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THURSDAY 3.2.17
Senior Night Surprise Proposal
PHOTO BY TAYLOR PENCE I STAFF Senior Derek Willis proposed to girlfriend Keely Potts during the Senior Night festivities before the game against Vanderbilt on Tuesday in Lexington.
Rupp cheers new committment By Matt Wickstrom
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With four years of memories winding down for Derek Willis with UK basketball, the senior forward shocked the sold-out crowd packing Rupp Arena on Tuesday night for the Cat’s Senior Night bout with SEC foe Vanderbilt by proposing to longtime girlfriend Keely Potts during an emotional pre-game ceremony. Potts, an integrated strategic communications senior, has attended every UK home game over the last three
seasons and was shocked when Willis dropped to a knee to pop the question on a night that was supposed to be all about him. “I was so confused,” Potts said. “(Derek) whispered something in my ear before he hugged Mrs. Calipari. Everybody was screaming so I couldn’t hear, and then I saw him get down on one knee and my stomach and my heart dropped.” Prior to yesterday’s game, Potts teamed up with Willis’ teammates Wenyen Gabriel and Sacha Kil-
leya-Jones to put together a scrapbook for Willis to look back on his time and memories made at UK. She said seeing Willis’ teammates react to the proposal was something she will never forget. “All of the guy’s reactions were priceless,” Potts said. “Every time I watch it, it makes me tear up. Isaac (Humphries)’s face in the whole video, I think that’s an image I’ll keep with me forever… I thought they were going to tackle me. They kind of welcomed me
“We woke up this morning and the first thing he said was, ‘Good morning, fiancé.’”
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Seniors provide great moments in comeback win By Anthony Crawford sports@kykernel.com
PHOTO BY HUNTER MITCHELL I STAFF Senior guards Mychal Mulder (11) and Dominique Hawkins (25) played in their final game at Rupp Arena on Tuesday in their 19-point comeback victory over Vanderbilt.
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The final score does not say enough about UK men’s basketball’s 73-67 victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores on Senior Night. The slow start ended up only adding to the excitement that was capped off by UK making its largest comeback since John Calipari took over as head coach. Before the ball was even tipped, it was guaranteed to be a special night on account of the festivities for the seniors. UK has had some memorable Senior Nights in recent years like last year with Alex Poythress or three years ago with fan-favorite Jarrod Polson. But this year was special, as all three seniors have become major contributors to the team this year and two of which
are home-grown products from right here in the Commonwealth. Big cheers filled Rupp Arena for all three players, but none were louder following the recognition of forward Derek Willis. The loudest cheers came when Willis took a knee and proposed to his longtime girlfriend Keely Potts. “We’ve been through a lot of ups and downs. A lot more downs than ups, and she helped me through all that stuff,” Willis said. “So I can’t repay her for that, and that’s just part of why I wanted to give her this night and this special moment.” Willis was deemed the biggest winner of the night after she said yes, but the rest of the UK players had to work much harder for their victory on the night. Both teams started the game shooting poorly, but whereas UK couldn’t
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get any shots to fall, Vanderbilt eventually was able to hit some from deep. The outside shooting led to the Commodores pouring it on and they eventually took a 25-6 lead on UK with 8:03 left to play in the first half. Poor starts are something that UK has made a habit of doing and this time Calipari cited a lack of fight as the main thing holding UK back. Luckily for UK, that is one area where senior
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Let’s dance
Liquid metal could solve space jams By Matt Girard
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As the global science community’s understanding of space travel and technologies develop the human world, its presence in space is growing at a steady pace. It seems almost inevitable that one day traveling through space will become a common human activity. It is this likely inevitability that drives much of today’s cutting edge technological research worldwide. Just as the European colonizers had to learn to build a civilization in the Americas, humans have to adapt to the new frontiers in space. Department of Mechanical Engineering professor Dusan P. Sekulic was recently appointed lead investigator in an international research effort aimed at tackling a fundamental problem in the repair and manufacturing process in space. The research proposal, “Brazing of Aluminum Alloys in Space,” was one of 16 selected to be an experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the MaterialsLab program. “These 16 investigations, involving recognized experts
in materials science and related fields, will help define ISS investigations in order to advance fundamental research in the physical sciences,” said Sekulic. The project will be funded an estimated $1.2 million by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities in Russia — an international effort to help crack the problem of assembling strong, durable space structures. “Brazing is a process of bonding similar or dissimilar materials (e.g., metals to metals, or metals to ceramics, respectively) by melting the third metal and wetting the mating surfaces with that metal, so called ‘filler,’ featuring its good spreading, and upon solidification forming an excellent bond,” said Sekulic. In particular, the project will develop a method to improve capabilities in manufacturing rigid structures by researching the behavior of liquid metals in zero gravity environments. This understanding can help improve our ability to weld two structures together with, for instance, aluminum, which is prepared in a liquid state to be
By Alan Wood news@kykernel.com
PHOTO BY ADAM SHERBERG I STAFF The project will develop a method to improve capabilities in manufacturing rigid structures by researching the behavior of liquid metals in zero gravity environments.
applied to a joint. This is similar to the idea of soldering two plates together, but with the consideration of the behavior of materials in space. An extended presence in space will require the ability to construct various structures to support human life, power generation and communication as well as to conduct scientific research. The project faces unique factors in space, including vacuums and the addition of elements like magnesium. “The object of study is the behavior of thin layers of molten metal formed at high temperatures (around 870 degrees
Kelvin or over 1100 degrees Fahrenheit),” said Sekulic. “This molten metal has a capacity to flow into the clearances between the parts to be bonded and after temperature lowering solidifies and makes a permanent joint. We monitor the wetting and spreading of liquid metal over solid metal surfaces.” The project is “a unique international collaboration centered on UK.” the collaborating partners include: Washington State University, Professor Michail Krivelev in Russia and a team in Belgium, according to Sekulic.
For students wishing to do prom right, Underground Perspective, partnered with the Martin Luther King Center, the Student Activities Board and the Office of LGTBQ Resources to host their second annual Underground Formal on Friday, March 3 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Woodford Reserve Club of Commonwealth Stadium. “College is about school, but college is also about the experience. You want to create memories, you do not want to be the person who heard about every event going on,” said Underground Perspective President sophomore Kennedy Mann. “It is just something besides the books and your average things that you can look forward to.” The event is free and open to anybody as long as they are a UK student. Every student will be allowed to bring one guest, as long as they have an ID on them, according to SAB Director of Traditions, freshman Nickie Cashdollar. The night will feature DJ
Warren Peace, along with activities such as photo booths, backdrops for pictures, unlimited non-alcoholic drinks and dancing, according to Cashdollar. Last year’s Underground Formal saw just under 500 students in attendance, with anywhere from 500 to 600 students expected this year, according to Cashdollar. After last year’s success, students called for the formal to become an annual tradition. Attendees are not expected to buy new outfits or wear formal clothing, although fashionable dress is optional. “We do not turn anybody away because of what they are wearing. But it is an opportunity to ‘dress to the nines’ if you are interested,” said Cashdollar. Transportation will be available via bus for students at the wildcat statue on Avenue of Champions, as well as at the loop at the William T. Young Library. Students can enter the formal through gates 10 and 11 at Commonwealth Stadium. Guides will escort people to the second floor for a night of fun.
OPINIONS Editorial
Food education crucial for youth
Education has been a hot topic recently, with the appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. The discussion has focused mainly on her unorthodox opinions on “school choice” and support for charters and a voucher system. However, an educational issue that the previous administration had begun to address may fall by the wayside. In the words of Michelle Obama, “when you turn on the TV or you go online, you hardly ever see any really cool ads for fruits and vegetables. Instead, every year, the average kid in this country sees more than 5,500 TV
ads for unhealthy foods…” Food education is not a required course in the American education system. Students are expected to take health classes that generally focus less on holistic health and more on discouraging the high-risk behaviors students are faced with. The looming shadow of drug abuse, underage drinking, sexual activity and eating disorders often eclipse the overall importance of nutrition, diet, selfcare, and exercise. So why is it necessary to advertise healthy dietary staples? People should not have to be told they
should eat lettuce. Shiny branding should not influence the self-respect that encourages you to make healthy choices. If a child is raised in an environment where soda, fast food and unhealthy snacks are the norm, they will gravitate towards these options throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. If these habits are not corrected, the same values will be instilled in future generations. This dynamic is why, unfortunately, parents cannot be relied on to instill nutritional competency within their children — if parents are un-
aware of how to practice appropriate dietary health, it is unreasonable to expect them to teach their children these practices. To further validate the necessity of food education, the correlation between poor diets and low socioeconomic status must be visited. A study conducted by Harvard researchers published in British Medical Journal claimed that eating healthy cost consumers around an additional $1.50 per day. When families are deterred from eating healthy because of high prices and are constantly bombarded with
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advertisements for cheap, calorically dense, easily accessible food, the decision becomes less of a decision and more of a single option. Families have mouths to feed and bills to pay, after all. If the tradition of unhealthy lifestyles that is recurring generation after generation can be uprooted and replaced with an emphasis on smart nutrition and dietary choices in families and providers, the health of our citizens may become as sustainable as the lack thereof has been for years. Email opinions@ kykernel.com.
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Shake up your diet with Kentucky Blended
By Becky Feigin
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The health world is always changing and fad diets constantly get thrown into rotation, but the newest trend in Lexington is protein shake shops - and they do not seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. Kentucky Blended, a store that sells protein shakes and Herbalife products (the protein powder they use), opened in May 2016, but in the past few months their customer count has been increasing daily. Kenderick Lawson, the owner of Kentucky Blended, began his weight loss journey in August 2015. He and his
wife had just gone for a hike and when they had finished, they saw a picture of a protein shake on Facebook from Healthease Nutrition in Frankfort. Lawson and his wife, Courtney, went to Healthease Nutrition to try a shake. Lawson tried the Orange Dreamsicle flavor and got hooked. Once he realized how great the shake was and found out that there was a Fit Camp nearby, he decided to make a change. Fit Camp is a 45-minute circuit workout that targets each muscle group. “We started going to Fit Camp and getting a shake after class,” Lawson said. “My wife and I both started seeing results. We were hooked and we started incorporating two shakes into
PHOTO BY ARDEN BARNES I STAFF Kenderick Lawson and his wife are both still on their weight loss journeys and have already lost upward of 100 pounds each.
our day and then had a healthy, on their weight loss journeys colorful meal for dinner.” Law- and have already lost upward son and his wife are both still of 100 pounds each. Kentucky
Tapingo app makes campus dining faster
By Megan Brown
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Hungry students, rushing to their third class in a row, have only 10 minutes to eat. To their rescue comes a hero: an app called Tapingo. UK has recently followed in the footsteps of seven other SEC schools, including LSU and The University of Alabama, by implementing a modern way of dining. Tapingo is a food app that has revolutionized dining on campus, making it a quicker and smoother process for students by allowing them to order meals ahead of time, skip lines and have food delivered to their dorm or apartments. The app has over 35 restaurants which offer delivery options. There are also over 20 restaurants that provide pickup choices, including the Subway and Panda Express at Bowman’s Den. The app allows students to use meal swipes and Flex at on-campus dining facilities, and their first two delivery charges are free. When students download the free app they will need to set up an account with credit card information, their college and their name. After that, they are ready to begin skipping lines and having a
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 into the family.” Potts and Willis first began dating in November 2014. According to
PHOTO BY ARDEN BARNES I STAFF Tapingo makes dining on campus a quicker and smoother process for students by allowing them to order meals ahead of time, skip lines and have food delivered to their dorm or apartments.
more pleasant dining experience. A countdown timer with the wait time will display on the app and users will receive a text when their order is ready for pickup or when their delivery driver has arrived. The wait time varies depending on how many people are in line. “Anywhere in Bowman’s between 12 and 1, they’re impossible to wait in line for, but if you’re just there and you do Tapingo pickup you can skip the lines and it makes everything a lot quicker,” Wally Johnson, a freshman civil engineering major said on why he enjoys using Tapingo. However, the app is sometimes criti-
cized for the long delivery wait times, order errors and glitches resulting in students not being able to use Wildcat Deals. Also, other students waiting in line who are not using the app may think it is unfair when Tapingo users get their food before them. Between balancing classes, a job and extracurricular activities, dining on campus should not be another thing students have to juggle. Tapingo provides a solution to the stress usually associated with eating on campus. Students will no longer have to worry about skipping meals or being late to class from standing in a 30-minute line.
Potts, when the two first met Willis’ friends kept hitting on her and she kept turning them down. Soon after her and Willis exchanged Snapchat names and quickly began spending every day together, adding that it felt like they had been best
friends for a long time. Despite Willis’ uncertain future after his UK career ends, Potts said she is giving Willis her full support and is excited for what their future together holds. “He wants to go play basketball, that’s his plan,” Potts
Blended decided to offer $1.50 off of their shakes in exchange for their customers posting a picture on social media. Since this promotion started, Lawson has hit several records at his store. The first record was selling 365 shakes in one day, which was the record for Kentucky. Then, on Feb. 24, they broke that record with 409 shakes in one day. The great thing about Kentucky Blended shakes is that they are no more than 250 calories and are packed with 24 grams of protein, so they will keep you full. Kentucky Blended has over 50 different shake flavors, which allows a favorite for just about any palette. “We have seen results from
several customers who just replace one meal a day with a shake,” Lawson said. “It’s tasty, affordable, and doesn’t leave you feeling guilty.” Kentucky Blended works on a three-step process. Step one is a Mango Aloe shooter. Aloe has several health benefits and the shooter itself will help with digestion. It breaks up the nutrients in the shake and soothes your stomach. Step two is herbal tea, which boosts your metabolism. The last step is the shake. Kentucky Blended has seen success in the past few months, including several days with lines out of the door that would last over an hour. Lawson is proud of the business he has created and hopes to see continued success.
Professor takes stage By Chase Campbell
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No matter what the play she is in is called, not much failing goes on in Marianne Miller’s class. Miller is a theatre professor here at UK, and is also putting time into her professional work as an actress, recently appearing in “Failure: A Love Story,” presented by AthensWest theatre company for the first half of February. The play, set in 1928, told the story of the three Fail sisters, who all died in reverse order – youngest to oldest. With this prefaced in the show, the audience began to learn about the lives of these individuals and their lives as a family. “We’re seeing theatre, I think, tend toward the more ethereal, the more fantastical, the more imaginative, and this play was that,” Miller said. Both inside and outside of the classroom, Miller has plenty of support from her students as well. “Failure was really, really good,” Eileen Doan said, a senior in Miller’s audition techniques class. “It was just kind of wild to see, like, I’m going to see her in class on Monday.” This is Doan’s first time with Miller as an instructor, and with a class as structured as audition techniques, she said said. “If the NBA doesn’t work out and there’s a better alternative overseas he plans to do that too, and I will totally go with him.” Willis and Potts hope to get married next summer. In the meantime, Potts is always
PHOTO BY ADAM SHERBERG I STAFF Marianne Miller, theatre professor at UK, recently appeared in “Failure: A Love Story” presented by AthensWest theatre company in February.
that it was fun seeing Miller as lively and zany as she was in “Failure.” Miller is not the only student at UK to work on an AthensWest production. She is not even the only one this season, as last semester, senior Kenny Hamilton took on the leading role of Franco Wicks in the AthensWest production of “Superior Donuts,” now a network television series. Miller actually had made it part of her curriculum last semester to attend “Superior Donuts” and study the performance of the actors. While Miller certainly didn’t require students like Doan to come study her, it brought a new level of intensity to her performance. “There’s that side of you, as a teacher, that says ‘I better
not screw this up,’ you know, I have these tenets I preach on, basically, and I don’t want to be saying one thing and demonstrating something else.” said Miller. Doan was far less critical of Miller’s performance, truly just there to enjoy the show. Doan made it very clear she does not have enough words to praise her professor. “She’s a great teacher, really. She gives us a lot of freedom to choose our own material, and find out where we want to go with that.” Unlike the Fail sisters, Miller’s story here is one of success and joy, and students like Doan seem to be in agreement that UK is giving its very best to the stage here in Lexington.
pushing Willis to do more, adding that coaches know to give her a call if Willis is late to practice because he is likely with her. In turn, Potts says she has even called the coaches before to get him to go work out. The reality of the situation
has not fully set in for the couple. Potts says she is still in shock, but happier than ever. “We woke up this morning and the first thing he said was, ‘Good morning, fiancé.’ We both were just like, ‘Holy crap, we’re both engaged.’”
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SEC tournament up next for UK women By Chris Leach sports@kykernel.com
The month of March is just days old, meaning college basketball fans everywhere have a smile on their face knowing it is time for March Madness. Luckily for the No. 20 UK women’s basketball team, they are playing the best basketball they have played all season; perfect timing for postseason tournaments. After going 1-2 to start SEC play, the Cats put together two separate five-game win streaks, helping them finish with an 11-5 SEC record. This was the first time since the 2012-13 season that the Cats had more than 10 SEC wins. The 11-5 record was good enough to earn the Cats the No. 4 seed in the SEC tournament, hosted in Greenville, South Carolina. The tournament started on Wednesday March 1,
but the Cats will not play until Friday March 3, because their seeding gives UK a double-bye for the first two rounds. When the Cats finally take the court at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, UK will play either No. 5 seeded Tennessee, or No. 12 seeded Alabama, who defeated No. 13 seeded Vanderbilt in their opening round game. Assuming the higher seed advances, the Cats will have a chance to avenge their opening SEC loss at Tennessee. The Cats were beat by the Vols 72-65 on Jan. 1, thanks to a 21-point performance from AllSEC first-team player Diamond Deshields. The Vols have had an up and down season, but they have recently corrected their play by winning their last three, including an 18-point victory at No. 3 Mississippi State. Despite the threat Tennessee offers, the Cats
should have all the confidence Evelyn Akhator. Epps lead the in the world when they take the Cats with 17.1 points per game, court, as they have been playing seventh most in the SEC, but the Cats will need both seniors to keep up the good play if they hope to advance deep in the tournament. Tipoff for UK’s quarterfinal game is scheduled for approximately 2:30 p.m. on Friday. If the Cats advance, they will likely meet No. 1 seeded South Carolina in the semifinals. The Cats are 0-2 this season against the Gamecocks, and USC is the only other team besides UK to great recently as well. have two All-SEC first-team The Cats were riding a five- players, including SEC player game win streak before their of the year A’ja Wilson. regular season finale loss at No. The Cats have a tough road 7 South Carolina. During the ahead of them if they hope to win streak, the Cats outscored advance to the championship their opponents by just under 10 game, but if they play the way points a game. the did in February, they will UK also has two All-SEC have a chance to do some damfirst-team members on their age that no one expected them roster in Makayla Epps and to do at the start of the season.
This was the first time since the 2012-13 season that the Cats had more than 10 SEC wins.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Dominique Hawkins shines. Hawkins could be seen throughout the game diving for loose balls and providing UK great on-ball pressure, and that in turn helped UK end the first half on an 18-5 run. UK went into the locker room down 30-24, but the Commodores didn’t make the comeback any easier in the second half. In an effort to speed up the Vanderbilt offense, the Cats turned to a press to help get back into the game. But the Commodores continued to have a response to everything UK threw at them. Two second-half blocks from Willis were key for UK during this stretch of trying to catch up. The first led to an alley-oop and-one for Malik Monk on the other end and the second prevented Vanderbilt
from capitalizing on an offensive rebound. Willis finished with three total blocks along with eight rebounds, as he showed a similar fight as Hawkins in affecting the game despite having an off game shooting the ball. That was until he hit one of the bigger shots of the game — a three at the 4:47 minute mark to give UK it’s first lead of the game. UK lost the lead just once after that shot from Willis, but some timely shot-making from Monk helped seal the game for UK and ensured a victory in the seniors’ last game in Rupp Arena. The shot from Willis were his only points of the night. Hawkins finished with two points, two rebounds, one assist and one steal. Mychal Mulder, UK’s third senior, provided a spark in the first half hitting a three and throwing down an emphatic baseline jam.