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The Yale Alumni Magazine is owned and operated by Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., a nonprofit corporation independent of Yale University.

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April 2001
Volume 64, Number 6

Feature stories:

Racing by Design
by Mark Alden Branch ’86
The Gilder Boathouse, which was dedicated last fall, marks a bold departure from recent Yale architecture.

A Gladiator Class?
by James L. Shulman ’87, ’93PhD, and William G. Bowen
College athletics may boost school spirit, but an overemphasis on athletic success is having a corrosive effect on academic values.

Paul Mellon’s Personal Best
by Bruce Fellman
Horses, sporting life, and lush English landscapes form the core of the final bequest by Yale’s greatest benefactor.

Lights! Camera! Yale!
by Peter Hawes
With its first tenured professors, the once beleaguered film studies program is hoping for a renaissance.

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