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What's in a Backpack?
Book straps, book bags and backpacks
have long been a staple of college students' lives. But how have
the things those bags hold changed over the years?
Pharmacy and Honors Program
student Kim Seaman let us take a look inside her backpack to see
what students circa 2006 carry with them. Some things never change
(wood-fiber paper was invented in China, 105 A.D.), while newer
technologies are bound to go the way of the slide rule.
Here's what we found, with a
little background information.
(Rollover items
for information)
Missing in action: Books.
("I ordered my Management 302 textbook online, but it's not in yet," explained Seaman. Johannes Gutenberg invents moveable-type printing press, 1436; Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.com, 1995.)
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