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“It’s really bad for you … we know better than to drink all night.” “I just like to go home after class, relax, maybe go on Twitch or Stream.” “Cost of living, man, I have to go out and grind.” These are some of the reasons given by students at my local university, when asked why they no longer frequent the campus bar, which used to close at 1 a.m. and now has its last call around 7:30 p.m. But the real reason was apparent; as soon as they stopped speaking, they turned their heads back down t...