Nation IN BRIEF : CONNECTICUT : Yale Women Barred From Secret Society
- Share via
Conservative columnist William F. Buckley and several other alumni members of Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University, obtained a court order temporarily blocking the all-male club from admitting women. Six women and nine men from the class of 1992 were to be initiated but the ceremony was called off as a result of the temporary restraining order issued by Superior Court Judge Donald Celotto in New Haven, Conn. A hearing has been set for Sept. 30. The 159-year-old association is the oldest and most prestigious of the secret societies at Yale, and counts President Bush among its members.
More to Read
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
