An unfortunate effect of such exertion of power is that it is demonstrably arbitrary and selective. An endorsement of the Berkeley Fair Housing Ordinance in March of 1963 was not ruled inappropriate political and social action, while an expression of sympathy for a group of students was. The Pattern of Interests Political interests are the ends sought by groups acting within a political system. In the ASUC these interests range from the establishment of folk dance clubs to the advocacy of political and social action. A. Student interest groups.
Power determines how successfully a group's interests can be forwarded.
In the case of the ASUC, the power of the administration acts against the expression of the interests of those student groups committed to political and social action. It permits the direct subsidy of groups whose goals are noncontroversial and apolitical by allowing them to use University facilities for regular membership meetings. Some groups benefit by the membership gained through the advantage of meeting on campus as they maintain offices within buildings owned by the ASUC and also benefit from the prestige conferred by use of the name of the University in their official name. B. Regulation of interest expression through student government. Just as the regulations on student organizations affect only political organizations, so student interests as articulated through student governments are apolitical and innocuous.