Editing Oberlin College (section)

===21st century===
[[Nancy Dye]] became the 13th president of Oberlin College in July 1994,<ref name=OCPrez>[http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/holdings/finding/RG2/ "Presidents of Oberlin College"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021212656/http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/holdings/finding/RG2/ |date=October 21, 2013 }}. Oberlin College Archives. Retrieved December 17, 2013.</ref> succeeding the embattled Starr.<ref name=Review/> Oberlin's first female president, she oversaw the construction of new buildings, increased admissions selectivity, and helped increase the [[Financial endowment|endowment]] with the largest capital campaign to that point.<ref>McIntyre, Mike, [http://www.oberlin.edu/alummag/oamcurrent/oam_winter2002/feat_nancy.htm "Nancy Dye's Presidency,"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721185728/http://www.oberlin.edu/alummag/oamcurrent/oam_winter2002/feat_nancy.htm |date=July 21, 2016 }} ''Oberlin Alumni Magazine'' vol. 97, #3 (Winter 2001).</ref> Dye was known for her accessibility and inclusiveness. Especially in her early years, she was a regular attendee at football games, concerts, and dorm parties.<ref name="Review"/> Dye served as president for nearly 13 years, resigning on June 30, 2007.<ref>Kaplan, Maxine and Hansen, Jamie. [http://www.oberlin.edu/stupub/ocreview/2006/09/15/news/Dye_Announces_Retirement.html "Dye Announces Retirement: After 12 Years, Dye is Set to Step Down,"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721235741/http://www.oberlin.edu/stupub/ocreview/2006/09/15/news/Dye_Announces_Retirement.html |date=July 21, 2016 }} ''Oberlin Review'' (September 15, 2006).</ref> [[Marvin Krislov]] served as president of the college from 2007 to 2017, moving on to assume the presidency of [[Pace University]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/nyregion/pace-university-set-to-name-head-of-oberlin-as-president.html |title=Pace University Names Head of Oberlin Its Next President |last=Chen |first=David W. |date=February 14, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 30, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302234347/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/nyregion/pace-university-set-to-name-head-of-oberlin-as-president.html |url-status=live}}</ref> On May 30, 2017, [[Carmen Twillie Ambar]] was announced as the 15th president of Oberlin College, becoming the first African-American person and second woman to hold the position.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.oberlin.edu/articles/oberlin-announces-15th-president/ |title=Carmen Twillie Ambar Named 15th President of Oberlin |date=May 30, 2017 |work=Oberlin News Center |access-date=May 30, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605132330/http://news.oberlin.edu/articles/oberlin-announces-15th-president/ |archive-date=June 5, 2017}}</ref>

Oberlin's first and only hired trade union expert, Chris Howell, argued that the college engaged in "illegal" tactics to attempt to decertify its service workers' July 1999 vote to become members of [[United Automobile Workers]] union. Howell wrote that college workers sought the union's representation in response to the administration's effort to "speed up work" to meet a "mounting budget crisis".<ref>P.15. Howell, Chris and Whelan, Megan. ''The Oberlin Review''. vol. 123, no. 25. May 26, 1995.</ref>

In February 2013, the college received significant press concerning its so-called "No Trespass List", a secret list maintained by the college of individuals barred from campus without due process.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wkyc.com/news/education/article/283663/35/Oberlin-Students-protest-no-trespass-list- |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412051459/http://www.wkyc.com/news/education/article/283663/35/Oberlin-Students-protest-no-trespass-list- |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 12, 2013 |title=Oberlin: Students protest 'no trespass' list |work=WKYC |access-date= June 28, 2015}}</ref> Student activists and members of the surrounding town joined to form the One Town Campaign, which challenged this policy. On February 13, 2013, a forum at the Oberlin Public Library that attracted over 200 people, including members of the college administration, the Oberlin city council and national press, saw speakers compare the atmosphere of the college to "a gated community".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/02/oberlins_secret_no_trespass_li.html |title=Secret 'No Trespass' list at Oberlin College raises concerns at forum |work=cleveland.com |date=February 14, 2013 |access-date=June 28, 2015 |archive-date=February 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215160037/https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/02/oberlins_secret_no_trespass_li.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2014, on [[Rosh Hashanah]], Oberlin Students for Free Palestine placed 2,133 black flags in the main square of the campus as a "call to action" in honor of the 2,133 Palestinians who died in the [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oberlinreview.org/6203/news/sfp-plants-flags-in-call-to-action/ |title=The Oberlin Review : SFP Plants Flags in 'Call to Action' |first=Elizabeth |last=Dobbins |website=oberlinreview.org |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043424/http://oberlinreview.org/6203/news/sfp-plants-flags-in-call-to-action/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2016, hundreds of Oberlin alumni signed a letter to the Oberlin administration stating that this protest was an example of anti-Semitism on the campus.<ref name="sites.google.com">{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/oberlinagainstantisemitism/ |title=Oberlin Alumni and Students Against Anti-Semitism |website=sites.google.com |access-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-date=October 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024183759/https://sites.google.com/site/oberlinagainstantisemitism/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jta.org/2016/01/27/news-opinion/united-states/oberlin-college-president-to-discuss-campus-anti-semitism-with-alums |title=Oberlin College president to discuss campus anti-Semitism with alums |website=Jta.org |date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=April 16, 2017 |archive-date=September 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916142135/http://www.jta.org/2016/01/27/news-opinion/united-states/oberlin-college-president-to-discuss-campus-anti-semitism-with-alums |url-status=live}}</ref> Oberlin SFP responded with their own letter, detailing why protest of Israel does not constitute anti-semitism. They wrote, "Feeling discomfort because one must confront the realities of Operation Protective Edge carried out in the name of the safety of the Jewish people does not amount to anti-Semitism."<ref>{{cite web |date=October 3, 2014 |title=SFP on Anti-Semitism, Complicity and Action |url=https://oberlinreview.org/6319/opinions/sfp-on-anti-semitism-complicity-and-action/ |url-status=live |website=The Oberlin Review |access-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-date=August 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825000607/https://oberlinreview.org/6319/opinions/sfp-on-anti-semitism-complicity-and-action/}}</ref>

In early 2016, an Oberlin professor, Joy Karega, suggested Israel was behind [[9/11]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stanley-Becker |first1=Isaac |title=Protests at Oberlin labeled a bakery racist. Now, the college has been ordered to pay $11 million for libel |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/10/oberlin-college-gibsons-bakery-libel-million-racist/ |access-date= June 19, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 10, 2019 |quote=Joy Karega, over incendiary statements on social media, including her suggestion that Israel was behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks |archive-date= June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617225745/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/10/oberlin-college-gibsons-bakery-libel-million-racist/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and blamed it for the [[Charlie hebdo attacks|Charlie Hebdo attacks]] and for [[ISIS]],<ref name="thetower.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.thetower.org/3012-oberlin-professor-claims-israel-was-behind-911-isis-charlie-hebdo-attack/ |title=Oberlin Professor Claims Israel Was Behind 9/11, ISIS, Charlie Hebdo Attack |website=Thetower.org |date=February 25, 2016 |access-date=November 4, 2016 |archive-date=November 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105160818/http://www.thetower.org/3012-oberlin-professor-claims-israel-was-behind-911-isis-charlie-hebdo-attack/ |url-status=live}}</ref> prompting a rebuke from faculty and administration.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/04/12/oberlin-professors-condemn-colleagues-controversial-remarks-others-defend-them |title=Oberlin professors condemn colleague's controversial remarks, others defend them |website=Insidehighered.com |access-date=November 4, 2016 |archive-date=November 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105162703/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/04/12/oberlin-professors-condemn-colleagues-controversial-remarks-others-defend-them |url-status=live}}</ref> After five-and-a-half months of discussion, the school suspended<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/08/04/months-later-oberlin-suspends-professor-who-made-anti-semitic-remarks-facebook |title=Suspended for Anti-Semitism |author=Colleen Flaherty |date=August 4, 2016 |website=Inside Higher Ed | access-date = November 4, 2016 | archive-date = November 5, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161105095304/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/08/04/months-later-oberlin-suspends-professor-who-made-anti-semitic-remarks-facebook | url-status = live}}</ref> and then fired her.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/16/oberlin-fires-joy-karega-following-investigation-her-anti-semitic-statements-social |quote=College fires Joy Karega, effective immediately, following an investigation into her anti-Semitic statements on social media |title=Oberlin Ousts Professor |author=Colleen Flaherty |date=November 16, 2016 |website=Inside Higher Ed | access-date = November 16, 2016 | archive-date = November 17, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161117070438/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/16/oberlin-fires-joy-karega-following-investigation-her-anti-semitic-statements-social | url-status = live}}</ref> The following week, the home of a Jewish professor at Oberlin was vandalized and a note that read "Gas Jews Die" was left on his front door.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jta.org/2016/11/20/news-opinion/united-states/note-reading-gas-jew-die-left-at-vandalized-home-of-jewish-oberlin-college-professor |title=Jewish Oberlin professor's house vandalized, note says 'Gas Die Jew' |website=Jta.org |date=November 20, 2016 |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202063832/http://www.jta.org/2016/11/20/news-opinion/united-states/note-reading-gas-jew-die-left-at-vandalized-home-of-jewish-oberlin-college-professor |url-status=live}}</ref>

Oberlin came under federal investigation in late 2023 by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights for alleged breach of Title VI, which protects students from discrimination because of their religion.<ref name=Claims/>  The focus of the investigation was on past statements of Professor [[Mohammad Jafar Mahallati]], which some viewed as antisemitic.<ref name=Claims>{{cite web|url= https://www.cleveland.com/education/2023/11/oberlin-college-under-federal-investigation-over-allegations-of-antisemitism.html |title=Oberlin College under federal investigation over allegations of antisemitism|date=November 3, 2023 |publisher=Cleveland.com, November 3, 2023|accessdate=November 11, 2023}}</ref>

====''Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College''====
{{main|Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College}}
In 2016, a black Oberlin student was caught shoplifting two bottles of wine from Gibson's Bakery and Market, a downtown Oberlin business. A scuffle ensued between Oberlin students and Gibson's staff, and the students involved pled guilty to misdemeanor charges. Oberlin faculty and students subsequently staged large demonstrations urging a boycott of Gibson's on the grounds that the store was racist, and Gibson's sued alleging libel and other charges. In June 2019, the college was found liable for [[libel]] and [[tortious interference]] in a [[Gibson's Bakery vs. Oberlin College|lawsuit initiated by the store]]; the bakery was awarded damages of $44 million by the jury, but a legal cap on damages reduced the award to $31.5 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oberlin-college-and-gibsons-bakery-a-protest-against-racism-and-a-31-5-million-dollar-defamation-award/ |title=A protest against racism, and a $31.5 million defamation award |website=[[CBS News]] |date=November 3, 2019 |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=April 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403085202/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oberlin-college-and-gibsons-bakery-a-protest-against-racism-and-a-31-5-million-dollar-defamation-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2019, the college appealed the case to the [[Ohio District Courts of Appeals]] in Akron, Ohio.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.oberlin.edu/news/oberlin-appeals-verdict-sets-troubling-free-speech-precedent |title=Oberlin Appeals Verdict that Sets Troubling Free Speech Precedent |date=October 8, 2019 |access-date= October 8, 2019 |publisher=Oberlin College |archive-date= October 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008174742/https://www.oberlin.edu/news/oberlin-appeals-verdict-sets-troubling-free-speech-precedent |url-status=live}}</ref> On March 31, 2022, the Court of Appeals unanimously dismissed both appeals, Oberlin and Gibson, upholding the jury verdict and Judge Miraldi's decisions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2022/2022-Ohio-1079.pdf |title=Gibson Bros., Inc. v. Oberlin College |publisher=Ohio Supreme Court|date=2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403073306/https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2022/2022-Ohio-1079.pdf |archive-date=April 3, 2022 }}</ref> The [[Supreme Court of Ohio]] chose to not accept the appeal and cross-appeal on August 29, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2022/2022-Ohio-2953.pdf | title=Case Announcements | publisher=The Supreme Court of Ohio | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319203218/https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2022/2022-Ohio-2953.pdf | archive-date=2024-03-19 | date=2022-08-30}}</ref> In December 2022, Oberlin College paid Gibson's Bakery $36.59 million, the entire amount due.<ref name="WKYC">{{cite news | last1 = DeNatale | first1 = Dave "Dino" | last2 = Buckingham | first2 = Lindsay | date = December 16, 2022 | title = Gibson's Bakery receives complete payment of $36.59 million from Oberlin College in defamation suit | url = https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lorain-county/oberlin-college-completes-payment-gibsons-bakery-defamation-case/95-ff4da16c-37d1-433f-bc1b-3e1ee219da29 | work = WKYC}}</ref> "We hope that the end of the litigation will begin the healing of our entire community", said the college.<ref name="WKYC"/>