The search for beloved mascot Beavy the Beaver ended sadly after he was found murdered in a ditch near the rival Eastern Wyoming College campus. All students are welcome to see the school counselors or skip class to mourn and recover, as there will be no homework or tests until after the funeral. Beavy was the school's mascot for decades before he was discovered missing on Tuesday, April 23. School officials met with detectives from the school paper The Monthly Beaver who said they had good reason to believe he may have been kidnapped. Search parties looked for days without any clues until a police report was discovered from Torrington, Wyoming stating a dead body was found just outside the EWC campus. Investigations are still ongoing, but police and SEWSU officials have determined a prime suspect in a student-led organization called The SEWSU Haters. Their self-proclaimed goal is simply to "destroy the rivals and everything they love." The state of Wyoming has declared them a possible terrorist group and a threat to safety. Authorities have not ruled out the possibility of support or even funding from EWC officials for this attack and have included the idea as part of the investigation. The funeral for Beavy will be held this Saturday, May 4 at the new football stadium (visitation 9am-4pm, service 4pm). All current students and staff are expected to be there and alumni, past staff, parents, and fans are encouraged to attend, and it shouldn't be too crowded because of the location. New mascot Beavy Jr (full name Beavy the Beaver Jr) has been officially named SEWSU's new mascot and will make his first appearance at the annual alot-touple header against, fittingly, the Eastern Wyoming College Lancers. This will be an especially heated competition considering recent events and we ask that you show up to at least half the games to watch our top-tier sports teams beat the crap out of them just like last year (but this year at home). If you can make it to all the games that would be amazing, but because there are over 15 games to go to, some hours long, we just hope you are at half. Beavy Jr will make his first appearance at a ceremony just before the first game of the series. He will be wearing the home football jersey for next year and will change out jerseys occasionally depending on the game. This will be a little different than many are used to, as Beavy Sr simply wore his iconic orange jersey with a B even after the color became outdated for SEWSU. We feel this is a good step as multiple students over the years have requested that his jersey be changed.

SEWSU mascot Beavy the Beaver has been reported missing as of Tuesday, April 23. He was last seen walking near the new football stadium. The Monthly Beaver detective journalists say there is reason to suspect he may have been kidnapped. A search party will be sent out later tonight. If you have any information relating to his disappearance, contact school authorities immediately. More information will be released tomorrow about the results of the search party or other leads via this site and the school Instagram page.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the brand-new Thompson Arena will be held on Saturday, April 27. The facility will include a main rink with seating for 5,000, a practice rink, eight locker rooms, and an advanced, state-of-the-art weight room with a turf area for speed and agility training. The DI Inaugural Season will be held in the 2025-26 school year. Get your official jerseys today at the SEWSU bookstore.