Dogs on Campus: Celebrating Tigers' love for dogs
A new exhibition at the MU Student Center celebrates Mizzou's long term love for our canine companions (and one cat, too!) See the story of every Tiger's dog, Tripod! Explore the lasting relationship between fraternities and their mascots. "Mutts of Mizzou" is on display until October in the square display cases by the first floor Information Center in the MU Student Center. Here are a few of my favorites! Waldo: BIG Dog on Campus Waldo the St. Bernard lived with the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity from 1954 to 1958 when he succumbed to wounds sustained in a scrap with another dog. Waldo was known to “throw his weight around” with dogs and people alike. ( Missouri Showme , Dec. 1955, Courtesy of Ellis Library Special Collections) The Missouri Showme reported a tussle between Waldo the St. Bernard and Benchley the Basset . “It seems that Waldo, the dog kingdom’s answer to King Kong, and Benchley, the mobile hot-dog, had a little set-t