(12-11-2012 04:41 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(12-11-2012 04:33 PM)HappyHuskie Wrote:  

(12-11-2012 04:22 PM)NIURedBlack Wrote:  

(12-11-2012 01:44 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Someone needs to update the famous Alumni list.

Who else are we missing? I'm drawing a blank...

Barsema, Yordon, Chessick, Michael Turner.
Sam Hurd.

They mentioned Turner in #9.

We dont need Hurd mentioned.

Barsema, Yordon & Chessick are not famous.

I suppose it depends on your definition of famous.

NIU - Where everyone from the athletes to the students do things "the Hard Way!"

(12-11-2012 04:41 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(12-11-2012 04:33 PM)HappyHuskie Wrote:  

(12-11-2012 04:22 PM)NIURedBlack Wrote:  

(12-11-2012 01:44 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Someone needs to update the famous Alumni list.

Who else are we missing? I'm drawing a blank...

Barsema, Yordon, Chessick, Michael Turner.
Sam Hurd.

They mentioned Turner in #9.

We dont need Hurd mentioned.

Barsema, Yordon & Chessick are not famous.

Mr. irrelevant made national news on draft day! He's still with the Colts.

(12-11-2012 05:51 PM)thehappyhuskie Wrote:  

(12-11-2012 03:23 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  And in conclusion, NIU is a land of contrasts. What will the future hold? Only time will tell.

/8th grade term paper.

(12-11-2012 04:22 PM)NIURedBlack Wrote:  

(12-11-2012 01:44 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Someone needs to update the famous Alumni list.

Who else are we missing? I'm drawing a blank...

Robert Zemeckis

Not a grad, but an alum still. Saw his last film--Flight. Very good.

The original drummer for the Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlin, attended NIU.

Actually, the first time I ever heard of NIU was a couple of years ago while reading an article on him. I never would have imagined that we'd be playing in the OB bowl not long afterwards.

Ned Colletti Dodgers GM. I'm always surprised more people don't talk about him.

Max Power!

And Markos Moulitsas (Daily Kos and SB Nation founder).

U.S. Representative-Elect Tammy Duckworth was working toward a PhD in Political Science at NIU before being deployed to Iraq.

Joel Murray, Bill's brother was a Lambda Chi with my brother in the mid 80's.

He was on Mad Men, just had another film come out recently.

now Tammy might really put NIU on the map one day when she is elected as the first female president.

Andy Arlotta is the co-owner of the National Lacrosse League Minnesota Swarm. The NLL is the major league of lacrosse.

One of my NIU buddies went onto star in a number of bad made-for-TV movies on Lifetime, TNT etc. I'll spare him the embarrassment of mentioning his name.

Representative Joe Sosnowski ® representing the 69th District (wraps north, east and south of Rockford) is an NIU alum, as are a number of his staff.

(12-12-2012 07:40 AM)NIUAlum90 Wrote:  Joel Murray, Bill's brother was a Lambda Chi with my brother in the mid 80's.

He was on Mad Men, just had another film come out recently.

What a talented acting family that bunch is. Bryan Doyle Murray plays Don Ehlert the auto dealership owner who fired Patricia Heaton's character. Bill attended Loyola I believe.

(12-12-2012 08:10 AM)cagy cager Wrote:  now Tammy might really put NIU on the map one day when she is elected as the first female president.

And that day is only a matter of time.

(12-11-2012 11:25 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Ned Colletti Dodgers GM. I'm always surprised more people don't talk about him.

The winter 2013 edition of Northern Now has a good article:

Huskies in the Front Office - Alumni make their mark on the business side of sports

It covers Rick Cerrone, Ned Colletti, and Patrick Sandusky

http://myniu.com/northern-now/huskies-in...nt-office/

6.
The five reasons for lackluster attendance figures are as follows:
Dorms and off campus housing are located too far from HS and cash starved students cannot afford the tickets.
Like College Station, PA. - There is no easy highway access for those traveling two hours to DeKalb.
There is a shortage of convenient parking adjacent to stadium .
Townies prefer spending Saturdays at Farm and Fleet.
DD & JC did little personally to stir interest in the program.

(12-13-2012 12:57 PM)niucyberdawg Wrote:  cash starved students cannot afford the tickets.

You guys don't let students in for free?

(12-12-2012 10:00 AM)onlinepole Wrote:  

(12-12-2012 07:40 AM)NIUAlum90 Wrote:  Joel Murray, Bill's brother was a Lambda Chi with my brother in the mid 80's.

He was on Mad Men, just had another film come out recently.

What a talented acting family that bunch is. Bryan Doyle Murray plays Don Ehlert the auto dealership owner who fired Patricia Heaton's character. Bill attended Loyola I believe.

Bill Murray attended Loyola Academy (he was a senior when I was a freshman) and Regis University in Denver.

Quote:Ten things you need to know about Northern Illinois

The Huskies hold up five fingers at the start of the 4th quarter to honor the five victims of the Cole Hall shooting. Some newer Huskie fans do not know that yet.