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BSA Members Stage Protest in Gov Class

While Williams said the sit-in was successful, she said BSA will continue to call upon the administration to "mediate Mansfield's statements."

BSA officers will be meeting with President Neil L. Rudenstine today and Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 on Thursday.

"We're just trying to talk to the university to figure out what type of actions can be taken," Williams said. "You can't fire [Mansfield] and you can't completely censor him, but is there any effective way of letting him know that these statements cannot be made?"

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Williams also called upon Rudenstine to issue a public statement regarding Mansfield.

"It's been a week and there has been no public statement about it. This is an issue the president of the University should be concerned about, and his lack of response has been very disheartening," Williams said.

While Williams said that administrators have been helpful, Mansfield said he doubts that BSA's attempts to obtain official redress will be successful.

"I think [the administration] will want to have their own discussions, within the administration and with the BSA," Mansfield said. "The University ought to be mature enough to allow the discussion of [white guilt]."

Lewis refused comment for this article, although he has been very critical of Mansfield's comments in recent days.

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