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Behrend’s Twins
by Dana Gross
Collegian Staff Writer
Did you ever wonder what it are both seventh semester accoun
would be like to be a twin; to have ting majors and both participate
a brother or sister who looks ex- on the varsity basketball and soft-,
actly like a mirror image of ball teams,
yourself? There are numerous sets The staff of Behrend College is
of twins either attending or work- hot exempt from having a set of
ing at Behrend College. twins. Julie Espin is a secretary to
Seniors Melinda and Melissa the athletic department and her
Stasenko are identical twins and twin sister, Jan, is a secretary to
roommates. Many twins decide to the associate provost in the Ad-
Mindy and Missy Stasenko
separate when they go away to ministration Building,
school, but these twins did not. Jan and Julie are identical
“We wanted to attend the same twins, and share an apartment in
school to help each other achieve Erie. It is by coincidence that they
our goals,” they said. both work at Behrend College.
When asked what it was like be- When asked if there were any
ing a twin, they replied: “Being a advantages to being twins, they
twin is basically like two people both agreed that it is a definite ad
who share the same ideas, beliefs, vantage to always have someone
morals, and interests, while at the to talk to.
same time being separate They could not think of any
individuals.” disadvantages since they have
Mindy and Missy both feel that “never not been a twin”, so they
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ferent people. The Stasenko twins
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Explain Life As A Double
Do people treat them as if they
were one person? Julie said,
“When we were growing up peo
ple tended to treat us that way,
but now that we’re older it doesn’t
happen very often.”
The Espin twins stated they feel
they are on the same wavelength
“ There is always so
meone to talk to
who knows you bet
ter than anyone
else . ”
because much of the time they will
say the same thing or have the
same opinion about something.
As far as the myth about one
twin getting hurt and the other
feeling the pain, Julie claimed that
it is not true, and she and her
sister Jan are two separate people.
They feel they are closer because
they are twins. “We are closer
than we probably would be if we
were fraternal sisters,” they said.
How do fraternal twins, Susie
and Scott Sherrill explain their
relationship? Susie, a sophomore
management major, andi Scott, a
sophomore ceramic, science
engineering major, note many ad
vantages to being a twin. “There
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is always someone to talk to, so- “but better. Most people feel that
meone who knows us better than their closest friends are ones who
anyone else,” they said. are almost like family. Try to im-
What is it like being a twin? agine that they actually are
“You often hear people saying family.”
that their best friend grew up next Twins seem to have a certain
door and they started underlying understanding of each
kindergarten together,” Susie other,” Susie concluded. “You
said. “Well, being a twin is almost don’t really talk about it, but you
exactly like that,” she continued, know it’s there.”
MAY 2, 1984