Friday, December 19, 2008

Another Recession Casualty

Mory's, the (somewhat) beloved and scrupulously old-fashioned Yale eating club where for several generations the Yale Political Union has been conducting a massive bacteriological study by having members drink from trough-like giant cups filled with mystery beverage, is closing down for the winter and mulling its uncertain future. Mory's was in trouble even before the recession hit, so this is a sad eventuality but hardly unexpected.

One has to wonder if there will be any secret societies going out of business as well. There would be something slightly poetic about the Skull & Bones endowment imploding during the earth-shatteringly awful presidential tenure of its most famous alumnus, George W. Bush.
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