Greg Boardman
There was an audible gasp among student affairs professionals last week when Vice Provost for Student Affairs GREG BOARDMAN reminded them at their annual start-of-the-year meeting that most of this year’s freshmen were born in 1993.
The widespread gasps in the Tresidder Oak Room turned to laughter when Boardman shared parts of the now-famous Beloit College Mind-Set list, which is published annually to reveal the world in which freshmen grew up.
Among the items on the Beloit list:
• Sears has never sold anything out of a “Big Book” that could also serve as a doorstop.
• There has never been an official Communist Party in Russia.
• There have always been at least two women on the Supreme Court, and women have always commanded some U.S. Navy ships.
But Boardman gave the list a new spin when he pointed out what Stanford was like in 1993. Among the items on his list:
GERHARD CASPER was president.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE was provost.
BILL WALSH was football coach.
The Haas Center for Public Service building was dedicated.
The Big Game pep rally in Lake Lagunita was held without a bonfire for the first time to protect the Tiger Salamander.
