Just to recap the discussion in this thread for those who, like myself, are considering Oberlin and may be a bit worried:
All or almost all posters who either are students at Oberlin or have a son or daughter at Oberlin agree that the actual situation at Oberlin, inside and outside the classroom, is nothing like what the New Yorker article suggests. Extremist SJWs are a small, vocal minority as they are on any other LAC campus, and students are generally not bothered by the level of political activism at Oberlin. So, there is no need to panic and take Oberlin off the list.
I thought I’d point this out because cursorily reading the many comments over six long pages one might easily come away with a different impression. Hopefully, this will save someone else the time I just spent.