[media-credit name=’KATE BRENNER/Herald photo’ align=’alignnone’ width=’648′][/media-credit]University of Wisconsin officials and members of a campus fraternity are one step closer to creating a new logistics procedure for Wisconsin Union events, after UW police were accused of racial profiling for canceling a frat event mid-September.

Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity national leaders met with high-level university officials Friday to discuss an incident resulting in the cancellation of a fraternity event intended to celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month.

UW spokesman John Lucas said the meeting was a "very productive discussion," though involved parties have not reached a final agreement.

Marco Benavides, Lambda Theta Phi national director of induction, said the university agreed to develop a new framework for union events in efforts to prevent a repeat of September's incident.

"They're going to revamp their plan," he added.

According to Benavides, UW will restricts the right to cancel large-scale events to higher university officials, make security policies clearer and make a police officer more available for students with doubts regarding pre-event planning safety measures.

Lambda Theta Phi Foundation National Chairman Gus Garcia said a previously requested apology from the university was also dropped in light of Friday's meeting.

"If you can ensure that my people will not be discriminated [against], I don't need the word ‘sorry,'" Garcia said in a sit-down interview with The Badger Herald.

Lucas said last week the administration never considered issuing an official apology because it doesn't "believe the university has done anything wrong."

The university and fraternity leaders will proceed with negotiations during the upcoming weeks, Lucas added.

Once UW produces a document with the new procedures, Garcia said a fraternity representative would have the opportunity to review the plan and offer the university feedback.

Benavides said the involved parties also agreed to put forth a university-sponsored monthlong celebration for next year's Hispanic Heritage Month and suggested programming for the event.

"Why don't you have a lecture series, a poetry slam, a Latin cuisine night?" Benavides said.

Garcia, who resides in Florida, also presented a lecture on civil and immigrant rights Saturday.

During the lecture, he stressed the importance of educating American society about different cultures, saying multiculturalism is the future of the country.

"[My grandson is] the reason that the world must be better because he is Cuban, Colombian and Chinese," he said. "He's the new world."

Garcia also used the opportunity to inform present students of the ongoing negotiations with UW officials.

"It's not about ‘Did I have a party?’ It's not about ‘Did I get the opportunity?’ It's all about ‘Am I willing to use the opportunity to exercise my rights?’" he said. "The only one [discriminating]is yourself when you keep your mouth shut."

Garcia reinforced the importance of obtaining a college degree to his predominantly Latin audience, some of them descending from Central and South American immigrants.

"For the sake of your father who couldn't answer back, who couldn't speak English, for those who could not speak out, I'm in a room full of people who can," he said.