Whether yearbook signatures will give way to Facebook wall posts in the future has yet to be seen, but students will still be swapping some kind of books next May.

Metcalf Hall reached capacity Monday as an estimated 1,250 people crowded in to hear Boston University professor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel give what was billed as his last major lecture.

Boston University performed the year's second test of the BU Emergency Alert Service by leaving voicemails, sending text messages and emails to students, faculty and staff across campus Monday morning.

A Boston University graduate student stood up at the back of Morse Auditorium Monday, confronting British artist Jenny Saville during a question-and-answer session on an exhibit that included images of bodies burnt or mutilated after catastrophe.

Boston University professor, writer, scholar, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel celebrated his 80th birthday with a concert in his honor on Sunday. About 50 people attended the event in Tsai Performance Center.

Solar system simulations often earn scientists straight As and science fair accolades, but two College of Engineering students grabbed a novel Nobel substitute Saturday night: tiara, crown and pageant sash.

BUPD responded to a man looking over the fence at the BU Children's Center at 6:22 p.m. Oct. 14. The man turned out to be a Buildings and Grounds worker.

Pedestrians walking down Commonwealth Avenue last fall couldn't avoid a nine-letter message from the windows of Warren Towers 14C: 'HOT SEX NOW.'

Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller said she understood why Colin Powell, who once made the case for invading Iraq as President Bush's secretary of state, withheld criticism of Bush in his endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama last Sunday.

Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese encouraged the Boston University lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to spread awareness and work toward achieving equal rights, especially in light of the upcoming presidential election.

U.S. Army Gen. William Ward shot down accusations of American imperialism and promoted a positive outlook for the future of Africa during a videoconference address to four different colleges Wednesday night.

' WBZ radio host Dan Rea incites anger, harsh words and a lot of talk, but through it all, he said he hopes to incite original opinions.