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[quote=Anonymous]So: insider here. Yes, this was kicked off by a troll, but in case anyone non-bot is reading: Oberlin has never been as failed as we appeared to be; there have always been far more academically serious and smart students doing terrific work and heading off to great places than were visible in culture-war-addled media. The Gibsons case capped off many years of unfortunate publicity (cultural appropriation in the dining hall, apparently mandatory trigger warnings, etc) and the originating event occurred when we had a president who was divorcing, openly seeking employment elsewhere, and totally checked out from campus, together with a self-serving and incompetent dean who got together with our worst and wokest administrators, and, later on, terrible lawyers to construct the ensuing disaster.

That was all a long time ago. We have a new president, and we did a great job coming through the pandemic with enrollment and community intact. Oberlin continues to be a terrific school, especially for students with multiple strong interests: you can do more than one thing as an undergraduate, and our best students often do. Especially science + arts.

We managed to not do anything too embarrassing during the most recent round of protests, in part due to a lot of policy changes and some greater calmness at the center of the college, and I hear the president's triplets will be attending: let's hope that means she'll be here another 4 years?

Test optional bums me out, I admit, but I don't think we can give that up economically at this point. Also the recent warfare over bathroom signs is nuts but the Ohio legislature sure teed up the ball for that...[/quote]

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