reflection

The Grind
a notebook and pen and mug on a table, illustrated

Aaira’s Adventures: Five letters, four vowels, infinite typos

Aaira Goswami
  •  
May 31
Senior Column
Greta Reich in graduation garb holding an issue of the Daily

Reich | On wasted time

Greta Reich
  •  
May 21
Campus Life
A hand-drawn bookmark with an image of a woman's face inside a sun.

Bookmark Stories reflects on community immigration experiences at Stanford Medical Library

Charlotte Burks
  •  
May 17
The Grind
Vertical photo of the west entrance to Main Quad, lined with palm trees

Imperfecting myself at Stanford

Merve Ondogan
  •  
Feb. 11
The Grind
"I never thought I would graduate during winter quarter, and that my whole college life would end on a random day in March," writes Seyahi. (Photo: LARA SEYAHI/The Stanford Daily)

Late night thoughts at Green Library

Lara Seyahi
  •  
Feb. 2
The Grind
The entrance to Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China.

A glance into the Chinaverse

Sasha Wang
  •  
Jan. 18
The Grind
A graphic of the Oval.

Senior Scaries: Friends we ‘knew in college’

Erin Ye
  •  
Jan. 8
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
"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
"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 Grind
Students carry signs reading phrases like "shut the Doerr on fossil fuel" and "stop fossil fuel capture" while marching beside Main Quad at Stanford University.

Poem: The callous way of things

Sebastian Strawser
  •  
Oct. 21
The Grind
"The same door that once opened for me, I’m now opening for them." (Photo: ERIC MARKARIAN/The Stanford Daily)

The last rollout: Reflections from a senior learning how to hold the door open

Eric Markarian
  •  
Oct. 20
Campus Life
Stanford Medical School campus. (Photo: ETHAN FUNG/The Stanford Daily)

Contemplation By Design initiative teaches students to rest

Naina Mehrotra
  •  
Oct. 13
The Grind
Students sit and stand along a riverbed in Oregon.

Ye | What happens when 11 kind-of-friends sit in a circle and overshare until somebody cries?

Erin Ye
  •  
Sept. 22
The Grind
Fahim completed her MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. (Photo: MAHA AL FAHIM/The Stanford Daily)

Mindset shifts from an MBA

Maha Al Fahim
  •  
Sept. 21
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
Senior Column
"Becoming a News managing editor at The Daily taught me to nurture writers, not just their work, if you want to read great writing." (Courtesy of Rima Makaryan)

Riley | A love letter to the foothills, to California

Oriana Riley
  •  
May 28, 2025
The Grind
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, 2025
The Grind
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, 2025
The Grind
(Photo: ERIN YE/The Stanford Daily)

On hope — and against indifference

Erin Ye
  •  
April 2, 2025
The Stanford Daily

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