More and more U.S. colleges have quit mothering students, freeing them to live off campus. The result is a new political-academic stepchild: the "student community." Such incubators of the counterculture raise complex questions for university and town authorities and for the students themselves. The largest and most volatile is Isla Vista, abutting the University of California at Santa Barbara. Last spring, "I.V." erupted in three major riots that produced a burned-out Bank of America branch, one death and nearly 1,000 arrests. Most campuses have been relatively calm lately, but two weeks ago a...
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