Anyone may be a victim of sexual assault or sexual abuse regardless of their age or sex. Contrary to popular belief, victims and perpetrators come from all socio-economic backgrounds, ages and races. Most perpetrators know or are friends of their victims,...

When people think of sports at NIU, they think of football, basketball, rugby...wait a minute. Rugby? Student membership in clubs at NIU has soared with membership that has reached approximately 600 students. "Club sports are designed for a group of students...

Six former Huskies will be inducted into NIU's Hall of Fame Oct. 5 as part of the 83rd Homecoming weekend festivities, but there will be no celebrating by some former NIU male gymnasts. Allegations have surfaced that members of the men's gymnastics program...

The football career of Huskie inside linebacker Steve Henriksen has been one of injuries and setbacks. This season, however, has been one of confidence and comebacks for the junior. After earning the starting RILB job in spring drills, Henriksen looked...

Coach Spanky McFarland jumped the first hurdle in the building of the baseball program on Friday. McFarland now has an official team to coach. The team consists of 32 players and is top-heavy in the pitching department. "I kept 15 pitchers," McFarland...

NIU's soccer team cruised to an expected win over DePaul University yesterday, but two goals scored by DePaul ruined the night for head coach Willy Roy. The 4-2 win improves the Huskies record to 5-1, and DePaul drops to 0-6. "We were just a better team...

There's some good news and some bad news for NIU's volleyball team. The good news is that the Huskies can put their disappointing losses to a strong field of teams last weekend behind them. The bad news is that there might be even stronger competition...

Injuries have put a damper on the Huskies field hockey team's season so far. The Huskies took a rough road trip to face some of the nation's top teams and came back wounded and defeated. NIU suffered shut out losses to Boston University and Northeastern...

It's back to business for the NIU soccer team Tuesday as they travel to DePaul for a 5 p.m. matchup with the Blue Demons. The Huskies (4-1-0) are coming off perhaps the biggest win of the season, a 1-0 upset of No. 13-ranked Akron University on Saturday....

"A bowl. Any kind of a bowl. That's our major goal for our team this year." Those were the words of NIU's head football coach Jerry Pettibone prior to the 1990 season. Although a lot can happen in NIU's eight remaining games, Saturday's 23-14 loss to...

Nicole Jeray fired a winning 36-hole 151 to lead the NIU women's golf team to victory at the weekend 17-team Illinois State University Redbird Invitational in Normal. Jeray's medalist showing and the Huskie team win is NIU's second tournament double of...

They say all good things must come to an end. The NIU volleyball team and their seven-game winning streak is no exception. But in this case, no one ever said the Huskies would have to like it. NIU's demise came this weekend when they were defeated not...