Every year, twelve million college students drink four billion cans of beer, which is almost half of the alcohol produced each year and spend almost five hundred dollars each (Cohen 55).  Alcohol to college is like money to success.  Every weekend, Thursday to Sunday, college fraternities, sororities, dorms, and off-campus houses stock up on an ample supply for parties and recreation.  The best bars around and cut-rate liquor stores are located right in college towns and offer the largest selection of alcohol.  Magazines rate the “best college bars” and everyone sees this as an incentive to go to that particular college (Warner 44).  Here in Newark the Stone Balloon, one of several surrounding bars, is rated number 5 for the northeast division.  Unfortunately it is well known that even though you must be 21 to enter these bars, this nationwide policy is not well directed.  Most college students have fake or friends IDs that claim they are 21 (Aorn 1,047).  The bouncers usually just glance at the ID for the year 1977 or earlier.  Once inside, the bar is at risk of a minor becoming ill from the excessive drinking of alcohol.  In this circumstance the bar not the student is held responsible.  The punishment for this is actually worse on the establishment than it would be for the minor (Aorn 1,047).  Losing their liquor license over one incident is very possible and can be very costly for the bar.