Left and for right: Facial hair comes in all kinds of styles and colors, from mustache-dominant patterns to full-on beards.
Center: Eric Margules strokes his burgeoning beard. He cites Richie Tenenbaums from 'The Royal Tenenbaums' and Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the 'Star Wars' movies as primary beard influences.
Center below: Samuel Weber and Robert Knapp, Houston, Texas, senior, model their bristly visages. Knapp's succinctly elaborates on his reason for his beard: "Tools shave."
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Joshua Anderson, Perry junior, says his wife possesses a similar kind of ambivalence toward his beard, with a hint of positivity. This works for Anderson, as he possesses one of the most popular styles of facial hair in the Lawrence area: the "laziness beard."
The laziness beard can be recognized by its uniform length and complete lack of signs of grooming. This is because it is never groomed.
The laziness beard is the official facial hair of those who prefer to ask not, "Why grow facial hair?", but rather, "Why shave? Why go through the effort of scraping hairs from your face, day after day?"
It would be very easy and possibly offensive to confuse an ordinary laziness beard with a beard that is grown as a religious practice. Certain Orthodox groups of Judaism do not allow shaving, as it is prohibited in the Talmud. Monks of Orthodox Christianity refuse to shave their facial hair as a demonstration of their lack of concern with the values of this world, and highlight their focus on the next.
The act of growing facial hair as an act of rebellion is not limited to those following some divine law. Such secular facial rebellion was quite popular in the ultra-rebellious 1960s, and has been carried on by both fans of the era, and
Another cause picked up by the Institute was that of a police officer from Sylvania, Ohio, being suspended for having too stupendous a mustache and refusing to do anything about it.
The Institute's objection again led to no real change.
Because it is 2009, KU students, Lawrence city commissioners, our mustached U.S. attorney general and even this writer are all joining hands with millions of men across this country to let the world know we will not shave. JP
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