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The Grind
Collage of photos of books and bookstore displays, with a photo of Ribka in the center

Write-off: On studying English at Stanford

Ribka Desta
  •  
May 20
The Grind
Graphic of a scroll and a quill

Asking Stanford: What class did you take to satisfy the Creative Expression requirement?

Joanne dePierre, Jamin Xie, Ribka Desta, Alaina Zhang and Victor Chen
  •  
May 19
Reads
Photo of C Pam Zhang at the Stanford Faculty Club

Stein Visiting Writer C Pam Zhang shares new work at Faculty Club reading

Kelly Wang
  •  
Feb. 19
The Grind
"Forgetting is as fundamental to human existence as breathing, as inevitable as death itself," writes Baroudi. (PHOTO: Sofia Baroudi/The Stanford Daily)

Against Forgetting: Why we write, why I write

Sofia Baroudi
  •  
Jan. 5
University
An illustration of a microphone alongside a placard and the words "Faculty Senate."

Faculty Senate debates student AI use

Naina Mehrotra
  •  
Nov. 21
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
Reads
Adam Johnson headshot

Adam Johnson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author behind ‘The Wayfinder’

Kristen Lai
  •  
Sept. 25
Humor
With each passing second your grade falls down one whole letter grade. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Style guide for your paper due in 24 minutes

Garrett Khatchaturian
  •  
May 22, 2025
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, 2025
The Grind
A person loses control of their umbrella in high winds and heavy rain

Dear Yapchat

Margil Sanchez Carmona
  •  
April 27, 2025
Humor
The page on which I wrote the funniest article ever mere moments before gracefully receiving my words. (Graphic: GARRETT KHATCHATURIAN/The Stanford Daily)

I wrote a humor article too funny for you.

Garrett Khatchaturian
  •  
April 23, 2025
The Grind
Bing Wing (West) entrance of Green Library, looking towards Hoover Tower on Stanford Campus.

To love a dying art, despite

Emi Sakamoto
  •  
April 13, 2025
Reads
Exterior of Mariposa House

Q&A: Keith Ekiss discusses writer ecosystems and Poet’s House

Kayla Chan
  •  
April 1, 2025
Film
A mirror reflects a standing camera.

Behind the scenes of a 48-hour film competition

Paolo Ferreira Reitz
  •  
March 31, 2025
The Grind
A man in a suit with the head of a computer.

Inefficient machines

Caroline Wei
  •  
Feb. 27, 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
Reads
Alan Lightman and moderators sit together on stage in front of audience.

Author Alan Lightman shares what it mean to have a transcendental experience

Dan Kubota
  •  
Nov. 14, 2024
The Grind
A view of Stanford's campus from Florence Moore Hall. Clear skies, tall green trees, and the bike rack are visible.

An updated letter to you, Stanford

Sebastian Strawser
  •  
Nov. 11, 2024
Reads
Rucy Cui and D.M. Spratley sit side by side on stage, speaking into microphones.

Second Stegner Fellow reading explores poignancy and joy

Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call
  •  
Nov. 10, 2024
The Grind
a graphic of colorful journals stacked inside of a desk drawer

Inside the Junk Drawer: My journals

Kaylee Chan
  •  
Oct. 1, 2024
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