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Despite being surrounded by a campus of scholars and students, the activities of Skull and Bones are puzzlingly vague, leading to rampant speculation. The fraternity, often accused of having diabolical motives and a singular pursuit of absolute power, draws in students who equate membership with career advancements, and its few instructions to potential members are cryptic and foreboding. Initiates receive enigmatic directions to follow, such as avoiding metal, sulfur, or glass before performing rituals—intimations of the organization’s mysterious hold over its initiates.