Three new faces will be on the sidelines of Huskie Stadium next fall.

Coach Joe Novak announced Bill Bleil, Denny Doornbos and Sam Pittman as new full-time assistants.

"All three know this level of football extremely well," Novak said. "Collectively, these gentlemen bring over 60 years of coaching experience - ranging from the Big Ten, Big 12, Conference-USA, Western Athletic Conference and the Big West Conference - to our program. I like this group."

Bleil brings 21 years of coaching experience to DeKalb including five seasons as head coach at Western Carolina from 1997-'01.

Bleil most recently served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at South Dakota. The Remsen (Iowa) native will succeed Darrell Funk as tight ends coach.

Funk returned to his alma matter Colorado State in February to take an assistant coach job.

Doornbos, a graduate of Western Michigan, will succeed Pat Narduzzi as linebackers coach.

Narduzzi was named defensive coordinator at Miami (Ohio) after three years with the Huskies.

The 43-year-old Doornbos served 15 seasons on the Army football sidelines and in 1982 worked under Bo Schembechler on Michigan's 8-4 Rose Bowl team.

The final coach added to the NIU football staff was Sam Pittman.

Pittman starts his second tour of duty with the Huskies as offensive line coach. Pittman worked under Charlie Sadler in 1994-'95 and will replace Dan Roushar who headed south for the University of Illinois earlier this spring.

Pittman most recently served under Gary Darnell at Western Michigan in 1999, at the University of Missouri under Larry Smith in 2000 and under Terry Allen at the University of Kansas in 2001.

Next week, the Indian Student Association will make NIU history. The ISA will be holding its annual cultural show at the Convocation Center. It will be the first student organization to host an event there.

The show, which features traditional Indian dance, fashion and music, is usually held in either the Carl Sandburg Auditorium or at the Egyptian Theatre. However, this year the ISA decided to hold it in the Convo Center in hopes of attracting more people.

"We want the show to attract not only the NIU community, but people outside of it as well," said coordinator of the cultural show, Theresa Mathew.

The usage of a large venue such as the Convo Center can get costly. According to the Convocation Center's Student Organization Guide, the cost can reach into thousands of dollars.

However, the ISA will not foot the bill on its own. It has numerous sponsors to help with the expenses of the show.

Dr. Promod Vohra, faculty adviser to the ISA, said the show is designed to increase Indian cultural awareness by projecting positive Indian images to NIU and to the world.

One of the highlights of the cultural show will be the performance of Bharat Maryan, a traditional Indian dance that takes eight to 10 years to learn.

The show will also feature a fashion show.

Sophomore biology major Beena Joseph is modeling for the fashion show. She said she is excited about the show.

"It's a way for Indian students to embrace their heritage and culture," Joseph said.H Who: Indian Student Association

NIU's Inter-Fraternity Council and Pan Hellenic Council met separately Monday night to pick their endorsements for the upcoming Student Association executive elections.

Representatives from fraternities and sororities were given the chance to discuss and vote on who they wanted to endorse in each of the four upcoming elections.

"We are going to go through each candidate and discuss them for three minutes," said Tim Samp, president of the IFC. "Try to make the best educated decision you can make."

Each office's candidates were discussed separately, and candidates who are members of Greek chapters on campus were identified.

Chris Juhl, activities adviser for Greek affairs, spoke briefly concerning rumors he had heard about the candidates.

Several years ago, a number of Greek fraternities hosted afterhours, parties held after the bars were closed. Juhl said these parties were the source of a number of problems, ranging from what he called police brutality to Greeks fighting among themselves.

When the Greek system was almost kicked off campus six years ago, one of the stipulations for keeping them on campus was that afterhours would be eliminated, Juhl said.

The rumor, Juhl told the Greek chapters, is that some candidates were promising some Greek chapters they would remove the ban on the parties.

"I do want to mention that this will never happen," Juhl said. "I guarantee the university will not allow history to repeat itself."

Juhl would not divulge which candidates were rumored to be making the statements.

All of the candidates who were identified as Greeks were endorsed by both organizations. The only split decision came in the student trustee position.