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GAMECOCK
LXXIV, No. UMTuxf University of South Carolina Wednesday April 28, 1982
Former Softba
From Staff Reports
Regina Gaudette, former USC softball player, has settled
out of court with USC in her lawsuit to get medical expenses
from the university for a shoulder injury.
Timothy Quinn, USC attorney, would not disclose the
settlement but did say "The case was settled on a mutually
agreeable basis."
Kenn Suggs, Gaudette's attorney, said he could not reveal
the agreement either but said although the university was
now dropped from the suit there was still a suit pending.
The suit pending is in the Richland County common pleas
court. Gaudette has filed suit against Pam Parsons and Judy
Martino.
The former Carolina softball player decided to file suit
against the university when USC refused to pay medical
expenses for an injury she incurred while working out during
the 1978 softball training program.
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Nautilus weight equipment at Williams-Brice Stadium
during October 1978.
After receiving treatment from university doctors for
ligament damage in her shoulder, Gaudette sought medical
advice from Dr. Charles Neer II in New York.
Neer is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in shoulder
injuries. He Derformed surgery on Gaudette on Oct. 4, 1980
and supervised her nine month therapy.
The university refused to pay for any medical or travel
expenses for Gaudette since her first visit to Neer.
Gaudette, a full-scholarship varsity catcher for the Lady
Gamecocks, signed a scholarship agreement which stated,
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Tracy Locklair, a physical therapy
sophomore, takes advantage of the warmer
weather and does some studying before
finals beside the Thomas Cooper Library.
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"If injured while participating
member of the coaching staff, s
paid for by the athletic departme
Kenn Suggs, a Columbia lawy<
has said his complaint has been
pay for medical costs because t
her injury was not incurred w
supervised athletic program.
Gaudette said, however, tha
required to work out on the Nauti
Gaudette reported the injury
Martino in October 1978 she re<
Athletic Trainer Debbie Granm
team doctor.
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one was eventually iciencu i
the Moore clinic for treatment,
felt better and by December 197
to the point where she would
Christmas break.
Lunceford allowed her to do s
she use heat on her arm before
completely, and she use ice on
out.
In March 1979 during the first
reinjured her shoulder. Within 1
asked her to quit the team and
according to Gaudette.
Gaudette said she refused an
the softball squad. Her scholars*
year renewable scholarships wj
the year.
Editor
By FLETCHEK JOHNSON
Editor in Chief
He walked into the room
and sat down. Very handsomely
dressed in a blue
pinstriped suit, a blue
striped shirt with white
collar and french cuffs,
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
presented an image of
confidence, ac/lAmnlidimorit
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earned success.
Bennett, currently the
senior editor of "Ebony"
magazine, is all of the above.
In Columbia Sunday for the
meeting of the USC chapter
of the NAACP, Bennett
spoke briefly to represen
Itatives of the local media
and a few guests at a Sunday
afternoon press conference
in the Keystone Room of
k USC's Capstone House.
SG To Hold Gre<
A rally will be held today
by Student Government in
an attempt to gain more
momentum in their drive to
B close Greene Street.
Ashley Abel, Student
Government president, said
the rally would be held today
at 12:15 in conjunction with
the petition drive which
started yesterday.
"This grew out of the
petition drive," Abel said.
"We currently have about
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petition drive will continue
as well as the rally."
The Student-Trustee
Liaison Committee passed a
resolution Thursday to close
Greene Street and
r Settles
in softball supervised by a
ill medical expenses will be
nt."
jr handling Gaudette's case,
i that the university will not
he athletic department said
hile she was involved in a
t all softball players were
.lus as part of their training,
to then softball coach Judy
ceived treatment from USC
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Gaudette said her shoulder
8 thought she had improved
be able to work out after
;ome under the condition that
practice, that she warm-up
her arm following the work
week of outdoor practice she
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lip, which was a series of oneis
not renewed at the end of
Bennett Ad<
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turer, and writer, Bennett
touched on many subjects
during his conversation. The
best advice he had for
aspiring writers was for
them to "read and write as
much as possible, and observe
and live as much as
possible."
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comes in contact with
thousands of writers and
poets, and even in the age of
video in which we now live
he said he believes that "we
will and must continue to
produce those who are
organized around the written
word. The written word is an
indispensible tool in
humanizing people. The
written word is threatened
today as never before, and
thus poses a danger to our
humanity."
ene Street Rally
authorized Abel to present
the resolution to Mayor
Kirkman Finlay and
members of the Columbia
City Council at their next
meeting.
Finlay had previously said
he would close the street as
soon as the university
produced a body who was
injured on Greene Street.
ITCn ctnHont I miicf* Mlimhv
was hit by a car April 8 and
is recovering from a fractured
pelvis.
Finlay remains opposed tc
the closing saying he wants
more time to study the
matter.
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She continued to receive trea
the summer of 1979 when he rel
felt there was nothing more he cc
"Dr. Lunceford told me that s
had reached a plateau in recov
much more than that," Gaudette
his care, saying I would just cor
my txi in.
When Gaudette heard Luncefi
t hen Women's Athletic Director
if she could go to another docto
opinion she received was differ<
hearing previously.
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university) and got my own," G
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diagnosis. My arm never heal
stayed the same."
When Gaudette was finally ref
Lunceford who agreed she shoul
When she was infomed by th
not pay for her medical expens
she informed the university th;
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"We gave them many oppc
sibility before we suggested a la
dresses Local
Bennett seemed to think the
future is bright. "The
magazine business is
growing in a peculiar sort of
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way, ne saiu. nie age ui
the general magazine is
over, and special interest
magazines are springing up
everywhere.
Bennett said he believes
we are now in a period of
reaction, and that we, the
nfinnlp nopH tn mnhiliyp all
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our resources to defend
ourselves and the American
dream. The nature of the
threat is such that we need to
understand the lessons of the
Civil War, Reconstruction,
and the 1960s in that we do
not lose any of the freedoms
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! said. "He released me from
itinue to have problems with
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Pam Parsons and asked her
r for a second opinion. The
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Gaudette said.
Media
gained during these times.
As far as the magazine
business is concerned
The fundamental lesson to
be learned, Bennett said, is
that you can't hurt one
segment of society without
hurting all of society. "The
greatest danger to the U.S. is
the failure to utilize the
potential of its citizens," he
said.
Bennett expressed a great
deal of concern over the
Reagan administration's
budget cuts, particularly in
the area of those programs
that help the poor and the
students.
SUff Photo by CAPf RS HAMMOND
petition sponsored by
o have Greene Street