{"id":124786,"date":"2019-05-23T16:27:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T20:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=124786"},"modified":"2019-05-30T10:02:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T14:02:54","slug":"among-the-graduating-seniors-four-sets-of-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/23\/among-the-graduating-seniors-four-sets-of-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Among the graduating seniors, four sets of twins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though they’re twins, Claire and Daly Naughton of Darien, Conn., didn\u2019t consider themselves especially close growing up. They went to different high schools and independently made the decision to come to Bates.<\/p>\n

On campus, in a new environment where they didn\u2019t know many people, they got a lot closer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember freshman year in the Den, you were like, \u2018You\u2019re my best friend,\u2019\u201d Claire tells Daly on May 23 on the Historic Quad. \u201cI was like, \u2018We\u2019ve never been that before.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were kind of each other\u2019s anchors,\u201d Daly adds. As time went on and they grew more comfortable on campus, \u201cwe just realized we make each other laugh, and we have a fun time together, and we have the exact same sense of humor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Daly<\/a>

Daly Naughton and Claire Naughton. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Naughtons are one of four sets of twins graduating from Bates this weekend. We got them all on the Quad for a photograph on Thursday \u2014 a moment together for eight people who, of course, have forged their own paths.<\/p>\n

Daly Naughton, an English major with a creative writing concentration, says her most valuable experience in college was studying abroad in Scotland \u2014 she\u2019s returning there for a master\u2019s in creative writing.<\/p>\n

Claire Naughton, an environmental studies major and four-year volleyball player, will be the Senior Speaker at Commencement. She\u2019s planning to move to Seattle after graduation.<\/p>\n

\"Duane<\/a>

Duane Davis and Dylan Davis. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

Duane and Dylan Davis are from Dix Hills, N.Y.\u00a0 Duane majored in politics, Dylan majored in economics, and they both minored in Spanish. Both said their most valuable experience at Bates was playing on the tennis team, where they were captains.<\/p>\n

John and Coley Cannon, of Greenwich, Conn., are both economics majors. Coley played squash for four years and is a team captain. John says his favorite activities on campus were intramural soccer and softball, and his favorite class was on the Great Recession, with Associate Professor of Economics Paul Shea.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>

John Cannon and William \u201cColey\u201d Cannon. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

Having a twin on campus has been good for Mark and Frank Fusco, of Cheshire, Conn. The Fuscos also didn\u2019t expect to go to college together \u2014 \u201cWe wanted to get away from each other,\u201d says Mark \u2014 but they knew Bates through their sister, Floretta Fusco \u201915. Once all the admissions chips fell, they decided Bates was the right fit for both of them.<\/p>\n

Both brothers are runners, Mark focusing on cross country and Frank on track. Frank majored in politics and is co-president of the College Republicans; Mark majored in physics and is hoping to get into computer programming.<\/p>\n

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Mark Fusco and Frank Fusco. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cHaving a twin on campus, you always have a friend to go hang out with, and that\u2019s one of the most valuable things about going to the same school,\u201d Frank says. \u201cYou\u2019re never lonely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cImmediately coming in, you have at least one other person,\u201d adds Mark. \u201cYou split up, make friends, come back together, mingle and have a bigger group.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The eight twins of the Class of 2019 have forged their own paths, but with a sibling close at hand. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":124787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[11012],"tags":[10805,10831],"class_list":["post-124786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-life","tag-class-of-2019","tag-commencement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124786"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124970,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124786\/revisions\/124970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}