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Sarayu Pai

Contact Sarayu at smpai918 ‘at’ stanford.edu.
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A catalytic converter

Catalytic converters: What are they and why are they stolen?

Sarayu Pai and Hana Dao
  •  
May 22, 2022
Music
Amine performs in front of a screen with a 3D sign of him to a crowd

Aminé amazes at Frost Festival 2022

Sarayu Pai
  •  
May 22, 2022
The Grind
A raccoon hiding in a drain in a curb on Panama Mall

How a Stanford raccoon broke into my dorm room (and other animal encounters)

Sarayu Pai
  •  
May 16, 2022
News
A graphic image of Elon Musk in a suit opening a bird cage. The Twitter icon, which is a white bird, is flying out of the cage.

Professors sound alarm on free speech after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

Sarayu Pai
  •  
May 2, 2022
Environment
A pair of hands holding multi-colored plastic bits

Microplastics: from the beach to your blood

Sarayu Pai
  •  
April 18, 2022
News
A group of people walking around inside Arrillaga Dining

Taken-out: Take-out containers removed from dining halls

Sarayu Pai
  •  
April 14, 2022
News
Photo of old union 2020 with people walking around

UGS passes resolutions on General Permit Use, funding, election transition during March meetings

Sarayu Pai
  •  
April 5, 2022
News
A group of rock climbers watch their teammate scale a climbing wall

Stanford Climbing Team thrives on adrenaline, seeks deeper meaning

Sarayu Pai
  •  
March 29, 2022
Culture
A group of dancers in red light

Tricks, twirls and throwing it back: ‘EnCounter Culture’ 2022

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Feb. 28, 2022
Campus Life
Graphic with the Cal athletics logo on Sather Tower and Hoover Tower with the Stanford logo at the front of a lecture hall

Divided loyalties: Stanford professors who went to Cal

Anne Li and Sarayu Pai
  •  
Nov. 17, 2021
Arts & Life
Jaboukie Young-White delivers a joke on stage

Jaboukie’s got jokes: A tailored comedic experience for his college audience

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Nov. 7, 2021
The Grind
(Photo: Pexels)

Quaran-tunes Set 1

Sarayu Pai
  •  
May 3, 2020
The Grind
The circular shape of a bagel is a metaphor for the age-old adage “what goes around comes around.” (Photo: Pexels)

Life lessons from bagels

Sarayu Pai
  •  
March 2, 2020
The Grind
Joanne Liu, who is trained as an emergency pediatric physician, is on campus as a visiting international scholar. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

What I learned from lunch with Joanne Liu

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Feb. 25, 2020
The Grind
Through all the trials and tribulations of the American education system, the TI-84 has stuck by my side. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

A letter to my TI-84

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Feb. 21, 2020
The Grind
It's no surprise that smells hold the power to both create and evoke poignant memories. Sarayu Pai describes just a few aromas with particularly strong undertones. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Smells: the good, the bad, the ugly

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Feb. 6, 2020
The Grind
Sarayu Pai got the opportunity to see "Hamilton," the musical, with her dorm, and from her perspective, this raved-about production certainly lives up to its phenomenal reviews. (Photo: Pexels)

On history, humor and ‘Hamilton’

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Feb. 5, 2020
The Grind
If you weren't able to make it to the 2020 women's march, try to catch it next year, because as Sarayu Pai explains, it's a fantastic and empowering way to spend one's Saturday morning. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Attendee’s perspective on the 2020 San Francisco Women’s March

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Jan. 29, 2020
The Grind
Winter break looks different for everyone, but there may be some trends that unite students’ experiences. (Photo: Pexels)

Phases of winter break

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Jan. 26, 2020
The Grind
Because many of us rely heavily on our computers for so much of our work, the decision to keep an old one or splurge on a new one can be difficult to make. Sarayu Pai shares her observations from not only getting a new laptop, but from making the jump from PC to Mac, as well. (Photo: LINDA A. CICERO / Stanford News Service)

Observations after switching from a PC to a Mac

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Jan. 22, 2020
The Stanford Daily

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