elmen has been at Fremont for 10 years, so he would have probably had him in class at some point! He's less of a taskmaster to the non-advanced students, so they might have gotten along. Though he also might have run out of patience with him early on and they could be enemies?
samlove is my off campus guy and he works at a coffee shop, Ya Java Be Kidding Me. Maybe Adam has picked up a shift there? Unless he's not working at all now because of the money. In which case, if he drinks coffee, he could always be a regular!