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...accommodate such constant use, and battle the frost of icy Cambridge winters, the grass football field would need to be covered after the Crimson’s last home game in mid-to-late November. The football team deserves to play on real grass, for issues of both tradition and safety, but a plan to install artificial turf above the grass in the off-season makes sense...
Care in selection of the material used in the stadium is essential. Astroturf has been proved to be a dangerous playing surface, causing a greater number of injuries for players than real grass. The newly designed Fieldturf, a synthetic that models the mobility of real grass, has been laid in many professional and college stadiums—for the sake of year-round use, it is an appropriately safe grass-alternative. But while the weather holds up during the season, real grass provides an authenticity that no fiber can match...
Similarly, a hardwood floor could also cover the grass when football is out of season—setting the stage for concerts and large events to be held in the horseshoe. The stadium has a large enough capacity to attract big-name entertainers and generate sufficient revenue to afford them. The field once showcased numerous and various cultural events—including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a 1906 production of Aeschylus’ “Agamemnon” put on by the Classics Department with real horses and chariots, and Janis Joplin’s last live performance...
Last Friday, Harvard as we know it morphed into the Hahvahd of yore. As first-years’ parents descended on the Yard, the College ensured that the grass was pristine, the professors properly suited and the sky bright and blue...
Democratic hopeful and grass-roots firebrand Rev. Al Sharpton left neither the Bush administration nor his own party untouched during a feisty free-for-all with “Hardball” host Chris Matthews last night, at the MSNBC show’s third taping at Harvard’s Institute of Politics...