With the State of Illinois Classic one week away and the NCAA Central Regional Championships close to a month away, the NIU women's gymnastics team has a lot to gain in the near future. But first thing's first. Head Coach Bobbie Cesarek likes her team...

Lately, it seems like everyone wants to show off new-found patriotism. Local stores around DeKalb have taken notice to this new patriotic trend and are making sure they have the merchandise to fill everyone's needs. "When the war started, people started...

Along with his other duties, NIU President John La Tourette is sharing his financial expertise with other companies as part of a national accounting advising group. La Tourette was one of seven new members appointed to the 33-member Financial Accounting...

NIU's Advertising Club is sponsoring a search to select models for a 1991-92 Women of NIU Calendar. The first of three contests is scheduled for Feb. 23 at 11 p.m. at The Jungle, 1027 W. Hillcrest Dr. The audience will choose the women who will appear...

An NIU student who said he was trying to figure out who was prank-calling his room was arrested Thursday for the same offense. Ketan Shah, 18, 1237 Grant South, was charged by University Police with telephone harassment after he called another student...

Bullseye. Associate Legal Council Norden Gilbert has found the mark in the NIU Student Judicial Code confusion. The University Council has sent a proposal into a committee that if passed would allow it to control the code. However, the UC has fewer students...

At the final three games of the basketball season, NIU's Huskie Spirit Council will show support for the troops in Desert Storm as well as the teams. "We decided as a council to support the troops since they support us," said Laura Fischer, coordinator...

Some people thought the beat of the drums and the warm weather would coax more people to the King Memorial Commons Thursday for a peace rally. Volunteers from the NIU Community for Peace started beating buckets with sticks at noon and took turns until...

I do enjoy reading the paper and seeing such understanding and compassion for those who are speaking out against the war. I have been accused of being a communist as a result of a letter I wrote, and now Mr. Brandt's letter quotes a petty officer as saying...

Coaches and students agree that school spirit will help lead NIU's basketball teams to conference wins this season. "We need school spirit and we need it now," said Laura Fischer, coordinator of the Huskie Spirit Council. "We have two teams to be proud...

Leave it to the city of Cleveland to add a sobering element to the Huskies' recent string of spotlight games. Just as some of the focus surrounding NIU's men's basketball team recently has been centering on a possible NCAA Tournament bid, Cleveland State...

Dustin Dobrin has had his problems this year—an 0-7 record in singles being the major one. NIU men's head tennis coach Charles Merzbacher needs a major turnaround from Dobrin to reach his goal of sweeping this weekend's opponents: Kalamazoo (0-1), Miami...