Class Cuts

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.

"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."

Murphy has since become a multi-millionaire, thanks to his appearance in movie hits like "48 Hours," "Trading Places," and "Beverly Hills Cop." Wachs works with a number of other entertainers, but primarily manages Murphy's career. PRINCETON

Tigers Pressure Clubs

Princeton's exclusive, all-male eating clubs continue to attract national attention to the New Jersey campus, as two of the clubs recently filed federal lawsuits to maintain their single-sex status, while a third club settled a dispute out of court.

Sally Frank, a Princeton grad who has spearheaded the campus-wide anti-sexist drive aimed at making club membership co-ed, last week reached an out-of-court agreement with the Cottage Club. Earlier this month, Cottage decided to admit women for the first time in its 100-year history in order to comply with a ruling of the state's civil rights agency.

Frank received $20,000 from the Cottage Club to cover legal expenses and damages. She has said she will donate some of the money to a Princeton women's center, The Daily Princetonian reported.

Although Frank had sought membership in the Cottage Club as part of the settlement, she decided to postpone that demand until her lawsuits against two other exclusive clubs, the Tiger Inn and the Ivy Club, are settled. Frank has also requested membership in those clubs.

Campus observers speculate, however, that the Tiger Inn and Ivy Club are renewing their efforts to remain all-male bastions. The two clubs last month each filed separate federal lawsuits seeking to overturn the decision of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights. That decision had prohibited sex discrimination in the clubs because they are "public accomodations."

Neither the Tiger Inn nor the Ivy Club have yet complied with that decision. STANFORD

Commencespeak

Stanford seniors have invited Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to speak at the Palo Alto, Calif. school's graduation when he visits the U.S. for a summit later this year.

Campus organizers said in a letter to Gorbachev that "it is our deepest hope that you could attend and take part in our...commencement ceremonies." The Soviet general secretary has not yet responded to the request, The Stanford Daily reported.

Gorbachev's visit to the U.S. was originally scheduled for June, but President Reagan has indicated that the date of the summit may be pushed back to next fall.

Undaunted, the Stanford seniors also extended an open invitation for Gorbachev to visit and speak on campus anytime.

Stanford President Donald Kennedy prefaced the seniors' letter with a cover letter that expressed "the strong desire of many of the students here for you to visit our campus."

The California school's student newspaper has been deluged by letters concerning the invitation to Gorbachev. While many students support the visit by the Soviet leader, others have criticized the opportunity for Gorbachev to disseminate "propaganda."