Professor Gets Fired for Beer Commercial Appearance

moustacheThe following tale is a not-so-gentle reminder as to how your personal pursuits can impact your professional ones.

Meet Dr. Paul Roof. The associate professor of sociology at Charleston Southern University is now a former associate professor of the Christian-affiliated school. He was fired, according to WCBD-TV, because his face and elaborate beard appeared on a beer can.

Roof’s long beard is apparently worn straight down but in competitions, he waxes and configures the beard into sculpture-like concoctions.

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