Students started protesting Friday morning in Schine Student Center and later moved outside of the Carrier Dome, where a Spring Reception event for accepted students was taking place. Recognize US, a student group, presented a list of demands to Chancellor Kent Syverud at the sit-in. Protesters chanted and handed out the list to students.

Protests were sparked after a video surfaced with students in the Theta Tau fraternity using racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs. Syracuse University suspended the fraternity on Wednesday morning.