It happens every fall. I fall in love. As the flood waters retreat, and sweltering heat of summer and the tropical rainforest-like humidity that has invaded the Chicagoland area dissipate, kids will get back to school, leaves will start to turn, and in...

DeKALB | Just because they're freshmen doesn't mean NIU men's soccer coach Steve Simmons new recruiting class won't get a chance to be on the field this season. College Soccer News has ranked NIU's nine new soccer players as the 38th-best recruiting class...

DeKALB | It was a blaze of epic proportions. Legend holds that Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over a lantern on October 8, 1871 and spurned a two day blaze that ravaged the city of Chicago. Brought to their knees by the raging inferno, the city refused to...

It's May and I'm beginning to hear a familiar tune around campus. The seniors have been humming it, counting down the days till the symphony will perform the classic. The tune is "Pomp and Circumstance." The day is graduation. And as those seniors walk...

DeKALB | With success certainly comes consequences. The NIU men's soccer team and coach Steve Simmons have that in mind this weekend. The defending MAC regular-season and tournament champions open the spring season with a double header at Huskie Stadium...

DeKALB | NIU could serve as an Olympic venue in 2016. Officially announced Thursday after weeks of speculation, the Board of Trustees approved what it called an "intergovernmental agreement with the City of Chicago." This agreement makes NIU the host...

For the first time in a long time, charisma, energy and life filled the Convocation Center. And no, I'm not talking about the Pep Band - although it was a nice touch for the occasion. No, all the excitement was provided by a man with a microphone. As...

DeKALB | A master chef knows when to add the proper ingredient at just the right time. That seems to be the overall consensus around the NIU soccer program on National Signing Day. For NIU men's soccer coach Steve Simmons, the metaphor proves to be even...

NIU football coach Joe Novak is an artist. No, he doesn't carry a canvas and easel around searching for inspirational scenes to paint across campus. What the dean of MAC coaches does is take athletes that today might not be a finished product in terms...

DeKALB | The NIU gymnastics team got off on the wrong foot of the MAC Sunday as the Huskies lost to Bowling Green 190.200 - 188.225 in their MAC season opener in DeKalb. Jennifer Naughton posted the highest score of the meet for NIU, winning the floor...

Do something everyday that scares you. Ever since that phrase was given as life-altering advice, it's become an unofficial calling card. On an abnormally warm early January night in the newly minted year of 2007, a friend and I sat down at a local watering...

The new ‘big name' players Garrett Wolfe, Doug Free, Kate McCullagh and Stephanie Raymond. Gone, gone, gone and soon to be gone. With some of NIU's biggest names graduating after this year, it's time to look at who will be stealing headlines in 2007....