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Cultural Mindset of freshmen may foil Boomer arrogance

The 18-year-olds entering college this fall have lived their entire lives with Iraq as an enemy, Russia as a friend and investment opportunity and Ozzy Osbourne as a perpetual comeback kid. These cultural touchstones, part of the annual Beloit College Mindset List, aim to remind adults that the incoming crop of freshmen brings to classrooms a very different frame of reference than their parents.