BU limits paper route for students

By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff  |  September 20, 2009

There’s going green for environmental purposes. And then there’s just plain cheap, some Boston University students say.

They are crying foul this fall after the administration severely restricted the number of pages they could print for free over the university’s computer network. While the university has encouraged professors to move their readings and handouts online – which means students would be responsible for printing them out – it has limited undergraduates to printing 100 free pages per semester.

After that, it’s 12 cents per page,http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/09/20/bu_limits_paper_route_for_students/