A LOOK AT THE MINDSET OF THIS YEAR’S FRESHMAN CLASS:

1. The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union.
2. They have known only two presidents.
3. For most of their lives, major U.S. airlines have been bankrupt.
4. Manuel Noriega has always been in jail in the U.S.
5. They have grown up getting lost in “big boxes”.
6. There has always been only one Germany.
7. They have never heard anyone actually “ring it up” on a cash register.

Lots more, including my favorite: “Ringo Starr has always been clean and sober.” He’s the Thomas the Tank Engine guy, right? But wasn’t he in in some band, once, too?