A Peek Into the Mind of the Average College Freshman. “Each August, Beloit College publishes its Mind-Set List to help professors and administrators understand the average incoming freshman’s frame of reference by describing how things have ‘always been,’ or at least how they’ve been for the past 18 years… #44. Caller ID has always been available on phones.” Last year I made a reference to Hootie and the Blowfish during a youth group gathering and no one had ever heard of them. [HT: Exploring Our Matrix]