Apart from not forgetting Occupy, it is worth noting that we have to go back to the sixties for such uproar on University campuses. Back then it was the war in Vietnam and the draft. My time, as yours, was quiet politically in that respect. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union the world entered a period of global expansion and what was there there to get angry about? Anger is a justifiable feeling for these young people. I think they are already angry about their own future and they see (yes with the nakedness of social media) the unjustness being wrought on the people of Palestine. As we can see from the response of Israel, people who feel themselves to be justifiably angry can be very passionate for their cause.
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I can see some logic in that but if I was them I think I would be a bit more angry about things that are actually going to impact my life such as the fact that it is damn near impossible for any young person to ever own a house in USA. I guess that is another thing that I am very happy that I luckily just happened to miss.