The NIU women's field hockey team prepares for one of its toughest weeks this season as the Huskies face two nationally-ranked opponents. NIU begins the week Tuesday against the No. 2 team in the nation, North Carolina. The 1 p.m. match will be played...

The NIU Huskies won Saturday. They beat the Southwest Missouri State Bears 27-21 and moved their record to 3-2-1. Keep that in mind when reading about Monday's weekly Huskie Club luncheon because head coach Jerry Pettibone spent most of his time there...

Is it real or is it AstroTurf? It is AstroTurf, and it needs to be replaced. The artificial playing field laid in 1980 in Huskie Stadium has served its purpose, but it is wearing thin. "We're in the process of looking at costs to have the turf redone,"...

The NIU athletic department has been given a major opportunity to improve itself, an opportunity which it should not waste. The university is deep in the process of choosing a new athletic director to head both men's and women's athletics. The decision...

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...

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...