Unless you’ve been living in an underground bomb shelter for thepast 10 years, chances are you’ve been exposed to the pulsing bass,hard-to-detect beats and looping instrumentals of electronic music. What you may not know is that not all artists, producers and DJsparticularly fancy labeling their sound “electronica.” “Electronica is really too broad of a term [...]

As a Chargers fan, I’ve been looking forward to the 2001 NFL Draftsince my home team got bushwhacked by the Kansas City Chiefs in Week3. Not only did it become painfully obvious that the Chargers weren’tgoing to the playoffs, but I had a hunch they were headed toward theNo. 1 pick in the upcoming draft. [...]

By Jared QuientSenior Staff Writer San Diego State is learning an important rule of basketball:having a full team does help, especially away from Cox Arena. After a dismal 2-10 away record last year, SDSU has come outstrong thus far. The Aztecs followed their road win against PortlandState with a convincing 60-43 victory against Alcorn State [...]

This will be my last column this semester for The Daily Aztec.After finals next week, I’ve got six weeks off before I come back. Ofcourse, I don’t have a contract to come back or anything. I know acouple local newspapersback home that I could write for. Do you know what that means? I’m a free [...]

By Dan HayesAssistant Sports Editor The next time you’re planning a trip to Las Vegas, give JonasLewis a call; the man has a penchant for defying the odds. On Sunday, Lewis, a former starting running back for San DiegoState, made his return to Qualcomm Stadium. Mind you, Lewis didn’treturn as a fan, but rather as [...]

The Daily Aztec incorrectly identified Michael Ruppert andCelerino Castillo in a story on Thursday, Nov. 30 (“Former governmentagents debate ‘war on drugs’”). Ruppert is a former narcoticsdetective for the LAPD and Castillo is a former agent for the DrugEnforcement Administration. Neither has ever worked for the CIA.

ByAndrew Van BaalTempo Writer Are there too many viewpoints on campus for you to decide what isunequivocally right and divinely hip? I sat down for a Q and A withGod — the androgynous essence Time magazine called “the single mostimportant being in the history of mankind” — and came away with somesolid resolution on the [...]

By Crystal FambriniAssistant City Editor Two campus fraternities — Beta Theta Pi and Tau Kappa Epsilon –have been expelled from campus because of hazing. Vice President for Student Affairs Jim Kitchen publicly announcedhis decision yesterday. It was the most serious consequence he coulddole out. The fraternities will no longer be associated with San Diego StateUniversity. [...]

ByJamaal LaFranceStaff Writer A former university employee said she’s been getting the”run-around” about receiving worker’s compensation benefits after shesaid she was injured in a fall on campus. Smith, also a graduate student at San Diego State University, hasbeen in court for four years. Marva Smith, 44, was an administrative assistant inTelecommunications Network Services at San [...]

A male non-student was detained by University Police Saturday Dec.2 after a female student walking to her car said the man made sexualcomments and grabbed his genitals. At around 8:45 a.m., the student was walking in Parking StructureIII, level 3, when she passed a man who she said started making lewdcomments to her and grabbing [...]

Members of the Associated Students Council voted down a bylawamendment Wednesday that would have required the group to remain atits weekly meeting an extra hour. The amendment, suggested by councilmember Casey Hansen, was shotdown by A.S. members becausethey felt the extra time commitment was too much for them to handleand that it inter- fered with [...]