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Ryan Rastok rarely has a clean-shaven face. He's embraced his facial hair, letting his beard grow until it is so long it gets caught in his coat's zipper. Then he'll shave it into a handlebar mustache, or a fu man chu. He'll have big sideburns or a skinny, pointed, Salvador Dalíesque mustache. Then he'll grow out his beard three or four inches again before shaving it into a long, skinny beard. This cycle has continued for the past decade.
Rastok, Lawrence senior, says he shaves his facial hair because he gets bored with a regular beard and likes to do something interesting. Plus, he says shaving every day is painful and irritates his skin. He also says handlebar mustaches look pretty silly and always get a few laughs.
However, the shock value of his impressive and creative facial hair doesn't faze his mother anymore. "We'll be talking and three minutes later I'll come back with a mustache," Rastok says. "She just rolls her eyes."
We're in a wave of fuzziness, says Allan Peterkin, author of One Thousand Beards and The Bearded Gentleman: The Style Guide to
is my way of getting touch with history "
Shaving Face. Peterkin is also a pogonologist, a person who studies beards. He says men of all sexual orientations and ethnicities have embraced this "wave." But these men, unlike the sea captains and Santa Clauses of the world, like to play with different facial hair styles both as a way to change their look and to express themselves. "It's a way of saying, I'm no corporate slave. I'm free to express myself as I see fit," Peterkin says.
In our society, making the choice to keep facial hair is like making a statement about being an individual, says Christopher Oldstone-Moore, pogonologist and professor of history focusing on masculinity at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Individualism is associated with facial hair because everyone's facial hair is
Every man encounters facial hair with different experiences, role models, film, sport and music stars, Peterkin says. "These days, men wear facial hair playfully, with irony," he says. "It's masculine, but not overly serious or macho."
However, not everyone thinks of facial hair as a joke. Gavon Laessig, 2002 graduate, was inspired to grow his distinctive thick handlebar mustache after seeing the HBO series Deadwood. The series is a western set after the civil war, and impressive beards and intricate mustaches decorate most of the male cast's faces. "I'm a fan of Lawrence's history and the Civil War era," he says. "Growing this mustache
IT'S MASCULINE BUT NOT OVERLY SERIOUS OR MACHO.
ALLAN PETERKIN
AUTHOR OF "ONE THOUSAND
BEARDS"
Because facial hair varies on every face, Oldstone-Moore says most men try to grow facial hair at least once not only to see what
unique and grows differently.
it looks like, but to see if they can even grow decent facial hair.
Rastok's fiance has dealt with his facial hair from the beginning. He says she's learned to deal with the ridiculous styles, but kissing with both a long beard and a clean shaven face can be complicated. Long beards get in the way, and stubbed faces lead to scraping." She likes it long enough where it won't scratch her but short enough that I don't look homeless."
"Nine out of 10 compliments I get are from men," Laessig says about his mustache. "It's not easy for all men to grow facial hair. It comes in blonde or patchy, or they're afraid to do it for jobs. It's a little admiration and a little envy." And of all of his styles of facial hair, Rastok says his mountain man beard gets the most compliments, probably because some guys can't grow their own.
Bearded faces say a lot about a person not only that they're independent, but also as masculine and tough. This isn't necessarily a good thing, particularly when looking for work. "You don't see beards in banks or politics," Peterkin says. "There are still some negative associations, like a bearded man must have something to hide."
The wave of fuzziness shows no signs of slowing down, Peterkin says. Though men seem to appreciate facial hair of all shapes and styles, women's opinions vary. Younger women experienced this facial hair boom from the grunge and goatee of the 90s to the mountain men and throw-back mustaches of the millennium. Peterkin says these women like facial hair much more than their mothers and grandmothers, who preferred the all-American, clean shaven look.
Experiments done by The Beard Liberation Front in London show that men with beards were disfavored in job interviews. Peterkin suggests trimming and tidying a beard before a job interview.
However, Oldstone-Moore says recent research shows that women look for two different things. "They indicate their ideal is a man who can have a beard, who is clearly mature and manly in someway," he says. "But he doesn't actually have a beard."
Or you might get lucky, like Laessig, whose employer did not include facial hair when they wrote the dress code. "It's tolerated. I'm lucky I don't have to shave it off," he says. Jp
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Henry originally committed to play for coach John Calipari at Memphis before decommitting and joining the Kansas basketball team. After a year with the Jayhawks, Henry was selected 12th in the NBA Draft by none other than the Memphis Grizzlies.
But the Grizzlies are asking Henry to base an uncommonly large portion of his salary in performance benefits — incentives based on his play — so the 19-year-old has yet to sign. And once again, he's traded in Memphis, for Lawrence, arriving in town Monday night to work
been fun for me so far and I'm getting workouts in while I'm doing it."
The NBA has a rookie pay scale that bases the salary a player can receive on where he was selected in the draft, offering a salary that the team selecting the player can pay anywhere from 80 to 120 percent of. That number at the No. 12 draft slot is $1,683,500. Whereas nearly all teams offer the rookie the full 120 percent, the Grizzlies are offering Henry 80 percent of that number, with performance benefits enabling him to get to the full number — roughly $700,000 more.
It's not rare for rookies to have
15 minutes in at least 70 of 82 games, b) be named to the NBA All-Rookie team, or c) make the Rookie Showcase team over All-Star weekend at midseason.
Henry insists it's out of his control and that his agent Arn Tellem, a powerhouse in the NBA world, is handling the negotiations.
"He knows what he's doing way more than I would know," Henry said, "so I'm letting him handle it."
Henry, who said he loves Kansas and the warm reception from the fans, said he hopes Memphis basketball fans understand his predicament.
"I would hope that they don't
have to do and me and my agent are going to take care of it."
Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley told The Commercial Appeal, the newspaper in Memphis, he is still hopeful that a deal will get done, despite having multiple trade offers for Henry on the table.
"I'm not angry with him," Heisley said. "I expect him to play. He's going to have an opportunity to play a lot, and we need him. So my reaction to this is I'm expecting we'll get something done and he'll play for us this season."
Edited by Clark Goble
ing the title and the pink font on the cover, it has legitimate information accompanied by occasional "cheat sheets," which contain topics ranging from the greatest Super Bowls and coaches to the 10 All-Time Great Football Butts. The first two would certainly come in handy during pregame or even in everyday conversations.
Family members and friends of mine have said that the environment at college games is much more fun than pro games and I believe that is because of the fans. We feel close to the
on positions and strategies I missed out on by not playing high school football. But please read up on the team. Knowing the players will be more challenging this year since coach Turner Gill decided to take their names off the jerseys, but it will be more impressive when you can name them just by number or position.
So enjoy football season in your own way and get ready to cheer on the Jayhawks next week.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BY KATHLEEN GIER
kgier@kansan.com
kqier@kansan.com
- Edited by Lisa Curran
Goodrich tore her right ACL during the team's second practice of her freshman year. Goodrich, the top point guard recruit of 2008, was cleared to play in July after rehabilitating her second knee injury.
Kansas fans are still waiting to see a full season from sophomore guard Angel Goodrich, who hasn't played a game since January due to her second ACL tear, this time in her left knee.
After second knee rehab, Goodrich gets a chance at playing a full season
This off-season was similar to last year's because of months of recovery, but approaching this season Goodrich said she feels positive.
"I have been feeling good, really strong," Goodrich said. "I get nervous, but that is part of the deal in overcoming that."
Goodrich admitted that staying healthy is one of her biggest goals this season
fun. Working with the freshmen has been fun and exciting and I cannot wait to get back."
"I am just looking forward to the season," Goodrich said. "I got to work out toward the end of the summer and that was
"Working with the freshmen has been fun and exciting and I can't wait to get back."
"This year I am going to focus on keeping both of them strong and continuing rehab instead of going off of it for a while," Goodrich said.
hopes to be more vocal and share some of her wisdom after watching her team's performance from the sideline the last part of the
and part of that will be focusing on both knees.
ANGEL GOODRICH Sophomore guard
This season Goodrich also
"I saw what we were struggling with and I can be more vocal." Goodrich said. "Last year was my first year and I tried to be more vocal.
season and the entire season before that.
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more because we have lost some
players" Goodrich said.
Most of all Goodrich is looking forward to getting back into the season and improving her game before competition starts.
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"I am excited to get started and
get back out there, to get in the groove of things; the routine of practice and workout is everything," Goodrich said. "Working hard and getting better every day"
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Sophomore guard Angel Goodrich answers questions during an interview at Olympic Sports Media Day Wednesday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. Goodrich was recently cleared to play after suffering a serious knee injury last season.
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