That is what I want to address in this post. A) How come no one participates in the many available departments, all different from the others and all open to everyone.
My honest opinion? It's Bowie. The problem as I see it, is that Bowie has a huge personality that overshadows just about everything, and everyone, else in the guild. He's the most active, the loudest, and the most prolific contributor. Just about everything that comes out of the University seems to be, in one way or the other, connected with him. And Bowie is widely hated. Ergo, the University is widely hated. And when the most visible Dean of the University is sending out letters to foreign governments telling them he hopes they kick SA's ass, that's not going to win the University any love in the northern half of Dwilight.
I can only think of two members of the University off-hand. One is Bowie, and the other is Sejieda. Both people that would be perfectly happy if SA were to disappear today, if not sooner. Both were strong advocates of the University.
B) If everyone claims they want unique culture and identity then how come they aren't participating in something I think is a catalyst to Dwilight wide originality.
Perhaps you haven't demonstrated to people that the University can provide what they want? Or perhaps they don't want what you think they do.
Besides the characters involved, what do you think the university could do differently, or do in general that you would like it to?
You can't divorce the university from the personnel involved with it. Not in the kind of game we are playing. The people *are* the guild.