In January 1983, "The Dartmouth Review" published an article by Laura Ingraham criticizing Professor William Cole's Music 2 course and judging his curriculum to be "one of Dartmouth's most academically deficient." In response, Professor Cole visited Ingraham's campus dorm room and, finding her absent, pounded on the door until a startled roommate calmed him down. The following Tuesday, despite repeated warnings from the Dean of the Faculty, he cancelled his class for two sessions and demanded a public apology from "The Dartmouth Review". When the editors stood by the content of the story, he sued them for libel and sought over $2.4 million in remuneration. In the months that followed, the case garnered considerable national attention and pitted much of the Dartmouth faculty against the publication and its supporters. After Professor Cole's representation was unable to demonstrate that there were any factual inaccuracies or generalizations in the piece, he ultimately decided to drop all charges in June 1985.