By: Eleanor Hildebrandt

If the Senate confirms Ernest Moniz, BC '66, as the next U.S. Secretary of Energy, two of the 15 members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet will be Boston College alumni. Secretary of State John Kerry, BC Law '76, assumed office on Feb. 1 this year-the date of Moniz's confirmation hearing is as of yet undecided. He is poised to inherit the position from current Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, who served during Obama's first term.

Boston College announced today that it has raised $1 billion for its Light the World campaign, which aims to raise $1.5 billion for University development by 2015.

Luke Kuechly is back at Boston College to work on finishing his degree, fulfilling a promise he made to his parents and Director of Football Operations Barry Gallup.

By: Eleanor Hildebrandt

By: Brennan Carley, Taylor Cavallo, Dan Siering & Sean Keeley

Tom Hanks is far from being the youngest, sexiest, or most alluring movie star. He's not the kind of celebrity whose every move and relationship is carefully scrutinized by the media. But those things have never been what makes Hanks special.

By: Brennan Carley, Taylor Cavallo, & Dan Siering

With our time as arts editors rapidly coming to its conclusion, we decided to do a little experiment and track our interactions with pop culture over the course of a week. Below are the results, which include a fair share of Rick Ross, some Teen Mom, and a whole lot of indulgent food.

By: Brennan Carley, Taylor Cavallo, and Dan Siering

WITH HALLOWEEN APPROACHING, SO TOO DO VIEWINGS OF 'THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW,' WHICH GOT US THINKING: WHAT, FROM OUR GENERATION, WILL BE THE CULT CLASSICS OF THE FUTURE?

By: Brennan Carley

In the case of 13-year-old Zion, son of Lauryn Hill whose paternity has been publically questioned since his birth-Wyclef Jean: you are NOT the father.

By: David Cote

Irish journalist and Belfast Project researcher Ed Moloney, together with Belfast Project researcher and former IRA member Anthony McIntyre, recently announced their intention to bring the case of the Belfast Project to the United States Supreme Court. The pair, appealing a decision by the United States First Circuit Court of Appeal that rejected their right to intervene in the Boston College archive case, have repeatedly emphasized the case's vast constitutional importance and potentially harmful ramifications on the fragile peace process in Northern Ireland and the enterprise of oral history.

By: Brennan Carley, Taylor Cavallo and Dan Siering

Maybe it's a little too early to be reminiscing about Amy Winehouse and The Monkees, but how awesomely poppy would that festival be?

By: David Cote

Over break, I watched the HBO World War II miniseries Band of Brothers. Every time I watch the series, the patriotism of American society during that time in our history astounds me to a greater degree. How was a war of such a large scale so widely supported and how did that support continue despite heavy casualties on both fronts? In comparing this patriotic fervor of World War II with our nation's current conflicts in the Middle East, it seems at times that the patriotism evidenced during the the 1940s is seriously lacking from today's American society. World War II was supported and aided by civilians throughout, while the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been repeatedly called into question throughout recent years, despite remarkably similar beginnings. This apathy and condemnation of the War on Terror by the public makes recent calls for American troops in Libya seem preposterous.

By: David Cote

On Feb. 10, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned from his nearly 30 years in office, a change precipitated by widespread protests throughout Egypt, which began Jan. 25.

"President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down from his post as president of the republic and has empowered the supreme council of the armed forces to manage the affairs of the government," said Omar Suleiman, Egyptian vice president,  in a television broadcast last Friday.

The announcement was met with massive celebrations across Egypt as citizens took to the streets in high spirits for the first time in several weeks. Popular opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, called the moment the "greatest day of my life. The country has been liberated after decades of repression,'' he told the reporters.