mindlist 2011

Beloit College has released their mindlist for the class of 2011. Here are some of the items on the list

• What Berlin wall?
• They never “rolled down” a car window.
• Nelson Mandela has always been free and a force in South Africa.
• Russia has always had a multi-party political system.
• Wal-Mart has always been a larger retailer than Sears and has always employed more workers than GM.
• Al Gore has always been running for president or thinking about it.
• U2 has always been more than a spy plane.
• Women’s studies majors have always been offered on campus.
• Tiananmen Square is a 2008 Olympics venue, not the scene of a massacre.
• “Off the hook” has never had anything to do with a telephone.
• They were introduced to Jack Nicholson as “The Joker.”