I don't remember seeing this posted, if so I apologize in advance...
I heard about this article on the radio, so I decided to look it up. Maybe this is why her Princeton thesis had the focus that it did.
Probably the most ironic thing is that her roomate is a lesbian. her mother can deal with that but can't deal with interracial marriage
Georgian recalls rooming with Michelle Obama | ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/news/stories/2008/04/12/roommate_0413.html - broken link)