Despite protesting at Old Main, Members of SpeakOUT, UnderTones and the Black Caucus said the meeting held with administration afterwards did not make any progress.

"It was just posturing," said Darryl Watson, president of the Black Caucus. "They told us the things they couldn't do… they shouted out statistics and numbers and said we had to do our research."

The protest, in response to the discrimination lawsuit settlement between Penn State officials and former women's basketball player Jen Harris, was originally supposed to be held at the HUB-Robeson Center, but relocated to President Spanier's office at noon today.

After a little more than an hour, during which the group was threatened with arrest upon Old Main's closing, Vice President for Student Affairs Vicky Triponey and Vice President for Educational Equity Terrell Jones agreed to meet with the group in a conference room at the HUB. Felicia McGinty, associate vice president for student engagement, arrived a few minutes later. Jones did not allow members of the press into the room, saying, "I'm not going to meet with the media."

Watson said the groups advanced several requests, including a full time diversity advocate, the creation of a LGBTA special living option and increased funding to various diversity resource centers. Tripony, Jones and McGinty met the proposals with skepticism, he added.

"You tell these problems and they tell you what they can't do," he said. "They'd talk about why the issue wouldn't work."

Watson said the administrators emphasized the steps Penn State has made in increasing student diversity, a point he says obscures other issues. "Let's not talk about diversity," he said. "By definition, Penn State is diverse… let's talk about racism."

Kat Sinclair, one of the protestors, said that she hopes the university will take a more proactive stance.

"The climate at Penn State will not change until the administration stands with us," Sinclair said. "They should support activism in the same way they support Thon."

Watson said the administrators would not comment on the Portland case and threatened to end the meeting if the topic was further pursued. He said that he still plans to hold a rally in Old Main next week, with hopes of speaking to Spanier.

"Our lives are important enough to talk to the president of the university," he said.