When I was in college, I’d often take a break from studying by pulling bound volumes of NR off the periodical shelves. In a way, it was a valuable part of my education.
A high school friend, who was also a senior at UGA, drug me to a presentation of WFB in 1977. Had never heard of him. It was interesting. A few years later as an NCSU grad student I came across a stack of political journals in the lounge area of the student union - The Nation, The New Republic, and National Review. Read them over about 6 months. Firmly grounded me in conservative values.