NIU President John LaTourette Tuesday named Raymond J. Dembinski the chairman of the NIU Athletic Board. Dembinski, a professor of special education, will take over the spot beginning August 15 and will succeed James Mellard, who has served as the board's...

When NIU joined the Association of Mid-Continent Universities on June 14, four Huskie sports escaped the label of independence. However, one NIU sport—the soccer program—already belonged to a competitive league in the form of the Big Central Soccer...

When it comes time for Erik Solky to write his "What I Did This Summer..." essay, the NIU standout gymnast can author a "golden" one. As in the Gold Medal he won representing the United States in the 13th Annual World Maccabiah Games held July 3-13 in...

THEBES, Ill.—Former Cape Girardeau, Mo., high school basketball standout Darla Pannier, 19, died Tuesday of injuries received in a Monday automobile accident, authorities said. Pannier apparently lost control of her car when it struck a large pool of...

Even though grid-iron season is still more than a month away, the college football magazines are out in full force. And when it comes to NIU, the scribes have come to a consensus on what it will take for the Huskies to repeat the success of their 7-4...

Former NIU basketball MVP Rodney Davis hopes to make the transition from a Huskie to a Timberwolf. That's as in National Basketball Association Minnesota Timberwolves member. The 6-3, 186-pound guard participated in the NBA expansion franchise's free...

Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell, using words like "deplorable," "embarrassment" and "anitquated" to describe the condition of Huskie Stadium, said Friday NIU is considering a renovation of the 24-year-old structure. The university recently invited four...

The possibility of NIU's gaining access to the proposed DeKalb County civic center has Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell dreaming of what might be. Although the civic center is still in its infantile stages, O'Dell said the mere chance of having a new homecourt...

Although NCAA officials did not give the NIU softball team a 1989 national tournament bid, the season's final statistics indicate the Huskies might have belonged. The Huskies, whose 38-7 record was the fourth-best in the country, ranked among the nation's...

Before NIU and Akron can win their first Association of Mid-Continent Universities title, they will have to battle a Bear. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State have become the AMCU's conference power, winning the league's all-sport trophy the past three...

NIU sports information director Mike Korcek received a "Best in the District" citation in the 1988-89 national writing contest sponsored by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Korcek won the CoSIDA District Five honors in the Historical...

To no one's surprise, outfielder Jill Justin and pitcher Beth Schrader were named the NIU softball team's 1989 Most Valuable Players. Justin won the offensive MVP award by leading the team with a .443 batting average. She won the squad's batting crown...