'Profanity, jeering': UNH president seeks apology from students protesting sex assault [View all]

DURHAM — The student-run Sexual Violence Action Committee is missing one important player: the school president.

UNH President James W. Dean Jr. wants students in the group, formed in response to sex assault allegations on campus, to apologize for the way they treated him and other administrators at a protest last month. And he won't meet with them until they apologize, according to two school officials.

President Dean attended a protest outside his on-campus home Oct. 25, held amid mounting frustration among students who felt UNH wasn't doing enough in response to alleged sexual violence.

UNH spokesperson Erika Mantz said students responded to the presence of the president and administrators with "disrespectful behavior."

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