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(JSC officials (AP) - Two top USC officials have renewed their efforts to have former women's basketball coach Pam Parsons' $75 million libel suit thrown out of federal court. USC President James Holderman and Chris Vlahoplus, vice president for university relations, deny making statements Parsons says Sports Illustrated used in a story. She says the story called her a lesbian and ruined her . it denying the quotes attributed to them in the magazine, Holderman and Vlahoplus said Parsons is a public figure and that any statement was made without malice. THEY ALSO said their statements had been "invited" by Parsons when she talked to a magazine reporter about the circumstances surrounding her resignation as head women's basketball coach. "The statements attributed to these defendants related to matfprs r?f intpnc<> nnKlic Jr. terest and concern," the response says. The two men also said any statements were made "without knowledge that they were false or in reckless disregard of whether they were ^HnBHSKBranE: Sn ? !_! _ aa JJH&ai vicki riarreu piays || K jjH piano in talent competi M H jH tion during Miss South |? Carolina beauty pageant. The 21-year- ?| old USC student was if named first-runner up. H Photo by Capers Hammond ||||j ' : { vv \ McKissick IV! From Staff Repurts Artifacts and exhibits revealing the roles women have played in South Carolina history, paintings by seven Chinese artists and South Carolina Indian artifacts are on display at McKissick Museum. The artifacts and photographs depicting women's political and social roles are on display from Friday through Aug. 19. The exhibit concentrates on portraying the diverse roles and achievements women have made from 1860 to 1960. Photographs and portraits accompany the artifacts that women used in their work or for their personal wear. These items have Unnn 11 cn/l a r /n/i/-l n? . f/x ?-? I -* * aa tviutiitt iu piuvc liidl ill 11IC "old days," few South Carolina women were the "Southern Belle" type, said Ann Salter, assistant curator of art at McKissick, The exhibit shows that before World War II, most women were involved in homemaking and motherhood, but a number of women worked actively in temperance, suffrage, the war effort (World War I), equal rights, education, religion, agriculture and "New Deal" projects. | Since the 1940s, women not only have broken into jobs previously held only by men but also have broadened their activities to include the arts, the equal rights and women's I lihpratinn mnupmpntc on rrlpri rlnhc thp church and other socially active groups, Salter said. Also in McKissick are Chinese paintings in their first appearance in the United States. The paintings are from the People's Republic ot China oy artists trom laiyuan, bhanxi Province, about 250 miles southwest of Peking. The paintings are of mountains and flowers and the work reinforces the Chinese concept of unity, rhythm and beauty of the natural world. attempt to have f?l I J C ? iaisc, diiu consiuuiea iair comment oi the plaintiff as a public figure." Absence of malice, knowledce of thp falseness of a statement and whether the subject of a news story is a public figure are all key considerations in a libel case. Holderman and Vlahoplus also are asking U.S. District Court Judge Clyde Hamilton to dismiss the case, arguing that they're being sued as senior officials of USC, a state agency, and therefore are "absolutely immune from liability under the doctrine of sovereign immunity." IT WAS the third time USC or university officials have made that argument in trying to win dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former coach. U.S. District Judge Matthew Perry denied that motion in a breach-of-contract suit filed by former head football coach and athletic director Jim Carlen. Hamilton hasn't scheduled a hearing on USC's attempt to use that same argument to kill a breach-of-contract suit filed by former football coach Richard Bell. Formal answers from Holderman and f ^^8 *' ^,.., M li * 1 inp. j B i I JBWy wif^'iiii A useums displa' The paintings will be on display until Aug. 5. MORE THAN 200 Indian artifacts on loan from USC's Institute of Archeology and the Archeological Society of South Carolina Inc., are displayed at McKissick until May 1984. Highlighted are two large burial urns ex lavaitu ii win an uiuiaii uuiicii iiiuunu iiuu a step-by-step illustrated description of the crafting of an early tool. Also featured are spear shafts and points, bows and various small tools made from wood and antler which the South Carolina Indians used. ON DISPLAY through July 31 at South x :i :~ ~ ?.: ?: ?l:l:4 i v iuim111id11(t Lviuiaiy is a iiiiiii-cxinoii uy v.uiy Lipscomb, a USC graduate who has served as chairman of the board of the Columbia Museum of Art and the South Carolina Museum Commission. Lipscomb has held more than 20 one-man shows during the past six years in museums and galleries throughout the Southeast. The exhibit includes news clippings, exhibition programs, newsletters and photgraphs and runs concurrently witn Lipscomb s works currently on display at McKissick. nnn FOR THE first time in McKissick's history, the museum has received a grant f A t v r _ ; i r-' .- .i _ .. r .1 * irom me national cnaowmcni lor me /\ns. The grant for $20,400 will allow McKissick and its co-sponsor, the South Carolina State Museum, to research the cultrual context of differing quilt patterns and the social attitudes of quilters in South Carolina. 1 DoKonn n Iaiaio ' i diouiid savvo Vlahoplus to the Parsons suit and their new motion to dismiss the ease were filed July 1. THAT WAS one week after Hamilton refused to dismiss the case on the basis of an employment release signed by Parsons when she resigned as women's basketball coach and as assistant athletic director for women's sports. One month after her resignation, Sports Illustrated published a story, partly based on quotes from Holderman and Vlahoplus. Parsons savs the article arrnspri hpr r\f a lesbian involvement with one of her players and branded her as a "corrupter of the morals of young women and a person wholly unfit to serve as head basketball coach at the University of South Carolina or in any position of responsibility whatsoever." She is asking $25 million in actual damages and $50 million in punitive damages. VLAHOPLUS, INTERVIEWED three days after Parsons resigned, was quoted as saying she initially denied being a lesbian and having an affair with a player, but "finally admitted it." IIQP page; From Staff fl Out of 46 i beauty page students recc Twenty-or sophomore, 1982 homecc Garcia, wl has not yet si sity as she September i] pageant, Ga South Carol Garcia sai the competit vince the ju< seen that sh( ting up any Garcia uvi before niovin wa^ a plus t Ar"""'ina" ys artifacts, t news Ulicn The project, to be called "Quilting Traditions in South Carolina," will total $36,890 and will culminate in a major exhibit that will t5ravel throughout South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. McKissick and the State Museum must provide the rest of the grant money, $16,540, to complete the endeavor. "We're excited about this project because it enables us to undertake primary research on an aspect of this state's material culture, which has been neglected until only recently," said George Terry, director and archivest of the museums. A lasting product of this study will be a register of historical quilts located in Richland, Charleston and Greenville counties, as well as a data bank of slides, descriptions and measurements of the quilts and biographical information on many of the quilters, Terry said. An interpretative catalog of the exhibition also will be published. "The project is a direct result of an earlier project, Southern Make: The Southern Folk Heritage, which was funded by the S.C. Committee for the Humanities and achieved a great deal of positive public response," Terry said. nan TWO SERIES of week-long photographic workshops designed for vacationers offered on USC's Coastal campus in Conway have extended registration deadlines. I he remainine workshops are "Dominium tary rnotograpny," Juiy iK-22 with a registration deadline of tomorrow, and "Photographing the People at the Beaches," uit thrown out "We have nothing against anybody who's gay. But to have a coach carrying on with a student . . .we just can't let that go on," he was quoted as saying. The USC officials said a university at torncy contacted the reporter later to deny "certain statements." Holderman was quoted as telling the mother of one basketball player that "Pain Parsons has admitted to (assistant athletic director) Ron Dickerson that she is a lesbian and was carrying on with one of the players." Holderman denies that allegation. THE TWO officials also claim that "any injuries or damages sustained by the plaintiff were due and solely caused by the publication of the article. anH th^cp HpfonH-mtr ? -, . . . ? >>? vnvuv uvivuuauio would have no liability whatsoever to the plaintiff." Time Inc., publisher of Sports Illustrated, has denied Parsons' allegations and denied the article "is false or that it was published with knowledge that it was false or in reckless disregard of whether it was false." Time Inc. argues the story was an "exercise of the right of free speech and free press." students capture ant's top titles eports ?irls who competed in the Miss South Carolina ant in Greenville Saturday night, two USC ived the highest honors. e-year old Dalia Garcia, a 5-4 green-eyed was crowned Miss South Carolina, and USC's ming queen Vicki Harrell was first-runner up. 10 said the realization of winning the pageant ink in, will be loosing some time at the univerprepares for the Miss USA pageant held n New Jersey. Besides arraneine for the rcia will be busy fulfilling her duties as Miss na. d her genuine ability to be herself throughout ion enabled her to capture the crown and conlges of her sincerity. She said they must have was honestly trying her hardest without put'"alse pretenses in the process. ?d in the Panama Canal Zone and in Spain ig to Columbia, and her hispanic background o her performance of "Don't Cry for Me, the well-known song from the Broadway play exhibits July 25-29 with a registration deadline of July 21. The workshops include field trips to beaches, several coastal towns, rural areas and wildlife refuge areas. Each workshop costs $175 with a $25 lab lee lor the tirst workshop and a $30 lab fee for the two. Enrollment is limited to 14 participants in the workshops. To register, contact the Officer of Continuing Education at Coastal Carolina College, P.O. Box 1954, Conway, S.C. 29526 or call 347-3161. SUMMER II chorus is open to all who eninu cinoino u/ith t h p Anli; pritorio frvr J v jr Jinking M 1UI 11I\< WI1IJ VI IIV/I 1(1 IU1 OIUUV.IUO being to attend rehearsals. The first rehearsal was yesterday with practices held from 7:30-9:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday until August on the second floor rehearsal hall at McMaster College. The chorus will give two public performances the first week in August. Gene Ferguson, director of the Summer II chorus, said no auditions are required and those who join the chorus should do so simly because they enjoy making music. For more information, call Ferguson o. the music department office (777-4280). IN CONJUNCTION with National Space Week, July 18-24, the Melton Memorial Observatory on the corner of Greene and Bull streets will be open to the public during the following hours: Monday, July 18 and 22, 9:30-11 p.m. and Saturday, July 23, 2-5 p.m. Also open on July 23 is the radio telescope on top of the Jones Sciences Building on Main Street will be onen Saturday, lnlv 2-5 p.m.