Expect These People to be Really Smug This Week
Yale, can you feel the excitement? It's secret society tapping season! Last night Tonight is "pre-tap," which is when society members alert desired members to their sought-after status, and we have here an exclusive leak on Skull & Bones' list! Pre-tap-ees get a week to choose whether or not to accept. Should any decline, our tipster says the alternates are
Meghan Murphy, Andrew Mangino (Editor in chief of YDN), and Michael Losak, in that order.
So, if the last three really want to be Boners, they now have a hitlist and estimation of how many of their peers they have to destroy to get in. Someone should make a reality tv show out of this.
As for the likelihood that the above is true, well, your guess is as good as mine. Yale-based readers can hash it out in the comments. But I googled the first guy and found an article about his "Patrick Bateman-approved bachelor pad," so that bodes well.
UPDATE: Whoops, tap is tonight, not last night. Apologies to confused tap-ees and/or anyone who burst into tears because they thought nobody wanted them. You have a whole new 24-hour cycle to wait anxiously through!
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April 9th, 2008 at 10:06 am
bones picks are always so weird. i barely know any of these kids.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:14 am
alex righi is the swim tap, tyler is the ydn tap, lauren is roosevelt, don’t really know the rest. i took a class with ruth though, she’s really nice!
April 9th, 2008 at 10:16 am
wow… so the ydn tap is back? or does he do something else here
April 9th, 2008 at 10:23 am
i’d believe it
April 9th, 2008 at 10:25 am
so, which of the guys on the list above slept with which of the guys in bones 08 to get in? fun game!
April 9th, 2008 at 10:28 am
great choices. there are some really chill people on this list.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:34 am
are you kidding me? these kids are all complete tools. which is expected for skul and bones, but don’t call them ‘chill’ lol
April 9th, 2008 at 10:40 am
5 of these people are in td. weird, right?
April 9th, 2008 at 10:40 am
i can’t speak for anyone else, but jessica svendsen is the biggest sweetheart i know!
April 9th, 2008 at 10:43 am
5 of these people are in td. weird, right?
April 9th, 2008 at 10:51 am
that is weird. i don’t think they’re friends though. does bones usually spread the taps over the colleges, or is it just random?
April 9th, 2008 at 11:02 am
a.) they don’t take colleges into consideration at all – what is this, IMs?
b.) has anyone noticed joshua jackson in the background? LOL
April 9th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Knowing the 08ers, I can’t help but come to the conclusion that contrary to popular belief, S&B DOES engage in line-tapping. Afam house, AASA, football, M-swimming, W-laX, and ydn(!!!) seem to be going strong. Yawn.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Pre-tap is today/tonight, not tap. Tap is next Thursday. Societies started calling people at midnight last night. There’s a complete list on juicycampus.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:50 am
you’ve GOT to be kidding me. This kid has been in the RumpusRumpus more times than anyone else on this campus.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:58 am
and what about the hwt crew tap?
April 9th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
ok.. i dont know crew people, but maybe the hwt crew tap suffered the same fate as the ydn tap a few years ago? who are the stars of the crew team, or whatever? do they suck?
April 9th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Darius Dale is a god among men. do not speak ill of darius dale.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Id be really surprised if DKE and Crew lost their taps at the same time. also… this list isnt that sweet, campus leaders? hardly.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
who is the current DKE person?
April 9th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
ruth is amazing!!!!!!!! they would be so privileged to have someone like her!
April 9th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
those people are all so boring. and how is meghan murphy put over andrew mangino? sure hes a pompous douche, but at least he actually runs something … meghan is just a rich socialite who gossips like its her job
April 9th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
i actually like a lot of people on this list. i guess they are going more artsy this year. and i’m surprised by meghan too, what is her deal? so many people dislike her. that being said, id rather have her over mangino
April 9th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
JAW TAP JAW TAP JAW TAP 4-5 YEARS RUNNING?
April 9th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
also cynthia wandia is the dopest person in the world
April 9th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
i don’t think all of these names are real… the w-lax m-swim stuff maybe, but there are some real nobodies on this list…
April 9th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
sour grapes much? the list is both plausible and encouraging.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Alex Righi- National champion swimmer
Lian Walden- Prominent YDA Director and JAW
Niko Bowie- YDN writer
Adam Gardner- YDN writer
Simone Berkower- YDN writer
Ruth Botsio- Yale African Students Association president
Jessica Svendsen- YDN writer
Darius Dale- Football/DKE
Cynthia Wandia- Herald writer
Tyler Hill- YDN writer
Dilsher Kairon- South Asian Society President
Ned Mitchell- Club hockey, tour guide, Yale-in-China (?)
Lauren Russell- Roosevelt Institute
Anna Wipfler- LGBT coordinator, Rugby
Sara Greenberg- Women’s LAX
Alternates:
1. Meghan Murphy- Involved with YDA
2. Andrew Mangino- YDN Editor-in-Chief
3. Michael Losak- Polo, head tour guide
———————————
Talk about controlling the media… good group of people, though. I hope Michael gets it.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
i talked to a bonesman who says that the list is pure fiction. they’re not mad about it, though. if anything it just serves as a red herring to throw off other societies. but it does suck for the kids on this list who aren’t getting the tap.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Very interesting about the the hvyweight crew tapline getting broken. That’s a big deal. I wonder who Vogelsang tapped instead?
April 9th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Fuck Pakistan!
April 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
i know, for a fact, at least three people on that list are getting tapped.
April 9th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
ditto “nope.” i’ve also heard from bonesmen that it’s a fake list. that doesn’t necessarily mean that no one on the list is going to get tapped because a lot of these kids are pretty impressive.
i think it’s funny that all of this came from a juicycampus rumor that anyone could have created. if this is a prank, it’s a mean one. a lot of these kids are going to get their hopes up for nothing.
April 9th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
post other lists!
April 9th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
So they tapped an LGBTQZRSE… person? That sucks.
April 9th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Umm… the fact that someone wrote 1 or 2 op-eds for the YDN (or tried it out freshman year) does not make them a “YDN writer” or any indication of a media stronghold.
April 9th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
don’t care. wake me up when you have the photos of george w. et al. jerking off in the coffin.
April 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
lmfao
April 9th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Pundits.
April 9th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Pundit prank perhaps?!
April 9th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Panda & Bison 2009
Axlerod Winhurst – Inventor of Marks-a-Lot markers; DKE social chair
Terrence Jones – Pan-Afro-Communo-Pomo-Spiritualist poet laureate of West Durfee
Palindrome Lancaster – Sudoku wunderkind
Marybelle Duke – Tied self to corporate backhoe in Amazon rainforest; Macrame enthusiast
Liberace Wolfstein – Premier campus performance artist; Works heavily in mascarpone
Butch Peebles – Football captain; Able to drink 3x own weight in box wine
Biff Parsons – Lacrosse captain; Sensitive
Barb Parker – Swimming captain; Invented dining halls
Pamela Meckleberry XVII – Champion of displaced Melungeons; Family owns Boston
Maria Espinoza – Re-wrote Ulysses, took out the stupid parts; Latina
Sadako Choi – Freed Tibet; Lesbian
Stephen Berg – Slept with Alexandra Robbins
April 9th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
This list is fake.
April 9th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
weird list. i expected there to be more douchebags.
April 9th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
fake! great prank though–ivygate deserves it.
April 9th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Simone Berkower has achieved a lot in her time at Yale. She’s a true shoo-in. However she’ll probably have to turn down her tap as I just heard she’s agreed to star opposite Matt Damon in the fourth installment of the Bourne films. Not a big loss for someone like her though.
I guess this means Murphy is in?
April 9th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
i heard adam gardner’s turning it down bones down for keys
April 9th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
is turning down Bones for Nine Ball.
April 9th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I heard they’re going to fly Wipfler back from florence for tap night.
April 9th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I really think Simone is a great pick for bones because she’s done so much for Yale. She’s soo awesome.
April 9th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
This is more ridiculous than most of your lives. Get with reality, son.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
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April 9th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsqsiJRiCY0
April 9th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
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April 9th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
http://www.epinions.com/reviews/New_Skin_Antiseptic_Liquid_Bandage_1_Fl_oz
April 9th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
tyler hill andover ‘05?
April 9th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
As an ex-bonesman with friends in the society, I can guarantee that the list is fake. And seriously, Adam T. Gardner? His former roommate’s the one who’s going to be getting into societies, not him.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
yep. andover ‘05, yale ‘09, insufferable elitist douche ‘0-always.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
really? I know for sure that at least three of these people are being tapped.
April 9th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Um, why would you turn down Bones to be in a movie? Why would you have to?
April 9th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
A couple of these are accurate from what I know but the list, as a whole, is not.
April 9th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Is it really true that pre-tap can make you pregnant?
April 9th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
no, but it can result in all sorts of nasty sexually transmitted infections…. watch out, it’s like touching the floor of toads.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:07 am
everyone here just got punked. my roommate got invited late this afternoon and his name is absent from the list. good one, pundits.
a concerned junior
April 10th, 2008 at 12:33 am
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
we’re sowwwwwwwwwwwwwy
wanna band-aid?
April 10th, 2008 at 11:00 am
I emailed this post to a former bonesman I know (’07), and the response:
That’s actually hilarious. None of the people on that list (maybe one if I missed something) got tapped last night. Ned Mitchell is actually ‘07 and was in Book and Snake his senior year. Evidently someone spoofed them, I hope it was one of us.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Sweetheart,
Ned Mitchell is 09….look him up in the phone book
April 10th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I think this ruins it for them. Now they can’t tap ANYONE on the list (poor kids)… I mean talk about secrecy ruined. At least last year, it came out after they were tapped. Now these kids ain’t gonna get it.
April 10th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
are you being serious? why would being on a fake list preclude someone from being tapped? their primary goal isn’t secrecy… it’s getting the best people.
the only way that these kids would get sabotaged is if OTHER societies decided not to tap them because they assumed that bones would.
April 10th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
It is my understanding that the individual members WANT the world to know about their membership. What’s the point of joining a secret society if you can’t passive -aggressively brag about it?
April 10th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
It’s not much of a meritocracy anymore, it’s all taplines. Most of these happen to reside in legit positions, so some merit remains because of that… but secrecy is a bigger deal than at the height of the societies in the late 1800s/early 1900s. Membership was a much speculated, social aspect- the activities remained secret, but the tapping process was way more transparent and merit-based. Sure, Darius Dale (or whoever the football/DKE tap ends up being) is a big name on campus, but if it was still all about “getting the best people” there are dozens of better qualified people. You can’t find a greater bastion of anti-intellectualism than in some of the big sports frats (and to preempt the haters, there are obvious exception to that… the crew tap is extremely legitimate; Vogelsang is proof of that… same with Righi and swimming).
April 10th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
OMG righivogelsang can i touch ur butt???
LET’S HAVE EXTREMELY LEGITIMATE S3X0RS
April 10th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Why bother joining a secret society if it is this queer? Really….and why bother having a secret society if it is so full of women? Que es la punta? Sie geistesswiesenschaften of the ambitious is apparently worth more than the authentic value of an already important person. I didn’t think this was supposed to be a networking club as much as it was a group of already important people who could make connections even without the club. Might as well call it a Rotary Club or a Chamber of Commerce and fill it full of advertisers. The jet setting sodomites can have it their way cuz it does not seem that anyone on this list is worthy to eat burnt hair off cow shit in a swamp.
April 10th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
you’re right. Why would ANYONE want to be in a society that had gays and women in it? It’s not like they can hold prominent positions in all aspects of society, or even vote for that matter. Really, it’s not like they’re even people. I totally agree with you, Mishael.
April 10th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
“Really, it’s not like they’re even people”
Really, women are not people?
lol
Who gave birth to you, an animal?
April 10th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
learn2sensesarcasm
April 10th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Darius isn’t even in DKE, he’s in zeta.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Oh hooray. Better yet.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:25 am
You are an idiot
April 11th, 2008 at 1:09 am
Seriously. If that had been the real list, I would have barfed. Anne Wipfler? There’s no future networking with her unless you’re a fag.
I’M GAY too…but if I’m joining a society, I’m doing it for the networking, not for the comraderie. Women and gays aren’t going to get me that.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
self-hating fool
April 13th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Why are the pundits not funny at all this year? They seriously have not done shit. Fucking Lame.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:57 am
too bad no one would want to network with someone who can’t spell; it’s camaraderie. and meghan is a tour guide as well.
May 6th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Why is someone on here posing and posting as me? Please, people, get a fucking life. I’m not nearly important enough to have so much publicity. Find someone cooler to dick ride.
Thanks,
Sunny D
May 6th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Why is someone on here posing and posting as me? Please, people, get a fucking life. I’m not nearly important enough to have so much publicity. Find someone cooler to dick ride.
Thanks,
Sunny D