Tiffany’s 21 tips to turn 2021 around, part 4
We should take a moment or two to contemplate our blessings in order to appreciate and embrace what is to come, writes Tiffany Saade.
Tiffany Saade
Tiffany Saade is a staff writer in the news and The Grind sections. She is a freshman from Beirut, Lebanon and will probably major in Political Science in the Justice and Law main track with a double minor in International Relations and Human Rights with an interest in Creative Writing. She enjoys riding her yellow bike and singing out loud on Stanford campus!
Contact her at thegrind 'at' stanforddaily.com for additional optimistic conversations about the future, and for some much needed light!
Tiffany’s 21 tips to turn 2021 around, part 3
It is important to acknowledge that while we have been troubled, scared or hurt, there is always a time to collect the ruins and rebuild the destroyed, writes Tiffany Saade.
Tiffany’s 21 tips to turn 2021 around, part 2
We are all fighting personal battles and the collective battle to fight the coronavirus, we need to unite in the name of resilience and our hope to proceed towards the unknown, writes Tiffany Saade.
Tiffany’s 21 tips to turn 2021 around, part 1
Even when I was stuck at home, away from the face of the world, the undulatory movement of ink against paper was the most beautiful metaphor setting my heart free, and the purest form of freedom that carried my mind, my heart, my body and my poetry to the much needed light, writes Tiffany Saade.
1 in 900: From this to that
I forgot what it felt like to dive into the music world and willingly drown into its beautiful margins, unwilling to reach the surface again, writes Tiffany Saade.
1 in 900: Cravings and remembrances
I realized that everywhere I went, everywhere I discovered, everything I tested, I was constantly searching for the missing pieces of Lebanon, perhaps in a scent, in a smile, in an Arabic word, in a song or in a whole new world, writes Tiffany Saade.
1 in 900: A move in like no other
I never thought that being away for three weeks would lead me right back to the start, right back to the boxes I carefully taped, the memories I happily stored, the places I adventurously visited and the views I meticulously smiled at.
Surviving survivor’s guilt
I am a daughter, a sister, a student, a friend, a classmate. However, before all, I am a citizen. A citizen with survivor guilt like most of the Lebanese population.
1 in 900: Till I see you again
In this trip back home, I hold on to the elements that have contributed to the significant growth of my maturity and understanding of an unpredictable society, with all of its plot twists and turns.
1 in 900: It’s not a goodbye
Nothing was more overwhelming than parting after 10 weeks of living in a family.
1 in 900: My first teach-in session
As I reread the numbers of injured, dead, misplaced and unfound, I abandoned a part of myself, as the remaining part of myself was a cracked piece that was clinging to the frail light.
Biden appoints Atul Gawande ’87, Loyce Pace ’99 to COVID-19 advisory board
Gawande and Pace are likely to draw on their previous experience advising government officials and mobilizing advocates, respectively, to help shape a plan of action that will go into effect on Inauguration Day.
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1 in 900: The unforgettable hike
There is always a first for everything. But the Stanford Dish hike merits a second, third and fourth trip.
Here’s what 16 Stanford students are thinking after Election Day
Stanford students were captivated by the trickle of presidential election results for the race between former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. Anxiety mixed with cautious optimism followed them from professors' election-specific office hours to on-campus household watch parties to chores and schoolwork interrupted by notifications.
For international students, worry about immigration, travel bans marks Election Day
Amid a deadly pandemic and economic recession, international students say that the next administration will greatly impact their status as foreigners studying in the United States.
1 in 900: Feels like yesterday
I pictured myself in third grade again, sharing a meal with my childhood friends and feeling the moisture of the grass under my hands.
After sharp increase, new student COVID-19 cases fall to 3
The University reported three new COVID-19 cases — all among athletes — for the week of Oct. 19, according to Stanford’s dashboard. The new numbers mark a decrease from nine cases reported last week.
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1 in 900: ‘This meeting is being recorded’
On that day, I officially started drafting the thesis of my second chapter, scratching out my written first words, searching for an exquisite way to start new prose.
1 in 900: Hoover and a bike
On my way back to the dorm, I placed my phone on the mobile stand — my lock in my black basket — raised the music volume to the max, and sang my lungs out.
1 in 900: The feeling of home
I was reminded that home is a feeling that can exist in any place. I sat on my chair, spinning round and round, mimicking the whirlwind of my thoughts and feelings. Taking in the newness and the magic of this place, I felt a Stanford tree being planted in my heart, right next to my cedar.
1 in 900: Introduction
Look around you. What do you see? What do you hear? What do you feel?
Art in isolation
Dancing feet on carpet flooring. Live concerts for an invisible audience. Images, words, old memories — prompted by introspection — unloaded onto a canvas, a page. This is the “new normal” for student-artists amid the COVID-19 pandemic: with limited access to resources like rehearsal spaces and art supplies, visual and performing artists are finding innovative ways to make and share their art.
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