Already, Oberholtzer has become infamous among his fellow law students. A majority of those buried in their books last night at Langdell Library had heard word of the game show winnings.
"It was all the rage [when we returned from winter break]," said Kristin Van Vleck, a third-year law student. "I knew he had won some hundreds of thousands of dollars. So yeah, you could say I'm jealous."
At the urging of her mother, Lisa B. Dellaquila, a first-year student, had seen the episode.
"She wanted me to see if I knew who he was," she said.
Katherine T.S. Chandler, who lives next to the apartment of Oberholtzer's girlfriend, said she heard about the big win through classmates.
The professor of one of Oberholtzer's courses allowed him to miss a class on the condition that he explain how was able to get on the show and succeed, Chandler said. She said she knew about his initial win of $100,000, but she had no idea that he had won nearly ten times that amount.
"He didn't come up to me and say it," Chandler said. "He's pretty modest about it."
Oberholtzer says his classmates have taken his win in stride.
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