Posted Sep 7, 2019 at 00:08. Revised May 28, 2022 at 09:48.
Contents — Oberlin College Bullies Gibson’s Bakery!
- Post-trial developments.
- 5/27/2022. It’s April Fool’s Day in Oberlin!
- 5/16/2022. Off to the races, again!
- 3/31/2022. Gibson’s Bakery wins!
- 3/27/2022. Waiting…
- 8/22/2021. Missing judge replaced.
- 4/6/2021. Oberlin’s Sex Police Lose.
- 4/5/2021. Oberlin Loses Title IX case.
- 12/20/2020. Following stupid orders?
- 12/8/2020. BOT lied to by College Administration?
- Gibson’s Bakery — shoplifting started it all!
- Oberlin College students boycott Gibson’s Bakery.
- Oberlin College policy and procedure deficiencies.
- Dereliction of duty explodes.
- Send feedback, suggestions, or objections
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Post-trial developments.
5/27/2022. It’s April Fool’s Day in Oberlin!
Oberlin College has combined April Fool’s Day and Ground Hog Day. Will the court order immediate payment to the Gibsons?
5/16/2022. Off to the races, again!
Oberlin College has filed a jurisdictional appeal of the Gibson decision with the Ohio Supreme Court. Historically, the court has agreed to hear less than 10% of the Jurisdictional Appeals filed in it.
3/31/2022. Gibson’s Bakery wins!
The court has chosen to present Oberlin college with its verdict just in time for April Fool’s day, apparently to salute the college for its folly in this matter. The following is from the official and heavily censored Oberlin College alumni website:
Oberlin Alumni Association
3/27/2022. Waiting…
There is no indication when the Gibson case appeal,
heard in early November 2020, will be decided. Earlier, the appellate court ordered the trial court to unseal (publish) Allyn D. Gibson’s voluminous private Facebook posts.
8/22/2021. Missing judge replaced.
The court has replaced the missing judge hearing the appellate panel for the Gibson Bakery matter.
4/6/2021. Oberlin’s Sex Police Lose.
College loses sexcapades appeal.
4/5/2021. Oberlin Loses Title IX case.
Court rules against college and Title IX.
12/20/2020. Following stupid orders?
The rats in the administration may be just soldiers following stupid orders from the BOT. If this is the case, the BOT will likely blame their soldiers and fire them for committing war crimes — i.e., following immoral orders.
12/8/2020. BOT lied to by College Administration?
Badly choked communication channels between the BOT and the college administration strongly suggest that the BOT was extensively and glibly lied to by people they trusted. That would explain a lot.
OberlinChaos is now working with other interested parties to find a way out of the tragic corner where the BOT finds itself. Attempting to reason with the BOT might be an exercise in absurdity.
Gibson’s Bakery — shoplifting started it all!
So, what does the Oberlin College Board of Trustees (the BOT) have to do with attacking Gibson’s Bakery? The answer is virtually nothing until the day after President Trump was elected. On that day, an underage Black college student attempted to buy wine in Gibson’s Bakery using a poorly counterfeited ID. When this failed, he tried unsuccessfully to shoplift the wine. Allyn D. Gibson restrained the shoplifter outside the store, where two black women students assaulted Allyn before the police arrived. Allyn was not a store owner — a legally important fact later. The shoplifting student used physical violence against Allyn and his father, David Gibson, and threatened Allyn’s life during the shoplifting incident. These complications turned what would typically have been a misdemeanor into a criminal matter.Oberlin College students boycott Gibson’s Bakery.
Less than 10% of the student body then launched a Gibsons’ Bakery boycott believing the accusations of racism and racial profiling against the Gibsons, and the screwups began. Most black residents of Oberlin were shocked by these accusations because they had known the Gibsons all their lives and understood the College’s slanderous allegations to be untrue. The unproven accusations against the Gibsons rapidly gained momentum in the deflected anger over the 2016 presidential election results and the resultant TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). Individuals in the College administration, including Dean Raimondo, supported the students by enthusiastically leaving behind a paper trail documenting their libel and slander against the Gibsons. The slanderous paperwork was a trial lawyer’s paradise consisting of emails, publicly distributed flyers, and college bulletin board postings. Not smart.
Don’t blame Dean Raimondo For unleashing the students. Blame the BOT for not leashing Raimondo.
Oberlin College policy and procedure deficiencies.
Unlike most educational institutions, the BOT never defined a complete libel and slander policy. It provided no clear way for determining when an individual or group speaks for the College. Consequentially, people can shove their words into the College’s mouth. The College made no effort to deny the students implicit or explicit permission to slander the Gibsons as an official college act. This oversight provided the Gibson lawyers with a vast arsenal of ammunition. They took the case on a contingency basis (only paid if they won) because they saw an almost certain victory.Dereliction of duty explodes.

College Administration’s
front door.
The purpose of this blog is to tell the other side of the Gibson’s Bakery, OSCA, the Kosher-Halal Co-op, and UAW stories to Oberlin Alumni lest they believe the College’s heavily redacted and whitewashed version of events. Please tell your fellow Obies how the Trustee-Politburo has damaged the College’s reputation, the worth of our degrees, the Gibsons, the college’s union workers, K-H, and the OSCA Co-op tradition. No pandemic, sleazy PR, or conflating of libel and slander with free speech can divert attention from the BOT’s negligence in these matters. Speak up and insist that the BOT arrest its compulsive, neo-Puritan righteousness, which has already eradicated either THOUSANDS of $36,000 scholarships or 225 Steinway concert grand pianos — just to wreck a tiny bakery, a cooperating union, K-H, and the OSCA Student Co-op!
The College has filed an appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court.
https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/Clerk/ecms/#/caseinfo/2022/0583
Hi Mr. Dial,
Thank you for creating this website. I’ve learned a lot! Two thoughts come to mind:
I cannot put into words the disgust I feel for this “institution of higher learning.” (That is a misnomer.) My daughter is almost done her studies there, and I deeply regret she went to Oberlin at all, but we did not know of this case when she was accepted, nor how insane this school really is. I will never give this school another dime. I am so sorry for what the Gibsons went through, and am glad justice prevailed for them, and I will continue to patronize their store every chance I get. Shame, shame, shame on Oberlin’s morally bankrupt administration and the poor example they set for their students. I would never recommend this school to anyone, ever. So grateful Ohio still has some honorable judges.
Another good overview of the case is here: https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/03/appeals-court-upholds-gibsons-bakery-massive-verdict-against-oberlin-college/
The Appeals Court released their decision today, March 31, 2022.
https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2022/2022-Ohio-1079.pdf
JD – I was following the Gibson’s lawsuit from the beginning. I even drove from Albany, NY to watch the trial for a day. I shook David Gibson’s hand and told him he was a great American for standing up to the nonsense. I was hoping that the result would send a message to college/university administrators that there is a difference between free speech and slander, and they would teach these concepts to their students…and maybe that happened…but it is incredible to watch Oberlin administrators who refuse to get the point. They continue to dig themselves into a hole…and they keep digging. I found your website after reading your comments on Legal Insurrection. You make some good points. I hope your pressure results in some BOT turnover. The whole place is sick…they need a complete overhaul.
Thanks for your efforts.
Devon Howe
This is a breath of fresh air to hear such rational and well argued defense of right side of this issue. I WILL GLADLY read and respond to future threads to this disscussion.
KEVIN Daniels. Oc 1992′
Is there an organized alumni effort to lobby and/or replace the BOT.
And how in the hell is Raimondo still employed?
Good job on the site. Oberlin College upper management needs to be broomed. They are arrogant and incompetent.