From the OC Register:
On an ordinary Monday morning in November, more than a dozen UC Irvine faculty and staff members beamed onto the campus dressed in “Star Trek” character costumes to fulfill a promise. UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Dean Bill Maurer recently participated in the University of California’s “Promise for Education” fundraising campaign that invited community members to make a unique pledge in order to raise money for student scholarships.

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