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The article reports on student movements at the campus of Columbia University in New York City. Student demonstrations continue despite of the suspension of those who participated in some disorderly movements which includes the chairman of the Students for a Democratic Society Columbia chapter, Mark Rudd. The university's acting president, Andrew W. Cordier speaks at the rally about the policies of his administration.

The article discusses the appointment of Elie Abel as dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. It states that his appointment received opposition from the professors of the department because of lack of consultation from them and undue haste of appointing a person they did not know but Columbia University president Andrew Cordier was not terrified by them and went ahead with the appointment. It also states that Abel will have to face faculty dispute in his deanship.

The article reports on Columbia University's search of a man to become its president, which has been left vacant since the resignation of former president Grayson Kirk. Andrew Cordier has been serving as acting president but insists to return to his regular as dean of the School of International Affairs. The man who will accept the job is expected to face several challenges, including raising faculty salaries, lowering the school's deficit and coping up with more possible student disorders.