Rosstache 2008 - The Burt Reynolds Club

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Photos, photos, photos . . .

What you all came to see. . . here's links to some photos as taken by our head photographer Vicky Escrojin

Rosstache 2008 Finals, Vicky Escrojin

Fei Xu's Rosstache 2008 photos

The week before the finals. . .

Cleanshaven Photos - March 6th

Total Donations Received Per Person as of Apr 3rd

Some photos of the trophies and Edge Shave Gel from the event as well as crowd shots and a parting shot from the Stachetrust!

Friday, April 4, 2008

Thank you to all who came out last night!

As you all know from the +$8000 in donations we gathered for Orchards Children's Services, last night's event was an amazing success. Thank you to all who helped, the money that was raised, and a great event for a great charity!

T-shirts are still available for $12, please e-mail me at sfbrown at umich. We still have at least one in each size (especially Small) but not many more than that.

Photos are already hitting Facebook, official photos from our lovely photographer Vicky Escrojin will be coming tomorrow! We'll post some key pictures in the next few days . . .

The winners were. . .
Top Donations Received: Josh Nothwang
2nd most donations: Joe Digoroliamo
3rd most donations: Bryan McCoy
4th most donations: Mike Blais

Best Village People Person - NO ONE
Best Porn Star - Mike Elzahr
Best Redneck - Mark Link
Best TV / Movie - Nick Proia
Best Blonde / Red Moustache - Dave Giannino
Absentia - Grant Summers
Woman of Rosstache - Purvi Ravani
Best Creepy - Brian Harley
All Other - Ambra Heard & Nate Bosco
Lazy Stache - Vivek Gadiraju

Best Prepubescent - Tony Ouyang

Best Average Joe - Nate Troup

Best Caveman - Chris Hart

Best in Show - Bryan McCoy

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Check out Contestant Photos!

With only a day left in Rosstache, things are really heating up. Between great photos from the Women of Rosstache, nice absentia photos, a great challenge bid (sorry Sergio, you're just about done), and the actual finale tomorrow night at Scorekeepers, Rosstache is going amazingly well. The biggest thing of course is the money we have been able to raise. . . tomorrow we will release the grand total, which of course is still changing every few minutes from generous donations from people like you! Support Orchards Children's Services and your favorite moustached man!

Click the photo or this link to visit the contestant photos to see more shots! And keep those donations rolling in through the PayPal site!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Since we have nothing else of value to say today. . .

Other than keep those donations in, those upper lips hairy and those gray cells whirring to figure out what you are planning on wearing for the finals on April 3rd, here's a picture of a cat with a moustache.

Also for your viewing pleasure . . .

Thanks to Kati Prause and Nick Proia for the media!

Monday, March 31, 2008

Rosstache Week is Heating Up!

With nary three days to go, the many beards and other concoctions created by the men of Ross are being cut down to moustaches by tomorrow. Stachians, you must be down to any combination of a moustache, fu man chu, soul patch, and/or sideburns, your hair may NOT connect below the lip.

Photos are being uploaded to the contest website, if yours is not there or you wish to have one added/changed please email

T-shirts are still for sale, stop in the b-school lounge between 11am and 2pm Monday thru Wednesday to buy one, if you are unable to do so please email sfbrown .

We are almost there men, stay strong! Keep pushing for donations to the PayPal site or in the lounge!

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Rosstache Represents at SVCIC Competition

Two of the brothers of the stache, Vikram Vaiysha and Andy Davis stepped up bigtime and with their team won 2nd place in the SVCIC (Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition). They were the only people in the entire competition with hair on their faces, yet they stayed strong, did not pick up the razor and kept their faces unshorn throughout. Viva la beard!

Random photos from Happy Hour

McCoy, Proia, Brown and Heidel

Giannino and Erbstein

a non-hairy Dishlip, Silverman and LeBeau

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Pictures of Rosstache Past for Inspiration

Many have asked "What should I do?" or "How should I dress?" We are all wrestling with these questions, and figuring out the best option for your particular face is far from easy. But what you can do is view the blogs from last year as follows . . .

2007 home

2007 Contestant Photos

2006 home

As always, email with any questions and go to the PayPal site to donate!

Updates on upcoming events

Hello Rosstachians,

Its coming time to shave those beards into cookie dusters and bring in Rosstache Week! So, here are a few things you should know (and answers to some questions I have been getting):

This Thursday, 3/27, at RSA Happy Hour (7-9)

This Thursday is the kickoff of Rosstache Week! We would like those of you who can make it to Happy Hour on Thursday to shave something fun into your beards. Last year I did some mean chops, but this year I’ll be doing something a little different – We’ll post some sample pics to the blog to give you some ideas. The main purpose is to raise awareness for Rosstache Week. We will be taking pictures to post and send out in promotional emails. You don’t need to keep your crazy look, but you have to keep at least your mustache, of course.

Shave to the ‘stache

You MUST be down to just the mustache by Tuesday, April 1^st. This year we will allow the Fu Manchu and soul patch.

T-shirts

T-shirts will be available during happy hour this Thursday, 3/27. Don’t worry if you didn’t tell us you wanted one… we got extras.

Next Thursday, 4/3, at RSA Happy Hour (7-9): JUDGING

We will be sending out more information about the final event this Friday. However, we will be asking people to sign up for different categories (e.g. Cop Stache). We are asking you to sign up in advance so that we don’t have everyone doing one category. We will also be giving out trophies for best stache in every category and money raisers (the trophies are pretty cool and it is the first year Rosstache has them – think collectors items). Outfit/costume/look counts for these awards (except the money) so do your best to look your funniest, best, or worse.

Fundraising

We have over $650 of personal donations so far… good work! Keep it coming… we still have a lot of work to do. Below is the link you can send to friends, family, etc. that will bring them to the site with the directions for donating. Also, if you would like to get an employer to donate or if it is a donation of serious size you can email us for instructions for making sure the donation is tax deductible. Using the fact that some companies match donations is a good way to get a good size check.

‘Stache on!!

-Chris and your faithful Rosstache leaders

Amit's story of courage

In a recent e-mail we published the story of an amazing MBA, Amit Nagpal.

His first e-mail to the Stachetrust was in reference to a second lunch meeting with a potential hiring company. The reply was to suggest that he shave if it was for a job, that we would all understand. But the following is this man’s reply.

Just to let you know, I didn't shave it off.
Instead I wrote an email before explaining my love for Rosstache and it's philanthropic goals. Although it wasn't for full-time, as it was a start-up company, I believe the growth indicated maturity and the speckled gray hairs represented wisdom.

He gave me some contract consulting work for the next month and a good hourly rate.
Score one for Rosstache.

Hairy & Employed,

Amit

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Great Men Wear Moustaches

Many a great man has worn moustaches through history: Albert Einstein, Keith Hernandez, Geraldo . . .the list goes on and on. In some cases, all of the greats have had moustaches, such as in NASCAR. Randy Johnson would not have been as intimidating without his magnificent lip broom. Yes, in some rare cases a man with a moustache goes too far (including others that do not need to be mentioned) but we the men of Rosstache know that a moustache is a true sign of virility and we are proud to grow them for the Ross community, Ann Arbor and even the world (our honorable MAP Stachians).

As such, we announce that we will have an award titled "Best Moustache in Absentia." There are multiple cases of men who want to grow a great stache and support Orchards Children's Services, but some are overseas/abroad or heading to the MBA Games and unable to attend the finals. So if you are unable to make the contest, what we will do is accept photos up until Wednesday at Noon (REVISED since first post) to be posted shortly after to the blog. Send your best moustache photo to REMOVED, we will judge the submissions and announce the winner at the finals as well as by e-mail the next day. The same $15 minimum rule on donations for those being judged in person will follow for these men in absentia as well, but of course the more you raise the better!

Monday, March 24, 2008

A True Sign of Dedication - Picture of the Day

One of our Stachians had a wedding this weekend, in which his wife was a bridesmaid. Did he shave off his facial hair? Did he even turn it into a goatee?

Nope, he kept his beard, so Dan "The Bridesmaid" Gesser has earned "'Photo of the Day" status. Support this man and donate to the cause!

The First Challenge Bet - Sergio Laprade-Velasco

There are men in the Ross community who have had facial hair since coming here, to the point where we have never seen their naked faces. Reading that sentence, I bet one of the first people you think of is the one and only Sergio Laprade-Velasco. Practically born with a goatee in place, the fear of the razor kept him out of Rosstache. Yet he has decided to step up for the good of the charity and put his facial hair up on the charity block. If we raise $150 in Sergio's name, he will pick up the razor and be cleanshaven for the first time in his MBA career. As the first "Shave It" challenge bet of Rosstache, go to the PayPal donation site and click on the "Shave It Award" link, donate any amount of money more than $3, and click on the "Contestants Name" box on the "Please Review Your Donation" page and type in Sergio's name. We will also be taking cash donations for this at any other Rosstache-related events!

So support this good man, a great charity and make him shave it off!

Midpoint Photos Part 2

All of the midpoint photos we currently have are uploaded below.

Varun "Double H" Chhabra

Shunkar "Tootsie Roll" Sudnaram

Tony "Is" Gross

Tony "10 Hairs" Ouyang

Todd "Major Tom" Bowie

Tim "Love Sick" Lepczyk

Tanuj "More Booze " Mittal

Sri "Double Ds" Maddipati

Nate "Girl Scout" Troup

Matt "Empty Tank" McMurtry

Kevin "Pinner" Dundek

Joe "Hoser" Moser

Joe "Didurmomma" Digirolama

Eric "La Cocina" Vucina

Bryan "Dragon Beard" McCoy

Anugrah "So Huge-ah " Joshi

Amol "Catch em all" Luktuke

"Dear" Abhi Pathak

Aaron "Irish Cream " Bailey

Manish "Da Boss" Dabas

Friday, March 21, 2008

More photos being uploaded tomorrow from happy hour

Until then, here's a pic of some stachians enjoying basketball

Rosstache Midpoint Photos Part 1

In no particular order, here are the pictures of the men of Rosstache as taken on Thursday the 20th as well as others emailed in. If your photo wasn't taken by Steve or Chris on Thursday, please take your own and send it in to rosstacheleaders@umich.edu!