Social justice? Oh, you betcha.

Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times: Oberlin Helped Students Defame a Bakery, a Jury Says.  The Punishment: $33 Million.  —  This week, the jury awarded the bakery $33 million in punitive damages, on top of the $11 million in compensatory damages awarded the week prior.

The case raised questions about the degree to which colleges should get involved with the political actions of its students and its employees. Oberlin maintained that college officials had gotten involved only to keep the peace, and that it was supporting its students, not their claims that Gibson’s was racist. But the jury found that Oberlin had clearly chosen sides without first examining the facts.