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Yale

President Spermbuster?

Yale's next president, Benno C. Schmidt Jr. is not only an expert on constitutional law, he also seems to be an expert on Woody Allen's sperm.

Schmidt made a cameo appearance in Allen's newest film, "Hannah and Her Sisters." The cherub-faced future president plays the role of a doctor who tells Allen that his sperm count is too low.

Campus reaction has been sleepy. "I'm not worried because he is our president before he is a movie star," said one perceptive Yale student.

"There has been little student reaction one way or another as most people are unaware of it," said Eli sophomore Guy Maxtome-Graham.

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"He [Schmidt] was a friend of a friend of Woody's and they met at some social occasion. Benno had the qualities that he [Allen] was looking for in that character," said Peter Hass, a publicity coordinator for the movie.

Schmidt will probably receive more money at Yale than in Hollywood, but the president's services were not gratis. According to union rules, Schmidt had to be paid for his appearance, Haas said.

Although Schmidt liked the movie very much, Haas said he had no idea whether Schmidt would be making any future appearances on the silver screen.

Schmidt was Dean of the Columbia Law School when the film was shot in New York, and Yale had not yet made him its president-designate.

Neither Schmidt nor his agent could be reached for comment. WILLIAM AND MARY

Eddie Murphy Aids Scholars

Comedian Eddie Murphy makes thousands of college students drop their books in laughter. Now the star of blockbuster movies like "Beverly Hills Cop" will help a few of them to study.

The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, has established the Eddie Murphy scholarship endowment, which will provide financial aid of between $500 and $1000 to minority students from the greater New York area, the campus newspaper reported.

The size of the endowment--which was established this year by Murphy's manager, Robert D. Wachs--has not been revealed, but college policy requires all endowments to exceed a minimum of $10,000. Murphy did not directly contribute to the establishment of the fund.

A 1964 graduate of Harvard Law School, Wachs began his show business career when he and a partner opened a club called The Comic Strip in New York in 1979. Murphy first appeared there as a stand-up comic in 1979, and later on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live."

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