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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 31, 2000 -- Starting today, the path of two distinct social groups -- "Dawson's Creek" devotees and Yale undergrads -- may cross ever so briefly in the theaters, poring over every detail of "The Skulls." But while hypnotized "Dawson's" converts are expected to drool over the film's baby-faced star Joshua Jackson, Yalies will more likely be pondering the similarity between the school's fabled secret society (Skull and Bones) and the film's ersatz one (The Skulls). In the movie version, the aforementioned Joshua Jackson plays a blue-collar townie attending an unidentified Ivy League school. Hijinks (well, mystery) ensues when he's recruited to join the school's prestigious secret society, eponymously named, "The Skulls." And though the filmmakers are illusive about the source of their inspiration, many -- including the Yalies themselves -- have