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The article offers information on the launch of the 1.7 million dollar heavy ion linear accelerator (HILAC) by the University of California. It is stated that HILAC is a new type of atom-smasher and hurls its small nuclear bullets at their atom targets through a long tube. As stated, the University will utilize the new atom-smasher to explore many theories about nuclear forces and help in the study of the group of elements, which includes radium and thorium.

The article provides an account of the competition results for the Pacific Coast college football teams during the 1970-1971 season. Challenges and disappointments are met with the defeat of the University of Southern California (USC) four times, the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) seven times, and the emergence of a conflict with the governors of the college sport. Pacific Coast football teams USC and UCLA were always included in the nation's top five teams, with USC always finishing either at first, second or third from 1967-1969.

The article focuses on the experience of economist Wayne McNaughton of University of California, Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.) of being a visiting professor at Madrid's School of Industrial Organization. It says that McNaughton's course was attended by some of Spain's most famous politicians and businessmen, including doctor Francisco Javier Fernandez Avila and lawyer Buenaventura Fernandez Crehuet. It states that McNaughton gave his class a test, which resulted in a constant chatter in his class.

Charles Johnston Hitch was named president-elect of the University of California, Los Angeles in California. It was an ingenious try, but there is little mystery about Hitch, about his selection, or even about why the "mystery man" appellation was thought up. For eight months a Board of Regents subcommittee had searched in vain for a new president to replace Clark Kerr, not a single figure with national standing being willing to accept the post after the way Kerr was fired. On September 19, 1967 meeting at UCLA, the Regents committee decided to give up the hunt and settle for the university's Vice President for Administration, who had come to University Hall in September, 1965, as Vice President for Business and Finance.

Highlights the case of Angela Davis, who was recommended for a two-year appointment as a research scholar with the University of California at Los Angeles, but was untimely dismissed due to her affiliation with the Communist Party. Role played by mass media in publicizing the story; Academic credentials of Davis; Allegations leveled against Davis by the Board of Regents in order to dismiss her; Opinion of Davis that the Regents are guilty of racism and have an aversion to political militants, and especially those on the Left; Status of Davis in light of various judgments of the Supreme Court; Obligations that a Communist knowingly accepts; Questions about academic freedom that have been raised by this case.

The article focuses on a new approach to research involving the brain developed by the Brain Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. The features of the new method include the study of the living brains of creatures in action and development of new technology which is opening formerly undreamed-of-paths to brain researchers. The prospective benefits of successful brain research are also discussed. INSET: Do we think the way we think we do?.

The article discusses matters related to society and world politics. Trygve R. Tholfson, for five years an assistant college teachers of history at the University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, has been fired, Next fall, Tholfson would be an associate college teacher at the University of Louisiana, a rise in rank that, among other things, gives him tenure. So this is not an occasion to bewail the professor's misfortunes. It may, however, be an occasion to commiserate with students at UCLA. On hearing of the administration's action, senior students in the history department circulated a petition attesting to Tholfson's excellence as a teacher.

The article reveals that the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins basketball team is setting up another super team, with its star player John Wooden, after Sidney Wicks and the rest of the team players had graduated. It says that the new team is headed by six-footer Bill Walton, a sophomore center who can score, rebound and block shots effectively. Other sophomores who will be joining Walton include 18-year-old Keith Wilkes who will take the forward position and 20-year-old Greg Lee who will lead the point offense.

This section offers sports news briefs. The scandal involving former Illinois governor and now federal judge Otto Kerner has affected the state of the horse racing in the state, in which Kerner allegedly made big profits from racetrack stock when he was still governor. Denver is facing huge problems when it hosts the 1976 Winter Games as it faces environmental activists who claims that the sporting event will damage the natural beauty of Colorado. The University of California, Los Angeles defeated The Citadel 105-49 in Los Angeles, California in 1971.

The article profiles James McAlister, college football player from the University of California at Los Angeles. During his senior years, McAlister gained 2,168 yards and averaged 9.27 yards per carry. He scored 31 touchdowns and while playing at the Shrine High School All Star Game run 132 yards. He states that he prefers running but was not fast enough to beat other competitors. He also played basketball and baseball before deciding on becoming a football player.

News briefs about U.S. college football are presented. The Wisconsin Badgers lost against the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins by one point due to Bruins quarterback Dennis Dummit. Kansas player Jim Ettinger remarked that he and his teammates would celebrate their victory over Syracuse with a poetry reading. The Houston Cougars were penalized a total of 132 yards to result in a loss to Oklahoma State University.

The article reports on the challenge facing North Carolina Tar Heels, Purdue Boilermakers and Drake Bulldogs basketball teams from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins in the finals of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) to be held in Louisville, Kentucky in March 1969. In the regional tournaments, Tar Heels won over Duquesne Dukes in the East Regionals while the Boilermakers won in the Mideast Regionals against Marquette Golden Eagles. Drake, on the other hand, defeated Colorado in the Midwest Regionals.

The article discusses the unpredictable performance of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins' basketball team in 1964. On two successive nights, the Bruins displayed basketball supremacy as they came from behind to defeat Kansas State, 90-84 and Duke, 98-83 to win the national basketball championship. In both games, UCLA took a little more than two minutes to erase their opponents' lead and stay in front for good.

This article reports on the move by the University of California-Los Angeles to develop a full-year training course to help women executives compete for top-level jobs in the U.S.

The article highlights the 1971 basketball game in Houston, Texas where the Bruins of the University of Los Angeles, California (UCLA) played against Villanova University and won its fifth straight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national title. Villanova was aiming to become the second team to win the NCAA tournament with six losses but two three-point shots by Howard Porter only managed to reduce the margin. Coach John Wicks got his seventh NCAA championship wristwatch and Steve Patterson set a career high of 26 points.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "UCLA: Simple, Awesomely Simple," published in the November 30, 1970 issue, "The Top 20 Teams," published in the November 30, 1970 issue and "The Stars Earn Their Stripes," published in the November 30,1970 issue.

The article describes the college football game between the Stanford University Indians and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in November 1970, which was won by the Indians. It highlights the rivalry battle between Stanford's Jim Plunkett and UCLA's Dennis Dummit. Highlights of the game are presented.

The article discusses the University of California at Los Angeles Bruins' (UCLA) victory over the Jacksonville Dolphins to win the finals of the 1970 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball championship. The victory was UCLA's fourth title in a row and their sixth in seven years. UCLA's win is ascribed to players such as Sidney Wicks and coach John Robert Wooden, who was also named Coach of the Year. Highlights of the two schools' earlier games are also presented.

The article reports that the University of California at Los Angeles has received the first commercial model of General Electric's differential analyzer in August 1947.

Presents observations on the case of Angela Davis, an African American communist who has been denied reappointment to the Department of Philosophy at the University of California in Los Angeles. Responsibilities of the Regents; Arguments on the sufficiency of a membership to the Communist Party as a ground for disqualification of any individual from a college faculty; Attitude of Davis towards decorum.

The article discusses highlights of a collegiate athletics event between the University of Los Angeles in Callifornia (UCLA) and the University of South Carolina (USC) held at the Los Angeles Coliseum in California in May1972. At the end of the day, UCLA won 72 games against 69 for USC. UCLA won the mile relay with runners Ron Gaddis, Warren Edmonson and Benny Brown. Finn Bendixen of UCLA jumped 26 feet high to win the long jump event.

This section offers news briefs on athletes in the U.S. as of January 1972. Golfer Tony Jacklin has released an album titled "Tony Jacklin Swings Into." Environmentalists are expected to react after California Golden Seals hockey team owner Charles O. Finley announced that the team would be wearing skates made from the hides of polar bears. Pierce Junior College quarterback Mark Harmon has decided to transfer to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

The article reports on the victory of the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins over the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans in their football game that decided which team goes on to play in the Rose Bowl championship. The best backs of UCLA carried the ball 49 times while the best USC back carried it only nine times. The performances by UCLA player Sam Brown and USC player Jon Arnett are described.

The article reports that the UCLA Bruins varsity college basketball team was defeated by the UCLA freshman basketball team called the Brubabes. The game was held to mark the opening of the Bruins' Pauley Pavilion home court. The Brubabes, who won by 15 points, was led by freshman Lew Alcindor who has been the most publicized newcomer at the Los Angeles campus. Other notable players at the freshman team were Lucius Allen, Lynn Shackelford and Kent Taylor.

The article offers news briefs on college football bowl games in the U.S. as of 1975. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) won over Ohio State in a Rose Bowl match. Michigan used the power I and Oklahoma used the wishbone in their matches. The Fiesta Bowl, which has the characteristics of a national championship game, features Arizona State and Nebraska.

The article offers updates on the Bruins college football team of the University of California Los Angles (UCLA), under the supervision of head coach Dick Vermeil. The increasing sports rivalry between UCLA and the University of Southern California (USC) football teams is described. The UCLA Bruins will be participating in the 62nd Rose Bowl college football event that will be held on January 1, 1976.

The article profiles John Sciarra, quarterback for the college football team of the University of California at Los Angeles. Sciarra grew up in Alhambra and was more interested in baseball than football during his early years. In the game against Iowa State, he passed for 17 yards and ran a total of 219. Sciarra has stated that consistency is the best characteristic a football player can have.

The article presents sports news briefs. Special trains are being provided by the Boston and Maine Railroad to people with bikes who will go to the Cape Ann area every Saturdays and Sundays. Three Southern California high school basketball stars are rumored to have entered into a blood pact to play basketball together for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The total amount of food consumed by animals at the Washington National Zoo has increased to 245,000 dollars.

Presents news related to racism in universities and colleges in the U.S. Omission of all employment form questions pertaining to race at the University of California (UC); Details about the Ethnic Identity Form of the UC; Ideas on how some college Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) members have used wit in order to rap the Left; Halting the food supply to Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) members by the Free Campus Movement at the University of California Los Angeles, California in order to prevent SDS members from staying in a building already occupied by YAF members.