The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 93, No. 57, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Page: 3 of 8
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Big beards return to Norman
Martin said he has noticed an
increase in interest from females
OU campus, “No Shave November’ and more credibility from class-
applies only to the facial hair.
.John David Willimon, petroleum
engineering sophomore, decided to
participate with his roommates after
hearing about it from friends.
“It’s a valid excuse to look like a
scrub," Willimon said.
mates and professors.
“I am noticing the benefits—a lot
more attention," Martin said
But, he wants people to look past
his ever-lengthening facial hair and
see his true self.
“Look past the mustache and
However, some men are finding who I really am, Martin said,
growing facial hair harder than they
thought.
While there is no official award
for “No Shave November", many par-
Energy management sophomore ticipants look forward to December
Austin Danford has found his facial when they will spread shaving cream
hair is sparse at best. on their prickly neck and lace and
“1 can't grow a beard at all," shave it smooth
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Danford said. “Hopefully I will have
one by the end of November."
Other troubles seem to arise
among some past participants who
find it hard to participate wile try-
ing to look hireable in November, a
prime interview season.
Accounting and finance senior
Drew Jones is not participating this
year but remembers his freshman
November brings colder weather, year when he went scruffy for the
turkey and a plethora of unshaven
faces to OU’s campus.
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DO WOMEN PREFER SCRUFFY MEN?
Women prefer men with some facial stubble rather than dean-shaven faces, full beards
or mustaches, according to a 2008 British study.
The survey of British women aged 18 to 44 rated men with stubble as tough, mature,
aggressive, dominant and masculine — and as the best romantic partners.
"facial hair or beardedness is a powerful sociosexual signal, and an obvious biological
marker of sexual maturity," said lead researcher Nick Neave of Northumbria University.
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In the seventh grade, I didn’t worry
about my hairless cheeks and upper lip,
even though most of my friends were
beginning to shave. I knew my time would
come.
Seven years later, I am a junior in col-
lege, and my facial hair situation, or lack
there of. isn’t much bet-
ter. I can grow some, but
my once a week shaving
schedule has not changed
in about two years.
This has not deterred
me, however, from par-
ticipating in No Shave
November. As an added
twist on the annual tradi-
tion, some of my friends
and I are shaving our
beards but not our mus-
taches.
For some of us (or 1 guess some of
them) this means that by the end of the
month we (they) will have a full and bushy
mustache. For others (me), the end of
the month will be another embarrassing
reminder of how incapable we are (I am)
of growing respectable facial hair.
I started No Shave November in October
so 1 could have a couple additional weeks
to grow the ole 'stache. Bui I dont think
it has done any good. The pathetic mix
of peach fuzz and occasional strand of
black hair that I have cultivated is hardly
noticeable.
Some do notice it, but don t say any-
thing because they seem to figure 1 forgot
to shave that morning.
But 1 remain steadfast in my quest to
grow a mustache, thick or thin, by the end
of November. I still have three weeks. Who
knows, maybe I'll hit puberty within that
time frame and by the end of the month
have a mustache that rivals Tom Selleck’s
face-wear from Magnum, P.l.
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respect their facial hair earns them.
Henry Martin, history junior, is
Shave November" as "the month in not growing a lull heard, but he is
which you do not shave any hair, growing a mustache for his Irater-
and grow more bestial, brutish and nity’s upcoming date-party.
manly."
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“It was pretty itchy at first, but
A new, somewhat unknown con- you get used to it, Jones said.
test called “No Shave November" Many participants are shocked
gives many young men the chance to and intrigued by the newly lound
slack off and let their beards grow.
Urbandictionary.com defines “No
Photo Illustration by Midwllt Gray/The Daily
Henry Martin, a history junior, has been growing out his moustache for No Shave November
contest which is being held by the Beta Theta Pi. The contest ends Saturday.
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