In the same vein , many students from this college take part in the First Rain yearly tradition , which is celebrated when the first rain of the Fall quarter falls . Students run naked through all colleges , much to the amusement of other students , to return to Porter College for warm showers . This tradition may have developed from the practice of naked sliding down a warm-jello-filled slip 'n' slide , which first occurred at " The End " in 1982 , or from a naked " walkabout " where more than a hundred Porterians walked the colleges naked in October 1989 in part to relieve the stress of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake . The quake cancelled classes for days and UCSC students were left with little to do for distraction . Though Porter College 's reputation is associated with outrageous parties , bohemian lifestyles , and uninhibited artistic expression , presently the atmosphere at the college is much more subdued than in the past . Today , there are fewer Art majors at UCSC and thus fewer affiliated with Porter than in its earlier days . UCSC has also forced this break from reputation through stricter regulation and disciplinary action involving event planning , noise , lewdness , and drug policies . Like all colleges of UC Santa Cruz , these regulations are enforced by Coordinators for Residential Education ( CREs ) , Residential Advisors ( RAs ) , and Campus Security Officers ( CSO ) . CREs live in the dormitory buildings and are responsible for discipline following campus policy violations as well as offering assistance and guidance to Porter students . RAs , college students living in the dorms , and CSOs , trained and hired personnel , patrol Porter College offering assistance in emergencies or writing referrals for policy violation
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
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