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"Yesterday afternoon, a friend emailed me the Beloit College Mindset List. Have you heard of it? It&amp;amp;#8217;s fascinating! The extensive list is created every year by staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin. According to Beloit&amp;amp;#8217;s website, the list &amp;amp;#8220;provides a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall.&amp;amp;#8221; The list has been gaining popularity since its debut in August 1998, when the class of 2002 first stepped on campus. There&amp;#x27;s even a drop down menu at the top of the page that lets you check out the lists for previous years! I&amp;amp;#8217;m sort of in awe of this year&amp;amp;#8217;s list which is all about the incoming class of 2014; Beloit assumes most of these students were born in 1992. So what in the world has helped shaped these freshmen? Have a look: *Few in the class know how to write in cursive. *&amp;amp;#8220;Caramel macchiato&amp;amp;#8221; and &amp;amp;#8220;venti half-caf vanilla latte&amp;amp;#8221; have always been street corner lingo. *They never twisted the coiled handset wire aimlessly around their wrists while chatting on the phone. *DNA fingerprinting and maps of the human genome have always existed. *Fergie is a pop singer, not a princess. *Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail. *They&amp;amp;#8217;ve never recognized that pointing to their wrists was a request for the time of day. *Nirvana is on the classic oldies station. *While they were babbling in strollers, there was already a female Poet Laureate of the United States. Just this weekend, I was complaining to a friend that my cursive skills only get play when I&amp;amp;#8217;m signing my name! I actually loved cursive lessons in elementary school; those huge lined pages were so fun to write on! Are you headed to college this fall? If so, do any of these items ring true to you? When you were 18 or entering college, what helped shape your view of the world? For more on college life&amp;amp;#133; * Did (or do) you enjoy college? * Be cool to your school with cute gear! * How to chat up a guy in a college tee. More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Nick White/Photodisc. Image used for illustrative purposes only."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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