Politics
Columbia University Clarifies on ‘Obama’s Return’
President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
(New York Amsterdam News) – Multiple reports indicated that once President Barack Obama ends his term as Commander-in-Chief, going to take a position at Columbia University. The school is now clarifying what they meant.
News broke Monday on Columbia’s breaking student news blog “Bwog” Twitter account that Columbia University confirmed that Obama will come back to his alma mater to work.
“PrezBo stated the Obama’s would be returning to Columbia in an official capacity next year. No further details,” the tweet said.
The school’s student newspaper, the Columbia Daily Spectator, reported that university President Lee Bollinger said at a convocation held on Monday that “Columbia is looking forward to hosting the president in 2017.”
