Balance and depth are key for winning team sports, especially cross country. Unfortunately for the Huskies, Eastern Illinois had too much depth to overcome as it defeated NIU 23-36 to capture the Huskie Invitational. Despite not producing the first place...

The NIU football team is tired of looking at each other — coach Joe Novak cannot wait to get the season started. Novak, who has been coaching at NIU since 1996, sat down with the Northern Star to talk about the upcoming season. Northern Star: As the...

Junior wrestler Scott Owen added another award to his list of accomplishments after being named to the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District V Fall/Winter At-Large team. The team recognizes student athletes who compete in wrestling, cross country, fencing,...

The end of the inaugural indoor track season for the NIU women's track squad ended in disappointing fashion Saturday as the team finished dead last at the Mid-American Conference indoor track and field championships. The Huskies finished at the bottom...

The fall semester produced 85 student athletes with grade-point averages above 3.5 — each winning recognition from a phone-service provider. Each year, student athletes from select schools are honored by Verizon Telecommunications for their academic...

NIU's cross-country club recently finished their season at a meet held at the University of Chicago. The team was very impressive, taking first place in the meet and beating North Central College by five points. "It was a great finish for the most successful...

NIU's cross-country club recently competed at the Olivet Nazarene University Great Midwest Classic last Saturday and ran in impressive fashion. The Huskies placed ninth out of 24 teams in the match. Purdue University led all teams followed by Southern...

At noon today, Professor Michael Salovesh will be lecturing on recent political changes which have occurred in Guatemala in the Holmes Student Center. Salovesh arrived in Guatemala in mid-June after unprecedented political changes swept the Guatemalan...

NIU's track/cross-country club recently participated in the Loyola Lakefront Cross-Country Invitational at Montrose Harbor in Chicago. Out of the 30 Division I, II, and III schools that participated in the meet, NIU finished 19th overall. The Huskies...

Most football teams accept 31-point victories warmly. But the 6-1 Florida Gators are not like most squads. They are No. 6 in the country, and when they beat NIU (1-6) 41-10 Saturday afternoon at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in front of 83,708 people, their...

Although no official word is expected until next week, Jane Albright has planted a necessary seed if the NIU women's basketball team intends on a third-straight postseason appearance in 1992. The Northern Star has learned that Belvidere High School standout...

Indiana University's head soccer coach Jerry Yeagley's records speak for themselves. Entering his 18th year as the head coach for the "Team of the ‘80s," Yeagley will bring his 293-50-23 career record to Huskie Soccer Field at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday to...