The Little Loop on the Back of Your Shirt

began to grow around it.

Did the Loop Really Reveal Your Relationship Status?

According to a long-standing piece of campus lore, the locker loop supposedly became a subtle way for students to communicate their

romantic status.

The story goes something like this:

An intact loop meant you were single.

A loop that had been deliberately torn off supposedly signaled that the wearer was already in a relationship.

And there was an even more dramatic version of the story.

A student might supposedly