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Pembroke-Jones heads east for George Washington post

August 28, 1988

NIU's Associate Athletic Director Susie Pembroke-Jones left the DeKalb area for a position as assistant director of athletics at George Washington University. As of Wednesday, the 39-year-old began her duties by watching over nine sports, which include...

Women netters head to home of Redskins

By Bob Regan | April 1, 1988

Spring is just over a week old, but the NIU women's tennis team is well into its spring season. This weekend the team will travel to Oxford, Ohio, with its 5-9 record to do battle with state rival ISU Saturday at 2 p.m. and the Redskins of Miami at 9...

Illini down women’s tennis team

By Chris Sigley | March 25, 1988

Amy Andersen proved she deserved to be moved into the NIU women's tennis team's line-up this spring, as she defeated her Illinois opponent 7-5, 6-3 at Thursday's dual meet in Champaign. But Andersen's win couldn't carry the weight of the other eight sedes...

AMCU conference eyes NIU affiliation

By Jeff Kirik | March 23, 1988

The NIU athletic department has "indicated some interest" in becoming affiliated with Association of Mid-Continent Universities conference, league commissioner F.L. Ferzacca said Tuesday. Ferzacca said he spoke with NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell...

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,...

NIU minor sports’ weekend panorama

February 8, 1988

Women's gymnastics NIU women's gymnastics coach Bobbie Cesarek doesn't ask for much. She expects her Huskie gymnasts to put forth their best efforts whenever they compete. From that perspective, Cesarek was quite pleased with NIU's performance Saturday...

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 netters in NCS tourney

By Gary Sadewater | October 8, 1987

The NIU women's tennis team heads to South Bend, Ind., this weekend to participate in the North Star Conference Championship. Along with the Huskies, the other conference teams are host Notre Dame, Marquette, DePaul, Valparaiso and Dayton. Notre Dame...

Natacha and Natasha; adjusting to NIU, U.S.

By Gary Sadewater | October 5, 1987

Adjusting to life at a university such as NIU can be difficult for many students, especially freshmen. But imagine what it is like for an international student to start out at a new college in a new country. Natasha Koprivica and Natacha Kluft are two...

Women at UNI for 2 matches

By Gary Sadewater | September 24, 1987

The NIU women's tennis team heads for Cedar Falls, Iowa, this weekend to participate in the Northern Iowa Triangular. The Huskies, 0-1 on the season, will take on Northern Iowa at 4 p.m. today, then will face North Star Conference foe Marquette at 9 a.m....

NIU women join North Star Conference

By Jeff Kirik | June 16, 1987

After moving NIU out of the Mid-American Conference nearly two years ago, the people running the NIU women's athletic program decided earlier this year that independence was not the way to go. NIU officially ended its independence Feb. 18 by joining the...

Brigham takes stock of stormy athletic year

By Jim Wozniak | April 28, 1987

After facing Hurricanes on the athletic field, NIU men's athletics also had to battle unchartered waters on its new athletic ship. NIU had its baptism in independent waters this year after leaving its 13-year affiliation with the Mid-American Conference,...