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The term Wesleyan Mafia has long been used to describe a cadre of graduates in Hollywood: successful directors, studio heads and writers. In music, too, graduates of the small liberal arts college in Middletown, Conn.about two hours from New Yorkhave had unusual critical success that stirred talk of a Connecticut Cosa Nostra. But its less surprising to hear that Michael Bay and MGMT attended Wesleyan, since the school is well known for its film and music departments. While computer science has never been among Wesleyans specialties, alumni seem to have found an especially prominent place of late among Silicon Alleys elite.
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<p>The article goes on to mention Take Two Interactive, Tumblr, Union Square Ventures, RRE Ventures, Betaworks and other venture capital firms or their start-ups and how Wesleyan grads seem to hold important, often interconnecting outposts at each.</p>