>> COMING UP ON ARIZONA PBS, ON ARIZONA HORIZON, WE LOOK AT A MAJOR UPGRADE TO AFFECT'S CENTRAL TRANSIT STATION ON ON CRONKITE NEWS, THE REMOVAL OF MASK MANDATE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, HOW REPRESENTATION MATTERS EVEN ON THE BENCH.

THAT'S ALL AHEAD IN THE NEXT HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS.

>> A WILDFIRE ALONG HIGHWAY 89 HAS BURNED MORE THAN A HUNDRED ACRES AND FORCING EVACUATIONS FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

IT HAS NO CONTAINMENT AND MOVING FURTHER NORTHEAST AND IT'S AT 600 ACRES WITH NO CONTAINMENT AND FIRE CREWS ARE WORKING TO PROTECT HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE AREA.

FALL-OUT OVER THE END OF A FEDERAL MANDATE REQUIRING MASKS ON ALL MODES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THEY WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRING MASKS ON FLIGHTS STARTING TODAY.

THERE'S STILL CONFUSION OVER THE CHANGE IN POLICY, EVEN AMONG FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.

>> SOME FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AS PILOTS MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND UP TO THAT MOMENT, THEY WERE TOLD THEIR JOB WAS TO ENFORCE THIS.

>> I FEEL MORE PROTECTED WHEN PEOPLE ARE WEARING MASKS.

THOUGH THE ENFORCEMENT CAUSES A LOT OF ANTAGONISTIC SITUATIONS.

>> THIS ALL FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S DECISION BY A FEDERAL JUDGE TO VOID THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S PLANS TO EXTEND THE TRANSPORTATION MASK MANDATE THROUGH MAY 3RD.

THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY SAID IT WILL APPEAL THE DECISION ONLY IF THE CDC RECOMMENDS DOING SO.

CLINICAL DATA TARGETS THE CORONAVIRUS VIRUS AND THE OMICRON VARIENT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE BY JUNE WITH THE HOPE THE SHOT SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED IN THE FALL AND THEY'RE WORKING ON BIVALENT BOOSTERS.

THE PRESIDENT RESTORED KEY ASPECTS TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW THAT HAD BEEN WEAKENED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

THE PROVISIONS SAID TO EVALUATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THEIR ACTIONS INCLUDING THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

SUPPORTERS SAY THE LAW IS NEEDED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND CRITICS SAY IT INCREASES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND MOST NOTABLY OIL AND GAS PIPELINES.

GAS PRICES ARE CREEPING UP AND NOW HEADING THE OTHER WAY WITH PRICES TODAY REPORTED TO BE UP THREE CENTS A GALLON.

THE OIL MARKET IS VOLATILE DUE THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND PRICES CAN AND WILL MOVE SHARPLY AND QUICKLY IN EITHER DIRECTION.

A PLAN REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL TRANSIT STATION IN DOWN PHOENIX BROKE GROUND AND IT INCLUDES LIGHT RAIL AND BUSES ALONG WITH NEW APARTMENTS, RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL SPACES AND WE LEARN MORE FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPER CHRIS MACKIE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

THIS IS QUITE THE OPERATION HERE AND WHERE IS THIS LOCATED?

>> ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CENTRAL AND VANBUREN, ON THE SOUTH, POKE ON THE NORTH, CENTRAL ON THE EAST AND FIRST AVENUE ON THE WEST.

>> AND THIS WOULD REPLACE AN EXISTING STATION, CORRECT?

THIS IS NOT BRAND NEW?

>> IT WAS BOUGHT FROM MASS TRANSIT IN THE EARLY 1990S AND A LIGHT RAIL STOP IN 2008 AND MASS TRANSIT FOR US FOR 30 YEARS.

>> A HUB IN THE FOOTPRINT.

>> HUNDREDS OF UNDERGROUND PARKING SPOTS SO PEOPLE AN PARK AND RIDE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OTHER FACTORS, A 32-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING PLANNED.

>> WITH GROUNDFLOOR RETAIL AND THINK ABOUT THIS ENHANCING YOUR TRANSIT EXPERIENCE.

RIGHT NOW OFF THE LIGHT RAIL AND STANDS ON A CONCRETE PATIO, IF YOU WILL AND NOW, YOU'LL GET OFF AND GRAB A COFFEE OR BAGEL OR SANDWICH.

>> 70,000 SQUARE FOOT OF OFFICE SPACE AND THEN, NOT ONLY THAT, YOU HAVE, WHAT WANT 21 STORY STUDENT HOUSING TOWER.

>> CORRECT.

>> HOW CLOSE?

>> TO THE EAST.

>> THAT'S GOT OFFICE SPACE, TOO IF.

>> CREATIVE OFFICE SPACE.

>> GROUND FLOOR RETAIL, RESTAURANT AND ALL OF THAT?

>> IT DOES.

>> TALK ABOUT HOW LONG THIS IS.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WILL REALIZE WHAT THIS WILL DO.

>> WHEN YOU APPROACH IT TODAY, JUST A BIG CONCRETE PAD WITH TREES AND BENCHES THAT SIT ON IT AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING OR WORKING OR SHOPPING OR EATING ON THAT PARTICULAR SITE AT ANY GIVEN DAY.

AS OF NOW, INSTEAD OF A CONCRETE PAD WITH TREES, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE AMENITIES AND BEAUTIFUL AMENITIES CONNECTING REALLY TO LIGHTRAIL AND TO THE PARK.

THE PROJECT IS PLANNED WITH AN AMPHITHEATER TO ACT AS THE STAIRS UP TO THE OFFICE, BUT WHEN WE DO MOVIES IN THE PARK AND CONCERTS IN THE PARK, IT'S DESIGNED TO ACT AS AN AMPHITHEATER.

>> HOW LONG WAS THIS IN DEVELOPMENT?

>> WE TOOK THIS OUT FOR PROPOSAL IN 2013, AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEVELOPER PASSED AWAY AND SO, WE TOOK IT BACK OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL IN 2017 AND SELECTED METASTAR DEVELOPMENT AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOUR YEARS.

>> I UNDERSTAND THE TRANSIT HUB ASPECT AND YOU HAVE TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND AND WHY WERE THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND THE STUDENT HOUSING TOWER, WHY WERE THOSE NECESSARY?

>> AS WE LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT THAT PHOENIX HAS MADE, WHETHER BUSES OR LIGHTRAIL, WE WANT TO DO THINGS THAT BRING PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGES OF THE AMENITIES OF THE BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S HERE.

SO AS YOU YOU GROW YOUR URBAN DOWNTOWN, YOU LOOK BACK TO 1970.

DOWN PHOENIX WAS THE PLACE EVERYBODY CAME TO AND LIVED AND WORKED.

IN 1970, WE SAW MASS EXODUS AND PEOPLE MOVED TO THE SUBURBS IN MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES AND LEFT DOWNTOWN.

IN FACT, WE DIDN'T GET BACK TO OUR POPULATION IN 1970 UNTIL 2017.

BY FOCUSING ON THE PEOPLE LIVING IN DOWNTOWN, WE'RE CREATING THIS CREATE EMPLOYMENT CORRIDOR AND VIBRANT HUB AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BIKE TO WORK AND WANT TO BUS TO WORK AND STUDENTS, AS YOU KNOW, ASU AND NAU JUST CONTINUE TO GROW IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX.

>> THIS IS A HUB IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AND WHEN -- GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN ON THIS.

>> IT HAS.

>> HOW LONG BEFORE IT'S DONE?

>> TO BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF 2024 AND A 900 DAY PROJECT AS THEY SAID AT THE GROUND OPENING.

>> THERE'S TRAFFIC CONCERNS WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT?

THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT AND WILL AFFECT EXISTING TRAFFIC.

>> WE'VE REROUTED THE BUSS WE THOUGHT AHEAD AND DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, OK, WE'RE BREAKING GROUND.

WE REROUTED BACK IN APRIL TO GET READY FOR THE GROUND BREAKING OF THIS YEAR AND THE LIGHTRAIL IS NOT REROUTED BY THE STOP AT VANBUREN WILL BE A STOP FOR COMING YEARS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND CRANES ARE UP AND TRUCKS ARE IN AND OUT.

IT'S MORE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA THAN PEOPLE ARE USED TO.

>> ALL SAID AND DONE AND NO SQUIRRELY DRIVEWAYS.

>> NO DRIVES AT ALL.

IT WILL BE OUR GRID SYSTEM THAT WE'VE GROWN TO LOVE.

>> 2024 AND THIS IS AMAZING.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN APARTMENTS, TRAFFIC HAS PICKED UP IN THE AREA AND ARE THERE CONCERNS THIS MANY HUMAN BEINGS, MASS TRANSIT NOTWITHSTANDING WILL MAKE FOR CROWDED CONDITION.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, LITTLE PHOENIX ALL GROWN UP AND WE'RE SEEING US BECOMING AN URBAN CITY LIKE OTHER URBAN CITIES DEALING WITH THIS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND DESIGNED TO OPERATE THIS WAY AND PLANNED TO OPERATE THIS WAY.

AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING MORE FROM PEOPLE NOT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, BUT FROM OUR RESTAURANT TOURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE THRIVING.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT HAVING LUNCH ON WORK DAYS, BUT PEOPLE EATING DINNER AND SHOPPING AND SO WE'RE HEARING QUITE THE OPPOSITE OF OTHER THAN TRAFFIC CHALLENGES AND PEOPLE BEING URBAN.

>> IT'S REALLY QUITE THE PROJECT AND CHRIS, CAN'T MISS IT AND CAN'T MISS THEM AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, A COLLABORATIVE CLINIC PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO THE UNINSURED.

TO.

>> ST. VINCENT PROVIDES COSTS AND WE SPOKE WITH THE CHIEF MEDICAL CLINIC.

AND DR. ANWAR AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WE'LL START WITH YOU AND WE'LL START WITH THE UNINSURED TO KEEP THE BILLS FROM PILING UP AND ALL PROBLEMS FROM HAPPENING TO THOSE EITHER UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED AND TALK TO US ABOUT THIS.

>> SO THE CLINIC IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE VIRGINIA G PIPER AND ST. VINCENT DEPAUL TO OUR UNDERINSURED POPULATION AND THEY GET ACCESS TO EVERY MEDICAL SPECIALTY KNOWN AND MEDICINE UNDER ONE ROOF.

ONCE A PATIENT COMES TO OUR CLINIC, EVERYTHING IS RIGHT THERE AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON OVER BURDENING THE EMERGENCY ROOMS IN THE VALLEY TO GET ACCESS TO CARE.

AND, OF COURSE, WE DON'T GET A HUGE BILL.

>> DR. TODERO, HOW DID CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY GET INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS.

>> WELL, CREIGHTON WAS INVITED TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY AND BRING HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS TO THE COMMUNITY, TO TO EDUCATE PHYSICIANS AND PHARMACISTS, ET CETERA AND WE REALIZED QUICKLY THAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD NEED PLACES TO PRACTICE THEIR CLINICAL SKILLS.

SO WE PARTNERED WITH ST. VINCENT TO CREATE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, REALLY, FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO TO MEET THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS KIND OF CARE.

THE CLINIC SERVED AS A LEARNING LABORATORY FOR NOT JUST MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR NURSING PHARMACY AND SOON-TO-BE PA STUDENTS AND PT STUDENTS AND OT AND WE TREAT THE ENTIRE PATIENT, THE WHOLE PATIENT.

THAT'S CREIGHTON'S PHILOSOPHY AND WE COME AT THIS WITH AN INTERPROFESSIONAL APPROACH TO CARE.

>> DR. ANWAR, HOW WOULD THIS WORK?

I'M UNDERINSURED OR HAVE NO INSURANCE AT ALL AND NO JOB AND STRUGGLING TO FIND A HOME AND THIS SITUATION AND HOW WOULD THAT WORK IF I WENT TO YOU?

>> SO WE HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WITH THE HOSPITALS AND VALLEY WISE AND ALL OF THESE HEALTHCARE CENTERS ARE AWARE OF OUR CLINIC.

IF THE PATIENT WAS TO COME TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO SEEK CARE AND WE FOUND THE PATIENT HAS NO HEALTH INSURANCE, THAT IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED A CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION TO THAT PATIENT TO OUR CLINIC AND THEY CALL US AT THE SAME TIME AND SOMEBODY ON THE INSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL TO GO INTO OUR EHR AND BOOK AN ACTUAL APPOINTMENT AND SO WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY CAN CALL MY HOME CLINIC.

>> DR. TODERO, THE SPECIALTY CARE IS OFFERED HERE AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT REGARDING TRAINING STUDENTS.

>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN A PATIENT VISITS AN EMERGENCY ROOM, OFTEN THEY'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF OTHER CONDITIONS OR CHRONIC ILLNESS OR, PERHAPS, SOME LATENT DISEASE THAT MASSES LATER SO BRINGING SPECIALTY CARE TO THESE PATIENTS IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING YOUR ACCOUNT NEEDS MET, BUT IT'S ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO LIVE WITH WHATEVER CONDITIONS YOU HAVE.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A VARIETY OF PROVIDERS TO IMPROVE PUT INTO THE CARE, IT JUST MAKES FOR A BETTER OVERALL EXPERIENCE.

>> DR. ANWAR, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE FOR FEWER EMISSIONS.

>> YES, AND OVER THE LAST ONE YEAR, WE ACTUALLY DROPPED THE READMISSION RATE TO THE LOCAL HOSPITALS TO 3.2% AND THIS IS COMPARED TO NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 11.5% FOR THE SAME EXACT POPULATION.

EVEN OUR MAIN CAMPUS WAS ESSENTIAL AND WE CAN TELL THE IMPACT THAT NOW THE PATIENTS ARE LIKELY TO UTILIZE EMERGENCY ROOM.

>> DR. TODERO, THAT'S AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THOSE RESULTS?

>> IT'S ANIMPRESSIVE STATISTICS AND IT'S DUE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT THE TEAM BRINGS TO THE PATIENT.

I MIGHT ADD THAT OUR PATIENT OR STUDENTS, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE BEEN NURSING STUDENTS WHO ARE WORKING WITH THESE PATIENTS IN THEIR HOME OR SEEING THEM IN ANOTHER LOCATION TO HELP THEM MANAGE THEIR LOCATIONS, HAVING THAT FOLLOW-UP CARE HELPS TO PREVENT FROM GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

THE EMERGENCY ROOMS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE MODELS OF CARE.

SO IF YOU CAN MEET THOSE NEEDS IN OTHER TYPES OF SETTINGS IT'S GOING TO OVERALL SAVE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MONEY AND TIME AND ALLOW EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIANS AND STAFF TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES.

>> DR. ANWAR, A SUCCESS SO FAR AND 4300 VISITS AND A LOT OF KIDS IN THERE, AS WELL, AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE CLINIC?

>> WELL, IT IS GROWING AND THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LOCAL HOSPITALS AND THE EMERGENCY ROOMS ALL OF THE VALLEY AND THAT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO LOSE PATIENTS INTO THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM LITERALLY AND NOW WHEN WE CAPTURE ALL OF THIS MEDICAL CONDITION EARLY IN OUR CLINIC, NOW THOSE PATIENTS DO NOT SHOW UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH AN EMERGENT EVENT THAT COSTTHEY THEIR LIFE.

AND SO, WE'RE GETTING BIGGER AND WE MIGHT BE BIGGER BUILDING SOON BECAUSE OF THE INFLUX OF THE PATIENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY, I'LL HAVE MY OWN MRI.

>> WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD THIS THAT.

CHARITABLE TRUST INVESTING TEN MILLION DOLLARS TOP DR. TODERO AND DR. ANWAR, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> A GROUP OF EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS WORKS WITH STUDENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO EFFECT CHANGE AND AVA MARTINEZ IS TAKING PART AND SHAWN KERRY IS HER DIGITAL PREP TEACHER.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>> ASU PREP IS AN ONLINE SCHOOL, K THROUGH 12 AND HAS TAKEN OFF WITH THE PANDEMIC AND COVID AND WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM ARIZONA AND FROM THE UNITED STATES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY LIKE SOUTH AFRICA AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE ONLINE SCHOOL.

>> BACK TO YOU, THIS PILOT PROGRAM, GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> WHEN I STARTED WITH ASU, THEY APPROACHED ME WITH MY EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING OVERSEAS AND I TAUGHT IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS AND SO I HAVE A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND THEY STARTED WITH AN INSTITUTE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THEY TAUGHT A PILOT CLASS, ABOUT EIGHT STUDENTS AND EIGHT ASU STUDENTS.

>> EIGHTH GRADE, YOU'RE A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT AND INVOLVED IN A GLOBAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH STUDENTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS?

>> MY LEARNING SUCCESS COACH AND AVA, I HAVE THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AND YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH STUDENTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND YEAH, I'LL TAKE IT.

>> WITH THE IDEA OF TACKLING SOME ISSUES LIKE HUMAN MIGRATION AND PLASTIC'S POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS AND YOU WORK WITH THESE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HOW DOES THAT WORK AND WHAT DO YOU TALK ABOUT AND DISCUSS?

>> WELL, BASICALLY, WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, ABOUT HOW OUR LIVES DIFFER BECAUSE WE'RE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND WE'RE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER FROM DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND HEARING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND THE CLASS JUST REALLY BROUGHT US TOGETHER.

>> YEAH, AND I WOULD IMAGINE, SHAWN, THE GOAL IS WHAT'S DRIVING THESE ISSUES AND TO EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE AND LET THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKE THE LEAD, HUH?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, MY JOB IS TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH OUT A CHALLENGE AND SAY, HERE IS THE PROBLEM AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIX IT?

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK TOGETHER IN ZOOM AND THEY GO TO BREAK-OUT ROOMS AND THEY GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED A DISCOVERY PHASE WHERE THEY ARE RESEARCHING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND THEN, THEY MOVE ONTO, LIKE, EXPLORING HOW CAN WE FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS CALLED THE DELIVERABLE AND THEY'RE CREATING A PRESENTATION ON HOW THEY HAVE SOLVED THIS PROBLEM AND THEN THEY PRESENT IT TO THEIR CLASSMATES AND AMAZING TO SEE THE PROCESS AND THE KIDS WORKING TOGETHER FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND ASU AND WHAT THEY COME UP WITH.

>> AVA, HOW AWARE WERE YOU OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES?

>> I WASN'T AWARE OF THESE ISSUES AND I ALWAYS WATCH THE NEWS, BUT I WASN'T REALLY AWARE UNTIL, LIKE, I WENT MORE IN DEPTH INTO THE INFORMATION AND ABOUT THE TOPIC ITSELF WITH MY PEERS.

>> WITH YOUR PEER, BUT I IMAGINE THEY HAD A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND YOU HAD A CERTAIN PERSPECTIVE AND THAT PROBABLY CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, DIDN'T IT?

>> IT DID.

>> WHICH ISSUES DID YOU THINK AFFECTED YOU MOST AND GOT YOU MOST INTERESTED?

>> CLIMATE CHANGE AND ALL OF THE ISSUES REALLY INTEREST ME BECAUSE I WASN'T INFORMED UNTIL I JOINED THIS CLASS.

>> WHAT YOUR CLASSMATES INFORMED OR DID YOU START AT THE SAME LEVEL.

THE SOUTH AFRICA STUDENTS, WERE THEY AT THE SAME LEVEL?

>> THE MORE WE PROGRESSED, OUR KNOWLEDGE GREW.

>> YEAH, COULD YOU FEEL YOURSELF DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO CAME AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE DIDN'T LEARNING FROM THAT?

>> I COULD.

>> IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT, TO SEE HOW MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PERSPECTIVES GREW AS WE BECAME MORE INFORMED WITH EACH OTHER.

>> AND SHAWN, COULD YOU SEE THAT, AS WELL?

COULD YOU SEE YOUR STUDENTS CHANGE AND GROW AND LEARN AND MAYBE QUESTION THIS, ACCEPT THAT, AND BE SKEPTICAL IN SOME RESPECTS AND ACKNOWLEDGING OTHERS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK WHAT WAS MOST INTERESTING IS HOW THE STUDENTS IN ARIZONA WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MIGRATION AND THE WALL AND THE CARAVANS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR THE SOUND AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE OF HOW PEOPLE ARE ESCAPING ZIMBABWE, IT SPARKED WHY PEOPLE ARE COMING AND MIGRATING AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH AFRICANS AS WELL AS THE MIGRATION ISSUES.

THEY COLLABORATED ON HOW TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS, WHICH WAS GREAT.

>> WHEN YOU WATCH THE NEWS NOW, DO YOU WATCH AND HEAR FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE?

>> I UNDERSTAND THE VOCABULARY WORDS OF WHAT THEY MEAN AND IT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO REALLY -- I HEAR A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE NOW AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO BE MORE INFORMED ABOUT THE GLOBAL ISSUES.

>> YOUR PEERS ARE NO INVOLVED, BUT FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND DO YOU TALK TO THEM ABOUT THESE THINGS NOW AND DO THEY SEE IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN?

>> NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED, YOU KNOW, THE CLASS ITSELF AND HEARING ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK THE MORE I TALK ABOUT IT, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IT AND THEY'RE NOT AS INTO IT AS I AM BECAUSE I'VE EXPERIENCED IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FROM WHAT MY FRIENDS PERCEIVE FROM THAT.

>> WITH THAT IN MIND, AVA, DOES IT CHANGE WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU BECOME A PROFESSIONAL?

>> IT DOES.

I LOOKED INTO SUSTAINABILITY DIDN'T HOW TO HELP MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCE I WAS OFFERED.

>> LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, SHAWN, THAT IS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.

>> ABSOLUTELY, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE ISSUES, AS WELL AS COLLABORATE WITH KIDS FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND TO SEE THEY'RE NOT JUST LOCAL ISSUES BUT WORLD ISSUES AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE.

ONCE YOUR STUDENTS HAVE LOVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE ASU STUDENTS AND THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY GET TO KNOW THEM AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

>> IT DOES SOUND GREAT.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US AND GOOD INFORMATION AND ENJOY THE CONVERSATION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW AND I'M TED SIMNS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS, CHRIS PAUL TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE PHOENIX SUNS NEED TO DO TO WIN GAME TWO OF THE PLAYOFF SERIES AND BREAK IT DOWN, HOW REPRESENTATION MATTERS EVEN ON THE BENCH.