Thank goodness my boyfriend moved in the Renaissance at Preston Hollow.
They allow residents to use the printer for free.
In the last hour this printer has allowed me to print out about 200 pages of text from blackboard. Some of the articles are for my advertising classes, but overall, most are assigned readings for dance history. The teacher does not have us buy books, but instead posts all readings on bloackboard. Without the free printer at my boyfriend's apartment, I would never get all my blackboard articles printed/read.
Because of this, I am compiling the readings in a binder. I plan to donate the articles to a junior dance student who takes this course next fall. He/she will be very thankful I'm sure. Nevertheless, it may be hard for me to eventually part with these articles. I am very big on responding to the text (through highlighting/circling/notes in the margins) which often makes it difficult for me to give away a old book or article of mien. They become my open journal. If someone else reads them, they potentially may be looking into my brain. Almost like this blog :p
I will let the articles go, however. I know I would have loved to have a past dance history student pass their old articles down to me! The question that has begun to plague me is "How I will decide who recieves my old articles?"
After much thought I have developed the following criteria:
The selected student must be who will actually do the readings.
--> Giving away readings so that they just aquire dust is not beneficial to the community at all.
They must be willing to pass down the readings to the next class.
--> Use. Recycle.
They must be in need of free articles/ time
--> It would be nice if, like me, they were one of the poorest students... still enrolled.
The articles must be kept in their page protectors
--> This keeps them crisp (and clean from food spillages like Risotto)
Lastly, the reciever must be a student who does not easily lose things
--> But just in case the binder is brightly colored with the teacher's office number/info inside.
This sounds like quite the process, but it should not be too difficult. Most dance majors are double majors (i.e. over-achievers) so we tend to do all readings. Moreover, dancers tend to share (ideas, rehearsal space, water bottles). We also keep what we have in good condition (some of use still wear leotards from middle school) and don't lose things (again...overachievers). Also, dancers always need extra time (rehearsals from 6pm till midnight) and free things (the art students often tend to have underpaid artsy parents). In conclusion, it seems any dance major would potentially be a great candidate for my old dance history articles. Only time will tell, however, who best embodies all of the qualifications.
