The biggest news, and the news which provided the biggest sigh of relief from the NIU football office this summer, was the announcement of quarterback Stacey "Sauce" Robinson's eligibility for the fall semester. After being forced to sit out the last...

The 1990 NIU Softball season hasn't even started yet and the accolades are already coming in. Senior physical education major, and Huskie softball catcher, Julie Sexton will be presented with her 1990 GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America award during the halftime...

About 30 NIU athletes who signed leases for the partially-completed Stadium View Apartments II want more compensation than the developer is willing to give them. Senior halfback Mike Strasser said about 18 football players, along with several gymnasts,...

The goal of the 1990 Huskie football season is to be invited to a bowl game. Any bowl game. After being snubbed last year by every bowl committee in the country, head coach Jerry Pettibone and his players have dedicated the upcoming season to this one...

The countdown is on. In twenty-four days, the Huskie football squad will put their current eight-game home winning streak on the line against Eastern Illinois in their season opener. "I'm excited about this season," head coach Jerry Pettibone said. "I...

Can Northern Illinois University's football team go 3-0-0 on ESPN? Huskie gridiron boss Jerry Pettibone surely hopes so. Most of the country—approximately 56.1 million households—can find out on Saturday, Sept. 29, when NIU meets perennial Big Ten...

Former NIU defensive tackle Scott Kellar is giving something back to the game that gave him a chance to play professional football. After lending a hand to Huskie defensive line coach Sheldon Herd as a volunteer coach last winter and during spring practice,...

The Northern Star proudly presents some mid-summer column stuffers for your reading pleasure. Enjoy. Former Huskie standout Ted "The Mad Stork" Hennings made the news recently while participating in the Chicago Bears training camp in Platteville, Wis....

The clang of metal hitting metal, words like "squat", "crunches" and "leg presses", the grunts and groans as large people lift large weights—all are part of Jim Zielinski's world. Zielinski, Coach "Z" to those who know him, is NIU's strength and conditioning...

Act One: The setting: Moscow, Idaho, the home of the University of Idaho, 1984-86. A party, a bar (drinking age was 19 at the time), a friend's home, wherever. I was a freshman then a sophomore, far from home, bright but confused—torn between doing...

There's no need to salute the 1990 NIU Huskie football captains, but take notice of the leading Huskies. Head football coach Jerry Pettibone announced that senior free safety Kevin Cassidy, senior outside linebacker Paul Rogan, and senior tight end Claude...

The NIU Athletic Board approved a new ticket policy for the 1990 football season. The plan, which goes into effect immediately, offers Huskie fans incentives to purchase season tickets at discounted prices, as well as reduced price tickets in the south...