"Professor Andrei Serban, an award-winning director originally from Romania, quit his prestigious tenured position at Columbia University because the Ivy League school is “on its way toward full blown communism.” The professor objected to the school’s ban on hiring straight white males, even if they were the most qualified for the job. In addition, he opposed an applicant to the school, a transgender male, who he said was not believable as Juliet. Serban said that he felt that he could not violate his principles."