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Incoming Freshmen Grew Up With Starbucks
For this year’s crop of college freshmen, Starbucks has always been around the corner, “America’s Funniest Home Videos” has always been on the air, and men named George Bush have been president for more than half of their lives.
Born in 1987, the freshmen attending their first college lectures around the country this term grew up with pay-per-view television and voice mail on their phones, dirty dancing at school proms, and the United States as the only superpower.
-HUFFINGP, AOL NEWS, AND AP REPORTING
Developing…
August 25th, 2005 at 1:02 am
NEW INFORMATION AVAILABLE
Freshman class grew up without clogs, ice cream socials, and Pan Am, according to a breaking Reuters report. Stay tuned for additional developments.
August 25th, 2005 at 5:28 am
Lamest…post…EVER.
August 25th, 2005 at 9:03 am
I’m absolutely shattered that someone channeling Comic Book Guy would anonymously call my timely and informative post lame.
How much do razor blades and vicodin cost out here in Maryland?
August 25th, 2005 at 12:31 pm
They might have been referring to the Huff’s post.
Children born in 1987 have also never known a day that U2 didn’t suck.
August 26th, 2005 at 11:58 am
Children born in 1987 have also never known a day that U2 didn’t suck.
Speaking from personal experience, neither have children born in 1976.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:54 pm
Just coming over the AP wire:
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) In an Aug. 23 story about Beloit College’s Mindset List, The Associated Press reported that “a man named George Bush” has been president for more than half the lives of those entering college. President George W. Bush and his father, George Bush, have been president for about eight years and seven months, which would be slightly less than half the life of an 18-year-old.
August 26th, 2005 at 3:42 pm
When thinking about the generation born during the first Bush presidency, I find it delightful to consider that by the time they are 36 it’s very possible that they’ve only lived under Bush and Clinton presidencies i.e. G.Bush, B.Clinton, B.Clinton, GW.Bush, GW.Bush, H.Clinton, H.Clinton, J.Bush, J.Bush. Long live oligarchy!
August 26th, 2005 at 4:05 pm
Speaking from personal experience, neither have children born in 1976.
Fair enough. Damned if I’m gonna defend them.
August 27th, 2005 at 11:02 am
I was going to try defending U2, but then I thought better of it.