I think that is what Percy Sutton said.
In general, Columbia and Harvard (as well as other highly selective schools) will do almost anything to improve their AA numbers. That is all the more true when someone comes along with the right sponsors and political pedigree.
Once he was in HLS, Obamalini was astute enough to use his personality to allow the anguished leftists on the faculty feel good about themselves. Larry Tribe would be a good example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EcC0QAd0Ug
I sent this to Levin years ago...nothing, no response at all.
My daughter-in-law is a Harvard grad. Not too long ago, while babysitting, I went through her yearbook. Most of the names were impossible to pronounce. I would say that the majority of students in her class were from foreign countries or minorities from here.