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Cummings said that the addition to his speechwas prompted by an incident at his school the daybefore his graduation.
Soon after the speech, Failoni wrote a letter to the admissions office at Harvard about Cumming's action. While no action was taken against Cummings, Failoni has been stripped.
Cummings said he wrote the additional paragraphat "2 o'clock in the morning" of graduation. Twodays after graduation, Cummings said, Failoni senthim a copy of a letter the activities director hadwritten to Harvard about the speech.
Failoni and Cummings did not know each otherwell while the letter attended North Miami.Failoni, though, is in charge of setting uprehearsals for the valedictorian andsalutatorian(s) after they have turned theirspeeches in to be checked for grammaticalcorrectness and general flow.
But, contrary to some media reports, Failonisaid in an interview this week that he was notattempting to have Cummings' admission to Harvardrescinded.