In only his sixth season, head volleyball coach Pete Waite has become the all-time victories leader with 140, and is enjoying the pinnacle season of a career thus far that has seen many upsides and a few downsides. "It feels great. I'm really proud of...

AP SPORTS WRITER LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP)—William ‘‘The Refrigerator'‘ Perry, whose meteoric rise to fame as a rookie in the 1985 drive to the Super Bowl championship made him a national celebrity, was released Tuesday by the Chicago Bears. Perry,...

The 1993 football campaign has been a disappointment in many aspects, but for one player the disappointing season came to a premature ending, and not because of an injury. Ron Reichert is no longer a Huskie quarterback. The 6-foot, 200-pound sophomore...

The expected battle for next year's starting quarterback between sophomore Ron Reichert and redshirt freshman Arron Gilbert may not occur. Sources close to The Northern Star reported that Reichert may be in the process of leaving the team either by being...

NIU's men's tennis coach Tim Madden was looking for improvement going into South Bend, Indiana this past weekend. Madden saw more than improvement; he was also very impressed by the Huskies' showing at the ITA/Rolex Region IV Midwest Championships. Although...

With a full week to prepare for a Western Illinois rematch, whom NIU easily defeated just less than a month ago, the Huskies are riding high after a tough battle with MVC powerhouse ISU. Now they are ready to give head coach Pete Waite a title he rightfully...

When halftime rolled around in Saturday's 54-20 defeat to the University of Iowa, the Huskies were in too big of a hole to climb out. It wasn't until they were down 28-0 midway through the second quarter that the Huskies were able to remove the goose...

NIU can give out information on a student's name, address, phone number, enrollment and what degrees they have to anyone who wants to know. To some students this may be an invasion of privacy or they may not want anyone to know where they are. In 1974...

IOWA CITY, Iowa—Emmit Smith of the Dallas Cowboys has a commercial out in which he complains about not being able to properly meet opposing defensemen in the NFL. Smith proceeds to flatten an opponent in the secondary and introduces himself. "Nice to...

Information on sexually transmitted diseases and condoms will be distributed in the Holmes Student Center tomorrow as part of a sorority's project to inform the NIU community on STDs. The women of Zeta Phi Beta sorority will be having a sexual awareness...

All NIU's men's soccer head coach Willy Roy wanted was to finish the season on a winning note. His wish was granted. The Huskies (11-6-2, 4-2-2) finished their regular season Sunday with a 4-0 whitewash against a lowly Valparaiso squad. The win assured...

IOWA CITY, Iowa—Kinnick Stadium at the University of Iowa Saturday was a place of falling records. Unfortunately NIU's record fell to 4-6 after suffering a nearly deja vu-like loss to another Iowa team 54-20. LeShon Johnson overshadowed the loss by...