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| Columns::September 16, 2002 Around academe Understanding first-year students Beloit College has released its annual guide to understanding freshmen, designed to help faculty and administrators communicate with their new students. • Cars have always had air bags, CD players, and eye-level rear brake lights. • Richard Burton, Ricky Nelson and Truman Capote have always been dead. • The “evil empire” has moved from Moscow to a galaxy far, far away. • “Big Brother” is a television show. • A Southerner has always been president. • Prom dresses have always come in basic black. • A “hair band” is a fashion accessory--not a rock group. • Afghanistan has always been a front-page story. • Connie Chung and Geraldo Rivera have never been serious journalists. • Cherry Coke has always come in cans.
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