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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Wednesday, November 6, 2013 GLADWELL Continued from page 1 been so large because of an overgrown tumor, which inhibited his sight. After this analysis, Goliath starts to look less invincible and more like a sitting duck. "David wasn't this outlandish upstart," Gladwell said. Though he presents a new reading of the Bible story, Gladwell does not discount David's heavenly help. "He is filled with the Spirit of the Lord," he said. The book took a new turn, emphasizing this aspect of the story, when CAMPUS ALERT Continued from page 1 derstand what the alerts are meant to do. "We [send alerts] for things that are immediately lifethreatening," Moffat said. "We have two scenarios that are preloaded in the system so that we can click them within a minute. One of them is an active shooter, so 'take cover right now wherever you are,' and the second one would be very severe weather, so, 'lightning strikes coming to campus,' one of those ones where you'd want to get shelter." The alerts were put into action soon after the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, which ultimately resulted in the deaths of 32 people. The service provider for campus alerts has just recently upgraded to using social media as well. MYRIAD Continued from page 1 bat these diseases. "Angelina Jolie, for example, chose to have a double mastectomy when she learned through Myriad's tests that she carried the BRCAI gene and thus had about an 87percent risk of contracting breast cancer," said Nick Swisher, marketing manager at Technology and Venture Commercialization at the U. "This not only saved her life — it reduced her overall health care costs and time spent in treatment." Myriad gets separate funding for their projects, so the decrease in federal funding will not directly impact their research, but it could harm the basic research done at institu- Gladwell visited a Mennonite woman in Canada whose daughter was abducted, tortured and later found frozen to death. Despite the heartache, this mother was able to forgive the man that murdered her daughter. "Where does she get the power to do that?" Gladwell asked. "There is no explanation for that, other than that power which is faith ... If you're going to write a book about where power comes from and where our notions about where power comes from are flawed, you have to end up with faith." The book starts with the story of David and Goliath and ends with "ordinary people who can do extraordinary things," he said. Despite the clear influence of faith in his book, Gladwell said it has been largely ignored in the first rounds of reviews from major media outlets over the past month. "I thought I'd written a book about faith ... but I think a lot of people just weren't willing to go there," Gladwell said. "It's weird that the discussion of faith in that context in 2013 is considered to be so strange." Kirk Jowers, director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics, said he enjoyed having Gladwell at the U. "He's as good as his books, if not better, as a human being," Jowers said. a.drysdale@chronicle.utah.edu "We recognize that not everybody has a cell phone," Moffat said. "And not everybody wants to get text alerts. So this is why we're trying to reach other methods, like Facebook and Twitter, and getting students, or whoever else gets the message, to tell everyone around them, to amplify it. If one person in five gets it, but that person tells all five, then we've just amplified our reach." Shaub, also the executive director of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety and Emergency Management, said the alerts are a good reminder for students to check how prepared they would be in the face of disaster. "Think about how prepared you are for a range of events that could happen," Shaub said. "We spend a lot of our time planning for the earthquake, but you won't get an alert the days the earth moves. You will be stranded up here potentially for days — do you have a kit? Think, `How prepared am I on an individual basis?" Grace Carlson, a sophomore in biology, does not think the system affects her very much. "I like it, but I think most of the alerts aren't useful," Carlson said. The directors, however, said students have contacted the office about campus alerts. "We get complaints that email takes longer," Moffat said. "And we know that, which is why we ask people to sign up for the text messages. In fact, a couple of the comments I was looking at today say their phone didn't have [a] notification, or the message went to junk email folder and they didn't notice it ... Log on to CIS and make sure your information is in the system." i.smith@chronicle.utah.edu tions such as the U, which companies such as Myriad rely on. "There are two different types of research: basic research, often known as fundamental or primary research, and translational research, or commercial research" Swisher said. Swisher said companies like Myriad prefer to have institutions like the U do the basic research so they can focus their time and energy on commercializing inventions. Because companies similar to Myriad focus their attention on translational research, they must rely on breakthroughs on the basic research level. This is where the decrease in federal funding can do harm to companies like Myriad. Swisher compared basic research to the foundation of a building and the translational research to everything built on that foundation. Swisher also said the decrease in federal funding will not, and has not, directly impacted Myriad Genetics. Myriad Genetics was founded in 1991 as a start-up company at the U and one of the first companies of its kind. Although they are now separate from the U, Myriad still depends on the basic research done at the U and is still located at the U's Research Park. According to their website, they have helped benefit over a million patients with their work on hereditary cancer testing. In 2012, Myriad Genetics expanded internationally and opened its first laboratory in Munich, Germany. n.turner@chronicle.utah.edu 3 Fdir- JOB POSTING MIBK GROUP LEADERS (10.15 kids) for SLC School District After School program 19.5 hrs/A; M-TH 2:30.5:30/6pm and Fridays 12:30-5:30/6pm. Start at $9.50 per hour. 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