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Student Life —The Independent Newspaper of \Vashington Un'i\ Ersity in St Louis Since]1878 MAKING A RACQUET | LIFE ON THE SQUASH COURT 1 SPORTS PAGE 8 STUDENT LIFE —THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF \VASHINGTON UN'I\ ERSITY IN ST LOUIS SINCE]1878 VOLUME 128, NO. 5 FRIDAY. 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