The Mad Search for the Mad Dog

A history of UWSP’s forgotten mascot. Mad Dog has been missing from the ice of the K.B. Willett Arena since 2012. Being gone for over a decade, many have forgotten about UWSP’s flagship hockey mascot. But that doesn’t mean his retirement hasn’t been felt by the current student body. “Stevie really never shows up to…

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Point of Return

Brown dog mascot head and paws.

Stephanie Pointer has been confined to the dusty shelves of UWSP’s archives since 2013. That was until this year’s homecoming, when she made her first public appearance in over a decade. The retired UWSP mascot made her appearance Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. in the DUC for UWSP’s ‘Pointer Pairs’ event. The costume worn was the…

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