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Sam Waddoups

Sam Waddoups

The Grind

On staying too long at the fair

Sam Waddoups
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June 12
Music
Little red cube cartoon-man holding broken heart halves with the album covers mention. Julia Jacklin and Laura Marling also depicted.

Music that makes you feel: Every stage of a breakup

Sam Waddoups
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June 8
Music
A graphic of the album covers of Ritt Momney’s “Her And All Of My Friends” and 100 gecs’s “10,000 gecs.”

Music that makes you feel: Autotune and the collapse of meaning

Sam Waddoups
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May 24
Music

Music that makes you feel: In praise of mixed feelings

Sam Waddoups
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April 19
Music

Music that makes you feel: The vulnerable power of a whisper

Sam Waddoups
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March 14
Screen
Graphic of the movie posters for the 2023 Oscars' best picture nominees.

Oscars crash course: Lightning reviews of all ten Best Picture nominees

Sam Waddoups
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March 9
Culture

Word-Nerd Nation: The surprising history of The Daily’s crossword

Sam Waddoups
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Feb. 23
Screen
Avi Gupta on Jeopardy

What is a comeback? Avi Gupta ’23 pulls off thrilling ‘Jeopardy!’ win

Sam Waddoups
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Feb. 22
Music
Bon Iver and Adrianne Lenker are the subjects of Sam Waddoups' first column.

Music that makes you feel: Alone, but comforted

Sam Waddoups
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Feb. 21
Campus Life
Main quad with students standing under lit up palm trees at night.

A tradition reborn: Full Moon on the Quad’s unauthorized return

Sam Waddoups
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Feb. 13
Arts & Life
Attendees form a circle to relish as they read the poetry of Beowulf

Of monsters and mead: The English Department rekindles the spirit of ‘Beowulf’

Sam Waddoups
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Jan. 30
Music
a photo of four string players dressed in black formalwear and seated on a dim, candlelit stage, playing their instruments

Classical Swifties’ “Wildest Dreams”: A night of orchestral excellence

Isabella Saracco and Sam Waddoups
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Jan. 29
The Grind
Closeup of an eye

I can’t believe my eyes

Sam Waddoups
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Dec. 7
The Grind
The 2022 Bearial, where a student has the head and body of a bear in separate hands and walks into The Claw, a fountain.

What’s the point of a rivalry?

Sam Waddoups
  •  
Nov. 16
The Grind
A landscape of a winter pond and trees in the back

Essays on Essays: Finding your favorite spot at Stanford

Sam Waddoups
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Oct. 24
The Grind

Everything you need to throw the perfect ‘Midnights’ release party

Isabella Saracco and Sam Waddoups
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Oct. 20
The Stanford Daily

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