Parents' Weekend 1990: food, folks, fun and football, not necessarily in that order. Much of the focus of this week's festivities is on Saturday's NIU football game against the dreaded Murray State Racers. Murray State, as if you don't know, is in Kentucky...

Before the 1990 college football season started, several publications had named NIU as a possible Top-20 breakthrough team. Then the Huskies fell to 2-3 and the critics began howling that the pre-season hype was a fluke. Since then, NIU has recorded two...

Even though the field was more competitive and much-improved, the end result was still the same. The NIU men's tennis team proved to be the top squad again. In this case it was the Bowling Green State University Fall Invitational Tournament featuring...

Indiana University's head soccer coach Jerry Yeagley's records speak for themselves. Entering his 18th year as the head coach for the "Team of the ‘80s," Yeagley will bring his 293-50-23 career record to Huskie Soccer Field at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday to...

Both the NIU men's and women's basketball teams have been waiting for this day for seven months. Monday was the first day that both teams could officialy throw on the practice jerseys, tie on the shoes, and hit the hardwood floor at Chick Evans Field...

A week-long break from competition just might be an advantage for the Huskie volleyball squad, which is back in action and on the road again Tuesday for their second conference match of the season at Valparaiso University. NIU heads into Tuesday's match...

He is the enforcer of the NIU defense. When the ball goes up in the air opponents better watch out for No. 21 because he will definitely make his presence known. He talks trash, he grunts, he hits and he tackles. No, he's not a linebacker on the football...

BLOOMINGTON-Illinois State took full advantage of its opportunities to beat the NIU soccer team 4-1 in a rain-slicked field in Bloomington Sunday. In NIU's second straight loss, ISU cashed in on four of its eight goal scoring opportunities while NIU only...

NIU field hockey coach Laurie Bell and the rest of the Huskies are looking back on this past weekend wondering what could have been. On Friday, the Huskies surprised the No. 3 ranked Northwestern Wildcats by scoring a goal with only 3:17 gone in the first...

Finding a seat in the main student section has caused confusion and frustration for many Huskie fans attending home football games, but NIU is working to make things easier. The main (west) student section holds nearly 4,000 students, but when the seats...

The Huskies coaching staff had a lot to look at in the game films from the 24-7 loss to Northwestern last Saturday. And they have a lot to work out this week during practice. "We were our own worst enemy," head coach Jerry Pettibone said about his team's...

NIU did the right thing in going to Hoffman Estates. Students are right when they complain that problems in DeKalb should be taken care of before venturing out in other distant lands. It's always a good idea to take care of the home first. owever, the...