Colaiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh

That, my friends, is the Irish name for University College Cork. And this, my friends, is the building that will pop up in 90% of pictures if you Google image search UCC.

This is the Aula Maxima. UCC is very proud of it.

There are several pretty interesting student myths concerning the Aula Maxima:

1) If you walk directly across the quad, you will fail your exams. It used to be that exam results were posted on one end of the quad and the president's office was on the other. If you failed an exam, you would have to walk across the quad to go have a little chat with the president. This was known as The Walk of Shame.

2) If you continue out of the left of the picture, there is an arched walkway that leads into a parking lot. On the ground directly in the center of the walkway is a tile motif. Legend has it that if you walk over this motif, you will either get pregnant or get your girlfriend pregnant. Luckily, the city center has a crisis pregnancy services center. Legend also has it that this story was invented by those who placed it there so they wouldn't have to replace the motif so often. But I'm not taking any chances.

The building is home to the visitor center, several administrative offices, and several classrooms. I had class in this building once, before I decided that I'd rather take Celtic Religion and Mythology.