Beloit College released their annual "Mindset List" today - the list of things that are unique about the incoming freshman class - in this case, the class of 2009.

Not a lot on there that turns your head, but two things did get my attention: just the fact that these freshmen were born in 1987 - the year I graduated from high school - which means people who weren't born when I graduated can vote now. That one kinda made my stomach turn.

Then there was this one:

They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly.

Geez, they weren't born when Challenger went up. I still remember exactly where I was when I heard about it.