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Beloit, WI – The Beloit College Mindset List: Class of 2014
by Tom McBride and Ron Nief

Most students entering college for the first time this fall the Class of 2014 were born in 1992.

For these students, Benny Hill, Sam Kinison, Sam Walton, Burt Parks and Tony Perkins have always been dead.

1. Few in the class know how to write in cursive.

2. Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail.

3. "Go West, Young College Grad" has always implied "and don't stop until you get to Asia and learn Chinese along the way."

By Susan Stephens

Beloit, WI – A new crop of college freshmen is ready to hit the nation's campuses. And the Class of 2014 is the most technologically advanced yet. This "post-email generation" might be a little intimidating to professors who are still fumbling with on-line syllabi and electronic chalkboards. So that's where the authors of Beloit College's annual Mindset List come in. WNIJ's Susan Stephens spoke with them about their on-going project to help students and professors understand each other.

By WNIJ staff

live special on the Blagojevich verdict. 29:30

DeKalb, IL – The verdict is in today in the corruption trial of former Governor Rod Blagojevich. WNIJ's Dan Klefstad leads a discussion of the jury's decision. (aired live at 5:00 pm on the afternoon of the verdict).

By Dan Klefstad

DeKalb – This fall, voters in the Kishwaukee College district will be asked to approve a bond issue to help pay for campus improvements. The college serves 11,000 students from DeKalb, Kane, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago and Boone counties. President Tom Choice has a number of improvements he wants to make. He discusses them with WNIJ's Dan Klefstad.

By Dan Klefstad

Rockford, IL – Legal experts have been watching the case against former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich carefully. Paul Logli is a former judge who's also a former Winnebago County State's Attorney.