In response to comments Undergraduate Council President Fentrice D. Driskell '01 made to The Boston Globe last week, a council member proposed Wednesday night via e-mail that the council officially censure Driskell but decided yesterday to wait a week before bringing forth such legislation.

Jeffrey A. Letalien '00, one of the sponsors of the failed bill to impeach council Vice President John A. Burton '01, e-mailed 25 council members to ask for their support in censuring Driskell.

But Letalien said a majority of those he contacted wanted to give Driskell the opportunity to apologize at Monday's council meeting, leading him to hold off with his resolution for a week.

Letalien's proposed censure resolution centered on what some council members considered Driskell's improper attempts to inject the issue of race into the Burton impeachment.

Letalien's e-mail message quoted Driskell's comments to the Globe: "'I think [the impeachment is] a personal attack, and they're just trying to get one of us out of office. Racism at Harvard is a very subtle thing.'"

However, as Driskell pointed out, Letalien combined two separate quotes.

In the Globe piece, Driskell was actually quoted as saying "I think [the impeachment is] a personal attack, and they're just trying to get one of us out of office", and then elsewhere in the story , "Racism at Harvard is a very subtle thing. It's not a thing to toss around lightly, but we're beginning to wonder."

Driskell said she has been in touch with several of council members who demanded that she publicly retract her Globe remarks. She said she hopes to meet with Letalien and other sponsors of the Burton impeachment petition as early as today, so that they can work out a compromise acceptable to all.