I come from New Orleans which has virtually no laws on alcohol sales and I agree with your statement; It's true. But the problem is that the Blue Laws of Ruston are creating more drinking and driving than usual. By requiring bars in Ruston to close at midnight, students are forced to drive outside city limits to drink.
Yes, students could take taxis out to Rabb and 3Docs. Yes students could find designated drivers to get to these places. But the problem is that there's always going to be stupid students out there driving drunk to and from the bars. ALWAYS! No matter how strict the laws get. The easiest solution to this problem is to relax the blue laws to match the surrounding communities' laws. Bars would prosper around campus as students would walk to the bars. Every student I've talked to would rather walk to a bar than drive to one. But how the laws are set up now, the only way to get to bars to drink after midnight is to drive.