False. He enrolled as "Barack Obama" and was known as "Barry" except to close friends.
It was when he moved on to Columbia and resolved to establish his "identity" that he asked people to call him "Barack".
He had ceased to be "Barry Soetoro" at the time he was sent back to Hawaii to live with the grandparents and attend Punahou.
Sorry, but the facts are the facts.
How do either of you know under what name he registered at Occidental College?
The admission records are sealed. Obama’s own words and the words of others mean nothing. It has been amply demonstrated during the past 17 months that many people, Obama included, are willing to lie concerning his past.
So the “facts are facts” statement is built on sand, particularly if the source is Obama himself and/or someone whose motives are questionable.
Hell, we don’t even know if his birthdate is correct!