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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote an essay calling "the BlackBerry (and, by extension, all smartphones) 'the cigarette of this century.' Like smoking, he reasoned, our use of these products has begun to be mitigated by public health concerns and other sociopolitical forces." Source: International Business Times, March 5, 2013
