College baggage

When Benjamin Braddock returns from college, he carries with him one suitcase through LAX.  When Harry Burns leaves the University of Chicago, he carries two duffel bags and a baseball bat.  Multiple images abound of students returning from college carrying very little.  What a load of crap! Maybe the difference is the era ('60s and '70s versus '90s).  When I returned from college, my car was overflowing and half of my stuff was on a moving truck.  My stuff expanded exponentially over four years.  Maybe previous generations didn't need as much stuff.  Without cable, did you need a TV?  Plus, VCRs and DVD players didn't exist.  Eight tracks weren't exactly portable.  Maybe life was just simpler then.