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Newsmakers Tennessee facing shortage of blood KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ? A blood bank has issued an emergency appeal for donors as clinics in Tennessee reDort dwindling <;unn1i<?<; with cr>m*> serious shortages, officials said Tuesday. "We're facing the prospect of doctors having to cancel surgery," said Jeanine McKamcy of Medic Regional Blood Center, which supplies hospitals in Knoxvillc and 15 counties of eastern Tennessee and southeast Kentucky. An appeal for donors also has been issued this week in Nashville where middle Tennessee's worst blood shortage in a year was blamed on apathy rather than fear of contracting AIDS. ivicivamey said part ot the shortage in eastern Tennessee could be blamed on the crunch of surgeries scheduled when summer is over. "The primary factor influencing this kind of shortage is people waiting until after Labor Day is over before they schedule their surgeries," said Ms. McKamey, who estimated inventory was 25 percent of the normal supply. Robertson says he'll join race Oct. 1 v-rir.3/\rr,/\ivrM va. ? icicvision evangelist ancl presidential hopeful Pat Robertson said Tuesday he has exceeded his goal of 3 million signatures in support of his presidential campaign and will formally enter the race Oct. 1. Robertson also said he has received more than $10 million in contributions. At this southern Virginia community where he has his campaign headuuarters. Robertson recalled in a nrenared statement that a v^ar Iik began to determine "if there truly exists a grass-roots groundswell of support for a candidacy by me for the Republican nomination for the presidency of the United States." Standing in front of bundles of petitions, many reading "Go for It, Pat," Robertson said his campaign "has to my satisfaction accumulated the names of an estimated 3.3 million Americans to encourage my candidacy." I InivprdHpC toom un fn vy mam. VI U1 HVkJ I.VM111 lip IW 1.1^111, 1 diSVlSlll AMHERST, Ma. ? One of the most notorious of this past school year's nationwide campus racial incidents came to a close Sept. 2 when the University of Massachusetts suspended three students involved in a blackwhite student brawl. UMass officials also issued a "special message" to incoming freshman that racism among students won't be tolerated. Two weeks earlier, students from 17 different campuses met at the University of Michigan to explore ways to combat an apparent resurgence of racial tensions on college campuses. During the 1986-87 school year, racial incidents occurred at about 15 campuses in the United States, including The Citadel, Tulane and Tennessee. College re-thinking delayed discipline NORTHFIELD, Vt. ? Middlebury officials have begun to re-evaluate the policies regarding a student who has been charged with a felony or another offense of the law. According to Dean of Students Erica Wonnacott, one of the most im portant aspects of this policy is "when a student is involved in a civil litigation, the college will suspend any action until that has been resolved." In case of future incidents, school officials want to change the rule so that they may be in hearings as soon as possible. A fair number of students have reacted to the proposed policy change in a negative manner. They believe that the school is taking a "guilty before proven innocent" approach. Track Us Down \ Mnd Join SIMP \ V - \ 1 COMMITTEE MEETINGS \ \ Carolinpc ' - <-xrras Wed. 5:00 RHUU 301 ^ \Q Cinematic Arts Wed. 7:30 RHUU 306 \ Contemporary Sounds lues. 7:00 RHUU ??" Iwural Series th ' ^ Ideas & Issues Tues. 3:30 RHUU 209 Thurs 6 30 RHUU 209 _ * Public Relations /^UDiioh, _ Traditional Events Tues. 3:00 RHUU 306 I he arranged' a ,30 Material girls Stephen Oshins Handmade Jewelry attracts the attention of accounting sophmor I/I? WJ *-? ... | nun jumngsion. v/sniiis ihkcs nis creations to campuses and beaches along the Eas Patents Continued from page 1 important role in technological obtaining a patent, Ward said. The development is the University One way is to deal with the exist Patents and Copyright Commit- granting firm in obtaining a long tee, Ward said. patent. USC "The main role of the Univer- "Other times ? and most ,M sity Patents and Copyright universities are in this 'other rnov Committee is to determine times' category ? it is useful to ev o whether or not the university has look to other entities who are in men contributed substantially to the the business of commercializing mar invention or to the endeavor," he technology. Our policy speaks to regie said. several of those," Ward said. Rel When the committee deter- "We can send them an inven- Tech mines that an invention is patent- tion disclosure agreement," he able, it prepares a disclosure said. "They look at it; if they like ing ? describing the invention and an it and if they want to commercial- ever; application for the patent, he ize it, then we will assign our tions saia. interest in the invention to them. 4,Th A patent is a governmental In return they pay us a royalty mon grant assuring an inventor the based on how successful it is." gran sole right to his invention for a The Research Corp., based in fund period of time. Tucson, Ariz., is one of these W From this point, the researcher firms that specializes in commer- to as has several avenues to use in cializing technology, Ward said. to th Registration Continued from page 1 "It sounds like it would be a lot now are late, and I'd like an easier $150, easier and a good system," Shonda way to get the better classes. But it said i Brown, a computer science sounds okay." to Uf freshman, said. "Some of my classes The system will cost about hand IZTii ii v?nwi_jiNM ana gw ??ti pil^^ program ^pgl sg CURRENT EVENTS f TONIGHT ! 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What we offer is assistance in Ward said if an inventions is ing inventions and technolo- commercially successful, the >ut of the academic environ- inventor receives 25 percent of t and into the commercial the royalties, and 75 percent goes ket," said Scott Pyron, to the university after the patent )nal director of Institutional fees are paid. atinn R f c a r P h r1 r?ir> ,u" n~ L ? ? .. ..v^vui >.11 p, i yi uii saiu luc ixCSCctl l_'Il V^orp. inologies. presently handles research transWhen we succeed in market- fer for about 300 institutions; something that is profitable, however, USC has not sent a /one gains, from the institu- specific invention disclosure to a ? to the inventor," he said. Research Corp. in five to six ^ e Research Corp. takes the years. ey it makes and puts it into Ward said (JSC's legal departt programs, which helps ment and patent lawyers have future research." been directly obtaining patents ard said USC is not required for the past five years without the sign all invention disclosures involvement of outside corporae Research Corp. He said the tions. 000 to install, Gunter said. He "We haven't abandoned the pronost of the lost time will be used gram. It's just on hold. I think it will )grade the computer system to be very common in the 1990s," le the calls. Gunter said. # JEWELRY SALE J "* R / Sept. 14 Sponsored by the , VISUAL ARTS /" COMMITTEE / I WANTED: STUDENT FWT"' . cRTAINERS \? for \ Parents' Weekend ? Dessert Cah?~ ^ u?t p^'et p _ ,C*? 7^1 ?u H ?-^2^. I* I ' ;