NIU's soccer team (3-0) will face a true test this Saturday when it travels to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for a 2 p.m. match. "It's going to take a total team effort," said Huskie coach Willy Roy. "Everybody is going to have to play a good...

When the football is placed on the kicking tee this Saturday at 1 p.m. in Lincoln, Neb., the Huskies will be taking on a powerful opponent in the Nebraska Cornhuskers. While NIU is coming off a win, this will be Nebraska's season opener and the first...

Would somebody please tell me just what is going on? I ask this because, I admit it, I haven't been keeping up with the news as well as I should be. So, I have been in the dark about several items, catching bits and pieces from quick glances at newspapers,...

NIU's soccer team displayed almost constant domination in Wednesday evening's 3-0 home opener over DePaul University, which boosted the Huskie's record to 3-0. This is the first time NIU has charged off to such a fast start since the 1984 season when...

Following Saturday's 26-17 triumph over Cal State-Fullerton, a group of reporters gathered in the post-game conference room of Huskie Stadium to listen to the words of an elated Jerry Pettibone. The fifth-year Huskie commander spoke fluently, answering...

"We're going to go after them," promised NIU soccer coach Willy Roy, whose team will play its home opener tonight against DePaul University at the Huskie soccer field. "I think DePaul is the type of team to sit back defensively, but we have to be patient,"...

Editor's note: The following memo was obtained with the help of the Daily Vidette, Illinois State University's newspaper. The memo, which was distributed to the three regency university presidents, outlines the proposed changes in presidential acitivity...

Former NIU football player Carl Aikens was named the Arena Football League's 1989 "Ironman of the Year,"_ an award given to the player who best exemplifies "two-way" toughness on both sides of the line of scrimmage. Aikens, a split end during his Huskie...

NIU student Susan Trimby is this year's winner of the H.W. Wilson Scholarship from NIU's library and information studies department. The award is for full-time study of the Master of Arts degree during the 1989 school year and was founded by the H.W....

Looking to pick up where it left off last spring, the NIU women's golf team begins its season Saturday and Sunday in the 18-team University of Notre Dame Lady Irish Invitational. NIU closed its spring 1988-89 season by winning the University of Illinois...

Titans able to use both air and ground in NIU opener by Eric Burt NIU head coach Jerry Pettibone summed up the feelings of all his players after Wednesday's practice. "We're getting tired of hitting each other." Instead of tackling each other this Saturday,...

NIU soccer kicks off what may be its most promising season today because of one important factor—maturity. "The maturity factor is the big thing that will help us this year," said third-year coach Willy Roy. "We had a young team last year and played...