As expected, the NIU Athletic Board dropped the ax on the field hockey program at its final meeting of the 1991-92 school year on May 6. By a 10-4 vote among board members, field hockey was eliminated as an intercollegiate sport at NIU and women's soccer...

Opinions will be heard today concerning the possible end of NIU's field hockey program. From 1-3 p.m., there will be an open-forum meeting in Room 505 of the Holmes Student Center concerning Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell's recommendation to drop field...

During a time like this, members of NIU's field hockey team need all the support they can get. After Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced his intention to drop field hockey at a coaches' meeting on April 1, coach Laurie Bell wouldn't have been faulted...

As expected, Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced his plan to discontinue NIU's field hockey program and replace it with women's soccer at yesterday's Athletic Board meeting. Members of the field hockey team, including coach Laurie Bell, current...

The NIU Athletic Board meets today to hear the recommendation of Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell to cut the field hockey program. 0'Dell is expected to ask at the 1 p.m. meeting at the Holmes Student Center for the field hockey program's replacement with...

The future of NIU's field hockey program was officially put on the line yesterday. NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell presented his recommendation to cut the program to the Executive Committee of NIU's Athletic Board. "The recommendation is that the...

Judging by the numbers, women's field hockey has been a sport on the decline since the mid- 1980s. Because of the declining number of schools offering field hockey, the Illinois High School Association dropped it as a sanctioned sport, leaving only 12...

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell met with members of the field hockey program yesterday to inform them that he is recommending the program be dropped. "We will meet with the Executive Committee of the Athletic Board to make a recommendation to them...

When NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright-Dieterle picked two new assistant coaches, she found talent from both the playing and coaching worlds. Sue Semrau and Jonelle Polk were Albright-Dieterle's choices to fill a pair of open slots because of...

Several issues were discussed at Wednesday's NIU athletic board meeting, but perhaps the highlight was the discussion of NIU's replacement of former head football coach Jerry Pettibone. Pettibone officially announced his departure from NIU and his acceptance...

Athletes at NIU generally agree with the locker room policy at Huskie sporting events and even took it a step further. Controversy about the whole situation arises with the fact that the NIU policy allows male or female reporters to enter a men's locker...

Parents' Weekend 1990: food, folks, fun and football, not necessarily in that order. Much of the focus of this week's festivities is on Saturday's NIU football game against the dreaded Murray State Racers. Murray State, as if you don't know, is in Kentucky...