BYU-Idaho Drops Student Pol Groups

But last semester (Winter 2009), the BYU-Idaho administration announced that both the College Republicans and the College Democrats, (both student-run political organizations), would be dissolved in an effort to comply with changes to the BYU-Idaho political neutrality policy. “We are trying to ensure that BYU-Idaho is a politically neutral campus,” said Andy Cargal, a BYU-Idaho public relations representative. “As a private institution and being affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we feel that it is in the best interest of our university to be politically neutral. “While we actively encourage our students to be politically active and join political parties of their choice, we feel that BYU-Idaho itself can’t be a sponsor of partisan political groups or activities.” BYU-Idaho cites that no specific incident behind this change/ Standard Journal . More here . MountainGoat Report observations here .

Question: What do you make of the decision by BYU-Idaho to suspend student political organizations on campus?