For students entering their freshman year …
August 25, 2009 by Geneva ReidPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Student Life
… Dr. Seuss has always been dead, salsa has always outsold ketchup and card catalogs have never been used to find books. Take a look at more of the Beloit College Mindset List for the class of 2013.
Most freshmen were born in 1991, which means:
- Margaret Thatcher has always been a former prime minister
- Magic Johnson has always been HIV-positive
- Chocolate chip cookie dough has always been an ice cream flavor
- Rap music has always been main stream
- Bobby Cox has always managed the Atlanta Braves
- McDonald’s has always served Happy Meals in China
- There’s always been a Cartoon Network
- The European Union has always existed
- Tattoos have always been chic
- They’ve never had to use an oral thermometer
Click here to check out Beloit College’s entire list.
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