Rising gas prices caused by the Persian Gulf crisis have hurt everyone financially, especially mass transit. Diesel prices have jumped according to Charlie Battiasta, general manager of Huskie Line. The price for October 1989 was 99.9 cents per gallon,...

A group of newcomers to the NIU women's basketball team is proving to be the building blocks of the Huskies' future. Having started from the ground up, the players have already built a sturdy foundation and continue to grow. Perhaps more importantly,...

During Jim Molinari's brief tenure as NIU men's basketball head coach, the prevalent message he has tried to impress upon his team is the importance of defensive pressure. If Tuesday's 89-57 victory over the Sydney Kings is any indication, Molinari's...

Chants of "N-C-A-A" still echo in Chick Evans Field House. Fortunately or not, the incantations still ring in the minds of NIU women's basketball fans, too. Coach Jane Albright and the 13 members of the 1990-91 cast would like to put 1989-90's successful...

Mononucleosis has slowed the progress of the men's baketball team's prized recruit, Mike Lipnisky. Lipnisky's college career has started on a sour note because of mononucleosis he contracted in the summer. He's been limited to only one-hour practice days...

Students who desire an alternative to the typical Geraldo or Oprah issues on TV talk shows and who enjoy the spontaneous comedy of Steve Dahl and Garry Meier on AM-1000 are in for a treat. WKDI, NIU's student-run radio station, started airing its first...

SPRINGFIELD—While university officials want to abandon a guideline for setting tuition, others want to enforce the current policy that limits tuition to one-third the cost of instruction. At its last public hearing Tuesday, the Joint Committee on College...

SPRINGFIELD—Faculty and staff from Sangamon State University duked it out with SSU President Durward Long at a committee meeting Tuesday because of alleged unused funding. The House Appropriations II Committee heard testimony from both sides of the...

Rob Base and DJ Easy Rock once sang, "It takes two to make a thing go right..." Maybe they had NIU men's basketball stars Donnell Thomas and Donald Whiteside in mind when they wrote that song. Thomas a 6'4" forward and Whiteside a 5'10" guard, both senior...

NIU point guard Denise Dove is the picture of confidence. This is obviously clear once you have seen her in practice, and once you have listened to her talk. "My favorite thing to do is create the tempo," the senior guard said. "When I have the tempo...

In retrospect, the most important decision Huskie women's basketball head coach Jane Albright ever made for NIU did not occur during an NIU game. Instead, the decision was made within the collegiate boundaries of Appalachian State University. "When I...

Members of the security department in the Founder's Memorial Library at NIU are one step ahead of those who try to step out with a book they didn't check out. A 3-M Tattle-tape Book Detection System was installed in 1980 as part of the university library...