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The Mission of the Mo

(originally published by  The Student )      Though uniting the likes of Howard Moon, Ned Flanders and Mr T, the stand-alone moustache has largely been shaved off the face of society. An association with seventies porn stars and paedophiles has given the fashion what one can lightly call a bad reputation- one which Movember, the Australian-born month-long charity moustache-a-thon, wants rid of.      On top of its aim to bring back the lost art of the solo Mo, the Movember Foundation raises huge amounts of money and awareness for the fight against male cancers. From an initial seven members way back in 2003, Movember recently crowned its one-millionth Mo Bro and last year raked in a huge £26 million for its partners worldwide. Not bad for a bunch of guys refusing to shave for a month. Now in its seventh year, Movember straddles the globe, and one-month moustaches are grown by hundreds of thousands of formerly clean-shaven Mo Bros. At the last count there were over 107,00