Harvard’s 146-year-old student newspaper has provided the rest of the country with a blueprint for resisting illiberal campus mobs.

The Harvard Crimson responded forcefully this week to angry student groups enraged by the fact its reporters asked for comment from Immigration and Customs Enforcement while writing an article about protests of the federal agency. Writers Elizabeth Guo and Amanda Su reported on Sept. 13 for an article titled “Harvard Affiliates Rally for Abolish ICE Movement” that representatives for the agency “did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night.”