<p>So yea.... I do have things that I would like to pack to goto Cornell that could definitely be considered weapons (maybe 2 knives).</p>
<p>Does Cornell have any rules that ban things like this?</p>
<p>I mean, there are many everyday things that can be just as dangerous if not more dangerous than knives such as baseball bats, lacrosse sticks, frying pans, or a 300 lb boxer's fists.</p>
<p>Why would you bring knives? Are they hunting knives? display knives?</p>
<p>This kinda worries me, I'm not gonna lie, lol.</p>
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I mean, there are many everyday things that can be just as dangerous if not more dangerous than knives such as baseball bats, lacrosse sticks, frying pans, or a 300 lb boxer's fists.
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What about guitars?</p>
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Why would you bring knives? Are they hunting knives? display knives?</p>
<p>This kinda worries me, I'm not gonna lie, lol.
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<p>Very close actually.</p>
<p>One could definitely be used for a hunting knife, the other could be used as a display knife, even though it's dangerous enough to be used as a weapon (but then again, so are frying pans, and guitars as Biaxident pointed out)</p>
<p>Soooo, if you are not going to use the knives as hunting and display knives, respectively, what are they going to be used for, just out of curiosity? I mean, I don't have a problem if they have an intended use, as a guitar and frying pan would, lol.</p>
<p>Both have sentimental value</p>
<p>To Stab People!</p>
<p>If you have to ask, you probably know the answer...</p>
<p>Cornell has very strict policies on weapons. From the Campus Life website:</p>
<p>Firearms & Weapons</p>
<pre><code>* Possession of firearms, including rifles and shotguns, ammunition, explosives, or other dangerous weapons, instruments or substances in or upon university premises is prohibited.
* Residents who need to have a weapon on campus (e.g., members of the skeet team, hunters) must register and store their weapons with CUP in G-2 Barton Hall. Residents will have 24-hour access to these weapons.
* Fireworks are illegal under New York State law. Any use of fireworks will result in immediate referral to the Judicial Administrator.
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<p>^ ooh thanks!</p>
<p>Nuts! I'll be leaving my stuff at home</p>
<p>Hope you can still study without your knives =D</p>
<p>There was an incident back in 1969 in which armed students occupied the Straight. Caught the administration completely off guard, and it was arguably the most traumatic event the university has experienced. The potential for a Kent State-type outcome was very real. This policy was a response to that event. They're very serious about it.</p>
<p>^ Yikes!</p>
<p>That is pretty serious...</p>
<p>In that case, they should still allow some weapon "representations," because I am thinking of joining the Kendo club at Cornell... and I do plan on bringing my own shinai (basically a bamboo stick) and bokken (basically a wooden stick).</p>
<p>The Cornell Police has a program where you can check in firearms, knives, etc for the duration of the year for storage, and you can check them out at any time.</p>
<p>Although my apartment-mate keeps a scoped-rifle in our closet.</p>
<p>Contact the CUPD for more details.</p>
<p>Do yourself & everyone else a favor, please leave your weapons home. Even if you bring them with no bad intentions, accidents happen. We've all heard about innocent shootings by kids who find weapons at home that accidentally go off, shooting someone.</p>
<p>Cornell takes its weapons policy very seriously, for the historical reasons mentioned above.</p>
<p>Another thing Cornell takes very seriously is fire drills, also for historical reasons. There was a fatal fire in a dorm about 50 years ago, and Cornell has never forgotten it. So when the alarm goes off in the middle of the night, don't even consider staying in the building.</p>
<p>On the other hand, when that alarm goes off in the middle of the night and several dozen male students emerge from the all-female Balch Hall, nobody is going to say a thing. Cornell also knows what not to make a fuss about. :)</p>
<p>Check out the following link to the Res Club Fire in 1967:</p>
<p>The building is still in use as Ecology House but has been much improved since that tragedy.</p>
<p>Hey, I'm hoping you've read these posts and will leave your weapons at home. Knives & college dont mix!</p>
<p>oh yeah, I definitely am leaving them at home</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>