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freshman year

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
The Grind
A picture of Crothers hall on a sunny day

Home is where the heart is

Sharis Hsu
  •  
Feb. 12
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Humor
A preview of the new Core requirements. (Photo: ROGER CHEN/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford Core: Faculty propose new first-year requirement focused on ab workouts

Richard Coca
  •  
May 20, 2020
The Grind
Richard Coca reminisces on what Stern Dining was able to provide for him during his freshman year, and reflects on the ways in which that has changed. (Photo: MICHAEL BYUN / The Stanford Daily)

Stern Dining: A Sophomore’s Perspective

Richard Coca
  •  
Oct. 30, 2019
The Stanford Daily

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