![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
![Isabella Sissi swings through the air during her bars routine and redshirt senior Terrese Aaron takes down University of Buffalo’s Gregory Hodulick late into the Beauty and the Beast gymnastics and wrestling meet at the NIU Convocation Center. (Cheyanne Quintanilla & Alyssa Queen | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Beauty-and-Beast_Feat-01-900x506.png)
IN PICTURES: Huskies take Beauty and the Beast meet
By Alyssa Queen and Cheyanne Quintanilla
| February 6, 2023
Street interviews: Thoughts on NIU naming new mascot Mission III?
By Lucy Atkinson, Opinion Editor
| January 27, 2023
![Mission III, the newest addition to the Huskie pack, walking around and meeting the NIU community for the first time on Friday at the Holmes Student Center. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mission-III_Reed_143-1-900x600.jpg)
Continuing the Mission legacy with Mission III
By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor
| January 27, 2023
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