The student entertainment board announced there would be no homecomming royalty this year.
"There could be more sucessful events," said Susan J. Wells, Panhellenic Vice President of Programming and Development. "Students just aren't interested in the homecoming royalty anymore. It's time for a new tradition."
Dozens of other universities across the country have cancelled homecoming in recent years due to "student apathy", according to a 2010 report by the U.S. Department of Education. Only 10 percent of campuses have homecoming royalty, down form 96 percent in 1959, the report said.
WSU named it's first homecoming king and queen in 1907.
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