Protests over cultural sensitivity have long been a staple at Oberlin College, a liberal arts school tucked into the cornfields of Ohio, where students have spoken out about everything from microaggressions to the cultural appropriation of sushi.

Now some of those protests have put the college on the hook for tens of millions of dollars. Gibson’s bakery, a local establishment known for its whole wheat doughnuts and chocolate-covered grapes, became the target of a boycott by students who accused it of racially profiling a black student.

A jury found that the college and its dean of students had defamed the business by siding with the protesters. 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.