Teresa Shen

Retired profs will be asked to downgrade housing

By the terms of a housing policy which took effect in the summer of 2009, tenured professors and other longtime employees who signed leases between July 1, 1989 and June 30, 2009 can be asked, starting three years after retirement, to downsize or leave Columbia housing.

Homecoming bias incident calls attention to OMA response

Deans from the Office of Multicultural Affairs say that the increase of reported bias incidents likely indicates that students are taking a more active role in reporting incidents they find offensive.

Bloomberg says cities need to spur innovation

Mayor Michael Bloomberg advocated for innovation and the role of local government in cities on Thursday, but his speech also drew a crowd of protesters who were dissatisfied with Bloomberg's economic policies.