Lifestyle: 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

It provides a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college. The List is shared with faculty and with thousands who request it each year as the school year begins, as a reminder of the rapidly changing frame of reference for this new generation. 2

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

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

The Academy classes are organized in an inverted pyramid, with small sections (of 20 students each) feeding into medium-sized sections (of 40–60 students each), which then feed into a large section (of 120 students each). The mid-sized section, by design, is a Book of Mormon class. Each class fulfills a general education requirement and is taught by a faculty member who spends extra time getting to know the students by eating with them periodically, arranging field trips, coordinating activities and assignments with other Academy faculty, organizing study sessions, and, in general, building a sense of community and fellowship. 5