Although several of NIU's women's athletic programs are presently in the North Star Conference, that may change. NIU's Athletic Board supported the position of the university and Intercollegiate Athletic Administration at its Wednesday meeting to integrate...

NIU's graduation rate for its student-athletes, according to its latest report, is the same as NIU's general student body, 48.3 percent. NIU must file an academic report to the NCAA each year which charts the graduation rates over a five-year period for...

EVANSTON—Remember that 99-74 thumping the NIU women's basketball team put to Northwestern last season? Apparently the Wildcats did, because Tuesday night the Big 10 school returned the 25-point favor by pounding the Huskies 91-66. The loss snapped the...

When the NIU men's basketball team defeated DePaul on the night of January 15, they did so in front of 6,261 screaming Huskies fans. The crowd was the biggest to ever attend a basketball game at Chick Evans Field House. The game was also highlighted by...

Who will be NIU's next Stacey Robinson? The answer to that question may be contained in the recently released list of high school football players that have signed national letters of intent to attend NIU. Although Robinson's successor at the quarterback...

"The road to the Final Four" is the line CBS uses to promote its telecasts of college basketball. It appears more and more likely that the NIU men's basketball team is going to be on that road. With 20 wins under their belts and a commanding hold on first...

Although talking about hockey in February usually conjures images of ice, cold and toothless athletes banging each other's heads, the brand of hockey played during warmer months was the subject of some recent NIU honors. Team awards for NIU's 1990 field...

Backup NIU quarterback Bart Geiser was arrested this weekend at Molly's Eatery and Drinkery, 1022 W. Lincoln Hwy., during routine identification checks. Geiser, 20, was listed at the No. 4 quarterback slot entering NIU's 1990 season after red-shirting...

To know women's basketball in Illinois is to know that the two best women's basketball teams in the state will be in the same gym Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. NIU (17-4, 9-0) travels to Northwestern (14-6, 7-4) in what may be one of the best games of the year....

Spiking has now given way to dunking at Chick Evans Field House, but the echos from the recently completed volleyball season can still be heard at the field house. Postseason awards for NIU's 26-8 volleyball team were recently announced by head Huskie...

Chalk one up for NIU soccer coach Willy Roy. Going into his fourth season at the helm of NIU's soccer program, Roy has scored a major recruiting victory over four other state rivals by luring one of Illinois' top players, The Northern Star learned. Despite...

To say the Huskies' 20th win this season wasn't easy might be the understatement of the year. It took double overtime for the NIU men's basketball team to shake off a stubborn Eastern Illinois squad 74-69 at Lantz Gym. Once again, it was the Huskies'...