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The Grind

Senior Column
Ellen Yang at the Main Quad arch, wearing a white dress and grad stole

Yang | Writing the end of a suicide novel

Ellen Yang
  •  
May 22
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What would change if we finally started saying no? (Photo: WILL GIBBS/The Stanford Daily)

The power of ‘no’

Will Gibbs
  •  
May 21
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Anya Vedantambe '28 and her friend pose after finishing their first half marathon together. (Photo: ANYA VEDANTAMBE / The Stanford Daily)

Life lessons from a half marathon

Anya Vedantambe
  •  
May 20
Senior Column
A photo of Joanne dePierre wearing a grad stole next to a column in Main Quad.

dePierre | The outro is just another intro

Joanne dePierre
  •  
May 19
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(PHOTO: CAYDEN GU/The Stanford Daily)

Inside Terra and Synergy: Faces of the fight to save Stanford’s communal dorms

Rani Chor and Cayden Gu
  •  
May 19
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Students dressed as trees prance across the grass of Stanford Stadium

Data from The Farm: Degree conferrals

Jay Gupta
  •  
May 18
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What happens when we stop moving so fast, and stop to contemplate? (Photo: KRISTEN STIPANOV/The Stanford Daily)

‘You shouldn’t go to college.’

Adri Arquin
  •  
May 15
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An empty lake lag with brown grass at the basin

In defense of error: Welcome to the human condition

Emi Sakamoto
  •  
May 14
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A lot can be learned from the story of one dress. (Photo: Courtesy of Kassie Mei)

The dress I brought with me

Karolina Pusz Bochenska
  •  
May 14
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An empty parking lot. (Photo: ANNA BLOOM/The Stanford Daily)

The American: Part 1

Sachin Singh
  •  
May 13
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A row of arches at sunset in Stanford's main quad.

Halfway

Elyse Hwang
  •  
May 12
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The "Penitent Magdalene" by Jean-Jacques Henner invites the viewer to postulate on girlhood. mistakes and the beauty in forgiveness.

Reflections on the Cantor’s ‘Penitent Magdalene’

Lara Seyahi
  •  
May 11
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(Graphic: Michelle Fu/THE STANFORD DAILY)

To touch death

Sharis Hsu
  •  
May 8
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My "camp." (Photo: Courtesy of Sam Shrivatsa)

One among 650 million: My experience at the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela

Samyukta Shrivatsa
  •  
May 7
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Bananas at Munger Market. (Photo: REBECCA PIZZITOLA/The Stanford Daily)

What banana bread and schooling have in common

Gabe Nitro
  •  
May 6
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Bicyclists pose in front of Encina Hall in 1891, recalling that bikes have been a part of Stanford campus since the school was in its founding years. (Photo: Courtesy of Stanford Historical Photograph Collection, Stanford University Archives)

Riding on ‘bike time’

Will Gibbs
  •  
May 5
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Fifty years earlier, Helen Hudson '74 was in the same spot as today's graduates. (Photo: Courtesy of Helen Hudson)

‘Dear Boomer’: AI and changing times

Helen Hudson
  •  
May 4
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Birthdays can be bittersweet. (Photo Courtesy of Pexels)

On birthdays

Emi Sakamoto
  •  
May 1
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A graphic of seven people dressed in tree costumes.

Asking Stanford: Why did you choose to go to Stanford?

Sonnet Xu, Anya Vedantambe, Sterling Davies, Chase Klavon, Jenny Wang and Erin Ye
  •  
April 30
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A woman in scrubs and a Stanford Medicine branded jacket leans against a wall.

When a patient saves your life

Sasha Alexander
  •  
April 29
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