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Mission training for spotlight as mascot

By Rhea Riley | January 16, 2014

Since Mission arrived at NIU, the husky mascot has been training with the ROTC to prepare for events.NIU’s previous husky, Diesel, retired in November after nine years of appearances at sports games and events. The job was passed onto Mission, who was...