OT Owl Mascot Hootie’s 42nd Birthday Party, hosted by the 75-year Anniversary Committee and Student Involvement and Belonging (SIB). This event was held as part of the Oregon Tech 75th Anniversary celebrations. Hootie was “hatched” in 1980 during a football game. The photograph shows Hootie and Christopher Syrnyk, Communications faculty and a Co-Chair of the 75-year Anniversary Committee, after he handed a wrapped present to Hootie