{"id":2800,"date":"2004-09-09T04:10:39","date_gmt":"2004-09-09T18:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/09\/the-class-of-2008\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T09:02:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:02:07","slug":"the-class-of-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/09\/the-class-of-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"The Class of 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10267,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.beloit.edu\\\/~pubaff\\\/mindset\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20070202094709\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.beloit.edu:80\\\/~pubaff\\\/mindset\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 02:24:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 02:25:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 08:00:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 08:00:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>For the seventh year, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beloit.edu\/~pubaff\/mindset\/index.html\" title=\"Beloit College Mindset List\">Beloit College has published their Mindset List<\/a>, giving a short rundown of where today&#8217;s college freshmen stand in relation to the world. I&#8217;ve caught this list for the past couple years, and it&#8217;s always fun to read&#8230;if a little frightening at times (I&#8217;m only 31, and this list can make me feel old).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>Most students entering college this fall were born in 1986.<\/li>\n<li>Desi Arnaz, Orson Welles, Roy Orbison, Ted Bundy, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Cary Grant\u00a0 have always been dead.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Heeeere&#8217;s Johnny!&#8221; is a scary greeting from Jack Nicholson, not a warm welcome from Ed McMahon.<\/li>\n<li>The Energizer bunny has always been going, and going, and going.<\/li>\n<li>Large fine-print ads for prescription drugs have always appeared in magazines.<\/li>\n<li>Photographs have always been processed in an hour or less.<\/li>\n<li>They never got a chance to drink 7-Up Gold, Crystal Pepsi, or Apple Slice.<\/li>\n<li>Baby Jessica could be a classmate.<\/li>\n<li>Parents may have been reading The Bourne Supremacy or It as they rocked them in their cradles.<\/li>\n<li>Alan Greenspan has always been setting the nation&#8217;s financial direction.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S.\u00a0 has always been a Prozac nation.<\/li>\n<li>They have always enjoyed the comfort of pleather.<\/li>\n<li>Harry has always known Sally.<\/li>\n<li>They never saw Roseanne Roseannadanna live on Saturday Night Live.<\/li>\n<li>There has always been a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/li>\n<li>They never ate a McSub at McD&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>There has always been a Comedy Channel.<\/li>\n<li>Bill and Ted have always been on an excellent adventure.<\/li>\n<li>They were never tempted by smokeless cigarettes.<\/li>\n<li>Robert Downey, Jr.\u00a0has always been in trouble.<\/li>\n<li>Martha Stewart has always been cooking up something with someone.<\/li>\n<li>They have always been comfortable with gay characters on television.<\/li>\n<li>Mike Tyson has always been a contender.<\/li>\n<li>The government has always been proposing we go to Mars, and it has always been deemed too expensive.<\/li>\n<li>There have never been any Playboy Clubs.<\/li>\n<li>There have always been night games at Wrigley Field.<\/li>\n<li>Rogaine has always been available for the follicularly challenged.<\/li>\n<li>They never saw USA Today or the Christian Science Monitor as a TV news program.<\/li>\n<li>Computers have always suffered from viruses.<\/li>\n<li>We have always been mapping the human genome.<\/li>\n<li>Politicians have always used rock music for theme songs.<\/li>\n<li>Network television has always struggled to keep up with cable.<\/li>\n<li>O&#8217;Hare has always been the most delay-plagued airport in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>Ivan Boesky has never sold stock.<\/li>\n<li>Toll-free 800 phone numbers have always spelled out catchy phrases.<\/li>\n<li>Bethlehem has never been a place of peace at Christmas.<\/li>\n<li>Episcopal women bishops have always threatened the foundation of the Anglican Church.<\/li>\n<li>Svelte Oprah has always dominated afternoon television; who was Phil Donahue anyway?<\/li>\n<li>They never flew on People Express.<\/li>\n<li>AZT has always been used to treat AIDS.<\/li>\n<li>The international community has always been installing or removing the leader of Haiti.<\/li>\n<li>Oliver North has always been a talk show host and news commentator.<\/li>\n<li>They have suffered through airport security systems since they were in strollers.<\/li>\n<li>They have done most of their search for the right college online.<\/li>\n<li>Aspirin has always been used to reduce the risk of a heart attack.<\/li>\n<li>They were spared the TV ads for Zamfir and his panpipes.<\/li>\n<li>Castro has always been an aging politician in a suit.<\/li>\n<li>There have always been non-stop flights around the world without refueling.<\/li>\n<li>Cher hasn&#8217;t aged a day.<\/li>\n<li>M.A.S.H. was a game: Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;Murderous&#8221; by Nitzer Ebb from the album <em>That Total Age<\/em> (1987, 5:43).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the seventh year, Beloit College has published their Mindset List, giving a short rundown of where today&#8217;s college freshmen stand in relation to the world. 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