By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON
Associated Press Writer
RICHMOND, Va. – For the first time since 1887, students at the University of Virginia won’t have a hardcover memento of their college years. The school founded by Thomas Jefferson has become the latest college to decide there’s no place for the traditional yearbook in the age of Facebook.
The student publishers of “Corks and Curls” decided to scrap this year’s edition because they didn’t have the money – an edition can cost more than $100,000 – or the student demand. Student apathy and the financial realities of publishing makes the chance of reviving it slim, editor Michelle Burch said.
The Charlottesville university joins schools such as Purdue, Mississippi State and Old Dominion that no longer publish yearbooks as more students share memories through social-networking Web sites.