Mine's quite long. I also have no hairstyle (I just tie it back in a ponytail and re-tie it as necessary), so I may be the worst person to ask.

Today's lesson:
Never go to visit cute animals unless you have the resources to take one home with you.

I took a friend to visit the university's former lab cats, which they are adopting out. I fell in love with a gorgeous tortie-tabby who pretty much demanded that if you were touching her, you had to rub her belly. If you stopped, she'd roll around and try to grab your hand and push it back. I turned into a goo puddle. Also another tortie-tabby and a black one--those two were more like me in cat form.
Alas, my complex would require another $100+ a month to have a cat, not to mention vet care, food, litter...and having to move--potentially across the country--with the cat in a year or so. So no kitty for me, at least not until I graduate and find a more pet-friendly apartment and have income enough to take care of two, so that they can keep each other company when I'm not around. (Also, the boyfriend knows more about cats than I do, so him being here would be a plus.)
Perhaps the department has funds to keep them around as therapy cats?