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Beloit College Mindset List: How does the class of 2016 view the world?

Every year, Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., releases its Mindset List to give a snapshot of how the incoming freshmen class views the world.

Bytes, De Niro, and Bill Clinton,

  • By Ron Nief and Tom McBride Beloit College

6. Their lives have been measured in the fundamental particles of life: bits, bytes, and bauds.

7. Robert De Niro is thought of as Greg Focker's long-suffering father-in-law, not as Vito Corleone or Jimmy Conway.

8. Bill Clinton is a senior statesman of whose presidency they have little knowledge.

9. They have never seen an airplane "ticket."

10. On TV and in films, the ditzy dumb blonde female generally has been replaced by a couple of dumb and dumber males.

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