[Plutarch]

This cannot be, because it alleges a conspiracy between Obama and the UC to inflate his credentials. Just posting this article makes you a kook conspiracy theorist.

[Steve_Seattle]

You don’t need to posit a conspiracy to think that the U.C. might want to make Obama look good, or to make him appear to have had more of a prominent role than he did. With Obama, it’s done all the time - his most ordinary speeches and actions - e.g., swatting a fly - are given absurdly grandiose significance.