Karnofsky, who also writes for the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to publish a so-called humor magazine, noted that the speech would be “an opportunity to force people to listen to me.”
And Miller said it was hope for a second chance that sparked his decision to submit a Class Day speech.
“I gave the Commencement address at my high school and was really disappointed at how it turned out,” he said. “And I guess this is my chance for redemption.”
—Staff writer Laura L. Krug can be reached at krug@fas.harvard.edu.
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