Doug Baker is 6 or 7 years old, if his memory serves right.He is on a trip with his grandma from Hood River, Ore., to Monache, Wash., to visit family. Stopped at a cafeteria, Baker piles food atop his plate and sits by his grandma.“I think your eyes...
NIU needs to illustrate costs for all new students when comparing tuition, fees and room and board between the 2015 and 2016 academic school years.Next year’s new students will pay $578 less than the $23,284 in tuition, fees and room and board paid...
If NIU wants to tackle some of its biggest problems, especially with student retention, then NIU President Doug Baker needs to continue making goals that can be measured on a semester-by-semester basis.In the past, administrators tried to tackle problems...
What happened: The Huskies (8-2, 5-1 MAC) beat the Toledo Rockets (6-4, 5-1 MAC) for the fifth-straight season, 27-24, Tuesday at Huskie Stadium.How it happened: The NIU offense jumped to a 10-0 lead 10 minutes into the first quarter as the defense forced...
Football and the Toledo Rockets face off in a mid-week matchup with the winner positioning themselves in the driver’s seat to win the MAC West.The Huskies (7-2, 4-1 MAC) host the Rockets (6-3, 5-0 MAC) 7 p.m. today at Huskie Stadium.The Huskies have...
Today’s final home game for football will kick off with a costume contest for students, marking the first time this has been done to boost student engagement and game attendance.The idea for a costume contest occurred to Morris White, assistant director...
Football’s combination of defensive turnovers and run game was key to its victory Wednesday night.The Huskies (7-2, 4-1 MAC) used a strong start and finish to beat the Ball State Cardinals (3-6, 2-3 MAC), 35-21, at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Ind....
What happened: The Huskies (7-2, 4-1 MAC) beat the Ball State Cardinals (3-6, 2-3 MAC), 35-21, today at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Ind.How it happened: The Huskies forced five turnovers, redshirt senior tailback Cameron Stingily punched in three rushing...
Athletic Director Sean Frazier’s Facility Master Plan may one day be seen as one of the catalysts in helping NIU make the jump to a bigger conference.Frazier’s Facility Master Plan, unveiled Thursday with a price tag of an estimated $138 million,...
NIU's Huskie Stadium and its athletic facilities will see overhauls to the tune of an estimated $138 million as part of Athletics Director Sean Frazier's Facilities Master Plan.Plans revealed at a Thursday news conference showed Huskie Stadium will have...
