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Moustache Club tickles fancy
by Jeanette Stewart
the Carillon
Facial hair is the subject of new campus club
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With over 70 signatures on their list, the University of Regina’s newest club is ready to take the appreciation of moustaches to a whole new level.
The Moustache Club is an organization founded on the mandate that moustaches should be respected and promoted. Devon Floyd, one of the founding members of the U of R Moustache Club, stated their principle as one of promoting the “appreciation and growth of moustaches on the U of R campus.”
To become a member is not difficult. “You just have to appreciate moustaches,” said Floyd
Ladies are by no means barred entry to the club, and organizers would like women to know that by handing them pamphlets for the Moustache Club they are not implying they have a moustache. To gain a membership to the club, women simply have to appreciate the moustache as well.
Shawn Fraser, club co-founder, wants students to know that the club isn’t just about moustaches. It is also, said Fraser, about getting people involved on campus, especially those who wouldn’t otherwise take an active role in campus activities.
In fact, one of the club’s mandates is to “bring people together in an effort to do projects which, by themselves, they might have a hard time accomplishing.”
“It is a good way to get people involved,” said Fraser, “especially those who don’t like being completely committed to an organization. It is an opportunity to do something rather informal.”
The club is a joint creation of Fraser and Ben Barootees, who, said Fraser, “sports a beautiful red moustache in the colonial style.” The two actually came up with the idea independently, said Fraser, but collaborated to create the new club that has become the talk of the university.
The group still has to work out all the membership details, however. So far, there are a lot of people on the contact list, but, said Floyd, “whether those signatures turn into cold hard members, we’ll just have to see.”
The plan for next week, according to Fraser, is to start active memberships in the club. In order to become a member, one has to pay a dollar. In return for their dollar, they will get a membership card, with a picture of them sporting their “best attempt at a moustache.”
Even those women who wish to join the club must make their best attempt at a moustache, whether it be “drawing one on or holding a paper one up,” said Fraser.
In order to vote at the meetings, one must hold a membership card.
One way to put in one’s best attempt at creating a moustache, said Floyd, is to use “‘Just For Men’ if it doesn’t come in good enough.” He was serious, although he cautioned, “I know somebody who knows somebody who did it. It’s not me.”
His girlfriend also loves his moustache, said Floyd. “In fact, the third reason to grow a moustache, as listed in our informational pamphlet, is that it drives the ladies wild.” Fraser has a different perspective on it. “My girlfriend wouldn’t look me in the eye at first,” he said.
“One of the most important things about the club is the idea of humility,” said Fraser. “People really don’t take you seriously when wearing one. Actually, people will either turn their eyes in horror, or laugh at what they see.”
“It is really humbling,” said Fraser, and, “it takes pretty big balls to do it.”
The club may just achieve one of their most important mandates: to maximize the good on campus, and minimize the evil. “It’s pretty hard not be happy when you have this on your face,” said Floyd.
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