Well I was an English Lit and Creative Writing major as an undergrad and would HAPPILY have wheeled a backpack around had they existed then.
If I had three classes a day--that was three anthologies numbering 3000 pages each, whatever novel we were reading plus associated notebooks and folders-- a lot of weight to carry around-- and my last semester, living off campus, carting it in from a mile or more away--whereever I could find parking---whoa--my achin' back!
Amy