It’s time for movember mayhem

Ricardo Padilla / Assistant Photo Editor

Daniella Porano

The Silhouette

It’s November. Each day, the weather gets colder, the workload grows larger and boys get … hairier?

No, the recent growth of facial hair isn’t in preparation for the cold. In fact, “Movember” is more than an attempt to annoy girlfriends and skip the shaving routine for an entire month.

Startlingly, Movember is not connected to any kind of playoff sporting event either. The moustaches sprouting up around the country on the faces of men everywhere can surprisingly be attributed to a great cause.

Movember aims to raise awareness about men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. On Nov. 1, men around the country registered on

Movember.com with a clean-shaven face, and they proceed to grow out their facial hair throughout the remainder of the month.

In doing this, they are supposed to raise awareness and funds from supportive friends and family members, particularly women.

As the website describes it, “ these selfless and generous men, known as Mo Bros, groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery. Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their Mo-growing efforts.”

Clearly, there’s more substance to this movement than growing and styling facial hair.

If men actually participate in the month-long event, funds and awareness could effectively be raised, which is fantastic in terms of progress in research and eventual elimination of deadly disease.

In fact, even if you don’t want to (or can’t) grow a moustache, the McMaster community is striving to help out this Movember with moustache-centered events.

McMaster’s Next Top Moustache, run by MSU Campus Events, is being held in the MUSC atrium on Nov. 23.

On Nov. 25, the McMaster International and Exchange Club is hosting the Moustache Mash at TwelveEighty.

The door fee of $10 will go directly to prostate cancer research. The following night, the Hamilton-McMaster Rotaract Club is holding Rock & Mo’s Stache Bash at Stonewalls (339 York Blvd.) downtown.

There you have it, McMaster.

This month, show your support for moustaches and all they represent. Happy Movember, everyone!