Powers also pointed to Harvard’s inauspicious history with bubbles and athletic facilities.
In December 1973, a winter wind ripped the corner of a 5-year-old bubble off the now-nonexistent Farrell Intercollegiate Track facility, sending the $300,000 nylon structure floating to the ground.
—Staff writer Rebecca D. O’Brien can be reached at robrien@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Jessica E. Vascellaro can be reached at vascell@fas.harvard.edu.
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