The “Star Wars” Geek: For some, the term can be insulting; for others, empowering. But for most, it’s just downright embarrassing. “You don’t want the first thing people know about you to be that you love “˜Star Wars,'” said second-year economics student Marshall Jaquish. Read more...

As the dancers twirl for their native land, the audience at UCLA is transported to a traditional world of vibrant color, passionate movement and fluttering sounds of a guitar. Read more...

Graduate students now have a huge nighttime on-campus event they can almost exclusively call their own. Three years after its inception, the UCLA Anderson School’s Fashion Show has been transformed into a large-scale event, complete with a soundstage and designers such as Guess and Adidas. Read more...

What am I supposed to get at the market?” At this point in the year, your roommate has bought everything he sees on the shelves at least once. Read more...

Teatro Revolver’s production, “Circuses without Bread,” features a giant, a hairy woman and a spoof of “American Idol.” Oh, and it also grapples with themes of racism, feminism and homosexuality. Read more...

Every time I come across the phrase “return to form” in an arts publication, my heart skips a beat. There are quite a few other things a critic can say to get me excited ““ such as “year’s best” and, my personal favorite adjectival turn-on, “intoxicating” ““ but nothing is as immediately loaded as those three magic words. Read more...

Dave Matthews Band “Stand Up” RCA Records In the summer of 2004, David J. Matthews was on the move. His band was on tour, unveiling four new songs, and in the tumultuous time just before the presidential election, it participated in the Vote For Change concerts along with artists like Bruce Springsteen. Read more...