Myths of Iowa State

Daily Staff Writer

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Cara Kappenman and her boyfriend of one year, Travis Mattison, a freshman in agriculture business, take a romantic stroll around Lake Laverne. Tale holds that any couple who walks silently around Lake Laverne three times is destined for each other.

Anyone familiar with tradition and superstition at Iowa State avoids walking on the Memorial Union’s zodiac in fear of bad luck.

Parking tickets are an unavoidable consequence for illegal parking on and off campus at Iowa State, but contrary to popular belief, you will eventually be held financially responsible.

Top two photos by Olivia Ogren; bottom left photo by Michael Faas