Thomas Benya rarely wears traditional ties, preferring the string bolo ties that he says reflect his American Indian roots, but when he wore a smaller bolo under his gown to his graduation from Maurice J. McDonough High School in Pomfret, school officials withheld his diploma. The tie, they said, violated the dress code for the ceremony.

There was a kid who took his pants off and threw them up at graduation. He got his diploma, but not the kid who wore the bolo tie.

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