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Delta Chi Fraternity organizes cancer awareness week

By Chelsey Boutan | April 25, 2012

Cancer has touched the lives of the Delta Chi Fraternity men. Member Justin Larsen said students in the fraternity feel connected with each other because many, including him, have had family members die from cancer. For that reason, Delta Chi has organized...

The Associated Press - Temple head football coach Steve Addazio, left, speaks alongside athletic director Bill Bradshaw during a news conference to announce the addition of Temple to the Big East Conference for football next season and all other sports in 2013 in New York, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Temple to join Big East

By Northern Star Staff | March 7, 2012

According to a report from ESPN’s Joe Schad, Temple will join the Big East to play football this season. In 2013, Temple will join the Big East in all sports. From 2007 to this 2011, the Owls’ football program played in the MAC. All other Temple athletic...

Ranking NIU’s football team is harder said than done

By Matt Hopkinson | July 19, 2011

Living life on the fringe is hard.For a MAC team, it shouldn't seem out of the ordinary.The NIU football team should find it a bit harder to swallow, however, because they are coming off a good season in which they won a school-record 11 wins.While the...

Running back from the law

By Tony Osborne | June 10, 2011

DeKalb| As we move into the beginning of summer, the NFL lockout continues to loom in the heads of coaches, fans and players alike. Even current NFL veterans are showing the displeasure around the league with the continuous staring contest between players...

Full-ride student-athlete scholarships may not be as full as they seem

By Jerry Burnes | June 10, 2011

  DeKALB | Student-athlete scholarships are like a complicated game of fact or fiction. The fact is NCAA student-athletes receive full-ride scholarships. The fiction of scholarships is that full-ride doesn't cover everything one might think. NCAA members...

The Rant: So-so Joe-Joe

By Andrew Singer | April 3, 2011

Joe Morgan, Joe Morgan, Joe Morgan. That is all anybody heard when Joe Morgan was in the broadcast booth for a "Sunday Night Baseball" game. The self-indulgent Morgan would usually sneak in at least 2-3 stories about himself in each and every broadcast...