A buried lede at UC-Berkeley

Sometimes, you have to read between the lines of an article. And sometimes, you can read the lines directly but they are buried in a larger story. 

In a story in the Daily Cal entitled "Students, ASUC officials grill chancellor on controversial campus speaker, Justice4Ivonne" which deals with a meeting of students and student representatives with outgoing Chancellor Christ, we read, "Christ attended the meeting over Zoom after going back on her decision to come in person, citing safety concerns."* What does that statement tell you about the campus climate at Berkeley, apart from anything else reported in the article? 

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*https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/asuc/students-asuc-officials-grill-chancellor-on-controversial-campus-speaker-justice4ivonne/article_ee1ca4c6-fe13-11ee-b761-dfc432a6753c.html.