Exclusive | Meet the ‘Basement Girls’ who run college sorority rush’s secret power structure: ‘We are the puppeteers of rush week’

It’s 1 a.m. in Tuscaloosa, Ala. and a coven of barely legal coeds are divining the fates of their peers in the basement of a sorority mansion. They pore over data sheets, interview notes and custom-made “grading” software that ranks wannabe sorority sisters in a carefully calibrated scoring system. They cross-reference the social media channels … Read more