25+ Years difference 1976: Long hair 2002: Longing for hair 1976: The perfect high 2002: The perfect high yield mutual fund 1976: KEG 2002: EKG 1976: Acid rock 2002: Acid reflux 1976: Moving to California because it's cool 2002: Moving to California because it's warm 1976: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor 2002: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor 1976: Seeds and stems 2002: Roughage 1976: Killer weed 2002: Weed killer 1976: Hoping for a BMW 2002: Hoping for a BM 1976: Going to a new, hip joint 2002: Receiving a new hip joint 1976: Rolling Stones 2002: Kidney Stones 1976: Being called into the principal's office 2002: Calling the principal's office 1976: Screw the system 2002: Upgrade the system 1976: Disco 2002: Costco 1976: Parents begging you to get your hair cut 2002: Children begging you to get their heads shaved 1976: Passing the drivers' test 2002: Passing the vision test Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College inWisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list: The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1983. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up. Their lifetime has always included AIDS. Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic. The CD was introduced the year they were born. They have always had an answering machine. They have always had cable. They cannot fathom not having a remote control. Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show. Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws. They can't imagine what hard contact lenses! are. They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane". They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is. McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers. They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.