![Victor E. Huskie walks Mission II onto the Huskie Stadium football field alongside Lisa Boland, coordinator for the mascot program, with Mission III. Mission II officially retired as NIUs live mascot at the NIU football game against Western Michigan University on Nov. 14. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_0001-min-1200x923.jpg)
Mission II officially passes collar to Mission III
By Kaitlyn Lee-Gordon, News Reporter
| November 15, 2023
Street interviews: Thoughts on NIU naming new mascot Mission III?
By Lucy Atkinson, Opinion Editor
| January 27, 2023
![The Mission I bobblehead (left) joins the Mission II bobblehead released in August.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/At-Museum-Mission-I-and-II-Bobbleheads-1-900x678.jpg)
Fetch! Mission I bobbleheads ready for forever homes
By Northern Star Staff
| January 6, 2023
![The NIU football team runs onto the field at Huskie Stadium ahead of their game Sept. 11 against Wyoming.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_7893-900x568.jpg)
DeKalb day planner: Oct. 8
By Nyah Nowakowski, News Reporter
| October 5, 2022
![Mission II sitting before NIUs game against Maine last September.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_2124-compressed.jpg)
NIU… It’s time for a new mascot name
By Derek Bos, Opinion Columnist
| September 21, 2022
![There are only 2,022 bobbleheads in existence of each dog.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Mission-II-NIU-Bobblehead-2-900x506.png)
Limited edition Mission, Mission II bobbleheads unveiled
By Northern Star Staff
| August 22, 2022
Mission to retire in 2021, pup hired as replacement
By Parker Otto
| September 18, 2019
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