I mentioned this to other groups, and usually one or two people would volunteer that they did the same thing. There are a lot of things these future leaders no longer have time for. I was on campus at the height of the election season, and I saw not even one Bush or Gore poster. I asked around about this and was told that most students have no time to read newspapers, follow national politics, or get involved in crusades. One senior told me she had subscribed to The New York Times once, but the papers had just piled up unread in her dorm room.
People are too busy to get involved in larger issues.
When I think of all that I have to keep up with, I'm relieved there are no bigger compelling causes. Even the biological necessities get squeezed out. I was amazed to learn how little dating goes on. The Oregon State Board of Higher Education has adopted a policy that will effectively prevent the institution from enforcing its code of conduct or joining any other group that has one that tries to set rules for a workplace. The new policy was written because of apparent conflicts between the code of conduct and Oregon state law, which seeks to guarantee that any company that wants to do business with the state be given the chance to do so if it can demonstrate that it is not engaged in any illegal behavior, and has the capability of doing the job.