Starting today, NIU athletics encounters what is arguably one of the most important weeks in its history. What began as an internal and external review of the athletic department has developed into a changing of the guard at the athletic helm. NIU President...

When a football player is named a team's top offensive player for two out of three games, you would not think he would be moved to another position. But that is not the case with NIU's Kent Iwema. The 6-foot-1, 209-pound senior has been moved from tight...

NIU's football team is not the only squad which will play at home during Homecoming weekend. The Huskie volleyball team will take on Marquette tonight at Chick Evans Field House at 7 p.m. On Saturday the lady spikers travel to South Bend, Ind. to compete...

In facing the Monday-morning quarterback showdown, Jerry Pettibone brought along an expert to the weekly Huskie Club Luncheon—his wife Susy. "I'm going to direct all your questions to her," Pettibone said. "She's the expert on football in the family."...

When NIU takes on the Toledo Rockets Saturday, it will be the 80th time the Huskies have played a Homecoming contest. Last year's script wasn't written too well, as NIU went down to a 20-6 defeat to Miami (Ohio) on a cold, rainy, late October day. But...

YPSILANTI, Mich.—One play literally decided the winner of the NIU-Eastern Michigan game Saturday. A two-point conversion pass from tailback Gary Patton to wide receiver Mark Ziegler gave the Hurons a 32-31 victory before 13,306 fans in Rynearson Stadium....

YPSILANTI, Mich.—When George Bush won the Iowa caucus during the 1980 presidential campaign, he bragged about having something called "Big Mo." "Big Mo," of course, is not a stomach disorder or a bad hangover. It is momentum, that mystic quality that...

The setter is offensive leader in volleyball just as a quarterback leads his offensive team in football. The "quarterback" for the NIU volleyball team for the last three years has been Beth Glisk. Although a football quarterback is a glamour position,...

An understudy of basketball's inventor said Wednesday, the work of an overzealous custodian played a key role in the sport's origin. John B. McLendon, believed to be the last person alive to have worked under Dr. James Naismith, told listeners during...

Saturday, in the affluent North Shore hamlet of Evanston, Ill., the NIU Huskie football team will face its biggest challenge of the 1987 season. The Northwestern Wildcats are the sole Big 10 team, and the only Big Name, on the 1987 Huskie slate. NIU has...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—This week, 30-plus points was enough to secure a win for the NIU football team—thanks to the killer wishbone and a defense with a flair for the dramatic. The Huskies took their first 1987 win Saturday with a 34-14 drubbing of the...

Peter Pan never wanted to grow up, so he didn't. He spent his days doing what he wanted to do—flying around with Tinkerbell and battling a crippled pirate. Of course, you won't find anybody in green tights flying around Huskie Stadium. But you will...