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Alpha Sigma Alpha’s first Tugs team cheers on the ropers in the second rope. The championship match will take place 2 p.m. Saturday with Alpha Sigma Alpha and back-to-back champions Sigma Sigma Sigma. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

ASA drops APhi in first round of women’s Tugs

By Andy Inboden, Sports Reporter | November 6, 2024

In an exhilarating display of strength and strategy, Alpha Sigma Alpha (ASA) faced off against Alpha Phi (APhi) in a highly anticipated annual women’s Tugs competition. The match unfolded in two intense rounds, showcasing the determination and...

Kaci Luptak pinches the rope to keep Alpha Sigma Alpha from gaining the knot on Wednesday. Alpha Phi moves on to face Sigma Sigma Sigma. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

Alpha Phi downs Alpha Sigma Alpha, advances to Tugs title match

By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter | November 8, 2023

DeKALB – “Looks like it’s third place again, ladies!” one fan yelled to the freshly-defeated Alpha Sigma Alpha tuggers. It was one of the many chants and jeers thrown out by the crowd gathered on Wednesday at 912 Edgebrook Drive during the...

Supporters of the Sigma Sigma Sigma tugs team cheer from the barricade of the trenches awaiting the first round’s start on Saturday afternoon on campus. All proceeds from the Women’s Tugs event are set to be donated to the charity Circle of Sisterhood. (Mingda Wu | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Tri Sigma hauls to retain ‘Tugs Champion’ title

By Mingda Wu, Photographer | October 23, 2022

DeKALB – The Panhellenic Council’s Women’s Tugs tournament came to a wrap on Saturday afternoon, with Sigma Sigma Sigma reigning as victors for the second consecutive tournament.

The first-rope tuggers from Sigma Sigma Sigma battle for leverage on the rope during Saturday's championship match against Alpha Phi. (Mingda Wu | Northern Star)

Sigma Sigma Sigma defends title, wins 2022 PHC Women’s Tugs Championship

By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter | October 23, 2022

DeKALB – Conditioning played a vital role in Sigma Sigma Sigma’s hour-long stand that allowed it to become repeat champions in the 2022 PHC Women’s Tugs Championship. The first-rope tuggers for Alpha Phi and Sigma Sigma Sigma battled at the rope...

Alpha Phi plans Red Dress Gala

By Kennedy Jones | February 23, 2020

DeKALB — The Alpha Phi sorority is hosting its annual philanthropy event, Red Dress Gala for Women’s Cardiac Care, 6 p.m. Saturday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. The event is a cocktail-style evening with a casino theme and will include appetizers,...

Valerie Spychala (left), senior athletic training major, and junior accountancy major Bridget McCaffery (right) practice for Tugs in the trenches at their house Wednesday. They are the reigning 10-time champions of the event.

Tugs captains talk excitement for event

By Krystal Megan | October 19, 2017

Valerie Spychala (left), senior athletic training major, and junior accountancy major Bridget McCaffery (right) practice for Tugs in the trenches at their house Wednesday. They are the reigning 10-time champions of the event.

Alpha Phi uses ‘A Phiesta’ funds for sorority’s charity

By Brian Guttman | September 29, 2013

Alpha Phi welcomed a bigger turnout than usual at its annual A Phiesta bowl on Sunday for women’s cardio care.The sorority hosts the event to raise money for the health care of its members. During A Phiesta bowl, participants pay to participate in games,...

Delta Zeta wins 6th consecutive Tugs championship

By Erin Kolb | October 7, 2012

The Delta Zeta sorority won their sixth consecutive Tugs championship against Alpha Phi on Saturday. Tugs takes place in the fall for sororities and in the spring for fraternities, said Mike Wahlund, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity member and host of the event....

Members of the DeKalb Fire Department and NIU Police participate in an Emergency Response Drill Thursday evening as members of Phi Kappa Theta and Alpha Phi participate as student actors for the event.

Annual mock DUI staged

By Alex Fiore | October 14, 2010

NIU and DeKalb Police Departments provided students with an all-too-realistic reminder of why drinking and driving is a poor decision Thursday evening in front of the Convocation Center. NIU staged its annual mock DUI, which is a homecoming tradition...