And the devil lusts to take over that which gives honor to God. Besides the likes of Harvard, consider the downward path of "progressive" Oberlin after a good beginning:
They began well:Founded as the Oberlin Collegiate Institute in 1833 by a pair of Presbyterian ministers, John Jay Shipherd and Philo Stewart.
Oberlin's Graduate School of Theology (first called the Theological Department), was established alongside the college in 1833.[12] Asa Mahan (1799–1889) accepted the position as first President of the Oberlin Collegiate Institute in 1835, simultaneously serving as the chair of intellectual and moral philosophy and a professor of theology.
Mahan, who had often been in conflict with faculty, resigned his position as president in 1850.[21][22] In his place, famed abolitionist and preacher Charles Grandison Finney (already a professor at the college since its founding) was made president, serving until 1866.[23] Under Finney's leadership, Oberlin's faculty and students increased their activity in the abolitionist movement. They participated together with people of the town in biracial efforts to help fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad (where Oberlin was a key stop), as well as to resist the Fugitive Slave Act.[24
Oberlin College was also prominent in sending Christian missionaries abroad. In 1881, students at Oberlin formed the Oberlin Band to journey as a group to remote Shanxi province in China.[31]:24-23 A total of 30 members of the Oberlin Band worked in Shanxi as missionaries over the next two decades. Ten died of disease, and in 1900, fifteen of the Oberlin missionaries, including wives and children, were killed by Boxers or Chinese government soldiers during the Boxer Rebellion.[32]
But later, like the devil seeking to "climb up some other way" (Jn. 10:1) to promotion than merit or grace, the 60's+ students presumed to take over administration:
Robert K. Carr served as Oberlin College president from 1960–1970, during a tumultuous period of student activism. Under his presidency, he increased the school's physical plant, with 15 new buildings completed. Under his leadership, student involvement in college affairs increased, with students serving on nearly all college committees as voting members (including the Board of Trustees). Despite these accomplishments, Carr clashed repeatedly with the students regarding issues related to the Vietnam War, and he left office in 1969 (with History professor Ellsworth C. Clayton taking over as acting President),[30] and was forced to resign as President in 1970.
Also,
In 1965, the board of trustees voted to discontinue graduate instruction in theology at Oberlin, and in September 1966, six faculty members and 22 students merged with the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University.[12] (Now, Of Oberlin's nearly 3,000 students, nearly 2,400 are enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences, a little over 400 in the Conservatory of Music, and the remaining 180 or so in both College and Conservatory under the five-year Double-Degree program.[65])
And in further spiritual and moral declension:
In 1970, Oberlin made the cover of Life as one of the first colleges in the country to have co-ed dormitories.[34][35]
And in further political correctness and student activism:
In 1983, following a nationwide search, Oberlin hired S. Frederick Starr, an expert on Russian and Eurasian affairs, as well as a noted musician, as its 12th president. Starr's academic and musical accomplishments boded well for his stewardship of both the College and the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.[36] However, despite increasing minority hiring,[36] Starr's tenure was marked by clashes with students over such issues as divestment from South Africa and the dismissal of a campus minister,[36] as well as Starr's general approach of reframing Oberlin as the "Harvard of the Midwest."[37] After a particularly vitriolic clash with students that took place on the front lawn of his home in April 1990,[37] Starr took a leave of absence as president from July 1991 – February 1992.[36] He officially resigned in March 1993, effective to June of that year.[36]
Followed by a female admin:
Nancy Dye became the 13th president of Oberlin College in July 1994,[38] succeeding the embattled Starr.[37] Oberlin's first female president, she oversaw the construction of new buildings, the increased selectiveness of the student body, and helped increase the endowment with the then-largest capital campaign in the college's history.[39]
And of course unions follow:
Oberlin's first and only hired trade union expert, Chris Howell, argues 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 argues that college workers sought the union to represent them in response to the administration's effort to "speed up work" to meet a "mounting budget crisis".[43]
And for liberal access was another another reason to protest:
And with liberal domination and antipathy to the authority of God comes anti-Israel action:
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 Palestinians who died in the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[47] In January 2016, hundreds of Oberlin alumni signed a letter to the Oberlin administration stating that this protest was one example of anti-Semitism on the campus.[48][49]
In 2004, student activism led to a campus-wide ban on sales of Coca-Cola products.[92] However, this was revoked in spring 2014 and students may now buy Coca-Cola products from the student union.[93]
In May 2015, students temporarily took over their school's administration building to protest a $2,300 increase in tuition cost between the 2015 and 2016 academic school years.[101]
And as a capstone of demonic victory comes the flag of Sodom:
LGBT Advocacy Oberlin is also known for its liberal attitude toward sexuality and gender expression. Oberlin has been consistently ranked among the friendliest college campuses for LGBT students by multiple publications, including The Advocate, Newsweek, and The Princeton Review.[110][111][112]
And as a university of Snowflake:
In 2015, students organized to protest the campus dining department and food contractor for alleged instances of cultural appropriation and cultural insensitivity.[50]
In December 2015, Oberlin's Black Student Union issued a series of 50 specific demands of the college and conservatory including promoting certain black faculty to tenured positions, hiring more black faculty, firing other faculty members, and obtaining a $15 an hour minimum wage for all campus workers and guaranteed health care in their contracts.
And which brings us to the latest scandal:
The day after the 2016 election victory by Donald Trump, a black male Oberlin College student was stopped for shoplifting wine at Gibson’s Bakery and Market in downtown Oberlin, OH. Gibson’s had been in existence since 1885, was frequented by students, and also provided baked goods to the college dining halls. A scuffle ensued that was joined by two black female Oberlin College students accompanying the male shoplifter and apparently acting in concert with him. All three eventually would plead guilty to shoplifting and aggravated trespassing, and would avow that Gibson’s was not engaged in racial profiling.
But before those guilty pleas, students at the college immediately declared that Gibson’s was guilty of racial profiling, and large protests were organized outside the bakery. Flyers were passed out claiming Gibson’s was “racist” and had “a long account of racial profiling and discrimination.” The Oberlin College Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo allegedly participated in handing out the flyers in front of the bakery. The Oberlin College Student Senate also passed a resolution claiming Gibson’s “has a long history of racial profiling and discriminatory treatment of students and residents alike.” The college administration allegedly helped spread this student senate resolution.
Students started a boycott of the bakery, initially joined in by the college. The college eventually resumed business with the bakery, but then terminated that business after the lawsuit was filed.
Gibson’s and its owners sued the college and Raimondo for libel, tortious interference with business relationships and contracts, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and trespass. Gibson’s alleged long-term damage to its business and reputation for the allegedly defamatory accusations and other torts. The plaintiffs in closing argument asked the jury to award $12.8 million in compensatory damages.[56][57]The jury found for the plaintiffs and awarded $11 million in actual damages. The punitive damages phase of the trial has yet to be completed but could raise the award to as much as $33 million. [58][59][60]
In February 2013, the college received a significant amount of press focusing on the so-called "No Trespass List," a secret list maintained by the college that bars individuals from campus without due process.[44] Student activists and members of the surrounding town joined together to form the One Town Campaign, which sought to challenge this policy.[45] On February 13, 2013, a forum at the Oberlin Public Library with over 200 people in attendance, 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."[46] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_College#19th_century
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