Here at NIU beer nuggets are a staple of college life. There's just no denying it. They are about as important in weekly menu scheduling as pizza itself. When you come home late at night, or have spent the evening studying and you're hungry, what do you...

A strong hitting game, key substitutions and a little consistency is all the NIU volleyball team needed to capture its first conference victory Saturday night over the Vikings of Cleveland State University at Ohio. The 3-1 North Star Conference victory...

With this weekend's Big Central Soccer Conference Tournament at NIU around the corner, the Huskies have claimed sole possession of third place after a weekend split between Louisville and Cincinnati. The Huskies edged LU 1-0 on Saturday which gave goalie...

NIU's field hockey team resumed its Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference schedule in long-play fashion, splitting a pair of overtime games Saturday and Sunday in Ann Arbor, Mich. An injury-riddled Huskie squad came from behind to upend host University...

The Board of Regents skipped home last Friday, and the tune they were singing was probably a happy one. After months of heated debate over proposed Regents' policy changes, in which representatives from NIU and Illinois State University at Normal spent...

The "bone" mended quite nicely Saturday for NIU as the offense put some big numbers on the board. After a week of frustration stemming from a 42-21 loss to Louisiana Tech, the NIU wishbone offense rebounded to score 42 points, the most points in a single...

NIU's rushing offense proved stronger than Nevada-Las Vegas' defense Saturday as the Huskies won 42-24 in front of a Parent's Day crowd of 16,352. UNLV (3-3) came into the game with the number seven rushing defense in the nation, allowing an average of...

A player of the week, a coach of the year and a first-ever North Star Conference championship—that is what the NIU women's tennis team ended its fall season with. The women ended with an overall record of 4-2, but they won the big one, the North Star...

Two very different acts are preparing to take center stage this year in Chick Evans Theater. Standing stage right are the Molinari Players. On stage left, it's Albright and Associates. And NIU fans will get to watch these two casts as a pair of unique...

NIU's No.7 rushing offense in the nation will face the nation's No. 7 rushing defense when the Nevada-Las Vegas Rebels visit Huskie Stadium Saturday at 1:05 p.m. The Huskies average 311 yards per game on the ground, including 118.2 ypg from the nation's...

Coming into the last week of the regular season, NIU's soccer team prepares to do battle with two tough conference foes. NIU travels to Louisville University Saturday for a noon showdown and visits the University of Cincinnati on Sunday for a 1 p.m. matchup....

A written reprimand by the employer of the NIU black student who missed work after a Saturday night beating by five white men was nullified Thursday. Dewey Yaeger, DeKalb Bank president and chief executive officer said the written reprimand for failing...