I went to Ga. Tech (Engineering school) in the ‘70s
The closest to “Political Speech” I saw was the Streaking Craze. Too Busy trying to learn Thermodynamics, Transport Theory, and Partial Differential Equations
Maybe it’s different now, but Engineering Schools absolutely should put a premium on Rigorous Logic
I was on campus for the Citadel game this yr, thinking that would be a game we would likely win..well everyone makes mistakes...and was amazed to see how different the student body was in some respects (much more diverse for better or worse) but everyone still had the typical tech dazed look on their face as they were walking to class.
We never had time to worry about being politically active I never remember having any free time and if I appeared to have free time it was because I forgot to do something...