Papa liked to party. So did his cat, Imbivar.The Merrill Gardens retirement facility just north of University Village is revolutionary in that it is the first of its kind to include college student housing on its grounds. Today, a state liquor store opened in one of the retail spaces beneath the residences. So, can you guess who was more excited about their new, thousand-proof neighbor. The students, right? I mean, what could be more convenient than running downstairs in your sweats for another bottle of Schnapps with an hour to go ’til kickoff?But when asked by the Seattle Times

whether or not they gave a hoot about the new retailer, “several students” said they “couldn’t care less,” with one quoted as saying, “Yes [we drink], but not enough to need a store.”Turns out, it’s the seniors who are stoked, with one elderly resident extolling the new location’s convenience and remarking that she’s “all for liquor stores.” Still another asked if they were going to have free samples.To this news, I have two reactions. Number one, what the frig is wrong with UW students these days?!?! Granted, I was a frat bro, but even the random knobs I knew who lived in the dorms would have traded their new word processors for that level of access to hooch. I guess this is what happens when you slowly jack the minimum GPA for new admissions up toward Ivy League standards: You get a school populated mainly by lame-o bookworms.But this news isn’t totally surprising. Try and outdrink your grandfather some time. See who’s left standing. Or, more accurately, see who’s left leaning on his shillaly while you’re passed out on the couch (actually, if you’re passed out, you won’t be able to see, at least temporarily). They don’t call ’em the greatest generation for nothin’!