The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 7A MARS From page IA During the mission, the winning team will conduct data collection and analysis at the University. Friendly competition does not bother those involved. "We're all friends here," Liemohn said, "but we oper- ate under strict silence." Because of the competition, neither team was willing to disclose the specifics of their instruments. "It's fun to be working on this project and have two teams working on it in the same building," Bougher said. "We have to watch what we talk about over lunch." Measurements taken by the mission will be the first of their kind. They will give insight into the process by which the Red Planet lost much of its atmo- sphere and probably most of its water. Aschargedparticlesofsolar wind bombarded the atmo- sphere, Mars's water evapo- rated into space. The loss of atmosphere left the planet's surface a frozen wasteland. Data from the mission could also help shed light on Earth's potential atmospher- ic changes. Earth retains its atmosphere because it is pro- tected by a strong magnetic field from its core. Mars has no such core, but the atmo- spheric data gathered by the mission is still relevant. Mars is most similar of the all plan- ets to Earth, making it useful to compare the two. Both scientists considered the 2011 mission a promis- ing beginning for the study of Mars. They said NASA's selection of two such similar proposals signifies its commit- ment to understanding Mars' climate and atmospheric evo- lution. Bougher hinted - only half- joking - that the research could also have an impact on future terraforming of Mars, a long-time sci-fi fantasy involv- ing reshaping the planet into a habitable environment that may be realized with the help of an atmospheric study. GRATZ From page 1A national impact of the case ended in January 2003, when the Bush administra- tion entered the debate in opposition to the University's policies. Former Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry filed an amicus brief with the court in support of the University. Then-University Provost Paul Courant remembered how supporters of affirmative action saw the University in the runup to the Supreme Court case. "We would hear 'Thank you' wherever we went," Cou- rant told The Michigan Daily in November. "That really is leadership." In an opinion written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, the Supreme Court struck down the University's point-based undergraduate admissions system but upheld the Law School's use of affir- mative action and upheld race as a legitimate consideration in admissions policies. The case was then returned to the district court for fur- ther proceedings. University President Mary Sue Coleman immediately declared the Gratz ruling a victory. "This is a tremendous victory for the University of Michigan, for all higher edu- cation, and for the hundreds of groups and individuals who supported us," Coleman said. in a written statement. Yet the University's vic- tory in the Gratz ruling would prove to be temporary. Defeated in the courts, opponents of the University's race-based admissions poli- cies turned their efforts to the ballot box. Last fall, Gratz served as the executive director of the Michigan Civil Rights Ini- tiative, a group that led the campaign in favor of Pro- posal 2, a state constitutional amendment that banned the University from considering race, gender and ethnic ori- gin in admissions, hiring and contracting. In 2005, the courts slashed the attorneys' fees that the University owed the plain- tiffs from $2 million to $670,000. Shortly afterward, the courts ruled that in order to be awarded any dam- ages, each plaintiff would have to demonstrate that the University's policies caused them direct harm, which the plaintiffs could not do. It was then that they began settle- ment discussions with the University. AUCTION From page 1A national conference attended by professionals in higher education administration, where colleagues discuss matters like student atti- tudes and campus policies, she said. Wilson said there hasn't been widespread objection to date auctions on campus recently but that she and other administrators and fac- ulty members still view the practice as inappropriate. Wilson said student atti- tudes toward date auctions seemed to have changed over her career. She said she remembers how in the 1980s, during her college years, such events sparked contro- versy and sometimes even attracted organized demon- strations. "It's a huge cultural and societal symbol of oppres- sion," she said. "It's hard for me. It's like seeing a Nazi symbol." The auction organizers don't think the event will be found offensive or compared to historic slave auctions. "The whole event is very different," El-Sayed said. "It's not about using each other. It's mutual." Several students said a date auction doesn't evoke images of the slave trade for them. "To say that something like this done in a light-hearted way for a good cause is even remotely close to slave trad- ing isn't giving justice to the horrific and racist historic slave auctions," LSA junior Jen Bojan said. Some students said the comparison to the slave trade is unwarranted, but that the process of date auctions objec- tifies participants. "It seems like ahigh school popularity contest and like it's based on looks," LSA junior AlexiaMoreland said. Moreland said reading the University's advisory state- ment made her think such events might not be harmless. "It's for a good cause, but other organizations shouldn't follow in their footsteps," she said. EI-Sayed said the mem- bers of Project Suyana didn't encounter any nega- tive opinions of the event while they were asking stu- dents to put themselves up for auction. Only three students who were asked declined to par- ticipate in the fundraiser, El- Sayed said. Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps told plan- ners that he would be out- of-town. Another student said she didn't want to gar- ner lingering, unwanted attention from a stranger who might win her - an experience her friend had after participating in a date auction for another campus group, El-Sayed said. JOIN THE MICHIGAN DAILY NOW SO YOU CAN APPRECIATE OUR NEW BUILDING IN SEPTEMBER. E-MAIL NEWS@MICHIGANDAILY.COM the michigan daily FALL 2007 RENTALS. Eff., I & 2 bdrm. apts. Rents range from S650-41125. Heat & water paid for most. Most have prkg. avail. for addi- S tional charge. 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