Who are these dudes?

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on August 21, 2007M at 10:12 am

Most of the students entering college this fall, members of the Class of 2011, were born in 1989. For them, Alvin Ailey, Andrei Sakharov, Huey Newton, Emperor Hirohito, Ted Bundy, Abbie Hoffman, and Don the Beachcomber have always been dead.
That’s according to Beloit College’s annual mindset list, which can be found here:

http://www.beloit.edu/%7Epubaff/mindset/2011.php

Here’s a sampling into the mind of today’s college freshmen:

  1. What Berlin wall?Berlin Wall
  2. Humvees, minus the artillery, have always been available to the public.
  3. Rush Limbaugh and the “Dittoheads” have always been lambasting liberals.
  4. They never “rolled down” a car window.
  5. Michael Moore has always been angry and funny.
  6. They may confuse the Keating Five with a rock group.
  7. They have grown up with bottled water.
  8. General Motors has always been working on an electric car.
  9. Nelson Mandela has always been free and a force in South Africa.
  10. Pete Rose has never played baseball.
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COLLEGE, history/geography

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