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| The end of an era: Gample and Hong share last lecture together |
| EVANSTON, Ill. -- On a warm August afternoon in the Summer of 2001, two men met in a Los Angeles banquet hall. One was a brash, young Jewish boy from Torrance (Loyola High School) while the other was a fresh Asian punk from the San Fernando Valley (Granada Hills High School). The two exchanged a handshake and discovered that they were to live in the same suite in 1835 Hinman, but nothing more was said. A month later, the two met again in the first suite of the second floor short hall of 1835 Hinman and a friendship blossomed. John David "Hardcore" Gample and Daily 1835 co-editor Sam Hong have since had eight classes together and have partaken in endless teasing of various professor and TAs -- all of which came to an end in the final Corporate Finance Theory class of Spring 2004. Gample will be graduating one year early, finishing with a degree in Economics. He will move on to San Francisco, California for a full-time job. Gample and Hong had drifted a bit following freshman year, as Gampel moved into the Delta Upsilon fraternity house, while Hong and Matt Cozza lived together in the same suite of 1835 Hinman for one more year. Gample took fall quarter of junior year to study abroad in Spain, fulfilling his dream to become some quasi-homosexual Spanish desperado. The friendship rekindled as the two had Economics 360 together and played on the Homewreckers softball team together. The two exited Harris 205 this afternoon and hugged, parting ways at the rock. "This is a sad day," the two echoed. "We will take away many memories from the past three years -- very few of them were heterosexual." |
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| Gample, Hong, and Cozza show off their animal tendencies at the 2002 Hinman formal. |
| Gample on top of a truck in downtown Evanston -- no one can figure out why we find this picture amusing. |
| Classes shared together Fall 01 Introduction to Sociology (Profesor Moskos) Memorable Moment: "Erm...uh...how many people here's father's were in a bureaucracy? eh....1..2..3...4...123 minus 42 equals....923...huh? what? that's wrong?" Introduction to International Relations (Professor Hurd, TA: Sergio Merino) Memorable moment: "Stop copying my notes" Winter 02 Introductory Macroeconomics (Professor Barlevy) Quote: "Are there.....any questions? [furious eye-scanning of the room for 20 seconds]" Introduction to Japanese Literature (Professor Lyons) Memorable Moment: D: "Who are those two asian chicks sitting together?" S: "I don't care" Spring 02 Introductory Microeconomics (Professor Schulz, TA: Zsolt) Quote: "[In thick German accent] I don't understand why milk and cookies are complements." Genetics (Professor Walsh) Quote: "Hey baby...wanna combine alleles and form some gametes?" Winter 03 Intermediate Macroeconomics (Professor Latsch) uh....there was nothing memorable about this class Spring 04 Corporate Finance Theory (Professor Novikov) Quote: "And of course, my favorite website is Yahoo! Finance" |
| Gample, Asian fetish and all, was rarely seen sober during the weekends, always accompanied by faithful sidekick Rich Yae and goon LeRoy Stromberg |
| TIMELINE August 01 - Gample and Hong meet at a freshman orientation in Westwood, California September 01 - "Hey, don't I know you?" "No" November 01 - Hong creates the dance called the "Wildcat Shuffle" to the background music of "Ohhh yeaaah". Gample and Hong perfect the dance and perform it at various events. Summer 02 - Hong and Gample share precious moments together in California as Cozza and Hong fly home together Summer 03 - More precious moments at Paseo de las Tortugas. "Dave, honey, isn't Smashmouth your favorite band?" |