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Although this past November will be long remembered in Harvard athletic history for the Crimson's amazing come-from-behind victory over Yale, it was marked by a darker event as well. The 98-year-old Carey Cage, an historic structure long associated with Harvard athletics, was razed. We condemn this action as an affront to Harvard's aesthetic and athletic standards...
...Carey Cage was a main attraction on the tours of recruited athletes, an impressive display of Harvard's devotion to its Division I athletic programs. Harvard fields 41 athletic teams and the majority of these teams, whether in or out of season, have a weekly weightlifting routine. The Cage was easily the locus of the athletic community, a place to workout in the company of other intensely training athletes...
...about the loss of the athletic community's social focal point, most athletes are most concerned about completing their workout in the crowded confines of the Gordon Track and Tennis Center, which some have likened to a fishbowl. The new weight room is approximately a fifth the size of Carey Cage and remains dangerously crowded with equipment and people during the peak team practice times...
...shame [the destruction of Carey Cage] because it was a very nice facility, but if we make some adjustments as far as our time schedules, we should be able to get all of our lifting in," said Ailey Penningroth, co-captain of the women's track team...
Athletic director Cleary's memorandum was perfectly, rather than poorly, timed. Since the demolition of Carey Cage, athletes are thinking seriously about the quality of the athletic program and are concerned for the future...