Why is There a Black Market for Haircuts at Grove City College?
by J. H. Huebert The Collegian January 28, 2000 Late last semester, I overheard a fellow Grove City College student lamenting the fact that he has been prohibited from advertising his service of cutting men’s hair at a low price. The school may not really care if he gives haircuts, but the state government does, so he’s been ordered to stop. For in Pennsylvania, as in most states, one must be registered and have a license to cut hair for money. We’re so used to seeing licenses on display in barbershops that it may seem only natural to think that one should have to be licensed to be a cut hair. But when you think about it, doesn’t such a requirement seem sort of silly? What’s the worst thing a barber could do to you if he weren’t properly trained? Leave you goofy-looking? I suppose he could cut your ear off, or poke you in the eye, but you’re not going to trust your hair to a maniac, anyway, are you? Talk about over-protective! It seems like whoever came up with that licensing requireme
