The university should publicly admonish and disassociate itself from this action and its organizers/participants via campus newspaper, website, local and national news outlets and every other reasonable way expressing to the public there opinion of the "Compton Cookout" and those who organized and/or participated in it.

I state the above under the assumption that the UCSD administration does not condone this outing.

The bad news I feel will be that ignorance, intolerance, prejudice, etc are not against the law in this case. The students have the right to express themselves even if they are being unreasonable in their selection of celebratory events and actions.

However if there are any campus behavioral standards bylaws, regulations, rules, or guidelines that the students might be disciplined because of then they should be punished in accordance with the guidelines set in these bylaws or regulations etc.

I suspect there will be some regulations to stand on as this statement is offered in the UCSD "Principals of Community"
~quote
We reject acts of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, and political beliefs, and, we will confront and appropriately respond to such acts.
~endquote

There will be a way for the students to be disciplined within the rules set by the university. I am sure that the punishment could include expulsion or other severe student liability.

I think that this is not nearly as big a deal as it's being made out to be. Theme parties have been a part of fraternities for a very long time, and even though it's maybe a bit insensitive to throw a Compton Cookout type of party during Black History Month, so long as they didn't break any laws, I don't see how the USCD administration could reasonably justify taking punitive action. To do so would be in flagrant disregard of First Amendment Rights, for one thing. For another, a school cannot justify taking punitive action against members of its student body for their intent or their motive, but only for their actions. Regardless of whatever statement those fraternities were or weren't attempting to make by this Compton Cookout, the fact is, there's nothing wrong with eating watermelon, talking loudly, and drinking malt liquor (unless the School has anti-alcohol policies, in which case, that would be their only justification for acting on this).

I grew up in a neighborhood very much like Compton. When there was a cookout, everyone on the block was invited. Because let's be honest here. Watermelon, Fried Chicken, Ribs, Collard Greens...these foods rule. They're delicious. Malt Liquor, on certain occasions, also kicks some serious a**. And talking loudly...well, as someone who works in a bar and spends a lot of time around alcoholics, I know that talking loudly is just part of being drunk.

Not to take the side of any fraternity here (because I quite frankly find the notion of fraternities to stink of "elitism" in the first place), but looking at this objectively, I simply cannot see that there was any action actually committed that qualifies for action being taken against it by the campus. It is possible that the Cookout was thrown as a joke (albeit one in poor taste, imho), but again, a joke is not something the university has any right to punish. If the Black community takes offense (and I certainly can understand why they would), then it's up to them to issue a statement publicly condemning this. Not the university.

Edit: I was curious, so I looked up the USCD By-Laws, and found the following:

"22.12.10. UCSD Authority to Impose Discipline: The Chancellor or designee may impose discipline for violations of University policies or UCSD regulations whether or not such violations are also violations of law, and whether or not proceedings are or have been pending in the courts involving the same act(s). Based on the categories listed in the UCSD non-discrimination policy, sanctions may also be increased for violations connected with, arising from, or motivated by bias or hate."

According to this, the University DOES, it seems, reserve the right to take action regardless of law. That said, I suppose the University has to do what it feels it has to do. I still think, however, that taking punitive action on this one would be in violation of Federal First Amendment Rights, so if the University moves on this, they might find themselves embroiled in some lawsuits. I think they'd be far better off just officially censuring the fraternities and/or the members involved rather than expelling them. Violating civil liberties might just give the University a worse reputation than if they had done nothing.

I will assume this happened within legal boundary of the UCSD campus. The UCSD administration should hold to protocol. If the event was held on campus, then the classified public disturbance should have been first asked to stop, and then, if no cooperation proceeded, then disbanded by either on-campus or local law enforcement. If it was off campus, in an appropriate setting, this event should not have been a concern of UCSD administration.