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Day three of Tugs wraps, Phi Kappa Theta prevails

By Rachel Scaman | April 24, 2013

Phi Kappa Theta continued its winning streak in Wednesday’s Tugs competition. Delta Chi and Phi Kappa Sigma also pulled a win for the day over Phi Kappa Psi. Phi Kappa Theta ended the night with a three-round win after Sigma Nu’s coach stepped on...

Members of Sigma Alpha Mu compete against Delta Chi and Phi Kappa Sigma Monday at the annual Tugs competition held adjacent to Huskie Stadium.

Day one of Tugs ends, three teams advance

By Rachel Scaman | April 22, 2013

Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Nu and Phi Kappa Theta ended the first day of Tugs with wins. The Tugs competition between the social fraternities began Monday in front of Huskie Stadium. Tugs is a weeklong tug-of-war competition between 10 fraternities. Each game...

Members of Phi Sigma Kappa pull their way to victory in the finals of the NIU IFC Tugs competition during last year's competition.

Tugs competition begins next week

By Newell Miaw | April 17, 2013

Greek fraternity members will test their brotherly strength at next week’s Tugs competition. Members of several Greek Row fraternities will begin the annual tug-of-war competition at 3:30 p.m. Monday outside Huskie Stadium on the east tailgate field....

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....

Women’s Tugs Against Breast Cancer competition begins this weekend

By Erin Kolb | October 3, 2012

Sororities will be tugging to fight breast cancer this weekend. The Pi Kappa Alpha (PKA) fraternity is hosting the Women’s Tugs Against Breast Cancer 2012 tournament. Tugs is the largest philanthropy event on campus with about 300-500 people each day,...

Members of Sigma Pi pull against members of Omega Delta during an NIU IFC Tugs competiton Monday evening near Huskie Stadium.

Fraternities participate in first round of Tugs

By Lauren Dielman | April 16, 2012

Tugs, a NIU fraternity tradition for more than 40 years, began Monday night. While one team is pulling the rope, the other team braces their feet against the trench, sometimes nearly on their backs, to keep from giving up any length that could cost them...

SA Senate approves Tugs funding

By Felix Sarver | April 15, 2012

Funding for a long-standing Greek fraternity tug-of-war contest was approved by the Student Association Senate Sunday. The SA Senate allowed the Interfraternity Council to receive $5,000 in supplemental funding for Tugs, an annual fraternity competition....

Sororities pull together to raise money for breast cancer

By Hailey Kurth | October 20, 2011

This weekend, sororities will get together to compete in women's tugs, Pi Kappa Alpha's annual philanthropy event. Tugs isn't just a game of tug-of-war, though. NIU tugs is a more serious, strategic version of the game. "It's a giant tug-of-war [where]...

Brett Placek of Phi Sigma Kappa tugs against Sigma Nu on Thursday. Phi Sigma Kappa will move on to the championships on Saturday.

Tugs championship set to rematch from last year

By Shaun Zinck | April 28, 2011

This year’s Tugs championship match will be a rematch from last year, featuring the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity against the combined team of the Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Kappa Psi fraternities. Phi Sigma Kappa won the match last year. Jeremy Sanchez, vice...

2010 Tugs Champions Phi Sigma Kappa take on the Phi Kappa Sigma and Omega Delta team on Tuesday. Phi Sigma Kappa remains the number one seed after winning the match in three ropes.

Rain won’t stop Greek tugs tournament

By Leah Spagnoli | April 26, 2011

DeKALB | Despite rainy conditions, about 500 people came to see the second day of the annual Tugs tournament on Tuesday. Jeremy Sanchez, Interfraternity Council vice president of Community Events, said he wasn't pleased with the weather. "Despite the...

Members of Phi Sigma Kappa participate in the Spring 2010 Tugs event. A Monday night IFC meeting determined that IFC-recognized house teams cannot exceed more than 120 members and no more than two houses can form one tugs team.

Men’s tugs competition starts off this week

By Leah Spagnoli | April 25, 2011

DeKALB | NIU’s IFC Tugs tournament started off the week with big numbers Monday. IFC officers said between 500 and 600 people were in attendance for the first day of the event, more than have attended on the first day in past years. “Attendance was...

Members of Phi Sigma Kappa participate in the Spring 2010 Tugs event. A Monday night IFC meeting determined that IFC-recognized house teams cannot exceed more than 120 members and no more than two houses can form one tugs team.

NIU Greeks to participate in annual men’s tugs tournament

By Leah Spagnoli | April 21, 2011

DeKALB | Let the tugging begin. Interfraternity Council will host its annual men’s tugs tournament this week. The tournament will feature 12 fraternities in a tug-of-war style battle. The tournament will kick off at 2 p.m. Monday on the east tailgate...