Rushdie weighs modern literature

Acclaimed author pushes for continued literary engagement
By Eric Messinger
NEWS| Sir Salman Rushdie, the renowned and controversial author of “Midnight’s Children” and “The Satanic Verses,” addressed a packed Kresge Auditorium last night in the second-to-last ASSU Speakers Bureau for the academic year.

Cancer claims life of lecturer

By Anneke Nelson
NEWS| Renowned jazz musician and Department of Music lecturer Hal Stein passed away from lung cancer on Apr. 27, just five months before his 80th birthday. Stein taught saxophone lessons and performed until his death.

Number of doctoral women on the rise

By Maneesha Limaye
NEWS| For the first time in Stanford’s history, a female Ph.D. student was questioned by an all-female examination committee in the School of Engineering last Wednesday in Wallenberg Hall.