I think it’s the same story it’s always been: there are vocal activists on college campuses who make sure to be heard. I keep telling students it’s the 60’s all over again, and certain social issues are the current hot button. The majority of students and professors on campus are going about their business. This discourse isn’t, generally speaking, affecting what is happening in the majority of classrooms–but if students are talking about more global issues, including how to talk (and listen and respectfully disagree) about global issues, I think it’s a good thing. The only thing that I don’t love is the idea that colleges should muzzle certain debate so nobody ever feels able to test/learn about/defend ALL sides of an issue. Students at Oberlin are doing what students at Oberlin have always done–which is thinking much more broadly about the world at large than some other LACs that might live in a “bubble” where things are more copacetic. I am a fan and huge proponent of liberal arts colleges, but they all have distinct personalities–visit, read the campus newspaper, subscribe to Instagram and Twitter feeds, ask questions–and she will find schools that fit her.