Man, he died for his school.
I don't think it's our place to decide what he "died for." We're all proud to call him a Cyclone, but it's not our part to make bold statements as to what defined him as a person. Trice himself said "[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]The honor of my race, family and self is at stake,"[/FONT][/FONT] so he clearly put those things ahead of his school, as he should have.
If Iowa State were to ever formally decide to do anything with this number, I would be in the camp of wanting to see a handful of student athletes (not even one per season, necessarily) honored with the opportunity to don his number.