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Daniel Xu

Daniel Xu ’29 is the Vol. 269 Local Editor for News. He is also the author of two columns: "Ache of Home" and "And So We Thought." Contact him at danxu ‘at’ stanford.edu.
Student Government
Jared Hammerstrom ’27 and Celeste Vargas ’27 will serve as president and vice president of next year's ASSU executive team. (Courtesy of FARM RAISED)

ASSU 2026 election results: Hammerstrom and Vargas elected president, vice president

Daniel Xu
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April 18
Student Government
SPARK poses during their campaign for sophomore class presidents. (Courtesy of @stanford.spark via Instagram)

Junior class president race sees SPARK run uncontested

Daniel Xu
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April 15
University
Lerone A. Martin smiling

Lerone A. Martin to deliver 2026 Baccalaureate address

Daniel Xu
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April 14
Screen
A TV screen with popcorn in front of it on a blooming grass field.

What Stanford students watched over spring break

Anisha Pandey, Daniel Xu, Emmett Chung and Blyss Cleveland
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April 5
Campus Life
Popular Twitch streamer Hasan "HasanAbi" Piker speaks

Socialist streamer Hasan Piker talks ‘imperialism,’ labor and politics

Daniel Xu
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April 2
University
"Stanford has adopted, implemented, and enforced a racially discriminatory program," wrote the author of the complaint. (Photo: MICHAEL YU/The Stanford Daily)

BIPOC educators’ program faces lawsuit alleging discrimination

Daniel Xu
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April 1
Crime & Safety
Police Blotter default backdrop.

Police Blotter: False bomb reports, noncriminal hate violence, breaking and entering at a student residence

Daniel Xu
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April 1
World & Nation
Stanford community members joined a gathering last week titled "The Iran They Died For." (Photo: DANIEL XU/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford community reacts to Iran War

Daniel Xu
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March 11
Culture
In recognition of Women's History Month, students shared personal tributes to the women in their lives. (Graphic: Chinyoung Shao/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford students reflect on the women in their lives for Women’s History Month

Blyss Cleveland, George Porteous, Daniel Xu, Emmett Chung and Sebastian Strawser
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March 10
Music
Graphic

Songs that Stanford students are ‘locking in’ with over winter quarter

Angikar Ghosal, Quinn Cook, Miro Swisher, Caroline Cho, Chloe Loquet, Anisha Pandey, Blyss Cleveland, Dayanara Yepez Ramirez, Daniel Xu and Jacqueline Larsen
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March 9
Campus Life
Stanford students protest the war in Iran.

Stanford protestors meet counterprotestors in rally against Iran war 

Daniel Xu
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March 9
The Grind
The Computing and Data Science Building (CoDa) in the day time

Asking Stanford: What is the best building on campus?

Alaina Zhang, Angikar Ghosal, Anisha Pandey, Daniel Xu, Lily Zou, Megan D'Souza, Sebastian Strawser and Sharis Hsu
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March 4
Humor
Google's Mountain View office

Tech giants praise Stanford WiFi

Daniel Xu
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Feb. 17
News
Stanford Law School, F.I.R. Hall.

Former Stanford Law Dean Liz Magill named head of Georgetown Law

Daniel Xu
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Feb. 17
Humor
Stanford’s motto, “Die Luft Der Freiheit Weit,” literally translates to “Die if your fun here wanes.” (Graphic: JENNY BALLUTAY/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford students are having fun

Daniel Xu
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Feb. 13
Campus Life
Glenn Loury seated at a speaker event

‘Disagreement itself has become morally legible’: Glenn Loury critiques self-censorship

Emerson Prentice and Daniel Xu
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Feb. 12
Screen
Students pick the best and worst options for a Valentine's movie night. (Photo: CHLOE HANNSZ/The Stanford Daily)

The best (and worst) movies to watch with your Valentine

Caroline Cho, Blyss Cleveland, Melita D’Souza, Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz, Miro Swisher and Daniel Xu
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Feb. 11
The Grind
illustration of a shelf with books, a pair of glasses, headphones, a globe, and a framed photo

Asking Stanford: What year do you think about the most?

Alaina Zhang, Megan D'Souza, Kelly Wang, Daniel Xu, Angikar Ghosal, Kaleb Gjestson, Melita D’Souza and Lily Zou
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Feb. 10
News
Federer sat down with Levin at Maples Pavilion Monday.

Roger Federer talks personal growth and retirement with Levin

Daniel Xu, Audrey Chang and Mary Zheng
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Feb. 10
News
A crowd in Santana Row, San Jose. (Photo: ANNA YANG/The Stanford Daily)

‘We will not cooperate with that behavior’: San Jose bans ICE from using town property

Daniel Xu
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Feb. 6

Multimedia by Daniel Xu

World & Nation
Stanford community members joined a gathering last week titled "The Iran They Died For." (Photo: DANIEL XU/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford community reacts to Iran War

Daniel Xu
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March 11
Campus Life
On Oct. 30, Justice Anthony Kennedy spoke at the Stanford Law School, bringing with him a propagation of civil discourse that defined the ethics of his Supreme Court. (Photo Courtesy of Patrick Beaudouin)

Justice Anthony Kennedy urges law students to rethink the judiciary

Daniel Xu
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Oct. 31
The Stanford Daily

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