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Yesterday Corey and I met with the director of Campus Operations to discuss ways that we can reduce paper use by at least 25% at Medaille College.  Before we went in we had already discussed our plan and wanted to get reassurance of its success.  We want to make double sided printing more common on the campus; this would ultimately reduce the amount of paper use by 50% in an ideal situation!!!  During our meeting we discussed different options as to how we can get the word out on campus that it is possible to print documents double sided.  Some of these suggestions were a table in the cafeteria with an informational display, instructions near the printing stations on how to do it, use of MedailleONE (program for checking schedules), sending out a mass email to everybody, presenting to the cabinet (we already presented to the faculty), and even sending out messages in recruitment packages for perspective students.  We also discussed monetary issues of our goal, and how we can make it a cost saving investment for the institution.  We also received some more contacts that should be able to help us obtain more information.  Overall it was a very productive meeting!!