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{hannah -2shot}straight ahead on falcon weekly... {hannah-mvo 1} the new magic number... u-mis dropping it's credit hour requirements to 120.university president doctor john stewart joins us live to talk about a change in minimumrequired hours. {jacob-mvo 2} and tax hike... governor bentleyis rolling out a plan to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in new taxes.find out how he says the money can be raised. {hannah-mvo 3} plus...spring is on its way...learnsome tips for spring break travel without breaking the bank.{jacob-mvo 4} and...glitter and dresses and...dudes? find out why these guys are getting glamorous....falcon weekly starts now!
{show open animation} () {anchor-2shot} hello and welcome to falconweekly. i'm jacob bobst.{anchor-2shot} and i'm hannah bell.thanks so much for joining us. {hannah turn to cam3}the university of montevallo is changing it's degree requirements... dropping the numberof hours a student needs to graduate from 130 to 120 hours.joining us to explain the changes is university president doctor john stewart..thank you so much for joining us, dr. stewart! so, last week we received the announcementthat the total number of hours needed for an undergraduate degree is dropping by
10 hours. what were some of the factors inthis decision? how will the change affect current students? what are some of the benefits students canexpect from the change? some of the programs offered here, of course, cannot take on the new minimum. which programs will have to remain at a higher number ofhours? thank you again, for joining us this afternoon! {jacob cu on cam2}this week state legislators will hear a proposal
from governor robert bentley to raise morethan 700-million dollars to cover the state's general fund.more than half a billion dollars of the proposal comes from tax increases.falcon weekly's brianna davis joins us live in the studio to break down the numbers.brianna? {brianna cu}thanks jacob. governor robert bentley outlined his 541 milliondollar tax plan late last week... and he will present it tuesday to the legislature.according to bentley...the state's general fund budget has a 700 million dollar shortfall.the last few years...the state has relied on borrowing and one-time sources of moneyto fill in for the extra funds.
bentley says it's time for bold leadershipto help solve this continuing problem. and his solution is a tax increase... and withit...there will be more money in the education trust fund.{take sot} {gov. robert bentley: let me be clear, veryclear: my plan does not hurt education. in fact, let me also be clear, the people ineducation, in education, k-12, higher-ed, our two year college systems, they are goingto be the happiest they've been in eight years because our plan will give them more moneythan they have had probably since 2008} {take full screen}the money will come from increasing the automobile sales tax...generating an estimated 200 milliondollars... and a hike in the tobacco tax...
should raise another 205 million dollars.the rest of the money will come from corporate income tax... financial institution excisetax... insurance premium tax... public utilities license tax...individual income tax...andautomobile rental tax. another 187 million coming from money that the governor says canno longer be earmarked. {tag}and while this plan sounds promising...bentley will face some opposition.however...house speaker mike hubbard and senate president pro tempore...del marsh have insistedthey and the legislature will be open-minded and do what is best for the people of alabama.i'm brianna davis reporting for falcon weekly. back to you.
{jacob 2shot}thanks brianna. the increase in the tobacco tax will havesmokers paying more per pack. {hannah 2shot}the governor's plan calls for adding an additional 82- and a half cents in tax to each pack ofcigarettes sold in alabama. {jacob 2shot}some troubling events in alabama and wisconsin over the weekend involving teens, social mediaand weapons. {hannah 2shot}disputes among teens on social media escalated to fights in the real world... with fatalresults. reporter mary moloney has our story.{take pkg}
--reporter pkg-as follows-- police in alabama say for several weeks -- agroup of teens fought on facebook. but on friday night in a birmingham park--their online argument became physical. investigators say -- during the fight twoboys pulled out guns and started shooting. the shots injured two girls -- and killedanother. she was 14-years-old. : "she was a good person. she, she never hadany trouble. she was never in anything. she was a good person. she liked to help people." birmingham police arrested two teenaged boys.
: "this is senseless. where are they gettingthe guns from? where are they learning to be so violent at a young age?" also on friday -- across the country in wausau, wisconsin -- police say 10 students got into a fight on social media. police say one group then drove to a house,got out of the car and started shooting a b-b gun at another group on a porch. the fight escalated. one boy was stabbed in the back -- twice -- anddied. he was 13-years-old.
: "it surprises me that 13, 14, 15 year oldkids would be carrying a bb gun and knives and want to harm each other." police in both cities say -- the fatal fightsstarted on facebook. : "people knew that this was going to takeplace and that some individuals were looking to fight and if we would have been notifiedahead of time we may have been able to prevent this." i'm mary moloney, reporting. {jacob shot}facebook says keeping you and your online friends safe is its most important responsibility{take vo}
so the social media site is launching newtools that will virtually reach out to users who might feel suicidal or depressed.friends will soon be able to flag a post that suggests severe depression or suicide.facebook staffers will then review the reported post and take actions to reach out throughthe national suicide prevention lifeline. a person in distress might get tips and advicefor dealing with their feelings, and be encouraged to reach out for help.facebook says this new feature will be available in a few months. {jacob shot}if you or someone you know suffers from depression or any other type of life obstacle, montevallooffers free counseling services to all students.
to schedule an appointment, call 665-6245or go to the counseling center at the lower end of main hall, behind the caf. {hannah 2shot}in national news... isis supporters are threatening the founder of twitter.{jacob vo} in a anonymous forum...supporters made a post which contained several deaththreats to twitter founder jack dorsey. the post included a illustration of dorseyin crosshairs. this comes after the company shut down accountspromoting the terrorist group. twitter's terms of service do not allow hatespeech, threats and posts that promote terrorism. the company is now investigating the severityof the threats.
{jacob wipe vo}meanwhile iraq's prime minister announced a major push to liberate one of the region'skey cities from isis. iraqi security forces started a large-scalemilitary operation today. the operation is an effort to recapture thecity of tikrit which is about 80 miles north of baghdad .tikrit fell into the hands of **isis** last summer along with several other regions aftera collapse of the national security forces. {hannah cu}israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the friendship between the u-s and hiscountry can weather the current political disagreements over sanctions for iran.he's in washington to lobby congress for tougher
restrictions on iran's nuclear program.reporter polo sandoval is in washington for us where anticipation is building ahead ofthe prime minister's speech to congress. {take pkg} --reporter pkg-as follows--prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in the washington spotlight.--sot-- "today, we have a voice.he rallied membersof the american pro-israel lobby group, aipac....highlighting what he claims is the reason for acceptinga republican invite to speak before lawmakers. --sot--"the purpose of my address to congress tomorrow is to speak up about a potential deal withiran that could threaten the survival of israel.
iran is the foremost state sponsor of terrorismin the world." disagreements on iran's potential developmentof nuclear technology is fueling differences between israel and the obama administration.--sot-- "the goal that the president laid out consistentwith our national security imperative in this country is to ensure iran does not acquirea nuclear weapon. the best way to do that is at the negotiating table."israel argues, those negotiations shouldn't even be taking place.--sot-- "we disagree on the best way to prevent iranfrom developing those weapons." controversy and criticism continues buildingahead of tuesday's speech.
at least 30 democratic lawmakers say theywon't be there when the prime minister takes the podium, neither will vice president joebiden. some critics argue the timing of the visittwo weeks from israeli elections is purely a political move.reporting in washington, i'm polo sandoval. {hannah 2shot}in consumer news... hyundai is recalling one of its popular cars.{jacob vo full} the car maker is recalling more than 2-hundred-thousandof its elantra due to a power steering defect. that's according to the national highway trafficsafety administration. the recall affects elantra sedans producedbetween 2008 and 2010, as well as elantra
hatchbacks from 2009 and 2010.hyundai says about three percent of those vehicles have the issue. {hannah cu}spring break is around the corner and everyone is heading toward their favorite vacationspot. travelling this year may be cheaper ...karincaifa has the story. {take package} --reporter pkg-as follows--in the midst of a long winter, spring break probably can't come fast enough for many partsof the country. first, the good news for travelers.data from expedia finds airfares to most top
spring break destinations mostly on par withor even lower than last year. that includes a ten percent drop in faresto las vegas, and lower fares to florida airports including miami, fort lauderdale and tampa.fares to popular destinations in mexico are also down from last year, including cabo,puerto vallerta, and acapulco. and speaking of international destinations- the improved strength of the u-s dollar versus the euro means traveling in europewill seem less costly than it has in years. the euro cost as much as a dollar-sixty injuly 2008, now it's significantly less. the downside, european hotels and heavily traffickedtourist areas will likely hike prices to compensate for the fluctuation in currency.and the biggest expense for most european
itineraries is the transatlantic airfare,which despite the movement in currency and lower fuel prices, doesn't seem to be goingdown. american travelers looking for internationalflair can also try canada where the u-s dollar is also going a little bit further right now,though after this winter, warm temperatures may be a greater travel priority.for consumer watch, i'm karin caifa. {hannah cu}if you plan to fly through atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international airport... passengers aren'tthe only people going through security screenings. {hannah vo} the atlanta's airport has changedits original policy of not requiring employees to be checked after coming off a flight.federal agents discovered a gun trafficking
operation between a delta passenger and baggagehandler last december. now private security guards are to screeneach employee's bag and personal belongings before they are allowed to enter a securitydoor at the main terminal. the airport is also reducing the number ofemployee access points from 70 to ten. the atlanta airport is the busiest in theu-s. {jacob cu}if you're tired of all your electronic charger cords cluttering up your tables and nightstands...ikeamay have a solution for you. {vo} ikea's new line of furniture...called"home smart".... will wirelessly charge phones and tablets."home smart" runs on a system called qi ...which
is supported by most newer android and windowsphones. ikea says it plans to offer a special chargingcover for iphones and galaxy 's' phones so wireless charging will be available for avariety of smartphone users. {jacob take vo} remember there's more newsonline 24-seven. just search for "u-m falcon weekly" on facebookand twitter to see more stories and news updates throughout the week. {jacob-mvo 1} winter weather across the countrystill has cars slipping and sliding. and we could be in for more bad weather this week.coming up... kearson roberts will tell us when we could see major ice accumulationsacross central alabama.
{hannah-mvo 2} plus... getting too much sleepcould be bad for your health. hear the new warning experts are giving about getting morethan eight hours of shut-eye a night. {jacob-mvo 3} and...he lived long and prospered.we'll take a look back at the life and legacy of star trek's leonard nimoy....those stories and more when falcon weekly returns.() {hannah 2 shot}welcome back... harsh winter weather is causing dangerousroad conditions across the country. {jacob vo} take a look at this video fromnorth carolina. black ice on the road caused this accidentin knightdale sunday.
black ice makes driving dangerous becauseit is almost impossible to see. {hannah vo} meanwhile in saint louis, missouri...a news crew's dash cam caught this video of an s-u-v losing control on the snowy and icyroads. the s-u-v slid off the side of the road.luckily, no other cars were involved in this accident. {hannah 2shot}and we could soon see icy road conditions in central alabama.{jacob 2 shot} falcon weekly's kearson roberts joins us nowfor a look at this week's weather. hi kearson!
{wx at keywall} {jacob 2shot}thanks kearson. if you're looking for a warm treat wednesday...you're in luck. the national broadcasting society will behosting a bake sale wednesday from nine a-m to three p-m in the mass communication buildingnext to farmer. {hannah 2shot}they will have hot chocolate... muffins... cookies... cupcakes... rice crispy treats...and oreo balls. the proceeds are going to fund their tripto atlanta for the n-b-s convention. {hannah cu}in this week's health headlines...
you often here about the risks of gettingtoo *little* sleep but now researchers at the university of cambridge say that too *much*sleep could possibly lead to stroke. {take vo}they found that people who sleep more than eight hours a day have an increased risk ofstroke. they found those who reported getting lotsof sleep had double the risk than those getting six-to-eight hours a night.researchers sat it is unclear *why* the link between sleep and stroke exists... but theysay the association between longer sleep and high risk of stroke was independent of normalrisk factors for cardiovascular disease. {hannah vo} it's estimated that eight-millionout of 29-million americans living with diabetes
are undiagnosed...but that could change witha visit to your dentist. a recent study in the american journal ofpublic health shows that dentists can use blood from your mouth to test for diabetes.the amount of blood is about the same received from your finger being pricked.every year more americans visit the dentist than going in for a check up... so this couldbe a more efficient way of diagnosing the disease. {jacob shot}what happens in vegas may not apparently stay in vegas.four cases of the measles have been linked to a restaurant there, where health officialsbelieve a mini-outbreak has started.
{take vo}they believe a customer and two workers at "emeril's new orleans fish house" contractedthe measles from a contagious employee. they also think that worked got the measlesfrom an infant who is too young to receive immunizations.the restaurant says it is providing immunizations to all of its employees who believe they mightbe at risk. measles is a highly contagious airborne virus. {jacob wipe vo}the dallas nurse who contracted ebola while treating the nation's first patient with thevirus... will sue the hospital. nina pham says texas health- presbyterianfailed to provide adequate protection for
her and her co-workers.she also says the hospital failed to train employees to treat ebola patients.the 26-year-old says she still suffers from nightmares, body aches and insomnia.details of the lawsuit have not been disclosed. {hannah cu}the hills are alive... with the sound of celebration! rodgers and hammerstein's classic musical..."thesound of music"...premiered 50 years ago today. {vo} the film portraying the story of thevon trapp family stars julie andrews and christopher plummer.the touching true story has inspired many renditions including a broadway productionand a live t-v performance that premiered in 2013.at its box office premier..."the sound of
music" made 110 million dollars. {jacob cu}legendary star trek actor leonard nimoy was laid to rest in california sunday morning...but there was one notable absence at the funeral. {vo} nimoy's long-time co-star william shatner...better known as captain kirk... was un-able to attend.shatner was in florida at a charity event and says he couldn't fly back in time.shatner came under fire on social media from people saying he shouldn't miss nimoy's funeral.however, countless trekkies came to shatner's defense... telling him that nimoy would havewanted him to honor his commitment to the fundraiser.shatner arrived back in l-a just hours after
nimoy's funeral. {jacob cu}leonard nimoy died friday at the age of 83 after suffering from chronic obstructive pulonarydisease... also known as c-o-p-d. although best known for his role as star trek'spointy-eared mister spock... nimoy also worked on many other t-v and film projects.he was also an accomplished photographer. reporter jason carroll looks back on nimoy'simpressive career. --reporter pkg-as follows--leonard nimoy was and will always be remembered as "spock"...the half-human, half-vulcan he portrayed for more than four decades...between the big screen...nats star trek into darkness
...and the small screen where his characterdebuted in the original star trek series september 8th, 1966.nats orginal series spock's life onboard the starship enterprisetook him and audiences to many worlds. in reality, nimoy's love for acting beganright here on earth in his hometown. i started acting when i was a little boy ina neighborhood settlement houses in boston and grew up unto it.as beloved as spock is with audiences... in his early career, nimoy played a lot ofcharacters audiences loved to hate... i had done a lot yeah, had pushed a lot ofpeople around and got my comeuppance in the end of the shownimoy's big break came when a producer took
notice of the young actor in an episode ofthe sixties marine corps drama "the lieutenant" that producer? gene roddenberry, who, likethe cast, saw something special in nimoy's "spock."he invented that character they have made a earlier pilot in which nobody grasped theedges of the character. with his imagination and his innovation, hiscreativity, made that character on interestingly, humanized and so revitingly intriguingdespite all the star trek spin offs... a dozen movies, five series, countless conventions......the first star trek series lasted only three seasons-- 79 episodes...my favorite episode was called "amok time" and in that episode, we hear the words "livelong and prosper" for the first time and we
saw spock do this for the first time.nimoy went on to star in a number of tv shows following the series.he also pursued other passions...photography and poetry-- publishing a book in 1977.in the nineties, spock appeared in star trek the next generation.and when jj abrams rebooted the movies in 2009..again in 2013.. the original spock wasthere too. nasa's shuttle enterprise named after thestarship. and when it retired in 2012, nimoy was thereto talk about it. tell us about what you're feeling today?it feels like a reunion in nimoy's later years, he spoke out aboutthe dangers of smoking...this after doctors
diagnosed him with a lung disease.i quit a long time ago, 'why is is this happening to me?' but it's a lesson that i had to learnhis character was one who prided himself on being emotionless..but in the end that could not be further from who the man was to his family and friends.first and foremost is a long and deep friendship, ...love... that i have for leonard.he is in essence the brother i never had. live long and prosper.-----end----- {jacob cu}that was jason carroll reporting. nimoy's family is asking that fans make acontribution to one of his favorite charities, rather than sending flowers.we've placed the list or charities on our
facebook page. {hannah cu}walking dead fans could soon own an iconic piece of the hit cable series... if they havedeep pockets. {vo} grantville, georgia the town were severalepisodes of the show were filmed is up for sale on e-bay.the asking price is 680-thousand dollars and that includes nine downtown buildings.since the original premier of the show in 2010...grantville became an attractive touristdestination. {jacob 2shot}beauty pageants are known for their glitz... the glamour... and the guys?{hannah 2shot}
a recent u-m event had male students dressingin drag and strutting their stuff on the stage.... all for a good cause. take a look.{take pkg} the alpha gamma delta sorority hosted it'sannual "he's a lady" womanless pageant on february 26.members of the greek community gathered in palmer to see the male contestants get intouch with their feminine side. ()"they'll have, you know, the beauty portion, a talent portion and an interview."the alpha gams asked members of the montevallo faculty to judge the competition."they just pick whoever best represents 'he's a lady'"the competition began with the contestants
strutting the catwalk in formal dress.next...the "ladies" answered two questions. *nats of question*one serious... *nat sound of question*...and one silly question. *nats of answer*the final stage of the competition...the talent portion...had the audience laughing...*nats* clapping...*nats* and singing along.*nats* while the judges made their final decisions...lastyear's "he's a lady" winner, kevin britt, performed a unique song on his ukulele.*nats*
then the ladies gathered back to the stagewhere the winners were announced. this year's winner...marcos cruz...says hewas honored to represent his brothers in the philanthropy event.() "i was kind of stoked that all my hard workwent to something." while a womanless pageant might draw a crowdin itself, the laughs aren't the only reason alpha gamma delta hosts the contest.proceeds of the pageant go to support the alpha gamma delta foundation.() "it donates money to diabetes camps whichactually sponsors children with type one diabetes to go to a camp and actually learn how todeal with their, with their disease."
and with the money going to a good cause...that makes all the contestants feel "pretty" special. {2shot} {hannah}coming up... a u-m men's basketball player gets a major honor.{anchor} and the tennis team has a strong showing.connor bucy joins us next with sports! () {connor spx cu} welcome back to falcon weekly.i'm connor bucy with a look at this week's sports! {connor cu}it was another big weekend for men's basketball.
{take fullscreen}the men's basketball team were awarded the regular season conference championship trophybefore playing their quarterfinal matchup saturday against the u-s-c aiken pacers inthe peach belt conference tournament. the falcons showed aiken how it earned thep-b-c title, defeating the pacers 66-53. {connor}senior troran brown was named p-b-c player of the week last thursday as he led the chargefor the men's basketball team, which captured the p-b-c regular season championship andthe top seed in the west division. brown averaged 25.7 points, 7.7 assists and5 rebounds per game in three games while shooting 50-percent from the field.congrats, troran .
{connor cu}meanwhile the women's basketball team ended its season with a 67-44 loss to guest youngharris college in its final peach belt conference last wednesday. {connor cu}turning now to softball... after starting its conference slate with twolosses, the u-m softball team evened up its record with two peach belt conference victoriessunday afternoon. the falcons defeated the francis marion universitypatriots in both games of the doubleheader, 7-0 and 12-3the falcons will hit the road on march 4th to face the west alabama tigers.
{connor}the falcons baseball team walked away with a 6-5 against visiting g-r-u augusta.the falcons will return to action march 3rd with a doubleheader against tuskegee universityat kermit a. johnson field. {connor cu}now to tennis... u-m women's team swept all six singles matchesand all three doubles matches in a 9-0 win over oglethorpe university in a non-conferencematch february 28th. the falcons hit the road to hilton head, southcarolina march 6 to take on unc pembroke in a peach belt conference match. {connor}finally this week... saturday u-m's track
and field teams competed in the cougar invitationalhosted by columbus state university. the u-m women's track and field team finishedfourth in an eight-team field. the men's finished sixth out of seven teams..both teams will return to action march 7th at the u-a-h invitational in huntsville.and that's a look at this week's sports! {jacob shot}thanks connor. finally this week... thinking about god maymake you more likely to take a big risk. {hannah vo} researchers found people who werereminded of god were more willing to engage in various risky behaviors like skydivingand gambling. according to the study, believers tend toview god as a source of security, and as a
result, they perceive less danger in riskysituations. the study was published in the associationfor psychological science journal. {anchor 2shot} that's all the time we havefor this week's show. thank you so much for joining us.{anchor 2shot} for more u-m news from mass comm student reporters,be sure to check out the falcon news network blog. the web address is on your screen.we'll see you again next week.