"I think this is the first time in history that we've had a South Asian president and vice president, so we're part of this community, but this is an affront to the student body."

Linh Nguyen, community development program manager for the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, told the students that the administration had discussed the incident and wanted to support the student groups with whatever action they take.

"We want to dialogue and partner with them to figure out a solution to this," she said in an interview after the meeting. "To raise the issues that they choose to raise, however they want to bring this issue to light."

Many people suggested a boycott of Studio 4 and urged group leaders to seek media attention. Some said they had also been dissatisfied with Studio 4 when they held events there.

"We've always known that they handle their business practices pretty shadily," said Vietnamese Student Association President Kevin Duong. "Like most groups, we look past it because we get the money."

Duong and other students said they worked with Studio 4 primarily because the club was more accessible and eager to work with them than other clubs, even if they weren't pleased with the management's conduct.

Jeff Mangray said he always gets positive feedback from student groups he worked with.

"We have a reputation of being very fair in our business dealings with everybody," he said. "This is the first time anything like this has ever happened."