By: Alyssa J Freitas
This week’s campus cutie proudly speaks “nothing but the truth,” so read on to meet the ever-candid Edward Joseph Guippone!
Name: Edward Joseph Guippone
Nickname: Ed, Fast Eddie
Relationship status: Single
Age/Class: 20/ Class of 2017
Hometown: Jackson, N.J.
Major: Accounting
Hobbies: Fishing, playing ping-pong, reading
Campus Organizations: Varsity Baseball, Honors College, FMA (finance organization), IMASC (accounting organization), Beta Gamma Sigma (International Business Honor Society)
Short-term goals: Succeed on finals
Post-grad plans: Pass the CPA exam, enter corporate America and explore “different communities. I want to embed myself in new cultures that are so different than what I have experienced”
Dream job: Run my own business
Ideal first date: Boardwalk
Biggest turn on: Ambition
Biggest turn off: Being entitled
Weird habit: “I set all of my alarms to a digit that ends with the number 8.”
Favorite movie: “Forest Gump. It gets me every time.”
Favorite food: “My mom’s homemade sauce and spaghetti with ribs.”
Favorite television show: Shark Tank “My favorite shark is Robert.”
Favorite thing about TCNJ: “The community feel.”
Most embarrassing moment at TCNJ: “I competed in the Mr. Wolfe pageant freshmen year and for my talent I dressed like a clown and juggled. I then gave the worst response to a question in Mr. Wolfe history. If you want to find out what this epic fail was, ask me in person.”
Favorite place you’ve traveled: The Amalfi Coast of Italy
Favorite musician: Young the Giant
Number one thing on your bucket list: Save a life
Role model: My dad
Pet peeves: Constant complaining. “I’m all about positivity.”
Guilty pleasure: Alternative rock
Fun fact: “I’m left handed.”
Best advice: “No matter what life is hard, so why not do the hardest thing?”