Without Devon Butler in as the starting middle linebacker, NIU head coach Dave Doeren gave two underclassmen the chance to step in. "[Mike Hellams was] a little bit ‘deer in the headlights,' but you could tell he was excited to be out there," Doeren...
DeKALB | The two NIU students charged with shooting NIU linebacker Devon Butler are "essentially expelled from the university and banned from the campus." Brad Hoey, team leader of Media Relations and Internal Communications, said Mark Orozco and Richard...
Bond was set at $1 million each Thursday morning for the two NIU students charged with shooting football linebacker Devon Butler. Mark Orozco, 24, and Richard Van Arsdale III, 20, appeared in court via closed-circuit television Thursday morning and have...
DeKALB | The University Council voted to approve a common question to be included in all teacher evaluations campus wide Wednesday afternoon. Pat Henry, chair of the Academic Policy Committee, presented the proposed question, which aimed to address the...
An NIU student is out of surgery after being shot on the right side of his back Tuesday night. Devon Butler, a junior linebacker on the NIU football team, was visiting friends at 1009 Aspen Drive when shots were fired from a vehicle from the street. One...
Going into spring practice, the NIU football team depth chart had only one starting linebacker penciled in: Alex Kube. It didn't take long, however, for sophomores Devon Butler and Tyrone Clark to grab the two remaining starting positions. "[Tyrone and...
