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WILBUR ON WHEELS
WILDCAT WEEKEND
UA senior and current Wilbur Joe Previte and his lifelong friend will embark on a 7,700 mile bike trek as part of their post-grad plans, p. 9
WHAT’S INSIDE
NEWS: Young’ns rejoice, vertical IDs can now get you alcohol, p. 4
SCIENCE: Emojis can tell a lot about a person, p. 13
SPORTS:
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JOE PREVITE stands as Wilbur with his bike in McKale Center on Thursday, April 21. Previte has worn the Wilbur suit for the 2015-2016 season and plans to ride across the country on his bike this summer.
NEWS
UA group provides mobile health care BY GABRIELLA VUKELIC The Daily Wildcat
Arizona welcomes Pac-12 rival UCLA to town for fierce series, p. 19
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Mobile MediCats is a nonprofit organization created by UA students to help meet the health needs of Tucson and its community. The organization is overseen by the Tucsonbased nonprofit, Dequenesh Community Health, and is currently collaborating with the Southern Arizona Aids Foundation, Clinica Amistad and St. Elizabeth’s Health Center. “Our 501(c)(3) status and strong base of student volunteers comprise our strong
foundation,” said Sai Shah, vice president of communications and co-founder of Mobile Medicats. “Our established relationship will educate our future healthcare providers as well as benefit the community. Through these relationships, our volunteers will be capable and educated. Substance abuse and prenatal training sessions will be offered, STI screening tests will be administered and blood sugar will be tested to help our community become more conscious of their state of being.” At a Pre-Health Information Blast event, Shaw, along with Andrew Good, the other co-
founder and current president of the Medicats, met Deanna Lewis, founder of the nonprofit Dequenesh Community Health, a volunteerbased organization that provides “outreach, education, screening services and hands-on training for future providers,” according to its website. Lewis gave a presentation at the event detailing a recent trip to Ghana, where she helped people make soap. Good said Lewis was so enthused about public health, they decided
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