Aldrin Gamos' framed diploma and Bruin football calendar hang from the walls while his orientation counselor name tags and stacks of business cards clutter the desk. Read more...

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Aldrin Gamos, a recent UCLA alumnus, has a collection of 44 Disney Vinylmation figurines. Collectors often trade figures at the Disneyland park.

When co-lecturers Patricia Gandara and Gary Orfield teach together, few students notice anything out of the ordinary "“ except on the podium there's only one cup of coffee, which both of them share. Read more...

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Co-lecturers Gary Orfield and Patricia Gandara were married in 2006. They teach a class together.

Sometimes Michael Marra can barely lift open his eyelids.
They weigh down, leaving him with only a slit of vision, a slice of his surroundings.
It's a casualty of the cancer that's worn down his body for two and a half years over 11 cycles of chemotherapy. Read more...

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Professor Michael Marra is a UCLA professor of Japanese literature, aesthetics and hermeneutics, and is currently battling a terminal disease in its last stage. Despite his struggles, he continues to teach.