Yale’s Tallest Skinny Girl Pre-Tapped for… Something
America's Next Top Model alumnus Victoria Marshman will soon be joining the shadowy legions of secrecy, if her participation in secret society pre-tap night is any indicator. Unless, of course, she wanders campus with a rainbow-striped bedsheet wrapped around her derriere on a regular basis, in which we apologize for the spreading vile, false rumors. That's Tory in the back, with the bike helment on it.
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April 11th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
What?! So these so-called “secret societies” have public “registration” events?! How lame. What happened to meeting in graveyards under the cover of darkness??
April 11th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
keggy: there’s plenty of secrecy–far more than at any time in society history–to be found, have no fear. but many of the societies have their taps run around and do various things on campus as well. bear in mind also that just because you are running around on tap night (or pre-tap night, as the case may be) doesn’t signify which society you belong to. so it’s not as though anything is given away.
also, ivygate: given the sheer number of senior societies on campus at the present moment, the only shocker would have been if Marshman *didn’t* get tapped for one of them.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
haha tory is awesome, but why is this news
April 11th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
shes cute
April 11th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
This is admittedly pedantic but I can’t help myself; you mean ‘almuna’ as skinny (girl) Yalie is not plural.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
This is admittedly pedantic but I can’t help myself; you mean ‘almuna’ as skinny (girl) Yalie is not plural.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
shes actually insanely smart, i bet she got into something good
April 11th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
This is admittedly pedantic but I can’t help myself; you mean ‘almuna’ as skinny (girl) Yalie is not plural.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
shes a sweetheart, but yeah, slow news day ivygate?
April 11th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
vile false rumors…you mean like that fake skull and bones tap list?
April 11th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
What are these secret societies and how can I become a member of one?
April 11th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
When you’re older. Tory is great, I hope she got into a good one.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Tory is in DSG (Drunk Senior Girls). The girl next to her is Julia Galeota also of DSG
April 12th, 2008 at 2:23 am
nah dsg taps didn’t have to dress up like idiots. get your story straight kids.
April 12th, 2008 at 7:43 am
Most “good” societies – the ones with tombs and alumni support – don’t turn tap night into a public spectacle. Most of their activities are confined in private space, as “secret” society activities ought to be. BZ does have its bikini fest, etc. but generally if you see people “dressed up like idiots,” they are members of underground societies. I’m sure Tory was sought after by some good ones, but perhaps she is one of those Yalies who are too cool to join a prestigious society. Little does she realize that societies, prestigious or not, are all drinking groups (except bones I guess although they bend the rules once in a while), and at least in good ones, you don’t have to drink PBR all the time.
April 12th, 2008 at 8:48 am
note, ’secret society anonymous,’ that pre-tap is *not* tap night.
April 12th, 2008 at 8:55 am
also, now that I mention it: come off it. like ’secret society activities ought to be?’ your societies’ vaunted ’secrecy’ is only 25 or so years old. and kind of asinine.
April 12th, 2008 at 11:26 am
@anon
Whoa! Chill out dude!
First off, I would argue that the “vaunted secrecy” was much more real before the 70s. Back then, everything was kept secret except the roster. Nowadays, people have a very good idea what senior societies do, most tombs are open to visitors, and as I said earlier, many of them have devolved into drinking groups anyway. I had a lot of fun, but the experience wasn’t exactly what I expected from one of the oldest groups on campus.
I always thought the most “asinine” aspect of the current system was the pre-tap/tap antics. Even as an underclassman, I always thought that interrupting classes, dressing up in costumes and screaming (literally and figuratively) “Look at me! I just got tapped!” was annoying and insensitive. In my opinion, this hypocritical (and ostentatious) smugness is far worse than living up to the term “secret society” and keeping tap-related affairs private.
April 12th, 2008 at 11:43 am
a cell phone pic?
man.
xoxo gossip girl
April 12th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
The actual secrecy of the societies has been in flux for years. They weren’t very secret at all during their height in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Tap night was a regular who’s-who of campus leaders and very, very public. The activities were still fairly secret, but that’s it. The current vaunted secrecy of the landed societies is the only respectable remnant of that time period; the “asinine” antics of the unlanded groups puts them on par with frats and other clubs. That said, it was the birth of the residential colleges that sparked the society decay. They provided new social hubs and student headquarters (not necessarily a bad thing). A warning to Princeton: As the system grows on your campus, kiss the eating clubs goodbye in a similar fashion.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
OK, Victoria, you can stop the “anonymous” posts calling yourself “sweet” and “insanely smart”.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
There was a group of ridiculously dressed people all chanting/yelling “Tory!” last night at like 10 on Old Campus by the entryway to Durfee’s.
April 12th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
who the fuck cares if a group of dorks were “chanting” anything?
April 12th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Depending on the nature of the ridiculous dress, they could have been members of the Tory Party. Just a thought.
April 12th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
obviously that wasn’t dsg. dsg would never take someone lame like tory marshman… julia galeota on the other hand is sweet.
April 12th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
tory is really smart, she plays it down though
April 13th, 2008 at 9:59 am
She’s in a landed society. It’s not DSG. I’m surprised no one has figured out what it is yet! It’s full of great people and she’s going to have a blast. Tory rocks!
April 13th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Hell yeah I’d tap that!
April 13th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
I think it would be more accurate to say that tory marshman would never accept something as lame as dsg.
April 13th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
shes in elmo’s
April 13th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
BZ or Elmo? Are there other landed groups that do ridiculous things?
April 13th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
shes in elmo’s
April 14th, 2008 at 11:48 am
If shes in elmo shes a lucky girl. definitely one of the best societies on campus especially in terms of the people.
April 14th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
It should be alumna because she’s not male (alumnus) not because she’s not plural (alumni or alumnae).
April 14th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
sweet, elmo’s is great.
sidenote: does anyone else notice how weird her eyes are? they are completely black.
April 15th, 2008 at 2:29 am
she’s pretty but too pale
April 15th, 2008 at 9:03 am
I don’t know why her intelligence is in question…isn’t this Yale?
April 17th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
tory is the bees knees
April 20th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
elmo’s is sick
June 17th, 2008 at 8:56 am
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