Wishbone met wishbone Saturday at Huskie Stadium, and in the end, it was a matter of which defense was better at stopping the offense it practices against. NIU escaped with a 27-21 victory over the Southwest Missouri State Bears, who showed up two hours...

NIU's volleyball team increased its win total Friday night by defeating the Fighting Phoenix of Wisconsin-Green Bay 7-15, 15-3, 15-6, 15-8. "They play a different kind of volleyball," outside hitter Amy Garrett said. "They play high school volleyball."...

When a football player is named a team's top offensive player for two out of three games, you would not think he would be moved to another position. But that is not the case with NIU's Kent Iwema. The 6-foot-1, 209-pound senior has been moved from tight...

Inconsistency and basic skill mistakes have plagued the NIU field hockey team lately. If it finds a cure before Friday, it should have a good chance to win both matches against Ohio and Purdue this weekend. "Purdue is a very tough team—they're presently...

Not only does the 6-foot-1 junior keep active on the NIU volleyball court, but she also stays active by moving around the country. Holmes moved from Kentucky to Indiana in seventh grade, and during her junior year in high school she left for Connecticut....

Starting today, NIU athletics encounters what is arguably one of the most important weeks in its history. What began as an internal and external review of the athletic department has developed into a changing of the guard at the athletic helm. NIU President...

NIU dueled Illinois State to a 1-1 tie Wednesday night, coming from behind with a late second-half goal from senior Barry Garofolo. Freshman Rob Lisek got the assist on Garofolo's goal with 7:41 remaining in regulation. "He centered it, and I chested...

DeKalb has often been referred to as "The Land of Corn." But I think it's time we start calling it the land of tow-away zones. I—like most students—have seen too many other students chasing after tow trucks and shouting obscenities as their cars are...

Deep Throat is "the very best porn film ever made," so says Al Goldstein. Is this under the guise of education? This is a sure winner for NIU's "image." Encouraging excessive drinking parties leading to alcholism, along with co-ed living quarters in dorms...

NIU's football team is not the only squad which will play at home during Homecoming weekend. The Huskie volleyball team will take on Marquette tonight at Chick Evans Field House at 7 p.m. On Saturday the lady spikers travel to South Bend, Ind. to compete...

The NIU women's tennis team heads to South Bend, Ind., this weekend to participate in the North Star Conference Championship. Along with the Huskies, the other conference teams are host Notre Dame, Marquette, DePaul, Valparaiso and Dayton. Notre Dame...