Others said they did not believe that theamount of paper saved would be significant incomparison to what is wasted every day.

"I think that 1, 600 pieces of paper is arelatively insignificant number to the world'sforests," David P. Brunton '97 said.

Despite the discontentment of many students,some first-years supported Dean Nathans' goal ofreducing the amount of paper circulating in theYard.

"I recognize the environmental side of theissue which says that e-mail is environmentallysafer than 1,000 printed copies of the YardBulletin," Diallo A. Riddle '97 said.

"There's too much paper lying around [my] roomanyway. [Computerized Yard Bulletin] won'tgenerate more trash," Dan S. Quint '97 said. TheBulletin "usually gets dropped and stepped on andthrown out."

First-years also supported Dean Nathans' aim ofencouraging students to become more computerliterate.

"I think Harvard students need to be on theground floor of this information superhighwayrevolution," Riddle said.

To access Yard Bulletin, type "gopher" when youget to the "husc" prompt on the student computernetwork. A menu of options will appear, includingthe Yard Bulletin (choice 8). The Bulletin canalso be accessed through the Vine program onlibrary computers