Facial-hair transplants for hipsters, and more

Facial-hair transplants for hipsters

Some Brooklyn hipsters with patchy beards are getting facial-hair transplants to give them fashionable, lumberjack-style beards. Full beards have become “an important male identifier,” said Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, a plastic surgeon who performs the $8,000 transplants. “One of the best investments I’ve ever made,” a now full-bearded customer told the New York Post.

Students deface James Meredith statue

The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up

More than 50 years after James Meredith became the first black student at the University of Mississippi, three white students have been accused of hanging a noose and a Confederate battle sign on a campus statue of the civil rights hero. The FBI is investigating the incident. Last year, a large crowd gathered on the Ole Miss campus to protest President Obama’s re-election, shouting racial slurs.