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freshman year

The Grind
Sketch of a bike with the Guyanese flag in the background

Pedaling Between Worlds: Gear shifts

Aniyah Couchman
  •  
Nov. 5
The Grind
Chloe Brown ‘25 arranges floral displays and pots plants as a student intern at The Farm. Soon to graduate, she, in a way, is placing time in a bottle. (Photo: WILL GIBBS/The Stanford Daily)

Time in a bottle

Will Gibbs
  •  
July 30
The Grind
What would change if we finally started saying no? (Photo: WILL GIBBS/The Stanford Daily)

The power of ‘no’

Will Gibbs
  •  
May 21
The Grind
When you arrive for Admit Weekend, you will be met with loads of enthusiasm from your RoHos and HoHos. (Photo: RICHARD COCA/The Stanford Daily)

Dear Stanford Class of 2029: The honest guide no one else will give you

Jenny Wang
  •  
April 23
The Grind
orange cartoon of a car hitting a bike

Quarter-Life Crisis: Silly, strange and inevitable

Sharis Hsu
  •  
March 13, 2025
The Grind
A picture of Crothers hall on a sunny day

Home is where the heart is

Sharis Hsu
  •  
Feb. 12, 2025
The Grind
"My advice to anyone reading who’s waiting on college decisions: prioritize your health. You’ll be happy wherever you go, and if a school is truly meant to be, it’ll be." (Photo: LAVIE SAAD/The Stanford Daily)

Was it worth it? Reflection after freshman fall

LaVie Saad
  •  
Jan. 30, 2025
The Grind
When we move away from home, we sometimes forget about the worlds changing beyond our own. (Graphic: LINDEN HANSEN/The Stanford Daily)

Overheard at Stanford: “Our worlds are just part of a larger world”

Linden Hansen
  •  
Jan. 21, 2025
The Grind
Friends posing for a picture, with the phone in front of them set to selfie mode reflecting the people behind

Heart to Heart: On long-distance friendships

Audrey Tomlin
  •  
Nov. 7, 2024
The Grind
A photo of a one-room double dorm room.

Top 10 things your roommate might not tell you

Malcolm Carral Abreu
  •  
Nov. 6, 2024
The Grind
a vintage picture of a plant arrangement in a colorful painted pot, with a man standing in the background.

From Yaad to Yard: In retrospect

Breanna Burke
  •  
Oct. 31, 2024
The Grind
two bikes locked together at a crowded bike rack

Frosh Footprints: What’s up with Stanford’s bike theft culture?

Jenny Wang
  •  
Oct. 2, 2024
The Grind
Different parts of campus can evoke memories without prompting. (Photo: ERIN YE/The Stanford Daily)

The neuroscience of campus memories

Lara Seyahi
  •  
Sept. 25, 2024
Reflections & Advice
A group of students pose for a picture at the Dish.

Dear upperclassmen: Thank you for treating us like children

Chloe Shannon Wong and Sophia Chu
  •  
Sept. 24, 2024
The Grind
A view from the passenger seat of a car on the California highway.

To anchor and adjust

Erin Ye
  •  
May 22, 2024
The Grind
"The thing about nightmares, though, is that they aren't real. This was." (Courtesy of Michelle Chen)

The Body Speaks: My frosh year assault, four years later

Anusha Nadkarni
  •  
Nov. 1, 2023
Arts & Life
Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately in Literature: Sarah Jackson’s ‘A Bit Much’ as an ode to friendship

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Nov. 29, 2022
Humor
a packed calendar showing several hours of classes Monday through Friday

Accumulated trauma of winter quarter forgotten as frosh eagerly enroll in 20 units

Ben Lees
  •  
April 18, 2022
The Grind
Collage of Vivian Wang's memories from her Stanford fall.

The four-year plan: Stanford bucket list edition

Vivian Wang
  •  
Dec. 2, 2021
The Grind
Graphic: Helena Zhang

My frosh experience on Zoom

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Nov. 2, 2020
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