Harvard Study Offers Up Something We Already Know

My son the beer merchandiser does frequent studies of his own, stocking and restocking 30-packs of Natty Light prior to a Wisconsin Badgers home football game.  Apparently, Woodman's East is students' favorite destination, where purchases approaching 100 30-packs are not unheard of.  That's 3,000 cans of beer. 

Harvard study: Campus binge drinking hinges on availability of cheap booze. (Capital Times, 9/9/2014)

Madison alder knows his constituents.   “Students don’t have a lot of disposable income,” Verveer said Monday. “You can see them walking down the street carrying cases of the cheapest brands of beer.”

Oftentimes with bottles of cheap vodka added for good measure.