0 2 - Tuesday, October 26, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers WEDNESDAY: Professor Profiles THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week Lunar lunacy. Though many myths perme- ate different corners of cam- pus, there is one that almost every student, alum, parent or visitor has heard at one time or another - a University of Michigan flag stands proudly on the moon. Unfortunately for Wolver- ines everywhere, the myth isn't true. And while such a revelation may crush students, faculty and staff across campus who believe the legend, they can all take comfort in knowing that even the University President was disappointed to find out it's just a myth. In an interview last month, University President Mary Sue Coleman said she believed the rumor. "Oh yes, I believ'e there is (a Michigan flag on the moon)," Coleman said. "It was planted there by the astronauts, by the Michigan team." But once told the truth - that no University of Michi- gan flag has ever left a space shuttle, though several have left the earth's atmosphere - Coleman said she was shocked. "Oh really?" Coleman asked. "I thought it was true. I could have bet you just about any amount of money that it was true." Coleman isn't the only one confident in the veracity of the myth. In fact, one Facebook group, "Oh Ya? Well We Have a Flag On the Moon Bitches," cur- rently has 363 members. On the other hand, only 32 people are pembers of the "People Who Are Real Mad That We Actually Don't Have A Flag On The Moon" Facebook group. If there was any doubt about the fact that the flags did return to Earth, skeptics need1 look no further than Harm Buning, a professor emeri- tus of aerospace engineering at the University. During an interview with The Michigan Daily in 2006, he proudly dis- played one of the University flags that made the historic Apollo 15 journey in 1971. At the time, Buning explained that 20 flags bear- ing the University's seal were sent to the moon with Apollo 15, though all safely returned to Earth without leaving the shuttle. The flags' journey so close to the lunar surface is what has led many to specu- late that one remains there DAVID TUMAN/Daily today. 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There are two suspects, one identified as having a lightcbrown goatee. Unattended scent stolen WHERE: Taubman Health Care Center WHEN: Monday at about 8:30 p.m. WHAT: A bottle of perfume was stolen from a hospital patient's unattended bag, Uni- versity police reported. There are no suspects. WHERE: 1239 Kipke WHEN: Sunday at about 11 p.m. WHAT: A 36-year old male was arrested at Alan Park when he was stopped by a police officer and was found to have an outstanding war- rant for marijuana possession, University police reported. He posted $300 bail. Toilet troubles WHERE: Burton Memorial Tower WHEN: Monday at about 1:45 a.m. WHAT: An accidental water leak from a sixth floor men's room toilet at Burton tower caused damage to 12 ceil- ing tiles down to the second floor below, University police reported. presentation uiscussion WHAT: A talk will be given by University Vice President of Research Stephen Forrest on leading an earth-friendly lifestyle, featuringtips on solar powering a home. WHO: University Library WHEN: Today at 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Harlan Graduate Library, Galleryin Room 100 Crude oil film WHAT: A film about the pollution of the Ecua- dorean Amazon and the mass lawsuit that followed will be screened. The film is entitled, "Crude: The Real Price of Oil." WHO: Epidemiology WHEN: Today at 5p.m. WHERE: Henry F. Vaugn School of Public Health Building I WHAT: A lecture by Sarai Arahoni of Bar-Ilan University entitled, "The Bitter Taste of Success" will be given, discussing gender politics in Israel. WHO: Judaic Studies WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: 202 South Thayer, Room 2022 CORRECTIONS " An Oct.22 article in The Michigan Daily ("Area businesses hope arrival of NCRC will add economic boost") inaccurately reported the NCRC's full occu- pancy. The complex is projected to hold 3,000 employees by 2019. " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. Russell Brand and Katy Perry spent their first mar- ried night in a tent under armed guard after a man-eat- ing tiger appeared attheir wed- ding celebration in India, the Sun reported. Nobody was hurt by the tiger, who has already killed three locals this year. Journalist Juan Wil- liams was fired as a news analyst for National Pub- lic Radio after comments he made about muslims. Tom- maso Pavone says he never should have been let go. * FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4 An American charity that pays 300 dollars for drug addicts to become steril- ized is continuing its opera- tion into Great Britain, ABC News reported. The group has already paid 3,600 American drug addicts to recieve long term birth control procedures. 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Officials reported that underrepresented minority students made up 10.6 percent of this year's freshman class, which is up from 9.1 percent last year. However, that increase could be due in part to revised reporting guidelines under the Higher Edu- cation Opportunity Act, which has altered the way student ethnicity data are collected and reported. Students previously self-report- ed their primary ethnicity, which could include "other." Under the new guidelines, students must choose only from the list of eth- nicities provided, but are allowed to select multiple ethnicities if they identify with more than one group. In an exclusive interview with the Daily yesterday, University Provost Philip Hanlon said he was heartened to see the num- ber of underrepresented minor- ity students in the freshman class increasing. "It remains a very high prior- ity to have a class that is diverse across every possible dimension," Hanlon said. "We think that ben- efits the entire University com- munity and the learning of all students to be part of a diverse class." However, Hanlon said he would like to see the number of overall students at the University decrease in future years. "I think that we are prob- ably at a larger enrollment than I would feel comfortable at and I think President Coleman as well," Hanlon said. "So we're going to be working hard to try to hit our targets and bring that back down a little bit over a period of years." Hanlon's comments were con- sistent with what several Univer- sity administrators - including Coleman - have said over the past two years. "We've been working on try- ing to shrink a little bit and some years we've been more successful than others in holding the line," Coleman said in an interview last month. "I mean, I'm thrilled that so many people want to come to the University of Michigan, but we also have to be very cognizant of the experience students get, and we want that to be a good experi- ence." But while officials saythey want to reduce class sizes to provide a better experieqce at the Universi- ty for all students, incoming class- es have continued to grow over the past few years. Though many fac- tors can be cited for the increase, the primary reason is uncertainty in predicting how many accepted students will enroll. In 2009, then-University Pro- vost Teresa Sullivan said she believed the economic downturn was partially responsible for such uncertainty. Though the economy may play a lesser role this year, the problem is likely to become even greater in this year's admissions pro- cess. Enrollment estimates have become even more unpredict- able now that the University has adopted the Common Application this year. Hanlon said yesterday that he expects the University to receive a great deal more appli- cations from prospective fresh- men because of the ease of the Common Application. The result could be that the rate of students admitted to the University who decide to attend - known as the yield of enrollment - could be lower. Hanlon added that it's unclear right now how much lower the yield could be. "That makes it even more chal- lenging this year," Hanlon said. "At least based on what we've seen so far, we'll have many more appli- cations, probably 10,000 or more additional applications than we did lastyear." Hanlon explained, "The eas- ier it is to apply, the more people with lower interest (in attending the University) that will apply because it's easy." Hanlon said that a surge in applications with that demo- graphic would likely result in a lower enrollment this year. He added that Universityofficials will have to examine trends at other schools that have switched to the Common Application to help pre- dict what the new enrollment rate may be. Similarly, Coleman said in an interview in July that switch- ing to the Common Application could make predicting the yield more difficult for Ted Spencer, the director of the Office of Under- graduate Admissions. "We need to sort of look at our models again and figure out how we're going to manage this again because next year when we go to the Common Application, every- body predicts that we're going to go up again (in applications)," Coleman said. "We're going to test Ted ,Spencer's ability to build his class because you know it's going to be a big challenge." But another major challenge University officials face is main- taining growth in the number of underrepresented minority stu- dents at the University. This year is the first year since 2003 that the number of underrepresented minority students increased as a percentage of the total student population, and the first year since 2005 it increased as a real number. But in a statement released this morning, Lester Monts, the senior vice provost for academic affairs at the University, said this year's data demonstrates that the Uni- versity is continuing to uphold its mission. "Since its earliest years, the University of Michigan has offered an uncommon education to the leaders and the best among the men and women of this state and far beyond," Monts said in a statement, speaking to the high academic caliber of the incoming class. "We have upheld that tradi- tion with this exceptional enter- ing class." Legal restrictions like the state- wide ban on affirmative action approved byvoters in2006, paired with the University's rigorous standards, are both realities that admissions officers must face when considering who to admit to the University. "There's no guarantee that we can do anything when you can't use race as one of your fac- tors," Spencer said in an inter- view last year. "But we're going to do everything we can to start early outreach programs, identi- fying students in the ninth, tenth grade." Along with Spencer, numerous University officials - including both Coleman and Hanlon - have repeatedly told The Michigan Daily that the University must continue to work toward building a more diverse student body. "It's concerning to us," Coleman said at this time last year of the decreases experienced in under- represented minority enrollment. "I don't think there's a silver bul- let, but we have to be more aggres- sive." Among those efforts are numer- ous outreach and awareness pro- grams, as well as ongoing efforts by University leaders like E. Roys- ter Harper, vice president for stu- dent affairs, and Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones to help improve the campus climate for current and potential studen s.