Hey man I saw you already bought a leek, I hope you enjoy it. I'm also a college student and I carried a leek for a while freshman year but found the assisted opening raised some eyebrows. Sometime early in junior year (I'm a senior now) I picked up a g10 dragonfly and I think it's the perfect college knife- its small and not black so no one really thinks of it as a weapon, but it is large enough to be useful for almost every task I throw at it. I also keep my s2 juice stashed in my backpack, which has come in handy on a number of occasions. If you find you get some raised eyebrows with the leek I highly recommend either the g10 or zdp189 dragonfly (basically a model with a handle isn't black, this really seems to make a big difference with sheeple). You can always keep the leek to fiddle with in your dorm/apartment, it's addictive and I do it all the time. If I do carry a slightly larger knife that I worry might freak people out (like my benchmade 530) I throw a ladybug in the bottom of my pocket, it's light and not at all cumbersome and if I need to cut something in a more public place it doesn't really worry anyone. Hope you enjoy the leek and the advice helps!