With only one competition under its belt, the NIU women's gymnastic team has put a smile on the face of head coach Bobbie Cesarek that shows no sign of fading. Then again, neither does the team's talent. NIU displayed that talent with a win in its opening...

A landslide of changes are expected in the near future for the athletic departments of many Division I Schools, including NIU. The annual NCAA convention held last week approved numerous Division I rule changes supported by the NCAA Presidents Commission....

Six former Huskies will be inducted into NIU's Hall of Fame Oct. 5 as part of the 83rd Homecoming weekend festivities, but there will be no celebrating by some former NIU male gymnasts. Allegations have surfaced that members of the men's gymnastics program...

Dropping a successful program is never easy for an athletic director. But, in the case of men's gymnastics last year, the decision came easy for O'Dell. As a requirement to join the Association of Mid-Continent Universities now called the Mid-Continent...

When former men's gymnastics coach Carlos Silvestre finished coaching last season, he knew there would not be a gymnastics program this year, but he didn't know his graduate assistant job and stipend would not be available. Silvestre said he was told...

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 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...

NIU sports programs have been trying to become more competitive on the national scene and have gone overseas to bring in the talent that is needed to compete at such a level. The NIU men's tennis program is led by two strong Swedish players and some tennis...

The final chapter in the saga of NIU's mens' gymnastic team was written on Saturday. And the closing line can be summed up in one word: ironic. Genaro Severino, the last Huskie gymnast still competing for NIU in the final year of the program, pulled his...

NIU's Genaro Severino should be feeling enough pressure already without the added burden of becoming part of NIU history. Severino is competing in this weekends' NCAA National Gymnastics Championships, a tough enough task for any freshman. But with the...

At the NCAA Central Regionals this weekend, NIU gymnasts Vicki Thimgan and Martha Unger didn't have two things: a high enough finish to advance to the NCAA Championships, and a lot of luck. Unger, competing in her third Regional competition, had a costly...