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NIU athletic training students at last year's Chicago Marathon
Picture a brisk, early autumn morning in Chicago. Forty-five thousand runners fill the start corrals. Twelve thousand volunteers stand throughout the course, armed with Gatorade, water, Vaseline, cold sponges and gel packets. And 1.7 million spectators stand in rows six-deep throughout Chicago’s historic neighborhoods – Near North, Old Town, Lincoln Park, Boystown, Pilsen, Chinatown –...
Prior to Huskie home football games next season, the NIU Foundation will host “Huddle with the Faculty” to showcase of the outstanding programs, faculty and students at NIU. However, the inaugural “Huddle with the Faculty – Better Living Through Mannequins” will take place Saturday, Oct. 8. Saturday’s showcase features a demonstration of how NIU nursing students use...
The Northern Illinois cross country team returned from its two week break Saturday with a 20th place team finish at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational. Individually, two Huskies – Courtney Oldenburg and Claire McAuley – both finished in the top 100 of a field that featured 538 runners from teams across the Midwest and parts...
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team finished its weekend at Western Michigan’s Fall MAC Invitational with five wins Saturday. Facing Mid-American Conference opponents Ball State, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Toledo and host WMU, the Huskies came away from the weekend with six victories with a youthful team composed of six underclassmen and two seniors. “We...
Behind a phenomenal performance by reigning Mid-American Conference Player of the Year Lauren Wicinski, the Northern Illinois volleyball team topped Toledo 3-1 at Savage Arena Saturday evening. Wicinski totaled a career-best 39 kills and hit .484 to lead the Huskies (13-5, 2-2 MAC) to an important split in their first MAC road weekend. The reigning...
Despite a 19-6 edge in shots, the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team was surprised by Buffalo, 2-1, in double overtime on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Soccer Complex. Sophomore James Stevenson netted the lone goal of the contest for the Huskies in the 72nd minute. Buffalo (6-5-1) scored on its first shot on goal of...
The Northern Illinois men’s golf team wrapped up the D.A. Weibring Invitational on Sunday with an 11th-place team finish. Despite recording their best team round of the tournament, 300, the Huskies fell one spot from their 10th position heading into Sunday’s final 18 holes. Illinois won the team title for the second-straight year with an...
Campus Recreation is hosting a 5K Run/Walk Saturday, Oct. 15. The race starts at 7:45 a.m. Pre-registration is available online. The fee is $20 per person. All pre-registered participants are guaranteed to receive T-shirts (sizes not guaranteed) and goodie bags. Pre-registration ends at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13. There is a $25-per-person fee to register the day of the...
Go to the next level with a whitewater immersion weekend focusing on developing whitewater fundamentals in Class I-III rapids. No previous experience is necessary. A pre-trip meeting takes place at 9 p.m. today in the Outing Centre. The group will camp five hours north of DeKalb near Langlade, Wis., and paddle the wild and scenic...
Two couples, two big problems in two one-act plays. Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance presents the first Studio Series production of the 2011-2012 season with “The Actor’s Fantasy,” two one-act plays by Harold Pinter and Horton Foote. Performances are scheduled in the Stevens Building Corner Theatre from Thursday, Oct. 13, through Sunday,...
The Northern Illinois men’s golf team will go back to Normal this weekend at Illinois State’s D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate on Saturday, Oct. 1 and Sunday, Oct. 2. The trip downstate will mark the second consecutive season that the Huskies will be competing in ISU’s annual event. NIU will look to improve on last October’s eighth...
Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish has been named a semifinalist for the 2011 William V. Campbell Trophy and is also a candidate for one of 15 NFF National Scholar-Athlete awards, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Thursday. Harnish, a senior from Bluffton, Ind., is one of only 47 Football Bowl Subdivision...
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