If college diversity offices go too far, they might have to pay up. : Oberlin College has lost all hope of avoiding its huge judgment in the Gibson’s Bakery case. The liberal arts college, found by a jury to have defamed the bakery as racist, has been forced to face up to reality and post a $36 million bond. The bond — a promise the College can pay back Gibson’s bakery — comes after Oberlin’s lawyers tried for weeks to avoid paying up or posting bond until the period of appeal had passed.