Huffington Post has this item on nine things people may not know about Barack Obama when he was in college at Occidental.

It’s drawn from the new biography by David Maraniss.

Excerpt:

Barack Obama’s usual outfits in college included Ocean Pacific corduroy shorts or denim jeans, a shell bracelet, polo shirts or tees, including one promoting the Hawaii state senate candidacy of Neil Abercrombie (who later became a Congressman and Governor). Maraniss also states that Obama was fond of flip-flops.

—Chad Blair

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