were not immediately returned . The bar told the Chicago Tribune newspaper that it was investigating . The celebration at Original Mother 's was to top off a two-day senior class trip to Chicago , Cutz said . The party had been arranged with the bar in advance by the student class board , which includes two of the African-American students who were later denied entry , Cutz said . He said he was already inside the bar with some 200 other students , none of whom are African-American , when the first group of African-American classmates arrived . Cutz said he quickly learned that the manager of the bar had denied the six students entry , and he said the manager told the students their baggy pants violated the bar 's dress code . Cutz , who is white , said he confronted the manager . `` These six -LSB- students -RSB- were better dressed than I was , '' Cutz told CNN . He told the students to `` go back to the hotel and change . '' But the manager of the bar stepped in to say that he had made his decision and that the six
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An agreement could be reached before week 's end between Washington University students and an Illinois nightclub that allegedly barred six African-American students while admitting nearly 200 of their white classmates . Fernando Cutz , senior class president at the university in Missouri , said the aggrieved students have been in contact with lawyers representing Original Mother 's , a bar in Chicago 's Gold Coast neighborhood . The two sides expect a resolution to their dispute as early as Wednesday , Cutz said . He did not , however , say what the students were demanding or why he was optimistic that a deal could be struck . The students complained to state and federal agencies after six African-American members from their senior class trip celebration were denied admission to the club on October 17 . Bar personnel cited dress code violations -- specifically baggy jeans -- in barring the African-American students , Cutz said . A white student and a black student then exchanged jeans to see what would happen . The white student was admitted , while his classmate still was kept outside , Cutz said . Calls from CNN to the nightclub