Meaning of dirty rush | Babel Free

Definitions

A rush process which takes place apart from the formal rush events sanctioned by the university.

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“Dirty rush gives fraternities the opportunity to look for freshmen they feel fit in well with their chapter, and it allows freshmen to get to know some of the fraternities before formal rushing begins at the start of second semester.”

“On October 24 Tsialas got dinner with his parents who were visiting campus for First-Year Family Weekend then attended a 'dirty rush' party hosted by the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. Such parties are a way for fraternities to recruit first year students outside of official fraternity rules.”

“Cornell forbids fraternities from recruiting freshmen until their second semester, but the rule is broken often enough that it has a name: "dirty rush." The party that night was called Christmas in October, and it was not the first time Phi Kappa Psi had held the event.”

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