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Tough slate challenges women

By Kari Brackett | November 20, 1987

Challenging might be the way to best describe the 1987-88 NIU women's basketball schedule. The Huskies are not just playing mediocre teams to improve last season's 11-16 record. Second-ranked Tennessee, fourth-ranked California-Long Beach and 10th-ranked...

Albright’s concoction set to test the market

By Dan Moran | November 20, 1987

Jane Albright has worked blue-collar hours to put the pieces in place. On Nov. 28, she'll find out how her NIU women's basketball team fits in the 1987-88 season. She lost point guard Val Leitzen. Albright went to Minnesota and bagged Denise Dove. Forward...

Scheduling process discussed

By Gary Sadewater | November 12, 1987

Scheduling philosophies, the budget and the admissions for gymnastic events were among the topics discussed Wednesday at the monthly board meeting. At the request of the new scheduling subcommittee, Robert Brigham and Susie Pembroke-Jones submitted scheduling...

Foss’ 38-point performance leads Cardinal squad to win

By Dave Tuley | November 10, 1987

GLEN ELLYN _The running game defeated the half-court offense Monday night in the NIU women's basketball Cardinal-White intrasquad scrimmage at Glenbard West High School. The Cardinal team exploded in the second half to win 80-57 after leading 26-22 at...

Coaches give opinions on drug testing

By Chris Sigley | November 5, 1987

Len Bias chose to celebrate, as any person would, when he was picked as a first-round draft choice for the World Champion Boston Celtics in June of 1986. Unfortunately for Bias, that one moment of glory is all he will ever receive as he was found dead...

Women practice basics

By Kari Brackett | November 4, 1987

With 24 days before its first game, the women's basketball team is going full force in practices. While opening day seems far away, it is actually right around the corner for the Huskies, and coach Jane Albright said she wants her team to be consistent....

Albright still without a point

By Dan Moran | October 29, 1987

With the season opener at Butler less than a month away, all the pieces seem to be in place for the NIU women's basketball team. That is, all except for one. As the Huskies entered their third week of practice, head coach Jane Albright was ready to start...

The Star’s ‘Paper Huskie’

By Chris Sigley | October 27, 1987

with Dan Moran They say pratice makes perfect. But no one ever said how long it would take. Obviously it would take more than the four-day workout I had with the NIU women's basketall team as an undercover reporter, because I was far from Larry Bird material...

O’Dell pitches for NIU AD job

By Jim Wozniak | October 21, 1987

Now comes the hard part. Now that Minnesota Assistant Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell has finished making his case for NIU's permanent AD spot, the search committee has the burden to decide the university's athletic future in the next few days. Committee...

Coaches critique 1st two candidates

By Jim Wozniak | October 20, 1987

After a day off from public forums, the athletic director scenario resumes today when Minnesota Assistant AD Gerald O'Dell has his chance to address NIU, but the interviews so far have not gone unnoticed. O'Dell's public forum is from 2-3:30 p.m. in Holmes...

Correct AD choice necessity to NIU athletics

October 19, 1987

The NIU athletic department has been given a major opportunity to improve itself, an opportunity which it should not waste. The university is deep in the process of choosing a new athletic director to head both men's and women's athletics. The decision...

Glisk leads Huskies by setting example

By Kari Brackett | September 30, 1987

The setter is offensive leader in volleyball just as a quarterback leads his offensive team in football. The "quarterback" for the NIU volleyball team for the last three years has been Beth Glisk. Although a football quarterback is a glamour position,...