NIU's soccer squad must not have been asking themselves "Will we beat Bradley?" but rather, "By how much?" It quickly became obvious that the only mystery about the game would be the identity of the NIU team scoring leader when all the goals were counted....

With the season opener at Butler less than a month away, all the pieces seem to be in place for the NIU women's basketball team. That is, all except for one. As the Huskies entered their third week of practice, head coach Jane Albright was ready to start...

So last Wednesday's protest by NIU's "pseudo-flower children" was a "stupid" move? However "stupid," it accomplished its goals—goals necessary to preserve the quality of education in this state for today's students and students to come. First, it must...

Minnesota University Assistant Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell has been picked by NIU President John LaTourette to be NIU's permanent AD, three sources said Wednesday. O'Dell's hiring will be announced formally at a press conference today at 1:30 p.m....

In response to Mike Solley's editorial on Oct. 26 about the JLS, the Day of Action was not a JLS affair. It was a SCOPA affair. That means there were other organizations represented. The Day of Action was organized not by the JLS, but a number of different...

Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, dispelled fears the state might go bankrupt if bills creating additional funding for education pass. Welch said at a lecture at McMurray Hall Wednesday, that Gov. James Thompson has said the state will go bankrupt if supplemental...

Just when it appears that all news from Washington is bleak, something happens to restore a little confidence in the government. The United States Senate voted Tuesday to approve legislation designed to protect the elderly from financial ruin resulting...

I've got a lot to say about the Day of Action, and since Dave Duschene told the crowd of protestors that the Star isn't biased because they print all of my letters, I'll take my time and say everything I have to say one letter at a time. I want to respond...

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...

The NIU football team will be taking a trip for the Nov. 7 Parents' Day game against Western Illinois. Coach Jerry Pettibone's troops will spend Friday night before the game in Rockford's Clock Tower Inn because the Western Illinois Leathernecks will...

with Dan Moran They say pratice makes perfect. But no one ever said how long it would take. Obviously it would take more than the four-day workout I had with the NIU women's basketall team as an undercover reporter, because I was far from Larry Bird material...

assistant sports editor The NIU football team's special teams were not so special in the Huskies' 21-20 loss to Cal State-Fullerton Saturday at Huskie Stadium. An NIU holding penalty on a CSUF punt, a blocked Huskie punt and a missed 22-yard field goal...