From the Archives

Published in the March 18, 2009, Issue

Archivists filed this hula hooper’s photo under “intramural sports,” but there’s no evidence that Princeton students ever participated in organized hooping competitions. This unidentified Princetonian may have taken up hooping as part of his fitness regimen. After exploding on the American scene in 1958, when an estimated 80 to 100 million were sold as toys, the hula hoop’s popularity waned in the 1960s. The past few years have seen a revitalization of the hula hoop as an implement for working out. Can any PAW readers identify this athlete or the onlookers behind him?

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Christina Cragholm ’97

8 Years Ago

From the Archives

Re the March 18 From the Archives photo: If I had to guess, I’d say this was a residential-college team intramural competition in 1994 or 1995. Karen Lubell ’97 (Mathey) has the clipboard, Ryan LaSalle ’97 (Butler) is in the background in long pants, and I think Vikas Aggarwal ’97 (Forbes) is the guy in shorts in the background (whose face is visible). I can’t place the lead hula-hooper!