<p>According to President Oden’s talk at the last Family Weekend, he wants to decrease the number of students at Carleton. </p>
<p>As for the new dorm complex, everyone (administration, students, Northfield community) seems pretty satisfied with the plans/aesthetics. The city of Northfield granted a waiver on the required number of parking spaces so more trees could be saved. I’ll see if I can find the site with the pictures on it - it’s on the Carleton website somewhere. The dorm is being built because housing has been strained for some years. Watson has forced triples (doubles converted into triples), and over 100 students each year live off-campus (many at the mercy of a particularly notorious St. Olaf slumlord).</p>