You're right. There are certain intangibles like that that can surely enrich the experience. Interesting that the educational value is being diminished by the absence of something without a price tag attached to it. Not as if colleges are saving money when students can't interact -- putting aside electricity or costs of that nature -- so it's not easy for students to justify that they deserve a rebate. Be nice if the more well-to-do schools dug into their fortune and made amends for the disparity b/w expected and actual value.