According to The Cavalier Daily, the University of Virginia has ceased publication of its annual yearbook, Corks and Curls. Cav Daily writer Kelly Kirschner paraphrases former staff member Whitney Stivey, who comments that the yearbook "began to experience financial problems in 2003, falling further into debt each year as the publication struggled with student apathy." UVA Today’s news blog mentions the yearbook’s demise here.
Corks and Curls was first published in 1888. The name, according to the UVA Dean of Students website, is from two vernacular terms that essentially mean "to be very wrong" and "to be very right," respectively.
On an interesting sidenote, the New York Times site features a PDF file of an article dated May 19, 1912, that announces the annual release of Corks and Curls. The article covers stats released in the 1912 yearbook, from the academic averages of fraternities and different schools at UVA to the highest average in a year’s study (98.3 percent, for those wondering).
Whether the decision to do away with the yearbook is a "cork" or a "curl" among students and staff is yet to be determined. What do you think?
