In general, there have not been many campus wide, heated debates. Chimes, in past editorials, has explained this by claiming that students just don't care. I think that we do care, but we are frustrated with endlessly debating and confused about how to share our views without people thinking that we are pompous, judgmental hypocrites. Debating seems pointless. Two people can debate about an issue for weeks and not come to any sort of agreement.
Debates end in stalemates because one person puts more value on one right than another person does.
The abortion debate is an excellent example of this. One person values the right to life more than the right to choose. The other person places more value on the right to choose. These two people will never agree no matter how many hours they stay up at night debating passionately. Not only are we frustrated, we are confused.