![]() ![]() ![]() Skull and Bones, which dates back to 1832, said in its note to students that the prank caller was exploiting the society’s “mysterious nature” and encouraged people who received such calls to report the incident to Yale police or their college dean. “I figured it was a prank since I hadn’t heard about them calling like this,” Addonizio said. He played along and handed his phone to his brother, who was asked inappropriate questions. That information then becomes social currency for making or maintaining. All it takes is for one person to see who walks in and out of the silly building on High Street for the membership of Yale’s most reputable society to be known. ![]() Some students described an anonymous caller who instructed them to hand their phones to somebody nearby and that asked that person questions about the student’s sex life.Ĭole Addonizio, a Yale junior, said he suspected it was a prank soon after he received a call from somebody who said it was the start of the “tap” process. Secrets do not exist at Yale, including the secrecy of societies. The Yale police department has received three complaints of harassing phone calls from somebody claiming to be from Skull and Bones, according to university spokesman Tom Conroy, who said the cases remain open. “While famously its mantra has been ‘Never respond, never explain,’ because it doesn’t see itself as a public organization, in today’s climate to have allowed that to happen could conceivably damage the society’s reputation,” Richards said. The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way. ![]()
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