The Philly Face Blanket
Jon Yeston
Senior in the College studying Cognitive Science
“The intellectual story: I went on vacation and I was reading a lot of Camus and Salinger at the time, which made me think that shaving was useless etc. etc. The real story: I got lazy and it’s cold as shit in Philly.”
The Joe’s Barista Pre-Req Stache
Nolan Burger
Senior in the College studying International Relations
“I can’t grow a full beard. But I also can’t shave, because then I’ll look like a twelve-year-old boy. So what you’re seeing is essentially facial hair purgatory.”
The Software Developer
Kieraj Mumick
Sophomore in SEAS studying Networked and Social Systems Engineering
“The world is a connected place. People are almost separated from anyone else by 3 degrees of separation. Similarly, my beard hairs form a true connection from one side of my face to the other.”
The God of Beards
Darien Nelson-Henry
Junior in the College studying Sociology.
“A beard speaks volumes to a man’s character, as it shows he possesses many qualities that others lack.”
The Facial Jew-fro
Isaac Silber
Senior in the College studying English
The Ginger Confucius
Ryan Muldoon
Senior Research Fellow in the Philosophy, Politics and Economics
“I grew it to look older than my students when I first started teaching.”
The Super Mario
Tom Bracaglia
Senior in the College studying Economics
“My beard has grown on me over the years.”
The Twin Chins
Eric Shapiro, Senior in Wharton and Wyatt Shapiro, Senior not in Wharton
“To beard, or not to beard, that is the question.”
The Magical Mystery Beard
Stephen Masso
Senior in SEAS studying Systems Engineering
“Sometimes when I lick my mustache I can taste the Diet Coke I drank earlier.”
The Lumbersexual
Brendan Bercik,
Senior in the College studying Visual Studies
“The beard speaks for itself.”
