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PAGE 12 PAGE 15 PAGE 3 C edars S The Student Newspaper of Cedarville University March 20th, 2008 Volume 60/Issue 9 www.readcedars.com UMS Numbers Show Global Warming Not Spike in Illness Rates Something to Be Ignored News Analysis Sickness is on the rise --Allison McClain -- at Cedarville Univer­ Guest Writer sity this semester, In our technological world, we are accustomed to im­ If you've mediate fixes with minimal consequence. We depend on according to Uni­ technology to mend our lives. But what happens when tech­ been sniffling, nology outdoes itself? While it lessens life’s complications, versity Medical technology yields new consequences it can’t readily coun­ Services. teract. Unless intervention is made, this predicament may coughing and soon come to the forefront in our carbon-fueled world. Total visits to The uncertainty over global warming in the past de­ cade has caused environmental issues to be pushed aside in UMS are up six aching... join the the U.S. However, in the face of current data, it’s becoming percent compared clear that this needs to change. Global warming is no lon­ club. ger an uncertain issue, and great strides are being made to with numbers from objectively determine how it will affect the future and how to prevent negative effects. The upcoming election will say this time last spring, a lot about how quickly the U.S. will rise to the challenge of implementing needed enyironmental policies. said Debra McDonald, UMS Fossil fuels have proven to be a cheap and accessible director. -- Emily Doot - fuel over the past 150 years. In the face of dwindling sup­ Staff Writer plies and global warming threats, the time has come to re­ Patient visits totaled 1,855 ratory problems have more than consider our options. I fear, however, that uncertainty and at this time last year; the number doubled compared to this time last political division over global warming has caused us to of this year’s visits has already spring. In fact, diagnosed flu cases underestimate the need for technological preparation. The climbed to 1,974. have multiplied by a factor of six, implications of the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Even more telling, physician from three cases last year to 18 this Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was released in and nurse practitioner visits are up spring. November, only serve to heighten my fears. 29 percent this semester compared Lower respiratory problems The IPCC was established by the World Meteoro­ to this time last year. “That right are marked by more serious breath­ logical Organization (WMO) and the United Nations En­ there speaks,” said McDonald, ex­ ing issues such as coughing and vironment Programme (UNEP) in 1988. It is composed of plaining that many patients are not wheezing — “anything with your hundreds of scientists from around the globe who strive to just seeing nurses for colds, but are bronchi and lungs,” said McDon­ create an unbiased report assessing the observed and pro­ requiring more complex medical ald. jected impacts of global warming. They then develop op­ assistance. “Upper respiratory problems tions for adapting to these trends. The IPCC’s report is not “Upper respiratory problems are more of an inconvenience; low­ to be taken lightly, and the implications made in this year’s are usually No. 1 nationwide in col­ er respiratory problems are more report are particularly startling. lege health,” said McDonald. serious,” said McDonald, explain­ “Warming of the climate is unequivocal, as is now Although upper respiratory ing that these problems usually evident from observations of increases in global air and problems, which McDonald de­ require more medicine, and some­ ocean temperature, widespread melting of snow and ice, scribes as “anything from the throat times even hospital visits. and rising global average sea level,” the IPCC warns. The up; cold-type illnesses,” were the And — we all knew this was report continues with calculated data which reveals a 90 top diagnoses for UMS patients in coming — being a college student percent certainty that this warming is indeed the result of both spring of2007 and this spring, makes you even more likely to con­ human activities. Subsequent pages contain the most cur­ lower respiratory problems have tract an illness. rent data explaining the conclusion and projections for the skyrocketed on Cedarville’s cam­ “You’re living in barracks future. pus this semester. conditions,” said McDonald, “so if Because global warming is happening so quickly, “It’s some kind of respiratory one person gets sick ...” there is concern over how countries will adapt. Continents virus, a flu-like virus,” said Mc­ Off-campus travel for, that sustain our most impoverished people groups are ex­ Donald. breaks also increases stu-1 pected to be hit the hardest. For instance, the IPCC projects Cases of influenza (“flu”), dents’ risk for these diseases. that by 2020, 75-250 million people in Africa will be ex- bronchitis and other lower respi- see SICK page 3 see GLOBAL page 8 After Half a Century at CU, On the Upswing: Building the Kingdom: Spencer Will Cut Back The New Softball Season The Ethics of Construction INSIDE News. 3 Viewpoints...6 Sports .9 A & E... I 2 The Current...15 2 WITHE BACK OF THE FRONT "Lastfew days I had a sort of feeling, a tiger, of a young deer in a tiger's hand. Deer really can fight the C edars tiger? Can express. But actual fight? 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