I should probably read the replies to this first. But they are so expected, why bother?
The answer to the question is simple - to do so would remove the patina of intellect the media has struggled so hard to keep on the Anointed One. To release his records might show a typical path to a degree with little or no preparatory and challenging courses.
Nothing 'typical' about it.
First, nobody remembers obama from Columbia. How is that possible?
Because Birthers are idiots. And liars.
'Nobody remembers Obama from Columbia'- why exactly are you passing that lie on?
Here we go- people remembering Obama at Columbia
Phil Boerner, Classmate and Roommate
I was Barack Obama ’83’s roommate at Columbia College in fall 1981.... We both transferred from Oxy to Columbia infall
981.
Sohale Siddiqi, Classmate and Roommate
The way
Sohale Siddiqi remembers it, he and his old roommate were walking his pug Charlie on Broadway when aarge, scary bum approached them, stomping on the ground near the dog's head.
Michael J. Wolf, Classmate
Michael J. Wolf, who took the seminar with him and went on to become president of
MTV Networks, said: “He was very smart. He had a broad sense of international politics and international relations. It was a class with a lot of debate. He was a very, very active participant. I think he was truly distinctive from the other people in that class. He stood out.”
Michael Ackerman, Classmate
A young man with a red backpack often lingered outside the International Affairs Building. He was a commuter student, so he typically arrived early, but the door to his Modern Political Movements class was always locked until the last minute. His classmate, Michael Ackerman, CC ’84, always forgot whether his name was Barry or Barack.
Jim Davidson, Classmate
... I met Barack Obama at Columbia University when we were both students there in Spring 1983... I was a student at Columbia University 1981-1985.
Cathie M. Currie, Graduate Student
"I knew [Obama] while he was [at Columbia]. He was remarkable then, but not in the way that most people think of as "remarkable." He was not trying to be noticed — he was studious and thoughtful. I said of him: "Whatever Barack decides to do for a career, he will be the best at it." When he left our group he was often on his way to a library."
Jonathan Zimmerman '83, Classmate (Added 8/10/2012)
Would he attend his thirtieth next year? Obama’s classmate
Jonathan Zimmerman, director of the History of Education Program at New York University, who remembers the president from a sociology class taught by Andrew Walder, hopes so. “I’ve never been to a reunion,” he said. “But if that guy says he’s going, I’m going!”
Lennard Davis, Assistant Professor (Now Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago)
In the spring of 1983, I was Barack Obama's professor at Columbia University. Barack, or Barry as he was known then, was a senior in my class on "The Novel and Ideology." I understand from reliable sources that he liked the class and was intrigued by what I was teaching.
Michael L. Baron, Professor of Political Science
One person who did remember Mr. Obama was
Michael L. Baron, who taught a senior seminar on international politics and American policy. Mr. Baron, now president of an electronics company in Florida, said he was Mr. Obama’s adviser on the senior thesis for that course. Mr. Baron, who later wrote Mr. Obama a recommendation for Harvard Law School, gave him an A in the course.