Another undergrad bought hers in downtown Cleveland, at "A box-like area that sold IDs and T-shirts with dirty slogans."

Others more actively break the law, doctoring existing driver's licenses or college IDs.

Fake IDs are works of art conducted in stealth and lamination. And the resourceful who practice the art--whether they do it for fun or profit--are eager to share their stories.

One undergraduate gave ample detail when queried about his methods, explaining that students born in 1973 can easily make the last digit look like a computer-generated zero, which has a diagonal line across the circle.

"Soak a Massachusetts license in lighter fluid for 10 minutes and peel back the lamination," he says.

"Carefully draw a line across the three to make a zero with pencil, and then iron it back together between two shirts," says the student, who swears by his recipe for deceit.

Other techniques include placing a new picture and creating a giant cardboard replica of a Massachusetts driver's license, taking photographs of students standing where the face should be.

Of course, not all fakes are created equal. Students between the ages of 18 and 21 have been known to use IDs with ages as high as 31.

And Trixie should take comfort that there is at least one Harvard male undergrad who is worse off than she.

He uses a fake that has his picture on a Coker College I.D.. Only one problem. Coker is an all-women's college.

THE ATTACK

Still, obtaining a fake I.D. is mere preparation for the battle that lies ahead: securing entry to bars or loot from liquor stores. All agree that confidence is the secret.

"You walk in, you look the person behind the counter in the eye, and you always address him first," says Trixie.

"It even pays to ask him some questions: 'So, you got some Stoli?' You get down with them or admire parts of their store," she says.

Trixie is all for subverting this particular brand of enemy.