An additional $55,000 for the games management budget was approved by the NIU Athletic Board Wednesday at its monthly meeting. Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell, who did not attend the meeting, sent a memo to the board requesting the extra money. "Entering...

The temporary "vacation" is over for the NIU field hockey team and now it is time to take care of business starting this weekend. After playing five games (four on the road) in 10 days, the Huskies deserved a much-needed rest before starting Midwestern...

On the heels of the news that NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell received a $3,000 raise comes the discovery that seven other athletic department personnel have gotten salary increases. Leading the way is women's basketball head coach Jane Albright,...

When the going gets tough, the NIU volleyball team gets even tougher. So does the competition. NIU hopes to avenge last weekend's third season loss to the University of Michigan when Loyola University and Ball State University pay a visit to Chick Evans...

Now that fall has arrived, the NIU men's tennis team can't wait to go out and repeat the results from a year ago. Huskie head coach Chuck Merzbacher will take his team to Valparaiso, Ind., this weekend to see if 1991-92 will be as promising as 1990-91....

When the wall came crashing down in Berlin, it was an inspiration to an entire Germany. Now, one of its native daughters is an inspiration to this year's NIU field hockey team. Kristina Hahn has come a long way from Berlin to emerge as one of the team...

The tough defense of the NIU soccer team will be challenged by an explosive New Mexico offense when the two clubs clash at Huskie Soccer Field, Wednesday at 4 p.m. New Mexico, which has scored 14 goals in six matches, arrives in DeKalb with a 4-2-1 record...

Because men often need a place to turn to in domestic situations, a local organization is trying to address their problems. All families have problems to deal with everyday, such as household conflicts, divorce, abuse and everyday living. These problems...

The word is out—it's being heard here on the NIU campus, and it's rapidly spreading throughout the entire Midwest. With record breaking scores this weekend in the Michigan State University Invitational, the Huskie women's golf team captured first place...

It's rare for a football team that gives up 428 net yards to an opponent to talk about an improved defensive effort, but the Huskies find themselves in that situation. "We have improved," NIU coach Charlie Sadler said after Saturday's 34-17 loss to Kansas...

After two games, the NIU football team had passed for only 38 yards. That meager total didn't please head coach Charlie Sadler, but he chose to stick with his starting quarterback, Stacey McKinney. "I get more confident in him all the time," Sadler said...

NIU men's golf coach Jack Pheanis brings a relatively inexperienced club into Monday and Tuesday's Big Ten Intercollegiate Invitational Golf Tournament at Iowa City, Iowa, to tee off the fall golf season. Gone are All-Mid-Continent golfers Mike Briggs,...