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...

When the Huskies take their show on the road to Southwest Louisiana (4-6) for the final game of the 1990 season, they'll be entering territory that was not too friendly to them during their first visit. In 1988, the Ragin‘ Cajuns demolished NIU 45-0....

The Huskies football's team defensive line could be called the "Wisconsin Connection." Their teammates prefer to call them "cheeseheads." Defensive ends Cary Caliendo (Brookfield) and Scott Van Bellinger (Green Bay) and tackles Eric White (Barronett),...

If Tuesday night's exhibition performance by the NIU men's basketball team is any indication of the type of season to come, the Huskies can expect a prosperous year. NIU hammered the Australian Sydney Kings 89-57 in front of 1,228 fans at the Chick Evans...

The NFL is wrong in its hypocritical pursuit to make the world a better place. orse yet, the league's actions send the false signal that Arizona is more racist than other states. A signal that no one should tolerate, let alone believe. If you've been...

SPRINGFIELD—The NIU and Illinois State University presidents are pushing for a strike at Sangamon State University to further their own union-busting agendas, union officials at SSU are charging. But NIU President John La Tourette insisted the allegations...

CHICAGO—For the second consecutive year, the NIU women's basketball team was picked to finish first in the North Star Conference by its eight head coaches. The announcement came Tuesday at the North Star Conference Luncheon at Ditka's restaurant in...

NIU men's basketball head coach Jim Molinari has teamed up with some of his players and Amoco Oil to get an early start in community involvement. Molinari and his caravan recently embarked on a mission to find elementary school students willing to make...

The NIU hockey club suffered its first loss of the season to conference rival DePaul University Saturday. The Huskies traveled to Chicago to face the Blue Demons and ended up in an offensive contest aided by many defensive mistakes. "They (DePaul) did...

At the first men's exhibition basketball game tonight, a new group will try to start a tradition of support for NIU athletic teams. The Huskie Spirit Council is made up of students interested in changing the perception that there is "no school spirit"...

A loss is always hard to take, and for the NIU football team the 24-20 loss last Saturday to East Carolina University was an especially bitter pill to swallow. "We played well enough to win," said NIU head coach Jerry Pettibone. "They (ECU) got some breaks...

Members of the NIU women's basketball team have selected Lisa Foss and Toby Meeks as co-captains for the upcoming season. Already in leadership positions as seniors, the two guards will be directing the team on and off the floor, a task that Meeks compares...