Riv-Ellen Prell, Co-Curator of the exhibition A Campus Divided, responded to critics who claimed that the past was being unfairly judged by present values. She argued that the historical record demonstrated that many people disagreed with President Lotus Coffman in his own time about segregated campus housing. She also noted that every historical moment is contested with different groups holding different perspectives on social and political issues. The three University of Minnesota presidents in the 1930s disagreed with one another. The opinion editorial rejected the view that everyone agreed with racist and antisemitic views in the 1930s. It appeared in the Star Tribune before the final vote of the Board of Regents on removing names from campus buildings.