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The Grind
"But whenever I was faced with decisions I didn’t want to make, friends I lost and could not regain ... I would find solace in imagining myself in a childhood in a past China," Zhang admits. (Photo: ALAINA ZHANG/The Stanford Daily)

Nostalgic Thoughts: Family stories from a not-so-distant generation

Alaina Zhang
  •  
Feb. 24
Humor
An SUDPS car parked in front of Memorial Church.

Police: Chekhov’s gun seized

Garrett Khatchaturian
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Jan. 12
The Grind
Drones depicting the Stanford logo in the night sky

Dear Class of 1975

Sonnet Xu
  •  
Oct. 23
The Grind
Losing the em dash to ChatGPT has marked a turning point for trust in stories, Sokamoto writes. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

In memory of ‘—’

Emi Sakamoto
  •  
Oct. 1
Culture
Head shot of Rachel Baker, Director of Communications at Stanford Surgery and host of the Stanford Department of Surgery podcast “Scrubcast.”

Stanford’s ‘Scrubcast’ podcast: Stories of surgeons behind the scrubs

Catherine Wu
  •  
Feb. 6, 2025
The Grind
What do Stanford students know about love? (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

Asking Stanford: Tell a story about love

Erin Ye, Sebastian Strawser, Allie Skalnik and Jenny Ballutay
  •  
Jan. 23, 2025
Reads
The Leland Quarterly "LQ" logo is in big read letters against a white background. There is a Stanford tree in the Q.

Literary magazine Leland Quarterly opens doors to creative expression and student publication

Katie Small
  •  
Dec. 6, 2024
The Grind
Fifty years earlier, Helen Hudson '74 was in the same spot as today's graduates. (Photo: Courtesy of Helen Hudson)

Dear Boomer: To the Class of 2024

Helen Hudson
  •  
June 4, 2024
The Grind
A young girl in a red hoodie with her grandparents in a park.

‘Undelivered Mail’: To my childhood

Sara Suchanti
  •  
March 8, 2023
Reflections & Advice
A graphic depicting a person opening a space between a world of color and one that is black and white. (DIEGO MEDINA/The Stanford Daily)

Main Character syndrome: how storytelling defines humanity

Shelby Sveiven
  •  
Aug. 10, 2022
The Grind
instagram

Why Instagram makes me a better student

Eleni Aneziris
  •  
March 6, 2020
Arts & Life
"New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction" collects creatively and richly told stories that all fit within a remarkably concise word count. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

A medley of microfictions

Scott Stevens
  •  
Nov. 20, 2019
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Tan’s Take: Sports for the Sportless

Andrew Tan
  •  
Feb. 28, 2019
JAKE WARGA/The Stanford Storytelling Project

Stanford Storytelling Project transitions from radio broadcasting to online podcasts

Swara Tewari
  •  
Oct. 5, 2018
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The stories of Instagram

Hannah Broderick
  •  
May 7, 2018
The Grind
snapchat

Every day is the same day: the monotony of social media

Megha Parwani
  •  
April 20, 2018
The Grind
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Heroes of humanity

Ayushi Tandel
  •  
Feb. 27, 2018
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Perceive responsibly

Alizeh Ahmad
  •  
Oct. 29, 2015
The Stanford Daily

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