Cornell students skin 120-pound bear in dorm kitchen, school says

Two Cornell students hunted and skinned a 120-pound bear inside a residence hall kitchen over the weekend, university personnel said.

Two Cornell University undergraduate students with valid New York State hunting licenses lawfully killed a bear over the weekend. The students brought the animal into a residence hall, where they processed it on Saturday, Sept. 6, Rebecca Valli, Cornell senior director of media relations, told USA TODAY in an emailed statement. A police report was made after a compliant was filed on Sunday, Sept. 7.