His non-appearance isn’t all that suspicious. At Columbia College there were always a few students who lived off campus and were virtual hermits without much interaction with the rest of the student body.
And when I went there you didn’t have to show up for class as long as you passed the course with a B- average. I signed up for two courses at the same hour my senior year so I wouldn’t have any classes past noon.
Everything worked pretty well until finals when the two classes final exams were scheduled at the same time. I went to
Also, as I love to reiterate, the fellow was out of town in Pakistan for an alarmingly large portion of the time he was supposed to be at 116th, or thereabouts.
Man of mystery.