4 2A - Wednesday, October 31, 2007 POPCORN PROTEST Blame Canada Autumn is upon us. Trees burst with colors of red, yellow and orange before their leaves plunge to the earth. The winds gradually change from pleas- antly warm to uncomfort- ably cold, and a veil of clouds enshrouds the once-radiant glow of the sun. But is all that a good thing? According to weather.com, nine out of the next 10 days in Ann Arbor will be partly to mostly cloudy. A 2006 study of Seasonal Affective Disorder, which tracked whether more peo- ple become depressed when there is less sunlight present, showed it is cloudier during the winter in middle latitude states like Michigan. The reason? Canada, Wisconsin and the Great Lakes. Dr. Robert Aron, a meteorol- ogy professor at Central Mich- igan University, said air that blows from those locations has a lot to do with the cloudiness. "It has to do with the great lakes," Aron said. "When cold air from Canada or Wiscon- sin comes over the relatively" warm water of the Great Lakes there is both a lot of evapora- tion from the lakes and the air is heated from below causing it to rise." The Great Lakes yield one positive, though. The warm water from Lake Michigan moderates the temperatures in the state throughout the win- ter. Derek Posselt, an assis- tant research scientist at the University of Michigan, said the lake keeps bordering land warmer in the winter. "In addition to moderat- ing our temperatures, the lakes act as a source of water vapor," Posselt said in an e- mail message. "The benefit to us is that the air is not only cloudy, but quite a bit warmer 'than it would have been if it had not been modified by the lake." So the Great Lakes are both a gift. and a curse, depending on how you look at them. One can only imagine how frigid the temperatures would be in the winter without the Great Lakes. E.J. 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WHERE: Mitchell Field WHEN: Monday at about 10:10 p.m. WHAT: A student was injured while playing in an intramu- ral flag football game, DPS reported. His injury seemed to be a dislocated knee, police said. An ambulance was not called because one of the player's friends offered to take him to the hospital. History of Art talk WHAT: A talk by visiting assistant History of Art pro- fessor Alexandra Gajewski, who brings a new perspec- tive to the study of Gothic architecture WHO: History of Art Department WHEN: Today from 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: 180 Tappan Hall Discussion about religion WHAT: Free pizza and casu- al discussion about religion, including the possible com- parison between God and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a deity created to mock reli- gious fundamentalists WHO: Socratic Club WHEN: Today from 6:30to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: 2271 Angell Hall Women's music Body balance A Minnesota woman is fil- ing abuse charges against a petsitter who she claims made her pig fat, The Associ- ated Press reported. Michelle Schmitz claims her pig went from 50 pounds to 150 pounds in just nine months. Addition- ally, she said the pig had a 4.5 hour surgery to have a collar removed from its neck. Michigan volleyball play- er Stesha Selsky is just 23 digs away from 2,000 in her collegiate career - a feat that just 24 other collegiate volleyball players have accom- plished before. >>FOR MORESEE PAGE 8A Vocalist Robert Goulet, who famously portrayed Sir Lancelot in "Camelot" in 1960, died yesterday morn- ing at age 73, The Associated Press reported. Adderall swiped Food thrown at from student WHERE: Kresge Business Library WHEN: Monday at about 12:15 p.m. WHAT: A bottle of Adderall was stolen from a student while he was studyinginthe Kresge Business Library, DPS reported. DPS has no suspects. student's car WHERE: Lot NC-32, 1330 Hub- bard WHEN: Monday at about 11:50 a.m. WHAT: Someone threw food at a student's parked car, DPS reported. It didn'tcause any damage, police said. DPS has no suspects. history lecture WHAT: A lecture by Claudia Jensen, affiliate faculty of music history, on the history of women's voices in musco- vite theater WHO: Center for Russian and East European Studies WHEN: Today from noon to 1p.m. WHERE: 1636 School of Social Work Building meeting WHAT: A lecture by acu- punturist Gary Merel WHO: Whole Foods Market WHEN: Today at 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Whole Foods, 3135 Washtenaw Avenue CORRECTIONS . Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. e'. F ^'- Y a H; ' ."L :,ON EARTH, TS & MINDS mber 1-2, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm leo Studio at the Duderstadt Center aordinary, experimental learning studio in which leading tional artists, scientists, scholars, and students will the interactions of art and mind. 0 0 AR Nove. The Vid 4 +