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Beginning Monday, stud
from their dorm area c
belongings, making identifi
stolen, according to one pro
Student Government,
Campus Police are sponsor
the engravers for students t
Mike Doherty, Resident
I the project's purpose is n?
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Many students go to the
stolen property, but are u
their own, Doherty said.
ENGRAVING PROPER'
theft ? such as stereos, t<
and typewriters ? will mat
their possessions, Doherty i
The five engravers will b
residence hall desks. A stu
one hour by leaving a USCI
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An investigative re^
news show, Peter Lan
audience about Ieg\
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Hawkins)
'20/20
speaks
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Libel suits are a threat inv
with, an ABC newsman told
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w Ljiurary weunes
"You have to accept the fi
with libel suits said Peter
with ABC's "20/20" news
problems in investigative r
Week activities.
Lance said a typical "20,
, formation to fill five drawc
time I do another story I end
cabinet," he said.
This amount of informati
aga inst the constant threat
has "never been chilled or th
> threat of libel."
Lance said hp has hn#?n ci
cases.
I,ance said investigative ]
struggle between the right t(
"LAW SCHOOL has made
understanding the depth o
counsel or with the ABC coui
the air," he said.
He recalled a story abou
ABC being sued by seven
week in desposition," he sai
how much we had put togeth
Lance said he does not lik
Sullivan decision as a shiel<
U.S. Supreme Court ruled
defamatorv words about mil
I the words are printed with
the plaintiff responsible for j
"We try to collect the inf<
protect us from possible lit
ABC also "appoints a 'devil
to debunk the information w
Lance worked as a prodi
1 media for seven years bef
earned his degree from Ne\
11)78, and then went to work 1
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ents can borrow engraving tools
)ffices to mark their personal
cation easier if the belongings are
ject organizer.
Residential Life Services and
ing the project, which will provide
o mark their valuables.
5 Life Committee chairman, said
;>t to prevent theft, but to aid in
recovered by Campus Police.
Campus Police station to recover
nable to positively identify it as
rY that is particularly subject to
Revisions, bicycles, tape players
te it easier for students to reclaim
>aid.
>e available on a rotation basis at
dent can borrow an engraver for
D.
oorter for ABC's "20/20"
cet told a USC Law Week
a/ problems involved in
V show. (Photo by Stan
1'staffer
ionlibell
-in Vaughan
nff Writer
estigative reporters have to live
an audience of about 150 in USC's
day.
act that you are going to be faced
Lance, an investigative reporter
show. Lance spoke about legal
eporting as part of USC' Law
/20" story generates enough inirs
with legal material. "Every
I up buying another legal-size file
on is necessary to protect ABC
of libel. Lance said However, he
iwarted from doing a story by the
jed for libel twice, but won both
pieces almost always involve the
) publish and the right to privacy.
my job 50 percent easier, both in
f the case and in dealing with
nsel in getting the most we can on
it an arson ring that resulted in
miu *
we apcm uie wilUie
d. "It made me feel good to know i
ler."
e to use New York Times Co. vs.
i or guard. In that 1964 case, the
news media are not liable for
blic acts of public officials unless
malice. The decision also made
Droving "actual malice."
Drmation in two or three ways to
>el action," Lance said. He said
's advocate' on each story we do
ecome up with."
icer lor wire services ana prini i
ore returning to law school. He
v York's Fordham University in
or ABC. |
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Doherty said the engravers lc
that is needed to do the job is a st
Any hard surface such as gla
steel can be engraved. Campus
engrave their social security nu
40-1-180 on valuable items. This
from USC and helps police loca
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concealed place, he said.
A SIMILAR engraving system
to Rick James of USC's Office c
after he examined the past '
system should be more effective
Engravers will be available a
Bates House beginning Monday (
"There is a great deal of enthu
living in those dorms," Dohert
often main targets of theft, Dohe
A schedule for placing the en
not been established yet, Doh
conducted to evaluate the progra
two residence halls.
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ok and work like pens. "All
eady hand," he said,
ss, wood, plastic, copper or
Police recommend students
mbers preceded by the code
prefix indicates the item is
te the owner, Doherty said,
id in both an obvious and a
i was used in 1976, according
>f Public Safety. James said
'archaic" system, the new
it Wade Hampton Hotel and
hrough April 3.
sictsm expressed oy students
y said. The two dorms are
rty said.
gravers in other dorms has
erty said. A study will be
m's effectiveness at the first
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