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BTS will play Stanford Stadium for two nights May 16 and 17. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

BTS announces two shows at Stanford Stadium

Allie Skalnik
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Jan. 13
Reads
Graphic for Olive Pacal's column.

Intro to Wisdom: Discovering the philosophy of the dorm

Olive Pacal
  •  
Jan. 12
Reads
Stack of books

2025’s best reads in review

Emerson Prentice
  •  
Jan. 11
Reads
A woman leans against a book with text reading "TEXT AND THE CITY" in the background.

Text and the City: In ‘Yellowface,’ who gets to tell the story (and get away with it)? 

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
  •  
Jan. 8
Arts & Life
A photo of headphones leaning on a stack of records.

Students pick their anthems for 2026

Audrey Chang, Allie Skalnik, Emerson Prentice, Anthony Martinez Rosales, Anisha Pandey, Blyss Cleveland, Mei Knutson, Melita D’Souza and Megan D'Souza
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Jan. 7
Music
Professor Ge Wang experiments with music (Courtesy of Ge Wang).

Counterpoints: Craft, art and AI 

Grace Feng
  •  
Jan. 6
Screen
A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘Sorry, Baby’ hits hard, apologizes for nothing 

Blyss Cleveland
  •  
Jan. 5
Reads
Signs on bookshelves at Kepler's

Kepler’s Books remains hub for literature and activism in the Bay 

Emerson Prentice
  •  
Jan. 4
Video
Stanford Art Gallery’s 11th annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition was on display during week 10 of fall quarter. (Graphic: PAIGE PLATER/The Stanford Daily)

11th annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition wraps up final week on display

Paige Plater
  •  
Dec. 14
Screen
An animated globe is wrapped around by a long filmstrip amongst a purple background.

‘La dolce vita’: Decadence, disillusionment and denial

Emmett Chung
  •  
Dec. 4
Music
Merch abounded at the LA music festival Camp Flog Gnaw. (Courtesy of A Bonecutter)

Camp Flog Gnaw 2025: A Los Angeles music festival built on care

Ellen Yang and Angelina Duran
  •  
Dec. 3
Culture
Mica Kim '28 sits in front of a drum set.

Stanford Creates: Singer-songwriter Mica Kim ’28 shares the joy of composing

Emily Chen
  •  
Dec. 3
Culture
Pages fly off of a daily calendar, each depicting the same food.

All You Can Eat: How shared eating habits unite Stanford students

Emerson Prentice
  •  
Dec. 2
Culture
A student stays barely afloat in green, murky water next to a duck.

Stanford students ask: Why me?

Alana Yamat
  •  
Dec. 2
Reads
Graphic for Olive Pacal's column.

Intro to Wisdom: The ‘farcical epiphany’ and metamodernism in ‘Less’ and ‘The Corrections’

Olive Pacal
  •  
Dec. 1
Reviews
Gaieties streaker takes down Oski

‘Fifty Shades of Grayeties’ brings enthusiasm and a misleading title to Big Game Week

Dan Kubota
  •  
Dec. 1
Reviews
Billie Eilish's final show of her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour was steeped in emotion — and will luckily be immortalized in her forthcoming documentary. (Courtesy of Henry Hwu)

A soft ending, hit hard: Billie Eilish’s intimate tour finale at the Chase Center

Joanne dePierre
  •  
Nov. 30
Reads
Daniel Xu's column, "And So We Thought," reflects on the media ecosystem we live in. (Graphic: MEI KNUTSON/The Stanford Daily)

And So We Thought: In ‘The Long Walk,’ simplicity mutates into suffering

Daniel Xu
  •  
Nov. 21
Culture
From left to right: Medium Alison (Alexis Tuchinda ’28), Adult Alison (Lyle Belger ’25 MA ’26), and Small Alison (Maddie Garfinkel ’28) stand together on stage.

In ‘Fun Home,’ art mediates the unraveling of a family mystery

Daniel Xu
  •  
Nov. 20
Culture
A graphic of two speech bubbles overlapping. One speech bubble is filled with the words "Big Game" repeated over and over.

Students weigh in as Big Game hype takes over campus

Jacqueline Larsen
  •  
Nov. 20
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