Spring Break
Institute searches for best mustache
By: Travis Lawson
Issue date: 10/21/09 Section: News
The American Mustache Institute is presenting the "Mustache Mayhem Photo Contest" in an effort to challenge students everywhere to grow the most creative facial hair. The winner of the contest will win an all expense-paid trip to St. Louis, Missouri, for "Stache Bash 2009."
Students from across the country are asked to send in pictures of their mustaches via Facebook, picture text or email, where they will be judged by a panel to determine who will represent the students of America with mustaches.
"There are a lot of variables that go into growing a mustache," said Samuel Freeman, the ambassador for Zenagen Shampoo. "We look for creativity; we are looking for something that is unique."
Josh Woodle, a junior finance major at the University of Iowa, said he saw the contest on Facebook last year and could not pass up the opportunity. Although he did not win the competition, Woodle says he still wants to attend "Stache Bash 2009."
"I thought it was kind of funny," Woodle said. "I'm dressing up for Halloween as Walter Cronkite."
"Stache Bash 2009" is meant to commemorate the mustache and its purpose in American history. The event will feature musician John Oates and is expected to draw about 1,500 adults to Orpheum Theater on Oct. 30. Tickets are $29 and a mustache is not required for entrance.
The proceeds generated from the event will go to "Challenger Baseball," a baseball league for children with disabilities.
"Last year we raised about $10,000," Freeman said. "We collect zero."
The Chairman of the Board of the American Mustache Institute Aaron Perlut says the American Mustache Institute is a very political organization that fights for the rights of Americans with mustaches everywhere.
"The American Mustache Institute is the bravest organization in the history of mankind, behind the United States Marine Corps," Perlut said. "We are the A.C.L.U. for the down trodden mustached American."
In the Royse City, Texas, School District, near Dallas, a student was forced to shave his mustache because of a district rule outlawing too much facial hair. The student contacted the American Mustache Institute and they lobbied the school district to remove the rule.
The American Mustache Institute was founded in 1965 by Schnurrbart Snor. According to the American Mustache Institute's Web site, Snor created the group in light of the Federal Mustache Tax Amendment, which charged a 3 percent income tax against men with mustaches.
Students from across the country are asked to send in pictures of their mustaches via Facebook, picture text or email, where they will be judged by a panel to determine who will represent the students of America with mustaches.
"There are a lot of variables that go into growing a mustache," said Samuel Freeman, the ambassador for Zenagen Shampoo. "We look for creativity; we are looking for something that is unique."
Josh Woodle, a junior finance major at the University of Iowa, said he saw the contest on Facebook last year and could not pass up the opportunity. Although he did not win the competition, Woodle says he still wants to attend "Stache Bash 2009."
"I thought it was kind of funny," Woodle said. "I'm dressing up for Halloween as Walter Cronkite."
"Stache Bash 2009" is meant to commemorate the mustache and its purpose in American history. The event will feature musician John Oates and is expected to draw about 1,500 adults to Orpheum Theater on Oct. 30. Tickets are $29 and a mustache is not required for entrance.
The proceeds generated from the event will go to "Challenger Baseball," a baseball league for children with disabilities.
"Last year we raised about $10,000," Freeman said. "We collect zero."
The Chairman of the Board of the American Mustache Institute Aaron Perlut says the American Mustache Institute is a very political organization that fights for the rights of Americans with mustaches everywhere.
"The American Mustache Institute is the bravest organization in the history of mankind, behind the United States Marine Corps," Perlut said. "We are the A.C.L.U. for the down trodden mustached American."
In the Royse City, Texas, School District, near Dallas, a student was forced to shave his mustache because of a district rule outlawing too much facial hair. The student contacted the American Mustache Institute and they lobbied the school district to remove the rule.
The American Mustache Institute was founded in 1965 by Schnurrbart Snor. According to the American Mustache Institute's Web site, Snor created the group in light of the Federal Mustache Tax Amendment, which charged a 3 percent income tax against men with mustaches.
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