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Former tea patent for f Labeling method easy, inventor says By LAURA BARNES Staff Writer Hang on to your file drawers, organization freaks. A new labeling system invented by a retired USC professor might revolutionize trie way people use rues. Charles Laurie, a former USC business education professor, has a patented a tab that slides into any position on a folder. "It is designed to positioh the tabs in the manner so that the names would be fully visible while alphabetical," Laurie said. "And if you take a look at my filing system, you can spot it so easy that I find it easy to file directly, and it's easy to retrieve anything ? so much so that now I'm reducing everything to folders," he said. The secret, he said, is in his moveable VISITABS. They attach to folders by a slightly sticky or "low-tack" cloth flap. Laurie's own file has hanging folders with VISITABS lining the left and right sides, and another uniform row down the middle. Any new files are labeled between the rows. He has everything from "Medicare" to "Jokes" titled and filed. "It's very practical," he said. "The idea's very simple. Any fool Crime Continued fr The State University of New York system, the University of Michigan, California University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, Marquette and Mesa State College are among some of the schools considering the issue this year. The reason campus police want more power is because of the increased use of weapons in crimes on college campuses, said John Carpenter, former president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. "It's really frustrating" for college prifrce who don't have the power to arrest criminals, or carry y a gun, yet still must confront seriWE. ARE OU Jl j4 Christmas wishes coi Rive?ari? 5 minutes from (JSC HOLIDAY S \ ' 1 bedroom unit $290 per month. j^j J Hi? /3p\ 1 cher gets He system could have invented it." The idea was patented this year after two-and-a-half years of learning the ins and outs of the patent- ! ing process. "I started cold, without any assistance except my doctorate degree, which may be a psychological encouragement," he said. "I learned a lot from 'he (patent) examiners." Laurie was turned down by one , examiner, out instead or accepting refusal, he analyzed the office's position and sent a rebuttal. "She (the examiner) wrote back to say the rejection was premature," he said. "You have to be analytical, and you have to express yourself in a convincing manner," he said. "You also have to be heard." Laurie was born in Egypt but was sent to Italy to attend French elementary and high schools. He later got his bachelor's degree at George Washington University and his masters and doctorate degrees from UCLA. He admits being curious at an early age, gutting clocks to tinker with perpetual motion. "I'm beginning to realize that's why someone who invents one thing always invents others, because he begins to realize that what is usually dismissed as a passing thought is really the basis for a good invention, especially if you know how to go about applying for it," Laurie said. om page 1 ous crimes on campus, Carpenter *eoiH oaiu. In recent months, there have been the murders of five students in Gainesville, Fla. In August, campus police had to face arsons, frightening riots, murders, assaults and other felonies at Lock Haven University, the State University of New York at Buffalo, Delaware State College, and the universities of Illinois-Urbana, and California at Berkley. "If they are law enforcement officers and requisite training offered, then they should be armed," said David Stromer, current president of IACLEA. * TTA' HERE! I \ : won't shine ya\ Debrika, promise! gather, ?amla and Mike /e are weeeezils!) ?t ?mW? 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