There's a lot of leeway when talking about the President of the United States. How do you think people got away with some of the awful things said about Bush?
Columbia needs to address the upcoming trial and Manning’s accusations. Did Obama attend Columbia as a traditional student or was he given a free degree without doing any of the work? If they gave him a free degree, why? And if so, is it really a legitimate degree if he didn’t do any of the course work.
Columbia cannot ignore this.