With blond curly hair and an alternative-band-meets-the-’80s kind of attire, Matt Meredith looks the exact opposite of the Web site designer stereotype. But three years ago, this self-proclaimed “computer nerd,” together with best friend Blake Machado, started a Web designing company called Corporate Green, which has earned him a certain level of notoriety and enough skill to warrant a commanding five figures per project. Read more...

It’s not unusual for a college or university to be more than an academic environment for students. For screenwriter and alumnus Scott Kosar, UCLA was the safe haven that changed his life. Read more...

Hi Jake, I consult bruinwalk.com professor reviews every enrollment period, but it has occurred to me that having a similarly formatted “˜TA Review’ forum would be immeasurably more helpful, since they do most of the grading in lower-division classes. Read more...

Film & TV: “˜Touch of pink’ It’s east-meets-west hilarity when an Ismaili Canadian guy named Alim (Jimi Mistry) gets a surprise visit from his traditionalist mother attempting to set him up with a proper Muslim girlfriend. Read more...

The arts have always been used to express opinion, and with such a heated political climate surrounding citizens this fall, there’s no better time for the art department to embrace and cultivate students’ abilities to use art to communicate political views. Read more...

Walking through Shanghai, actor Nonso Anozie couldn’t help but stick out in the crowd. The 6-foot-6 London native of Nigerian parentage attracted a massive group of Chinese spectators wherever he went on a recent trip to China for British theater group Cheek By Jowl’s production of “Othello,” in which he plays the leading role. Read more...

“Stage Beauty” Directed by Richard Eyre Lions Gate Films Based merely on first impressions, Richard Eyre’s “Stage Beauty” is most comparable to “Shakespeare in Love.” Both period films boast a Shakespeare play, a spectacular array of costumes and settings and a cross-dressing backstage romance. Read more...