6 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily com 2 - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Campus Clubs Before You Were Here FRIDAY: Photos of the Week Largest fossil museum in Michigan 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com GARY GRACA DAN NEWMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 grnca@michigandaily.com tmdbusineos@gmnail.eom CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom office hours:Sun.-Thurs.1a.m.-2a.m. News Tips news@michigandaily.com Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Letters to the Editor rothedaily@michigandaily.com Photography Department photo@michigandaily.com Arts Section artspage@omichigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com 6 When University alum Joseph Beal Steere began an expedition in 1870, he probably didn't realize that many of the 62,000'specimens he found - most of them unknown to science at the time - would become the basis for the largest fossil muse- um in the state of Michigan. The Alexander Ruthven Muse- ums Building, located across the street from C.C. Little, houses four museums: the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, and the Museums of Anthropology, Zoology and Pale- ontology. The spiraling staircases and vin- tage decor of the Exhibit Museum of Natural History create an archaic feel. The cases of animals and shelves of fossils lining the museum's walls date back more than a century. Exhibits at the museum come from around the world. One display includes two full mastodons, one of which was found in Owosso, Mich., while another exhibit includes a Sau- ropod dinosaur fossil. Rotatingexhibits include an arche- ology display as part of an upcoming theme, "Explore Evolution." Of the four museums, three of thes are closed to the general public and are used for research, The fourth unit, the Museum of Natural Histo- ry, has four floors and holds exhibits on paleontology, zoology, Michigan wildlife, anthropology, archaeology, geology and a planetarium. The museum was in the origi- nal 1837 charter of the University and the building is the namesake of former University President and Museum Curator Alexander Ruth- ven, according to a plaque on the museum's wall. Though there are many museums on campus, the Exhibit Museum of Natural History hires the most stu- dents. According to Museum Docent Coordinator Sarah Thompson, the museum has approximately 50 stu- dent docents who are trained guides that give tours to children in Kinder- garten through 12th grade, greet the general public and answer questions about the museum. "They're the face of the museum," Thompson said. - The museum draws in about 85,000 people every year, includ- ing 21,000 school-aged children, Thompson said. But despite its on- campus location, it doesn't attract many University students. "I don't think most students know about this," Thompson said. "I can't tell you how many people I talk to who say they walk by the building every day and have never went in - they know the two pumas that stand outside but never what's inside." -GRACELINBASKARAN Sports Section Display Sales Classified Sales Online Sales Finance sports@michigandailyrcom dispay@michigandaily.com classified@michigandaily.com onlineads@michiigandaily.com fioosce@michiezodaily.o The Alexander Ruthven Museum of Natural History building. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Wallet stolen Window broken Interactive fall PROFS lecture at Pizza Hut WHERE: Michigan Union WHEN: Yesterday at about 3:50 p.m. WHAT: A wallet was stolen from an unattended purse, University Police reported. The purse was left in the back room of a Pizza Hut. Dogs spotted without leashes WHERE: Nichols Arboretum WHEN: Saturday at about 2:35 p.m. WHAT: A caller reported two small dogs not on leashes, University Police reported. An officer checked the area, but was unable to locate the dogs. WHERE: William Mon- roe Trotter House WHEN: Sunday at about 8 p.m. WHAT: A caller reported that a window was broken in the women's bathroom, University Police reported. GPS stolen from car WHERE: 1600 East Medical Center WHEN: Monday at about 11:05 p.m. WHAT: A Garmand Global Positioning System valued at $250 was stolen from a white Ford parked in the M-18 car- port, University Police report- ed. The rear window of the car was smashed to gain entry. foods exhibit WHAT: Visitors can grind their own flour, participate in apple tasting and learn about different types of fall food. WHO: Matthaei Botani- cal Gardens & Nich- ols Arboretum WHEN: Today from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Matthaei Botanical Gardens Arts and the incarcerated WHAT: A free performance, exhibition and discussion about the role the arts play for the incarcerated. WHO:Prison Cre- ative Arts Project WHEN: Tonight from7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Stamps Auditorium at the Wal- green Drama Center WHAT: A monthly lec- ture series featuring lecturers and profes- sors from different Uni- versity departments. WHO: University Unions Arts & Programs, Mor- tarboard Honor Society WHEN: Tonight at 6 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union, Pond Room Galileo lecture WHAT: A lecture about Galileo's telescope. WHO: Eileen Reeves, Princeton University, and University Library A Wisconsin woman was pulled over for drunk driv- ing after she called the police to report herself, CBS News reported. The woman, Mary Strey, complied with the 911 dispatcher's requests to have her pull off the road. An initial breath test showed she had a blood alcohol content of.19. In accordance with a new policy introduced last week, the University will no longer recalculate GPAs for admission. 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ThAsoaedresndThAsocatdollgitePrss ElBaradei asks Iran for a quick response on nukes Iranian officials its response to a U.S.-backed pro- that option still exists and a senior posal that would have Tehran diplomat suggesting the opposite. send mixed signals ship most of its nuclear material The proposal would have Tehran abroad for processing. export 70 percent of its enriched UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Iranian officials sent mixed uranium - enough to make a head of the U.N. nuclear agency signals on the proposal with the bomb - and then have it returned urged Iran on Monday to clarify foreign minister saying Monday as fuel for its research reactor. The contrasting messages appear designed to keep the international community off bal- ance on how far Iran is ready to go in accepting the original pro- posal. Addressing the U.N. 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