Prof. details racial migration trend

Chloe Teeter / The Dartmouth Chloe Teeter / The Dartmouth Black migration in the 1940s and 1950s continues to shape current population trends, according to Leah Bouston, an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Pavcnik earns new professorship

Students cause stir with Obama

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth BOSTON A group of Dartmouth and Harvard students interrupted President Barack Obama on Saturday to demand more federal funding for global AIDS relief as the president stumped in Boston for Democratic Gov.

College expands recycling program

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In an effort to divert more recyclable waste from landfills, the College has instituted a zero-sort recycling program in which glass, plastic, aluminum, tin and mixed paper are collected in the same container in all of its residence halls, according to Woody Eckels, director of residential operations. "We've cut down on the number of trash cans on each floor," Eckels said.

One Wheelock slashes time for free beverages

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff One Wheelock, the student-managed lounge in the basement of the Collis Center, will limit the hours when free beverages are available in an effort to cut costs while still maintaining the space and providing coffee and tea for free, according to Tim Duggan, the assistant director of the Collis Center. The location itself will be open the same hours as before. "As far as the coffee goes, we're just changing the policies from having coffee all day to starting at 4 p.m.," Tanaka Mhambi '11, the One Wheelock manager, said. The availability of flavors will not be changed and coffee will still be free, Mhambi said. Duggan said the new limit on serving hours will enable the space to afford staying open.

Staff criticize procurement changes

Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff Alina Politzer / The Dartmouth Staff Corrections Appended### Several department administrators have expressed frustration with the new office supplies contract recently implemented by the College, saying that staff were not consulted about the contractual change and that new copy machines are inferior to the previous models. The contract is one of several cost-saving initiatives taken by the College to meet budget goals.

Harris links media, climate debate

Eunice Lee / The Dartmouth Staff Eunice Lee / The Dartmouth Staff The international debate about climate change has focused too much on the existence of a problem rather than finding solutions and journalists deserve a share of the blame, National Public Radio reporter Richard Harris said in a lecture Monday in Filene Auditorium. Harris, who has been covering climate change for 30 years, said he has traced the progression of the way information about global warming has been communicated to the public. At first, people spoke of global warming only in the abstract, he said.

College committee discusses assault

Alexis Monroe / The Dartmouth Staff Alexis Monroe / The Dartmouth Staff In an open discussion Tuesday hosted by the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault in One Wheelock, students discussed sexual assault on campus and possible ways to educate the Dartmouth community about the issue.

Lynch speaks before students, Democrats

Alex Kim / The Dartmouth Alex Kim / The Dartmouth Surrounded by a crowd of students at a lectern in the Hinman Forum of the Rockefeller Center, New Hampshire Democratic Governor John Lynch discussed his experiences as governor, asked about students' political concerns and answered questions about his vision for New Hampshire's future at an event co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Center and the Dartmouth College Democrats. The event, described as a "meet and greet," allowed students to share with the governor the issues most important to them, according to Ryan Tincher '12, president of the College Democrats. "It wasn't a campaign stop, and he wasn't here to tell people to vote for him," Tincher said.

Researcher discusses life on moons

Nik Medrano / The Dartmouth Nik Medrano / The Dartmouth The presence of water on some of Jupiter and Saturn's moons may mean they have the potential for extraterrestrial life, senior NASA researcher Robert Pappalardo said in a Friday lecture, "Ices and Oceans in the Outer Solar System: Considerations for Habitability," in Spanos Auditorium. Pappalardo, who has worked at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab since 2006, considered the presence of water one of the factors needed for potential life.