Washington & Lee's Honor System is on life support — and a Class of 2022 alum is sounding the alarm.

In Episode 5 of On My Honor, host Kamron Spivey sits down with Iain MacLeod, who grew up steeped in W&L's Honor System through his alma mater — only to discover as a student that its foundational principles had quietly disappeared from the White Book. Through original archival research, Iain traced how "never lie, cheat, or steal" was systematically replaced over successive review cycles with a vague "community trust" standard.

They discuss the three events that radicalized Iain's thinking — the EC's controversial name-change statement, COVID-era Honor violation proposals, and the moment his mother learned the White Book no longer said what she thought it did — and what it all means for the future of student self-gover ...