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2 months ago | 
stanforddaily.com | Judy Liu |Rani Chor
The concept of Diplomatique is as much a perspective on the Stanford student’s experience within international affairs as it is Stanford’s place in the international community. Our writers don’t always agree with each other. But we felt their pieces all had one thing in common: a desire to capture fragments of a world in flux, to take a snapshot of history and diplomacy unfold before our eyes.
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2 months ago | 
stanforddaily.com | Judy Liu
Two weeks before Halloween 2024, a bus carrying 40 festivalgoers sped down the I-5 toward Southern California. They were on their way to see a music festival. And for a brief moment once they were there, young people danced under flashing lights, lost in the rhythm of the crowd. Then the shouting began. Then the gunfire. When the violence ended, 370 lay dead. Forty-four were taken hostage. On Oct.
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2 months ago | 
stanforddaily.com | Judy Liu
Less than a year before Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, he published an essay using history to argue that Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians are one people and should be united under one nation. His interpretation of the history spanned back to a contentious point in the tenth century with another Vladimir: Vladimir the Great.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Judy Liu
Joan Brammer passed away unexpectedly on October 29, 2024, at her home in the Hampshire in Merced, California. She was born in Richmond, California, on March 24, 1932. The family moved to Los Angeles during the buildup to World War II as her father, Willard, was an aviation metalsmith. In 1941 they moved to Alameda, where Willard worked at the Alameda Naval Air Station for 27 years.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
stanforddaily.com | Judy Liu
A petition started by Sara Simoni ’26 for students to meet with members of the creative writing faculty to discuss their decision to “future fire” all of the Jones lecturers has been turned down by two deans Thursday.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
stanforddaily.com | Judy Liu
Using pen, paper and an electronic Smith-Corona typewriter, students wrote over 50 letters to Humanities and Sciences Dean Debra Satz asking her to reverse the decision to cycle out creative writing Jones Lecturers. On Thursday, Save Stanford Creative Writing, a student- and alumni-led initiative, organized an open mic night and letter writing stations in partnership with On Call Café, where the group aimed to spread awareness about the creative writing program’s recent restructuring.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
stanforddaily.com | Judy Liu
One creative writing lecturer requested anonymity due to fears of professional retaliation. Pseudonyms and gender neutral pronouns were used to protect sources’ identities and improve readability. Many of Stanford’s creative writing lecturers would be phased out over the next two years, as the University restores the Jones Lectureship’s term limits as part of the restructuring of the creative writing program.
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May 10, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Judy Liu
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments.
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May 10, 2024 | 
stanforddaily.com | Judy Liu
Two creative writing lecturers requested anonymity due to fears of professional retaliation. Pseudonyms and gender neutral pronouns were used to protect sources’ identities and improve readability. Rose Whitmore, a former Jones lecturer, was one of Kathaleen Mallard’s ’25 favorite teachers and mentors. She received the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize — the same year she was let go. When another student asked her to be their advisor that year, Whitmore had to decline.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
stanforddaily.com | Judy Liu
The Undergraduate Senate (UGS) debated an addendum to the 2023 Student Conduct Charter that will more specifically delineate the three tiers of disciplinary review, at its meeting last Tuesday.
