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Created by artists Mike and Chester Fields, the piece features “Butch the Cougar” returning home, symbolizing Cougar Pride. In addition to the original statue in Pullman, Everett becomes the ...
Zach Wurtz used to prowl the sidelines of Washington State University football games as mascot Butch the Cougar, but he has now taken to the field as a test subject in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Butch, WSU’s cougar mascot, welcomes Fall 2024 students on 1st day of classes at Tri-Cities campus Richland.
Herbert Lawrence “Butch” Meeker, a Cougar legend and member of the WSU Hall of Fame, died of throat cancer on Dec. 28, 1960, at age 56.
40 Years of Butch T. Cougar: The Undercover Athlete of WSU 'Low pay, extremely hard on your body, no fame and no breaks but I would do it all over again in a heartbeat' ...
PULLMAN, Wash.- Washington State University Vancouver has installed a new cougar statue to match WSU Pullman’s iconic Butch sculpture. A similar reproduction was installed on WSU Spokane’s ...
WSUMascot Butch T. Cougar has been banned. The zoo will host nearly 600 online students and family members from Washington State University Global Campus on Saturday.
With a case like Butch's, Public Information Officer for WSU Charlie Powell said WSU was exactly the place the injured pup needed to be.
From hoisting Butch up high, to accurately pointing out the obvious Portland is not, in fact, a state. I would know. I am from there.
No one wants to be the last cat standing. That’s why, when star quarterback John Mateer and Coug-for-life Coach Jake Dickert decided to jump ship this week and leave Washington State University ...
Chancellor for Washington State University’s Everett campus Paul Pitre speaks at a celebration for the new cougar statue on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 in Everett, Washington.