After a Legal Fight, Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59M to a Local Bakery
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Re: After a Legal Fight, Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59M to a Local Bakery
#2“ The message to other colleges is to have the intestinal fortitude to be the adult in the room”
That seems to be the most apt conclusion. Being an educational institution should involve more than just indulging the students. It should also challenge them and be measured in their responses to events, even if that means being unpopular with students.
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#4is this considered taxable income?
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#5is this considered taxable income?
Generally yes. Some exceptions exist but nothing like this case.
Re: After a Legal Fight, Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59M to a Local Bakery
#6Is there more to this story? I'm honestly pretty shocked by this. The college basically got into hot water for having its Dean show up at a protest holding a flyer.
Re: After a Legal Fight, Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59M to a Local Bakery
#7“ The message to other colleges is to have the intestinal fortitude to be the adult in the room” That seems to be the most apt conclusion. Being an educational institution should involve more than just indulging the students. It should also challenge them and be measured in their responses to events, even if that means being unpopular with students.
Being an educational institution should involve more than just indulging the students
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) free-speech rankings seem like a good proxy for this: https://www.thefire.org/research/publications/student-survey...
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#8This case is so egregious, in a just world there would be a criminal case too. 2 members of the bakery family have died as Oberlin has dragged this out.
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#9is this considered taxable income?
yes, but they probably have a lot of losses from the past two years they can use to offset some of the taxes
Re: After a Legal Fight, Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59M to a Local Bakery
#10Is there more to this story? I'm honestly pretty shocked by this. The college basically got into hot water for having its Dean show up at a protest holding a flyer.
Yes, there's quite a bit more.