[1][2] The plaza area in front of Memorial Tower has served as a place of both ceremony and celebration.

The University's annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony takes place on the plaza and attracts many visitors to the area.

Valentine's Day is especially important for the plaza, as superstition turned tradition says to become an official "LSU student," one must be kissed under the Memorial Tower when the chimes ring at midnight.

Those wishing to carry out the tradition today find that the chimes no longer ring after 10 p.m. except for the evening of Valentine's Day.

Each quarter-hour, the LSU community can hear the sound of chimes coming from the bells of the clock tower.