After the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) narrowly voted against decommissioning Waiilatpu, the college’s yearbook, various students across campus reported that oh yeah, guess we have a yearbook at Whitman again.
lllustration: Emily Johnson
Three thousand people are crammed into Borleske field, wildly cheering and chanting, "Kill him! Kill him!" at the collegiate men seeking to batter, bruise and destroy opponents on the field in the search of an elusive victory. This was Whitman football in its prime.
The 1977 football controversy irrevocably altered the Whitman community. All it took was a simple leaked story to create a campus-wide uproar, the ramifications of which are felt to this day.
