Sunday, March 15th, 2026
Log in
Search
Subscribe to Digest
Donate
Remove Ads

The Grind

The Grind
"I am cashiering with high schoolers and people decades older than me — not sitting in lecture with startup founders and Olympians," confesses Strawser. (Graphic: CHINYOUNG SHAO/The Stanford Daily)

New Ways: Reflecting on my time with The Daily

Sebastian Strawser
  •  
Nov. 20
The Grind
Stanford students share memories from past football games. (Graphic: KAYLEE CHAN/The Stanford Daily)

Asking Stanford: Share a game day memory

Ishan Mehta, Sonnet Xu, Michael Malone, Iris Hwang, Sharis Hsu, Odin Farkas, Joanne dePierre, Dhruv Naik, Zachary Ewing and Hoang Nguyen
  •  
Nov. 19
The Grind
Sketch of a bike with the Guyanese flag in the background

Pedaling Between Worlds: Rainy days and crosswinds

Aniyah Couchman
  •  
Nov. 19
The Grind
"I certainly didn’t think we would stay in touch eight, nine years down the road. But here we are," Hsu reflects. (Courtesy of Litong Deng)

Seeing Berkeley across the Bay

Sharis Hsu
  •  
Nov. 18
The Grind
"The poet, upon observing a Stanford sunset, describes description," Singh writes. (Photo: LILY ZOU/The Stanford Daily)

The poet, upon observing a Stanford sunset (or, The American: Part II)

Sachin Singh
  •  
Nov. 17
The Grind
A graphic of the Oval.

Senior Scaries: Treating dating like the job market

Erin Ye
  •  
Nov. 16
The Grind
"Midterm season. Doesn’t that sound so heavy?" questions Rastogi. (Graphic: TOBY SHIAO/The Stanford Daily)  

Surreal @ Stanford: Mid Terms

Tanya Rastogi
  •  
Nov. 13
The Grind
"When his neurologist saw him, it was over telehealth. My father was never seen once in-person by a neurologist during his stay," writes Kirmani. (Graphic: TOBY SHIAO/The Stanford Daily)

When the neurologist works from home 

Nadia Kirmani
  •  
Nov. 12
The Grind
"Many Stanford students come to the social dance scene with this media-based understanding of dance as romance," writes Batts. (Photo: AVELYN BATTS/The Stanford Daily)

Dancing cheek-to-cheek: The romanticism of social dance

Avelyn Batts
  •  
Nov. 11
The Grind
"I’ve found strangers, acquaintances and friends who have gone above and beyond to show me acts of kindness big and small," writes Amuzie. (Courtesy of Unsplash)

Bright Spots: Random acts of kindness

Ocheze Amuzie
  •  
Nov. 9
The Grind
On Call Cafe is one of many great spots to eat and converse with a diverse array of students. (Photo: KAYLEE CHAN/The Stanford Daily)

Asking Stanford: What’s your favorite place to eat on campus?

Sebastian Strawser, Joanne dePierre, Shiven Jain, Melita D’Souza, Ava Bakhshandehpour, Anya Vedantambe, Megan D'Souza and Ocheze Amuzie
  •  
Nov. 6
The Grind
Sketch of a bike with the Guyanese flag in the background

Pedaling Between Worlds: Gear shifts

Aniyah Couchman
  •  
Nov. 5
The Grind
"After all, we are much stronger together than alone," writes Withers. (Photo: CAYLA WITHERS/The Stanford Daily)

Poem: You won’t fight alone

Cayla Withers
  •  
Nov. 5
The Grind
(Photo: LILY ZOU/The Stanford Daily)

Snippets & Sketches: In limbo

Lily Zou
  •  
Nov. 5
The Grind
The willow tree outside Green Library. (Photo: EMERSON PRENTICE/The Stanford Daily)

This weeping willow

Emerson Prentice
  •  
Nov. 3
The Grind
Christmas service at Memorial Church. (Photo: ANDREW GERGES/The Stanford Daily)

Agapē in college, revisited

Andrew Gerges
  •  
Nov. 3
The Grind
"I have harnessed my trauma to foster good for others because resilience is necessary for survival," White writes. (Photo: ELLIOT WHITE JR/The Stanford Daily)

When life gives you trauma, make a career

Elliott White Jr
  •  
Nov. 2
The Grind
"Stanford used to be a dream and has since become my home[...] It makes me grateful every day, but also terrified to leave," writes Ye. (Graphic: KAYLEE CHAN/The Stanford Daily)

Senior Scaries: Accept fleetingness

Erin Ye
  •  
Oct. 30
The Grind
Multicolored pumpkins stretching into the horizon

Webb Ranch adds local color to Stanford’s fall season

Bella Kim
  •  
Oct. 29
The Grind
"I had the time — frightening, unavoidable time — to think deeply about whether or not those failures would define me for the rest of my life." Photo: SEBASTIAN STRAWSER/The Stanford Daily)

New Ways: Blossoming from the seeds of failure

Sebastian Strawser
  •  
Oct. 28
The Stanford Daily

Login or create an account