The Grind

Magazine
What we feel when the algorithm chooses the soundtrack. (Graphic: CHINYOUNG SHAO/The Stanford Daily)

Acoustic Ballistics in 15 Seconds

Angikar Ghosal
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June 9
Magazine
What we lose when we try to do it all. (Graphic: CHLOE HANNSZ/The Stanford Daily)

Doing too much

Lily Zou
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June 7
Magazine
Gifts, guilt and the illusion of generosity. (Graphic: REBECCA BYERS/The Stanford Daily)

Nothing, please

Sharis Hsu
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June 7
Magazine
Woodcrafting: the art of a textured life. (Graphic: NICOLE PARK/The Stanford Daily)

The craft

Emi Sakamoto
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June 7
Senior Column
"This organization gave me a footing in the ground, rooted in place, Midwestern and all," writes Wase. (CAYDEN GU/The Stanford Daily)

Wase | A Midwest transplant

Amina Wase
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June 5
The Grind
Two seniors running down the arcades

Gopisetty | The last coterm in Toyon 

Sidharth Gopisetty
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June 5
Senior Column
"It seems I’ve lived many little lives at Stanford, and sometimes it doesn’t feel like quite enough," writes Chen.

Chen | Master of none

Caroline Chen
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June 4
Senior Column
"To be a data journalist is to see the world and its possibilities augmented by the data it admits," writes Gupta. (Photo: CAYDEN GU/The Stanford Daily)

Gupta | On onism

Jay Gupta
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June 4
Senior Column
Graduation photo of Eric Markarian '26

Markarian | What does it mean to make the most of Stanford?

Eric Markarian
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June 4
Senior Column
"I think about Stanford as a forest, a campus of infinite trees," writes Jain. (Photo: Courtesy of Nikhil Jain)

Jain | Drowning in gold

Nikhil Jain
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June 4
Senior Column
"This project feels like a multi-faceted goodbye: to the first city I lived alone in, to the state I’ve grown to love, to the campus where monumental growth has occurred and to the people who made all these places feel like home," writes Lee. (Photo: Courtesy of Dina Hashash)

Lee & Lawler | The sounds of senior spring

Madison Lee and Quinton Lawler
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June 4
The Grind
"The people that make up the Class of 2026 include some of the most caring, bold, inspiring and creative people that I have ever met in my life," confesses Strawser. (Graphic: CHINYOUNG SHAO/The Stanford Daily)

To the seniors who brightened my Stanford experience

Sebastian Strawser
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June 3
Senior Column
The Vol. 268 Humor Section at Buca di Banquet. (Courtesy of Sam Lustgarten)

Lustgarten | On committing to the bit

Sam Lustgarten
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June 3
The Grind
"Richie’s walk of life is a testament to what is fundamentally remarkable about the human condition," writes Sakamoto. (Courtesy of Richie Kim)

What Makes Us Human: I found myself walking, too

Emi Sakamoto
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June 3
Senior Column
“With a professional license to be curious, I treated my worldview, at least momentarily, as the least interesting in the room,” Chor writes. (Courtesy of Tariq Stone)

Chor | Imagining Stanford

Rani Chor
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June 2
Senior Column
"As I jump back to reality, closing the tie on my first, last and only four undergraduate years, I no longer feel the need for more," writes Shin. (Courtesy of Toma Murakawa)

Shin | On antithetical experiences

Jason Shin
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June 2
The Grind
Classmate Jake Chasan launches his TALK with confetti cannons going off across the entire room. (Courtesy of Nikhil Jain)

At the GSB, finding the ‘surface area of the human experience’

Nikhil Jain
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June 2
Senior Column
"I am the cop and the sun is the robber, who’s taken from me nothing but time," Wang writes. (Photo: KELLY WANG/The Stanford Daily)

Wang | All a part of my plan

Kelly Wang
  •  
June 1
Senior Column
Lauren Koong '26 with Greta Reich '26 and Ananya Udaygiri '26, the executive editing team of The Daily Volumes 267-268. (Photo: CAYDEN GU/The Stanford Daily)

Koong | What is Stanford’s greatest tradition?

Lauren Koong
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June 1
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
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