When Sara Muzzy '97 was considering colleges five years ago, she settled on Colby in large part, she says, because as a residential school it provided learning opportunities not available to commuter students. She still believes that. But as she sat last spring in her self-furnished upstairs apartment a mile and a half from Mayflower Hill, she made clear that her ideas about the value of the residential college experience did not outweigh her interest in privacy and independence. "I can remember how valuable it was for me to have seniors around when i was a freshman," she said. "I think the college is right to encourage that interaction." Then she paused for a moment and added, "but not if I have to live in Dana."