Title: Rush Chair

Information about Item:

• Verbal and customary folklore
• Informant: R.M.
• Collected 05/23/2020

Informant Data:

R.M. is a female member of the Class of 2020 at Dartmouth and is affiliated with Greek Life. She is from New York and studies philosophy.

Contextual Data:

• Verbal: “Rush Chair” is a title given to a member of a sorority that is in charge of organizing the rush process at her house.
• Custom: The Rush Chair inputs information into the computer system about which girls will be called back for each round of the rush process

Item: One member of an existing Greek house is appointed the Rush Chair and organizes the rush process.

Collector’s Comments:

This item is actually a position of power within the sorority. The Rush Chair has a variety of responsibilities and has a great deal of control over the overall rush process and is a key part of making  rush a success.

Collector’s Name: Sanjit Deepalam

Tags/Keywords:

• Verbal folklore
• Customary folklore
• Rush process
• Sorority rush