And that's something money can't buy. Well, some students may have tailgated, and others may have cheered, but tailgating and cheering isn't quite enough to build campus community.
Every event scheduled to build campus community reaches far short of that goal.
Contrived events won't build familiarity among students. DePauw may have the depauw.year 1 program to improve the freshman experience, but the University can't form another program to build community. In order to build community, each student has to make the effort to exit familiarity and enter the unknown. The problem doesn't necessarily lie with the University, but with students. Everyone enjoys familiarity.