I think that reverting them so that they can be reviewed is entirely appropriate - sure there are lots of people at that particular university, but it's not the

I think that reverting them so that they can be reviewed is entirely appropriate - sure there are lots of people at that particular university, but it's not the linux maintainer's job to know which of them are bad actors - better that the entire university gets locked out, if only to get their attention, and then let them sort out their bad actors before being let back into the fold