I'm confused. The OP and some later posts don't seem to be portraying the same thing at all. This post in particular doesn't seem to imply anyone was forced to stay home or whatever :
If this is merely about swapping the events' location it seems like a pretty reasonable request.
(I will say though that I'm unable to watch the videos at this time so I apologize if maybe I'm missing something)
The controversy isn't the request, although feel free to debate it if you want, it's the reaction of the campus.