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Dance marathon kicks off Friday By Rachel Bryant news@kykernel.com
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At BounceU, a children's party location filled with inflatables, Mason Pontrich jumps around with friends and family during a class party celebrating his first day back at school. The last time Mason was at BounceU was for his fifth birthday in January 2009, a few months before his cancer diagnosis.
STILL STANDING DanceBlue family overcomes disease to finally enjoy childhood ally stopped,” Kimberly said. Mason was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL. “I hadn’t been around anyone with leukemia. I didn’t understand it,” Ron said. “I just knew it was bad.”
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At 6 years old, many kids are enjoying what life has to offer — playing on the playground, being happy-go-lucky and carefree, recovering from small bumps and bruises. Mason Pontrich is no different from the average 6-yearold. Although most children his age are afraid of the dentist or the dark, Mason’s fear is getting his blood drawn. From his chest. And he comes face to face with this fear on a regular basis. Mason is a cancer survivor. On Feb. 19, DanceBlue held a party for Mason and one of his classmates, who has also had cancer, at BounceU, a children’s party location with inflatables. Mason, whose family lives in Lexington, stands out from most people at the party. He’s the one running at top speed, scuttling up to the top of one inflatable and quickly tumbling down it. He doesn’t stop. Other children frantically try to keep up with him. It can’t be done. Mason is feeling great and enjoys having an outlet. This Mason is a far cry from the fragile one who was cooped up at home while undergoing treatment. “It was only the second or third time we’ve been out together
A family’s journey
Six-year-old Mason Pontrich lays his head on his mother’s shoulder after meeting many of the DanceBlue representatives at his class party and DanceBlue fundraiser at BounceU on Feb. 19. since it happened,” said Ron Pontrich, Mason’s father. “He went to school today for the first time in 10 months. There’s a smile on his face.” The last time Mason was at BounceU was for his fifth birthday in January 2009 — just a few months before his diagnosis. It was a reminder for the Pontrich family of their difficult journey over the last 10 months.
Frozen with fear The week before Easter 2009, Mason’s mother, Kimberly Pontrich, noticed several bruises on
his body. Since they seemed to be in the “regular” spots for children his age, she got rid of any troubling thoughts. Until the spider bite. On April 10, 2009, Kimberly took her son to the doctor because of an abnormally large spider bite that “almost took up his whole back,” she said. While they were there, she had the doctor look at Mason’s many bruises. The doctor decided to run a blood count, the results of which came back in two minutes. And then the world stood still. “Everything stopped — liter-
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The diagnosis on Friday, April 10 set off a whirlwind weekend for the Pontrich family. On Saturday, Mason went into surgery — a port insertion and spinal tap. On Sunday, his treatment began. Treatment meant chemotherapy, which meant killing Mason’s white blood cells. Because of Mason’s weak immunity, the Pontrich family was forced to live in nearisolation for 10 months. “You go back to having a baby again,” Kimberly said. “You have to stay sheltered — you can’t go out because his immunity was so low.” This was something that was hard on the whole family, but especially on Mason’s two older sisters, Morgan, 9, and Malena, 10. “At first I didn’t know what was going on,” Malena said. “I was sad. I didn’t know what was going to happen.” On occasion, the Pontrich family would get to go to the back of a restaurant and eat dinner, Malena said. Those times See Mason on page 2
You go back to having a baby again. You have to stay sheltered — you can’t go out because his immunity was so low.” — Kimberly Pontrich, Mason’s mother
Spring Break season affecting students’ wallets, work-out habits By Erin Shea news@kykernel.com
Despite the economic hard times, many students are still shelling out money for Spring Break this year while looking for ways to save a dollar here and there. Travel agencies around Lexington said they have not seen a significant change in Spring Break travel. “I’m surprised to find out what students will pay for
Spring Break,” said Lauren Lemaster, owner of All Aboard! Cruises and Vacations. “More students are flying instead of driving. One group is staying at a 6-star hotel.” People are still traveling as much as they were before, and the prices of traveling have not changed, Lemaster said. She said she knows students who are paying $1,100-$1,400 for Spring Break. The most common factor
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students look for when they make travel plans is that everything is all-inclusive, Lemaster said, and students look more at convenience and less at costs. “If students want to cut costs they can take their trip down a night or two, or look at lesser hotels, like going from a 6- to a 4-star hotel. It also just depends on the deals that are out there when you start planning,” Lemaster said. See Spring Break on page 4
Twenty-four hours of no sitting and no sleeping is how 600 UK students will spend their weekend. UK will hold its fifth annual DanceBlue Dance Marathon from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Coliseum. The event is a struggle to stand up and stay awake for 24 hours to represent the struggle of cancer, said Slade Thompson, DanceBlue Vice-chair. DanceBlue is the largest student-led fundraiser in Kentucky, Thompson said. Campus groups form teams and raise money on their own. At the end of the year, the teams pick people to represent them at the marathon as dancers. It costs $300 per person to participate. This year to fundraise, students did gift wrapping at Amazon and were paid for each gift wrapped. Others held bake sales, restaurant nights — a percentage of the sales for a certain night are donated — and a residence hall held a penny war that raised $200. “My favorite thing about DanceBlue is how so many college students spend their time to raise money for a great cause that is helping Kentucky’s children with cancer,” said Emily Rentschler, DanceBlue registration and recruitment coordinator. The money raised goes to the Golden Matrix Fund, which benefits cancer patients and their families at the UK Pediatric Oncology Clinic. Fifty percent of the money goes toward research and the other half goes to the salary of social workers and nurses. “This is money they depend on,” Thompson said. “When a child has cancer, it’s like the whole family has cancer. Our goal is not only to help families today but also help the families of tomorrow with research.” The first DanceBlue marathon in 2006 brought in $123,323 and since then, a total of more than $1.3 million has been raised, not including this year’s funds. Dancers’ friends are encouraged to attend DanceBlue to cheer on the participants. They will perform a line dance every hour on the hour that will last about 10 minutes. For those unable to attend, there will be a live stream at sweb.uky.edu/DanceBlue and coverage on radio station 104.5 “The Cat.” Thompson is asking people to meet at Memorial Coliseum at 6:30 p.m. on Friday for a new tradition with DanceBlue. Students will form a human tunnel for dancers to run through on the way into the building to kick off the marathon. The last few hours of the marathon will feature the patients and their families. Starting at 4 p.m., there will be a talent show featuring the children, their families and nurses. Memorial Hour will follow with a video and speakers. The announcement of funds raised will be held at 6 p.m.
UK researcher experiments with ways to improve concrete By Drew Teague news@kykernel.com
A UK employee is focused on a different kind of “Wall” than what most UK students fixate on. Tom Robl, associate director of the Center for Applied Energy Research, is looking at ways to improve concrete with his research at UK, and has made progress in making concrete more environmentally friendly. Robl has been researching the different compounds and materials that make up Portland cement. With this information, he and his fellow researchers are trying to
find materials to add to the cement to improve it. One of these things is fly ash, a residue from coal combustion and pozzolan. “The Portland cement-based concrete is a material that can be made stronger and more durable by adding pozzolan, which is a glassy material that reacts with one of the materials in Portland cement and makes it more carbonate resistant,” Robl said. By improving the Portland cement, consumers will not only get the concrete at a lower cost, but will get other benefits as See Cement on page 4 Newsroom: 257-1915; Advertising: 257-2872
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Hawk at home in ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’ LOS ANGELES — "Brooklyn's Finest" is an old-style potboiler about desperate cops in dire straits that overcooks both its story and its stars, with Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle and Richard Gere the main ingredients left stewing. It is also the latest compromised-cop drama from director Antoine Fuqua, and though there are satisfying moments to be found, at its best the film only echoes the electrifyingly unpredictable thrill of "Training Day," his 2001 breakthrough hit that earned Hawke an Oscar nomination as a rookie at risk. This latter-day tale of the boys in blue begins at a boil, dark deeds spilling all over the place in no time and everyone perched on one ledge or another. The action unfolds over a typical week in a Brooklyn precinct whose energies and ethics are constantly tested by the neighborhood's drug-infested, overcrowded, poverty-ridden projects just teeming with problems. But it's not work that connects our three law and orders as much as a sense of place, one of the director's strengths. So at ease is the filmmaker inside the various dens of iniquity designed to tempt our cops that the smell of those caged by circumstance fairly reeks. That authenticity is helped along by much of the movie being shot on the ground in Brooklyn — and we're not talking the upscale Brooklyn Heights or the hipster chic of Williamsburg here. With the local drug trade drawing cops like moths to a flame, Fuqua and cinematog-
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rapher Patrick Murguia keep everything else on the dark side as they move along the streets, inside bars and dingy diners and the even dingier precinct house, capturing the swagger and the rising anxiety as effectively as the grit and grime. Like neat little lines of cocaine, all roads lead to the projects, where the devil roams the alleys, picking through the garbage for a few good souls. That is right in Fuqua's wheelhouse, and some of the brilliance that seared "Training Day" burns in "Brooklyn." Violence rolls through like thunderstorms, merciless and bloody, and it's at its most menacing when Fuqua is working in tight spaces — a hallway, a basement, a car. He has a tougher time with the characters, all archetypes, tightly wound, little nuanced and ensnared in a web that pulls them deeper into the muck with each scene. Gere has the least to work with in Eddie, an underachieving beat cop a week away from his pension, trying to keep his head down and get out alive. There's more roughage for Cheadle in Tango, the undercover slick who's in so deep he's not sure where his allegiance lies, especially now that the main wiseguy, Wesley Snipes' Caz, who once saved him, is out of jail. Snipes is back reminding everyone just how good he can be, his blinged-out drug lord as seductively charismatic as he is lethal. TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
off now. Choose a seminar or class that allows lots of creative input. Then, work hard to get the most out of it. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Work closely with a partner or other associate to brainstorm ideas for any writing project. The two of you share similar views concerning hidden significance. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Use your creative skills to complete your own work and aid others in finishing theirs. That way, you can cheerfully go home on time. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Use your imagination to devise new methodology. Logic is only one part of the formula. Feelings impact the bottom line. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Whether you know it or not, you've been hatching a plan for home im-
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were a welcome respite from the isolation and monotony at home. The overall focus on the child with cancer could leave some siblings feeling isolated in their own sense. Malena and Morgan have encountered things most kids have not, said Kayla Talbott, family relations chair for DanceBlue. “They come home and have to think about washing their clothes and getting cleaned up (so their brother does not get sick),” Talbott said. “It’s a lot to swallow.” Kimberly was a stay-athome mom, but with Ron at work, it was difficult to get everything done. Picking up and dropping off Malena and Morgan and cooking dinner became tougher tasks. “It was a lot to juggle,” Ron said. “We really depended on others. A lot of great people helped us out.” Things were complicated further when Ron had a heart attack on Aug. 10, Malena’s birthday. He spent the next three days in the hospital. They got through Mason’s battle with ALL only with “a lot of prayer and support,” Ron said.
Back on his feet Mason is in remission, and has been since day 29 of his treatment. The body once stricken with cancer and chemotherapy drugs is now strong again. Mason runs, jumps and plays with his friends and classmates — people he was not able to see while he was ill. Mason still undergoes
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Mason Pontrich shows off his Superman watch, which he wore at his class party at BounceU. Mason plans on attending DanceBlue, and performing "Bet On It" from Disney's "High School Musical 2." treatment, which includes getting blood drawn once a month from the port in his chest. “It’s scary,” Mason said, fidgeting his toes inside his Transformers socks. He lifts up his shirt, exposing the jumble of dark specks on his chest where they have drawn blood. He steals glances at his mom and Superman watch. The topic is not comfortable for the 6-year-old who, in the last year, has experienced a lifetime of troubles. While at BounceU on Feb. 19, Mason can smile. He can laugh, he can enjoy life away from the hospital hallways. At times like these, flanked by his friends and family — Morgan and Malena by his side — Mason can simply be a kid. “All those times seeing him in the hospital, not being able to do anything, really makes you appreciate what he’s out there doing now,” Ron said. People from DanceBlue would visit Mason through-
out his stays in the hospital, Kimberly said. “DanceBlue is one of the most unselfish organizations,” she said. “They’d play with him, bring him stuff. “DanceBlue makes things bearable for (kids with cancer) when things aren’t bearable.” In the fall, Mason’s DanceBlue adopt-a-family organization contacted the UK soccer team for help in creating a special experience for Mason and his sisters. They were invited to go out on the field before the game and present the game ball. Now Mason is looking forward to attending DanceBlue. For the kid who faces his fears and overcomes them, stage fright is not an issue. He will be singing and dancing at DanceBlue, performing the song “Bet On It” from Disney’s “High School Musical 2.” Singing and dancing, having fun — just living the normal life of a 6-year-old. Finally.
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Sophomore Eric Quigley is the No. 8 singles player in men’s college tennis. He has helped lead UK to a No. 8 overall ranking this season and an upset of traditional powerhouse Virginia.
Quigley, men’s tennis enter SEC season By Ben Jones bjones@kykernel.com
There are as many players from France — two — as there are native Kentuckians on the UK men’s tennis team. But for sophomore Eric Quigley, a graduate of South Oldham High School, a December trip to France was just what he needed to propel himself into the spring season. Quigley, the No. 8 singles player in the country, was one of six players chosen to represent the U.S. in the Master’U BNP Paribas, an international competition for college players. Quigley said playing against some of the best college players in the world this winter is a big reason why he
has been able to lead UK (94) to a No. 8 ranking this spring, their highest since 2003. “It really helped me set up for the season this spring,” Quigley said. The Cats’ signature win came Feb. 6 when they upset then-second-ranked Virginia. The Cavaliers took a 63match winning streak into the match. Quigley won his singles and doubles matches in the effort. Quigley partners with junior Brad Cox in doubles, and the duo is ranked Quigley is following in the footsteps of several other highly-ranked No. 15 nationally. UK is no stranger to hav- singles players for UK, like Bruno Agostinelli, who graduated in ing a highly ranked singles 2009. player. For the past four years, the now-departed try. But Quigley’s case is a bit reer, Quigley has done so as a Bruno Agostinelli led the different, because while sophomore. “It’s kind of cool, I guess, Cats and started last year as Agostinelli achieved such a the No. 4 player in the coun- high ranking later in his ca- to follow Bruno’s footsteps
because he was such a good role model for me,” he said. Associate head coach Cedric Kauffmann said Quigley can play with anyone in the country, and with more than two years of eligibility left, he has not yet reached his full potential. “Can he be No. 1? Yeah, but it’s a lot of work,” Kauffmann said. “I think the top 15-20 guys can beat each other on any given day. It’s just a matter of consistency throughout the year.” UK opens its Southeastern Conference schedule this weekend with home matches against Mississippi State and Ole Miss. To keep improving his game and lead UK to an even higher ranking, Quigley said he mainly needs to focus on the mental aspect of his
game and his consistency. “It’s one of those things I think you can work on,” Quigley said. “Just trying to block everything out so you can work on what you need to.” Quigley has already taken an active role in trying to improve his game, something Kauffmann said his teammates have definitely noticed. Quigley does not consider himself a vocal leader — he said he lets his play do the talking — but Kauffmann said he has seen a change in Quigley that has had a ripple effect on the rest of the team. “I think he’s taken a little bit more of a leadership role,” Kauffmann said. “I think he’s grabbed it and said ‘OK, I’m going to work hard,’ which has been really positive for him.”
Drop the charade: Senior Day about more than seniors Let’s stop the charade we’ve been playing in college basketball for the past few years when it comes to the last home game of the season. You know what I’m talking about — Senior Day. KENNY The event that COLSTON once celebrated Kernel the fact that colcolumnist lege kids stayed four years, completed degrees and more all while playing in the same uniform is over. It died with the infamous oneand-done rule. Yet every year, we
dig the body out of the grave and parade it around for a few weeks in late February and early March. Why? Don’t get me wrong, UK seniors Ramon Harris, Perry Stevenson and Mark Krebs deserve recognition. Harris and Stevenson have seen two coaching changes and a program in shambles, so they deserve a framed jersey and anything else UK can afford to give them. Krebs made the transition from walk-on to scholarship player. Please give him something, too. But the guy who will probably be cheered the most isn’t a senior. Yes, he’s graduating with a degree, but he did it in three years. That’s incredible, without a doubt.
But Patrick Patterson is not a senior. He has not worn a UK uniform for four years. His three years of service on and off the court are of role model quality, but his tenure doesn’t fit the name of the event. And on a side note, if you think freshmen John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins don’t deserve the same treatment as the aforementioned, you’re crazy. Those two have done more in one year for this program than anyone else in recent memory. So, here’s a suggestion for Senior Day: change the name. Call it something generic like Player Appreciation Day, Meet the Cats, UK Family Appreciation Day, etc. Obviously, you don’t want to
honor a transferring player. But let’s celebrate whoever is leaving UK for positive reasons, such as graduating in three years, using up all four years of eligibility or being two of the best freshmen UK has ever seen as they leave after one year for the NBA. Does it ruin the purity of Senior Day? Of course. But it’s already been ruined. College basketball isn’t a four-year sport anymore because the best players leave after one or two years. In fact, Patterson’s threeyear wait for a player of his caliber is almost as surprising as having three seniors on a top-three team. The goal here is simple: let everyone have fun. Wall’s mother has earned the same right to be honored as Tywanna Patterson and
the parents of the three seniors when it comes to seeing their sons recognized for great accomplishments. So, let’s cut the charades. Celebrate everyone who has put the Cats back at the top of the Southeastern Conference and the college basketball world. Everyone’s contributions should be showcased for the world to see. Just because one particular player doesn’t need four years at UK to develop his game doesn’t mean he should be ignored. The guessing game’s over. Senior Day should be, too. Kenny Colston is a journalism senior. E-mail kcolston@kykernel. com.
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SPRING BREAK Continued from page 1 However, family studies junior Katie Kemper said the economy did play a part in her Spring Break decisions, but she still had limits to what she was going to do to cut costs. “I wanted to go somewhere, but somewhere relatively cheap,” Kemper said. “I didn’t want to pay $150 to sleep in a gross hotel room.” Kemper said she and friends found a good price on a hotel in Charleston, S.C., and have decided to eat at more local places on their trip and split gas money to drive to cut costs. Alex Milani, an integrated
strategic communications junior, said his Spring Break plans have not been affected, but some of his friends are unsure if they can even go on trips because of their financial situations. To avoid huge jump rates that start in January, Lemaster said students should plan Spring Break in the fall semester and have plans finalized before the spike in prices. However, Milani said he planned for Spring Break this year by saving a certain amount of money per week. He and his friends also made the decision to drive to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. “We are paying for the hotel when we get there and are putting $100 each into an envelope for gas when we leave town to avoid any confusion,” Milani
said. Putting away a dollar a day is not the only way students are preparing to hit the beach. The Johnson Center has also seen an increase in students this time of year as students work out to get fit for bathing suit season. “January through March is our busiest time,” said Beth Atnip, fitness director at the Johnson Center. “This happens every year.” Atnip said there was a big increase in cycling classes this semester, and to deal with the increasing numbers, the Johnson Center decided to add extra classes, including some on the weekends, to help meet the demand of people wanting to look their best, wherever their destination may be.
CEMENT Continued from page 1 well. “We’re looking at various components of Portland cement and how you can use other materials to make it longer lasting, more energy efficient and environmentally better,” Robl said. “It reduces, for example, carbon emissions, water consumption, the amount of energy for production, by like 31 trillion BTUs.” Robl said with the use of this concrete, stronger buildings can be created because of the increased hardness with the new materials added. “You can’t make durable buildings without fly ash,” Robl said. “This is a major use for the fly ash.” The effect on the university, Robl
said, is going to be important because of the innovative research UK is constantly doing. “The university is a leader in developing new construction materials that are lower in carbon and higher in performance,” he said. “We have been in this role for a long, long time.” Robl has been working on many types of cement to help improve other qualities such as drying time and making it last longer. He said because Kentucky’s main export is coal, this concrete will benefit the state as well as the university. “The Commonwealth produces many of these products for add-in in cement,” Robl said. “By using some of the by-products, it’s a base of a major industry. It is important we stay on top of these things and help the industry.”