Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4010415-20141223120240/@comment-24891101-20141231174901

That's not the point. That simply cannot be unbending policy, because it's entirely random, and therefore subject to bad pairings, statistically. Someone would end up in a really bad team situation, and get seriously injured on account of it, and sue. Beacon's legal team would insist that such a policy be in place.

Say some Faunus ended up on CRDL. They'd be subject to verbal abuse day in and day out, as well as other forms of discrimination. And given Ozpin's and the administration's lack of racism, we know Beacon has somewhere in its policies that magical line: "Beacon Academy does not discrimate on the basis of race, gender, species, religion, nationality, or age". Consistent with that, if the person complains, action must be taken, or Beacon would be sued. Or, a guy's paired with a girl, but he's a creepy asshole, and there's a well-founded fear of rape. Beacon will break up the pair and the team, so that they don't get sued if something happens.

It's SoD-breaking for me to imagine a college without such policies, especially given the nature of the living arrangements.