With 24 days before its first game, the women's basketball team is going full force in practices. While opening day seems far away, it is actually right around the corner for the Huskies, and coach Jane Albright said she wants her team to be consistent....

There is more on the line than just a victory Wednesday night as two separate individual battles highlight NIU's 7 p.m. soccer match with Northwestern at Huskie Stadium. Entering their final match of 1987, the Huskies have two players fighting to capture...

Fenton High School might call itself the Bison, but anyone who has ever watched its soccer team will tell you the name ought to be the Fenton Roys. Playing in their last high school match Tuesday night, twin brothers Markus and Karsten Roy, sons of NIU...

Consistency is the key word for tonight's volleyball match between NIU and Bradley in Chick Evans Field House at 7:30 p.m. For the Huskies, playing consistent will be important to bring the team back up to the .500 record mark. For the Lady Braves, it...

MUNCIE, Ind.—A game played on Halloween, and under the spector of something called "the Ball State curse," is bound to have more revolting developments than a Hitchcock classic. One look at a 42-17 score should tell both sports fans and lovers of the...

The NIU volleyball team's record fell below .500 for the first time this season, after the Huskies lost to Minnesota Saturday 8-15, 15-5, 15-12, 15-8 at Minneapolis. The Huskies' record stands at 11-12, while the Gophers moved their slate to 18-9. Although...

Women's swimming coach Mike Burt wanted to see his squad get its feet wet by having it compete in the Colorado State University Early Bird Invitational over the weekend. The Huskies responded with a second-place finish in the four-team invitational in...

MUNCIE, Ind.—After two exciting finishes in a row, the situation looked similar when the NIU football team spotted the Ball State Cardinals 21 points in the first quarter Saturday. But the deficit was too large to overcome as the Huskies lost 42-17...

A battle against cancer will begin with the opening pitch of the DeKalb Challenge softball tournament Nov. 7 and 8. The tournament is sponsored by Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and local proprietors. Phi Sig Philanthropy Chairman Peter Zaikowski said he...

Now we know NIU students have mastered the word F--K, but if anything resembling an informed opinion has been mastered or learned, it certainly was well hidden. I'm talking about the Day of Action stampede through Swen Parson Hall. What purpose did it...

Members of the Student Association Finance Committee continued negotiations with managers from WKDI Tuesday night in an effort to resolve the radio station's financial problems. SA Treasurer Todd Lipscomb said the first problem involves missing receipts...