Naked Orientation: When Yale Freshmen Were Photographed Nude

About this episode

The episode explores the controversial practice of nude photography during freshman orientation at Yale and other colleges.

For decades, freshman orientation came with an unusual requirement: students had to pose for a photograph - completely naked.It wasn’t a fringe practice. Colleges across the country, including several Ivy League schools, did it.Why? And what happened to all those photos? For a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/campusfiles-transcripts To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• nude photography
• college traditions
• freshman orientation
• Ivy League
• student privacy
• historical practices

Keywords

• naked orientation
• Yale
• freshman
• photograph
• college
• Ivy League
• tradition
• privacy
• scandal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale, Audacy, Ivy League

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