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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
“ “Ifeelthatthemenofsociety today use No Shave Novemberasanexcuseto belazyandnotcleanthemselvesup.Iknowitstarted atfirstforagoodcause,but it’s kind of strayed from that. No...it’s just gross,” saidTabithaBarnett.
“Usually people grow beardsbecause…it’sfun… somepeoplejustbetonit andsomepeoplejustdon’t, andme,justbecauseit’smy first time participating,” saidMasonJones.
“It doesn’t matter to me—it’s just whatever someonedecidestodo.Yes, Ihave[participated]before. Itwassomethingatmyold school that me and my teammatesdecidedtodo,” saidKorinaChapman.
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How do you feel about those who participate in No Shave November?
“I’mnotparticipatingbecause my girlfriend won’t letme.Ithinkitwasfora good cause at first, now guysuseittoshowofftheir manhood,” said Michael Fisher.
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“Ithinkit’sreallycoolif people participate in No ShaveNovember,whether they’refemaleormale.I’m participating right now,” saidRaganHickert.
“Iusedtoparticipate,but mygirlfriendwon’tletme dothatnomore,”saidRyan Gokey.
‘Stache the razors for the cause of the month Kyleigh Becker Crusader staff Oneofmyfavoritereasons forNovemberisprostatecancer.No,no!Notforthereason you’rethinking,I’msure.I’m notthatmean.IloveNovemberbecauseofNoShaveNovember—themonthmentryto raiseawarenessaboutprostate cancer by forgoing shaving their wonderful facial, and head,hair. No Shave November could have, according to the KentuckyKernel,gottenitsstartin Australiain2003asawayfor men to bring awareness and raise money to help prostate cancer research—though it maynotbeforthesamereasonsstill.Sure,somelettheir beards and hair grow long, wild,andfreeandknowwhy they’redoingit.Others,however, have no idea why No Shave November exists. One guyIknowsaidthatsomebody simplytoldhimnottoshave, sohewasn’tgoingto. While this way of doing things—tellingpeopletodoit, but not why—increases “en-
rollment”,butitalsocangive No Shave November a bad name.Somemendouseitas an excuse to be dirty. When people simply tell others to “notshave”andleaveoffthe reasonwhy,itcansometimes bringconfusionandeventually, no one knows why they’re doingit. Justasarecapforthosewho are participating, but don’t know why—No Shave Novemberisn’tan“excusetonot take care of themselves” for men;itistobringawarenessto prostatecancerandfindinga cure.Plus,notonlymenparticipate,either. Womencan,anddo,participateinNoShaveNovemberby forgoingtheirnormalroutine ofshavingtheirpitsandtheir legs. Some people call them “hippies”.Icallthem“people likeme”.I’dwagerabetthat there’smorethanonegirlon campuswhohaveparticipated in No Shave November. Personally,Ididitlastyear.I’m not ashamed to admit that. Alaskanwintersarecold—and a little extra hair never hurt anyone.Goodthingforallthe
singleladies,right?Keepthose legswarm! Maybeoneday,womenwho participate in No Shave November will bring back the trendoftheearly20thcentury andbefore.Itactuallywasn’t until the 1920s when women began shaving. Before then, onlyprostitutesandthoseconsidered “scarlet women” shaved anything. Though I doubtit.Bodyandfacialhairis moreacceptableformen,but notforwomennowdays.Even bodyhairformenisbecoming lessacceptable. Asamodernwoman,Ican acceptthismostdays,however saditis—thatmostpeopleare expected to be clean-shaven. There are some days though whenamanwithamountainof abeardistheperfectthingto seetobrightenaday.Andhippiewomen—sometimesahippiewomanisgoodtoo.Visible people like that help raise awareness for No Shave November. In turn, that helps bringprostatecancerintothe spotlight,muchlikebreastcancerawarenessbeforeit.
Crusader Photo/ Jakub Stepanovic
Rusty Tuman, a Computer Information Systems instructor for Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School, has worn a beard for some time, but his wedding this month caused Tuman to actually trim his beard after this photo. He’ll start growing it again immediately.
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