Gus and Sietse on Playground Bullies and Transferring from Yale

On the Mount Rushmore of storybook couples, somewhere between Snow White and Prince Charming, John and Jackie Kennedy, and Jay-Z and Beyoncé, you’d find Harvard’s Undergraduate Council President Gus A. Mayopoulos ’15 and Vice President Sietse K. Goffard ’15. A relationship that commenced with antagonism (they ran on opposing tickets in last year’s UC election) has become a partnership characterized by—if not quite love—the utmost mutual admiration. We figured we'd put the duo to the test and find out who knows who better.

Flyby: What is Gus’s mother’s Name?
Sietse: Amy… Amy Lefkof.
Gus: Amy.

Flyby: What is Sietse’s mother’s name?
Gus: Cynthia.
Sietse: …Victoria.
This will make for an awkward parents’ weekend.

Flyby: Who was Gus’s elementary school bully?
S: Sam Clark.
G: His name was actually Sam…

Flyby: Sietse’s?
G: It was probably some German kid… I’m gonna go with Franz.
S: I didn’t have one.

Flyby: What is Gus’s guilty pleasure?
S: Cupcakes and beer.
G: I’ll buy a bag of Take 5 bars at CVS, and then just, like, go home and eat them.

Flyby: Sietse’s?
G: Walking around with a bottle of maple syrup and pouring it on anything.
S: Apple pie.

Flyby: Who was Gus’s first kiss?
S: The girlfriend he’s dating right now…
G: I don’t know her name… we were in tap dancing together when I was 4.

Flyby: Sietse’s?
G: The only woman he ever loved—her name is Paris.
S: I can’t remember…

Flyby: Which professor would Gus be most interested in having a relationship with?
S: The professor teaching his comedy writing class.
G: I’m not saying this one way or another, but I really enjoyed “The Western Ascendency.”

Flyby: Sietse?
G: Who teaches econometrics?
S: Drew Faust.

Flyby: What would Gus do differently if he were the president of the Yale College Council?
S: I know he was planning on making a funny Harvard/Yale prank video, so I think he would try to prank Harvard… Unsuccessfully, of course, because Harvard is Harvard.
G: File transfer papers immediately.

Flyby: What would Sietse do as vice president of YCC?
G: Take [Yale College Council President] Michael Herbert down a peg.
S: Cry… every day.