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Last b-ball game draws 2,363 fans

By Marianne Renner | March 8, 1988

NIU Night brought 2,363 Huskie fans to the last men's basketball game of the season Monday night at Chick Evans Field House, where four senior players were recognized, a $200 raffle prize was issued and a 300-man card section cheered for the team. Student...

Salvaging the positive from a bad season

By Dave Tuley | March 8, 1988

Beyond the playing field Coach Jim Rosborough and his men's basketball staff have a word they like to throw around: positive. They like to use it when they talk to the media. It's used to try and have people see the program through rose-colored glasses....

Coaches discuss academic requirements

By Jeff Kirik | March 8, 1988

NIU and other major college institutions have made academic rules to protect the student/athlete, but several NIU coaches say the rules could be improved. The current NIU grade point average rule states athletes must have a 1.70 prior to their second,...

Huskies can’t stop Wildcat onslaught

By Jeff Kirik | February 23, 1988

The NIU Huskies found out firsthand why Kansas State is in second place in the Big Eight. They also found out why the Wildcats' Mitch Richmond is a strong All-America candidate. The Wildcats shook off a pesky NIU squad midway through the first half and...

Guard duos steal show

By Jeff Kirik | February 22, 1988

CARBONDALE—Saturday's NIU-SIU contest featured a struggle between a pair of solid backcourts. The Salukis won the guard battle and, as a result, took the game. NIU's senior guards Rodney Davis and Randy Norman squared off against SIU's high-scoring...

Kansas State waiting for Huskie roadshow

By Jeff Kirik | February 22, 1988

It would be an understatement to say the odds are against the NIU men's basketball team tonight. The 6-18 Huskies will take the court against the 15-7 Kansas State Wildcats tonight at 7:35. NIU is coming off a 92-84 road loss to SIU while KSU, which has...

Two months later, NIU-SIU square off

By Tom Clegg | February 19, 1988

Senior guards Rodney Davis and Randy Norman stole the show in the NIU men's basketball team's win over Central Florida Tuesday. The all-Aurora backourt will have to be on the top of its game again Saturday at 2 p.m. when NIU visits Southern Illinois....

Wrestlers on road

By Paul Keller | February 19, 1988

The 4-12-1 NIU wrestling team has a huge task to accomplish this weekend. The Huskies travel to Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday for a match with Nebraska at 5 p.m. and then tangle with 13th-ranked Oklahoma at 7 p.m. It's a big mission for the Huskies to go...

Huskies, Stubbs break barriers

By Chris Sigley | February 18, 1988

They dominated, they broke records, they slaughtered. The NIU women's basketball team couldn't have asked for more, as everybody scored in a dominating 102-70 victory against Detroit Wednesday in Calihan Hall. Junior forward Gena Stubbs added icing to...

Citizens of Chicago deserve own choice

February 18, 1988

The fight has begun over when the next mayoral election will be held in the city of Chicago. There is apparently some confusion about whether state law requires the election to take place in 1989 or 1991. The late Mayor Harold Washington's term of office...

Talent, salaries in this world are arbitrary

By Dave Tuley | February 18, 1988

Beyond the playing field Poor Andre Dawson. The headlines Monday stated he lost his arbitration case, meaning the Chicago Tribune saved $150,000. So Dawson will have to settle for only a 370-percent pay increase. Too bad. That extra dough would have come...

Hockey club skates on

By Jeff Aronin | February 17, 1988

Inspired by the thought of an undefeated league record, the NIU hockey club ends its regular season this week against Illinois Institute of Technology Friday. The highly successful Huskies boast a 12-0-1 league record and a 15-1-3 overall mark. In a two-game...