Schick ranks Mason a top cleanest-shaven campus

The September "State of Scruff" is just in time for No Shave November. What's that, you ask?

A recent study conducted by the makers of Schick Hydro razors and the research firm Sperling’s Best Places ranked George Mason University the 23rd cleanest-shaven school in the U.S.

Among the top five cleanest shaven colleges were Virginia schools James Madison University and University of Virginia. On the other end of the spectrum, the neighboring American University and Georgetown University were both placed in the bottom five.

According to a press release from Schick, researchers collected data through first-hand student observations.

“We sent researchers onto campuses across America to observe guys’ shaving habits,” said Bert Sperling, president of Sperling’s Best Places. “The one trend that stuck out the most was that guys at southern schools preferred the clean shaven look, while guys at Northeast-city schools tended to sport more scruff.”

Read the full story – complete with Broadside's No Shave November "Beard-o-pedia"  – at Broadside Online.