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Sorority raises money, awareness for women’s heart health

By Rick Childress

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Hearts are everywhere on Valentine’s Day, but most of them are candied or “heartshaped.”

The Alpha Phi sorority is doing something a little different. With Heart Throb week the sorority is hosting five days of philanthropy events dedicated to raising money and awareness for women’s heart health.

“A lot of girls have personal connections to it,” said Sally Boone, the Vice President of Marketing for the sorority. “I know my grandma has suffered from two heart attacks now so it’s something that is really important to me.”

Her grandfather also had a heart attack, but Boone said she was surprised to see that the care her grandmother received was much different than that of her grandfather.

“I didn’t know that there is a lot more research on

FULL HEART THROB WEEK SCHEDULE All events will be at the Alpha Phi House Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Blood drive, donuts and hot drinks Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Candy gram sales Tuesday night – Restaurant night at Local Taco Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. – Hot dog eating contest Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m.

Jeweler Kendra Scott pop-up shop Friday, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. – Mac ‘n’ Phis dinner men’s heart health than on women’s,” Boone said. “So I think it’s something that is very important and so relevant in so many people’s lives.”

Heart Throb week is both a competition and a philanthropy event.

Every event raises money for the Alpha Phi Foundation—an organization dedicated to “scholarship and

heart health,” according to the Alpha Phi Vice President of Community Relations, Emilie Moorman.

Every fraternity can also enter a member into a weeklong competition to be crowned Mr. Heart Throb, Moorman said. Competitors will participate in the philanthropic events for points and at the end of the week, Alpha Phi will announce this year’s

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Mr. Heart Throb.

The competition is also meant to boost participation in the events as a fraternity can back an entrant by attending and participating in events with him, Boone said.

For example, on Monday, competitors will be helping collect blood donations. The competitor with the most donations in his name wins 100 points—and his brothers can certainly help him out with that.

Throughout the week, Alpha Phi will also be donating “a whole lot” of CPR kits to buildings around campus, Boone said.

A few highlights of the week include the Monday blood drive at the Alpha Phi house that kicks off Heart Throb week. On Wednesday, which is also Valentine’s Day, there will be a hotdog eating competition at the house. Participants will spend their romantic evening trying to scarf down the most hotdogs in three minutes.

ARDEN BARNES I STAFF Alpha Phi’s Heart Throb week starts Monday, Feb. 12. All events will be at the Alpha Phi house on Columbia Ave.

Thursday evening, jeweler Kendra Scott will set up shop and Heart Throb week ends with Mac ‘n’ Phis—a $5 macaroni dinner that begins at 9 p.m. Friday at the Alpha Phi house. Mr. Heart Throb will be announced there.

Boone said she hopes that people outside of Greek life will also attend.

“We really want to invite people that aren’t just in Greek life,” she said. “We’ve been working to make a bigger sense of community at UK in general.

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Local restaurant offers chicken raised with love

By Lauryn Haas features@kykernel.com

The best-tasting chicken is raised with love.

Pasture by Marksbury Farm serves up “the healthiest fried chicken in the world,” according to their slogan, by raising grass-fed animals on green pasture without hormones, steroids or antibiotics.

“I have a direct relationship with the people who are raising our food. I know where it starts and who processes it, so I know at every step of the way that it has been handled pristinely,” said Josiah Correll, managing partner and general manager of Pasture’s location in The Barn at The Summit at Fritz Farms. “The product that we have on the plate at the end is the best product we could possibly have.”

Josiah Correll’s cousin Preston Correll, a local farmer and partner of Marksbury Farm, realized that he had no other option but to send his meat out of state to be processed with the care and patience he required.

Marksbury Farm was created from this need for a local, sustainable meat processing facility.

The farm raises some of its own animals but also partners with other local farms who raise their animals to the same high standards.

Todd Clark from Clark Family Farm, for example, raises some of the chickens served at Pasture.

In the beginning, Marksbury Farm’s product was only offered at higher-end restau-

rants around Lexington.

Pasture was conceived as a solution to offer the “experience of enjoying quality, locally raised, pastured meat traditionally relegated to fine dining experiences in a more casual setting with a more casual price point,” according to their website.

“It’s important to us that we’re creating a food and a market that is not just a place you go out to celebrate your anniversary,” Correll said. “It’s a place you can go out anytime you want, it’s affordable, but still stuff you can feel really great about enjoying.”

The first restaurant was opened in Lancaster, Kentucky, in August 2010.

Developers of The Summit approached Marksbury Farm about opening a second location inside The Barn because Pasture’s message of supporting local was the perfect fit for the location.

All the businesses inside The Barn are locally owned and Lexington proud.

Benjamin Morse, a visitor of Lexington and customer at Pasture, appreciates the message behind the company and the opportunity to support a local business during his stay.

“Whenever I travel, I always try to find somewhere local to dine, so I can get a feel for the culture of the city and support the community,” Morse said. “You just can’t get this quality of food and experience at a chain restaurant.”

Marksbury Farm distributes food supplies to almost 100 restaurants in Lexington, Louisville, Cincinnati and Nashville, but their chicken, beef and chorizo are showcased locally at Pasture.

The pasture-raised beef burger is served

JOSH MOTT I STAFF The fried chicken with a side of fries is a signature meal at Pasture by Marksbury Farm at the Summit in Lexington, Kentucky.

with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and onions.

Juicy fried chicken comes with dark or white meat and is frequently served with their seasoned to perfection french fries.

In addition to the more traditional options, Pasture also serves a chorizo burger, a Southwestern-style salad and a superfood salad.

“When you have specifically chicken or beef that are eating a diet that is more natural

for them – what they would eat if you left them to their own devices – it’s healthier, and it tastes better,” Josiah Correll said.

To embrace the foundation behind Marksbury Farm in every plate they serve, Pasture follows the Golden Rule of food: show the same care and respect to the food on the plate as the farmers show to their animals on the land.

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DanceBlue Mini Marathons 2018

For The Kids,

from the Commonwealth Communities across Kentucky come together for DanceBlue

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By Bailey Vandiver | news@kykernel.com

undreds of UK students danced in unison to “Hollaback Girl,” one of the songs in the 2017 DanceBlue line dance.

Six weeks earlier and 178 miles away, high school students did the same Gwen Stefani-inspired dance at Apollo High School, where the members of the morale committee make their own line dance for Apollo’s DanceBlue mini marathon—the only high school to make its own rather than using UK’s from the previous year.

Because of this, UK DanceBlue committee members choose a portion of Apollo’s dance to use in its own 10-minute line dance, which is performed at the top of each of the 24 hours.

In 2017, “Hollaback Girl” was the portion incorporated from the line dance that Apollo senior Hattie Martin helped create.

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A Lexington Christian Academy student learns the line dance during the LCA DanceBlue mini marathon on Feb. 2, 2018.

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BAILEY VANDIVER I STAFF Students at Apollo High School participate in a DanceBlue mini marathon on Jan. 27, 2018, in Owensboro, Kentucky. Apollo raised $68.324.87 for child cancer research.

and to see that it wasn’t just for our enjoyment but for all of Apollo, all of UK, and all for the kids,” she said. “So it was a surreal moment for me.”

Martin was at DanceBlue 2017 to see her dance become a piece of the experience. The connection then came full

circle: In Apollo’s 2018 dance, Martin and the morale committee used pieces of UK’s 2017 dance, including the songs “Army” and “Ride the Train.”

Mini marathons in general— and the sharing of dances specifically— show that DanceBlue is not just a local Lex-

ington event.

“I would definitely say mini marathons help us have more of a statewide impact,” said Jim Braden, DanceBlue mini marathons chair.

“Even though DanceBlue takes place in the heart of Lexington, mini marathons have been a great tool to spread the word and message of DanceBlue across the state.”

Additionally, the clinic serves children from all over the state, not just from Lexington, Braden said.

SGA President Ben Childress, who is a member of the DanceBlue family relations committee, said mini marathons are a “huge” part of the organization.

“All the time, when you talk to people at DanceBlue, you hear, ‘DanceBlue is so much more than just a number that’s thrown up at the end,’ and the mini marathons that happen across the commonwealth of Kentucky are a big part of that,” he said. “It’s our reach to different communities.”

The number of people touched by DanceBlue has grown because of mini marathons, Childress said.

Apollo’s is one of more than 30 mini marathons in 2018, Braden said, and the number rises each year.

The first mini marathon was hosted by Lexington Catholic in 2008. In 2017, mini marathons raised about $200,000 of DanceBlue’s total $1.7 million.

Apollo High School Beaumont Middle School Bourbon County High School Bryan Station High School Cassidy Elementary Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg (K-12) Corbin High School Dunbar High School EJ Hayes Middle School Elizabethtown High School Frederick Douglass High School Gallatin High School George Rogers Clark High School Graves County High School Henry Clay High School

Jessamine Early Learning Village Jessie Clark Middle School Kentucky Country Day (K-12) Lafayette High School Lexington Christian Academy (High School) Madison Central High School Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary (Elem. School) Menifee County High School Oldham High School Rockcastle County High School Sayre High School Seton (pre-K through middle school) Tates Creek High School West Jessamine High School Woodford County High School

ARDEN BARNES I STAFF LEFT: DanceBlue mini marathons coordinators Bobby Wilking and Lauren Hamlin lead Lexington Christian Academy students in the DanceBlue line dance during the LCA DanceBlue mini marathon on Feb. 2, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky.

“(Mini marathons) exemplify our mission, start it,’ (but) I really didn’t do that much,” create genuine passion in the students that Foster said. “These kids do so much more participate in mini marathons, and give them than I ever did when I was a part of it.” a platform to fight for the kids DanceBlue can also in the clinic,” Braden said. make students excitApollo’s mini marathon, ed to come to UK, Even though DanceBlue Foster said. In fact, which had 260 participants, lasted eight hours and intakes place in the heart Martin has not yet cluded a decades hour, a made her final colof Lexington, mini mara- lege decision, but rave hour and more. Apollo’s mini marathon pulls she said presenting thons have been a great Apollo’s check at together the Owensboro community— fundraising tool to spread the word UK’s DanceBlue chair Paige Ferguson said may finalize her deand message of Dance- cision. most of Apollo’s donations come from local businessA week after Blue across the state. es— and also brings memApollo’s— and a bers of the Owensboro comweek closer to UK’s munity back home. Several DanceBlue — LexUK DanceBlue committee ington Christian members are Apollo alumni, Academy hosted its including family relations committee mem- mini marathon, which also lasted eight hours. ber and SGA Vice President Elizabeth Foster, While being in Lexington puts LCA closwho was a high school senior when Apollo er to UK, it also brings some challenges for started participating in DanceBlue.

DanceBlue, specifically when it comes to Foster said it is “incredible” to come back fundraising. to Apollo and see how much DanceBlue has LCA registrar and DanceBlue sponsor Hangrown there. In its second, third and fourth nah Schweitzer said it is sometimes hard to years, the Apollo mini marathon doubled its fundraise because so many other schools in fundraising from the year before. This year, Lexington are also trying to fundraise. She Apollo raised $68,342.87. said Raising Cane’s had been asked by about “People are always like, ‘Oh, you helped 14 different schools when LCA asked for do-

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nations.

LCA DanceBlue chairman Callie Pettigrew has been participating in DanceBlue for three years, but she said she did not feel as strong a connection to childhood cancer until she visited the old clinic a few years ago. Since then, DanceBlue funds helped open a new clinic for pediatric cancer.

“It’s really special to see that,” Pettigrew said. “This is what we’re working for— it’s FTK, for the kids.”

Like at UK’s DanceBlue, LCA invited special guests to its mini marathon. Cassie, a fifth grader at LCA’s Immanuel campus, came to speak to the dancers about her experience with leukemia. Cassie shared colorful bandaids with everyone because she said fun bandaids cheered her up during her treatment.

“I really love when Cassie gets to speak every year, and the students get to see just the impact they’re making, and getting to see someone who’s actually walked through the treatments and come out on the other side, and gets to be a spokesperson for UK and for DanceBlue,” Schweitzer said.

At the beginning of LCA’s mini marathon, UK DanceBlue committee members taught them about half of the 2017 line dance— including “Hollaback Girl” and “Army.” As the LCA dancers learned the moves, they were connected to Apollo, UK and everyone who dances for the kids.

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It’s that time of year again: the rush of the holidays has faded, the temperature is freefalling, and new years resolutions are slowly but surely being put back on the shelf. So what do we do now? We go to the movies of course.

This year you can count on ten superhero movies, 26 movie sequels (excluding superhero films,) and at least eight remakes of past films.

While this all points to a financially profitable year for Hollywood, it is certainly lacking artistically.

There is nothing inherently wrong with the big blockbuster films studios churn out each year, in fact, there was something truly satisfying about seeing Captain America square off against Iron Man

get horror film Get Out is Oscar nominated and one of the most successful original movies of this year.

Big budget movies are a large investment for studios, sometimes costing millions of dollars to produce. This has led to a decline in the number of films created by a studio, the six main film studios produced 140 movies in 2014, but in 2017 they only produced 93. This is because there are only so many resources that can be put into movies, and those that are guaranteed to make money are prioritized.

Hollywood has two options: adapt or perish. Studio directors do not seem to be able to find a strategy that both incorporates smaller films while also utilizing their moneymakers as pillars for income.

So while you wait for The Avengers to come and save the day, don’t forget to support smaller, more original films.

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The funding of these huge blockbusters is coming at the expense of original ideas.

In 2017, the top 12 grossing films were made up of six superhero movies, four sequels and two remakes. The first original film comes in at 13th place with Disney’s Coco.

Even so there is a 26-million-dollar difference between Coco and the number 12 film The Fate of the Furious. That isn’t nearly as drastic as the difference between the number one film Star Wars: The Last Jedi versus Coco. Jedi grossed 600 million domestically while Coco grossed 200 million, via BoxOfficeDojo.

Movie studios are under pressure to create hit after hit, which has caused them to invest more time and resources into guaranteed success versus taking risks on more innovative ideas.

It is not that original films are incapable of gaining success; Jordan Peele’s low bud-

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UK Baseball is gearing up for another great season

By Charlee Schaefer sports@kykernel.com

The 2018 baseball season will shortly begin for the No. 8 UK team. The Cats have a great deal to look forward to accomplishing this season under second-year head coach Nick Mingione.

The Cats will hope to make the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season and make their first trip to Omaha, Nebraska, for the coveted College World Series title. Before any of this will be possible, however, the Cats must have a winning regular season against some of the top teams in the nation.

UK opens its season against Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in a four-day tournament in hopes of having a better start to the season than they did last year, where they gave up the first four games before coming up with a win.

The biggest challenge in UK’s non-conference play will come in the Shriners Hospitals for Chil-

dren Classic in March, in which the Cats will face three teams who are ranked in various preseason polls.

The Cats will play a number of other non-conference games, including matchups against Xavier, Murray State and a series against Texas Tech. Wins against these opponents will be essential in order to pad their record for the big SEC matchups, which kickoff on March 16 with a big series against No. 4 Arkansas.

On-the-Road Conference Play Road games are never easy and this season will be no exception.

The Cats will be on the road to face SEC rivals Arkansas, Alabama and Vanderbilt in what will be tough games but hope to return to Lexington with the most possible wins on the road.

At-Home Conference Play Home game advantage is always a big deal in college baseball, but is especially important for the Cats.

They’re known for thriving offen-

sively at Cliff Hagan Stadium in front of Big Blue Nation.

In arguably the biggest conference matchup of the season, the Cats will face the No. 1 Florida Gators, 2017 College World Series champions. The matchup will not take place until April. The Cats will also host Auburn, South Carolina and Mississippi State, all expected to be impressive series.

With one of the highest ranked recruiting classes in program history and All-American’s Sean Hjelle and Tristan Pompey returning, the Cats have the potential for an impressive postseason run. Mingione will look to have another striking season and take the team further than they have ever been.

“All our players are talking about is Omaha and I think all Cats fans would love to go. That’s going to be our expectation and always will be. We want to be national champions. They [fans] can expect a team that’s going to compete hard and wear their Kentucky blue with pride,” Mingione said.

MICHAEL REAVES I STAFF Kentucky outfielder Tristan Pompey throws the ball in during the game against Austin Peay on Mar. 2, 2016, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Terry Wilson is adjusting to life in Lexington

By Chris Leach sports@kykernel.com

It has not been long since Terry “Touchdown” Wilson stepped on campus and officially became a member of UK football’s team, but he already loves his new home.

In fact, he even loved it long before he was listed on the official roster.

“As soon as I touched down here, I just fell in love with it,” Wilson said. “Seeing that opportunity that I have to come in here and do big things is important to me.”

Wilson indeed does have a golden opportunity, as the Cats are in need of a new starting quarterback next season, and Wilson is a favorite to take over that role.

All the hype surrounding Wilson

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as being the next star quarterback for UK has earned the sophomore a lot of attention in his early days in Lexington. The hype surrounding Wilson is nothing like he’s seen before, but he’s learned to handle it well.

“I feel like just keeping my head strong and keeping my vision tight, tunnel vision,” Wilson said. “Just keeping that focus on what I need to do, what the goal is for me and for this team, for the guys out there so we can get the job done.”

Ultimately, the goal for Wilson and his teammates is to turn the football program around and be competitive in the SEC. Before he can do that, however, he must establish among a team that’s been together for a couple of years already.

“You got to be a guy that you can

trust, you can’t be coming in and making wrong decisions,” Wilson said. “I just had to come in and get close with the guys, play basketball if we need to, go see a movie.”

Another way Wilson has been spending time with his teammates is throwing passes to the receivers he’ll be throwing the ball to next season. Spring practices have not officially started yet, but Wilson and some of the receivers have already had the chance to get out at Kroger Field and practice some routes.

“It’s learning those small things about them and everything, on my end I feel like that’s an important thing for me to learn,” Wilson said.

“I’m big on that, getting that comradery with the team is like the biggest thing on my end.”

However, UK’s playbook isn’t as

simple as just learning the routes of the receivers and throwing them the ball. Wilson has to learn all the designs and formations of the offense before he can be trusted as the starting quarterback for the Cats.

Luckily for Wilson, he is a junior college transfer and learning playbooks is something he is already familiar with. This will be his third playbook he’s had to learn as a collegiate athlete, and it is already going smoothly a month in.

“How we do that is just go through sections, go through installs,” Wilson said. “They gave me the film login so I can watch that at home if I need to.”

It won’t be long until Wilson gets a chance to show off what he’s learned. UK’s annual Blue-White spring game is April 13, and the

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regular season will open up at home on Sept. 1.

Wilson said he’s looking forward to getting the win for his new team, but he’s also looking forward to getting back on the field as a division one college football player.