Expect the NIU women's basketball team to make a major jump when the new AP Poll is released Tuesday. Considering the Huskies perfect 5-0 mark, it is a legitimate enough reason to propel the currently 26th-ranked NIU into the Top-20. This isn't just because...

The NIU women's basketball team's 87-75 tournament-winning victory over Washington University Sunday afternoon proved that tournament MVP Lisa Foss won't back down from a good fight. "When I absolutely knew we were going to win that game was when Lisa...

NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch, this weekend wasn't a matter of whether his team won or lost, but how they played (wrestled) the game. Vatch's feeling came from a weekend which saw the Huskies scratch their way to an 18-12 win over the University of Wisconsin-Stevens...

A rash of racial incidents at the University of Illinois at Chicago also could happen at NIU as long as racism exists on this campus. Demetricus Carlvin, Black Student Union member said racism and segregation "most definitely" exist at NIU. He said there...

It was a tournament debut by the NIU women's basketball team that left their opponent, Western Michigan University, wondering what hit them. Most likely it was the on-target shooting of seniors Denise Dove and Lisa Foss who made the Broncos' heads spin...

With 41 points, Lisa Foss proved a point to Washington Husky coach Chris Gobrecht as she led the NIU Huskies to their biggest win of the young season Sunday at Chick Evans Field House. It was dog beat dog as NIU (5-0) stunned the 13th best team in the...

When the DePaul Blue Demons invade Chick Evans Field House Jan. 15 to face the NIU men's basketball squad, students will need more than just their student ID cards to get in. NIU students must pick up "The Ticket," otherwise they will not be allowed to...

Two key matches, one home and one away, serve as the focal point for this week's NIU wrestling agenda. The Huskies make their home debut Friday in a rescheduled match with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The Chick Evans Field House meeting...

The regular season is now underway for the NIU men's basketball team, and the obligatory butterflies undoubtedly bothered the Huskies freshmen in Tuesday's inaugural game. Right? "I wasn't real nervous," freshman guard Mike Lipnisky said. "It was really...

There is nothing more unnerving, more disturbing, or more intimidating to an opposing team than seeing a rowdy student body completely dedicated to disrupting the opponent's entire game plan. The home court advantage is well known in large universities...

Actually, Mike Burt does wear glasses. So there's nothing wrong with his eyesight before anyone questions his happiness following the NIU women's swimming squad's 169-126 loss to the University of Wisconsin. Again, the Huskie coach did see the final score,...

DePaul University's sudden announcement Thursday that its women's basketball program would leave the North Star Conference after the 1990-91 season has done little to diffuse the rivalry between DePaul and NIU. According to NIU women's basketball coach...