NIU is following the nation's universities and colleges by employing more male than female professors. The colleges of NIU have fewer female full professors and more female instructors compared to males. In every school except Professional Studies, the...

It's been fun, but alas, the end is near. NIU's men's soccer team closes its fall season with a match against Mid-Continent Conference foe Valparaiso University Sunday at 1 p.m. The Huskies (10-6-2) have never lost to the Crusaders, leading the overall...

Family and friends of the NIU volleyball team received more than they bargained for Tuesday night when they were witness to not one but two of the most dramatic comebacks ever encountered by an NIU volleyball team. While trailing by scores of 13-7 in...

The NIU men's basketball team took their first step towards opening another season this week with their first official practice of the year last Monday. With the NCAA prohibiting practice until Nov. 1, it's obviously important for all teams to be game-ready...

LeShon Johnson is a household name in DeKalb, but soon it will be a name heard all over the country. After a trip to Tallahassee to see Florida State QB, Charlie Ward, Chris Fowler of ESPN met with Johnson for an interview yesterday, which will appear...

Well, it would appear that NIU will remain in the Mid-Continent Conference after all. According to Star sources, the presidents of Missouri Valley Conference voted to extend an invitation to the University of Evansville while voting down NIU's bid. That...

A strange name has been echoed through stadiums more and more after a tackle is made. That name belongs to a player who plays a position of little recognition. That player is none other than No. 78, Hollis Thomas. Thomas, a sophomore nose guard, is now...

The Huskie spikers won what could have been the most important game of the regular season when they took out Illinois State University in four games last night. Nikki Kozak, who was named Mid-Con player of the week after averaging 12 kills, posting a...

Illinois State University is invading DeKalb and Chick Evans Field House tonight to avenge a loss handed to them by the Huskies in Normal last year. The traditionally dominant team in the state doesn't like losing to the underdog on their home floor....

The NIU men's wrestling team saw their first live action of the season Saturday afternoon at the Northwestern Open in Evanston. After putting in many long hard hours of work in the practice room, Head Coach Phil Rembert and his troops were ready to get...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP)—Even though nothing is going right for the Chicago Bears these days, coach Dave Wannstedt said Monday he's not ready to throw out his master plan. ‘‘You have to have a plan and you have stick with it,'‘ said Wannstedt after...

The results are in from a Northern Star poll which ran last Thursday and Friday asking students, faculty and the public where they would place LeShon Johnson in the Heisman rankings if they had a vote. Well, the results left some major room for debate....