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Turning points

Small college awakened future senator to service

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By Scott Helman
Globe Staff / August 25, 2008

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When a reserved Hawaiian prep school graduate named Barry Obama arrived on the well-manicured campus of Occidental College in the fall of 1979, sophomore Mark Parsons gained more than a new dorm mate. He gained a smoking buddy. (Full article: 2430 words)

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