LIKE STUDENTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, ITALIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DISPLAY INCREASINGLY MILITANT POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AIMED AT EDUCATIONAL REFORM. NEITHER THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS FULL OF MULTIPARTY INTRICACIES, NOR THE INDIFFERENT PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE REFORMS. DISTRUSTING THE POLITICIANS AND DISILLUSIONED WITH BUREAUCRACY, STUDENTS HAVE TURNED TO RADICAL PARTIES FOR CHANGES IN OUTMODED CURRICULUM, POOR UNIVERSITY CONDITIONS, REGIMENTATION, AND THE ALIENATION OF THE UNIVERSITY FROM SOCIETY. THEY HOPE TO ACHIEVE CHANGE BY SEEKING A VOICE IN UNIVERSITY POLICY MAKING AND BY INTRODUCING SCHOLASTIC DEMANDS INTO THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. (CC)