For the past two weekends, the NIU women's gymnastics squad has enjoyed record-setting results. Of course, the Huskies have had the luxury of two home weekends. Now it's back to the road and making the challenge complete is a formidable foe, such as the...

Nicki Pedicini has spent a lifetime learning gymnastic techniques, but at NIU, the freshman standout is still learning the ropes. By the looks of Pedicini's success this season, it appears she is catching on rather quickly. Pedicini was named the all-around...

"You can't touch this" women's gymnastic team. Once again,the Huskies lived up to that reputation as NIU upped its record to a perfect 7-0 mark Saturday. Two more school records were broken, including the team-scoring mark, after defeating University...

According to head gymnastics coach Bobbie Cesarek, winning is not everything. However, based on recent performances the NIU women's gymnastic team is the favorite to clinch yet another win in Saturday's 1 p.m. triangular at Chick Evans Field House. Contrary...

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...