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Two proves to be better than one.
by Justin Deffenbocher
Cramming far an exam . twins Kate and Ali crime," Kate said.
Baxter, gloss through their textbooks. /\s work is Besides completing schoo l work together. the
compared. one lintshes the others' sentence. Baxters compete with each other in tennis as
"Being a twin can be really fun and frustrat - doubles partners
ing at the some time, but you automatically "II ' nic lo h v someone you know really
1-.now someone wherever you go. Uvo:::mll il is well urrJ who you cun rdy on We hell-) euc.h
a great experience because you have someone other improve our games and I can always
going through the same struggles and triumphs . coun t on Kate to play her best." Ali said
and plus you always have a double in a fight," Camp ling against each other is also a
senior Kate Baxter said. common occurrence as Ka te and Ali run against
Whether they're your dou le in o light . study each other for eros coun try Overall developing
partner. or teamm te. being a twin is an inter- each other's abilities as well as su parting one
esting experience for the Baxters, Kate and AIL another.
Complete with countless ups and downs, having "I really don't mind competing against Ali,
a twin holds several perks we're very competitive, but also really exci ted
"Ali is not only my twin but an ultimate study lor each other to do our best." Kate said
partner, whom with I have countless inside jokes , As their books close the Baxter twins pro-
similar experiences , and even the possibility to ceed to begin working on another assignment ,
switch classes; to be cliche she's my partner in one of many.

They are as
identical as a
set of siblings
'We hang out
with alot of the
same people so
he can get on
my nerves. Fraternal twins
share 50% of
the same DNA
'Tim can ·John gets an-
grow a nasty gry really fast
beard which so our argu-
of course I am ments escalate
jealous of." pretty quickly.' Fraternal twins
make up 7 5% of
all twins