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Both Occidental and Columbia have affirmed that the guy was known as "Obama," insofar as they are concerned. And no, you can't see the records.

Columbia: How he got there:
(1) He was passed by his mentor at Occidental, Lawrence Goldyn, an open communist and gay activist (no I ain't makin' that up) to Bill Ayers.
(2)Bill Ayers had a heavy Columbia connection.
(3)Admission was a snap because he walked in off the street and applied to Columbia School of General Studies. Put it this way. My Irish Setter could have been accepted at General Studies, and he was never housebroken, providing the tuition check didn't bounce.
(4)You can get a degree from Columbia University by completing required course work at General Studies. Your Bachelors Degree diploma will say "Columbia College."

www.gs.columbia.edu

We have no clue what he actually studied at Columbia. Or who paid. GS is very big on seminars for leftists who are promptly praised for Marxist statements. But the reason no one there seems to remember him is most likely the General Studies thing. General Studies people didn't mix with the Ivy Leaguers from the "real" Columbia, except very rarely in seminars open to both, which were and still are many.

So that's the guy's Columbia story. Nice. Doesn't tell us a damn thing, except maybe that he knew Bill Ayers a lot longer than he cares to admit. And if you have plenty of money and a kid who wants an Ivy League degree but has lousy SATs, low HS or Jr. Coll grades, and has good bullshiite, sign him up at Columbia General Studies!