By Ashleigh Chicko / Staff Writer

Since spring break, the McKenna computer lab has been using double-sided sheets to control the amount of paper being used. The printouts are automatically duplex and can only be changed by request.

“We were trying to make our funds go a bit further, and though I have no solid numbers yet, I expect to be cutting paper costs by 40 percent,” Bill Martin, director of computing services and telecommunications, said.

This is yet another way Pitt-Greensburg has been working to make campus greener along with strokes such as going trayless in the cafeteria and recycle bins in every campus building and around campus grounds.

Each shipment of paper delivers 20 boxes and costs around $550. This is expected to last the computer lab almost twice as long as it had before.

“Some campuses have a printing quota where every student gets a certain number of printouts they can produce,” Martin said. “There are still a few things to work out, but we’re trying to put the quota into effect for the fall. And although the budget cuts are a concern here, it is certainly an environmental issue as well.”

Seeing as some professors request single-sided papers, Martin said there were a few professors who were “less than enthusiastic” about the matter, but overall the faculty was “supportive of the change.”