Most students entering college this fall were born in 1989. Beloit College has published its perennially shocking "Mindset List", which describes the cultural frame of reference for this generation.
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The Beloit list is always a classic. But to be fair, while we marvel at how little today's freshmen know about our cultural frame, I assert we know less about theirs. For example David, without visiting Wikipedia, could you identify Sander Kleinenfeld?
Mike Klein
Delft, NL
Posted by Mike Klein | August 22, 2007 4:19 AM
Posted on August 22, 2007 04:19
Shortstop for the Orioles in the late sixties?
Posted by David Murray | August 22, 2007 6:47 AM
Posted on August 22, 2007 06:47
Uhh Mike, I went to Wikipedia and it's never heard of Sander Kleinenfeld either. A search of Yahoo! and Google uncovered references to "Kleinenfeld" with some vague comment about
"progressive trance."
David, if we're mentioning shortstops, why wouldn't we start with Don Kessinger (or Ernie Banks, before he moved to first base)?
Posted by Tom Keefe | August 22, 2007 11:22 AM
Posted on August 22, 2007 11:22
Sandy Koufax?
Posted by Colleen | August 22, 2007 3:56 PM
Posted on August 22, 2007 15:56
I knew I had achieved wisdom (aka great age) when I told a twentysomething friend that I was watching a Clark Gable movie, and he said, in all sincerity, "Who's that?"
Posted by Diane | August 27, 2007 11:38 AM
Posted on August 27, 2007 11:38
Sander Kleinenfeld is one of the hottest DJs in the House-Techno-Trance scene, and a fixture at Sensation White, a rave where 60,000 plus dress in white and dance/gyrate to electronic beats on the floor of the Amsterdam ArenA (CorrecT SpellinG)... His track "This Is Sensation" was a chart topper in Europe this summer.
Mike
Posted by Mike Klein | September 5, 2007 6:25 AM
Posted on September 5, 2007 06:25