Middlebury is a distinctly rural college. Ensuring a signature bucolic charm while trying to cater to an expanding student population with developing needs is an immense challenge. Hence, as the college prepares to open its new 298-bed, 87,000 square foot first year residence hall as early as this spring, concurrent and upcoming construction projects make us wonder about the future of our campus, not just in terms of its physical space, but in the experience of its current and future student bodies.