Besides fighting against 11th-ranked Northwestern, the NIU field hockey team had to battle a strong wind which continually blew one of the scoring cages over in yesterday's match. The Wildcats prevailed 4-1 over the Huskies. "I thought the wind would...

Even if you are in your fourth year here at NIU, you were still just a high school senior the last time the Huskies met California State-Fullerton. It has been nearly four full years since the Huskies beat the Titans 20-13 in California Bowl III. With...

The Rockford Lightning of the Continental Basketball Association is looking to repeat as Western Division Champions this season. The Lightning and new head coach Charley Rosen open their season at the Rockford MetroCentre Nov. 20 against Rochester. Free...

CHICAGO—As part of the statewide Day of Action, representatives from Illinois and Wisconsin schools marched and rallied against Illinois tuition increases here Wednesday. After a pre-rally at the University of Illinois-Chicago campus, protesters marched...

SPRINGFIELD—A crowd of about 500 flooded the steps of the State Capitol to rally and lobby for higher education funding during Wednesday's Day of Action. The declared protest day was in response to the $53 million budget cut to higher education for...

Dan Smith was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol and improper lane usage during a mock trial Wednesday night at the NIU College of Law. The case, which was co-sponsored by the NIU Health Services and Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity,...

A new concept used in NIU's "Pizza Fest '87" should help to involve more DeKalb pizza establishments in the years to come, said Steve Pikturna, coordinator of the fest. Pikturna said in the past two years, the fests, sponsored by the Phi Sigma Epsilon...

As part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, the Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity will sponsor a breathalizer test demonstration at 6:30 p.m. today in Swen Parson Rm. 170. Delta Theta Phi co-dean K. Patrick Yarbrough, said "two fraternity members...

More than $5 million the Illinois State Scholarship Commission collected from defaulted student loans cannot be used to help students pay the $150 tuition increase. Through a joint effort between the ISSC and the U.S. Department of Education (ED), the...

SPRINGFIELD—A bill that would give the Illinois State Scholarship Commission supplemental funding to offset the effect of the $150 tuition increase was held in committee yesterday and did not appear before the Illinois Senate. A spokesman for the senate...

About 100 NIU students blocked traffic on Lincoln Hwy. and one student was slightly injured Wednesday during a statewide Day of Action protest against budget cuts to higher education. Along with the blocking of Lincoln Hwy., students marched through several...

Demonstrations protesting the $150 tuition increase were not limited to Springfield, Chicago and DeKalb Wednesday. Students from about 15 state universities participated in the Day of Action, a lobbying effort during the General Assembly veto session....