Ah, good ol’ campus traditions!
Posted October 6th, 2008. Categorized under College, Life. 2 Comments
It rained for the first time of the school year on Friday here in Santa Cruz. This was a rather… interesting event.
At UC Santa Cruz, the tradition is known as “First Rain”: on the first major rain of the year, kids run through campus naked (streaking).
It started raining fairly late at night (about 10 PM), and the general rule is that it has to be a GOOD rain — sprinkles don’t count — and it has to last a while.
My roommate and I ventured outside at around midnight to see just how much truth there was to the tradition. We walked up part of campus to see what the hubbub was, but there wasn’t too much. The rain was pouring down hard and it was very chilly, so we decided to head back in.
Just as we’re nearing our dorm, we hear cheers off in the distance, steadily growing louder. We decided to wait a bit, and then…
Naked People.
Tons of naked people, at least 100, ran by, shouting all kinds of things. They just kept coming, running past us. It was both incredibly awkward and incredibly funny. I definitely hadn’t expected that many to come.
Eventually most of them had passed, and all the spectators went back into the dorms.
I didn’t participate this year because I’m a bit sick at the moment. In the future though, I just might.
What kind of cool traditions have your schools had?
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1. Legal Marijuana
April 13th, 2009 12:32 pm
Smoking marijuana can also be considered a campus tradition. Even if it’s not legal, all students do it. At least once. I don’t approve with this. I think marijuana should only be legal for its medical purposes.