Paiji and former BASA Chair Joy C. Lin ’05 played key roles in organizing the protest.

Students representing Harvard College, Wellesley College, Bentley College, Tufts University and MIT arrived in Manhattan on Friday and protested from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in front of Fairchild Publishers, which owns Details.

On the day of the protest, Daniel Peres, editor-in-chief of Details, issued another statement on the controversial column.

“It has been made abundantly clear to me that this story, which is part of an ongoing series challenging male cultural stereotypes, was insensitive, hurtful, and in poor taste,” Peres said in a written statement. “There’s a line that should never be crossed in any satirical humor, and Details crossed it. I, on behalf of the magazine, deeply regret this misstep, and apologize to those who were offended.”

Many of those who made the trip down to New York thought they accomplished their goals through the protest.

“I would say that it was a success—we got many people to participate...it brought a lot of attention to Asian Americans gathered together toward a common cause,” said Wei-Hsun Yuan ’07, who was part of the rally.

Other organizations involved with the protest included the Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York and the National Asian American Student Conference.

—Staff writer Risheng Xu can be reached at xu4@fas.harvard.edu.