So sing the Barenaked Ladies. The picture that this song, and so many other media venues in our culture paint, is that of a society completely enraptured by and dependent upon alcohol. Alcohol is undeniably a major issue among college students. College students' use of alcohol has also recently become a matter of interest to the public, given the highly publicized alcohol-related deaths of students at such institutions as Louisiana State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Kentucky. College students often seem to be able to find more reasons than the average person to drink.
College is a very transitional period in everyone's lives.
Not all college students are legal drinkers, however, considering that most students do not turn 21 until their junior or senior year. This does not deter some students, though. It's not a problem, even though I'm underage. Friends and siblings who are of age buy it for me. I've never been carded in Rome.