<p>Oxy is a great school on a beautiful campus, so if the Obama connection heightens awareness so more students will check it out, why not? </p>
<p>Speaking of history, however, I believe Obama wrote in his autobiography that he decided to attend Oxy because he’d met an L.A. girl who was vacationing in Hawaii the previous year and sort of followed her to L.A. by choice of college. I find that story (if true) fascinating for us ccers as it shows that even a man with a tremendous serious future made his college decision at age 17 for less than completely serious reasons. As do many. Lots of people find their true calling after senior year of high school. It’s possible that Oxy was critical to helping Obama find out what he truly wanted to do with his life, and for that sort of collegiate epiphany most parents would gladly pay.</p>