College athletes must perform in their sport and in the classroom, but sometimes they have the added pressure of battling the "dumb jock" stereotype in the eyes of some faculty. Elliot Lessen, an associate professor of Learning, Development and Special...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...