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via Wkyc: About a week after a jury awarded a bakery $44 million dollars in a libel case against Oberlin College, the school’s president is speaking out – once again denying claims that it aided and abetted students during a racially-charged protest against Gibson’s Bakery. The Gibsons sued the college and a top administrator for defamation […]

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via Wkyc: A jury has awarded $11 million to a father and son who claimed Ohio’s Oberlin College and an administrator hurt their business and libeled them during a dispute that triggered protests and allegations of racism following a shoplifting incident. The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports a Lorain County jury Friday awarded David Gibson $5.8 million, son Allyn Gibson […]

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Bill Cosby has suffered another big blow, and this time it happened in Lorain County. Oberlin College announced that it would rescind the honorary degree it granted to Cosby in 2010. The decision was made Dec, 4 at the Oberlin College Board of Trustees meeting. Tuesday’s news comes on the heels of another big development. On Monday, Cosby’s attorneys sued […]

National

First Lady delivers address at Oberlin commencement. (Source: Oberlin College) “I want to congratulate the Oberlin Class of 2015! You all have worked so hard to make it to this moment,” said Mrs. Obama. First Lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement address at Oberlin College Memorial Day. This year Oberlin College celebrates 50th anniversary of […]

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  Michelle Obama will deliver remarks at Oberlin College’s commencement in May, the White House announced Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, Oberlin, along with King College Prep in Chicago, was chosen because of its video submission to her Near-Peer Mentoring College Challenge. For the challenge, schools had to show their commitment to college mentoring […]