Wheres the love” for Henrietta Holstein?
Apparently it was devoured by Bucky the Badger. Henrietta almost replaced Bucky when, in 1973, assistant attorney general Howard Koop recommended that a cow should replace the badger as the school mascot because of its loveable appeal to the younger fans. (Short editorial: If I had lived anywhere near Madison in 1973, I would have hunted down Koop and beat him senseless.) Koops effort, thankfully, failed and the legend of Bucky the Badger survived. The Badger mascot started out as a cartoon depiction, in 1940, by artist Art Evans. Soon thereafter, the mascot came to life in the form of a live badger but the creature was too violent and untamed. So, in the interest of fan and player safety, the animal was placed in the Madison Zoo. By 1949, the school decided to call upon the art department to design a paper-mache badger head, which could house a student within the costume. Student Connie Conrad created the costume head and gymnast/cheerleader Bill Sagal was the first to portray the mas
