 Bemidji State University has upgraded its on-campus weapon storage facility at Walnut Hall for resident students. Haiti Clotter shows us how BSU is providing a convenient and safe service for students who take advantage of the outdoors. Having an on-campus weapon storage facility may not be common at other institutions, but when you're located in Minnesota's Northwoods, it's fitting. Bemidji State University expanded its facilities for resident students to store their weapons. Many of our students participate in the outdoor activities that are in the area. We recognize that that includes hunting and shooting sports. We wanted to accommodate students' needs there. School policy prohibits weapons anywhere else on campus. The new facility is twice the size of the previous weapon storage. There are 126 lockers and 77 are currently in use. Students can store long guns, bows and arrows, fishing spears, any other type of knife or blade. Even Garrett Ober stands at 6 feet 8 inches tall in the lockers' tower over him. Gun clean kit, gun ammunition, and then a gun pouch that I have on me with my waiters. Ober says he looks forward to duck hunting season and tells me he was just out there last week in the rain. There's got to be some people that go out here to come up and hunt, especially. He appreciates the convenience of the facility. Your stuff's like room temperature and you just grab it and go. Students use the wild game cleaning room to process what they harvest. The freezers keep remain so they don't cause problems with odors and cleanliness. Come in from hunting for say, go get your stuff, drop it off in here with your game and you go there with your stuff and you move not even like five minutes away from each other. Safety is a priority. Students have 24-hour access to the room and the public safety office monitors it. We have added the technology to the facilities to make sure that our students are safe. Our students spend a lot of money on some of this sporting goods equipment and they want to make sure that if we're storing it, that it's safe. By the end of October, gun cleaning stations will be installed in the middle of this room in Bemidji, Haiti, Clowder, and Lakeland News. The lockers are available at no cost for students through housing and residential life office. Students are required to show a student ID and have their photo taken to reserve a locker. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.