R-E-S-P-E-C-T Everyone wants it but very few get it. Just ask Jane Albright-Dieterle and her women's basketball team. They're a mighty ‘respectable' 14-3, coasting along in a different time zone from the rest of the Mid-Con with a mark of 9-0, sitting...

A great defensive scheme engineered by head coach Brian Hammel made UIC's scoring duo of Kenny Williams and Sherell Ford disappear last night during NIU's 66-64 victory at the UIC Pavilion. David Mitchell hit the key bucket of the game with under two...

The NIU men's tennis team has won two Mid-Continent Conference Championships in as many years and are looking to grasp a third. Their quest continues tomorrow at the Campus Recreation Center when the Huskies take on Eastern Michigan University at 8:00...

Just as NIU's women's basketball team was ready to put to rest the headache it received last Tuesday at Iowa, on came another migraine—only this time, it was of the Huskies' own doing. Cindy Conner caught an elbow from teammate Leslie Pottinger toward...

During the NIU women's basketball team's eight-game winning streak, coach Jane Albright-Dieterle had spoken of how her team was growing as a unit. Tuesday night, the 24th-ranked Huskies were given a big clue as to how much more growing needs to be accomplished...

Believe it or not, we've reached the halfway mark of the basketball season. Head coach Brian Hamme's squad has come a long waysince last season and continues to improve from week to week. Senior Randy Fens, after having a solid season for the first 12...

Last November's "Super Tuesday" carried Bill Clinton all the way to the top, as in the White house. Last Tuesday's NIU upset of then-No. 21 De Paul carried the Huskies all the way to the top, as in this week's Associated Press' Top 25 poll at No. 24....

Accolades, accolades, accolades. Success continues to reign for the NIU volleyball team. Construction plods on for new offices at Chick Evans Field House, but Pete Waite's crew had a chance to finally soak up what was a prosperous year. Finishing 16-0...

Accolades, accolades, accolades. Success continues to reign for the NIU volleyball team. Construction plods on for new offices at Chick Evans Field House, but Pete Waite's crew had a chance to finally soak up what was a prosperous year. Finishing 16-0...

Accolades, accolades, accolades. Success continues to reign for the NIU volleyball team. Construction plods on for new offices at Chick Evans Field House, but Pete Waite's crew had a chance to finally soak up what was a prosperous year. Finishing 16-0...

Oh, so close ... yet, so far. Unfortunately, that frustrating cliche loomed over the Huskies as the totals rolled. The numbers became an illusion. So did the victory. When the NIU gymnastics team cruised on up to Central Michigan University for its first...