Washington State University has ended publication of the Chinook Yearbook.
The unanimous decision by the Board of Student Media on Oct. 30 was based on steeply declining purchase and pickup rates, as well as the loss of advertising. Refunds will be issued to those who purchased the 2025–26 edition.
Students working for the 2025–26 yearbook have been recruited for a new publication, The Alley Cat, a summer tabloid offering prospective and incoming students an irreverent look at campus life.
Yearbooks have long been canceled at peer institutions, such as the University of Washington, Eastern, Central and Western Washington universities, and the University of Idaho.
“All of us on the Board of Student Media regretted having to end the long tradition of the WSU yearbook, the Chinook,” Student Media Board Chair Lorena O’English said. “This is on trend, both nationally and in Washington State, unfortunately. That said, never say never and it’s possible that someday a future Board of Student Media will revisit this decision. It’s important to keep in mind that the student newspaper, The Daily Evergreen, continues to be published online and in a weekly print edition by student journalists here at WSU Pullman, continuing to tell WSU’s story from the student perspective.”
Previous editions of the Chinook Yearbook are available to read digitally via the WSU Library’s website.
