The J.O.I. Geometrical Optics Scholarship, the optics lab, and the bond with Mario

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texture · UNDATED (~B.S.-Subsidized, his E.T.A. years)

When: UNDATED (his E.T.A. tenure, spanning into YDAU)
What: Pemulis holds the James O. Incandenza Geometrical Optics Scholarship, which gives him lab access he freely turns to "unrelated enterprises" (his drug/urine operations); through the optics lab he formed a genuine bond with Mario Incandenza. He has "the highest Stanford-Binet of any kid ever on academic probation" at E.T.A. — the standing paradox of a near-genius perpetually in disciplinary trouble.