Kiewit's decision to collate documents from the public printers only on the half-hour is both unreasonable and unnecessary.
The new policy is unfair to students, whose class schedules are hardly compatible with 30-minute intervals. In addition, Kiewit's internal design does not lend itself to the lines that are bound to form or to the chaos that may erupt among anxious students waiting for papers.
If Computing Services is concerned about the time its employees spend retrieving papers, a simple solution is to hire work-hungry Dartmouth students to perform the task
Furthermore, the new policy of automatically recycling multiple copies of the same document is wasteful and self-defeating. Computing Services claims the policy benefits the environment, but by forcing students to make their own copies of a document after they have already printed the correct amount, twice as much paper is used. The policy demonstrates a disturbing lack of confidence in Dartmouth students' ability to print only with good reason.
Such policies are out of place on a campus where computers are an integral part of student life, and Computing Services discourages students from buying printers, citing Kiewit's adequate printing cluster.
The changes represent a step backward that may benefit a few Kiewit employees, but in doing so hurts the student body. The previous system, while not perfect, was far better.
