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SouthhCarol iniana*Librai*;p i Horseshoe - if*' i> : <> ' #' '% I ? til 6 ft* '* { i & * $ ' j? '* <* iff * L % $ ' ''! ' ' - ? T " ' ' i '* * '? ' ! / w k if fUt 8 $ HLp vfvf IU' lK,?-' .If I *. ? '* .* . ' |U ' : ft*'7 ' Gamecock Founded 1908 Volume 77, No. 37 University of South Carolina October 29, 1984 Report say; n.. t uy iiauy iwmaoum Former USC women's basketball coaeh Pa?n Parsons and ex-player Tina Buck may face a maximum $10,000 fine and five years in prison if found guilty of perjury charges filed last week. The charges, filed Thursday by U.S. attorney Henry Dargan McMaster, allege the two women lied under oath during Parsons' $75 million lawsuit against Time, Inc. earlier this year. The former coach sued Sports Illustrated for an article the magazine printed in February, 1982. THE ARTICLE, entitled "Stormy ot ParnlinQ " arrncpH Par V CI I I IV I U V UVUlll VWJ V71IIIU, uvvuuvw a ?.? sons of homosexual activity, recruiting violations and department corruption. Parsons lost her libel suit in May, failing to tr^LdM ^BMH^HBBBHSI& H53HI /#?t Thi K W i v or By Jennifer Wooten Almost everyone who watched the debat< dent Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale fc of which candidate was the winner, but wh debates really have on the outcome of the e The answers given by three USC governri tional studies professors were as different as pie.give to the question, "Which candidate better president?" Professor James Roherty said he believi debates will have no effect on the Nov. 6 el "Debates are the worst possible device t will be president," said Roherty, who teach tional security and defense. Information given during debates is not m base their decisions on, he said, adding tha get the candidates' views on the issues. "Anyone who is serious about voting wil of determinina whom thev will vote for," jj^ citcd press conferences and stump speeches s Parsons m prove the magazine printed the story witn reckless disregard for the truth. The jury returned a three-part decision, ruling Parsons was a lesbian, that she was involved in a homosexual relationship with one of her players, and that Sports Illustrated did not libel her when it printed its article. The perjury charges say the truthful testimony of Babette DeLay, a surprise witness bearing the roll books of a lesbian bar, was a key to the federal action. BOTH PARSONS and Buck denied under oath that thev'd been to the bar before, but DeLay, a professed lesbian and former disc jockey at the Puss *n' Boots nightclub, testified she had seen the them there often, and that the two had danced intimately. "They would kiss each other quite passionately, French kiss, kiss each other's ears, ^??U0?0:* 5prS ,' > ^k* k . IB^B^^ ? _: ^pSr b Debates U/%^ rtVA 4-U AIM f\4* ? f\t\ Hh o llai cue men cnei/io i presidential election for the candidates to express I ;s between Presi- For Roherty, the question c >rmed an opinion vant because he feels the ansv at effect will the outcome. lection? Two other USC prof-.?son nent and interna- Whiteman, felt the debates wi the answers peo- election. would make the Moore, who teaches a cour said perhaps the most importa ?s and hopes the ed was to "heighten the interc ection. election." o determine who les courses on na- Both Moore and Whitemai aione were iu?i enougu iu /hat voters should the polls, they did help Mor t watehers do not candidate. The two professors agree tl 1 have other ways "The first debate showed I Roherty said. He touch with the issues as he shu as better formats lay have lied hold each other tightly and grab each other's rear ends," DeLay testified. n The witness brought two of the bar's c membership roll books with her to court, in- E eluding one that contained Parson's name. s Following the trail, U.S. District Judge Clyde Hamilton ordered the federal perjury n investigation, saying, "obviously someone, a or someones, have lied." s< THE INVESTIGATION was completed last month bv the FBI, which turned the p results over to McMaster. tl Rather than present the charges to a tl federal grand jury, McMaster filed them as a d federal information. To do this, he said, the ji defendents had to waive their right to go before a grand jury. d A hearing will be.held within 30 days. ir dllpiM ^ * ||gj ' - n?nl * vry, *"? * fc-i - 3f? V * fiSfer^;;^ [heir views on the issues. >f who won the debate is irrele- ~ ... , ver will not effect the election's Classified . Dateline . . >, Raymond Moore and David Entertainnx ill serve a useful function in the Opinion . . . Snapshots . se on the American presidency, Sports . . . . nt thing fhe debates accomplishst of the American people in the Bif* money. 'I doubled to $2( mont Fund. . ii agreed that while the debates nletelv diminsh Reauan's lead in (iarbo's got i r ? ? w idalc be recognized as a viable thing, especia lat the first debate hurt Reagan. him as someone not as much in Volleyball vi< -Hid have been," Whiteman said. only to Meti See "Debates," page 5 I at trial "At the hearing, the defendants can for lally plead their guilt of innocence to the harges," McMaster said. "If (Parsons and kick) decide to plead guilty, they can then be entenced at that time." MIKE LUETMAN, corporate press inforlation manager for Time, Inc., said the ompany "bears no ill will toward Pam Parens and Tina Buck." "We believe, however, that it is apropriate for the U.S. attorney to pursue lese perjury charges aggressively in view of le great expenditures of time and money by efensant, witnesses, court personnel and irors. "Neither the press nor any other defenant should be subjected to lawsuits brought i oau iaim. Dl 4 * : f > ^ ~v 7-0 # USC running back Kent i Hagood leaps over the ? / defense during the A ^IAl Gamecocks' 42-20 victory ' iVV over East Carolina Universi# ; *V Saturday. The win boosted Carolina's record to "TfcifllWyj 7-0. The team, ranked eighth ??r?#k ki< f I r>i4r*rl Drnop If* ^ y y diiu iin1111 uy umieu r icao ? r<3B ter national and The .IB Associated Press going into ^4 ??1 n the game, should rise in this Mw week's poll. See stories, NJ'.' '< ' Phoio by Heggie Ross Presidential poll ^ tgan or Walter Mondale, s will poll by telephone, and we ask ration. We want to know who you aid be the next United States ,, " - -v ; ' /ill be published in Monday's special kirm nf The Ciameeoek. ^ V:, \ Inside 16 2 ent 10 6 n i 12 'he USC Carolina Scholars award has been ).()()() by the Carolina Research and Develop ' 4 it. "(iarbo Talks" is a film that has every Uv a ijrreat performance by Anne Bancroft. 10 lories. I JSC's women's volleyball team lost o conference rival Florida State in the arolina classic 11