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Cofrin Librarv has the information
vou need for the 2012 eleotion.
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0reen Bav women's soooer returns
a favor in a matohup aeainst the
ounestown 3tate Peneuins.
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families. lall into our favorite festive
aotivities.
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WIIh 26 days unIII Ihe eIecIIon,
UWCreen Bay sIudenIs on boIh
sIdes oI Ihe poIIIIcaI specIrum
are doIn everyIhIn Ihey can
Io eI IheIr peers Io voIe. WIIh
WIsconsIn In pIay as a baIIIe
round sIaIe, Ihe sIakes are hIh.
WheIher reIsIerIn sIudenIs
Io voIe, hoIdIn debaIe waIch
parIIes or handIn ouI sIns,
II's cIear boIh RepubIIcans and
DemocraIs are passIonaIe abouI
Ihe 2012 eIecIIon.
However, CoIIee DemocraIs
CoPresIdenI Lashawna Tucker
saId a probIem amon sIudenIs
on campus Is a Iack oI enIhusI
asm.
"I'm seeIn a IoI oI peopIe noI
wanIIn Io voIe," Tucker saId.
"PeopIe are eIIher reaIIy excIIed
Io voIe, or Ihey jusI don'I care
aI aII. BuI II seems more peo
pIe don'I care abouI Ihe Issues
because Ihey IhInk Ihey don'I
aIIecI Ihem."
Tucker saId Ihe CoIIee
DemocraIs are oIn above and
beyond Io chane IhIs mIndseI
amon sIudenIs wIIh dIIIerenI
evenIs on campus.
One such evenI was a vIsII Irom
Ihe Obama campaIn's HearIIand
RV Tour SepI. 2S. AcIor KurIwood
SmIIh, known as Red Iorman on
"ThaI '70s Show," was parI oI
Ihe Iour. He ured sIudenIs Io
voIe and make sure IheIr IrIends
voIe, Ioo.
The CoIIee DemocraIs are noI
Ihe onIy ones spreadIn IheIr
messae Io sIudenIs.
CoIIee RepubIIcans PresIdenI
LrIc KIssIner, Ireshman pubIIc
admInIsIraIIon major, saId Ihe
roup has evenIs oI IIs own
pIanned. Irom eIIIn sInaIures
Io handIn ouI sIns and mer
chandIse Io chaIkIn, he saId
hIs roup Is workIn hard Io
be an acIIve presence on cam
pus, remIndIn sIudenIs why II's
ImporIanI Io voIe.
"Whoever Is eIecIed wIII make
Ihe chanes needed Io heIp sus
IaIn our IuIure and our chIIdren's
IuIure," KIssIner saId. "ThaI's
why II's ImporIanI Io sIay acIIve,
sIay InIormed and voIe."
BuI some peopIe may wonder
II Ihe eIIorIs Io eI sIudenIs Io
voIe are workIn or II Ihe Iack oI
enIhusIasm amon voIers Is Ioo
reaI.
Kendra Yan, senIor human
deveIopmenI and psychoIoy
major, saId she IhInks mosI sIu
denIs wIII voIe.
"A IoI oI sIudenIs on campus
undersIand Ihe ImporIance oI
voIIn IhIs year," Yan saId.
See Student Vote, pg. 3
EIizabeth DuNez, sophomore pubIic administration major, registers KayIa Ditter, senior human deveIop-
ment and psychoIogy major, to vote. / Photo by Jessica Schmidt/Fourth Estate
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The areemenI beIween Creen
Bay MeIro and UWCreen Bay has
been rewrIIIen Io reIIecI decIIn
In rIdershIp raIes oI sIudenIs
and IacuIIy.
The perrIde Iee Is now 2S
cenIs buI conIInues Io be Iree oI
chare Ior sIudenIs and IacuIIy.
UWCB paId Ihe prevIous
S30,000 conIracI annuaIIy. The
currenI areemenI, sIned IasI
1uIy, Is monIhIomonIh and Is
expecIed Io save UWCB oranIza
IIons an esIImaIed S20,000 per
year.
RIders uIIIIzIn Ihe UPass
areemenI have dIpped sInce
2009. SIaIIsIIcs deIaIIIn use oI
Ihe bus servIce by sIudenIs and
IacuIIy show rIdershIp peaked In
2009 aI 44,479. The mosI recenI
daIa avaIIabIe IndIcaIes 39,616
used UPass Irom 1uIy 2011 Io
1une 2012 - an 11 percenI decIIne.
Some rIders say Ihey avoId
usIn Ihe bus due Io Ihe com
pIexIIy oI IearnIn Ihe sysIem.
To combaI IhIs, CBM recenIIy
reIeased a new websIIe IeaIure
aIIowIn users Io creaIe a Irav
eI IIInerary. In addIIIon Io Ihe
"Where Is My Bus" appIIcaIIon,
rIders soon wIII be abIe Io Irack a
bus's proress vIa CPS.
OIher obsIacIes prevenIIn
Increased sIudenI and IacuIIy rId
ershIp Is Ihe Ion commuIe IIme
Io poInIs oI InIeresI. DIscounI
chaIn sIores, major rocers and
Ihe Bay Park Square MaII can onIy
be reached by way oI IransIer
rIn Io anoIher bus. Ior many,
Ihe IIme requIred Io reach Ihose
desIInaIIons Is probIemaIIc.
To encourae sIudenI and Iac
uIIy use oI Ihe bus servIce, SCA
members have been IdenIIIyIn
possIbIe enhancemenIs Io Ihe
areemenI.
"We wanI Io IurIher Ihe dIscus
sIon abouI IImIIedsIopped rouIes
Ior sIudenIs Io poInIs oI InIeresI,"
saId 1eII Huebner, senIor poIIIIcaI
scIence and pubIIc admInIsIraIIon
major and SCA heaIIh and saIeIy
commIIIee chaIrman. "The SCA
Is happy wIIh Ihe currenI raIes.
OveraII, II's been a reaIIy success
IuI proram."
SCA proposed oIher Ideas
IncIudIn rouIe IImIn and sIruc
Iure. CBM and UWCB pIan Io
dIscuss Ihe Ierms oI Ihe aree
menI quarIerIy In order Io ensure
Ihe needs oI boIh parIIes are
adequaIeIy meI. The nexI meeIIn
Is scheduIed Ior November.
The bus Is used by many sIu
denIs Ior more Ihan IransporIa
IIon Io campus.
See Metro, pg. 2
Many UWGB students turn to Green Bay Metro to transport them to
and from campus. / Photo by Marina Koeppen/Fourth Estate
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From pg. 1
Marco NeIson, UWCB senIor
psychoIoy and human deveIop
menI major, rIdes Ihe bus Io vIsII
IamIIy In Ihe Creen Bay area.
"My randparenIs IIve In De
Pere and I use Ihe bus Io o vIsII
Ihem every so oIIen," NeIson saId.
PubIIc IransporIaIIon has IIs
advanIaes, buI Ior sIudenIs
wIIhouI a vehIcIe or who are on
a IIhI budeI, II can be a neces
sIIy. CBM TransII DIrecIor Tom
WIIII Is aware oI Ihe ImporIance
pubIIc IransporIaIIon can have
Ior sIudenIs.
"Money doesn'I row on Irees
and wIIh Ihe prIce oI as nearIn
S4 a aIIon, MeIro oIIers sIudenIs
an opporIunIIy Io use pubIIc Iran
sII," WIIII saId. "AI 2S cenIs per
rIde, II oIIers a IowcosI opIIon
Ior sIudenIs and IacuIIy."
The IaIkIn poInIs durIn
November's meeIIn whIch wIII
IncIude SCA and Creen Bay MeIro
IeadershIp couId be IracIIous due
Io prIorIIIes beIn seI by boIh
parIIes.
Heba Mohammad, UWCB junIor
hIsIory and poIIIIcaI scIence
major and SCA presIdenI, has
dIscussed Ihe onoIn coIIabo
raIIon beIween UWCB and CBM
wIIh Huebner, as weII as unIver
sIIy oIIIcIaIs. Mohammad wouId
IIke Io Increase rIdershIp amon
sIudenIs and IacuIIy Ihrouh Ihe
creaIIon oI mInImumsIop rouIes
Irom campus Io poInIs oI InIer
esI IhrouhouI Ihe reaIer Creen
Bay area.
Due Io IederaI mandaIes, CBM
can'I oIIer dIrecI rouIes Io onIy
UWCB rIders. InsIead, a rouIe
wouId have Io be avaIIabIe Io Ihe
pubIIc aI Iare. Lven In Ihe evenI
IhaI a rouIe couId be IaIIored Io
meeI Ihe needs oI UWCB, II wouId
have Io be economIcaIIy IeasIbIe
as weII, saId WIIII.
"We undersIand IhaI we can'I
have a dIrecI rouIe servIn onIy
our communIIy," Mohammad
saId. "BuI Ihe creaIIon oI a mIn
ImumsIop rouIe Is a need IhaI
has been voIced by severaI mem
bers oI Ihe sIudenI overnmenI."
UWCB's sIoan, LcoU, Is a
source oI prIde Ior sIudenIs and
IacuIIy aIIke. CBM and pubIIc
IransporIaIIon pIay a key roIe
In Ihe IradIIIon oI raIsIn envI
ronmenIaI awareness on and oII
campus.
"ObvIousIy, Ihere Is an envIron
menIaI componenI Io rIdIn Ihe
bus," saId LI. 1eII Cross, UWCB
pubIIc saIeIy oIIIcer. "We prIde
ourseIves on enaIn In envIron
menIaIIy susIaInabIe acIIvIIIes.
Croup IransporI Is one oI Ihose."
Megan Tappa, junior communication major, takes the bus home after
a day of cIasses. / Photo by Marina Koeppen/Fourth Estate
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SIaIe SuperInIendenI Tony
Lvans InIroduced a proposaI IasI
monIh IhaI wouId requIre aII
WIsconsIn hIh schooI sIudenIs
Io Iake Ihe ACT exam beInnIn
In 2014.
II approved by Cov. ScoII
WaIker and sIaIe IeIsIaIure, II
wIII requIre aII 11Ihrade sIu
denIs Io Iake Ihe exam wIIh sIaIe
Iunds coverIn Ihe exam Iees.
Carmen LeuIhner, educaIIon
ouIreach dIrecIor Ior UWCreen
Bay's dIvIsIon oI OuIreach and
AduII Access, saId Ihe chanes
wouId aIIecI more Ihan Ihe 11Ih
rade popuIaIIons oI sIaIe hIh
schooIs, Ihouh.
"Lvans' proposaI wouId aIso
have aII nInIhrade pubIIc schooI
sIudenIs Iake Ihe ACT LXPLORL
assessmenI," LeuIhner saId. "And
In addIIIon Io Ihem, aII oI Ihe
10Ih rade wouId Iake Ihe ACT
PLAN assessmenI Io prepare
Ihem Ior Ihe acIuaI ACT when
Ihey reach 11Ih rade."
CurrenIIy WIsconsIn has a sIan
dardIzed exam Issued Ior sIu
denIs In IhIrd Ihrouh eIhIh
rade and aaIn In 10Ih rade
caIIed Ihe WIsconsIn KnowIede
and ConcepIs LxamInaIIon.
The WKCL exam measures
pubIIc schooI sIudenI proIIcIency
In readIn, maIh, scIence, Ian
uae arIs and socIaI sIudIes Io
deIermIne whIch subjecIs need
ImprovemenI In Ihe cIassroom.
BuI LeuIhner says II Ihe ACT
proposaI Is enacIed, II couId
brIn sweepIn chanes Io Ihe
sIaIewIde pubIIc schooI exams.
"II Ihe proposaI oes Ihrouh,
Ihe WKCL wouId be repIaced by
Ihe ACT sInce boIh exams essen
IIaIIy measure Ihe same IhIns
and Ihere's no sense In havIn
Ihem boIh," LeuIhner saId.
AccordIn Io Ihe ACT websIIe,
sIaIes IhaI have aIready enacIed a
poIIcy Io mandaIe aI IeasI one oI
Ihe ACT exams sIaIewIde IncIude
AIaska, IIIInoIs, MIchIan, NorIh
DakoIa and WyomIn.
ThIs May, Ihe IIIInoIs LducaIIon
Research CouncII reIeased Ihe
resuIIs oI a sIudy done anaIyz
In Ihe scores oI IheIr pubIIc
hIh schooI sIudenIs. AccordIn
Io Ihe sIudy, IesIIakers were
IIkeIy Io do IheIr besI on IheIr
IIrsI aIIempI aI Ihe exam, wIIh
as much as 41.2percenI oI IheIr
sIudenIs passIn Ihe enIIre exam
on IheIr IIrsI Iry.
II aIso Iound around 7.2 per
cenI oI sIudenIs dId noI pass
Ihe exam on IheIr IIrsI aIIempI.
WrIIIn was Ihe sIronesI sub
jecI, wIIh an esIImaIed 86 percenI
oI sIudenIs who receIved saIIs
IacIory scores on IheIr IIrsI Iry.
Lanuae arIs Iook IasI pIace by
nIne percenIae poInIs wIIh 42
percenI oI sIudenIs passIn Ihe
secIIon on IheIr IIrsI aIIempI.
LeuIhner saId anoIher drIvIn
Iorce behInd Ihe InIIIaIIve Is mak
In sure IhaI aII sIudenIs have an
equaI chance Io be successIuI.
"One oI Ihe key beneIIIs Is pro
vIdIn more InIormaIIon Io sIu
denIs, parenIs and educaIors In
observIn how ready our sIudenIs
are Ior coIIee and IheIr IuIure
careers," LeuIhner saId. "The pro
posaI Is aIso IookIn Io esIabIIsh
aII pubIIc hIh schooIs as IesIIn
cenIers whIch couId aIIevIaIe Ihe
Issue oI sIudenIs who wouId be
unabIe Io IraveI reaIer dIsIances
Io Iake Ihe ACT."
However, some educaIIon IIeId
veIerans don'I beIIeve mandaIIn
Ihe ACT exams Ior IheIr pubIIc
hIh schooI sIudenIs comes as a
bIessIn.
DIane RavIIch, Ph.D. and
research proIessor In educaIIon
aI New York UnIversIIy worrIes
Ihe mandaIory ACTs wIII onIy be
used Ior IheIr numbers.
"|TesIIn] Is aImosI IIke Ihe
monsIer IhaI aIe AmerIcan educa
IIon," RavIIch saId. "We don'I Iook
aI Ihe needs and we don'I evaIu
aIe Ihe probIems IhaI need Io be
soIved In each schooI. We jusI
say, 'These are Iow scores and
we'II have Io cIose Ihe schooI.'"
AIIIe Kohn, auIhor oI "The Case
AaInsI SIandardIzed TesIIn"
sIaIed on hIs personaI websIIe
IhaI puIIIn Ioo much Iocus on
some areas oI educaIIon can Iead
Io deIIcIIs In oIhers.
"You deprIve kIds oI recess,
eIImInaIe musIc and Ihe arIs
educaIIon and oIIer Iess IeI
sure IIme Ior Ihe sIudenIs and
InsIead Iocus on IeachIn IesI
IakIn IrIcks," Kohn saId. "Sure,
II's possIbIe Io raIse IesI scores,
buI IhaI's meanInIess aI besI
because hIher IesI scores do noI
necessarIIy reIIecI hIher quaIIIy
IeachIn or IearnIn when II may
IndIcaIe Ihe opposIIe."
However, many educaIors are
weIcomIn Ihe new proposIIIon
wIIh open arms. UWCB senIor
educaIIon major LIIa NIehaus
beIIeves Ihe cIrcumsIances sur
roundIn Ihe poIIcy may encour
ae sIudenIs Io IIourIsh and
Increase Ihe chances oI Ihem IIv
In IheIr dreams.
"I acIuaIIy IhInk II's a wonder
IuI poIIcy because many sIudenIs
don'I IhInk Ihey're as IaIenIed as
Ihey acIuaIIy are," NIehaus saId.
"Many sIudenIs can'I aIIord Io
Iake Ihe exam because oI Ihe
Iees IhaI come wIIh reIsIraIIon,
buI II Ihe poIIcy passes, Ihe sIaIe
wIII be payIn Ihe Iees Ior IheIr
IIrsI Iry so Ihey can aI IeasI have
a shoI aI IheIr dreams oI oIn
Io coIIee. ThaI's a bI sIep Ior
Ihose sIudenIs who have IInan
cIaI sIruIes aI home."
ProposaI requires students to take ACT
De Pere businesses fail
underage alcohol tests
DespIIe IraInIn and warnIn
IeIIers, 21 oI 44 busInesses In De
Pere soId aIcohoI Io a Ieen work
In wIIh poIIce. The Iare number
oI IaIIures resuIIed In cIIy oIII
cIaIs dIscussIn sIrIcIer penaIIIes
Ior busInesses IhaI seII aIcohoI
Io mInors aI a LIcense CommIIIee
meeIIn OcI. 2. SuesIIons such
as bannIn beer saIes aI as sIa
IIons aIso were suesIed aI Ihe
meeIIn.
Phuture Phoenix
welcomes Tour Day
students
UWCreen Bay Is hoId
In PhuIure PhoenIx Days
Ior Ihe nInIh year In a row.
ApproxImaIeIy 1,400 IIIIhrade
sIudenIs Irom around NorIheasI
WIsconsIn wIII vIsII campus OcI.
911. PhuIure PhoenIx Tour Days
aIm Io encourae IowIncome sIu
denIs Io o Io coIIee. SIudenIs
wIII be oIIered Ihe chance Io
receIve one oI 23 schoIarshIps
awarded Io sIudenIs who seIecI
UWCB as IheIr coIIee choIce.
More Ihan 11,400 IIIIhrade sIu
denIs have parIIcIpaIed In Ihe
proram sInce IIs creaIIon In
2003.
Governor calls for small
business summit
Cov. ScoII WaIker announced
pIans Io hosI a second sum
mII Ior smaII busInesses In
November. The oaI oI Ihe sum
mII Is Io Improve Ihe reIaIIon
shIp beIween Ihe overnmenI
and smaII busInesses. II wIII be
heId In La Crosse Nov. 8.
Chancellors Security
Walk to be held Oct. 11
ChanceIIor Thomas Harden
wIII Iead Ihe annuaI ChanceIIor's
SecurIIy WaIk OcI. 11. The Iree
evenI aIIows sIudenIs Ihe oppor
IunIIy Io speak Io Ihe chanceIIor
and unIversIIy IeadershIp abouI
any concerns reardIn saIeIy
and securIIy. The waIk sIarIs aI
S p.m. In Ihe CaIherIn Room,
Room 201, oI Mary Ann CoIrIn
HaII.
Drunk driver arrested
after car chase
A 34yearoId Menasha woman
has been arresIed In suspIcIon
oI drunk drIvIn earIy SaIurday
mornIn. She drove oII aIIer
poIIce aIIempIed Io puII her over.
She hII a sIop sIn wIIh her car,
aI whIch poInI she oI ouI oI Ihe
car and sIarIed runnIn. PoIIce
cauhI Ihe woman shorIIy aIIer.
She aIso had Iwo prevIous war
ranIs ouI Ior her arresI and was
drIvIn on a suspended IIcense.
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From pg. 1
"II's ImporIanI Ior IndIvIduaIs
our ae Io voIe because we're
oIn Io be here Ior a Ion IIme,"
Yan saId. "II's ImporIanI IhaI we
have a say In whaI's oIn Io hap
pen In our IuIure."
LIke Yan, Connor CIeIchner,
Ireshman radIoIoy major, pIans
Io voIe and ured oIhers Io do
so as weII.
"II's your duIy as a cIIIzen,"
CIeIchner saId. "PoIIIIcs become
more and more ImporIanI as you
eI oIder, so II's ImporIanI you
sIay InIormed."
WhIIe apaIhy remaIns one oI
Ihe prImary reasons sIudenIs do
noI voIe, Ihere are oIher reasons
as weII - reasons IhaI hII cIose
Io home.
Many DemocraIs cIIe voIer ID
Iaws as one reason why sIudenIs
do noI wanI Io voIe. Amon Ihe
opponenIs oI Ihe Iaws Is Ior
mer PresIdenI BIII CIInIon. In a
speech Io New HampshIre sIu
denIs on OcI. 3, he aIIacked New
HampshIre's voIer ID Iaw Ior dIs
enIranchIsIn sIudenIs Irom voI
In.
BuI II Ihe 2008 eIecIIon Is any
IndIcaIIon, Ihe U.S. couId see a
record IurnouI Irom youIh voIers
IhIs eIecIIon year. The second
hIhesI amounI oI youIh voIers
In AmerIcan hIsIory came ouI
In 2008 Io heIp eIecI PresIdenI
Barack Obama. ThIs IurnouI was
up by Iwo mIIIIon Irom Ihe 2004
eIecIIon.
Lven wIIh IhIs record number
oI youIh voIers, UWCB poIIIIcaI
scIence ProIessor ScoII IurIon
saId Ihe youIh voIe remaIns Ihe
smaIIesI voIIn bIock.
"In eneraI over Ihe IasI 3040
years, Ihe IradIIIonaI sIudenI
popuIaIIon has been decreasIn,"
saId IurIon. "There's been a cou
pIe oI IIcks up over Ihe IasI Iew
eIecIIons, buI II's sIIII Ihe smaII
esI voIIn ae demoraphIc."
He aIso saId one reason Ior Ihe
Increase In youIh InvoIvemenI In
Ihe 2008 eIecIIon was due Io a
vIorous socIaI medIa campaIn
Irom Obama. And accordIn Io
IurIon, Ihe Obama campaIn Is
hopIn Io spark some oI IhaI
maIc aaIn IhIs year.
"There was a Iare aIIempI
by Ihe Obama campaIn Io eI
Ihe sIudenI voIe ouI In 2008,"
IurIon saId. "They obvIousIy
wanI IhaI IurnouI aaIn IhIs year,
buI II was much more promInenI
In 2008."
And wIIh a bevy oI InIormaIIon
avaIIabIe Io sIudenIs onIIne, Dean
oI LnroIImenI ServIces MIchaeI
SIearney recommends sIudenIs
Iook InIo whaI Ihey need Io do
beIore LIecIIon Day.
"In order Io keep sIudenIs
InIormed, Ihe UW SysIem has
puI IoeIher a reaIIy IIne web
sIIe caIIed Ihe UW SysIem VoIIn
CuIde In WIsconsIn," SIearney
saId. "The reaI IhIn abouI IhIs
Is IhaI IhIs websIIe Is aIways cur
renI and up Io daIe."
SIearney aIso saId sIudenIs
shouId make sure Ihey know
where Ihey need Io o on eIec
IIon day.
UWCB wIII hosI a poIIIn pIace
In Ihe UnIversIIy UnIon Ior sIu
denIs IIvIn on campus who
are reIsIered aI IheIr campus
address as weII as Ior IocaI cIII
zens who IaII wIIhIn Ihe dIsIrIcI.
SIudenIs shouId be remInded
IhaI II Ihey do noI IIve on cam
pus, Ihey may noI be abIe Io voIe
on campus.
Ior more InIormaIIon on eII
IbIIIIy, reIsIraIIon and poIIIn
IocaIIons, vIsII wIsconsIn.edu/
voIe.
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Recent weather trends continue with higher temperatures
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LasI wInIer and summer, many
WIsconsInIIes experIenced weaIh
er ouI oI Ihe ordInary. BoIh IhIs
pasI wInIer and summer were
some oI Ihe warmesI Iempera
Iures on record.
Many peopIe wonder why IhIs
weaIher occurred and whaI Io
expecI Ior IhIs wInIer.
AccordIn Io Ihe NaIIonaI
WeaIher ServIce's CIImaIe
PredIcIIon CenIer, Ihere Is a hIh
er probabIIIIy IemperaIures wIII
be above normaI.
SIeven Meyer, assocIaIe proIes
sor oI naIuraI and appIIed scI
ences aI UWCreen Bay saId Ihe
CPC has a parIIcuIar process II
oes Ihrouh Io predIcI Ihe prob
abIIIIIes.
Meyer saId Ihe CPC orders Ihe
cIImaIe ouIIooks In a seasonaI
paIIern oI abouI Ihree monIhs.
OIIen Ihese ouIIooks overIap sea
sons and are updaIed monIhIy.
There Is a 33 percenI probabII
IIy Ihe cIImaIe IaIIs InIo one oI
Ihe IoIIowIn caIeorIes: beIow
normaI, normaI or abovenormaI.
In cases where warmer weaIher
seems IIkeIy, cIImaIoIoIsIs Iake
Ihe InIormaIIon and skew II by
IakIn abouI 10 percenI Irom Ihe
beIow normaI caIeory and Ihen
addIn II Io Ihe abovenormaI
caIeory.
"II's noI necessarIIy a predIc
IIon IhaI II Is oIn Io be warmer
Ihan Ihe normaI, buI jusI Ihe
probabIIIIy II's oIn Io be warm
er Ihan normaI," Meyer saId.
The cause oI Ihese weaIher
shIIIs can be Ior any number oI
reasons. AIIhouh many oI Ihese
causes are naIuraI, Ihey can be
pushed aIon by human InIIu
ence.
NaIuraI IacIors IhaI may have
caused Ihese cIImaIe shIIIs are
chanes In ocean IemperaIures
due Io Ihe posIIIon oI a narrow
aIr currenI caIIed a jeI sIream.
The connecIIon beIween ocean
IemperaIures and Ihe posIIIon oI
Ihe jeI sIream Is sIron yeI oIIen
overIooked. AccordIn Io Meyer,
whIIe Ihe eIIecIs oI IobaI warm
In and projecIed IemperaIures
can be debaIed, Ihe composIIIon
oI Ihe aImosphere cannoI.
"We've Increased Ihe concen
IraIIon oI reenhouse ases In
our aImosphere, oIn back
Io Ihe sIarI oI Ihe IndusIrIaI
RevoIuIIon," Meyer saId.
Because IobaI warmIn can
noI happen wIIhIn one season,
II probabIy Isn'I Ihe cause oI
Ihe warmer wInIer, Meyer saId.
However, Ihe Increased amounI
oI reenhouse ases couId have
made a conIrIbuIIon.
These unexpecIed chanes In
weaIher couId raIse some ques
IIons reardIn human ImpacI on
Ihe pIaneI.
"You can'I keep havIn Ihese
warmerIhannormaI epIsodes
wIIhouI consIderIn how much
humans are chanIn Ihe earIh's
aImospherecIImaIe sysIem,"
Meyer saId.
WhIIe cIImaIe chane and Iob
aI warmIn sound sImIIar, whaI
dIIIerenIIaIes Ihem Is Ihe IIme
span oI occurrences. Meyer saId
Ihe earIh's cIImaIe Is, and has
been, chanIn Ior hundreds oI
mIIIIons oI years.
CIobaI warmIn, however, Is
Ihe Ierm used Io descrIbe Ihe IasI
1S0 years, when human acIIvIIy
sIarIed Io Increase Ihe concenIra
IIon oI reenhouse ases.
DespIIe Ihe dIIIerences, boIh
IobaI warmIn and cIImaIe
chane can conIrIbuIe Io many
unexpecIed shIIIs In weaIher IIke
Ihose experIenced In WIsconsIn.
CIImaIe chane ImpacIs Ihe
earIh's ecosysIem, and a sInIII
canI parI oI Ihe ecosysIem Is
pIanIs.
MaII Dornbush, assocIaIe pro
Iessor oI naIuraI and appIIed
scIences aI UWCB, saId In Ihe
IasI S0100 years, Ihe rowIn
season Ior pIanIs In WIsconsIn
has rown by eIhI days due Io
cIImaIe chane.
LasI sprIn WIsconsIn had a
sInIIIcanI eIIecI on pIanIIIIe.
The warmer sprIn brouhI many
pIanIs ouI oI IheIr dormancy
whIch Ihey enIer durIn IaII,
Dornbush saId.
Dornbush saId durIn Ihe spouI
oI warm weaIher, Ihe appIe crops
sIarIed Io row and IIower. 1usI
as IruIIs bean Io deveIop, Ihe
crops were hII by a IrosI, causIn
damae Io Ihe pIanIs.
AnoIher exampIe oI Ihese earIy
dormancy breaks Is seen In Ihe
mapIe Iree. Cary IewIess, curaIor
oI UWCB's herbarIum, saId Ihe
coIIecIIn oI mapIe sap was ear
IIer Ihan II had been beIore.
WhIIe naIIve specIes are sIru
IIn Io accIImaIe, InvasIve spe
cIes seem Io be beneIIIIIn, mak
In Ihe sIIuaIIon Ior naIIve spe
cIes more dIIIIcuII. Two exampIes
oI Ihese exoIIc specIes are buck
Ihorn and honeysuckIe, Dornbush
saId.
Why Ihese InvasIve specIes
popuIaIIons have been IarIn beI
Ier Ihan naIIve specIes Is sIIII
uncIear.
"II's hard Io know," IewIess
saId. "CerIaInIy you'd expecI IhaI
II Ihe cIImaIe was warmer, Io
some deree II wouId chane Ihe
seI oI specIes IhaI can row here."
WhIIe Ihese unexpecIed chan
es In weaIher are ImpacIIn Ihe
envIronmenI, a soIuIIon Is dIIII
cuII Io creaIe. II Is sIIII unknown
II Ihe chanes are anomaIIes or
parI oI a Iarer cIImaIe shIII. As
Ior Meyer, he's suspIcIous.
"I'm eIIIn Io Ihe poInI where
II seems IhIs Isn'I a IIuke," Meyer
saId. "ThIs Is happenIn Iar Ioo
oIIen Io noI be abIe Io connecI
Ihe doIs back Io a reaI cause."

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