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BY JOHN ANDERSON AND BRAD ROLLINS The Shorthorn staff It was an utter waste of time — a “harebrained idea” — to the Army colonel charged with overseeing an obscure project in the desert that would become a world leader in discovery. That was in 1943, two... More

BY JOHN ANDERSON AND BRAD ROLLINS The Shorthorn staff It was an utter waste of time — a “harebrained idea” — to the Army colonel charged with overseeing an obscure project in the desert that would become a world leader in discovery. That was in 1943, two years before the project that is now Los Alamos National Laboratory produced a weapon that redefined warfare and redirected the course of history. In the six decades following, the laboratory evolved from a rudimentary weapons test site to the nation’s largest andmost advanced federal lab. A roster of discoveries and applications made there would take mountains of paper. Besides nuclear weapons, Los Alamos has been at the forefront BY KATE BOLEN The Shorthorn staff City and university officials say they expect to secure approval of as much as $20 million in federal funding during a trip to the nation’s capital March 1-3. Leaders are seeking the money for several projects, hoping to combine the city and university efforts to lobby Less