Is a Puzzlement

On screen: Berkeley student government proposes giving College Republican funds to Black Student Union

Puzzlement: not just for the King of Siam

There's rarely an idea, good or bad, that doesn't come back into style eventually:

The student government of the University of California, Berkeley, will vote today on whether to defund Berkeley’s chapter of the College Republicans and reallocate those funds to the Black Student Union.

As the king would say, "is a puzzlement". To wit: 

1. Why are there College Republicans in Berkeley? Wouldn't sensible people stay clear of that place? 
2. Why is there a Black Student Union? Is there a White Student Union?
3. When did "separate but equal" come back into style? Did someone decide segregation was a good idea again and not tell me? 
4. Who decided to let a bunch of leftist children decide how the university would allocate funding?

What dastardly thing did the CR's do, anyway?

Senator Rizza Estacio, a member of the Associated Students of the University of California, proposed the reallocation of funding on the grounds that the College Republicans’ behavior during campus events was in violation of school policy.

“Some of what this organization has done has broken regulations that we uphold to every registered student organization,”  Estacio told the student newspaper The Daily Californian. “I want to make it clear that if you break these rules, you are no longer eligible for our funding.”

Ah, I see. They broke "rules". I'm not sure which ones, because they didn't say, but they must have been serious rules. Probably worse than the ones against wearing black masks and rioting, though I can't imagine what. Evidently, no one else can either:

It is unclear which policies Estacio believes the group violated. Eugene Volokh, a lawyer and law professor at UCLA, told The College Fix via email that, according to Supreme Court precedent, a “content-neutral application of generally applicable and enforced rules is generally allowed; targeting a group because of its viewpoint is not.” The student government did not respond to requests for clarification on which policies the College Republicans may have broken.

At least they have one adult out there:

Reached via email, campus spokesman Dan Mogulof told The College Fix that “the Student Unions on University of California campuses are separate legal entities from the campus and therefore act with full autonomy and independence.”

“By the same token, senate decisions are not binding on the campus, so regardless of any decisions the ASUC senate may or may not take, UC Berkeley’s administration will continue to treat every single one of our 1000+ student organizations in an equitable fashion without regard for their perspectives or politics,” Mogulof added.

 
The more time passes, the more I agree with Mike Rowe: Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on the High Cost of College. The cost is more than just money - it's sanity.

On the other hand, it's so cute to see these children act like they're in charge of anything. They might as well enjoy the role playing now, because when I order my Starbucks, I get to call the shots (if you'll pardon the expression).