Random thoughts pop in a person’s head when they think of their time on Ohio State’s campus: football games at Ohio Stadium, the Oval, Mirror Lake, their dorms or even High Street.What about the “hot dog guy”?”He’s what I remember most about my freshman year on campus,” said Tiffany Miller, a sophomore women’s studies major.A man standing outside Independence Hall, tongs in hand, behind a wheeled cart covered by an oversized umbrella is a picture so familiar to many OSU students. That picture will be painted for the last time Friday for one OSU vendor.Joe Palcsak, 43, better known as the “hot dog guy,” will be ending an era after 24 years on campus.”My time is up here. I am at a point in life where I need to try new things,” Palcsak said. “I have been blessed to be doing something I love for as long as I have.”Palcsak will be moving to Colorado with his three children for a job his wife Betty accepted. “She’s got a great opportunity with U.S. Geological Survey, to take a technical publishing editor position with their publication,” Palcsak said.Miller can’t believe he is leaving. “He’s a landmark on this campus,” she said. “Every time I got lost on my way to class as freshman, I would just stop and ask Joe. I’m going to miss him.”In all his years on the corner of 17th and Neil avenues, Palcsak has made a lot of memories.”Don’t ask me to choose which ones I’ll remember most, it’s too hard,” Palcsak said. “There really isn’t a ‘most memorable’ moment, because the fact is I have loved them all.”Palcsak said his job has been enjoyable for so long, because among other things, he gets to cook food, meet people and be his own boss.None of those reasons will be absent in his new career in Colorado. “I’ll be opening my own personal chef service once I get out there,” Palcsak said.Other students share similar beliefs with Miller and are sad to see him leave. “I am going to miss him, no one makes a weiner like that dude,” said Steve Cohn, a sophomore history major.Anita Chiu, a freshman computer science engineering major, felt his companionship was more important than his food.”He’s so nice. He’ll sit there and talk to you and see how you are doing,” she said. “I really appreciate him.”Palcsak said it will be hard to leave after so many years.”Ohio State has become a big part of me, no doubt about that,” Palcsak said. “The cool thing is Boss Dogs will still be here.”Boss Dogs is the name of the company he and his brother Dave officially started in 1992.So as the sun sets tomorrow, remember it will signify the end of the era of one who has become a living tradition on campus. Say thanks and goodbye to the “hot dog guy.”