"I think it was an unusual showing of faculty activism, but I think that any activism on the part of the faculty is unique," Friedman said.

This is not the first time that Fenno has come under attack in recent memory.

In a column last April, Fenno (who is not the same Fenno as the current writer) wrote that "he became aware of an awful smell, worse even than an LL.M. around exam time."

An "LL.M." is the equivalent of a masters degree, usually awarded to foreign students who already have completed a law degree in another country. Only 15 of the current 160 LL.M.s are United States residents, and only nine went to American law schools, according to Ann K. Wright, the law school's assistant director of admissions and financial aid for the graduate program.

After protest from 31 LL.M.s, who said the comments were "insulting and racist," Fenno, at the prompting of the paper's editors, apologized, admitting that he was the one who "stunk."

Friedman said the decision not to run an apology in this case was simply a result of the differing opinions of this year's editorial staff.

Friedman said that a few members of the Record will meet with Dean of the Law School Robert C. Clark in the upcoming month.

Students interviewed expressed support for Fenno, saying that he is so often offensive that it is not appropriate to be upset about a particular column.

"He says stupid things like that all the time," said George H. Sun '94, a third year law student. "He makes fun of everything. I think the professors need to be a little bit more thick-skinned.