More than 5,000 NIU students who qualify for Monetary Assistance Program funding have been credited an estimate of what they would have received had an Illinois budget been approved at the start of the semester.NIU has joined other Illinois universities,...
The men’s tennis team (12-5) took down the Southern Illinois Salukis in a close 4-3 win. The Huskies got off to a slow start in doubles play as SIU won two matches to grab the first point in the match. NIU came storming back in singles play to grab...
While men’s basketball’s offense powered it to a 65-54 victory over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), its defensive play may have been the deciding factor. The Huskies (2-5) gave the Cougars (2-4) a number of different looks throughout...
Coming off a game in which the team only totaled five points going into halftime, NIU men’s basketball looks to get off to a stronger start when it hosts the SIU Edwardsville Cougars today. The Huskies (1-5) lost their last game to Dayton, 60-43, which...
Southern Illinois University announced a new vice chancellor for development and alumni relations, according to The Associated Press. The new vice chancellor, James Salmo, will also serve as chief executive of the SIU Foundation, said SIU Chancellor Rita...
DeKALB | As the NIU wrestlers stepped onto the mat Friday, they did so intending to send head coach Dave Grant off the right way. In Grant’s final home meet, the NIU Huskies (3-10 overall, 1-4 MAC) did just that, defeating Eastern Michigan (11-7, 0-1),...
DeKALB | Seven was the lucky number for Courtney Shelton Friday night. With just 1.8 seconds left on the clock the junior guard drained a half-court buzzer beater to lead the NIU women’s basketball team (3-1) over Southern Illinois (0-3), 46-45. Shelton...
Bill Vaughan, a former columnist for the Kansas City Star, once wrote, "A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works." While I see the logic in his statement, I, for one, did not. For the past two and a half...
