/coloradan/ en /coloradan/2024/11/12/new-buffs-are-06-babies <span>New Buffs Are 鈥�06 Babies</span> <span><span>Anna Tolette</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-11-12T10:25:21-07:00" title="Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 10:25">Tue, 11/12/2024 - 10:25</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2024-11/Throwback%20collage.png?h=4ad0fbe2&amp;itok=wyQ4H3EN" width="1200" height="800" alt="2006 throwback collage"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/58"> Campus News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/182" hreflang="en">History</a> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/1581" hreflang="en">Pop Culture</a> </div> <span>Jessi Sachs</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/2024-11/Throwback%20collage.png?itok=n7-jtCPW" width="750" height="766" alt="2006 throwback collage"> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr"><span>This fall, the incoming class of 2028 moved into CU dorms, charged their laptops for class and downloaded syllabi via smartphones. To prove just how much time flies, here are the stories that were shaping the world in 2006, the year many of these first-year students were born.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Politics:</strong></span></p><ul><li dir="ltr"><span>Democrats win control of both the House and Senate in midterms.</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>Samuel Alito is sworn in to the Supreme Court as an associate justice.</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>The War in Iraq continues into its third year.</span></li></ul><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Tech:</strong></span></p><ul><li dir="ltr"><span>Twitter, now known as X, launches and cofounder Jack Dorsey posts first-ever tweet: 鈥渏ust setting up my twttr.鈥�</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>Google purchases YouTube for $1.65 billion.</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>The PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii hit consumer markets.</span></li></ul><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Science &amp; Climate:</strong></span></p><ul><li dir="ltr"><span>Pluto is downgraded to a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union.</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>NASA鈥檚 Stardust mission ends, making it the first spacecraft to bring samples from a comet to Earth.</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>California passes the Global Warming Solutions Act.</span></li></ul><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Culture:</strong></span></p><ul><li dir="ltr"><em><span>High School Musical</span></em><span> airs for the first time on Disney Channel.</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>NSYNC鈥檚 Lance Bass comes out as gay in a&nbsp;People magazine cover story.</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>Pop star Britney Spears and then-husband Kevin Federline file for divorce.</span></li></ul><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Top Music &amp; Film:</strong></span></p><ul><li dir="ltr"><span>鈥淏ad Day鈥� (Daniel Powter)</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>鈥淭emperature鈥� (Sean Paul)</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>鈥淧romiscuous鈥� (Nelly Furtado and Timbaland)</span></li><li dir="ltr"><span>鈥淵ou鈥檙e Beautiful鈥� (James Blunt)</span></li><li dir="ltr"><em><span>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man鈥檚 Chest</span></em></li><li dir="ltr"><em><span>Cars</span></em></li><li dir="ltr"><em><span>X-Men: The Last Stand&nbsp;</span></em></li></ul><hr><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-gold ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-regular" href="/coloradan/submit-your-feedback" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents"><i class="fa-solid fa-pencil">&nbsp;</i>&nbsp;Submit feedback to the editor</span></a></p><hr><p>Collage by Connor O'Neill</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>To prove just how much time flies, here are the stories that were shaping the world in 2006, the year many of these first-year students were born.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <a href="/coloradan/fall-2024" hreflang="en">Fall 2024</a> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:25:21 +0000 Anna Tolette 12429 at /coloradan