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Volume 77, No. 37 University of South Carolina October 29, 1984
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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.
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sons of homosexual activity, recruiting violations
and department corruption.
Parsons lost her libel suit in May, failing to
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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,
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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
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/hat voters should the polls, they did help Mor
t watehers do not candidate.
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Roherty said. He touch with the issues as he shu
as better formats
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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
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[heir views on the issues.
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ver will not effect the election's Classified .
Dateline . .
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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
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idalc be recognized as a viable thing, especia
lat the first debate hurt Reagan.
him as someone not as much in Volleyball vi<
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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
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Presidential poll ^
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s will poll by telephone, and we ask
ration. We want to know who you
aid be the next United States
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