From Feb. 3 through Feb. 11, The Weekly Blog is posting audio from Back Story, a radio show produced by undergraduates in Dan Grech ’99’s fall journalism course, “The New Audio Age of Journalism.” The second complete episode of Back Story will air Feb. 14 at noon on WPRB.
In September 2008, one freshman arrived at Princeton after gaining a great deal of notoriety among her classmates. A couple of months prior, her essay on elitism, now known on campus as “The Manifesto,” made its way to the Internet. It’s contents shocked some, humored others, and received attention from blogs like IvyGate and Gawker. Ian Auzenne ’10 gathers reflections from several undergrads — including the essay’s author.
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Standing at an arch sing, you’d never guess that a cappella can be less than idyllic. But at Princeton, there is a sharp division in the a cappella community. Aku Ammah-Tagoe ’11 reports on the rise of “a cappolitics.”
For third-generation Princetonian Flora Thomson-DeVeaux ’13, “being a legacy kid really complicates things.” She explores the challenges of following her own path in this story of ancestry, anxiety, and acceptance.
Princeton is renowned for its stunning architecture, its sweeping lawns, and most of all, the views. But what if you couldn’t see any of that? Flora Thomson-DeVeaux ’13 speaks with a student who has a different view, Andrew Wai ’13.
Housing at Princeton can be a touchy subject. Room draw comes in March, and it’s generally a pretty tense time. The stakes are high: Some students end up in the lap of luxury, while others end up in glorified closets. Eben Novy-Williams ’10 takes a look at both extremes.
Princeton is notorious for its workload. For students who study into the wee hours night after night, the trick is staying awake. Gabriel Chen ’12 presents this piece on how Princeton students get through the day, and the night. 
For Princeton students, the “prox” is the center of their lives. It’s just a wallet-size rectangular piece of plastic, but it acts as their I.D., their charge card, and their way of getting in and out of buildings. It’s even given rise to a campus phenomenon called the “prox hop,” according to this piece produced by Sandra Fong ’12.
Princeton’s sprint football team has not won a league game in 10 years, and the Tigers often lose by astronomical margins. In 2009, the team lost 57-7, 57-0, and 91-13 — and that was a good season. Most students would have hung their helmets by now, but for some reason, these guys are still playing. And they’re hoping a new crop of freshmen will boost their chances. Aku Ammah-Tagoe ’11 reports. 
Princeton’s eating clubs are campus institutions. Fraternities and sororities, on the other hand, are openly opposed by the University. They don’t even have their own buildings. But 15 percent of freshmen join them anyway. Cooper Gegan ’12 tells the story of one student who pledged — and left — a fraternity in his freshman year.
In the Princeton sports world, there’s a new game in town. But the playing field isn’t a court or a stadium. It’s a computer screen. Members of the Smashcraft Heroes, Princeton’s gaming club, play competitively in tournaments, and club co-founder Mona Zhang ’12 has created a new intercollegiate computer-gaming league. Gabriel Chen ’12 talks with Zhang and the Smashcraft Heroes about the future of e-gaming.
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