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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
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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.
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The idea was patented this year
after two-and-a-half years of learning
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"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.
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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.
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Watson believes the United
States should have sped things up
by giving Iraq 24 hours to release
all hostages. He believes this is
going to be a political rather than
a military war.
Sellitto said, "The U.S. government
is doing the best they can."
The Fox Marines are thankful
for the support they have received
from the American public. "The
knowledge that people care about
us helps keep the day-to-day discomforts
in proper perspective,"
Johnson said.
When asked what he would say
to students at USC, he said, "You
provide meaning to sometimes
meaningless work. Thank you."
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