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Huskies seniors face final battle

By Eric Burt | November 16, 1990

The coaching staff of the NIU football team will be faced with a once-a-year task after Saturday night's game at Southwest Louisiana: Saying good-bye to the seniors who will no longer wear the Huskies cardinal and black. "It will be a real mixture of...

NIU spikers aiming for conference title

By Jennifer Hutchins | November 16, 1990

Forget the rankings and season records. When the North Star Conference volleyball championship tournament begins Saturday at the University of Akron's Memorial Hall, each team in the NSC will start with a clean slate. It's anyone's ballgame now. The No....

NIU’s swimming squad drops Wisconsin meet

November 16, 1990

Actually, Mike Burt does wear glasses. So there's nothing wrong with his eyesight before anyone questions his happiness following the NIU women's swimming squad's 169-126 loss to the University of Wisconsin. Again, the Huskie coach did see the final score,...

Huskies face Cajun-spiced finale

By Eric Burt | November 15, 1990

When the Huskies take their show on the road to Southwest Louisiana (4-6) for the final game of the 1990 season, they'll be entering territory that was not too friendly to them during their first visit. In 1988, the Ragin‘ Cajuns demolished NIU 45-0....

NFL pressure isn’t solution for racism

By Greg Rivara | November 14, 1990

The NFL is wrong in its hypocritical pursuit to make the world a better place. orse yet, the league's actions send the false signal that Arizona is more racist than other states. A signal that no one should tolerate, let alone believe. If you've been...

SSU union officials charge NIU, ISU with urging strike

By Sabryna Cornish | November 14, 1990

SPRINGFIELD—The NIU and Illinois State University presidents are pushing for a strike at Sangamon State University to further their own union-busting agendas, union officials at SSU are charging. But NIU President John La Tourette insisted the allegations...

Huskies women’s team favorites in conference

By Carl Ackerman | November 14, 1990

CHICAGO—For the second consecutive year, the NIU women's basketball team was picked to finish first in the North Star Conference by its eight head coaches. The announcement came Tuesday at the North Star Conference Luncheon at Ditka's restaurant in...

Basketball coach, players advocate ‘say no’

By David Lance | November 14, 1990

NIU men's basketball head coach Jim Molinari has teamed up with some of his players and Amoco Oil to get an early start in community involvement. Molinari and his caravan recently embarked on a mission to find elementary school students willing to make...

NIU’s Wisconsin connection

By Eric Burt | November 14, 1990

The Huskies football's team defensive line could be called the "Wisconsin Connection." Their teammates prefer to call them "cheeseheads." Defensive ends Cary Caliendo (Brookfield) and Scott Van Bellinger (Green Bay) and tackles Eric White (Barronett),...

Huskies cruise in exhibition opener

By Carl Ackerman | November 14, 1990

If Tuesday night's exhibition performance by the NIU men's basketball team is any indication of the type of season to come, the Huskies can expect a prosperous year. NIU hammered the Australian Sydney Kings 89-57 in front of 1,228 fans at the Chick Evans...

Hockey club splits action

By Mark Fiore | November 13, 1990

The NIU hockey club suffered its first loss of the season to conference rival DePaul University Saturday. The Huskies traveled to Chicago to face the Blue Demons and ended up in an offensive contest aided by many defensive mistakes. "They (DePaul) did...

Spirit council cheers on NIU Huskies

By Amy Julian | November 13, 1990

At the first men's exhibition basketball game tonight, a new group will try to start a tradition of support for NIU athletic teams. The Huskie Spirit Council is made up of students interested in changing the perception that there is "no school spirit"...