Volume 100, Issue 31, November 25, 2013 T H A N K Y O U F O R 1 0 0 Y E A R S O F S T U D E N T - R U N J O U R N A L I S M Campus d raws Marshall Law Officially Ends! He Was One Of Us ... closer in this Marshall Faulk left the San Diego State football program Tuesday afternoon the same way he entered it time of sorrow — unassuming, fairly emotionless, speaking with a soft voice and wearing the same sort of clothing. “Now is not the time to point fingers. Yet, when Faulk officially announced that he Now is not the time to be fearful of one wouldn’t return to SDSU for his senior season at a another. Now is the time to unite.” news conference in the Stadium Club at San Diego – Pieter Frick, dean of the College of Jack Murphy Stadium, he left behind a legacy that may Engineering never again be equaled. This was the key sentiment expressed As the greatest running back in school history and at the all-university memorial service the all-time NCAA record holder for combined rushing yesterday afternoon in the Open Air and receiving yards in a three-year career, Faulk Theatre. Hundreds of faculty, staff accomplished virtually everything an individual could and students gathered to remember engineering professors Chen Liang, at SDSU. Preston Lowrey III and Constantinos The one obstacle that eluded Faulk was a Western Lyrintzis. Athletic Conference championship, which he admitted “We mourn them and we celebrate all gives him “an empty feeling.” that they gave us,” said Gene Lamke, Faulk, who was rumored to leave after his sophomore university senate chairman. season but elected to return, said he never regretted The three professors were shot and his decision to return this year. He said he made his killed at approximately 2:05 p.m. Aug. final decision to forego his final year of eligibility three An SDSU alumnus is dead. 15 on the third floor of the campus or four days ago. engineering building where they had He spoke here during commencement little more than gathered to evaluate a graduate student’s “It was a long thought process,” Faulk said. “Me, my six months ago. He described himself as an “instant thesis. mom, my (high school) coach — we talked about it all graduate.” Campus police were at the scene just through the year. ‘If I have a good year, what would He was awarded the first honorary doctorate degree two minutes after they were notified, I do?’ It came to a point where I thought I wanted to given by the California State College System. said University Police Lt. Stephen come back, but with the coaching changes and the year Williams. The suspect, Frederick Martin that I had, I felt like it was time for a change.” He was met by an enthusiastic crowd of about 30,000 Davidson, 36, was arrested and taken persons in Aztec Bowl. He had just completed a AZTEC ATHLETES continued on P3 into custody. successful parade down the streets of San Diego. Since then, Davidson has pled not He was widely identified with young Americans. guilty to the murders. His attorney has entered a plea of insanity. Davidson’s The youthful President dead and buried. preliminary hearing has been set for A nation and much of the world still mourn his passing. Dec. 5 by Municipal Judge Albert Harutunian. We at SDS had more than the usual attachment with An overwhelming amount of support the late President. He “belonged” to this college by the fact that he made a special effort to speak here and “I have never seen the university as accept a degree from us. glued together as I have in the past 20 days – from the president of the The students of this college have reacted greatly to the university to the smalled person,” said late President’s call for volunteers to his pet prokect, the Dr. Nihad Hussain, associate dean of the Pe a ce Cor p s. College of Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering. He was a martyr in every sense of the word. Death came to him during his service to his country. TRAGEDY continued on P11 “Black Weekend” brought tragedy in more than the death of the president. The American-way of justice also Council Meeting Ends in suffered in the city of Dallas, Tex. Vote ‘No’ on A .S.’ The murder of the accused assassin Lee Harvey Modern Space Violence Oswald was reminiscent of old-time lynchings. The act did nothing but deprive Oswald of his right of a fair trial, Six persons were injured and the bottom floor of the something we guard very closely in the United States. This week, student will be given the Administration Building left in shambles as approximately 35 opportunity to vote on whether to self-impose persons turned a special Associated Students Council meeting into Millions of persons were as emotionally upset after the a new student fee for facility upgrades to a violent demonstration which lasted over an hour yesterday. President’s death as Jack Ruby, but the death of Oswald Aztec Center. For some students this may What started out as a special Council meeting to allow solved nothing. sound like deja-vu—in 2006 students voted various administrators to explain to interested students what on a similar measure to increase student fees they were doing about the Educational Opportunity Program Our judicial system would have served the purposes of by $56 throughout the course of four years; (EOP), the Affirmative Action Plan and other issues related to this nation better than the bullet and curse of Ruby. the last portion of that fee increase went into the demands made by Mecha last Friday, turned into a display of effect this semester. violence. Members of Chicano and white radical groups said the We have much to be sorry about – the death of a good The 2006 referedum promised additional administrators were not giving what they considered valid answers President, the act of murder that robbed Oswald of his facilities, such as a 24/7 “state of the art” during the meeting. trial and the loss of an opportunity to decide why Oswald study space with lounges, theatre-style Rico Bueno, Mecha representative to the Council and another might have committed such heinous crime. performance space, healthy food offerings Chicano student rose at the meeting and shouted that the group for the Aztec Center Food Court, a day spa, must show its power then and there. Approximately 35 persones It was a bizarre weekend, one that should never be new fitness and recreational facilities, more then marched to the Administration Building chanting “Chicano reinacted. meeting rooms for students, and more bowling power, black power, white power, people power!” and began clapping allies and electronic games, not to mention and shouting in front of the building. After several secretaries the We can never forget John F. Kennedy and we can never more job opportunities for students to staff glass doors of the building members of the crowd started breaking forget the weekend in which our system of justice was these outlets. windows and burning trashcans and copies of the Daily Aztec in ignored by the emotions of a nation. front of the building. CAMPUS BUILDINGS continued on P5 CONTROVERSY continues on P8 JFK continued on P6 2 monday, november 25, 2013 The Daily azTec celebrating 100 years of journalism #TheDailyAztec Letter from the Editor Editors in Chief Leonardo Castaneda Kennedy speak at SDSU, and the president’s editor in chief subsequent assassination. Earlier this year we also launched a new A good newspaper is many things. It is Spanish section to better connect with the 1913-2013 timely, accurate and well written. It should signifcant Hispanic population on campus. The Normal News Spring 1960 — Jef Fishel be informative yet entertaining. But I believe Even as we grow and improve in mobile 1913-1914 — Marguerite Wallace playwright Arthur Miller put it best when and online content, our print schedule has 1914-1915 — Ida Hugus The Daily Aztec he said, “A good newspaper, I suppose, is a also changed this year to publish twice a 1915-1916 — Laura Wilson Fall 1960 — Jack Oakes Spring 1961 — Joe Stein nation talking to itself.” week. Every Monday and Tursday a more 1916-1917 — Eugenia Welker 1917-1918 — n/a 1961-1962 — Jerry Archer In that spirit, Te Daily Aztec has strived robust edition of the newspaper is published 1918-1920 — n/a Fall 1962 — Pat Stalnaker to be a good newspaper by being the San and distributed on campus. 1920-1921 — n/a Spring 1963 — Dean Wariner Diego State campus talking to itself. In this Tis change allows us to focus on timelier Fall 1963 — Jim Box commemorative centennial issue we look breaking news online and on social media. The Paper Lantern Spring 1964 — Rex Salmon October 1921-March 1922 — Almy Harding 1964-1965 — Mike Sund back at how that conversation has changed in For the frst time in years, we’re a true daily April 1922-February 1923 — Henry McCarty Fall 1965 — Bill Weurding 100 years of Te Daily Aztec reporting. publication, publishing new content online March 1923-November 1923 — Burton McKim Spring 1966 — Phebe Balentine Working on this issue, I saw the highs and every single day of the week. November 1923-June 1924 — Bernice Cornell Fall 1966 — Larry Anderson lows of SDSU refected in the pages of the Being a twice-weekly publication also September 1924-June 1925 — Lewis Schellbach Spring 1967 — Joan Hensley Fall 1967 — Earl Biederman newspaper.