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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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This event will be co-sponsored by OIE, Global Jackets, Project Pengyou and Culture Union. It will be a night celebrating traditional and modern Chinese culture full of food, performances, and games. Following Coffee Hour, there will be a screening of the movie 'The Dialogue.'
The Dialogue Movie Screening: 7-8:30 pm, Student Center TheaterA documentary that follows four U.S. Americans and four Chinese university students as they travel through Hong Kong and Southeast China together. Together the students explore each others' backgrounds and learn cross-cultural communication skills. Their shared travel adventures, the emotion of culture shock, honest confrontations and discoveries about each other become doorways to deepen their understanding of the world, of themselves, and of styles of communication that are able to bridge cultural differences.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/75602634
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