University of Minnesota student leaders on Wednesday called for Regent Steve Sviggum to resign, saying they doubted the sincerity of his apology for remarks questioning whether the school's Morris campus had become "too diverse."
"We are concerned that your continued presence on the Board of Regents will signal a hostile attitude toward diversity and deter prospective students from choosing one of the five University of Minnesota campuses," a group of more than two dozen student government leaders wrote in an open letter to Sviggum.
Their letter — one of three calling for Sviggum's resignation — came one day before the Board of Regents is set to meet and two days before they're set to elect a new vice chair.
