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VOL. LXI*-.w-.No.'54 University of South Car olina, Columbia, S. C. 29206 rdy era
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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
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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.
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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
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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