Night of Decadence
Every year around Halloween, Rice University's Weiss College throws a party called the Night of Decadence. Instead of traditional costumes, students wear as little as possible. Although there are always several people creatively attired in Saran Wrap or fishnet stockings and pasties, the traditional costume is boxers for men, and bra and panties for women. The theme of the event is always sexual (e.g. James Bondage, Lust In Space), liquor is freely available and sexually explicit materials decorate the Wiess College commons. For these reasons, the party is a polarizing event on the Rice University campus. Although it still exists, the decorations have become more conservative in recent years.
A common (though apocryphal and unvalidated) campus tradition holds that in the 1970s NoD was ranked by Playboy Magazine as one of the best campus parties in the country.
Sid Richardson College traditionally throws a counter-party at the same time called Night of Innocence, where Disney films are shown, milk and cookies are served, and attendees wear pajamas.
