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- NATION, Page 33American NotesCAMPUSESRattling the Bonesmen
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- Skull and Bones, Yale University's elite secret society, is no
- longer the bastion of WASP privilege it was when George Bush was
- a member. Today the club is diverse enough to include black,
- Hispanic and openly gay members -- but no women. So this year's
- 15 outgoing "Bonesmen," concerned that the society was seen as
- an anachronism in an undergraduate body that is 45% female,
- voted in early April to admit seven women to next year's club.
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- The group's alumni board decided that diversity was
- getting out of hand. Last week the board changed the locks on
- the group's windowless New Haven clubhouse, called the Tomb, and
- announced that the society was suspended for next year.
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- The rebellious Bonesmen vow that if the board does not
- relent, Bones will simply meet elsewhere next year. "Our main
- objective is communication between members," says Bonesman
- Douglas Webster. "That can be done anywhere."
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