On their mind

What are young adults thinking this election year? A recent CBS News/MTV poll of 18- to 29-year-olds hoped to find out just how much the economy weighed on their minds, how much they thought about the presidential election and what they hoped the next president would do for the nation. Here are some of the results:

65 percent
Campaigns have focused too much on race and gender

75 percent
The economy is in bad shape

22 percent
The economy is their No. 1 concern

65 percent
The candidates haven’t thoroughly addressed reducing oil and gas consumption

46 percent
The next president should allow illegal workers to apply for citizenship

41 percent
Pay a lot of attention to the presidential race

Brain Freeze

In a survey of business students, only 50 percent said recruiters placed a high value on personal integrity.