The charms of attending college in a rural setting

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… as our nation continues to circle the drain, hunting and survival skills will become increasingly important.

{{ One Saturday last September, two Cornell University students plopped a bear carcass on a table in a communal dormitory kitchen and began to carve it up. They planned to make “black-bear pastrami,” as one of them described their plans later.

But soon after they put the raw meat in the freezer, a picture of the animal laid out on a camo-colored tarp with its hide stripped began to circulate on social media.

A complaint was lodged against the students and a police report was filed, yet they were cleared of all wrongdoing by the police and the university. Both had hunting licenses and the bear was killed legally, according to state officials.

Now, ahead of another school year, Cornell has expressly banned the processing of wild game in residential kitchens on campus. }}

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/nyregion/cornell-student-bear-meat.html

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And notice that Cornell was founded as an ag college. Ezra Cornell made his fortune installing telegraph lines for Samuel Morse. He was instrumental in forming Western Union. And in retirement raised cattle.

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I had an employee that would occasionally be a few minutes late. He would pick up roadkill, throw it in the back of his pickup. Then during lunch he would “field dress” it. He left the remains in the parking lot one time. I told him he needed to make sure nothing was ever left in the parking lot.

I also never ate anything he brought to work.

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