Six Hawks scored in double figures on Saturday as the Harper men's basketball team pulled off the upset of previously unbeaten No. 7 (Div. II) South Suburban College, 83-72. Will Botefuhr (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect) led Harper (4-3) with 18 p...

While the Harper College wrestling team did not win any individual titles at the Coe College Turkey Invite on Saturday, they had some strong performances. Greshman Henderson (/Lake Zurich) took second place at 141 pounds while Jacob Bellis (/Bloomin...

If you're scanning the FM radio dial on a Tuesday night and you suddenly feel relaxed, you might be listening to Mr. Al. “Turn it up and cool it down,” says the disc jockey in a voice oozing with mellow tones, “Mr. Al's Lounge, every Tuesday at 7 p....

Nestor Zavala came to the U.S. at 10 years old knowing success would be a lot harder for him than most of his peers. His broken English attracted bullies. He didn’t particularly like school. His family was poor. Zavala wanted a better life, but didn...

On the nation's top NJCAA Div. III men's cross country team in 2013, competition among teammates was at an all-time high on a team loaded with talent. With the incredible depth the Hawks possessed, any of the top eight runners could place as the No....

Rachel Payne (Wheeling, Ill./Schaumburg Christian Academy) scored a career-high 27 points to propel the Harper College women's basketball team to a 65-43 victory over McHenry County College on Thursday night. The win gave head coach Jenny Turpel her...

The Harper College women's and men's basketball games scheduled for tonight at McHenry County College will be web-streamed live. The live stream can be found at mchenry.edu/athletics. The women's game will tip at 5:15 PM while the men will follow at...

It's Thanksgiving 2033, and there's a lull in the dinner conversation. “So ... when are you two kids going to get married?” a busybody uncle asks the lesbian couple sitting across from him, who roll their eyes and change the subject. The normalizati...

The Harper College women's basketball team erased a 10-point halftime deficit to take the lead over Morton College on Tuesday night but could not close out the game and fell 57-54. The Hawks (0-6) trailed 31-21 at halftime but slowly crept back into...

At the beginning of the school year it seemed questionable whether or not the Harper College women's cross country team would be able to compete as a full team for the 2013 season. Of the five women on the team, four were injured. Coach Jim Macnider...