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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Huskies triumph in season tuneup

By Alex Gary | November 30, 1992

MILWAUKEE—While the rest of us were traveling home for Thanksgiving last Wednesday, NIU's women's basketball was hard at work as the Huskies posted a 77-51 exhibition win over Snitz Manufacturing, an AAU team, at Wisconsin Lutheran College. "I felt...

A list of good things to help during finals

November 30, 1992

The following is a list. Neither a grocery or hate list, but a list of all the things to be happy about. This list will just about cover all the things in life which bring about a smile and lighten the hearts of people when they say, see, hear or do anything...

Mid-Con tourney comes NIU’s way

By John Dietz | November 24, 1992

The Mid-Continent Conference volleyball tournament is coming to DeKalb's Chick Evans Field House this weekend. NIU has fought all season for the right to host the post-season tourney and succeeded by posting a perfect 16-0 record in the league. The top-seeded...

Lockett out for season; extended rehab planned

By Alex Gary | November 24, 1992

NIU's women's basketball team will be praying for more rebounds at the Thanksgiving table because Angela Lockett, last year's rebounding queen, is officially out for the season following reconstructive surgery on her left knee. Lockett, who tore her anterior...

NIU swimmers swept by Wright St.

By Marc Wesner | November 23, 1992

Both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams took it on the chin this weekend by dropping their respective meets to defending Mid-Continent Conference champion Wright State. On the women's side, the final tally was 135-101, which was actually...

NIU’s offense, winning year go south

By Brian Wiencek | November 23, 1992

NIU's football team was hoping to finish the season on a high note as the title of a winning season was on the line. However, the Huskies will have to wait another year because there will be no winning season in 1992 as the Toledo Rockets (8-3) pounded...

Perfect conference record no sweat for Waite’s crew

By John Dietz | November 23, 1992

That is how the NIU volleyball team finished its season in the Mid-Continent Conference with victories over Valparaiso University (15-6, 15-9, 15-9) and the University of Illinois-Chicago (15-5, 15-11, 15-3) this weekend. Head coach Pete Waite conceded...

The men who piece together the ‘puzzle’

By Rob Bolton | November 23, 1992

Tough jobs are designed to test the ambitious. But does achieving that yearn of what was initially desired necessarily fulfill the need? The patience needed to perform the duties of these guys clearly nullifies the aforementioned and immediately categorizes...

Huskies prepare for duel with Raiders

By Marc Wesner | November 20, 1992

The NIU swimming teams face a tough assignment today when they travel to Dayton, Ohio, to face Wright State University. Having begun the week dropping both the men's and women's meets to nationally-ranked University of Wisconsin, the Huskies end it by...

Badgers splash past Huskie crew

By Brian Wiencek | November 19, 1992

The NIU men's and women's swimming and diving teams ran into a brick wall on their first road trip of the young 1992-93 season. That brick wall was the University of Wisconsin as the Badgers upended the men's team 131-85, while the women's side fell 154-88...

Despite win in first game, NIU has inconsistencies

By Mark D. Morrey | November 19, 1992

NIU men's basketball coach Brian Hammel had some mixed feelings about his team's 86-73 victory Tuesday night over the Czechoslovakia Select Team at Evans Field House. "We had some good parts," said Hammel in his postgame interview. "In spurts, we did...

Speed bumps not necessary for NIU

By Todd McMahon | November 19, 1992

Let ‘em run. Wednesday night, NIU's women's basketball team was running a week's worth of ‘suicides.' But it had nothing to do with an uneventful practice. Rather, the Huskies were treated to a dose of the go-at-your-own-risk international game, which...

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