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Tuesday March 22, 2011
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COMPUTING AND TECHNOLOGY
OIT deletes printing allowance fall 2011. The changes through the Office of Information Technology will eliminate the $100 students receive for printing per academic year and up to $1,000 the faculty receives. Additionally, two undecided computer labs will be renovated to provide space for laptops and
The office will eliminate print costs and update computer labs. BY KEVIN CROUCH The Shorthorn staff
Changes to printing costs and plans for renovations to computer labs will be in effect
five other locations for additional workspace for laptops and computing devices. The plans are based on recommendations from a May 2010 University Committee on Student Technology report that found 80 percent of students use laptops and other wireless devices.
Printing Printing credits provided to students, faculty and staff will be replaced by a pay-as-you-go system that would require that credits be purchased. Maurice Leatherbury, Office of Information Technology interim vice president, said the
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transition to a pay-as-you-go system would save money and help conserve university resources. The transition is factored into OIT’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year. “$150,000 of OIT’s budget was funded by student printing,” he said. The library will also see re-
duced expenses, which will include the cost of printing and copying, said library administrative manager Carleen Dolan. The library is expected to save up to $100,000 per fiscal year, she said. “With students not using OIT continues on page 5
DINING SERVICES
Renovation to market may begin over summer Expanding the Maverick Market would provide more grocery options. BY VIDWAN RAGHAVAN The Shorthorn staff
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Fort Worth resident Clayton Jenkins pumps gas Monday afternoon at a local Valero gas station. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, gas prices are expected to reach $3.70 per gallon by September 2011.
Gas prices expected to continue to increase Energy consultancy president predicts that prices will rise as trouble in the Middle East rises. BY ALI AMIR MUSTANSIR The Shorthorn senior staff
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is predicting gas prices will increase to an average $3.70 per gallon from April to September. Brian Joyce, New Maverick Orientation and Off Campus Mavericks associate director, said everyone is feeling the sting of raising prices. He said many students are driving 30 or more minutes to campus. Joyce said he doesn’t hear people say more than comments on the rising prices.
He said students who live far from campus likely do for a reason. “If it [moving closer to campus] is a possibility, it would make sense,” he said. Madhur Kharel, criminology and criminal justice senior, said he drives from Irving and won’t move because he has lived there for several years and is comfortable. He drives 100 miles per day between work, school and home. He said he works a fulltime job, a part-time job and is a full-time student. “I need to work a little extra hours,” he said. “That’s why I got a part-time job.” Kharel said he puts $15 in his gas tank every two days and pays about $70 to fill GAS continues on page 6
SAVE YOUR GAS • Stay within posted speed limits. Gas mileage decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. • Avoid unnecessary idling. • Combine errands. • Use overdrive gears and cruise control when appropriate. They improve the car’s fuel economy when driving on a highway. • Remove excess weight from the trunk. An extra 100 pounds in the trunk can reduce a typical car’s fuel economy by up to two percent. • Avoid packing items on top of cars. Loaded roof racks or carriers create wind resistance and can decrease fuel economy by five percent. • Keep the engine tuned. Tuning the engine according to the owner’s manual can increase gas mileage by an average of four percent. Increases vary depending on a car’s condition.
The Maverick Market in the University Center is slated to be expanded to include wider available products and a seating area. The space holding the Student Employment Services, adjacent to the market, is vacant since it moved to Davis Hall, said David Albart, University Center operations director. “We might demolish some of the wall and shift the entrance,” Albart said. He said the renovation would take place over the summer and be ready by fall. Raj Surinarain, Dining Services retail operations manager, said exact details and dates for the project are not yet available because the project is still in the early stages. He said the color scheme and product offering would be similar to P.O.D Express in the Engineering Research Building. “It’s going to go through
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a 100 percent change,” Surinarain said. “What you see now is not what it’s going to look like when it’s done.” He said the renovation is an effort to refresh the look and feel of the market. “Once in a while we want to give students something new,” he said. Albart compared the renovations to a 7-Eleven and said the product offering would be expanded to include more grab-and-go items along with some groceries. “They have some milk, eggs, things that students living in apartments might pick up. There will also be fresh fruits and vegetables,” he said. He said the expansion was also aimed at taking away some stress from the food court. MARKET continues on page 3
Source: Federal Trade Commission
URBAN AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Students help develop YMCA property Graduate students work with design center to build an outdoors facility. BY J.C. DERRICK The Shorthorn senior staff
For the last eight years the YMCA on Cooper
Street has had a problem. Today, UTA students are helping solve it. The dilemma involves 14 acres of undeveloped land behind the center, which opened in 2003. Since the property is not being used to fulfill the organizational
mission, the YMCA still has to pay taxes on it each year. “Being a non-profit, funds are always a problem,” said John Moore, Cooper Street YMCA advisory board chairman. With the help of UTA students from Arlington’s
Urban Design Center, the tax liability is becoming a community asset in the form of a multi-purpose urban park. Lyndsay Mitchell, Urban Design Center PARK continues on page 3
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The expanded Maverick Market will look similar to the University of Delaware’s P.O.D. Express. The new market will provide a bigger variety of products, including fresh fruits and vegetables, said David Albart, University Center operations director.