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---(MELANIE)--WELCOME TO ARIZONA CAT’S EYE…
A UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM NEWS
BROADCAST…
I’M MELANIE HUONKER…
---(ANGELO)--AND I’M ANGELO SAMORA-VARGAS
ARIZONA CAT’S EYE IS A 30-MINUTE STUDENT PRODUCED NEWS
MAGAZINE THAT BRINGS YOU STORIES ABOUT TUCSON AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA…
YOU CAN FIND ALL STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE AZ-CATS-EYE-DOT-COM…
---(MELANIE)--COMING UP…WE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT A GENERATIONAL ADDICTION STUDENTS
HAVE WITH TECHNOLOGY.
---(ANGELO)--PLUS…HOW ONE COMPANY IS MAKING TRAVELING EASIER FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
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TABLET INTRO
---(ANGELO)--DINING IS GOING DIGITAL…TWO ARIZONA ALUMNI ARE REINVENTING
RESTAURANT RULES WHEN IT COMES TO ORDERING. CAT’S EYE REPORTER
CHARLIE DE MAR TAKES US TO A LOCAL RESTAURANT WHERE ELECTRONIC
MENUS ARE ALREADY IN USE.
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TABLET TAG
---(ANGELO)--JUSTOUCH TABLETS ARE NOW OFFERED AT P-Y STEAKHOUSE AND TACO BRON
AT THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
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PHONE INTRO
---(MELANIE)--AS SOCIETY BECOMES MORE DEPENDANT ON TECHNOLOGY…SOME SCIENTISTS
ARE CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT BECOME A PROBLEM. REPORTER LEXI SUTTER
EXPLAINS THAT CONSTANTLY CHECKING YOUR PHONE IS BECOMING AN
OBSESSION FOR SOME.
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PHONE TAG
---(MELANIE)--NOMOPHOBIA IS UP 13-PERCENT FROM JUST FOUR YEARS AGO. ACCORDING TO A
SURVEY BY SECURE-ENVOY . . . WOMEN TEND TO BE MORE NOMOPHOBIC THAN
MEN.
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TB INTRO
---(ANGELO)--TUBERCULOSIS KILLS ONE-POINT-FOUR MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR… THAT’S ONE
PERSON EVERY 20 SECONDS. ARIZONA CAT’S EYE REPORTER MARLENA
HAMILTON TELLS US MORE ABOUT REDUCING THE INCIDENTS OF THE DISEASE.
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TB TAG
---(ANGELO)--THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT IT HOPES TO CUT THE
PREVALENCE RATES AND DEATHS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN HALF BY 2015.
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WHEEL CHAIR INTRO
---(MELANIE)---
A SPECIAL WHEEL CHAIR SHOP HAS MADE AN APPEARANCE IN NOGALAS,
SONORA… OFFERING CITIZENS A NEW TYPE OF WHEELS. I VISITED NOGALES TO
FIND OUT MORE.
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WHEEL CHAIR TAG
---(MELANIE)--DR. DUNCAN SAYS THE COMPANY PLANS TO EXPAND INTO SMALLER
COMMUNITIES IN MEXICO AS WELL AS PROVIDE SOLAR POWERED HEARING AIDS
AND PROSTHETICS.
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TEASE
---(ANGELO)--COMING UP ON ARIZONA CAT’S EYE… AN UPDATE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE NORTH ENDZONE.
---(MELANIE)--AND… HOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR HIGH SCHOOL REFEREES IS
CHANGING.
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NORTH END ZONE INTRO
---(ANGELO)--AFTER THE SOUTH ENDZONE OF ARIZONA STADIUM RECEIVED A NEW
SCOREBOARD LAST YEAR… THIS YEAR … IT’S THE NORTH ENDZONE’S TURN.
ARIZONA CAT’S EYE REPORTER NICOLE DIMTSIOS HAS MORE ABOUT THE
BIGGEST FACE LIFT IN THE STADIUM’S HISTORY.
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NORTH END ZONE TAG
---(ANGELO)--THE PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS TO THE ATHLETIC
DEPARTMENT.
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PADRES SET
---(MELANIE)--THE TUCSON PADRES CAME UP WITH A NEW BUSINESS MODEL TO REFLECT
RECENT CENSUS DATA. ARIZONA CAT’S EYE REPORTER CHARLIE DE MAR TELLS
US MORE.
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PADRES INTRO
---(CHARLIE)--THE TUCSON PADRES ARE EMBRACING THEIR NEIGHBORS ALONG THE BORDER.
THIS YEAR, THE PADRES INVITED TEAMS FROM MEXICO TO PLAY GAMES AT KINO
STADIUM. HERE’S MORE ON THE DECISION THAT GAVE AN INTERNATIONAL
FLARE TO AMERICA’S PASTIME.
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PADRES TAG
---(CHARLIE)--THE EVENT HELD LAST FALL WAS SUCH A SUCCESS THAT THE PADRES SAY THEY
ARE PLANNING TO INVITE MORE TEAMS FROM MEXICO TO PARTICIPATE NEXT
YEAR.
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REFS INTRO
---(MELANIE)--A RECENT SEX ABUSE CASE IN PHOENIX HAS PROMPTED ARIZONA HIGH SCHOOLS
TO START FINGERPRINTING REFEREES AND UMPIRES BEFORE THEY ARE HIRED.
ARIZONA CAT’S EYE REPORTER MARLENA HAMILTON TELLS US HOW THIS IS
IMPACTING HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.
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REFS TAG
---(MELANIE)--APPLICANT FINGERPRINTS WILL BE COMPARED TO CONVICTED CRIMINALS IN
THE F-B-I DATABASE. THOSE WHO HAVE NO CRIMINAL HISTORY CAN BE HIRED.
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TEASE
---(ANGELO)--COMING UP ON ARIZONA CAT’S EYE… A LOOK AT THE CHANGES AT UNIVERSITY
OF ARIZONA AS PART OF THE STATE’S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
---(MELANIE)--AND… HOW HOUSEHOLD MASCOTS WILMA AND WILBUR GOT THEIR START AT
THE U-OF-A.
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127 YEARS SET
---(ANGELO)--TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS BEFORE ARIZONA WAS DECLARED A STATE…THE
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WAS ALREADY THRIVING IN THE DESERT. ARIZONA
CAT’S EYE REPORTER NICOLE DIMTSIOS TELLS US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE
UNIVERSITY.
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---(NICOLE)--THE STATE OF ARIZONA CELEBRATED ITS CENTENNIAL IN FEBRUARY… BUT THE
UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN HANDING OUT DEGREES SINCE 1885. AND AS I FOUND
OUT… IT’S CHANGED A LOT OVER THE PAST 127 YEARS.
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127 YEARS TAG
---(NICOLE)--THE UNIVERSITY HAS HAD TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMANDS OF AN INCREASING
STUDENT POPULATION. EACH OF THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE U-OF-A HAS SEEN
THE LARGEST FRESHMAN CLASS IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
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MASCOTS INTRO
---(MELANIE)--WILBUR THE WILDCAT HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE HE WAS FIRST
INTRODUCED IN 1915… FROM AN ACTUAL LIVE WILDCAT TO STUDENTS
DONNING FUR AND RED CONVERSE SHOES…WILBUR’S IMAGE HAS IMPROVED
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. CAT’S EYE REPORTER ADRIANA DESIDERIO HAS MORE
ON ARIZONA’S GROWING LOVE FOR WILBUR AND WILMA.
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MASCOTS TAG
---(MELANIE)--LAST YEAR WILBUR CAME OUT ON TOP OF THE PAC-12 DURING THE CAPITOL
ONE MASCOT CHALLENGE … WHICH DECIDES THE COUNTRIES MOST POPULAR
MASCOTS BASED ON VOTES.
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HORSE INTRO
---(MELANIE)--HIDDEN IN THE SMALL TOWN OF AMADO … NEAR GREEN VALLEY … IS A
SANCTUARY…NOT FOR HUMANS BUT FOR ABUSED AND MISTREATED HORSES.
ARIZONA CAT’S EYE REPORTER ABRAGAIL KAPPEL TELLS US MORE ABOUT HOW
THE RESCUE WAS STARTED.
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GOODBYE
---(ANGELO)--THAT’S THE LATEST EDITION OF ARIZONA CAT’S EYE… A UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM NEWS MAGAZINE…
---(MELANIE)--REMEMBER TO CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT AZ-CATS-EYE-DOT-COM FOR
ALL THESE STORIES AND MORE…
---(ANGELO)--FROM EVERYONE AT THE ARIZONA CAT’S EYE NEWS TEAM… THANKS
FOR WATCHING… WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME…