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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

At the weekly Interfraternity Council (IFC) meeting on Monday, the council deliberated and voted on a selection of rules to add to the council's bylaws regarding the IFC Tugs competition. Representatives from IFC-recognized fraternities voted on rules...