Though a new dean for Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences has not yet been chosen, two top university officials have met with some of the candidates and an announcement might be made in the coming weeks, University President Henry Bienen said Thursday. Bienen, who will have met with six candidates by the end of the search, called an announcement in the next couple of weeks "quite possible.…

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He's been in 120 countries and six continents. And on Thursday night, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof visited NU to speak to an audience of about 250 people about his experiences in the developing world and the importance of human rights Wednesday night.…

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Students piled onto buses Thursday night and made it through Saturday night and Sunday morning during the Counting Crows concert at the A&O Ball. The band headlined the show at the Riviera Theatre, where an audience of about 2,000 people, composed of both Northwestern students and others, enjoyed the rock band's eccentric style.…

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When one man learned his father had Parkinson's disease, he contacted scientists at Northwestern's NUgene Project, hoping to find out his hereditary risk for the degenerative disorder. "While we may not be able to tell him specifically what (his father's diagnosis) means to him, the kind of research we tend to conduct may help his children or other people to know more about a condition like Parkinson's disease," said Maureen Smith, clinical director of NUgene, a long-term genetic research study.…

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You won't see the youngest candidate for Associated Student Government president handing out any flyers at the Rock, but you might see him at Bill's Blues rapping in bling and a beanie. Weinberg sophomore Luke Adams said he thinks his raps will provide more information than his opponents' posters.…

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Though Scott Burton has not been directly involved with Associated Student Government, the debate team captain and former Marine has concrete reasons for entering the presidential race. "It's basically to give back to the Northwestern community," the Weinberg junior said.…

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In a presidential election where leadership experience is at a premium, Weinberg junior Mark Crain trades on an excess of it. As president of For Members Only, Crain leads one of the most prominent student groups on campus. He has participated in a push to increase minority student enrollment, served on the Student Activities Finance Board and completed a brief stint in the Peace Project.…

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In fall 2006, Neal Sales-Griffin and a friend lived in a car for five days by the Rock in hopes of winning a Chevrolet Aveo. Sales-Griffin's stunt, which depended on getting more votes than students competing at other universities, didn't succeed. But, the SESP junior says, it proves a point about his ability to bring campus together as he campaigns for Associated Student Government president.…

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It would be almost unthinkable for someone who has not been a governor or member of Congress to run for president of the United States, but Blake Yocom hopes to become ASG's next president without any experience in student government. "The strategy we're using is to show everyone that Blake Yocom is the typical Northwestern student who has not been wrapped up in this ASG narrow mind-set," said Bill Pulte, Yocom's campaign manager.…

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Experience on the Associated Student Government Executive Committee and a desire for change are the leading forces behind Mike McGee's campaign for Academic vice president. "I've worked closely as a liaison for student groups about anything from increasing involvement in groups to working with the administration," the Communication sophomore said.…

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Increasing academic services for students and increasing minority enrollment are two of Usman Mian's goals if he's elected as ASG academic vice president. Mian, who has spent three years involved in ASG's academic committee, hopes to continue working with administrators to implement his goals, the Weinberg junior said.…

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After running on a whim to become the ASG senator for the Public Affairs, Shepard and Willard residential colleges in the fall of his freshman year, Vikram Karandikar said he can't see himself doing anything other than ASG work for another year. Now a member of Associated Student Government Executive Committee, Karandikar is running unopposed for executive vice president in Tuesday's election.…

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"Experience" and "following through" are the buzzwords for Nate Perkins' campaign for Student Services Vice President. As a member of the Student Services Committee, the McCormick junior worked with Students for Ecological and Environmental Development) to improve recycling on campus and eventually joined the NU Sustainability Working Group, which develops campus-wide sustainability policies.…

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For Hariharan 'Harry' Vijayaraghavan, running for ASG office is about leaving his mark on campus and giving back. "For almost a year now, I've been planning to run for ASG," the Weinberg junior said. "NU has been the most important experience of my life. I owe a lot to NU and I want to make a difference before my time here is over.…

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