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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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Atlanta, GA | Posted: March 24, 2014
Professor Kirk Bowman of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and Ivan Allen College was featured for a one hour show on Istanbul Radio Station Açik Radyo on March 21. The show focused on soccer and politics, soccer fan clubs and political protest, and the role of soccer in contemporary societal revolutions. Dr. Bowman is in Turkey conducting fieldwork for his current book project on Soccer and Global Politics. The radio program was hosted by the distinguished Turkish sports sociologist and pubic intellectual Tan Morgül.