WOOSTER, Ohio - More than 250 College of Wooster students, upset about a number of issues including diversity, investigating sexual harassment and student organization funding, staged a sit-in Wednesday in the administration building.

Student leaders from a variety of organizations are meeting with Dean Scott Brown and other members of the administration to discuss in detail the demands and the next steps, said university spokesman John Hopkins.

The students can remain in the building as long as they want, he said late Wednesday.

President Sarah Bolton, who broke her wrist after slipping on ice Wednesday morning, will join in the discussions as soon as possible, he said.

The origins of the sit-in began Jan. 13 when students learned of racist memes posted in a private Facebook group by a senior, who is a member of the Wooster Right Wingers, the only conservative political club on campus. Students said he also indicated he liked alt-right YouTube videos.

On Jan. 14 more than 300 students, staff, and faculty came to the student center "to talk about the profound harm these postings caused, a harm magnified by the daily racism and discrimination experienced by people of color," Bolton said in a Jan. 18 email to campus.

"We understand the community's frustration, deep concern, and desire for a resolution. We are committed to the safety of all members of the community, to conducting a thorough and fair process that respects the rights and confidentiality of all involved, and to completing it as promptly as possible," she wrote.

The college began an investigation of the student, Hopkins said.

"The student has been removed from campus while the student conduct process is ongoing," he said.

Students said in emails to cleveland.com that they felt the student should be expelled. Discussions about that and other issues following Bolton's email led to the wide-ranging list of demands.

On Wednesday about 350 students walked out of class at 11:40 a.m. and gathered to express their deep concern over a range of issues, the university said in a statement.

"We share our students' concerns, and deeply appreciate their engagement with this critically important work," Bolton said in the statement. "It is crucial that The College of Wooster be a truly just and inclusive space, where a diverse community of students, staff and faculty can live, work and thrive, free of any kind of discriminatory or racist acts and the harms that they cause."

Among the list of demands are that the college:

Provide more funds for Center for Diversity and Inclusion

Address discrepancy between student group funds

Require competency training for students, faculty and staff

Separate the role of the Title IX Deputy from the role of the Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities.

Establish a survivor hotline and house

Reorganize orientation and student training

Undertake yearly campus climate surveys

Create a student-led Administrative Transparency Board whose role is to review the financial dealings of the college, reports on drug and alcohol violations of the students, reports of sexual misconduct, and reports of racial harassment

Specify the exact relationship between security and the Wooster Police Department

Provide information on salaries, the budget and assets owned by the college.

Provide spaces for multicultural student groups

This story has been corrected to reflect the correct last name of President Sarah Bolton.