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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

NIU kicks off hoops season

By Lacy Searcy | October 12, 2006

DeKALB | Free cash, food, T-shirts and money for school books. What more could a college student ask for? At 7 p.m. Friday on Victor E. Court, Huskie Hoopla will mark the start for the NIU men's and women's basketball teams this season. The first 100...

VanDuerm named player of week

By Lacy Searcy | October 5, 2006

DeKALB | Leading the NIU men's soccer team in assists is MAC Player of the Week Chris VanDuerm. The senior has four assists and two goals on the season and is second on the team with eight points. "He definitely was the man of the match against UW-Milwaukee,"...

Bug bites again: Clanton done

By Lacy Searcy | September 28, 2006

DeKALB | Football coach Joe Novak announced Wednesday that backup running back Montell Clanton will undergo surgery and miss the remainder of the season. Clanton tore the meniscus in his right knee in a game against Buffalo. In the game, the sophomore...

Huskies to be heard on WCKG-FM 105.9 Chicago

By Lacy Searcy | September 21, 2006

DeKALB | NIU football fans will have even more coverage of the Huskies' game against Indiana State this weekend. Not only can DeKalb residents listen to the game on WLBK-AM 1360 and watch it on Comcast SportsNet, but Chicago radio station WCKG-FM 105.9...

Men’s golf finishes 10th at Michigan

By Lacy Searcy | September 19, 2006

It took just one day for the NIU men's golf team to make improvements. Day one of the Wolverine Intercollegiate in Michigan this weekend was not pretty for the Huskies, as they finished the day in 10th place with a score of 174. However, day two was much...

Golf looking to redeem itself in Michigan

By Lacy Searcy | September 14, 2006

DeKALB | A 12th place finish at the Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate last weekend wasn't exactly the best way to start off the season. But the NIU men's golf team will look to redeem itself this weekend at the Wolverine Intercollegiate in Ann Arbor,...

Huskies x-country takes seventh

By Lacy Searcy | September 12, 2006

Despite showing improvement from last week's meet, the NIU cross country team managed to finish just seventh in the Elmhurst Early Bird Invitational at Bradley. Junior Meghan Ginter was the only player for the Huskies to crack the top 20 out of 74 runners...

NIU baseball adds new recruits for ‘07

By Lacy searcy | September 6, 2006

Despite already having a solid roster, the NIU baseball coaching staff managed to make a few improvements by signing seven players for the 2007 campaign. Though there weren't many openings available, NIU coach Ed Mathey said they were able to fill some...

Unearthing NIU’s soon-to-be Fall gems

By James Nokes | August 29, 2006

There is a ‘sleeper' on every roster. In the NCAA, every new school year ushers in a new batch of ‘sleepers': hidden gems with limitless and undiscovered talent. An abundance of talent will make these Huskies household names for all NIU fans. In football,...

Golfer nabs conference honors

By Lacy Searcy | May 8, 2006

Individual achievements were the only thing the men's golf team could celebrate this weekend, as the Huskies finished sixth at the MAC championships in Indiana. Nick Schenk became the first NIU golfer in nine years to receive first-team All MAC status...

Harris heads to Redskins rookie camp

By Nathan Lindquist | May 2, 2006

NIU running back A.J. Harris may not have been drafted, but that doesn't mean he's not looking for a team. The senior will head to the Washington Redskins rookie camp Thursday where he will compete for a chance to get signed by the team. "If I do good...

Football team names its 4 captains

By Lacy Searcy | April 26, 2006

Despite the 2006 season being five months away, the NIU football team decided to name its quad-captains early. The players voted into captain status by their teammates were free safety Dustin Utschig, offensive tackle Doug Free, defensive end Ken West...

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