What is the enduring legacy of the posture portraits? How has this form of visual surveillance transformed within the university context over time? In what ways did students experience the effects of the university’s eugenic foundations? In this chapter, we foreground student voices within and beyond the posture photography archive, revealing how their reflections, questions, and silences challenged the authority of institutional narratives. Engaging Black feminist and performance methodologies. The chapter examines how students articulated discomfort, resistance, and critical insight, reshaping how we understand and relate to archival images of bodily regulation.