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Millennial Facts
For the class of 2009:
Most students entering college this fall were born in 1987.
1. They don’t remember when “cut and paste”
involved scissors.
2. Heart-lung
transplants have always been possible.
3. Pay-Per-View television
has always been an option.
4. Philip Morris
has always owned Kraft Foods.
5. Car
stereos have always rivaled home component systems.
6. “Whatever” is not part of a question but an expression
of sullen rebuke.
7. The federal budget has always been more then a trillion dollars.
8. Condoms
have always been advertised on television.
9. For daily caffeine
emergencies, Starbucks has always been around the corner.
10. Dirty dancing has always been acceptable.
11. They have grown up in a single superpower world.
12. They missed the oat
bran diet craze.
13. Scientists have always been able to see supernovas.
14. RU486 has always
been on the market.
15. Irradiated
food has always been available but controversial.
16. Snowboarding has always been a popular winter pastime.
17. Libraries have always been the best centers for computer technology
and access to good software.
18. Researchers have always been looking for stem
cells.
19. Black Americans have always been known as African-Americans.
20. Lyme Disease
has always been a ticking concern in the woods.
21. Their nervous parents heard C.
Everett Koop proclaim nicotine as addictive as heroin.
22. They have always been challenged to distinguish between news and
entertainment on cable TV.
This is an excerpt from the Beloit College Mindset List
published yearly. It is a creation of Beloit’s Keefer Professor
of the Humanities, Tom McBride and Director of Public Affairs, Ron Neif.
Last revised: November 27, 2006
