University of South Carolina Libraries
-L * VOL. LXI*-.w-.No.'54 University of South Car olina, Columbia, S. C. 29206 rdy era Fryd19,,1971 Ellen Foster and David Sh to be pondering the A ttei at Sr The Student Mobilization Committee held a meeting in Currell College Wednesday night with less than twenty people in attendance. Rita Fellers, president of SMC, blamed the poor attendance on lack of publicity and coordination and said it was "a case of one hand not knowing what the other was doing." Fellers said the purpose for the meeting was to elect officers. She First in a series Indo I.v Mlargeret Swenseid Editor's Note: This is to be the first of a series of articles on the histories and people of Laos and Cambodia. In light of the recent American and South Vietnamese invasion into Laos, and the con tinuing air offensive of these two count ies, it is urgent that the people of this country know the hows and whys of the ware they have been thrown.Anto - translated from the moral, physical in taffaIst,d1 *aO.lQV..O d.ro... In the war Dckley appear possibilities ofI cholesterol idance I VI MeE said that she was the only duly larg elected officer of the organization mar and that volunteers were filling the ther other posts that have been vacated by resignations. She said that the elections would have to be post- o poned until a "'reasonable" gou amount of people for a fair election came to a meeting. is i blac Fellers opened the floor for will discussion of last Thursday's anti- and war candlelight march which SMC Apr sponsored. Fellers said that the Was china: felt daily in this country, and '15 translated from the demands of till e Indochina's people themselves. tJp Text.s used are: Conflict in In- Sian dochina, by Gettelman and lord Kaplan, and The Indochina Story, t rat' by the Committee of Concerned weal Asian Scholars. This first article I2:o1 concerns the histories of Laos up thm 1954. lA wittIi Krance entered Indochina lonu 'ambodia. Laos, Annamn, and ,r9m 'Ianking under 'Napoleon Ill in ''ovm, t - e ag. C C S their noon day lunch. Low a [OW .tingI e turnout of students for the t !h proved "the sentiment is a: we have to mobilize it." dlers announced that she is g to a national SMC conference Vashington this weekend and that anyone who wished to go ( ielcome. She said the news 8 kout on the Indochina war A be discussed at the conference t plans made concerning the 1 24 anti-war march on > hington. the ho and was not to leave officially " tImost 100 years later in 1954. Ip to the mid-nineteenth century, -S was the sole suzerain (feudal I. of Laos, as a result of in- "I atmily rivalries which c cened the stability of the .9 ian people. . r p os became a divided country la royal and vice royal control In el of Its provinces: the it s.n(ng .eight provinces were ai 'rned hy wrench 'renlantn''''' Lounge off lIn Students may no longer sit oi loor unless there are no vailable. rhe University Union Bo tated Russell House Lounge perations subcommittee. rhe board ruled that "Ther oermitted in the gallery area. ying down, and any games th lown (e.g., frisbee throwing Dunge." The Board also stated that r1 Zussell House or its annexes rhe proposal was passe( Presentation of scheduled exhi ights to the lounge facilitle Protection of their works," si "r he primary function of g udent lounges are Inherentl Drts should be directed t< xhibition gallery separate -louse Lounge area," stated - PSC works' with 'The - - no 1 A week end of anti-war films nd workshops sponsored by rogressive Students for Change PSC) will begin tonight with a Im. "The Accusation." Gary Jardim, president of PSC, aid all sessions but the closing one vill be held in room 207, Russell louse. Saturday workshops will legin at 11 a.m. with "Indochina: n Overall View." Miss Karen lallington. president of ECO '70s, vill speak at the 4 p.m. workshop n "The Ecological Destruction of /ietnam during the War." "We had planned to have Joe ;oodman speak at 11 a.m. aturday," Jardim said. Questions rere raised by administrators as ) whether Goodman is eligible to peak. however. A-decision was to e made this morning. Workshops to be held Sunday are sand 'ho ha opeepower over ied ublic services. ":A resident Iperieure" presided over all of ios. French rule was not defined nt 1941 when it declared itself a otonial administration. The royal rovinces were annexed and the >yal cabinet held empty, token swer. France did little to help the aotlans economically or lucationally except to profit from a own commercial adventures rnd to perpetuate a. psterna) at ilidi o'er 'h'stl-dvd" floor 11ts 1 the lRussell House Lounge chairs, benches or sofas ard of Governors recently policy as suggested by Its e will be no food or animals Chairs are not to be used for iat cannont be played sifting 1) are not allowed in the o pets will be allowed In the I "in order to facilitate bits consistent with students s and exhibitor's rights to mid the Board. alleries as contrasted with y different. All possible ef i the establishment of an from the current Russell he Board. hops start "Vietnam Veterans Tell about the War" at 1 p.m. and "Vietnam: Why Are We There" at 3 p.m. with Grigsby Wotton, an instructor in the history department as speaker. The closing sessions will feature the film, "People's War," which was made in North Vietnam. It will be shown at. 7:30 Sunday in room 107 of Currell College. The workshops are open to the public, but non-students must be accompanied by a USC student. The workshops are open to the public, but non-students must be accompanied by a USC student. .Jardim said the workshops are an educational function for students who have not had an opportunity to get involved or have not received sufficient in rormation. They will also offer students a forum.to express their opinions, he said. whys French control did not go un contested. The antagonized, mountain people led revolts in the early 1900's and a succeeding chief, Kommadam, started an anti-colonial program which refused payment of -taxes, con scription, labor services, opium taxes, and established a written language. A Free Lao or Lao Issara organization began in 1945