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Every year around O 900 elementary children from Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Detroit participate in the fair. (SAID ALSALAH/DAILY) RIGHT The Burton MORE ONLINE Memorial Tower, which contains 55 bells, including North America's third heaviest bell, has 11 floors. (SAM WOLSON/Daily) For more photos ofvtheweek, go to michigandaily.com. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Taken from car, Chemicals in GPS goes missing lab combust Award-winning Lecture on pop musical art and realism ":T m ~ :...ELr.:3 WHERE: Lot NW-51, 2108 WHERE: Chemistry Building WHAB: "onsson the Spider Stone WHEN: Wednesday at about Woman," a Tony Award-wi WHEN: Wednesday at about 2:45 p.m. ning musical, presents a tal 10:45 a.m. WHAT: A small amount of two cell mates in a Latin WHAT: A Garmin GPS navi- of sodium hydride ignited American prison. gation system, valued at $150, a small fire in a chemical WHO: University Activitie was stolen from a female stu- waste bucket, University Center dent's Saturn Vue, University Police reported. Staff quickly WHEN: Tonight from 8 p.m Police reported. A Toyota extinguished the fire. No one to 10:30 p.m. Sienna, belonging to a male was injured. WHERE: Power Center for student, was also damaged at the Performing Arts the scene. There are no sus- pects. Bag nabbed from Palestine Film Truck struck at Angell Hall Festival >r 'in- Je es s n. WHAT: Alex Potts, Max Loehr Collegiate Professor of the History of Art, will lec- ture on pop art and postwar experiments in New Realism. WHO: History of Art WHEN: Today from 3:30 WHERE: Room 180, Tappan Hall CORRECTIONS . A news article in yesterday edition of the Daily (Stonum receives sentencefor Sept. alcohol-related charge), incor- rectly reported that Stonum had received his sentence yesterday. The reporter incorrectly inferred that the sentence had been decided after Stonum's lawyer said that he would not discuss the details of the sentence. The decision on a sentence was postponed until next month. " Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. The crew oftheInternation- al Space Station was forced to take shelter in the Rus- sian Soyuz capsule due to the threat of' floating space debris, BBC News reported. The debris. measured about 0.3 inches in size. 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WORK FOR DAILY MULTIMEDIA., E-MAIL DAVAZAD@UMICH.EDU 0 The following students will be among those recognized during the Honors Convocation program on Sunday, March 15, 2009. These individuals have demonstrated the highest level of undergraduate academic success by achieving seven or more consecutive terms of all A's and earning the designation of Angell Scholar. The University of Michigan congratulates these students on their superior scholastic achievement and wishes them continued success. Check the Honors Convocation website at: www.honors.umich.edu for more information on the Honors Convocation program. Nine Term Angell Scholars Christine Nicole Beamer School of Music, Theatre & Dance Maia Christina Dedrick School of Music, Theatre & Dance Eight Term Angell Scholars Amir A. Al-Dabagh* College of Arts and Sciences--UM Flint Stephanie Ann Berry* College of Engineering Irene Marie Brockman* College of Engineering Daniel Thomas Cook College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Charlotte Claire Franklin* College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Aaron William Johnson* College of Engineering Yuan-Nung Tony Lin* College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters-UM Dearborn Timothy James McQuade* College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Adam David Nicholl* College of Engineering Mariam A. Qureshi* College of Arts and Sciences--UM Flint Claire Sylvester Smith* College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Mark Swiderski* College of Engineering Ashley Lauren Thurston* College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Brian D. Wice* College of Arts and Sciences--UM Flint David Michael Williams* College of Engineering Rui Zhang* College of Literature, Science, and the Arts 0i 0 0 Seven Term Angell Scholars Adam Munther Ajlouni Erin Elizabeth Bachynski Adam Shane Barnett* Michael Edward Breen* Kohei Fujimoto Andrea Marie Godfrey* Calista Marie Harbaugh Thomas Stewart Hooker Paul Ming-Bo Hou Elizabeth Helen Klemperer Gregory Mark Kwiatkowski Madeleine Jacobson Levin Craig Louis Lytle Amanda Kathleen MacDonald Sohini Mahapatra Katherine Iman Martin Rishi Marwaha Lisa Brittany Matlen Alan Elijah Mishler Madeleine Joanne Morley* Leyton Preston Nelson Bradley Thomas Pickard Hannah Rose Sheehy Catherine Elaine Shubert Megan Maureen Wright* Melissa Kaitlyn Wylie* Eszter Zavodszky College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Engineering College of Engineering College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Engineering School of Nursing College of Engineering College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Engineering School of Music, Theatre & Dance College of Pharmacy College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Engineering and Computer Science-UM Dearborn School of Nursing College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Stephen M. Ross School of Business College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Literature, Science, and the Arts School of Music, Theatre & Dance College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Literature, Science, and the Arts 0 6 *Denotes graduates