementation at many schools and solicited input from students who served on the task force and from representatives to Student Senate.”

According to Mike Nebesky, Clemson’s procurement director, Pharos’ Uniprint software will help manage the university’s print quota system by tracking the number of pages students print and interfacing with their Tiger 1 cards to debit accounts for the per-page charges due when they exceed the quota.

Quotas for all undergraduate students will be 350 pages per semester. This applies to actual sheets of paper, not printouts, as a two-sided printout counts as one page against the quota. Quotas for all graduate students will be 500 pages per semester. Both undergraduates and graduates will pay 5 cents per page over the quota.

I recently received an email from an academic advisor at Clemson. While she meant to send the email out to a colleague about a listserv, she sent it to all of the people on the listserv.

While a normal person would realize that this email was a mistake, several people hit “Reply All” and unnecessarily sent a message questioning the email to everyone on the listserv.

One of my favorite responses was:
sorry, I dont understand what this is?

I’m not sure if the proper use of capitalization, apostrophes, and question marks is taught in Clemson, but I’m pretty sure that [name redacted for preservation of image] needs to take that class and not Drinking and Slutting 101. (I’m not quite sure if that’s a graduate class or not)

Here are the perks of Tillman Place:

• High-Speed Wireless Internet Access
• Parking Space for Each Bedroom
• Full-Size Washer/Dryer
• Refrigerator/Ice Maker
• Dishwasher
• Stove/Oven
• Multiple Telephone and Cable Outlets
• Patio or Balcony with Storage
• 4-Bedroom Units have 2 Bathrooms (tub w/ showers) and 2 Double Sinks
• Breakfast Bar
• Community Pool
• Community Volleyball Court
• Exercise & Weight Room
• On CAT Bus Line

Because it’s only 1/2 mile away from Campus (by Monteray’s and Skins), I plan on riding my bike to class unless it’s raining. If that’s the case, I’ll drive to class and park in the Commuter spaces. It makes me chuckle when I think that the Commuter spaces in R-1 (“the pit”) are actually closer than I usually park in Aisle 10. Even better, the Commuter pass is half of the price!

If you’re curious as to the nitty-gritty details, here they are:

Rent: $1040/month ($260/person/month) w/o Utilities
NOTE: The Apartments on campus are $5900/person/semester ($590/person/month)
Unit Number: 631 (third floor)
Lease: August 15, 2010 – August 14, 2011
NOTE: Classes start August 18, 2010

Needless to say, I’m extremely excited about next semester. I knew that I wanted to live off campus since Clemson House was designated as freshman housing, but we really lucked into this place with everything that we could want. All I have to do is survive the rest of this year in my windowless jail cell…

Anyway, next semester I will plan on resuming my Spanish classes for a minor in Spanish, along with my dual degree in Marketing and International Business Management.

On another note, I’m thinking about taking ACCT201 online at Trident Technical College over the summer so I will transfer into my junior year (technically my sophomore year) with that credit, rather than taking it at Clemson. It has been said that ACCT201 is the death of business majors, so since I don’t plan on my funeral anytime in the near future, this should be the safe option.

What do you think?

It went through a couple of revisions:

• I had SPAN201 MW, but upon looking at the list of Clemson minors, I realized that I could not minor in a SPANISH, but rather SPANISH-AMERICAN STUDIES. Frankly, I don’t care about learning the politics of hispanohablantes or economics of those nations.
• I added MTHSC309 TTh, but I received an email stating that I would be dropped because I didn’t have the prerequisite MTHSC207 (in which I’m currently enrolled).
• I added ECON310 TTh. This is a 300- level course, so it should prove interesting. Curiously, ECON212 (in which I’m currently enrolled) is a prerequisite, but it’s not strictly enforced.
• I had APEC205 TTh (which would satisfy my CCA and STS credit), but the teacher who was originally teaching the course dropped it for another teacher who received horrible reviews on www.ratemyprofessors.com… so I dropped it.
• I added MKT301, another 300- level course for my Management and Marketing double major.
• Sitting at 19 hours, I thought everything was dandy, but Matthew, Mark, and Rob encouraged me to look into a seminar class, CPSC481. After attending one T 7-8:30pm session, I was hooked. The class is structured around building computer programs to solve basic problems (like the linked loop list, a classic interview question). Needless to say, that’s been added to my schedule.
• I had Intro to Swing Dancing W (for a total of 20 hours), but I dropped it to preserve my sanity.

At this point, I thought that I had the perfect schedule. I would have 1 MW class at 2:30, horrible TTh (from 9:30pm-8:30pm), and Fridays off. On Wednesday, I showed up to 104 NEWMN at 2:25pm for my Marketing class to find an empty auditorium. After waiting 20 minutes for Professor Gaubert, I trekked over to the Marketing Department in Sirrine and they informed me that he was “out of the country”. Apparently he is teaching abroad in Belgium and his classes won’t start until March 8. So now I have no MWF classes until March 8, when I will have only 1 MW class and keep my free Fridays.

So that’s the story of the schedule. My MGT201 class is all online, so I’ll use Fridays to take care of the workload for that. It will definitely keep me busy!

Speaking of MGT201, I think that’s the only class I have to worry about right now. The tests (3/semester) are 85 questions to be completed in only 1 hour, so we’ll see how that goes…

Whew. 4.0 achieved! Only 7 semesters left of my double major in Business Management and Marketing with an emphasis in International and a minor in Spanish. I wonder if I can keep this up…

When I see girls at midnight waiting in the horseshoe to be picked up for a party in sundresses and hungover in class the next day wearing sweatpants, where is the sense in this? I mean, this isn’t just on the weekend, but on weeknights, too. If they paid half as much attention in class, they probably wouldn’t be working at McDonalds in 10 years. But hey! At least they’re having fun now.