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SAN DIEGO -- In a four-hour meeting Wednesday night, the SDSU Associated Students Council rejected a resolution to retire the Aztec mascot and the school's Aztecs moniker.

The vote was 12-14, with one abstention.

The resolution was introduced by the university's Native American Student Alliance last week.

Its co-author, Marissa Mendoza, expressed disappointment saying she was "crushed" by the decision and blamed it on the lack of a Native American voice on the student council.

"I'm not trying to make this about race, it's not about race, but they are not marginalized people and they represent a majority voice, you cannot as a majority tell a minority how they feel and put a price on their oppression, on their racism and a price on their future," said Mendoza.

She also promised to keep this issue alive saying "they are not going anywhere" and "that it's far from over."