Sustainability junior Chris Moorman, theater freshman Imran Malik and business sophomore John Tarbox all participated in No Shave November. The idea of not having to get up every morning to shave really appealed to these students. (Photo by Hector Salas Almeida)The ASU Beard and Stache Society plans to wrap up No Shave November on Friday outside of the Memorial Union.
The club set up a table there at the beginning of the month and took pictures of students who said they would not shave during November.
This Friday, the members of the club hope to get the same students to come back so they can take pictures of their month-old scruff.
ASU Beard and Stache Society President Kevin Klawinski, a digital culture junior, said he’s been told No Shave November started to raise awareness for men’s health, but he just likes the sound of it.
“Personally, I just thought No Shave November was nicely worded, it flows better than the other months would,” he said.
Klawinski said he has had his beard for more than a year.
He started the club after watching the TV show Whisker Wars, a documentary-style comedy about a group of men who compete to grow facial hair.
There are about 10 members of the ASU Beard and Stache Society.
Klawinski said not all the club members are male.
“We’re just a club for anyone who’s enthusiastic about facial hair,” he said. “You don’t have to have it.”
Digital culture senior Tenneille Choi joined the club because she is a friend of the boys who started it, and they needed more members.
“As a girl, I thought it would be more interesting to join,” she said.
Choi said the amount of facial hair the other members have ranges. There is a male member who has no facial hair, she said.
She said all of the boys are looking a little scruffier after the month of November, though.
Choi said the club is a nice community to join and she also enjoys participating in its events.
“I always wanted (a reason) to wear fake mustaches,” she said.
Sociology senior Karl Bogner helped Klawinski start the Beard and Stache Society.
“I was growing my beard before too,” he said. “We were both interested in starting a club to hang out with people who were (growing facial hair).”
Bogner said the club is looking to expand on what they are doing. He said he would like to begin doing charity work as a group in upcoming months.
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