40 years old and living in Scottsdale, Az. I am older now, but still running against the wind.
Wisco, as I recall, changed the drinking age from 18 to 19 in/around 1984. Many of us hit bars when we were 14 or so. Nothing like be legal to drink in high school. Stepped out for a liquid lunch in high school many a time, and use to head down to Judges for taco tuesdays.."i'm going over to chuck's to study mom."
Back then you could still drink in the dorms at UW. So, you had some freshman and sophs (and the occasional junior/senior loser still living in the dorms) who could party, while others could attend but not drink. Part of your fees went to social events. We used to have Saturday 10 o'clock pregame screwdrivers and donuts in the dorms. Sanctioned by the university. It was freakin crazy.