Word: beloit
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After the Posse students are chosen, the top 100 students will be admitted to nine participating universities, including Pennsylvania State, Rutgers, the Universities of Michigan and Delaware, and five liberal arts colleges--Beloit, Carleton, Colorado, Grinnell and Macalester...
Adults got a jolt when Beloit College in Wisconsin released a "Class of 2003 Mindset List" last month, which named 43 news events and bits of popular culture that today's college first-years do not remember...
...Beloit list notes that first-years never saw Walter Cronkite say, "That's the way it is," have always known a woman on the Supreme Court, and have no idea what a "churchkey" is. (It's a type of can opener...
...Today's 18-year-olds have had a narrow experience with popular culture," Beloit English professor Tom McBride told USA Today. "They can't be counted on to understand certain references that are second nature...
...thought of not voting think they should come out and make a statement," he said. Having sworn off the money that would have funded a sophisticated media campaign, Feingold doesn't have much more to lean on. Last week he made a campaign stop at Robinson Elementary School in Beloit, Wis. Fewer than 20 people attended--some local party officials, a few teachers and a handful of kids whose parents were late to pick them up. Standing in front of the school, Feingold spoke for 10 minutes on his plans for reducing class sizes; a few more listeners trickled...