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.

Studies eye SAT writing

By Kamil Dada
NEWS| According to the preliminary results of two new studies, the newly added writing portion of the SAT is actually a better predictor of grades for freshman college students than the older critical reading and mathematics portions.

New parking structure to open this month

By Susana Montes
NEWS| The 1,180-space Wilbur underground Parking Structure 6 (PS6) is scheduled to open later this month, pending regulatory inspections.

BRIEF: Cal senior fatally stabbed, suspect taken into custody

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| Wootton was stabbed during a confrontation outside of the sorority Chi Omega early Saturday morning, according to The Daily Californian.

BRIEF: Walk the Farm 2008 assesses water usage

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| According to a press release from the Bill Lane Center for the Study of the North American West, much of the trail took walkers on private land, where leaseholders and ranchers met the hikers to share their experiences of ranching and farming.

Everybody knows one: IHUM Kids

By Gabriel Jimenez-Medina
NEWS| For about four hours two times a week, most Stanford freshmen enter a new dimension.

Annual Cook-Off sizzles

By Shelby Martin
NEWS| It’s just after 5 p.m.