What does “Streaking” mean
on the Rice Purity Test?
Streaking means running nude across a public or semi-public space, typically for a laugh, a dare, or school spirit. It’s a classic campus stunt, which is exactly why it earns a line on the test.
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It lives in the “a little trouble” section beside skinny-dipping and public stunts. Checking it leans adventurous.
A very 1974 kind of famous
Streaking peaked as a cultural phenomenon in spring 1974: a streaker crossed the stage at the Oscars on live television, Ray Stevens hit number one with a song literally called "The Streak," and campuses across America held organized mass streaks with hundreds of participants. It was the streaking equivalent of a gold rush, and it burned out almost as fast.
The tradition survives on campuses in ritual form, usually finals week, usually at midnight, occasionally through the library. On the purity test it lives in the trouble section next to skinny-dipping: adventurous, technically illegal in most places, and almost always remembered fondly by the people who did it.