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It was at Occidental where he stopped being called “Barry” and became Barack Obama, Newsweek pointed out in its account of Obama’s formative years that featured his black-and-white freshman photo on the cover. “It was when I made a conscious decision: I want to grow up,” he told the magazine.
In Indonesia. When he was living with his stepfather, Lolo Soetoro. When he was six years old. Last I looked, six-year-olds aren't responsible for parents' changing their name, and there's no proof he was ever legally adopted by Lolo Soetoro.
At Occidental, he changed his name from Barry (a nickname) Obama to Barack (a legal name) Obama. There's no proof he ever registered under the name Barry Soetoro in any U.S. school he attended, including Punahou.
It's amazing how many myths and fantasies have been produced from one single image of a 1968 Indonesian school register.
"Proof," by the way, consists of evidence -- verified, authenticated, concrete evidence that would be acceptable in a court of law, according to the court's rules for such evidence.
Yes, he stopped using his nickname at that time. So? Last time I checked, one doesn't have to legally change one's name to start or stop using a nickname.
His School Record lists him as Barry Soetoro.
A registration document from a private school in Indonesia listed him as such when he was 6 or 7 years old. That doesn't mean he ever legally changed his to Barry Seoterro. Nor does it mean he ever went by Seoterro while at Occidental.
All it means is that he Seoterro as an alias when he was a child living in Indonesia.
He went to Indonesia and Pakistan before he started at Columbia,
As many US citizens did, on US passports.
and it is not a stretch (Since he never had a US Pasport until becoming a Senator for Illinois),
How do you know he never had a US passport until then? What's your source?