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Hundreds of Western Washington University students marched through campus Monday afternoon to voice support of a more diverse university.

Officials estimated that about 700 students took part in the rally.

Western became the center of controversy two weeks ago after right-wing media commentators picked up on Western President Bruce Shepard’s call to draw a more diverse group of students because of the state’s changing demographics. ““If we are as white in 10 years as we are today, Western will have failed as a university,” Shepard said. Western’s enrollment is about 76 percent white.