It's an insane situation. I have a generally high opinion of Oberlin as a school (my daughter was accepted there, and would have attended had she not wanted to remain closer to home; several friendly acquaintances are faculty there). I also --- broadly and with varying levels of intensity --- share the prevailing politics of its community. But the school's conduct here seems so simultaneously mendacious and clown-shoed that I can't help but think something's fundamentally screwed up about how it's run. I'm glad Oberlin wasn't closer to Chicago to tempt my daughter last year. I hope they figure stuff out.