60 Things Incoming Freshman Have Always/Never Known
Abbie Hoffman has always been dead. Johnny Carson has never been live on TV, and Nelson Mandela has always been free.?So with that in mind, for this group most phone calls have never been private and it doesn?t make them barf their lunch when stadiums are ?named after corporations and where obvious product placements in movies and TV shows are just another thing to look at. ?They think Al Gore has always been running for president or thinking about it and the World Wide Web has been an online tool since they were born.For the complete list, read on:?THE BELOIT COLLEGE MINDSET LIST FOR THE CLASS OF 2011??1.?? What Berlin wall??2. 1
Those are some of the 60 cultural landmarks on the Beloit College Mindset List, an annual compilation that offers a glimpse of the world as seen through the eyes of each incoming class. This year’s list is being released today by the private school of 1,300 near the Wisconsin-Illinois state line. 3
They were about eleven years old on September 11. When Bush leaves office they will be pushing 19 years of age.So, 8 out of those 19 years will have been lived during the Bush administration’s war on terror. 6
Those are some of the 60 cultural landmarks on the Beloit College Mindset List, an annual compilation that offers a glimpse of the world as seen through the eyes of each incoming class. The school started producing the list in 1998 to remind professors that references familiar to them might draw blank stares from their students. 4
When the list came out two years ago, McBride reassured people by telling them it was the trends and fashions that had grown old, not them. This year he struck a more philosophical tone. 7
