FYI, you do know that the ILA is being restructured, right? I suppose that won't make much of a difference if the faculty members are staying around. However, I will say that Emory's administration is becoming less interested in interdisciplinary studies.
From the first line, "Who wouldn’t want a job where you only have to work five hours a week, you get summers off..." I can already tell this article is going to be bullshit.
I know that in the program I'll be attending, some upper year grad students move to NYC after coursework is over. I imagine it would be really expensive to have to commute from New Brunswick to NYC more than a couple of times a week. So, it should be allowed even though it's definitely not the most economically feasible option.