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University of California Regents Approve Los Alamos Bid
University of California students are protesting a decision made yesterday by the school’s board of regents to bid for the contract to operate Los Alamo National Laboratory, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, May 20). “UC should take this opportunity to get out of the bomb-making business,” Garrett Wright, University of California at Berkley law student told the regents. Other students chanted “We vote no!” during the regent’s meeting. However, regents argued the university had an obligation to keep control of Los Alamos. “The nation needs us to do this job,” said Regent Peter Preuss. Final approval of the decision must be given by the full board of the university, which is expected to meet today. If approved, the university will complete with a joint bid from the University of Texas and Lockheed Martin. The University of California has run the New Mexico laboratory since it was commissioned during World War II to create a nuclear bomb. This is the first time control of the laboratory will be up for grabs (Michelle Locke, Associated Press/Baltimore Sun, May 26).
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