The NIU soccer team took a roller coaster ride this weekend, with the high point coming on Friday and the low on Sunday. Head coach Willy Roy was seeking some recognition going into the weekend and up until Sunday, the Huskies were in a great position...

The Huskie spikers are on a hot streak. In fact, it's a hot streak that is history-making. Three victories on the road this weekend puts NIU's overall record at 6-1, having now won five consecutive matches. It is the best start for an NIU volleyball team...

As most serious athletes will attest, reaching the top is often preceded by a series of setbacks and disappointments. Kori Schauer, NIU's hard-hitting volleyball standout, knows all about such hardships. Better yet, she knows about comebacks. Schauer,...

It's too soon for classroom exams, but the NIU soccer team will be spending the weekend on the road in two early season tests. The Huskies face the University of Wisconsin and Eastern Illinois University, two teams with which NIU has experienced little...

Second-year menVs tennis coach Charles Merzbacher is looking for more of the same performances as lart year. The entire men's tennis team returns and looks to take another step towards Merzbacher's goals. One of those goals NIU may have already won by...

DECATUR - NIU's green flag to establish a Rockford Center seems to have the University of Illinois worried. Although NIU President John La Tourette assured Stanley Ikenberry, president of the University of Illinois, there will be no duplication of courses,...

Scoring a goal doesn't happen too often. Check that_ a goalie scoring a goal doesn't happen too often. But NIU's goalie Markus Roy accomplished that feat Sunday in NIU's 2-0 win over Bradley. The feat is not unknown to the sport, but it sure doesn't happen...

An Illinois student lobbying organization did not consult NIU when choosing a student representative in August for a tuition committee set up by the state, Student Association officials said. The Illinois Student Association picked the representive, Brian...

In his Tuesday afternoon teleconference, Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne compared Huskie quarterback and Heisman candidate Stacey Robinson with Colorado quarterback Darian Hagan, who finished fifth in last year's Heisman Trophy voting. "He's like Hagan...

When former men's gymnastics coach Carlos Silvestre finished coaching last season, he knew there would not be a gymnastics program this year, but he didn't know his graduate assistant job and stipend would not be available. Silvestre said he was told...

The Eastern Illinois Panthers clawed at NIU's bowl credibility Saturday night, exposing a Huskie weakness and then weakening it further. The Huskies gave up 232 ground yards, a feat just two teams accomplished last year (Nebraska 455, Southwestern Louisiana...

NIU lost a great friend, an excellent student and an ambitious leader in July when Jen Onan died. Onan, a Student Association senator, a photojournalism and Spanish major and political science minor died of lung cancer after a five year bout with various...