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Monday, January 26, 2004
Mars landing lifts UA confidence

photo Phoenix mission on the horizon

The survival of a sensitive machine the size of a golf cart has UA scientists millions of miles away a bit more confident about the future of UA's Mars research.

The successful landing of the NASA rover Opportunity on Mars Saturday night was not only a relief to UA scientists who had a hand in the mission, but a needed boost for the upcoming UA-led Phoenix mission in 2007.

The Phoenix mission, which will look for life on Mars by digging down into the soil several feet, will be the first Mars mission that searches for life below the surface of the planet. The project brought a $325 million NASA grant to the UA last year, the biggest grant in UA history. [Read article]

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Film mirrors director's life

Russian prostitutes and Orthodox Jews don't normally fall in love.

And independent films from first-time directors don't normally make a splash. [Read article]


Painter Red Rohall's exhibition "Funky Roadside Attractions," is a collection of oil paintings that seek to capture the character of roadside attractions, such as diners, motels and ice cream stands. [Read article]


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Students share their favorite places to relax, study, smoke

The bell tolls and students burst out onto the UA Mall like GAP-donned cockroaches out of a sewer. Some make a beeline for their next class, but others scatter into varying nooks and crannies of the UA campus to wait for rides home or to kill time before upcoming classes. [Read article]


What's the best way to kill time on campus, and where should you do it? [Read article]


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