of Princeton, which had opposed admission of women into Princeton; when Kennedy's membership in the Owl Club was pointed out, Kennedy resigned from the club. That same year, Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick's membership in the Fly Club was criticized as contradictory to his image as a champion of civil rights; Patrick responded that he had left the club in the early 1980s for that reason. Lawsuit In December 2018, separate suits were filed in federal and Massachusetts courts by national fraternities and sororities which alleged that Harvard's policies against single-sex clubs were discriminatory. The lawsuits filed by the organizations were settled on undisclosed terms on August 21, 2020 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. In popular culture The Social Network featured both The Phoenix – S K Club and the Porcellian Club. The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich. See also Collegiate secret societies in North America References Further reading Student societies in the United States Harvard University