Oberlin Cancels Classes After Series of ‘Hate-Related Incidents’

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/education/oberlin-cancels-classes-after-series-of-hate-related-incidents.html

March 4, 2013
Oberlin Cancels Classes After Series of ‘Hate-Related Incidents’
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

Oberlin College, known as much for ardent liberalism as for academic excellence, canceled classes on Monday and convened a “day of solidarity” instead, after a person wearing a robe and hood appeared near its Afrikan Heritage House early Monday morning in the latest in a string of what it described as hate-related incidents and vandalism.

In the last month, a number of racist and antigay messages have been left around campus, a jarring incongruity in a place with the liberal political leanings and traditions of Oberlin, a school of 2,800 students in Ohio, about 30 miles southwest of Cleveland. Guides to colleges routinely list it as among the most liberal, activist and gay-friendly schools in the country.

The sighting of the person on Monday, “in addition to the series of other hate-related incidents on campus, has precipitated our decision to suspend formal classes and all nonessential activities for today, Monday, March 4, 2013, and gather for a series of discussions of the challenging issues that have faced our community in recent weeks,” according to a statement issued by Marvin Krislov, Oberlin’s president, and three college deans.

A number of the incidents are being investigated by the college’s security staff and the Oberlin city police.

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1. Oberlin was a center for Abolitionists

Something we in Ohio are proud of

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2. Poster on Facebook said two students have been suspended and a third is under investigation

There are some republican weirdos on the NY Times comments thread.

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Why is this news? Really some guy walks on campus. Freedom of speech obviously threaten the college so much they must reflect on it?

You really can not make this up.

Depressing comment on the intellectual capacity of the the "college"?

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