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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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"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
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company, which has been in university also has the same
encc since 1912, has had a agreement with Battelle Developstanding
agreement with ment Corp. in Columbus, Ohio,
\ and the foundation.
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.
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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.
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