Victory Over an Angry Mob Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE JUN 15, 2019 8:00 AM

The Gibson Bakery vs. Oberlin College case just got more interesting.

• Oberlin College hit with maximum PUNITIVE DAMAGES (capped at $22 million by law) in Gibson’s Bakery case
• Oberlin College to Jury: We’re cash poor and big punitive award to Gibson’s Bakery will hurt students
• Punitive damage verdict against Oberlin College “was like a seismic wave moving quickly through the courtroom”

The story generated tons of interest.

• The Internet Reacts to Whopping Punitive Damages Judgment Against Oberlin College in Defamation Case
• Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College: “The jury held accountable an unhinged progressive activist college …
• VIDEO: Campus Reform Interviews Professor Jacobson About the Gibson Bakery vs. Oberlin Case

There were plenty of other crazy campus stories this week.

• University of Arkansas to Place Menstrual Products in Campus Men’s Rooms
• Report: U. Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Bias Response Team Functions as Speech Police
• Man Flees the United States to Escape $30,000 in Student Loan Debt

I’m sensing a trend.

• 2020 Dem Hopeful Pete Buttigieg has Large Amount of College Debt
• 2020 Democrat Hopeful Eric Swalwell Still Has Significant College Debt

Good news for free speech.

• U.S. Senators Show Support for Campus Free Speech Resolution
• Alabama Governor Signs Bill Banning Free Speech Zones From Public College Campuses
• Texas Governor Greg Abbott Signs New Law Protecting Campus Free Speech

You don’t say.

• ‘Free’ College Program in Louisiana Not Working Out as Planned

How odd…

• Wiccan Professor Suing Her Catholic Employer for Discrimination

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