Order of the Bull's Blood

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Order of the Bull's Blood (also known as Lodge 443) is a secret society at Rutgers University, allegedly established in 1834 Fact|date=July 2007 by Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, William A. Newell, John Parker and Cortlandt Parker and Joseph P. Bradley Fact|date=July 2007. It is the oldest currently active secret society at Rutgers, dating several years before the incarnation of the first fraternities at the University. In the Spring of each year, twelve members of the junior class are chosen, or "tapped," by the outgoing members from the senior class of the Order and are tied to a series of continuing pranks at Rutgers and at historic rival Princeton University, including allegedly being involved in the 1875 theft of a cannon at Princeton—an event (and the ensuing debate between the two university presidents) reported in nationwide newspapers—and an unsuccessful repeat attempt in 1946. Fact|date=July 2007 With Cap and Skull's recent policy of publicizing membership, Bull's Blood is currently the only active and fully undisclosed assemblage of students at Rutgers University.

History

The actual existence of this society is highly questionable and most likely a hoax. [ (See cite news | author = Ken Serrano | title = Informer in McGuire Case Can Spin the Stories | url = http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:9Wm8VGuDCxYJ:www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D200770717011+thieme+mcguire+defense+%22home+news%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
work = Home News Tribune Online | location = East Brunswick, NJ | date = 17 July 2007
accessdate = 2007-12-05 | quote = "An investment banker, a singer, an enforcer for the mob whohad to show a 'guy the business end of a (pool) cue,' and awounded war veteran with connections to the Irish RepublicanArmy, Christopher Thieme ["ExplorerCDT" -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ExplorerCDT] had some stories to share. [...] Thieme, 27, a Rutgers alumnus, was sentenced to seven years in prison in April for a 2004 pool-cue beating of a 22-year-old woman, not a guy, in Thieme's apartment on Richmond Street in New Brunswick. [...] While in the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick awaiting placement in state prison, Thieme also contacted the FBI, saying he had information about a terroristattack planned for May 14 or 16. He furnished agents with 'singular and specific information,' according to the court papers. And he had plenty of information about his supposed affiliation with organized crime families. Superior Court Judge Jane Cantor said at his sentencing hearing in April that she believed Thieme had emotional problems. And his father said his son's situation is 'very sad,' that Thieme has never held a steady job and was troubled, according to the state's motion papers. [...] Aside from Thieme's conviction, he has been suspected in other minor crimes, such as vandalizing Princeton University property by painting different campus ornaments and buildings red. According to the court papers, Thieme admitted to a detective on July 5 that he participated in the vandalism, claiming to be part of a secret society at Rutgers University called 'the Order of the Bulls Blood.' The secret society, according to Thieme, is dedicated to maintaining the integrity of the Rutgers University name and reputation.)]

This club does not exist as it is reported to. It was an attempt by Christopher Thieme to create cult of adoration around himself. All of its history is made up by him. No evidence prior to his attempts to tap individuals around 2001 exists.

References

ee also

* Rutgers University
* Rutgers University student organizations
*Collegiate secret societies in North America

External links

* [http://www.rucenturion.com/archive/centurion_oct.pdf What Makes an Honorable Society?] Compares Bull's Blood to Cap and Skull on page 16.
* [http://www.nypress.com/print.cfm?content_id=4272 Degenerate Society] A Rutgers Journalist reflects on his being tapped into the Bull's Blood.