Skip to Main Content
Advertisement
 
Ensure student journalism survives. Donate today.
The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Molinari ready to ink ‘Big’ recruits

By Wes Swietek | April 11, 1990

"There's a new dog in town", the slogan of the Huskies men's basketball team, might soon be changed to "there are three new dogs in town." Wednsday is national letter-of-intent day when high school basketball players sign over their basketball lives to...

NIU teams cash in with tournaments

By Wes Swietek | April 5, 1990

NIU will soon be going to the bank, courtesy of the AMCU Conference and the NIU women's basketball team. NIU, as a member of the Association of Mid-Continent Universities, is entitled to a share of the proceeds from the conferences' winnings in the NCAA...

Gymnastics program all out of time

By Joe Bush | February 26, 1990

If Huskie Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell were a comedian, his sense of timing wouldn't get him a ticket out of First City, let alone a gig at Second City. There are no good times to announce the impending elimination of a sport, but on the scale of better...

Cougars fall prey at Evans

By Joe Bush | February 26, 1990

The Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team took a chair and a whip to another group of ferocious felines Saturday night, beating the Chicago State Cougars 63-55 behind ringmaster Donald Whiteside's 16 points. The Huskies improved their 1989-90...

Students turned away at Evans

By Bob Regan | February 20, 1990

"Bring the record home" branched into "Turn the students away" Thursday night at Chick Evans Field House when more than 1,000 NIU students were unable to get into the sold-out game. In an attempt to break the Illinois women's collegiate basketball attendance...

Road woes over? As of lately, yes

By Wes Swietek | February 15, 1990

It's official. All the talk about the men's basketball teams' road woes can end. "You can stop talking about it now," said head-Huskie Jim Molinari. The questions about why the Huskies couldn't win on the road were raised as NIU struggled to an 0-6 road...

Dedicated Cesarek vaults team into 1990’s

By Wes Swietek | February 14, 1990

Ideally, college sports may not be best exemplified by the exploits of the student-giants running around on the gridiron and hardwood courts. The dedication and balance between academics and athletics is often best illustrated by the participants in the...

Present attendance: a far cry from past

By Carl Ackerman | February 14, 1990

Throughout history, women's collegiate basketball has never received much publicity. National attention has always been focused on the mens' teams, while the women sat in the shadow of fame with little recognition. That dominant belief is starting to...

Lone Star showdown pits Cardinals against Huskies

By Wes Swietek | February 12, 1990

Huskies might not be native to the American Southwest, but there will be over a dozen running through Beaumont, Texas tonight. NIU's mens' basketball team (11-9) hits the road tonight at 7:30 to take on the Lamar Cardinals. Lamar has struggled through...

Merzbacher aims high as first-year net coach

By Hyun Moon | February 8, 1990

If first-year men's tennis coach Charles Merzbacher gets his way, the Huskies will be a national power in five years. Fresh out of the pro circuit, Merzbacher was hired as the men's coach in the summer of 1989. Although he has no previous coaching experience,...

Gymnastics tumbling downhill

By Joe Bush | February 8, 1990

On Feb. 11, 1979, a sporting event in Chick Evans Field House held the attention of more than 5000 human beings. Not until Kenny Battle bounced off backboards from 1984-86 for the NIU basketball team would so many people focus on one individual and his...

Independent today, AMCU the way

By Wes Swietek | February 7, 1990

A legitimate shot to make the NCAA playoffs for the NIU men's basketball team is just a season away. When the Huskies begin competition in the AMCU (Association of Mid-Continent Universities) next year, one of the most important benefits for NIU's program...

Sign In

Register

Reset Password

Please enter your username or email address, you will receive a link to create a new password via email.