Calling someone n*gger is "free expression" too. This professor isn't Satan she's just really ignorant and must think the crap that's going on is just a funny game. In the current political atmosphere of virulent racism and Donald Trump, the fact that warning bells didn't cause this person to pull out of the drive-way, drive home and discard the make-up and costume and then return to the party is frankly astounding. Obviously she'd had to apologize in order to save her position at the university even if the party is private since the photos that emerged would not be. She's being crucified because the UO has diversity issues and she's a convenient scapegoat. Now parasitic administrators can pat themselves on the backs and say they're doing something that justifies their bloated salaries. Nevertheless, the main function of the university to perpetuate the white social order.