I've seen pictures of Obama from the Punahou School yearbook identifying him as Barry Obama, not Barry Soetoro. If you would provide a link from his Punahou School days identifying him as Soetoro, I would appreciate it.
As far as the name "Barry" being evidence of a name change. I just don't see that as proving anything, I grew up with a boy named Robert but never heard him called that. When he was little it was "Bobby", then sometime in jr. high it became "Bob". In fact, most kids I grew up with had nicknames. Annette was Nettie, Kenneth was Kenny - you get the idea.
Check the long reply I just posted.
Hi Lucysmom;
Here is a link to this issue previously discussed on FR. It covers students who knew his at Occidental.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2173340/posts