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Show U SAID IT Students weigh in on the Super Bowl, Republican TRAINING DAY Hall of Fame legend Ozzie Smith shares his secret to success at the baseball team's opening banquet » 8 nominations and more in our opinion section » 5 Thursday, February 9, 2012 DIAILY UTAH CHRONICLE www.dailyutahchronicle.com The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 O LYMPIC DI Emily T. Andrews STAFF WRITER DELAYED FLAME On the 10th anniversary of the Olympic Games, a crowd celebrated the nostalgic showing. Fireworks filled the sky, but the cauldron didn't initially light on schedule. Vol. 121 No.81 i ©2012 works and cheering filling the air. However, the cauldron lighting didn't go exactly as planned, with the flame failing to light and only coming on in the last minutes of the planned r5-minute lighting. The short time frame for lighting was because of the length of the ceremony itself Even if only for a few brief, shining moments, the Olympic cauldron glowed once again Wednesday night as Salt Lake City and the U celebrated the loth anniversary of the 2002 Winter Olympics. The build up to the light ing was held with music, fire- See FLAME Page 3 JONATHAN ROYCE/The Daily Utah Chronicle The relighting ceremony had much anticipation and build up to the lighting of the torch, which malfunctioned. It lighted 12 minutes into its planned 15-minute burn. RESEARCH AT THE U Students win U entrepreneur contest with ID badge idea Megan Gessel STAFF WRITER I It COURTESY ELIZABETH FISCHER AND KIM HASENKRUG, NIH Yellow particles of a mouse leukemia virus emerge from an infected white blood cell. U biologists are studying how proteins help and harm the immune system of mice. Harmful protein has benefits for survival Lindsey Wilbur STAFF WRITER A study conducted by U biologists has proven that certain proteins necessary for human survival can also be harmful. Autoimmune proteins defend the body against infection. But certain proteins, known as Major Histocompatibility Complexes, also cause susceptibility to viruses, making MHC a source of curiosity and confusion for biologists. Wayne Potts, a biology professor, wanted to know why the body does not attack these harmful complexes the way it attacks germs. Potts and other U researchers discovered in a recent study that "even though [MHC genes] provide susceptibility to some diseases, they presumably See PROTEINS Page 3 University of Utah Opportunity Quest 20U Date. January 25, 2012 EMRID Technologies Pay to the Order of Five Thousand EXCICtlY 2011-12 Grand prize Winner 01211 02012 „000412' 895°2 COURTESY TECHNOLOGY VENTURE DEVELOPMENT U Opportunity Quest winner EMRID Technologies received a $5,000 check. The team is David Kent, Austin Aerts and Emily Theise. A student trio who developed a virtual ID badge is hoping to win the statewide business competition Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. The team, EMRID Technologies, has already won the U's division of Opportunity Quest, a student entrepreneur challenge held during December and January. The team won $5,000 and first place out of 23 teams. "As far as the competition goes, we've heard that no one has ever won both," said Austin Aerts, a graduate student in accounting and member of the team. "But we hope we'll be the ones to win back to back." Aerts said his team's product includes software that turns mobile devices such as cell phones or iPads into ID badges, thus saving time and maximizing security by skipping user name and password logins to access information. "It's not like a physical ID badge where you scan and it lets you in. It's a virtual badge that allows you to access virtual documents," he said. Aerts said the software started as an aid to medical staff and is currently in use by about 45 doctors at University Hospital. "Doctors spend up to 4o minutes a day logging in and out of cell phones [to communicate] with patients," he said. "Our product saves them that time and is ... See ENTREPRENEUR Page 3 HINCKLEY FORUM Board work gives grads an edge Brandon Schembri STAFF WRITER Some students are finding they lack the experience required to compete in a rough economy even though they have a degree. Speakers at a Hinckley forum addressed one way to combat that problem, saying that serving on community boards and nonprofit organizations can give students a competitive edge. Sidney Fonnesbeck, a former government consultant, and Cheryl Ivey, director of volunteer services for Salt Lake County, spoke about their experience serving on community boards, which every nonprofit organization in Utah is required to have to manage its establishment. There are 'or boards in Utah for students to serve on. She said that it was important for students to get involved, especially to add diversity, Ivey said. "Most of our board members are middle aged, overweight and white — they all look the same," Ivey said. "We have to make sure these boards represent the population at large." Fonnesbeck said although students See SERVING Page 3 PHOTO COURTESY HINCKLEY INSTITUTE/The Daily Utah Chronicle Sheryl Ivey and Sidney Fonnesbeck promote board volunteer services on Wednesday. |