- American ▁to ▁head ▁a ▁pre domin ately ▁white ▁institution ▁of ▁higher ▁education ▁when ▁he ▁took ▁office ▁the ▁year ▁before , ▁issued ▁a ▁public ▁ap ology ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁university ▁that ▁was ▁repr int ed ▁in ▁S idel ines ▁alongside ▁a ▁statement ▁by ▁the ▁S GA ▁president ▁( who ▁veh ement ly ▁denied ▁he ▁was ▁dan cing ) ▁and ▁an ▁op - ed ▁by ▁Mack . ▁ ▁Bayer ▁referred ▁to ▁himself ▁as ▁“ a ▁person ▁that ▁stands ▁for ▁u pl ifting ▁of ▁the ▁black ▁race ” ▁and ▁said ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁people ▁to ▁speak ▁out ” ▁if ▁he ▁felt ▁the ▁“ spect acle ▁was ▁ra cially ▁der og atory ” ▁( which ▁he ▁did ▁not ) ▁and ▁question ed ▁whether ▁black s ▁sometimes ▁took ▁themselves ▁" to o ▁seriously ". ▁Mack ▁argued ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁job ▁of ▁President ▁Walker , ▁al umn i ▁or ▁the ▁campus ▁jud ici ary ▁court ▁to ▁decide ▁“ what ▁is ▁and ▁what ▁is ▁not ▁le wd ” ▁and ▁pointed ▁out ▁that , ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁night , ▁an ▁M TS U ▁student ▁was ▁" acc ost ed ▁by ▁three ▁other ▁students " ▁carrying ▁weapons ▁and ▁asked ▁" Wh ich ▁of ▁these ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁real ▁criminal ▁act ?" ▁ ▁Career ▁Rec ording ▁artist ▁and ▁producer ▁Mack ▁started ▁ra pping ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 4 ▁and ▁produced ▁a ▁mi xt ape ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 6 ▁as ▁leader ▁of ▁a ▁local ▁rap ▁group ▁called ▁the ▁" A - 1