If you're new to OU, there are a few places and traditions you need to be aware of.
The clock tower after a storm March 29.
The Clock Tower
The clock tower is located near the Bizzell Memorial Library. Legend has it that if you walk under the clock tower you won't graduate on time. Superstitious or not, you probably shouldn't take any chances.
The Spoonholder after a storm March 29.
The Spoon Holder
The Spoon Holder, a circular concrete bench, is located on the North Oval, and was originally built by the Class of 1910. Another superstitious monument on campus, word is that if you kiss someone in the Spoon Holder, you're destined to marry that person.
Civil engineering major Kyler Norman plays his guitar in the Unity Garden on the South Oval.
The Unity Garden
Also known as the Passion Pit, the Unity Garden is a sunken-in area on the South Oval. It's often the place where groups gather for meetings and protests.
The Seed Sower statue is an icon of the university, located at the southern end of the South Oval.
The Seed Sower
The Seed Sower is located on the South Oval along Lindsey Street. The monument is a tribute to OU's first president, David Ross Boyd. Boyd began planting trees at the university upon his arrival, making today's beautiful campus possible.
The Great Reading Room
The Great Reading Room
Formally known as the Peggy V. Helmerich Great Reading Room, the Great Reading Room is located on the second floor of the Bizzell Memorial Library and is known for being the quietest place to study at OU.
Stacks of books found in the Bizzell Memorial Library.
The Stacks
The Stacks are where most of OU Libraries' books are kept, with multiple floors of book shelves that you can easily get lost in. The Stacks also feature glass floors and can make you feel like you're in a horror movie, but they're great to roam around in looking for interesting books.
The South Oval Seal
The seal on the South Oval is located outside of Bizzell Memorial Library. The seal is fairly new, but students have been asked to avoid walking or biking over it as a matter of respect and tradition. So far, no superstition about what will happen if you walk over the seal has presented itself.
The Undergraduate Student Congress passed the “We’ll Buy it Ourselves Act of 2015” for the second time Tuesday night allowing for the purchase of a chain to go around the seal on the south oval. The chain would cost $1,712 from the Congress Initiatives Fund and would pay for the purchase and installation of the chain.
