LehighWeek Volume 05, Issue 12

              Vol. 5, Issue 12
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
November 19,1991
Sibling
Rivalries
By BARBARA LEE
Photo by Bruce Winter
David (left) and
Michael Watkins
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Leminiscent of civil wars
which pit brother against brother,
this Saturday, Lehigh freshman
David Watkins will don brown
and white as he sets out to meet
his twin brother and Lafayette
College freshman. Mike—clad in
maroon and white. The two will
be in opposite stands at the
Lehigh-Lafayette football game.
But these identical twin 18-
year-old brothers from Rye
Brook. N.Y. are not likely to let
the conflict rip apart their family.
In fact, they think attending the
schools of the most-played college football rivalry is great fun.
"It's so funny that our schools
happen to be such huge rivals,"
David says. "You can bet I will
be sitting on the Lehigh side and
Mike will be on the other."
Both brothers wanted to study
business, but felt it was important
for their own identities to attend
different schools. On the recommendation of friends who were
Lehigh alumni, Lehigh became
David's first choice school, while
his brother Mike preferred nearby
Lafayette.
"I think Lafayette is a nice
size. I am really comfortable
there," Mike explains. "You don't
have these huge hills everywhere,
and I think the campus is prettier."
"No way!" counters brother
David, explaining that he was at-
November
18-21
, Monday-Thursday
King and Queen Voting 10:30-2:30 p.m. / U.C. across from the Post Office
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, Wednesday
Computer Photo Buttons 11:00-2:00 p.m. / U.C Grace Lounge
Comedian: Rich Hall 9:00 p.m. / Packard Lab Auditorium
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., Thursday
Caricatures 11:00-2:00 p.m. / U.C. Grace Lounge
Turkey Trot 4:10 p.m.
Wrestle Off 7:30 p.m. / Stabler FREE
Comedienne: Paula Poundstone 9:00 p.m. \Packard Lab Auditorium
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, Friday
Women's Basketball Team 5:15 p.m. /vs. Princeton /Stabler
Men's Basketball Team 7:30 p.m. / vs. Harvard / Stabler
Bonfire 8:45-11 p.m.
o Student Band "Mad Buick"
o Introduction of King/Queen & Court
o Included in the program will be:
Marching '97
Football team
Cheerleaders
Head coach Hank Small an
others
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Photo by BRIAN S. RICKER '94
w?, Saturday
eopard Brunch-sponsored by the Alumni Association / For more
information call 758-5113.
Lehigh vs. Lafayette Football 1:00 p.m.
Concert "Black Sheep" 8:00 p.m. / upper Grace Hall / $8 in advance,
$10 at the door / Tickets on sale in the U.C.
After Party 10:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. / upper Grace Hall / Co-sponsored Late Night
traded by the layout of Lehigh's
campus.
The twins enjoy visiting each
other and attending parties together. And both are becoming
involved in fraternities at their
respective schools and feel that
their social lives are very important. Mike has been in competitions on Lafayette's crew team,
and David enjoys playing football and softball with fellow fraternity members.'
Growing up in a small town,
the brothers explain that it was a
bit of a struggle to have their own
identities until they attended separate high schools. Mike attended
and graduated from the
Brunswick School in Greenwich,
Conn, while David graduated
from Blind Brook High School in
Rye Brook. But the brothers
worked together many days after
school at the Purchase Community House in Purchase, N.Y..
Both attended the community
house's day camp each summer
as they grew up, and then started
lifeguarding there each summer.
Mike explains being able to
develop distinct personalities has
helped them to get along better.
"We're very different people,"
David adds, explaining that each .
brother has his own circle of
friends and very different tastes
in music and clothing.
In fact, they say the worst
difficulty to overcome as twins
has been sharing the same car.
"When we would each have the
car every other day," David explains, "we would try to run the
gas down to the red and leave it
for the other. It was like a game
to see which of us would be mature and put gas in the car."
But now that the car sits at
home in Rye Brook, they say
disputes have quieted—at least
until Saturday.
Mary J. Purdy Went
up the Hill; '
to Lehigh University
from Bethlehem
Steel.
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