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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Raymond makes most of time in Chicago

By Ben Gross | June 19, 2007

DeKALB | Before training camp had even started, one former Huskie athlete had shown what they could do. The Chicago Sky's season started on Sunday May 20th. Since then, the team has played 11 games. Former Huskie guard Stephanie Raymond has been on the...

Baseball trying to ‘right the ship’

By Brandon Mangia | April 24, 2007

DeKALB | After losing five games in a row for the first time since May of last year, the NIU baseball team will look to get back on track this week as it plays three games against teams from the Horizon League. The Huskies will travel to Chicago for a...

Spring game chow down

By Brandon Mangia | April 5, 2007

DeKALB | The Huskie Athletic Scholarship Fund invites all Huskie fans to chow down before the NIU Football Spring Game on Saturday, April 21, at Huskie Stadium. The competition to determine the best Huskie tailgate team will start at 10 a.m. and end just...

NIU hopes to sustain power surge

By Brandon Mangia | March 20, 2007

After a successful 5-3 stand in sunny Florida, the NIU baseball team is finally getting back into the swing of things. The Huskies (7-7) have belted their way to a .500 record, and will look to sustain their winning ways when they take on Chicago State...

Ranked teams too strong for Huskies

By Andrew Hansen | February 27, 2007

DeKALB | NIU gymnastics fell to two ranked teams Sunday. The Huskies, with a score of 191.225, finished behind No. 10 Iowa State and No. 24 Illinois. "We had a couple of misses on the floor and beam, but we had three gymnasts who stepped in to compete...

Getting recognition

By Brandon Mangia | February 13, 2007

DeKALB | After scoring a career-high 20 points Saturday to help snap Ohio's 14-game home winning streak, NIU freshman guard Cody Yelder was named the MAC West Player of the Week for the first time in his career. The Richards High (Calumet Park, Ill.)...

Gymnastics, track & field thrive

By Brandon Mangia | February 7, 2007

DeKALB | The NIU gymnastics team finished second out of four teams over the weekend at the Quadrangular Meet in Iowa City, Iowa. The Huskies posted wins over Wisconsin-Whitewater and Winona State but fell to host team Iowa 194.575-190.700. NIU posted...

Following her Passion

By Jenn Novielli | September 21, 2006

DeKALB | Everyone has a certain passion in life. For Karen Enockson, it's soccer. Since she was six, Enockson knew her love for the game would play a major role in her life. But being a kid meant being into everything. She ran track, swam and played violin,...

Buffalo Bulls football sets standard for equal opportunity hiring

By Sean Connor | September 15, 2006

DeKALB | There exists an issue embedded in NIU's game against Buffalo Saturday that's bigger than the game. It's a problem that stems from the foundations of this country and has continued to receive heightened awareness. That issue is equal opportunity....

NIU Slow out of the gate

By Jarrod Rice | September 5, 2006

COLUMBUS, Ohio | Ohio State didn't wait long to show NIU why it is No. 1 in the country. The Buckeyes took advantage of the Huskies' porous defense early, racking up an astonishing 28 points in the first 15:05 en route to a 35-12 victory Saturday in this...

Shooting down the ‘Shot-Ginn’

By Ben Gross | August 31, 2006

Not once, twice, but three times does Ted Ginn Jr.'s name appear on the starting depth chart for Ohio State this weekend. Ginn is to start at punt and kick returner Saturday, but mostly will be featured as Troy Smith's main receiver in both their quests...

White Sox increase AL wild-card lead

August 30, 2006

CHICAGO | Jermaine Dye homered and drove in four runs and Joe Crede tied a career-high with four hits to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 12-9 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Tuesday night. Crede also drove in two runs to help the White Sox move...

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