<Tr> <Th> First seen </Th> <Td> 1942 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related mascot (s) </Th> <Td> Bernice Beaver </Td> </Tr> <P> Benny Beaver is the official mascot of Oregon State University and winner of the 2011 Capital One Mascot of the Year write - in campaign . The exact date of when the name was first used as the university's mascot is not known, but photographs in the school's yearbook document its use as early as the 1940s . </P> <P> The university's school newspaper is the first known organization on campus to adopt the beaver as its namesake and did so as early as 1908 . The school yearbook's long use of the name, known as "The Beaver" starting in 1916, eventually helped solidify the beaver as the university's official mascot . The popularity of the beaver was also shared by students at University of Oregon . For several early publishings, students at this school also used "The Beaver" as their yearbook's title . </P>

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