CEREMONIES “It’s much more than a basketball. It’s an icon of science,” Grunsfeld said. Hubble went on to become a Rhodes Scholar and eminent astron- omer and astrophysicist. For its stay in Ratner, Hubble’s basketball was stuffed with straw to preserve its spherical shape. But straw is a fire hazard in space, NASA said, so Grunsfeld had to find a HYDE PARK CAMPUS LIFE ARTS JEREMY MARTIN /M AROON ERIC GUO /M AROON IN SPORTS CHICAGOMAROON.COM VOLUME 121 ISSUE 11 » Page 7 IN VOICES