Quote Originally Posted by red96ta View Post
Shoot....when I went to high school, I carried a switchblade and never got so much as a second look, not even from the teachers.

Fast forward to going back to college many...many years later and I carried a Case medium Stockman. Mainly to open boxes and to trim the fingernails and everyone freaked out! These days, younger folks see any bladed instrument as a weapon.
Incidentally I graduated from college 2 years ago (it could have changed), and the rules were very clear.. Knives were allowed as long as they were under a 4" blade... me and most/many of my friends carried pocket knives to class etc. Professors even learned who had the knives when they'd need something done, and one of us would volunteer.

In our case, I can imagine a straight razor being considered a knife over 4"... then again I don't think I'd attempt shaving with a straight in a public restroom anyway.

Also remember, "shaving" is probably ranks very low on the list of most popular hobbies, thus an odd perception.

I'm also curious about the decision to store $3,000 of anything in your dorm-room. I think if someone had walked off with the entire contents of my dorm room including the school's furniture they might have had $2k worth (most of which being my laptop)