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OBAMA COLUMBIA DOCUMENT RELEASED
5 FACTS WE KNOW ABOUT OBAMAS COLLEGE YEARS
OBAMA COLUMBIA DOCUMENT RELEASED
The image above--never before released--is from public records at Columbia University that prove that Obama did, in fact, graduate in 1983 from the Ivy League school. Contrary to some conspiracy theories, Obama was a student within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences--not the less selective, nontraditional Columbia University School of General Studies (which only merged with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1990).
This never-before-seen document debunks a persistent myth that is unfairly unfavorable to the President.
Some fact-checking websites--such as snopes.com and FactCheck.org--have attempted to debunk the Obama never graduated Columbia conspiracy theory before. Yet they have relied almost entirely on secondary sources and mainstream media reports, which fail to cite primary sources. And the Obama campaign has not provided details of his admission to, or graduation from, the prestigious Ivy League school.
5 FACTS WE KNOW ABOUT OBAMAS COLLEGE YEARS
[P]erhaps no set of documents is more coveted due to its total unavailability than the Presidents college records. These documents have sparked all sorts of conspiracy theories.
To be fair, Obamas predecessor, George W. Bush, didnt release his college records either. Those only became public after a leak from inside Yale University, not due to any consent on the part of the former President.
Well, look no further. Below are five facts regarding Obamas college years at Columbia, that are a starting point for the discussion.
#5. Barack Obama Did Attend Columbia University
This one is pretty much beyond dispute. Two of Obamas former roommates, Sohale Siddiqi and Phil Boerner (the latter of whom was also an Occidental transfer) substantiate it, along with one of Obamas former professors, Michael L. Baron (about whom more later). Politifact also uncovered and spoke to another alumna of Columbia who remembered Obama:
Cathie Currie, who currently teaches social psychology at Adelphi University, recalled Obama joining her group occasionally to play pick-up soccer games on the lawn outside the library. She was a graduate student at the time, and Obama was an undergrad.
He was a good soccer player, she said, even though basketball was his primary athletic passion.