T.L. Welsh wrote:
> BELOIT COLLEGE RELEASES TENTH ANNUAL MINDSET LIST FOR THE ENTERING POST-COLD
> WAR CLASS OF 2011
> 
> Beloit, Wis. -- When they welcome the class of 2011 in the coming weeks,
> American colleges and universities will be saying hello to the generation
> born as the Cold War was ending. For them, a Russia with multiple political
> parties and a China with multiple business enterprises seems quite normal.
> They’ve grown up in a time of triumphant capitalism, where it’s common for
> stadiums to be named after corporations and where product placements have
> always been yet another clever way for companies to sell their wares. 
> 
> Each August for the past decade, as faculty prepare for the academic year,
> Beloit College in Wisconsin has released the Beloit College Mindset List.

They left out what to me is the most obvious thing:  This year's 
freshmen, for the most part, were born in 1989 (or late 1988).  Never in 
their lives has there been a President named anything other than Bush or 
Clinton.  And with Hillary Clinton running for 2008 and Jeb Bush waiting 
in the wings, it is possible that they may live into their late twenties 
or even their mid-30s *still* never having seen a President with any 
other name.

(Of course, I'm rooting for Ron Paul to break up the streak :)

-- 
Joe Dumas, Ph.D.
UC Foundation Professor & Acting Head
Computer Science & Engineering
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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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