May 5, 2006

No Thanks for the Memories

Once a must-have, college yearbooks have lost their popularity on many campuses

By AMY RAINEY

Purdue University's yearbook has problems. One of them is that its name conjures up images of trash.

The publication was named Debris back in the 19th century, when, according to the yearbook's lore, its founders took the word to mean "a collection of works."

But students' tastes have changed. Purdue's yearbook, once a campus treasure, could soon disappear into the great landfill of history.

Last year fewer than 1,000 of Purdue's 38,000 students purchased copies of the

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