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<p>Um, in the case of the incidents that have transpired at Oberlin, the “toxic, divisive stuff” is hate crimes. Dyer, if the thesis of your argument above is that the focus should be on combatting “the people who are directly responsible”, I agree with you. I’m not sure why you did not explicitly name organized hate groups as one of the “real enemies” in your rather general commentary. Some of the materials found on campus are linked to organized hate groups. Hate crimes can rise to the level of Federal civil rights violations, which is presumably why the Oberlin Administration has brought in the FBI to investigate.</p>
<p>The NYT has also again reported on the ongoing story today:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/education/ohio-fbi-enters-inquiry-at-oberlin.html?hpw[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/education/ohio-fbi-enters-inquiry-at-oberlin.html?hpw</a></p>
<p>The NYT brief links to the 3/6/13 article in the Oberlin Review, the student newspaper. The students themselves have, IMHO, provided the most detailed reports of the incidents to date. If you read the Review article carefully and the associated comments, it appears that there has been circumstantial evidence uncovered that ties the hate speech to organized hate groups. The whole mystery of who has perpetrated all the instances of hate crimes, and why, is yet to be solved - whether or not it is all a hoax, perpetrated by students or other actors for self-aggrandizing or other ulterior motives, or actions perpetrated by members of real hate groups for the purpose of injuring those they hate, spreading hate to a wider audience and gaining more notoriety, has yet to be revealed.</p>
<p>The Oberlin Administration sent an e-mail update to the parents today, repeating verbatim the Safety and Security update that was posted in the “Source” on the Oberlin website on Thursday. I can only speculate that the fact that the Administration is choosing to update the parents of the security measures in place on campus is indicative that the Administration and the law enforcement bodies who are investigating are still finding enough cause for ongoing safety concerns that extra security measures are still in place on campus.</p>