Because of the growing popularity of basketball at the school, the team needed a larger arena to host games and moved to the Old Fieldhouse.

A plaque in the lobby addresses this and reads: Installed in 1917 with the construction of the original IU Men’s Gymnasium building, the elaborate ceramic tiles in the foyer of each wing contain symbols from cultures around the world.

These beautiful and historic tiles represent themes of energy, movement, good fortune, prosperity, growth, health, and harmony.

The earliest archaeological evidence of these ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization, Ancient India, as well as Classical Antiquity.

Up until its adoption, in a modified form, by the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party, it was very commonly used as a symbol of good fortune for thousands of years worldwide.

The display of the ancient symbol on these walls should in no way be interpreted as an endorsement of the political and social ideologies of the Nazi party and the atrocities the regime committed.