wait what did the college have anything to do with this, im not really understanding the article
did they publish material to defame the business or what
under aged black students from oberlin tried to shoplift alcohol which prompted one of the gibsons to confront the shoplifters. fight breaks out because "white guy trying to oppress black guy" nonsense it seems. students attack the gibsons, police arrive, arrest the shoplifters. they were later charged as guilty. students start boycotting gibsons, slandering on facebook, and protesting outside for reasons like "racial profiling". college student bodies may have influenced it to a degree. gibsons sues the school for damages and wins. students and school staff are in a titter because they lost.
the student bodies and from the sounds of it, the actual college president incited some kind of race baiting and failed. still reading into it but thats what im getting