Remember that old movie “The Mouse that Roared?” I think that is what most Wes students think of the controversy over the Argus. Most just don’t care or pay attention to it. The WSA certainly seems like it is on a vendetta and many Alum have contributed to fund a ‘rainy day’ operating fund for the Argus. Ironically, this gesture of support from the Alumni is at the center of the current raucous given the WSA reclaiming ‘unused $’ from the Argus given this ‘rainy day fund’ The WSA argument is that there are other student groups without this kind of Alum support and therefore they can reclaim the residual amount. Net, net these types of funding spats are commonplace not just across student funded activities in many colleges but also most obviously in public finances.
As for the ideological issues and uproar over the BLM issue, we have seen this type of student protest many times and its part and parcel of being on a politically active social justice focused campus. Dissenting opinion is welcome and should be refuted with and debated with civil discourse rather than pulling the purse strings, this is why the Alums came to the Argus rescue. As for the current standoff, they will sort it out. Like Bismark said regarding politics and sausage, likewise for student run activities and student government.