The Black Students Association (BSA) held a "teach-in" with the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) yesterday urging administrators to negotiate with the students inside Massachusetts Hall, marking the most recent BSA effort to be more politically active on campus.

The teach-in is the first official partnership between the BSA and PSLM.

Addressing a crowd of about 80, BSA President Brandon A. Gayle '03 called upon administrators to again display their willingness to meet with students about their concerns. Gayle and other BSA members met with administrators in February concerning remarks Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53 had made about grade inflation.

"When Aaliyah [N. Williams '02, former BSA president] and I went to the administration we proved the door was open. Ironically, that door seems closed," Gayle said.

"I am urging the University to sit down with the people inside this building...and find some solution that will benefit both sides," he added.

While a question-and-answer session held after the speeches was designated as the "teach-in" portion of the event, few crowd members actually spoke with the students inside the building.

BSA originally publicized the teach-in as featuring "notable" members of the Afro-American Studies Department. But due to scheduling conflicts and last-minute organization-planning began on Saturday-no Faculty members spoke.

Several speakers at the teach-in addressed racial factors in the living wage debate, saying that a disproportionately large number of minority workers were paid wages less than $10.25 an hour.